PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Rodrigo De Lima (ranked 3512 p4p, 189 weight class) and Jon Black (ranked 5477 p4p, 257 weight class). De Lima's entrance music is Linkin Park - Numb. A fine choice. Black has chosen Thug for Life as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

De Lima
vs
Black

178 cm
25
145 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

175 cm
25
128 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
Good chin

Good wrestler
Brawler
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Rodrigo De Lima!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jon Black!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Jack Bonds and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
De Lima lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Black dives in for a single leg takedown but De Lima sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
De Lima's corner calls for a 1-2. De Lima obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
De Lima throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Black.
De Lima looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Black is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Black closes this distance looking for a takedown but De Lima circles away.
De Lima lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by De Lima.
Black fails with a takedown attempt.
Rodrigo De Lima has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jon Black.
Black takes a shot to the body in his stride.
De Lima lands with an uppercut that bounces Black off the cage and back into range.
Black doesn't succeed with the takedown
and De Lima counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nice takedown defense from De Lima. No joy for Black on that attempt.
De Lima connects with a single shot there.
A left and a right from De Lima both land. Nice combination.
Black is on the wrong end of a nice combination from De Lima.
De Lima moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
De Lima throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

That's one minute gone in the round.
De Lima scores with a three punch combo!
De Lima checks a low kick from Black.
De Lima misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
De Lima lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.

Black feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.

Black is sitting in close to De Lima's body. De Lima has gone for a guillotine from the bottom. Oh damn, that looks pretty tight! Black is panicking - it looks like this one could be all over! Yes, Black is tapping! That was a very nice submission by De Lima.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:35 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Rodrigo De Lima!
Rodrigo De Lima decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.