PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Lazurus Dimacus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Yomi Sunday (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Dimacus
vs
Sunday

190 cm
21
190 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

170 cm
22
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
KO power

Good wrestler
Brawler
Granite chin

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Lazurus Dimacus!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Yomi Sunday!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Dillan Fox and Yves DeLean.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sunday avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Dimacus closes this distance looking for a takedown but Sunday circles away.
An inside leg kick from Dimacus misses.
Dimacus avoids the head kick by Sunday.
Sunday moves out of range as Dimacus strikes.

Sunday drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Sunday should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Dimacus tries to buck Sunday off but Sunday is having none of it.
Dimacus prevents Sunday from improving position.
Dimacus throwing some weak shots from the bottom that do no damage.
Sunday tries to stand but Dimacus is controlling his head.
Dimacus striking from the bottom but nothing landed.
Sunday is looking to take a break and control but Dimacus is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dimacus is positioning himself to get back to half guard.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Sunday throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Dimacus gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

so Sunday counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Dimacus is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sunday preventing the sweep.
Dimacus keeping moving, preventing Sunday from controlling successfully.
Dimacus keeping full guard, as Sunday tries to pass.
Dimacus is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Dimacus works his way into side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dimacus landing a few strikes.
Sunday struggling a bit here.
Sunday looking for a sweep but Dimacus has passed into full mount! Oh no!
Sunday wants to hold on but Dimacus pushes him away.
Dimacus with good strikes from the mount here!
Dimacus has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Sunday is squirming around, avoiding Dimacus's attempts to control the action.
Sunday tries to hold on but Dimacus pushes him away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Dimacus looking to control but Sunday is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Dimacus prevents Sunday from getting the reversal.
Dimacus tries to control but Sunday wriggling away.
Sunday wants to improve position but instead he's given up his back.
Dimacus throwing damaging strikes from the back! Sunday could be in trouble here!
Sunday really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Dimacus. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Sunday trying to control but not successfully.
Will Dimacus go for the finish here or will he try and keep control of the position?

Dimacus is cranking Sunday's head sideways - that looks painful. He's managed to get his other arm under the chin and this looks bad for Sunday! He's tightened the choke and Sunday is tapping out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Lazurus Dimacus!