PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Daniel Edmond (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Demetrius Tektas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tektas is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Alison Hell. The key to victory for Daniel Edmond has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Edmond
vs
Tektas

171 cm
19
158 lbs
1 - 4 - 0

182 cm
20
168 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Experienced

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter fighter
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Daniel Edmond!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Demetrius Tektas!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Ben Zyskovitsi and Tarja Halkonen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Edmond tries for a takedown but Tektas sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.

Tektas gets a clinch.
Edmond tries to circle away but Tektas has him pinned against the cage.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Tektas has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Tektas keeps control of Edmond as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Tektas throws an elbow that misses.

Edmond manages to pull guard.
Tektas is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Tektas keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Edmond's head.
Edmond knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Tektas on the ground.
Tektas working some strikes from top position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tektas is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Tektas slips nicely into half guard.
Tektas seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tektas perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Edmond lands with a few short shots to the body.
Tektas is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Edmond!
Tektas takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Tektas in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.

Edmond is rocked!
Tektas postures up and lands a whopping elbow - oh that's hurt Edmond bigstyle! Two more strikes land for Tektas and the fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:54 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Demetrius Tektas!
During a confident post fight interview, Demetrius Tektas thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.