PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Gus Dengel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ricardo Moreira (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dengel's entrance music is Wat Kyk Jy?. A fine choice. This should be fireworks!

Dengel
vs
Moreira

150 cm
22
135 lbs
10 - 6 - 0

160 cm
24
130 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Milwaukee's Best Nutrition $50 159 Energy

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 6 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Gus Dengel!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ricardo Moreira!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Viktor Lagutenko and Dmitry Maklakov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Dengel shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Dengel was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Dengel scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Moreira?
Dengel scoring with strikes but Moreira is staying in there.
Moreira is wriggling around trying to escape.
Dengel lands a big shot there that rocks Moreira but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Dengel lands with some strikes.
Dengel lands a heavy elbow.
Dengel unloading with bombs!
Moreira is desperately trying to improve his position but Dengel has a good base and remains in mount.
You get the feeling that Moreira really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Dengel cracks Moreira with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Moreira is working to get back to half guard.
Moreira taking shots to the head.
Moreira wants to try and get back to his feet.
Moreira sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Dengel 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.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dengel lands strikes from half guard.

Moreira is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Dengel pulls his head out easily.
Dengel scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Dengel working the head and body with strikes.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Dengel takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Dengel slips a nice elbow through Moreira's hands, connecting with Moreira's forehead.
Dengel lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Dengel working the head and body with strikes.
Dengel winds up and cracks Moreira with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Moreira really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Dengel. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Moreira is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Dengel uses his free foot to push down on Moreira's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Moreira.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Moreira is looking to improve his position but Dengel isn't that keen on the idea.
Dengel cracks Moreira with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Moreira tries to get back to half guard but can't.
The referee warns Moreira that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.

Moreira is rocked!
Dengel lands a big elbow - Moreira is in trouble! More strikes from the mount and Moreira is forced to tap out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:50 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Gus Dengel!