PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Elias The Upprunker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Zac Dane (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Zac Dane has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Elias The Upprunker's chin.

The Upprunker
vs
Dane

175 cm
26
192 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

181 cm
24
185 lbs
5 - 9 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter striker
Intelligent

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Elias The Upprunker!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Zac Dane!
The judges for this bout are Micheangelo Fripello, Ryoma Takatsuka and Josh West.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dane with a lazy takedown attempt
and The Upprunker makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.

The Upprunker shoots in and bounces Dane off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
The Upprunker engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
The Upprunker passes easily into side control. Nice work.
The Upprunker taking a breather here.
The Upprunker's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dane is looking to reverse the position.
The Upprunker just content to control the position.
The Upprunker lands a few punches from side control.
The Upprunker is chipping away with strikes.
The Upprunker just content to control the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Upprunker grinds an elbow into Dane's temple.
The Upprunker controls the position.
The Upprunker seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Dane for as long as he can get away with.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Upprunker has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Elias The Upprunker just wasn't active enough.
Dane tries for a takedown but The Upprunker circles away easily

and The Upprunker counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Dane is trying to get back to full guard.

Dane looking for submissions off his back.
The Upprunker performing his best blanket impression for a moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dane punching from the bottom.
The Upprunker controlling the action here.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
The Upprunker has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Elias The Upprunker dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

The Upprunker feints and as Dane raises his hands in defense, The Upprunker changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
The Upprunker is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Dane wants to sweep here but The Upprunker controlling him for the moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dane keeping full guard, as The Upprunker tries to pass.
Elias The Upprunker overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Elias The Upprunker just wasn't active enough.

The Upprunker closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Dane quickly recovers to half guard.
The Upprunker controlling the pace.
Dane on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
The Upprunker moves nicely into side control.
Dane tries to get back to half guard but can't.
A lull in the action here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dane tries to buck The Upprunker off but The Upprunker is having none of it.
The Upprunker is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

We're going to have a standup here because Elias The Upprunker wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Dane with a poor takedown

and The Upprunker counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by The Upprunker.
The Upprunker's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Dane is breathing heavily.
The Upprunker wants to pass the guard but Dane is keeping the position.
The Upprunker content to stall in guard here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

We're going to have a standup here because Elias The Upprunker wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.

The Upprunker scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The Upprunker lands a few punches from side control.
The Upprunker is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
Dane can't do much from the bottom here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Elias The Upprunker dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Dane gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and The Upprunker counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Dane!
The Upprunker is landing with some decent strikes but Dane is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.

Dane is rocked!
The Upprunker controlling from mount.
Dane is still in real trouble! Can The Upprunker finish him?
The Upprunker looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The Upprunker controlling the pace for now.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
A big strike lands for The Upprunker! That's really hurt Dane and he's turned his back - The Upprunker keeps firing away and the ref dives in to stop the fight! The Upprunker jumps to his feet to celebrate the victory!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:59 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Elias The Upprunker!