PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dustin Saunders (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Melvin Macdonald (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Saunders comes to the cage accompanied by Roy Jones - Can't Be Touched. Macdonald has chosen Roy jones - Can't be touched as his entrance music. Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Saunders
vs
Macdonald

188 cm
26
220 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

187 cm
26
207 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Prefers standup

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent knees
Knockout power

Brute

5th Round Clothing

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 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Dustin Saunders!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Melvin Macdonald!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Gregory Folan and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Saunders lands with a kick to the temple. Macdonald shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Nice sprawl there from Saunders as Macdonald shoots in.
A punch combination from Saunders misses.
Macdonald chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Saunders can pounce on him.
Macdonald takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Macdonald closes the distance and clinches up with Saunders, looking for a takedown. Macdonald pushes Saunders against the cage but Saunders circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.

Macdonald darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Macdonald stops Saunders from getting back to his feet.
Macdonald works his way into side control.
Macdonald tries to advance to mount but can't.

Macdonald tries for a kimura but Saunders is defending well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Macdonald prevents Saunders from escaping the position.

Macdonald is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Saunders has escaped the position, nice work there.

Macdonald is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Saunders has escaped the position, nice work there.
Macdonald misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Macdonald in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Macdonald wants to control but Saunders is keeping him busy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Macdonald tries for a kimura but Saunders is defending well.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Saunders pushes Macdonald away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Macdonald gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.

Macdonald is trying to get an arm triangle but Saunders is defending well.
Saunders is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Macdonald is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
Saunders is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Macdonald is controlling him well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Macdonald trying to control the action but Saunders is working from the bottom.

Macdonald is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Saunders is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Saunders wants to get back to his feet but Macdonald is dominant here and he's now got Saunders's back!

Macdonald working for a RNC but it's not happening just yet.
Saunders is trying to stand back up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Macdonald working for a choke but Saunders is defending well.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Macdonald is working for a rear naked choke. Saunders is not defending it well and Macdonald has tightened it up quickly! This could be all over! Saunders refuses to tap and goes to sleep, forcing the referee to intervene. A little trickle of blood came out of Saunders's nose as his head slumped to the floor. That is naaaasty!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:41 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Melvin Macdonald!
A relieved looking Melvin Macdonald thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.