PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Happy Lucky (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Zac Dane (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Lucky
vs
Dane

179 cm
31
188 lbs
6 - 7 - 1

181 cm
23
185 lbs
5 - 6 - 0

Dangerous GnP
Great elbows
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Knockout power

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 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Happy Lucky!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Zac Dane!
The judges for this bout are Jeff Smith, Paul Gruel and Ryoma Takatsuka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dane shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Lucky sprawls well. Lucky wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Dane gets slowly back to his feet.
Dane shoots and misses

and Lucky counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Dane's guard now.

Lucky is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Lucky wants to control from the top but Dane keeps moving.
Dane really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Lucky. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

Lucky drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Lucky jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.

Dane has his foot on Lucky's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Lucky works his way back into a safe position though.

Lucky thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.

Lucky postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Dane is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Lucky, into his guard.
Lucky wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lucky has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

We're going to have a standup here because Happy Lucky wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Lucky has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Dane.
Dane swings widly with a right hand

and Lucky counters with a nice double leg into side control. Dane won't be happy with that.

Lucky is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Dane is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Lucky looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.

Lucky has worked his way into a potential kimura here. Dane is trying to get out of the position but his squirming has just got him deeper into trouble. Lucky yanks on the arm and Dane is forced to tap due to a very painful looking submission! Nice work by Lucky.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:50 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Happy Lucky!