PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between La Da De (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Zak Alm (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.

Da De
vs
Alm

197 cm
25
215 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

192 cm
25
205 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Solid Muay Thai
Very confident

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 The Island, La Da De!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Zak Alm!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Michael Johnstone and Winston Alpacca.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Alm clinches.
Alm misses with a punch on the inside.
Alm working aggressively here.
Alm misses with a body punch.
Da De blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Alm leaning his opponent against the cage.
Alm tries to throw a body punch but Da De avoids it by throwing Alm back against the cage.
Alm goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Da De blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Alm has Da De pressed against the cage, preventing Da De from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Alm.
Alm throws a head punch that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Alm throws a punch but it's blocked by Da De.
Alm leaning against his opponent.
Da De blocks a body shot from Alm.
Da De is trying to break the clinch but Alm is controlling him.
Alm has a couple of punches blocked by Da De.
A head punch on the inside from Alm fails to land.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Alm.
Alm receives a warning from the referee for stalling.
Alm goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alm misses with a hook from the clinch.
Alm swings away with an uppercut that misses.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Alm tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Alm.
Alm misses with some punches.
Alm misses with some punches.
Alm has Da De pressed against the cage.
Alm can't find room to land a body shot as Da De controls the action.
Alm misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Da De blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Alm taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Alm goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Alm throws a punch but it's blocked by Da De.
Alm tries a body shot but Da De blocks it.
Alm misses with a hook to the ribs.
Alm misses with a punch to the body.
Alm swings wildly with an uppercut but Da De uses good head movement to avoid it.
Da De blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Da De blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Da De has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Da De looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Alm swings wildly with an uppercut but Da De uses good head movement to avoid it.
Alm throws a head punch that misses.
Alm working aggressively here.
Da De tries to circle away but Alm has him pinned against the cage.
Alm dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Alm misses with a hook from the clinch.
Alm tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Zak Alm dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Da De scores with the left hand. Alm knows he should have avoided that one.
Alm keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Da De.
Da De throws a hook to the side of Alm's head but Alm sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Da De throws a big shot that misses.
Alm uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Da De.
Da De misses with a straight left.
Da De circles away from the clinch attempt.
Alm defending well as Da De loads up on a big left hand.
Da De loads up on a big right hand but Alm slips the punch.
Alm defending well as Da De loads up on a big left hand.
Alm is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Alm defending well as Da De loads up on a big left hand.
Nice uppercut there from Da De.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Da De jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Da De is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Da De throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Alm sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Da De connects with a single shot there.
A big right from Da De misses.
Alm throws a jab when Da De was well out of range.
La Da De seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Da De jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Da De is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
A telegraphed right hand from Da De misses the target.
Alm uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Da De.
Nice defenses there by Alm.
Da De waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Alm.
Da De misses with a looping right.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alm bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Alm takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Alm looks to land a left hand but Da De moved out of range nicely.
Da De misses with a looping right.
Da De throws a big shot that misses.
Da De throws the left hand but Alm avoids the punch easily.
Da De misses with a straight left.
Alm takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Da De looks to land a left hand but Alm moved out of range nicely.
Decent striking displayed by Da De there.
Da De throws an overhand right that lands on Alm's shoulder, as Alm tries to avoid the shot.
Da De throws an overhand right that lands on Alm's shoulder, as Alm tries to avoid the shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Da De tests Alm's chin there with a solid looking shot.
La Da De is winning the standup battle so far.
Da De connects with a right that clearly hurt Alm. He's backed up against the cage with nowhere to go as Da De proceeds to tee off with vicious combinations till Alm collapses and taps out under the pressure!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:15 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). La Da De!