PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Rafael De Lima (ranked 23001 p4p, 4456 weight class) and Occitan Fury (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). De Lima comes to the cage accompanied by Salad - By: DL Incognito. Occitan Fury is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

De Lima
vs
Fury

183 cm
22
203
0 - 0 - 0

186 cm
25
192
1 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Good takedowns
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 Las Vegas, Rafael De Lima!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Occitan Fury!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Robert Twigg and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
De Lima tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Fury chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before De Lima can pounce on him.
Fury walks into a left hand.
Fury shoots in and drives through. De Lima sprawls well.
A combination from De Lima does no damage.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Fury.
De Lima is looking for a sweep.
De Lima sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.

Fury is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so De Lima is just riding it out for now. Fury eventually gives up the hold.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Fury looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.

De Lima looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
De Lima is concentrating on defense, preventing Fury from advancing position.

De Lima looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Fury is trying to control. De Lima wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.

Fury is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
De Lima makes his way to full guard. A much better position for De Lima.
De Lima is pulling down on Fury's head. It's preventing any offense from Fury, at least for the moment.
Fury trying to control but De Lima is working from the bottom.
Fury throwing strikes but missing.
Fury must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
De Lima keeping moving, preventing Fury from controlling successfully.

De Lima has thrown up a leg looking for a triangle. Fury doesn't defend quickly enough and De Lima has managed to lock this one up! Can Fury escape?! NO! He's tapping out! Damn, that was a quick submission - congrats to De Lima on a fantastic submission victory.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Rafael De Lima!
After winning the bout, Rafael De Lima thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.