PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ryan Lock (ranked 22698 p4p, 730 weight class) and Koboko Dada (ranked 3586 p4p, 416 weight class). Dada has chosen Welcome to Jamrock as his entrance music. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Lock
vs
Dada

187 cm
27
196 lbs
5 - 9 - 0

186 cm
29
190 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Experienced

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
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 5 - 9 - 0, fighting out of London, Ryan Lock!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Koboko Dada!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Daniel Franklin and Frank Dennis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dada missing with a left hand there. Lock was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Ryan Lock seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lock slaps away a takedown attempt from Dada, before circling back to the center of the mat.
A punch combination from Lock misses.
Dada shoots in for a takedown but Lock shows good takedown defense.

Lock closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Dada doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

Dada breaks from the clinch.
Lock tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Dada misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lock doesn't manage to clinch there - Dada circles away.

Lock fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Dada, pushing him back against the cage.
Lock looking for a takedown.
Lock lands with a short head shot on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lock taking a breather.
Dada tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Lock's elbow.
Lock drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Lock.
Dada goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Lock using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Dada has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Dada fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Dada lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Dada lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Lock backwards.
Lock takes a shot to the head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Dada.

Lock decides to pull guard.
Dada tries to free his leg and advance position but Lock is retaining full guard.
Lock has momentary wrist control but Dada slips an elbow through the middle.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dada stops Lock from standing up.
Dada trying to control but Lock is working from the bottom.
Dada passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Lock is looking for a sweep.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lock on the wrong end of some ground and pound.

Dada wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Lock, who protects the arm well.
Dada advances to mount.
Dada is in the full mount, landing strikes.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lock is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Lock is working hard here to advance position.
Dada dominating with strikes here.
A nice elbow there by Dada.
Lock wants to hold on but Dada pushes him away.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Dada cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Dada with shots to the head and body - Lock looks very uncomfortable down there.
Dada looking to finish Lock with some ground and pound. This is bad for Lock!

Lock is rocked!
Dada can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Lock is looking to escape.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lock is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Dada lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Dada trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Dada landing strikes from the mount.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dada lands a big elbow.
Oh Lock is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Dada unloads with some vicious shots from mount and Lock wants out - he looks towards the referee who steps in to save him! Dada celebrates on the cage and the crowd goes wild!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Koboko Dada!
Koboko Dada spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.