PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Jake Dope (ranked 4191 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tsung Dao Ren (ranked 4960 p4p, 0 weight class). Ren is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by "Welcome to the Party" (Feat. Zhavia Ward) By Diplo, French Montana & Lil P. I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!

Dope
vs
Dao Ren

175 cm
26
143 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

160 cm
23
140 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
Solid 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 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jake Dope!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Tsung Dao Ren!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Shigeki Sano and Yasuomi Hirokawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Dope lands an elbow inside.
Dope missing with knees to the body.
Dope's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Ren drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Dope is stalling here.
Ren wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dope unloads a knee to the mid-section.

Dope breaks the clinch.

Dope has Ren up against the cage in a clinch.
Dope tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Ren avoids it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dope using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Ren looks winded!
Dope scores with a knee to the head.
Dope scores a nice knee to the body.
A bit of stalling here from Dope.
Dope throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Ren blocks it with crossed arms.
Ren takes a knee to the side of the body.
Dope scores with a knee to the head.
Dope lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Dope scores with a knee to the head.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Ren has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Ren blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dope with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Dope landing knees to the head.
Ren is trying to stall.
Dope misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Ren.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dope effectively controlling the action here.
Ren is trying to break the clinch but Dope is controlling him.
Dope unloads a knee to the mid-section. Ren lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Dope is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Ren is defending well for now.
Ren managing to block the knees to the body from Dope.
Dope tries to land a knee to the head but Ren blocks with his arms.
Ren is trying to push Dope away but Dope has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Ren is trying to pull guard but Dope turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Dope creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Ren's defenses.
Dope lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Ren wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Dope has him pressed against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dope lands an elbow just above Ren 's eye.
Dope missing with knees to the body.
Ren letting Dope take a breather here.
Ren has Dope pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Dope manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Jake Dope has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tsung Dao Ren.
Dope missing with knees to the body.
Dope tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Ren avoids it.
Dope looking to throw knees to the head but Ren is blocking nicely.
Dope tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Ren avoids it.
Dope misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Ren.
Ren blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Ren is trying to break the clinch but Dope is controlling him.
Dope unloads a knee to the mid-section. Ren lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ren has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Dope after a bit of a struggle.
Dope using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Ren has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

Ren pulls guard effortlessly.

Ren looking for a triangle here. Dope is fighting it but it looks tight! Ren pulls the arm across and this one won't last much longer! Nope, Dope is tapping out - this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:37 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Tsung Dao Ren!
Tsung Dao Ren decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.