PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Michael De Ruyter (ranked 5502 p4p, 474 weight class) and Houston Dallas (ranked 2624 p4p, 313 weight class). De Ruyter comes to the cage accompanied by Merck Toch Hoe Sterck. Michael De Ruyter has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

De Ruyter
vs
Dallas

193 cm
25
185 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

185 cm
25
185 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Intelligent

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Enjoys gardening

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Michael De Ruyter!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Houston Dallas!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Ben Zyskovitsi and Arvi Lind.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

De Ruyter gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.

Dallas thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Dallas throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Dallas engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.

Dallas is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Dallas is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dallas connects with a couple of short punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dallas controls from within his opponent's guard.
De Ruyter has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
De Ruyter keeping full guard, as Dallas tries to pass.
Dallas is still trying to improve position.
Dallas throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
De Ruyter knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Dallas on the ground.

Dallas drops back looking for a submission - "I'm sorry sir, but I'm gunna break your leg" says Dallas as he cranks on the unfortunate limb! De Ruyter screams and taps out before any major damage is done! Don't mess with Dallas! Nice submission victory there!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kneebar). Houston Dallas!