PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Peter Golles (ranked 2126 p4p, 2398 weight class) and Dakarai Kasongo (ranked 317 p4p, 355 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Golles
vs
Kasongo

185 cm
29
195
12 - 7 - 0

180 cm
28
195
6 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Good chin

Good wrestler
Counter fighter
Fast

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Peter Golles!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dakarai Kasongo!
The judges for this bout are Paulsen Ambrosius, Radbod Blank and Daniel Blasius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kasongo keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Golles throws a poor cross that misses

and Kasongo counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Kasongo takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Kasongo lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Kasongo working the head and body with strikes.
Kasongo looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Golles looks like he's trying to stand up.
Kasongo is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Golles pushes Kasongo off looking to stand but Kasongo dives back in and keeps control.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kasongo not doing much here.

Kasongo is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Kasongo working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Kasongo seems to be working for a kimura but Golles defends the submission attempt.
Golles tries to kick Kasongo off but Kasongo keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Golles knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Kasongo on the ground.
Kasongo is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Golles tries to kick Kasongo off but Kasongo keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Kasongo working the head and body with strikes.
Golles tries to push off, looking to stand up, but Kasongo manages to move to mount!
Golles squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Golles in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Kasongo cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Golles in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Kasongo lands a nice shot to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kasongo lands a big elbow - Golles is in trouble! More strikes from the mount and Golles is forced to tap out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:21 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Dakarai Kasongo!
During a confident post fight interview, Dakarai Kasongo thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.