PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Lin Jadong (ranked 4380 p4p, 4248 weight class) and Philemon Dander (ranked 0 p4p, 440 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Jadong
vs
Dander

180 cm
21
155
1 - 0 - 0

203 cm
25
265
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Cuts easily

Good takedowns
Brawler
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Lin Jadong!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Philemon Dander!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Kenichi Hosakawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Dander shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Dander showed some decent athleticism there.

Jadong has managed to escape just enough to sneak back to his feet but Dander is on him like a limpet, forcing Jadong back against the cage.
Dander prevents the takedown attempt.

Jadong breaks the clinch.
Jadong slips a jab from Dander.
Dander misses with a two punch combination.
Jadong throws a head kick that misses.
Dander circles away from the clinch attempt.
Dander misses with a wild body shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dander misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Jadong tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Dander defends well and Jadong ends up having to push Dander into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Dander tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Dander jumps guard but Jadong stands there with Dander around his waist. Dander gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dander is trying to push Jadong away but Jadong has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Dander fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Jadong prevents a body shot from Dander.
Jadong tries to work over Dander's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Jadong is looking to take this one to the mat.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Lin Jadong. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Jadong tries for a takedown. No joy.

Dander pulls guard successfully.
Dander is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Dander seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Dander lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice strikes from Dander there.
Dander has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Jadong flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Jadong is looking to control Dander's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Jadong avoid being mounted?
Dander wants to control but Jadong is keeping him busy.
Dander drops an elbow to the side of Jadong's head.
Dander tries to pass the half guard into mount. Jadong knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Jadong looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Dander performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Dander scoring with strikes to the body and head.

Jadong is rocked!
Dander lands a big elbow from half guard. That looks like it's hurt Jadong quite badly. Jadong pulls Dander in close trying to recover. Dander postures up and lands two really hard shots that put Jadong on queer street! The ref takes a look and decides to call an end to the fight! Possibly an early stoppage but Jadong doesn't seem to be complaining too much.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Philemon Dander!