PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Kevin The Dream (ranked 6389 p4p, 517 weight class) and Kalkupalhu Ditti (ranked 5860 p4p, 499 weight class). Kalkupalhu Ditti struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 156.4lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

The Dream
vs
Ditti

160 cm
25
156 lbs
0 - 2 - 1

185 cm
21
165 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

Good takedowns
Brawler
Self confident

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Solid 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 0 - 2 - 1, fighting out of The Island, Kevin The Dream!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Kalkupalhu Ditti!
The judges for this bout are David Hoff, Sandra Marshall and Dirk Anderson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ditti fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
The Dream looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
Ditti misses with a double jab

and The Dream counters with a takedown into side control.
Ditti tries to wriggle free to get back to his feet but he's given up his back! Oops.
Ditti is defending well here and trying to improve his position.
Ditti looks to control his opponent's hands but he's not mananging it at the moment.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The Dream landing with strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ditti is trying to get back to his feet but The Dream has full control of the position and if anything, Ditti has just worked his way into a worse spot.
Good control from The Dream.
Ditti trying to control the action but The Dream just sinks the hooks in.
The Dream seems to have improved his submission grappling technique since last time we saw him. Let's see if he can pull off a submission.
Ditti wants to get back to his feet.
Ditti tries to roll but The Dream sticks to his back.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.

The Dream is staying calm and holding on to the back position, whilst working on a rear naked choke. Ditti is defending well though. The Dream let's go of the attempt for now.
Ditti really doesn't want to stay on the ground with The Dream. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
The Dream throwing sloppy strikes.
The Dream is hanging on to Ditti's back as he tries to escape.
What can Ditti do to escape this position? He's going to have to figure it out pretty quick if he wants to stay in the fight!

The Dream has his opponent's back and is working for the choke.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ditti is really stuck here.
The Dream really has the hooks in deep now - there seems like no escape for Ditti.
I really don't envy Ditti right now.
The Dream could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Ditti trying to control but not successfully.

The Dream is working for the choke. He's slipped one arm under the chin. Ditti has to defend the other arm for all he's worth... but The Dream has managed to get that arm free too and he's tightening the choke! Ditti taps out and looks absolutely disgusted with himself. The Dream doesn't care though - he's delighted!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Kevin The Dream!