PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Tad Travis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Arief Damanik (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Travis
vs
Damanik

165 cm
18
193 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

185 cm
18
190 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Solid chin

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 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Tad Travis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Arief Damanik!
The judges for this bout are Topper Green, Damien Edna and Chris Dean.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Damanik scores with a takedown into Travis's guard.
Damanik trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Damanik wants to control from the top but Travis keeps moving.
Damanik scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Travis could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Damanik makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Travis controls Damanik momentarily but Damanik frees himself.
Damanik engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Damanik makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Travis controls Damanik momentarily but Damanik frees himself.
Travis trying to control the position here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Travis is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Damanik keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Travis's head.
Damanik pushing down on Travis's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Damanik has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

Damanik is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Travis defends it well.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice strikes from Damanik there.
Damanik lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.

Travis is rocked!
Damanik lands a big elbow - Travis is out of it! He's waving his arms around but his eyes are closed and he's not intelligently defending himself - the ref has no choice but to jump in and stop the fight! This one is in the books! A TKO win for Damanik!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:31 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Arief Damanik!
A victorious Arief Damanik thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.