PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Ebyn Dall (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Great Gonzo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dall comes to the cage accompanied by Under the Blood. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Dall
vs
Gonzo

175 cm
24
166 lbs
6 - 4 - 0

150 cm
24
165 lbs
7 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Good low kicks
Good gas tank

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 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ebyn Dall!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Great Gonzo!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Yukihiro Yamamoto.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Gonzo closes the distance and pushes Dall back into the cage.
Dall is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Dall is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Gonzo scores with a shoulder strike.
Dall stalling against the cage.
Gonzo looking to stall.
Dall pushes Gonzo back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Gonzo will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Dall up against the cage.
Dall tries to throw a body punch but Gonzo avoids it by throwing Dall back against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dall tries a body shot but Gonzo blocks it.

Dall breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Dall checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Dall misses with a looping left.
Gonzo is looking for the big counter here.
Gonzo feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Dall's calf.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dall takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Dall keeps the fight on the outside.
Dall swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Gonzo moves out of range of the leg kick from Dall.
Gonzo slips a straight right by Dall.
Gonzo staying out of range there.
Gonzo's jab looks to have found its range, popping Dall under the eye.
Gonzo slips a straight right by Dall.
Gonzo is looking for the big counter here.
Dall lands a head shot.
Dall throws a head kick that misses.
As Dall backs off Gonzo throws a huge counter combo but Dall manages to avoid it all.
Dall swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Gonzo misses with a two punch combination.

Dall closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Gonzo to the mat! Gonzo manages to get full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dall tries to free his leg and advance position but Gonzo is retaining full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Dall is looking to pass into half guard but Gonzo pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Gonzo is in guard.

This has been an exciting period of action!

Dall throws his legs up looking for a submission but Gonzo uses it to pass to side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Dall is looking for a sweep.
Gonzo tries to get to his feet but he's trapped momentarily.
Dall tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Dall manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Dall is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.

Dall looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.

Dall wants to work for an arm triangle but Gonzo is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.

Dall is trying for a kimura here. Gonzo looks like he's in a lot of pain... and he's tapping out! Dall wins by kimura!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:33 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Ebyn Dall!
Ebyn Dall decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.