PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Marco Polo (ranked 1535 p4p, 2629 weight class) and Kody Dangerfield (ranked 165 p4p, 272 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Polo
vs
Dangerfield

170 cm
26
148
5 - 1 - 0

175 cm
24
146
6 - 1 - 0

Decent wrestler
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Solid chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Marco Polo!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Kody Dangerfield!
The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, Bruno Lombardi and Joseph Jones.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dangerfield shoots in but no luck this time.

Polo gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Dangerfield to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Dangerfield working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Dangerfield passes Polo's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Polo is positioning himself well to prevent Dangerfield advancing to mount.
Polo blocking the ground and pound attempt from Dangerfield.

Dangerfield seems to be working for a kimura but Polo defends the submission attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dangerfield is pressing down on Polo's thigh, looking to free his foot. Polo is holding on for now.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Polo wants to get back to full guard.
Polo is in trouble now - Dangerfield has advanced to mount!

Dangerfield with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Dangerfield controlling from the full mount.
Polo is really trying hard to get back to his feet.

Dangerfield is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Polo to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Polo shrugs it off.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Dangerfield swings around for an armbar and he's got it! Wow, that came out of nowhere! What a finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:20 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Kody Dangerfield!
Kody Dangerfield is the new featherweight champion!
After winning the bout, Kody Dangerfield thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.