PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Pauly Dee (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tommy Struker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Dee might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Get Crazy-LMFAO. 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.

Dee
vs
Struker

185 cm
28
215 lbs
10 - 1 - 0

195 cm
33
214 lbs
16 - 12 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Solid boxing
KO power

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent MT
Heavy handed

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 10 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Pauly Dee!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Tommy Struker!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fray, Josh West and Paul Gruel.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dee ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Struker moves away.
Struker ducks under a wild hook from Dee.
Dee throws an overhand right that lands on Struker's shoulder, as Struker tries to avoid the shot.
Struker takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Dee throws out a loose jab but Struker uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dee throws a poor cross that misses
and Struker counters with a head kick.
Pauly Dee seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dee throws a right hand that misses

and Struker counters with a shoot takedown. Dee fights it but they end up in guard.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Struker stopping the sweep attempt from Dee.
Dee looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Struker puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Dee tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Struker has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dee is trying desperately to improve position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dee knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Struker on the ground.
Struker tries to control but Dee wriggling away.

Struker is standing up, even though he is in mount.

Dee fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Struker sprawls well initially but Dee persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Dee not landing any meaningful shots this time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dee lands strikes from half guard.
Struker wants to get back to his feet.
Struker is trying to get back to full guard.
Struker taking some punishment here, with Dee in his half guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Struker keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Dee wants to pass to mount but Struker is defending the position.
Dee not landing any meaningful shots this time.

Struker manages to escape and get back to his feet!
Dee throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Dee throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Struker counters with a three punch combo that has Dee backing up. Dee nods at Struker to acknowledge the strikes.
Dee misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Struker dodges the punch combination from Dee.
Struker cracks Dee with an open hand slap.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dee leaves Struker with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.

Struker bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Dee gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Dee is looking to get full guard. It looks like he might be successful but at the last minute Struker jumps into side control!

Struker wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Dee, who protects the arm well.
Dee is trying to get back to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dee sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.

Struker is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Dee defends it well.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dee tries to roll over but Struker keeps him under control.

Struker seems like he's working for an arm triangle here. He's freed his trapped foot and he's rotating nicely. Dee is in big trouble! He's tapping out! This one is aaaaaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:46 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Tommy Struker!