PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Papa Shango (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Better Dead (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dead comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Better off Dead kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Shango
vs
Dead

177 cm
27
166 lbs
11 - 4 - 0

183 cm
20
168 lbs
9 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Papa Shango!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Better Dead!
The judges for this bout are Dirk Anderson, Santiago Holmes and Michael Johnstone.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Shango tries to clinch up.
We've been hearing reports that Shango has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Shango wants to clinch.
A big right from Dead misses.

Dead instigates a clinch.
Dead looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Shango tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Shango fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Shango fails to pull the fight into his guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Papa Shango. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Shango manages to pull guard.
Dead would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.

Shango working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Dead doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Dead manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dead throwing strikes from guard but Shango blocks nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dead wants to get up but he can't break Shango's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Shango has Dead pulled in close to control his posture.
Dead won't allow Shango to sweep him here.
Dead tries to stand but Shango is controlling from the bottom.
Shango has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Dead landing some decent shots from guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Shango has his feet on Dead's thighs here. He's pushed Dead off and worked for a very quick armbar from the bottom! He's flipped onto his stomach and he's cranking hard on the arm! Dead screams in pain and taps out! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Papa Shango!
Our winner, Papa Shango, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
Better Dead spoke after the fight, saying 'I was a little off today...o.k. I'm always a little off.'.