PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Tawheed Bilaal (ranked 6501 p4p, 24882 weight class) and King The Dragon (ranked 695 p4p, 727 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Bilaal
vs
The Dragon

179 cm
26
170
0 - 1 - 0

174 cm
24
175
0 - 2 - 0

Good takedowns
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Tawheed Bilaal!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, King The Dragon!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, Andrew Berry and James Atkins.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The Dragon with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Bilaal avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
The Dragon throws a series of punches but Bilaal moves out of range.
Bilaal definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Bilaal takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.

The Dragon has managed to clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for The Dragon.
Bilaal is trying to pull guard but The Dragon has him pressed against the cage.
Bilaal blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Bilaal tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Bilaal jumps guard but The Dragon stands there with Bilaal around his waist. Bilaal gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tawheed Bilaal. That's going to take a lot out of him.
The Dragon lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Bilaal backwards.
The Dragon working aggressively here.
Bilaal fails to pull guard.
Bilaal tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. The Dragon just stands there and leans against the cage.
Bilaal blocking some punches.
Still in the clinch, The Dragon scores with a nice short uppercut.
Bilaal is trying to pull guard but The Dragon turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Bilaal tries to pull guard but The Dragon won't allow it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bilaal.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bilaal tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
The Dragon lands a hook to the side of the head.
Bilaal takes a shot to the head.
The Dragon lands a left hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Dragon lands a nice shot to the body.
Bilaal tries to pull guard but The Dragon forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
The Dragon throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Bilaals head.
Bilaal jumps guard but The Dragon turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Bilaal tries to pull guard but The Dragon forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
The Dragon struggles to land a body shot inside as Bilaal controls his hands.
Bilaal jumps guard but The Dragon stands there with Bilaal around his waist. Bilaal gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Bilaal is trying to pull guard but The Dragon turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Bilaal blocks an uppercut.
Bilaal fails to pull the fight into his guard.
The Dragon misses with a body punch.
The Dragon tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
The Dragon throws a head punch that misses.
The Dragon pushes Bilaal back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Bilaal is breathing heavily.
Bilaal is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables The Dragon to keep the fight standing.
The Dragon lands an uppercut.
The Dragon lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Bilaal is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables The Dragon to keep the fight standing.
A shot in the inside from The Dragon.
The Dragon lands a nice uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bilaal blocks an uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Dragon digs a right hand into Bilaal's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Bilaal's gas tank.
Bilaal tries to pull guard but The Dragon holds him up against the cage and eventually Bilaal drops back down to his feet.
The Dragon scores with an uppercut up the middle.
The Dragon makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Bilaal jumps guard but The Dragon turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
The Dragon gets through Bilaal's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A short right from The Dragon.
Bilaal tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
The Dragon fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
The Dragon gets through Bilaal's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
The Dragon lands a left hand that snaps the head of Bilaal backwards.
Bilaal is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables The Dragon to keep the fight standing.
Bilaal jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as The Dragon walks away with a smile on his face. Bilaal gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
The Dragon stuffs the takedown attempt from Bilaal. Bilaal gets slowly back to his feet.
The Dragon steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Bilaal.
The Dragon wants to clinch but Bilaal slips to the side

and Bilaal counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
The Dragon wants to get back to his feet but Bilaal is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The Dragon not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Dragon can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Bilaal controls the pace.

Bilaal 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.
Bilaal stops The Dragon from standing up.

Bilaal drops back looking for a leg! The Dragon is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and The Dragon manages to kick Bilaal off! Bilaal jumps back into The Dragon's guard.
The Dragon not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Bilaal slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.

Bilaal thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.

Bilaal thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Bilaal works a leg free and moves into half guard.

Bilaal is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.

Bilaal is working for a submission here. He's got hold of the far side arm and he's looking for a kimura. He's cranking on the arm and he's got it! The Dragon is tapping out! Ouch, that looked like it hurt!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:44 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Tawheed Bilaal!
A victorious Tawheed Bilaal thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.