PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jim Dandy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tor Pellinore (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pellinore is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Game of Thrones. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Dandy
vs
Pellinore

210 cm
25
299 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

205 cm
22
300 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
World class MT
Granite chin

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The Dark Side
Pirates Powder

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Jim Dandy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Tor Pellinore!
The judges for this bout are Paul Gruel, Roger Salmon and Jeff Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dandy throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Nice defenses there by Dandy.
Dandy fails to land with a series of punches.
A solid leg kick lands there for Pellinore.
Dandy misses with a double jab.
Jim Dandy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pellinore lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.

It looks like Jim Dandy has been cut.
Pellinore avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Dandy tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Pellinore moves out of range of the strikes.
Pellinore connects with a solid leg kick.
Pellinore throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Dandy.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dandy swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Pellinore counters with an inside leg kick.
Pellinore lands a head kick!
Pellinore lands a really nice looking cross but Dandy seems unphased.
Dandy jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Dandy misses with a jab, cross combination.
A jab from Dandy misses.
Dandy throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Dandy misses with a jab, cross combination.
A telegraphed right hand from Dandy misses the target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pellinore thumps Dandy with a low kick.
Pellinore pushes Dandy away with a front kick.
Dandy is breathing heavily.
Dandy on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Dandy shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Pellinore buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Pellinore lands a head kick. Dandy smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Nice shot lands for Pellinore.

Dandy gets tackled into the ropes by Pellinore. Pellinore maintains the clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Pellinore.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Pellinore.
Dandy wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Pellinore crunches a lovely knee into Dandy's ribcage.
Pellinore using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Pellinore comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Pellinore lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Pellinore unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Pellinore gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

Jim Dandy's cut is getting worse.
Dandy looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Pellinore lands a nice knee to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Pellinore.
The fighters are pressed against the ropes, as the pace of the fight slows.
The two fighters are battling for control here. Dandy trying to break out of Pellinore's Thai clinch. Pellinore unloads with a massive knee right up the middle that drops Dandy to the canvas! He's out cold! Wow, what a knee by Pellinore!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:18 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Knee). Tor Pellinore!
Tor Pellinore made sure to mention his sponsor, Pirates Powder in his post fight interview.