PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Eric Haags (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dylan Zimmerman (ranked 0 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.

Haags
vs
Zimmerman

150 cm
21
210 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Big heart

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Granite chin

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Eric Haags!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dylan Zimmerman!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Daniel Franklin and Chris Downing.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice shot lands for Haags.

Zimmerman shoots in and bounces Haags off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.

Zimmerman is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Haags is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Haags has escaped and now he's on top!
Zimmerman should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.

Zimmerman looking for a guillotine here but Haags defends easily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Zimmerman has thrown up a leg looking for a triangle. Haags doesn't defend quickly enough and Zimmerman has managed to lock this one up! Can Haags escape?! NO! He's tapping out! Damn, that was a quick submission - congrats to Zimmerman on a fantastic submission victory.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Dylan Zimmerman!
After the fight, Dylan Zimmerman was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.