PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mike Mark (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dale English (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mike Mark had real problems making weight for this fight. After initially coming in at 206.2lbs, he had two hours to make the official fight weight. He made it but it will have taken a lot out of him to cut those extra few pounds. This should be a great matchup!

Mark
vs
English

188 cm
23
220 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

192 cm
24
216 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Self confident

Powerful takedowns
Decent boxing
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Mike Mark!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Dale English!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Alexandre Firmino and Felipe Paraventi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mark misses with a takedown attempt - English sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
A punch combination from English misses.
Mark fails with the takedown.

English closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Mark to the mat! Mark manages to get full guard.
English trying to control but Mark is working from the bottom.
English might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Mark kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
English postures up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
English lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.

English scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Mark trying to hold on to English's head to control him but English postures up.
Mark has hold of English's hands but English slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
English thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.

English is looking for a kimura here.
English throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mark tries to roll over but English keeps him under control.
English thows a huge punch but Mark dodges it nicely.
English throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Mark is looking to control English's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Mark avoid being mounted?

Mark is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but English pulls his head out easily.
Ground and pound from English.
English is trying to control the action in half guard but Mark is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ground and pound from English.
Mark on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Mark is breathing heavily.
Mark wants to control but English is keeping busy.
English thows a huge punch but Mark dodges it nicely.
Mark on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
English passes to full mount!
English controlling the position easily from mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
English lands a heavy elbow.
English lands a big shot to the head and Mark winces in pain. He's tapped out due to strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:38 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Dale English!