PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Dave Scaum (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tony Fulilangi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tony Fulilangi is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Scaum
vs
Fulilangi

180 cm
23
190 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

190 cm
26
198 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent elbows
Very quick

BJJ White Belt
World class boxer
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 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dave Scaum!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tony Fulilangi!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Chris Downing and Robert Twigg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Scaum closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Fulilangi gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Scaum cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Scaum landing punches.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Scaum cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Scaum punishing his opponent with strikes.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Scaum in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Scaum scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Fulilangi?
Fulilangi wants to hold on but Scaum pushes him away.
Fulilangi tries to buck Scaum off but Scaum takes his back!
Scaum cracks Fulilangi with a big shot to body and one to the head - really punishing Fulilangi from the back mount here, looking to soften him up.
What can Fulilangi do to escape this position? He's going to have to figure it out pretty quick if he wants to stay in the fight!

Scaum is working for the choke. He's slipped one arm under the chin. Fulilangi has to defend the other arm for all he's worth... but Scaum has managed to get that arm free too and he's tightening the choke! Fulilangi taps out and looks absolutely disgusted with himself. Scaum doesn't care though - he's delighted!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:18 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Dave Scaum!