PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Mordecai Dabingyaba (ranked 5232 p4p, 415 weight class) and Perdue Willshire (ranked 20836 p4p, 499 weight class). Dabingyaba comes to the cage accompanied by Welcome To The Jungle. Perdue Willshire has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Mordecai Dabingyaba's chin.

Dabingyaba
vs
Willshire

180 cm
19
145 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

172 cm
26
142 lbs
5 - 17 - 1

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Knockout power

Urban Fighter
Conviction

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Mordecai Dabingyaba!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 17 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Perdue Willshire!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, James Atkins and Paul Tew.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Willshire takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Dabingyaba lands a nice shot to the body.
The fighters circle momentarily. Dabingyaba darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Dabingyaba connects with a body shot.
Dabingyaba shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Willshire eats them both and turns towards Dabingyaba to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Dabingyaba works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Willshire takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Dabingyaba connects with a body shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Willshire fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Dabingyaba scores with a crisp jab that stopped Willshire in his tracks.
Dabingyaba avoids a punch combination nicely.

Willshire darts in and clinches Dabingyaba up against the cage.
Dabingyaba definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Willshire leaning his opponent against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Willshire just misses with a elbow thrown towards Dabingyaba's brow.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Willshire pulls guard.

Willshire uses the cage to get back to his feet.
A left and a right from Dabingyaba both land. Nice combination.
Dabingyaba fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Dabingyaba dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Willshire. That did some damage!
Willshire throws a body punch but Dabingyaba moves out of range.

Willshire dives in and scores a takedown into Dabingyaba's guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Dabingyaba working for a triangle but Willshire defends it easily.
Willshire postures up and lands a big shot to Dabingyaba's brow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dabingyaba wants to improve his position but instead Willshire has moved into half guard.
Dabingyaba knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Willshire on the ground.
Willshire lands with a punch from half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Willshire looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Dabingyaba with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Willshire slips a nice elbow through Dabingyaba's hands, connecting with Dabingyaba's forehead.
Dabingyaba trying to control here.
Willshire controlling the pace.
Willshire lands strikes from half guard.

Willshire is trying for a kimura here. Dabingyaba looks like he's in a lot of pain... and he's tapping out! Willshire wins by kimura!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Perdue Willshire!