PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Dillon Danis (ranked 2752 p4p, 2968 weight class) and Lion Heart (ranked 340 p4p, 365 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Danis
vs
Heart

168 cm
25
162
4 - 0 - 0

150 cm
25
160
2 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Brawler
Powerful

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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 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Dillon Danis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Lion Heart!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, Andrew Berry and James Atkins.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Danis fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
And Heart tries to counter it with a takedown but Danis pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Danis misses the shot to the body.

Heart closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Danis has hold of Heart's hands but Heart slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Danis tries to get to full guard but Heart has control of the leg.
Danis trying to control here.
Heart tries to stand but his arm is trapped.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Heart is trying to control. Danis wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Danis keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Danis looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Heart tries to pass the half guard into mount. Danis knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Heart slips a nice elbow through Danis's hands, connecting with Danis's forehead.
Danis is looking to control Heart's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Danis avoid being mounted?
Heart trying to control the pace.
Danis has hold of Heart's hands but Heart slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Danis is trying to control but can't.
Danis tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Heart controlling the action here.
Danis trying to get back to full guard but Heart takes advantage of the position and moves to full mount!
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Heart avoids the attempt from Danis to control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Danis is desperately trying to improve his position but Heart has a good base and remains in mount.
Heart looking to control and managing it successfully.
Heart scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Danis?
Danis wants to hold on but Heart pushes him away.
Danis regains half guard.

Heart is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Heart is looking to advance position but Danis won't allow it.
Heart really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Danis. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Danis is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Heart pulls his head out easily.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Heart in particular looking to stall.
Ground and pound from Heart.

Danis looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Heart is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Lion Heart dominated that round.
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.

Heart drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Heart controlling from side mount.
Heart wants to stand but Danis is controlling his arm.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Heart wants to control but Danis is keeping him busy.
Danis is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Heart's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Danis won't allow Heart to pass to mount.
Heart has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Danis moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Heart landing some decent shots from guard.
Heart lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Heart looking to pass the guard.
Heart is fighting to break Danis's control of his arms but Danis is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Danis seems to have improved his submission grappling technique since last time we saw him. Let's see if he can pull off a submission.
Heart lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Danis wants to sweep here but Heart controlling him for the moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Danis is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Heart defends well.
Danis looking to hit a scissor sweep but Heart is one step ahead there.

Danis is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Heart defends well.
Danis controls Heart momentarily but Heart frees himself.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Heart not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Heart stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Danis swivels though and keeps the full guard.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters, thinking about a standup.
Heart wants to control from the top but Danis keeps moving.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Heart is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Lion Heart seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Heart throws a head kick but Danis moves out of range.

Danis has taken the fight to the clinch.

Heart tightens his grip and picks Danis up, before dumping him to the ground. Danis manages to land in guard.
Danis looking for a sweep. Not yet Danis, not yet.
Lion Heart has got the better of the ground game so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Heart seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Heart advances position into side control!
Danis can't do much from the bottom here.

Heart tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Heart working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Lion Heart showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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. This is the final round!

Heart tried to score with a low kick but Danis checks it.

Heart dives in and scores a takedown into Danis's guard.

Danis is working for submissions here. He's thrown up his legs looking for a triangle but Heart frees his head nicely. Oh but Danis has switched to an armbar! Heart is tapping furiously! Lovely submission there!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:29 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Armbar). Dillon Danis!
In his post fight interview, Dillon Danis started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.