PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Declan Dice (ranked 6913 p4p, 485 weight class) and Ibasour Sershurrapal (ranked 5381 p4p, 415 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Dice
vs
Sershurrapal

172 cm
18
150 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

175 cm
18
145 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Granite chin

Top Gun Nutrition

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Declan Dice!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ibasour Sershurrapal!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Felipe Paraventi and Seu Braga.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
No luck for Dice with that takedown attempt.
Dice looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Sershurrapal is fending him off so far but Dice persists. Nope, Sershurrapal circles away and we're back to standing.
Sershurrapal lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.

It looks like Declan Dice has been cut.

Dice changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Sershurrapal looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Sershurrapal is working to avoid the ground and pound but Dice connects with a decent elbow.
Dice grinds an elbow into Sershurrapal's temple.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sershurrapal wants to control but Dice postures up.
Dice lands a decent elbow from side control.
Sershurrapal tries to buck Dice off but Dice is having none of it.
Dice landing strikes.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dice in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Sershurrapal tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Dice working the head with strikes.
Sershurrapal is looking to reverse the position.
Dice is chipping away with strikes.
Check out the look on Dice's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dice lands an elbow.
Dice landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Sershurrapal takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Dice creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.

Dice is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Sershurrapal is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Sershurrapal is trying to get back to half guard.
Sershurrapal is still trying to improve position.
Check out the look on Dice's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Sershurrapal manages to get back to half guard.
Sershurrapal is trying to control but can't.
Sershurrapal blocking the ground and pound attempt from Dice.
Dice not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Dice is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Dice lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dice lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Sershurrapal keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Dice is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Sershurrapal controlling the position well.
Sershurrapal wants to control but Dice is keeping busy.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
Dice takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dice thows a huge punch but Sershurrapal dodges it nicely.
Dice scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Nice strikes from Dice there.
Dice is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Dice lands with a punch from half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sershurrapal keeping hold of Dice's head, controlling as best he can.
Sershurrapal is looking to control Dice's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Sershurrapal avoid being mounted?
Sershurrapal is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Dice scores with a couple of nice shots.
Dice wants to pass the guard but Sershurrapal is defending well.
Sershurrapal wants to control but Dice is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Sershurrapal avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Dice.
Sershurrapal is looking for a sweep. Dice is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Nice strikes from Dice there.
Sershurrapal is doing well to control the position and prevent Dice from advancing to side control.

Dice is trying to work for a kimura but Sershurrapal is defending well.
Dice throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Dice throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sershurrapal moves into full guard.

Sershurrapal is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Dice defends well.

Sershurrapal escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Dice gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Dice is in close to Sershurrapal's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Sershurrapal has momentary wrist control but Dice slips an elbow through the middle.
Dice landing with the ground and pound.
Sershurrapal looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Dice advances to half guard.
Sershurrapal wants to control but Dice is keeping busy.
Dice working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Sershurrapal manages to get to full guard.
Dice keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Sershurrapal's head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Declan Dice dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Declan Dice's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Dice has his takedown stuffed
and Sershurrapal counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Dice gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
enabling Sershurrapal to counter with a crisp jab.
Dice doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Sershurrapal counters with a big left hand that crumples Dice! He was out before he hit the floor! Brutal knockout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:22 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Ibasour Sershurrapal!
A victorious Ibasour Sershurrapal thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.