PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Gauthier Delisle (ranked 1124 p4p, 405 weight class) and John Ishmael (ranked 155 p4p, 61 weight class). Gauthier Delisle is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Delisle
vs
Ishmael

165 cm
26
144
9 - 1 - 0

192 cm
28
205
11 - 3 - 0

Great wrestler
Basic striking
Insanely flexible

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

MKFC
HELLBENT

HELLS BALLS RECOVERY
Core Combat

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Gauthier Delisle!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, John Ishmael!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Mauricio Rocha and Felipe Paraventi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ishmael fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Delisle manages to avoid it.
Delisle uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Ishmael.
Ishmael looks to land a right hand but Delisle moved out of range.
Ishmael jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Ishmael loads up on a big right hand but Delisle slips the punch.
Delisle shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Ishmael as he jumps to the side.
Ishmael moves out of range of the strikes.

Delisle drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Ishmael looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Delisle showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Ishmael wants to sweep but no luck.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ishmael being controlled here, momentarily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ishmael wants to improve his position but instead Delisle has moved into half guard.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Delisle in particular looking to stall.
Ishmael wants to improve his position but Delisle is controlling well.
Ishmael keeps trying to improve his position.

Delisle looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Ishmael tries to get to full guard but Delisle has control of the leg.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Delisle frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Delisle tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Ishmael is desperately trying to improve his position but Delisle has a good base and remains in mount.
Delisle content just to control the position here.
Delisle has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Delisle seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Ishmael for as long as he can get away with.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Delisle's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Ishmael is desperately trying to improve his position but Delisle has a good base and remains in mount.
Ishmael is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ishmael is still trying to improve position.
Delisle controlling his opponent.
Ishmael can't escape the position.
Delisle controlling the position easily from mount.
Ishmael tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Delisle looking to control and managing it successfully.
Ishmael can't escape the position.
Delisle controlling the pace for now.
Ishmael is wriggling around trying to escape.
Delisle controlling from mount.
Ishmael really trying hard to get back to half guard here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ishmael has given up his back - I don’t know if this is a deliberate ploy to try and escape or if he is just struggling down there.

Delisle is working for a rear naked choke. Ishmael is not defending it well and Delisle has tightened it up quickly! This could be all over! Ishmael refuses to tap and goes to sleep, forcing the referee to intervene. A little trickle of blood came out of Ishmael's nose as his head slumped to the floor. That is naaaasty!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:33 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Gauthier Delisle!
Gauthier Delisle decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.