PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Heinrich Dussander (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dominic Prezkota (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Dussander might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Rammstein-Amerika. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Dussander
vs
Prezkota

177 cm
18
155 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

170 cm
21
151 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Heinrich Dussander!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Dominic Prezkota!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Edson Gomes and Alexandre Firmino.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Prezkota on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Prezkota staying out of range there.
Dussander takes a swing at Prezkota's ribcage but misses.
Prezkota on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Dussander tries to bum rush Prezkota with a series of wild strikes but Prezkota uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
No joy there for Dussander, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Dussander closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Dussander looks to land a combination. Prezkota sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.

Prezkota is rocked!

It looks like Dominic Prezkota has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Prezkota fails to land the takedown.

Prezkota shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Prezkota was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Dussander is trying desperately to improve position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Prezkota looking to ground and pound but Dussander is blocking nicely.
Prezkota looking to finish Dussander with some ground and pound. This is bad for Dussander!

Prezkota is going olschool here, as he tries to force Dussander to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Dussander shrugs it off.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Prezkota lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Prezkota lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Dussander hang on?
Dussander wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Prezkota.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Prezkota throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Prezkota thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Prezkota with shots to the head and body - Dussander looks very uncomfortable down there.
Dussander is working to get back to half guard.

Prezkota is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Dussander has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Prezkota trying to control but Dussander is having none of it.
Dussander is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.

Prezkota looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Prezkota unloads with some shots from mount but Dussander bucks and avoids them well.
Dussander is working to get back to half guard.

Prezkota working for a guillotine from mount but Dussander is in no mood to give up.
Prezkota trying to control but he's not successful this time.

Prezkota wants to finish this one by submission but Dussander is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Prezkota.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Prezkota fails to advance to Dussander's back.

Prezkota working for a submission here. He's tucked his head under his opponent's arm, looking for an arm triangle. He's hopped off into side control, looking to tighten the submission... is it going to work? He's given up a good position looking for it. Dussander looks OK. Oh, I spoke too soon, he's out! That must have been tighter than I thought! Excellent work there by Prezkota! Submission of the night perhaps?

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:35 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Dominic Prezkota!