PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Dylan Hall (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sonny Sasonne (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sasonne is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Knockdown. Sonny Sasonne is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Hall
vs
Sasonne

175 cm
25
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

174 cm
18
165 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Inexperienced

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Dylan Hall!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Sonny Sasonne!
The judges for this bout are Eliza Hachem, Summer Carpenter and John Mangel.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Hall closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Sasonne is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Sasonne on the wrong end of some ground and pound.

It looks like Sonny Sasonne has been cut.
Sasonne is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Hall is controlling him well.

Hall stands up.
Sasonne misses with a right hand

and Hall counters with a single leg into guard. Sasonne didn't expect that.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Hall connects with a couple of short punches.
Hall lands a couple of digs.
Hall not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Sasonne really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Hall. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

Hall gets to his feet - Sasonne follows without any prompting.
Sasonne looks gassed!
Sasonne throws a right hand that misses

and Hall counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Hall not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Hall chips away with some ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hall engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Hall is in close to Sasonne's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Hall not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Sasonne wants to stand and escape but Hall is having none of it.

Hall stands and steps away. Sasonne gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.

Hall closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Hall has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Sasonne on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Hall cracks Sasonne with a big elbow.
Sasonne on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Hall working the head with strikes.
Hall passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Sasonne!
Hall controlling his opponent.
Hall putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sasonne is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Hall sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Hall working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Hall takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Hall lands a big elbow.
Hall raining down hammerfists from mount.
Sasonne is bucking up trying to escape but Hall cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Hall working Sasonne over with strikes here.

Sasonne is rocked!

Sasonne is flailing around, obviously not happy about being mounted. Hall locks hold of one of his arms and spins for an armbar. He's got it! Sasonne is forced to tap!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:01 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Dylan Hall!