PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Wazz Dakka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rayver Asgar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rayver Asgar is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Dakka
vs
Asgar

165 cm
22
153 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

175 cm
22
150 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
KO power

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Wazz Dakka!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Rayver Asgar!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Marco Blurström and Tarja Halkonen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dakka thows a left - swing and a miss!
Dakka throws a lazy right hand but Asgar sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Dakka misses with an uppercut.

Asgar shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Asgar was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Dakka is looking to improve his position but Asgar isn't that keen on the idea.
Asgar throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Dakka because Asgar loaded up on that one.
Dakka working to try and regain half guard.
Dakka avoids a series of strikes thrown by Asgar.
Dakka is in all sorts of trouble here.
Dakka's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Dakka is looking to improve his position but Asgar isn't that keen on the idea.
Asgar wants to control the pace but Dakka is squirming around nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Asgar looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Asgar tries to control but Dakka wriggling away.

Asgar is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Dakka is surviving well by controlling Asgar's body position as best he can.
Asgar content just to control the position here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Dakka keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Asgar tries to control but Dakka wriggling away.
Poor strikes thrown by Asgar there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Asgar has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

Asgar looking for a guillotine from mount but Dakka is having none of it.
Asgar misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.

Asgar wants to finish this one by submission but Dakka is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Asgar.
Dakka is just holding on here. Asgar manages to take his back.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dakka looks to control his opponent's hands but he's not mananging it at the moment.
Asgar wants to control but Dakka is keeping busy.
Dakka looking to stop the rear naked choke attempt by controlling the hands.
Dakka manages to reverse the position and now he's in Asgar's guard. Nice work there by Dakka.
Dakka controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Dakka postures up in Asgar's guard and throws a big left but Asgar blocks it.
Dakka stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Asgar swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Dakka has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Asgar lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Dakka!
Asgar throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Dakka because Asgar loaded up on that one.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.

Asgar goes for an armbar but he's fallen flat on his backside there and now Dakka is on top in guard.

Asgar is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Asgar looks gassed!
Asgar utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Asgar looking to control but Dakka passes into half guard.
Dakka throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Asgar won't allow Dakka to pass to mount.
Dakka missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Dakka throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Dakka seems to have lost interest with the ground game and is thinking about standing back up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rayver Asgar dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Asgar takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
A jab from Dakka does it's job there.
Dakka looks to land a left hand but Asgar moved out of range nicely.
Asgar moves forwards but Dakka connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Good leg kick by Dakka there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Nice defenses there by Asgar.
Asgar moves out of range of the body kick from Dakka.
Asgar walks into a left hand.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Asgar.
Dakka thows a body shot but no joy.
Dakka fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.

Asgar is rocked!
Dakka lands a big uppercut and this one is all over! His foe lies motionless on the canvas - a massive one punch knockout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:48 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Wazz Dakka!