PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Donnie Dilbrandt (ranked 4391 p4p, 4390 weight class) and Seretse Khama (ranked 0 p4p, 358 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Dilbrandt
vs
Khama

179 cm
16
156
0 - 0 - 0

181 cm
18
156
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Heavy handed

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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Donnie Dilbrandt!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Seretse Khama!
The judges for this bout are Percy O'Donnell, Jack Bonds and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dilbrandt throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Khama counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Dilbrandt misses the shot to the body.
Dilbrandt pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Khama slips under a jab from Dilbrandt.

Dilbrandt gets tackled into the cage by Khama. Khama maintains the clinch.
Dilbrandt jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Khama walks away with a smile on his face. Dilbrandt gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Khama cracks a nice hook into Dilbrandt's ribs.

Khama closes the distance and clinches.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Dilbrandt is looking for a takedown.
The referee is keeping an eye on Khama - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Khama just leaning against Dilbrandt, taking a breather.
Khama doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Khama softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Khama fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

Dilbrandt breaks from the clinch.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A hook to the body from Khama.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Khama.
A nice left hand lands by Khama.
Stalling in the clinch from Khama.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Khama creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

Dilbrandt breaks from the clinch.
Dilbrandt throws a hook but Khama avoids it easily.
Khama wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Dilbrandt swings for the body but Khama moves out of range.
Dilbrandt has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Dilbrandt there as he acknowledges the shot.
Khama with a hook.
Khama works the jab nicely.
Dilbrandt throws an ugly left hook that misses
letting Khama counter with a right hand.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Khama cracks Dilbrandt with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Khama has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Dilbrandt to stand back up!

Dilbrandt is rocked!
Khama ducks under a wild hook from Dilbrandt.
Oh Dilbrandt is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Dilbrandt walks straight into a right hand from Khama - that's dropped him! Khama jumps into mount and starts pounding away - can he finish?! More strikes go undefended and the referee has to dive in to save Dilbrandt from any more punishment! Dilbrandt complains about the stoppage but falls over as he tries to stand back up, so it was clearly a good stoppage.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:53 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Seretse Khama!