PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Sergio Dei Porti (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hyun Tae Kang (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hyun Tae Kang has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Dei Porti
vs
Tae Kang

170 cm
25
189 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

183 cm
24
190 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Self confident

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Intelligent

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Sergio Dei Porti!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Hyun Tae Kang!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Frank Dennis and Alan Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dei Porti fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Dei Porti shoots in but no luck this time.
Kang has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.

Dei Porti is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Kang's half guard.
Dei Porti with the ground and pound but Kang uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Dei Porti tries to free his leg and advance position but Kang is retaining full guard.
Dei Porti might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Dei Porti throwing strikes but missing.
Dei Porti in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Dei Porti postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Dei Porti has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Dei Porti tries to free his leg and advance position but Kang is retaining full guard.
Dei Porti working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Kang's head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kang working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Dei Porti.
Dei Porti 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.
Kang working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Dei Porti.
Dei Porti stands and throws Kang's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Kang is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dei Porti passes to side control.
Sloppy strikes there by Dei Porti.
Kang avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Dei Porti.
Dei Porti looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Kang is avoiding damage well.
Dei Porti working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Kang stops Dei Porti from passing to mount.
Kang is trying to control Dei Porti's posture but Dei Porti avoids it.
Kang parries the strikes from Dei Porti easily there. Dei Porti is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Kang to escape.
Dei Porti connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Kang some visible discomfort.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dei Porti works to advance to full mount. Kang defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
Kang is in a horrible position here. Dei Porti smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Dei Porti working Kang over with strikes here.
Dei Porti looking to finish here with some ground and pound. He lands one big shot that has Kang covering up... and two more big strikes land, forcing the referee to step in and put and end to proceedings! This fight is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:37 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Sergio Dei Porti!