PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between DingDong Dantes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Haya Bernie McAwesome (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dantes comes to the cage accompanied by DDD Entrance Song. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Dantes
vs
Bernie McAwesome

188 cm
25
185 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

188 cm
22
185 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Good knees
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Can Moonwalk

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, DingDong Dantes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Haya Bernie McAwesome!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Timothy Bukovac and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dantes throws a quick inside leg kick.
Dantes slips under a jab.
Dantes thumps McAwesome with a low kick.
Dantes cracks the inside of McAwesome's front leg.
Dantes fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Dantes tries to clinch up but McAwesome circles away and keeps his distance.
Dantes misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
McAwesome throws a hook but Dantes blocks it.
Dantes lands a head kick. McAwesome smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dantes throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
McAwesome looks winded!
Dantes tries to close the distance and clinch but McAwesome swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Dantes lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Dantes swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
McAwesome swats away the attempt to clinch by Dantes.
A chopping leg kick lands by Dantes.
McAwesome circles away from the clinch attempt.
Crunch! Dantes slams his shin into McAwesome's torso.

Dantes sets himself and throws a head kick that knocks McAwesome to the ground! Dantes dives into full mount looking to finish!

McAwesome is rocked!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.

Dantes is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but McAwesome is surviving well by controlling Dantes's body position as best he can.
McAwesome is still in real trouble! Can Dantes finish him?

That's one minute gone in the round.

Dantes looking to secure an arm triangle but McAwesome defends it well.
Dantes is looking to stand but Dantes has his arms wrapped tightly around him, looking to prevent the damage.
McAwesome seems to have recovered his senses.

Dantes looking for a guillotine from mount but McAwesome is having none of it.

Dantes is looking to secure an arm. He's managed it! He's pivoting for an armbar - that looks tight! But McAwesome has managed to get out of it and now he's in a dominant position. Nice work from McAwesome!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McAwesome stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Dantes swivels though and keeps the full guard.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Dantes can't keep his opponent in guard - McAwesome advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Dantes manages to get to full guard.

McAwesome thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.

Dantes is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. McAwesome is aware though and is defending well.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

McAwesome postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Dantes is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of McAwesome, into his guard.

Dantes is posturing up here but McAwesome has hold of an arm and he's gone for an armbar! Dantes tries to roll out but it's too tight and Dantes has to tap! Slick submission there by McAwesome!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:18 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Haya Bernie McAwesome!
Haya Bernie McAwesome decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.