PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dewo Banget (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alen Zalac (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Zalac is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Survival - Eminem. Alen Zalac struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 206.8lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Banget
vs
Zalac

180 cm
20
220 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

185 cm
21
212 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter fighter
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Intelligent

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 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dewo Banget!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Alen Zalac!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Wesley Smith and Gwen Towbar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Zalac gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Banget to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Zalac looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
Banget trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

Banget thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.

Banget drops back looking for a leg! Zalac is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Zalac manages to kick Banget off! Banget jumps back into Zalac's guard.
Zalac can't keep his opponent in guard - Banget advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Banget is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Banget passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Zalac!
Zalac really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Banget. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Banget is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Zalac can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Banget is landing with some decent strikes but Zalac is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Zalac is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.

Banget working from mount. He moves in close and looks like he might be going for an arm triangle... He's hopped off to the side and he's transitioned into an Anaconda choke. Zalac turning a nasty shade of purple. He's refusing to tap but he's gone! He's out! The ref rips Banget off and cradles Zalac's limp body as Banget celebrates with his corner.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:48 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Anaconda Choke). Dewo Banget!
Dewo Banget decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.