PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Urijah Faber (ranked 5698 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thabo Dlamini (ranked 5850 p4p, 0 weight class). Faber comes to the cage accompanied by 6 Feet Down. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Faber
vs
Dlamini

189 cm
22
260 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

190 cm
25
280 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Good wrestler
Counter fighter
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Urijah Faber!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Thabo Dlamini!
The judges for this bout are Winston Alpacca, Michael Johnstone and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Faber dips to his left and cracks Dlamini with an uppercut!

It looks like Thabo Dlamini has been cut.

Faber lands a big right hand that sends Dlamini crashing to the mat! Faber stays standing though and waves Dlamini back to his feet!

Dlamini is rocked!

Faber gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Dlamini to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Dlamini is still in real trouble! Can Faber finish him?
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dlamini throwing strikes from guard but Faber blocks nicely.
Dlamini postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Dlamini seems to have recovered his senses.
Dlamini passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Faber is working to avoid the ground and pound but Dlamini connects with a decent elbow.
Dlamini has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Dlamini content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
Faber is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Dlamini in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
It looks like Dlamini might be adopting somewhat of a lay and pray gameplan here, which I'm sure won't go down too well with the paying fans in attendance... Or the ring announcers come to think of it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Faber takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Dlamini scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Faber to see if he's OK.
Dlamini passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Faber!
Dlamini is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Faber can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Faber is trying to stand.
Faber is breathing heavily.

Dlamini is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Faber has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Dlamini with good strikes from the mount here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dlamini unloading with bombs!
Dlamini scores with a couple of good head shots there.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Dlamini swings around for an armbar and he's got it! Wow, that came out of nowhere! What a finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:30 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Thabo Dlamini!
In defeat, Urijah Faber stepped up to the mic, saying 'Iv got to train harder!'.