PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Anthony Dinozzo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sean McNamara (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dinozzo comes to the cage accompanied by Dinozzo the Womanizer. McNamara has chosen Massive Attack - Teardrop (House M.D.) as his entrance music. Sean McNamara struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 186.3lbs 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. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Dinozzo
vs
McNamara

188 cm
26
195 lbs
6 - 4 - 0

180 cm
29
203 lbs
11 - 10 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Anthony Dinozzo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Sean McNamara!
The judges for this bout are , and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McNamara tries to land a body kick
and Dinozzo counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
McNamara will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
McNamara is trying hard to land a takedown here. Dinozzo sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
McNamara misses with a leg kick
and Dinozzo counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
McNamara throws a combination that misses
and Dinozzo counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
McNamara shoots in looking for a takedown. Dinozzo tries to sprawl out of it but McNamara keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Dinozzo manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.

Dinozzo closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Dinozzo throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Dinozzo 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.
Dinozzo seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but McNamara does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Dinozzo trying to pass the guard but McNamara defending well.

Dinozzo looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Dinozzo is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.

Dinozzo maintaining the dominant position here and is working for a kimura. He's locked it up! McNamara could be in real trouble here! He's trying to wriggle out but Dinozzo has cracked it and McNamara is screaming in pain - he's tapped out! Great finish by Dinozzo!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Anthony Dinozzo!