PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Danny De Vito (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Travis Koenig (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Koenig has chosen Du Hast as his entrance music. Travis Koenig will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

De Vito
vs
Koenig

152 cm
25
155 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

190 cm
21
147 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter striker
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Danny De Vito!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Travis Koenig!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Alan Glass and Robert Twigg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Good work by De Vito as he checks the leg kick.
De Vito misses with a low kick.

Koenig gets caught napping as De Vito dives in and scores a takedown. Koenig manages to retain guard.
De Vito postures up.
Koenig really doesn't want to stay on the ground with De Vito. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Koenig looking for a sweep. Not yet Koenig, not yet.
De Vito throwing strikes from guard but Koenig blocks nicely.
Koenig is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
De Vito trying to control but Koenig is working from the bottom.
Koenig is trying to keep De Vito in close.
De Vito throwing strikes but missing.
De Vito prevents Koenig from getting back to his feet.
De Vito controls the pace of the fight for a moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
De Vito throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Koenig works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

Koenig is looking for a triangle but De Vito pushes his legs off easily.
De Vito scoring with some ground and pound.
Koenig avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
De Vito 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.
Koenig utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
De Vito tries to free his leg and advance position but Koenig is retaining full guard.
De Vito throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Koenig wants to hit a switch here but De Vito passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Koenig there!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
De Vito cracks Koenig with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
De Vito lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Koenig hang on?
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Koenig is working to get back to half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Vito lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
De Vito lands a big elbow.
De Vito landing punches.
Koenig looks gassed!
De Vito unloading with bombs!

Koenig is rocked!
De Vito raining down shots from the mount!
Koenig is still in real trouble! Can De Vito finish him?
De Vito landing strikes, looking to finish!
De Vito landing strikes from the mount.
De Vito has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Koenig's face.
De Vito working Koenig over with strikes here.
De Vito dominating with strikes here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Vito connects with a bit shot that sees Koenig covering up! More strikes from De Vito and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! De Vito is our winner by TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:19 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Danny De Vito!