PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Andrei Penas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rorion Dorian (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Penas
vs
Dorian

185 cm
22
183 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

181 cm
25
190 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Intelligent

Dangerous GnP
Counter striker
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, Andrei Penas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Rorion Dorian!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, George Francis and Tiny Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Penas fails with an attempt to clinch.
Dorian fails with a takedown attempt from distance.

Penas darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Penas throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Dorian trying to hold on to Penas's head to control him but Penas postures up.
Penas looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Dorian with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Dorian is looking to control Penas's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Dorian avoid being mounted?

Dorian looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Dorian is looking to control Penas's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Dorian avoid being mounted?

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dorian preventing any damage for now, controlling his opponent's head.
Penas is looking for the mount but instead finds himself back in full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Dorian looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Penas knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Dorian on the ground.
Dorian keeping moving, preventing Penas from controlling successfully.
Dorian tries to land a sweep but no joy.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Dorian doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Penas counters with a nice uppercut.
Dorian avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.

Penas shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Dorian's guard.
Dorian controlling the position.
Dorian looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Dorian pulls Penas in close to prevent any damage.
Penas controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Penas trying to control the position from guard on top but Dorian is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Dorian pulls Penas in close to prevent any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dorian avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Dorian pulls Penas in to control the position.
Penas wants to control from the top but Dorian keeps moving.
Dorian manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Penas tries to hold on but Dorian pushes him away.
Dorian pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Penas is breathing heavily.
A nice elbow there by Dorian.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Penas is working to get back to half guard.
Dorian looking to finish Penas with some ground and pound. This is bad for Penas!
Penas is working to get back to half guard.
Dorian controlling from the full mount.

Dorian with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Penas tries to reverse the position but Dorian maintains control.
Dorian dominating with strikes here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rorion Dorian dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Dorian rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Penas moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Dorian on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Penas. Penas obviously looking to wear him down.
Andrei Penas seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A big right from Dorian misses.
Dorian shoots and misses

and Penas holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Dorian jumps guard but Penas stands there with Dorian around his waist. Dorian gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.

Penas turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Penas manages to end up in side control.
Dorian gets back to half guard.
Dorian slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Dorian wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dorian keeping moving, preventing Penas from controlling successfully.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Penas preventing the sweep.
Dorian bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Penas's guard.
Dorian advances to half guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Dorian lands a nice short elbow.
Rorion Dorian has got the better of the ground game so far.
Dorian looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Dorian moves into full mount! Penas won't be happy about that!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Dorian raining down shots from the mount!
Dorian has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Penas's face.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Penas is bucking up trying to escape but Dorian cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Dorian landing shots from mount.

Dorian working for a submission here. He's tucked his head under his opponent's arm, looking for an arm triangle. He's hopped off into side control, looking to tighten the submission... is it going to work? He's given up a good position looking for it. Penas looks OK. Oh, I spoke too soon, he's out! That must have been tighter than I thought! Excellent work there by Dorian! Submission of the night perhaps?

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:39 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Rorion Dorian!