PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Liko Dares (ranked 1107 p4p, 1549 weight class) and Petrus Tampubolon (ranked 154 p4p, 205 weight class). Dares comes to the cage accompanied by I Saw the Sign. Petrus Tampubolon struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 172.6lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. Petrus Tampubolon has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Liko Dares's chin.

Dares
vs
Tampubolon

184 cm
28
177
11 - 5 - 0

185 cm
27
180
5 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Good knees
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Powerful

Brooklyn Apothecary
Fantasy Threads

BE Younick

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Liko Dares!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Petrus Tampubolon!
The judges for this bout are Ben Hemmingworth, Winston Howard and Summer Carpenter.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Dares moves into range and clinches up with Tampubolon.
Tampubolon looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
Tampubolon blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Tampubolon blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Dares misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Tampubolon.
Dares works on Tampubolon's body with a couple of short punches.
Dares lands a knee to the head.
Tampubolon letting Dares take a breather here.
Dares lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Dares misses with an elbow over the top.
Dares connects with a knee to the head.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Dares obliges.
Dares is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Dares unloads a knee to the mid-section.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tampubolon takes a knee right on the jaw!
Dares lands a knee to the head.
Tampubolon takes a knee right on the jaw!

Tampubolon is rocked!
Dares landing knees to the head.
Tampubolon is still on wobbly legs! Can Dares finish him?
Dares controlling the position using the Thai clinch, unloads with a massive knee! Boom! He's out cold and slumps to the floor against the cage! I can't wait to see the slow motion replay of that one!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Knee). Liko Dares!
Liko Dares was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.