PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Demetrius Persley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rocco Dangerfield (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Persley
vs
Dangerfield

188 cm
25
182 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

168 cm
25
180 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Good chin

Good wrestler
Counter fighter
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Demetrius Persley !
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Rocco Dangerfield!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Santiago Holmes and David Hoff.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Persley scores with a sloppy right hand. Dangerfield should have avoided that one.

Dangerfield darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Dangerfield slips a nice elbow through Persley 's hands, connecting with Persley 's forehead.
Persley has improved his flexibility recently so we will have to see if he can use that to his advantage.
Persley on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Persley tries to get out of the position.
Dangerfield passes to side control.
Dangerfield is looking to take a break and control but Persley is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Dangerfield creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Dangerfield lands a nice forearm strike.
Dangerfield connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Persley some visible discomfort.
Persley tries to buck Dangerfield off but Dangerfield is having none of it.
Dangerfield working the ground and pound but Persley is defending the strikes.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dangerfield in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Dangerfield trying to control the action but Persley is working from the bottom.
You can see the frustration on Persley 's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
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.
Dangerfield misses with the ground and pound.
Persley dodges the ground and pound from Dangerfield.
Dangerfield working the head with strikes.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Dangerfield working his ground and pound in the gym.
Persley is looking to reverse the position.
Dangerfield scoring with punches and elbows.
Dangerfield wants to lay and pray for a moment but Persley keeps working.
Dangerfield landing strikes.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Dangerfield throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Dangerfield lands an elbow.

Dangerfield thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Dangerfield throwing strikes but missing, from side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dangerfield wants to lay and pray for a moment but Persley keeps working.
Persley is looking for a sweep.
Dangerfield scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Persley to see if he's OK.
Persley is trying to work for a sweep but Dangerfield has mounted him!
Persley is in a horrible position here. Dangerfield smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Persley taking shots to the head.
Persley slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Dangerfield looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Persley blocking the ground and pound attempt from Dangerfield.
Persley wants to get back to full guard.
Persley blocking the ground and pound attempt from Dangerfield.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Persley is looking to improve his position.
Persley wants to get back to his feet.
Dangerfield moves into full mount! Persley won't be happy about that!
Dangerfield with a couple of short strikes.
Dangerfield landing strikes from the mount and Persley is in trouble!
A nice elbow there by Dangerfield.
Dangerfield lands a nice shot to the head.

It looks like Demetrius Persley has been cut.
Dangerfield landing strikes from the mount and Persley is in trouble!
Dangerfield cracks Persley with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Dangerfield has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
You get the feeling that Persley really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Dangerfield landing strikes from the mount and Persley is in trouble!

Persley defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Dangerfield.
Dangerfield lands a couple of good shots and Persley has given up his back, trying to escape the position!

Persley is rocked!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dangerfield lands a punch that was close to the back of the head but the ref thinks it's OK.
Persley is taking damage to the body and head.
Dangerfield scores with strikes from the back.
Oh Persley is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Persley prevents Dangerfield from getting a body triangle.
Persley seems to have got his legs back now.
Dangerfield looking to soften up his opponent with punches.
Persley trying to control the action but Dangerfield just sinks the hooks in.
Dangerfield struggling to land strikes to the head as Persley covers up.
Persley trying to control but not successfully.
Dangerfield scores with punches from the back.
Persley knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Dangerfield on the ground.
Persley covers up after that shot from Dangerfield.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rocco Dangerfield dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Demetrius Persley 's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Dangerfield takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Persley scores with a nice right hand.
Persley lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Dangerfield at a distance.
Dangerfield tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Persley counters with a nice body shot.
Dangerfield tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Persley paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Dangerfield ducks right into an uppercut from Persley .
Dangerfield takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.

It looks like Rocco Dangerfield has been cut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dangerfield misses with a takedown attempt
and Persley counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Dangerfield thinking.
Persley connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
A left and a right from Persley both land. Nice combination.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Persley looks to land a combination. Dangerfield sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.

Dangerfield is rocked!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Persley weaves into range and cracks Dangerfield right on the temple with a beautiful overhand right! Dangerfield goes down! He's out cold! Wow, what a beautiful knockout! Persley is strutting round the canvas like a movie star as the camera bulbs flash frantically.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:06 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Demetrius Persley !
Demetrius Persley retains his welterweight title!
During a confident post fight interview, Demetrius Persley thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.