PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Robbie Holmes (ranked 6291 p4p, 420 weight class) and Amin Dada (ranked 4905 p4p, 378 weight class). Holmes comes into the arena with Motorhead blaring out of the sound system. Robbie Holmes has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Holmes
vs
Dada

225 cm
25
280 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

193 cm
19
245 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

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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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Robbie Holmes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Amin Dada!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Alan Glass and Tiny Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Holmes is trying hard to land a takedown here. Dada sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Dada swats away the attempt to clinch by Holmes.

Holmes shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Holmes was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Holmes controlling from side mount.
Dada is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Holmes passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Dada!
Dada wants to try and get back to his feet.
Holmes will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Holmes scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Dada?
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Holmes cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Dada tries to buck Holmes off but he can't manage it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Holmes really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Holmes controlling from mount.
Dada is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Holmes scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Holmes working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Holmes content just to control the position here.
Holmes seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Dada for as long as he can get away with.
Holmes won't let Dada get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Holmes looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Dada is trying to stand up.
Holmes landing shots from mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Holmes with good strikes from the mount here!
Holmes with good strikes from the mount here!
Dada is trying to stand up.
Holmes lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Dada hang on?
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Holmes scoring with strikes but Dada is staying in there.
Holmes fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Dada wants to get back to his feet.
Holmes sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Holmes continues to stall.
Dada's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Holmes controlling the pace for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
You get the feeling that Dada really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Holmes lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Dada hang on?
Holmes dominating with strikes here.
Dada's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Holmes controlling from mount.
Holmes connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Holmes controlling his opponent.
Dada is trying to get back to his feet but can't.

Holmes is working to isolate an arm here. It's a telegraphed submission attempt but he's gone for it anyway - and he's got it! Holmes extends the arm and Dada is forced to tap!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Robbie Holmes!
A relieved looking Robbie Holmes thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.