PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Miron Karoa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Herb Dean (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Herb Dean will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Karoa
vs
Dean

184 cm
26
176 lbs
10 - 5 - 0

165 cm
26
167 lbs
8 - 6 - 0

Good takedowns
Basic striking
KO power

Powerful takedowns
Solid Muay Thai
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Miron Karoa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Herb Dean!
The judges for this bout are David Hoff, Sandra Marshall and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dean dives in and grabs Karoa's left leg, looking for a takedown. Karoa pushes down on Dean's head and hops out.
Dean shoots for a takedown but Karoa saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.

Karoa drives through with a takedown into guard.
Karoa wants to control from the top but Dean keeps moving.
Karoa passes Dean's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Dean looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.

Dean looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Karoa looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Dean with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Dean wants to get back to full guard.

Karoa in half guard on the top. He's looking for a kimura... He's got it locked and he's managed to free his trapped foot. Dean tries to escape but it's on too tight and he has to tap! Great BJJ skills there from Karoa!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:53 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Miron Karoa!
Miron Karoa seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.