PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Raoul Yamoth (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Drake Dusk (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dusk is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: AC/DC - Thunderstruck. Raoul Yamoth has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Yamoth
vs
Dusk

173 cm
29
192 lbs
10 - 2 - 0

180 cm
21
195 lbs
7 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

Hellbent
The Big Kabosh

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Raoul Yamoth!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Drake Dusk!
The judges for this bout are Paul Aken, Patrick Alders and Wagner Zegers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dusk misses with a body shot.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Dusk has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Dusk throws a combination that misses

and Yamoth moves into the clinch.
Yamoth lands a left hand that snaps the head of Dusk backwards.
Yamoth is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Dusk blocking some punches.

Dusk works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
Yamoth looking to control.
Dusk engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Yamoth working a defensive guard but Dusk manages to pass into side control anyway.
Yamoth is not content to let Dusk control the position.
Dusk lands some shots froms side control.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dusk is looking to take a break and control but Yamoth is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dusk working the ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Dusk works to advance to full mount. Yamoth defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
Dusk controlling his opponent.
Dusk lands with some strikes.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Yamoth tries to lock up and control but Dusk gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Yamoth working to try and regain half guard.
Dusk raining down hammerfists from mount.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dusk working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Dusk looking to finish here with some ground and pound. He lands one big shot that has Yamoth 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 2:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Drake Dusk!
Drake Dusk is the new middleweight champion!
Drake Dusk decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.