PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Hlasela Dlamini (ranked 4098 p4p, 415 weight class) and Mark O Madsen (ranked 2463 p4p, 268 weight class). Mark O Madsen acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Dlamini
vs
O Madsen

181 cm
25
160 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

177 cm
27
167 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

Good takedowns
Brawler
Good chin

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Hlasela Dlamini!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mark O Madsen!
The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Valeri Chadov and Sergei Dronov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Madsen takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Dlamini clobbers Madsen with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Hlasela Dlamini seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A looping hook to the body misses from Madsen. Dlamini does a little dance to reset his feet.
Madsen takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Dlamini takes a swing at Madsen's ribcage but misses.
Dlamini works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Dlamini connects with a body shot.
A jab from Dlamini misses.

Madsen moves into the clinch successfully.

Madsen turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Madsen manages to end up in side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Madsen scores with a couple of short elbows.
Madsen looks up at the clock and then as Dlamini takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Madsen smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Dlamini is working to avoid the ground and pound but Madsen connects with a decent elbow.
Dlamini is trying to improve his position.
Madsen landing strikes.
Madsen cracks Dlamini with a big elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dlamini gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Madsen landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Dlamini wants to get back to full guard but Madsen has passed into side control.
Dlamini can't do much from the bottom here.
Madsen has knee on belly and moves into mount.
Madsen controlling the position easily from mount.
Madsen scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Dlamini is trying desperately to improve position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dlamini is working hard here to advance position.
Madsen landing strikes, looking to finish!
Dlamini knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Madsen on the ground.
Madsen dominating with strikes here.
Madsen lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Dlamini hang on?
Madsen content just to control the position here.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Dlamini is trying desperately to improve position.
Madsen controlling his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dlamini tries to reverse the position but Madsen maintains control.
Madsen trying to control but Dlamini is having none of it.
Madsen with good strikes from the mount here!
Dlamini regains half guard.
Dlamini manages to get to full guard.
Madsen preventing the sweep.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Madsen not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Madsen wants to control from the top but Dlamini keeps moving.
Madsen might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Dlamini haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Madsen scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Madsen preventing the sweep.
Dlamini trying to keep a closed guard but Madsen is proving a slippery customer.
Dlamini tries to land a sweep but no joy.

Dlamini working for a triangle but Madsen defends it easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mark O Madsen dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Dlamini throws a right and a left that both miss.

Madsen gets a takedown into half guard.
Dlamini wants to control but Madsen is keeping busy.
Dlamini tries to roll over but Madsen keeps him under control.

Dlamini looking for subs from the bottom but Madsen mounts him!
Dlamini tries to get back to half guard but can't.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The referee warns Dlamini that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Dlamini is trying to escape the mount.
Madsen has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dlamini wants to hold on but Madsen pushes him away.
Madsen has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Dlamini's face.
Madsen is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Dlamini is in all sorts of trouble here.
Madsen lands a couple of good shots and Dlamini has given up his back, trying to escape the position!
Madsen scores with punches from the back.
Madsen has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Dlamini grimaces as he takes a shot to the body.
Madsen is looking cool and calm here, just waiting for a good opportunity to attack and finish the fight from this dominant position.
Dlamini is in bad spot here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Madsen lands with a hammerfist to the side of Dlamini's head.
Good control from Madsen.
Dlamini tries to escape but Madsen has the hooks in and won't let him break free.
Dlamini is taking damage to the body and head.
Dlamini takes a big shot to the side of the head.

Dlamini is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The referee is taking a good look at Dlamini as he is on the wrong end of some big shots from Madsen!
Oh Dlamini is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Madsen throwing strikes from the back - he gets a warning from the referee for striking the back of the head but all these shots are hurting Dlamini!
Mark O Madsen has got the better of the ground game so far.
Madsen is loading up with his shots from the back and Dlamini is in big trouble! Dlamini taps out to strikes and the fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Mark O Madsen!
A less than humble Mark O Madsen misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.
Hlasela Dlamini was interviewed post fight and said 'you can't keep a good man down'.