PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Fritz Decom (ranked 25221 p4p, 4819 weight class) and Amir Ali (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ali has chosen Psycho as his entrance music. Amir Ali has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Decom
vs
Ali

179 cm
22
130
0 - 4 - 0

192 cm
25
143
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Cuts easily

Good takedowns
Brawler
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 4 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Fritz Decom!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Amir Ali!
The judges for this bout are Sandra Marshall, Santiago Holmes and Winston Alpacca.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Ali decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Decom is looking to get full guard. It looks like he might be successful but at the last minute Ali jumps into side control!
Ali passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Decom!
Decom might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Ali takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Ali is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Decom can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ali controlling the pace for now.
Decom really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Let's hope that Ali has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ali with a couple of short strikes.
Ali has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Decom's face.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ali controlling the pace for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ali pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Ali content just to control the position here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Decom has given up his back, trying to stand up. Not clever.
Ali biding his time, controlling Decom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Watch the back of the head! Comes the shout from the referee towards Ali.
Ali scores with punches to the body.
Ali is looking cool and calm here, just waiting for a good opportunity to attack and finish the fight from this dominant position.

Ali looking for the rear naked choke. And he's got it! Decom taps!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:47 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Amir Ali!
Amir Ali got down on his knees post fight and begged the management for a title shot. 'Please, I want that title shot so bad! Give it to me!'