PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between James King (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dennis Bermudez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

King
vs
Bermudez

190 cm
21
170 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

180 cm
25
205 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Great elbows
Very strong

Decent wrestler
Brawler
Intelligent

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, James King!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Dennis Bermudez!
The judges for this bout are Damien Edna, Bruno Hogan and Winston Howard.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fighters circling - King throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Bermudez lands with a nice body punch.
King shoots and misses
and Bermudez finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.

King instigates a clinch.

Bermudez gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
King wants to get back to his feet.
King trying to keep hold of his opponent's head but Bermudez manages to pass to mount!
Bermudez working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Bermudez has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bermudez takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Bermudez has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of King's face.
Bermudez sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bermudez has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of King's face.
Bermudez tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
The referee warns King that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.

King is rocked!

Bermudez looking to isolate an arm here. King doesn't see it coming and as Bermudez extends the arm, he's forced to tap out! Nice submission by Bermudez!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Dennis Bermudez!