PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Viribaldis Dembinskas (ranked 4726 p4p, 6748 weight class) and Nick Adams (ranked 554 p4p, 0 weight class). Dembinskas comes into the arena with The Less I Know The Better blaring out of the sound system. Nick Adams is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Dembinskas
vs
Adams

179 cm
19
189
0 - 0 - 0

215 cm
24
195
3 - 6 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Intelligent

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Viribaldis Dembinskas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Nick Adams!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, Colin Fotheringham and Steven Brown.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dembinskas looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Adams is fending him off so far but Dembinskas persists. Nope, Adams circles away and we're back to standing.

Adams closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Dembinskas blocking the ground and pound attempt from Adams.

Dembinskas looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Dembinskas slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Dembinskas manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Adams manages to get himself to full guard.

Dembinskas slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Dembinskas wants to stand but Adams has his arm trapped.
The strikes coming from Dembinskas are missing the target in this wave of attacks.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dembinskas tries to move to full mount but Adams actually manages to regain half guard.
Dembinskas wants to stand up but Adams is controlling the position.
Dembinskas performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Dembinskas landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Adams is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.

Dembinskas is trying for a kimura here. Adams looks like he's in a lot of pain... and he's tapping out! Dembinskas wins by kimura!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Viribaldis Dembinskas!
Viribaldis Dembinskas decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.