PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dan Dinklage (ranked 1207 p4p, 2888 weight class) and John Russo (ranked 163 p4p, 373 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Dinklage
vs
Russo

160 cm
26
210
6 - 1 - 0

185 cm
26
219
3 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Cardio machine

Decent wrestler
Brawler
Granite chin

Underpant Gnomes
Highland Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Dan Dinklage!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, John Russo!
The judges for this bout are David Hoff, Sandra Marshall and Dirk Anderson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Dinklage gets the takedown into side control.
Russo takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.

It looks like John Russo has been cut.
Russo being controlled for a moment.
Russo tries to slip a leg under to move to half guard but Dinklage presses down on the leg and jumps into full mount!
Dinklage lands a heavy elbow.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Dinklage cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Russo wants to get back to his feet.
Dinklage has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Dinklage lands a nice shot to the head.

That has opened up John Russo's cut even more.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Russo is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Dinklage landing shots from mount.

John Russo's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at John Russo's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Dan Dinklage!
A relieved looking Dan Dinklage thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.