PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Dorian King (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kalseru Chrome (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kalseru Chrome struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 156.8lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

King
vs
Chrome

165 cm
18
161 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

177 cm
25
169 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Dorian King!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Kalseru Chrome!
The judges for this bout are Paulsen Ambrosius, Paul Aken and Nard Betker.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Chrome lands with a nice combination. King backs away looking to recover.

It looks like Dorian King has been cut.
King tries to work over Chrome's front leg with a kick but Chrome checks it.
King stuffs the takedown.
King tries to clinch up but Chrome circles away and keeps his distance.

King gets a takedown into half guard.
Chrome is refusing to be controlled, as King sits in half guard.

King decides to stand and escape the position.

King shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Chrome is trying to defend but King finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Chrome is trying to stand up here but King is controlling him well.
King lands with a punch from half guard.
King is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
King thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Chrome's head.
King thows a huge punch but Chrome dodges it nicely.

King stands up from half guard... He's had enough of that ground malarky for the time being.
Chrome wants to clinch

and King counters with a takedown into side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The ground and pound from King seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.

King thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Chrome tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but King wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
King 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.
King working the ground and pound but Chrome is defending the strikes.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Chrome can do anything to dispel that myth.
King takes a little break here. Chrome wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
King working the body and head with strikes.
King scores with a couple of short elbows.
King tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
King lands a nice forearm strike.
King scores with a couple of short elbows.
King working the ground and pound from side control.
King remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
Chrome really doesn't want to stay on the ground with King. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

Chrome wants to improve his position, back to half guard but King has ideas of his own. He's got hold of Chrome's far side arm and it looks like he's got an Americana. Ohh! Ohhhh! OOOOOOOOOH! A human being's arm is not meant to bend like that! Chrome is tapping like a morse code operator on the Titanic! SOS SOS! He's out of here! Great win for King!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:02 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Dorian King!