PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Yi Dong (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Shifty Squibbles (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.

Dong
vs
Squibbles

188 cm
23
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

170 cm
18
170 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Intelligent

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Determined

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Yi Dong!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Shifty Squibbles!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Frank Antenori and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Dong has taken the fight to the clinch.
Squibbles is pushing Dong up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Dong wants a takedown.

Dong breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Dong fails to land with a series of punches.
Dong keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Squibbles throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Squibbles defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Dong.
Squibbles misses with an uppercut
and Dong counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Dong shoots in looking for a takedown. Squibbles tries to sprawl out of it but Dong keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Squibbles manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Yi Dong. That's going to take a lot out of him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A shot to the body from Squibbles misses
and Dong counters with a left and a right that stings Squibbles.
The fight stays on the outside here - Squibbles looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Dong checks a leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Squibbles ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Dong moves away.
Squibbles throws a head kick that misses.
A leg kick checked by Dong.
Squibbles keeps the fight on the outside.
Dong throws a sloppy head kick and Squibbles moves out of range easily.
Dong slips a straight right by Squibbles.
Squibbles tries to clinch there but Dong circles away.
Squibbles looks to land a right hand but Dong moved out of range.
Squibbles throws a head kick that misses

and Dong counters with a takedown into side control.
Squibbles takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Squibbles is looking to get back to his feet here but Dong is keeping cool and he's managed to take Squibbles's back.
Squibbles is trying to get back to his feet but Dong has full control of the position and if anything, Squibbles has just worked his way into a worse spot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dong controlling the position well here. Squibbles rolled but Dong kept the hooks locked in and stayed in the dominant position.
Dong tries to get the hooks in deep but Squibbles pushed the leg off.

Dong is cranking Squibbles's head sideways - that looks painful. He's managed to get his other arm under the chin and this looks bad for Squibbles! He's tightened the choke and Squibbles is tapping out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:48 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Yi Dong!