PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Dingo Dongi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hicham Jafar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hicham Jafar has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Dingo Dongi's chin.

Dongi
vs
Jafar

190 cm
20
185 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

188 cm
19
183 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter striker
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Dingo Dongi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Hicham Jafar!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jafar shoots in looking for a takedown. Dongi tries to sprawl out of it but Jafar keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the ropes. Dongi manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Jafar comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Jafar fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.

Jafar shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Jafar was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Dongi is breathing heavily.
Poor strikes thrown by Jafar there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Jafar scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Dongi?
Jafar controlling his opponent.
Jafar breaks from Dongi's wrist control and lands an elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jafar punishing his opponent with strikes.
Dongi on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Dongi tries to get out of the position.
Dongi is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Jafar unloading with bombs!
Jafar 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.
Jafar thowing shots but they're missing.
Dongi in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Jafar looking to finish Dongi with some ground and pound. This is bad for Dongi!
Jafar unloads with some shots from mount but Dongi bucks and avoids them well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Jafar is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Dongi has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Jafar breaks from Dongi's wrist control and lands an elbow.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Jafar can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Dongi is looking to escape.
Jafar landing strikes from the mount and Dongi is in trouble!
Jafar unloads with some shots from mount but Dongi bucks and avoids them well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jafar can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Dongi is looking to escape.

Jafar is working for a guillotine from mount but Dongi frees his head quite easily.
Jafar cracks Dongi with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.

Jafar is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Dongi has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Dongi tries to hold on but Jafar postures up.

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.
Jafar lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Jafar throws some wild stikes that Dongi manages to avoid easily.
Jafar lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Poor strikes thrown by Jafar there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!

Jafar looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Dongi tries to hold on but Jafar pushes him away.
Dongi is looking to get to half guard.
Jafar looking to control but Dongi is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.

Jafar looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Jafar throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Dongi tries to lock up and control but Jafar gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Jafar throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Jafar tries to control but Dongi wriggling away.
Jafar lands a big elbow.
Dongi is squirming around, avoiding Jafar's attempts to control the action.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Dongi wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Jafar.
Jafar tries to control but Dongi wriggling away.
Jafar punching from mount but Dongi doing a good job of avoiding damage.

That's eight 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.
Jafar lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Jafar trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Dongi tries to hold on but Jafar postures up.
Jafar manages to capitalize on a mistake by Dongi to take his back!

Jafar looking to finish the fight with a rear naked choke. Dongi is controlling Jafar 's left arm and he spins nicely into guard.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Jafar looking to hit a scissor sweep but Dongi is one step ahead there.

Jafar looking to try and escape his hips here, looking for a submission. It looks like he's going for a triangle but Dongi is defending well. Jafar quickly switches to an armbar and extends the arm! Dongi has no choice but to tap, to a very quick submission! Wow, that was lightning fast! Jafar celebrates on the ropes, with the crowd.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 9:46 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Hicham Jafar!