PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Kody Dangerfield (ranked 4488 p4p, 4457 weight class) and Sam Roberts (ranked 402 p4p, 398 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Dangerfield
vs
Roberts

175 cm
23
146
1 - 0 - 0

182 cm
25
153
1 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Kody Dangerfield!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Sam Roberts!
The judges for this bout are Dean Styles, Lou da Vinci and Eddie Farnsworth.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Roberts tries to close the distance and clinch but Dangerfield swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Roberts tries to clinch up but Dangerfield circles away and keeps his distance.
Dangerfield tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Roberts swivels and escapes.
Dangerfield keeps the fight on the outside.
As Roberts tries to get set, Dangerfield tries to push him back and clinch up but Roberts manages to avoid the attempt.
Roberts lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Dangerfield circles away quickly and effectively.
Roberts misses with an attempted mid kick.
Roberts displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Dangerfield.
Roberts is looking to clinch.
Dangerfield is looking to counter the offense by Roberts and move into the clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Roberts looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
It looked like Dangerfield wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Roberts tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Dangerfield manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Dangerfield tries for a takedown but Roberts sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kody Dangerfield. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Roberts gets a clinch.

Dangerfield gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.

Dangerfield is trying for a kimura here. Roberts looks like he's in a lot of pain... and he's tapping out! Dangerfield wins by kimura!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:18 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Kody Dangerfield!
Kody Dangerfield spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.