PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Marcos De Lima (ranked 4443 p4p, 24494 weight class) and Kong Po (ranked 388 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

De Lima
vs
Po

172 cm
25
140
0 - 0 - 0

174 cm
18
145
0 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Marcos De Lima!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Kong Po !
The judges for this bout are Ben Hemmingworth, Hugh Johnson and Donatello Bradman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Po ducks under a wild hook from De Lima.

Po gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Po is looking to stand back up... there's a bit of a scramble and De Lima dives into side control.

De Lima in side control, just content to control the action for now.
Po is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A bit of a lull in the action. I'm sure it will pick up again soon... even if the ref has to physically pick them up and put them back on their feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Po is wriggling around trying to escape but De Lima has hooked up a rear naked choke! Is it over??? Is it... you're damn right it is! Po taps out and De Lima picks up the big win! Great work there by De Lima!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:23 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Marcos De Lima!