PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Danny Delphine (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and James Rocky (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Delphine comes to the cage accompanied by Cowboys From Hell. Danny Delphine has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Delphine
vs
Rocky

225 cm
23
150 lbs
6 - 7 - 0

176 cm
25
164 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Determined

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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 6 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Danny Delphine!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, James Rocky!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Shigeki Sano and Yuuki Gou.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Rocky has taken the fight to the clinch.
Rocky lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Rocky with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Rocky creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Delphine's defenses.
Rocky gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Rocky tries a knee to the head but Delphine blocks it.
Delphine avoids a wild elbow strike from Rocky.
Rocky throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Delphine takes a knee right on the jaw!
Rocky throws a knee to the head but misses.
Delphine wants a takedown but no success here.
Rocky throws a knee to the head but misses.
Rocky throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Rocky dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Rocky is pressed up against the cage. Delphine has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Rocky down to the mat. Rocky avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.

Rocky pushes Delphine up against the cage in a clinch.
Rocky misses with a knee to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Rocky just misses with a elbow thrown towards Delphine's brow.
Rocky throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Delphine blocks it with crossed arms.
Rocky tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Rocky misses with a knee strike.
Rocky tries a knee to the head but Delphine blocks it.
Rocky throws an elbow that misses.
Rocky prevents a takedown attempt there.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Danny Delphine. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Rocky tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Delphine takes an elbow to the forehead.
Rocky prevents a takedown attempt there.
Rocky throws an elbow that misses.
Delphine has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Rocky is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Rocky is pressed up against the cage. Delphine has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Rocky down to the mat. Rocky avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Rocky stuffs the takedown attempt from Delphine. Delphine gets slowly back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Delphine closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Rocky's guard.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Rocky keeping moving, preventing Delphine from controlling successfully.
Delphine won't allow Rocky to get back to his feet.
Delphine will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Delphine trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Rocky avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rocky avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Delphine works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Rocky won't allow Delphine to pass to mount.
Delphine sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Rocky defending well though.

Rocky pushes Delphine off and gets back to his feet.
Rocky looks gassed!

Rocky takes the fight into the clinch.
Delphine is working for takedown but Rocky is calmly controlling the position for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Rocky.
Rocky lands a nice elbow.

Delphine pulls guard successfully.

Delphine is looking to sinch up a triangle. Rocky throws the leg off to one side though and gets in tight to Delphine's body to avoid the submission. Delphine has instead reached around Rocky's neck and now has a guillotine! Oh, this is biiiig trouble! Delphine arches his back and squeezes and forces the tap from his hapless opponent.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:32 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Danny Delphine!
After the big win, Danny Delphine made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors [CBK] Knockout Apparel and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.