PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Mike Dong (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lamichael Christopher (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Dong
vs
Christopher

180 cm
25
185 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

180 cm
18
150 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Hates pizza

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Determined

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Mike Dong!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Lamichael Christopher!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Dong closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Dong is looking to take a break and control but Christopher is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Dong working away.

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

Dong stands up and beckons Christopher to his feet.
Christopher slaps away a takedown attempt from Dong, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Dong swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

Dong has managed to clinch.
Christopher has Dong pressed against the cage, preventing Dong from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Dong breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Christopher misses with a straight right.
Dong lands with a nice combination. Christopher backs away looking to recover.
Christopher misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Christopher circles away from the clinch attempt.
Dong wants to clinch.

Christopher clinches up against the cage.

Dong pulls guard.

Dong working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Christopher doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Christopher manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Christopher trying to control the position from guard on top but Dong is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Christopher controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Dong escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Christopher gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.

Dong working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Christopher doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Christopher manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Dong being controlled here, momentarily.
Dong keeping moving, preventing Christopher from controlling successfully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Christopher looking to sit in guard and control but Dong gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Dong missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Dong wants to control from the top but Christopher keeps moving.
Christopher wants to sweep here but Dong controlling him for the moment.
Dong trying to control but Christopher is working from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Christopher has his hands on Dong's head, controlling the position.
Dong trying to stand up but can't free himself from Christopher's guard.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Mike Dong.

Dong drops Christopher with a nice combination! Dong dives into Christopher's guard, looking to finish!

Christopher is rocked!

It looks like Lamichael Christopher has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Christopher is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Christopher is still in real trouble! Can Dong finish him?
Christopher keeping moving, preventing Dong from controlling successfully.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Christopher seems to have recovered his senses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mike Dong dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Lamichael Christopher's cut.
That's time! Dong's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Dong slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.

Christopher drives through and clinches with Dong against the cage.
A body shot lands from Dong.
Dong misses with a body punch.
Dong has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
A short body shot lands from Dong as the two fighters clinch.
Dong is pressed up against the cage. Christopher has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Dong down to the mat. Dong avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nice sprawl there from Christopher as Dong shoots in.
Dong swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Dong throws a right and a left that Christopher avoids nicely.
Dong misses with the combination.
Dong misses with a jab, cross combination.
Christopher is breathing heavily.
Dong swinging wildly here.
Dong lands with a good body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dong tries to bum rush Christopher with a series of wild strikes but Christopher uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Dong catches Christopher with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Dong misses with a jab, cross combination.
Dong lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Christopher shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Dong defends it nicely.
Dong fails to land with a series of punches.
Dong avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Dong tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Christopher defends well and Dong ends up having to push Christopher into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.

Dong ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Dong no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.

Christopher drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Dong manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Christopher has Dong in his guard.
Christopher wants to stand but Dong is controlling the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dong trying to control but Christopher is working from the bottom.
Christopher really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Dong. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Dong drops back looking for a submission - "I'm sorry sir, but I'm gunna break your leg" says Dong as he cranks on the unfortunate limb! Christopher screams and taps out before any major damage is done! Don't mess with Dong! Nice submission victory there!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kneebar). Mike Dong!