PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Clydee Forte (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ding Dong (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Forte comes to the cage accompanied by Psycho Holiday. Clydee Forte looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.

Forte
vs
Dong

180 cm
25
205 lbs
7 - 4 - 1

188 cm
24
211 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Knockout power

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 7 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Clydee Forte!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ding Dong!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Robert Douchet and Dillan Fox.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dong wants to clinch.
Dong is looking to clinch.
Forte blocks a jab.
Dong is looking to clinch but Forte is avoiding it.
Dong tries to close the distance and clinch but Forte swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Dong is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Ding Dong seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dong fails with an attempt to clinch.
Dong throws a wild body kick that Forte sees coming a mile off.

Forte pushes Dong up against the cage in a clinch.
Dong drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dong misses with an elbow over the top.
Dong tries to score a body lock takedown but Forte shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Dong prevents the takedown attempt.
Dong is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Forte pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Clydee Forte has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ding Dong.
Dong is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Forte gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Forte is pressed up against the cage. Dong has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Forte down to the mat. Forte avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Dong tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Forte counters with a nice leg kick.
Dong closes the distance looking to clinch

and Forte decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Dong's guard.
Forte passes Dong's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Dong is trying to stand up here but Forte is controlling him well.
Dong wants to improve his position but Forte is controlling well.
Dong really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Forte. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Dong looks gassed!
Dong trying to hold on to Forte's head to control him but Forte postures up.
Dong is not content to let Forte control the position.
Forte lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.

Dong looking for submissions off his back.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dong is looking to escape.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Forte 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! Dong is tapping out! Ouch, that looked like it hurt!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:31 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Clydee Forte!