PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Doug Welder (ranked 4401 p4p, 159 weight class) and Naikrul Dream (ranked 4416 p4p, 160 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Welder
vs
Dream

218 cm
28
300 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

212 cm
22
300 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Doug Welder!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Naikrul Dream!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Anni Minnemäki and Marco Blurström.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Welder closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Welder throws a strike but Dream avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Welder throws an elbow that misses. Dream uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Welder's guard. Nice move by Dream!

Dream trying to stand up but can't free himself from Welder's guard.
Welder managing to control the position.

Welder manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Dream stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Dream wants it to stay on the feet.
Welder fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Dream circles to his right before unloading a perfect head kick! Welder drops to the canvas, hurt badly! Dream follows Welder to the ground and unloads with a series of strikes that force the referee to step in and end the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Naikrul Dream!
Naikrul Dream decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.