PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Frank Crane (ranked 18373 p4p, 3348 weight class) and Korben Dallas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Crane
vs
Dallas

175 cm
48
198
10 - 1 - 0

182 cm
33
202
19 - 11 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Experienced

BJJ Red Belt
Excellent MT
Heavy handed

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 10 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Frank Crane!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 11 - 0, fighting out of London, Korben Dallas!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, William Gold and Steven Brown.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Crane drives through with a takedown into guard.
Dallas keeping full guard, as Crane tries to pass.
Dallas lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

Dallas got a little sloppy there for a moment and Crane has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Dallas has managed to get both his arms back between Crane's legs - danger averted.
Dallas with a nice head shot there.
Dallas sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Crane's guard.
Crane tries to roll over but Dallas keeps him under control.
My spies in Bowsh Gym inform me that Dallas has been getting involved in the gym's BJJ sparring sessions. Let's see whether that pays dividends!
Dallas trying to control the pace.
Dallas is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Dallas is looking for a kimura here.

Crane looking for submissions off his back.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Dallas in particular looking to stall.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Crane tries to get to full guard but Dallas has control of the leg.

Dallas maintaining the dominant position here and is working for a kimura. He's locked it up! Crane could be in real trouble here! He's trying to wriggle out but Dallas has cracked it and Crane is screaming in pain - he's tapped out! Great finish by Dallas!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:31 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Korben Dallas!
A relieved looking Korben Dallas thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.