PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between George Asdington (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dan Dallas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dallas comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Ace of Spades kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Asdington
vs
Dallas

173 cm
24
210 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

190 cm
26
213 lbs
6 - 17 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, George Asdington!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 17 - 0, fighting out of London, Dan Dallas!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, Colin Fotheringham and Steven Brown.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Dallas closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Asdington did well to prevent Dallas getting side control.
Asdington looks like he's trying to stand up.

Dallas is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Asdington defends it well.

Asdington looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Dallas throwing shots but Asdington is blocking nicely.
Dallas not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

Dallas is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.

Dallas is looking for a kimura but Asdington is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Dallas to get the leverage.

Asdington actively working from the bottom here.

Dallas 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.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Dallas seems to be working for a kimura but Asdington defends the submission attempt.
Dallas prevents Asdington from standing back up.
Asdington blocking the ground and pound attempt from Dallas.

Asdington looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

Dallas is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.

Dallas is working for a submission of some sort.

Asdington has one foot on Dallas's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.
Asdington is breathing heavily.
Horrible takedown by Dallas or perhaps it was just good defense by Asdington which made him look bad.

Asdington moves into range and clinches up with Dallas.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Asdington wants a takedown but no success here.
Dallas is pressed up against the cage. Asdington has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Dallas down to the mat. Dallas avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Asdington fails with the takedown

and Dallas counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for George Asdington. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Asdington is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Dallas scores with a couple of nice shots.

Dallas is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Asdington has managed to free his arm - good work.
Asdington tries to kick Dallas off but Dallas keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dallas looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Asdington with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.

Dallas is working for a submission here. He's got hold of the far side arm and he's looking for a kimura. He's cranking on the arm and he's got it! Asdington is tapping out! Ouch, that looked like it hurt!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:24 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Dan Dallas!