PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between William Dale (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Edu Cascudo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Dale
vs
Cascudo

173 cm
23
215 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

189 cm
25
215 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Solid chin

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 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, William Dale!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Edu Cascudo!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Luis Engracia and Matheus Silva.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cascudo shoots in but no luck this time.

Dale closes the distance and clinches.
Dale prevents a takedown attempt there.
Cascudo is looking to take this one to the mat.
William Dale has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Edu Cascudo.

Cascudo gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Dale is trying to keep Cascudo in close.
Cascudo wants to control from the top but Dale keeps moving.
Cascudo cracks Dale with a solid left hand.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Cascudo slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Cascudo looking to sit in guard and control but Dale gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Dale is working Cascudo over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Dale could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dale keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Cascudo's head.
Dale stopping the sweep attempt from Cascudo.
Dale distracts Cascudo with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Cascudo avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

Cascudo has his foot on Dale's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Dale works his way back into a safe position though.
Dale stopping the sweep attempt from Cascudo.
Dale might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.

Cascudo has his foot on Dale's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Dale works his way back into a safe position though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Cascudo looking to try and escape his hips here, looking for a submission. It looks like he's going for a triangle but Dale is defending well. Cascudo quickly switches to an armbar and extends the arm! Dale has no choice but to tap, to a very quick submission! Wow, that was lightning fast! Cascudo celebrates on the cage, with the crowd.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:23 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Edu Cascudo!