PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Raden Intan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dan Love (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). 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.

Intan
vs
Love

170 cm
20
144 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

177 cm
25
137 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Raden Intan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Dan Love!
The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Vladimir Khabensky and Konstantin Menshow.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Love tries for a takedown but Intan sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.

Intan gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Love to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Love trying to control the position from guard on top but Intan is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Intan wants to stand up but Love is controlling him.
Love trying to control but Intan is working from the bottom.
Love is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.

OK we're going to have a standup here. Dan Love hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Love lands with a nice combination. Intan backs away looking to recover.

It looks like Raden Intan has been cut.

Intan moves into the clinch.
Love tries to pull guard but Intan forces him back to his feet, against the ropes.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Love avoiding damage as Intan throws knees to the body.
Love tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Intan smiles and moves away.
Raden Intan has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dan Love.

Love shoots in for a takedown and gets it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Love uses his free foot to push down on Intan's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Intan.
Intan is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Love throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Intan because Love loaded up on that one.
Love landing shots from mount.
Love sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Love misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Intan is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Love unloading with bombs!
Love sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Love sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Intan is trying to stand up.
Intan avoids a series of strikes thrown by Love.
Love looking to finish Intan with some ground and pound. This is bad for Intan!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Love punching from mount but Intan doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Intan is breathing heavily.
Love controlling from the full mount.
Love unloads with some shots from mount but Intan bucks and avoids them well.
Poor strikes thrown by Love there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Intan blocking the ground and pound.
Love takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
You get the feeling that Intan really doesn't like being in this position too much.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Love looking to finish Intan with some ground and pound. This is bad for Intan!
Love controlling from the full mount.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Love cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Intan blocking the ground and pound.
Love thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Love with shots to the head and body - Intan looks very uncomfortable down there.
Love tries to control but Intan wriggling away.
Love dominating with strikes here.
Intan knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Love on the ground.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Love looking to control and managing it successfully.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
BOOM! Love connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Love scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Intan?

Intan is rocked!
Love cracks Intan with a big head shot that has him covering up instantly! He's rolled onto his side and the referee has seen enough - this one is aaaaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:37 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Dan Love!