PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ben Dover (ranked 24920 p4p, 5752 weight class) and Ding Ding Dong (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Dover
vs
Ding Dong

182 cm
28
215
2 - 4 - 0

200 cm
24
265
7 - 27 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Granite 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 2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ben Dover!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 27 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ding Ding Dong!
The judges for this bout are Joseph Jones, Jorge Garcia and David Schapiro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
No luck with that takedown attempt from Ding Dong.
Some wild striking there from Dover.
Dover fails to land with a series of punches.
Ding Dong misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Ding Dong fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Dover appears to be looking for a big counter.
Ben Dover has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ding Ding Dong.

Ding Dong manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Dover on his heels. He'll look to pass Dover's guard now, I'm sure.
Ding Dong sitting in guard here, content to control.
Ding Dong pushes down on Dover's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Dover might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ding Dong prevents Dover from standing back up.

Ding Dong is trying to work for a kimura but Dover is defending well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dover is staying active underneath Ding Dong, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Dover wants to get back to his feet.

Ding Dong is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ding Dong is taking a breather. Dover says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.

Ding Dong seems to be working for a kimura but Dover defends the submission attempt.

Dover is defending against the submission attempts here by Ding Dong.
Dover on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Dover tries to get out of the position.
Ding Dong wants to take a breather but Dover is having none of it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Dover wants to get back to his feet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Ding Dong has hold of the far side arm. He's working for the Kimura, can Dover defend it? Ding Dong steps over the head and cranks it - Dover is tapping out! That was textbook stuff right there - nice submission victory for Ding Dong!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:13 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Ding Ding Dong!
Ding Ding Dong spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.