PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Richie Yang (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dale Fernhart (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dale Fernhart has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Yang
vs
Fernhart

178 cm
33
193 lbs
24 - 28 - 0

190 cm
28
220 lbs
11 - 4 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Dangerous knees
Very quick

Excellent grappler
Counter fighter
Good gas tank

Tokyo United Fightwear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 24 - 28 - 0, fighting out of London, Richie Yang!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Dale Fernhart!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Hogan, John Mangel and Eliza Hachem.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Fernhart gets the takedown into side control.
Yang is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Fernhart wants to lay and pray for a moment but Yang keeps working.
You can see the frustration on Yang's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Fernhart is looking to take a break and control but Yang is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
You can see the frustration on Yang's face as Fernhart controls the position.
Yang might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Yang struggling a bit here.
Yang is looking for a sweep.
Yang is not content to let Fernhart control the position.
Yang tries to bench press Fernhart off him but Fernhart keeps the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yang taking a bit of punishment here - Fernhart scoring with strikes.
Fernhart is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
Yang is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Fernhart landing a few strikes.
Yang struggling a bit here.
Fernhart trying to control the position but Yang is working away.
Fernhart lands an elbow.
Fernhart working the body and head with strikes.
Fernhart trying to control the position but Yang is working away.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Yang struggling a bit here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fernhart cracks Yang with a big right hand but Yang just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Yang is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Fernhart scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Yang to see if he's OK.
We've been hearing good reports from Yang's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.
Yang is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Fernhart wants to take a breather but Yang is having none of it.
Yang is trying to maintain the position but Fernhart is very close to passing his half guard.
Fernhart wants to take a breather but Yang is having none of it.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Fernhart lands a nice short elbow.
Yang is not content to let Fernhart control the position.
Fernhart wants to pass the guard but Yang is defending well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yang is trying to control but can't.
Fernhart sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Fernhart is trying to control the action in half guard but Yang is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Dale Fernhart wasn't active enough on the ground.
Fernhart swinging wildly here.

Yang gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Fernhart to score an easy takedown into full guard.

Yang working for a triangle but Fernhart defends it easily.
Fernhart looking to pass the guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yang keeping moving, preventing Fernhart from controlling successfully.
Fernhart pushing down on Yang's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Yang is not content to let Fernhart control the position.
Yang flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Fernhart is trying to control. Yang wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Yang looking for submissions off his back.
Fernhart is thwarting Yang's attempts to control the position.
Fernhart trying to control from Yang's half guard. Yang has other ideas though and has regained full guard.

That's five minutes gone in the round.

Yang is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Fernhart defends well.
Fernhart trying to control but Yang is working from the bottom.

Yang looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Fernhart passes into half guard.
Fernhart takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.

Yang looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

Fernhart is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Yang is looking to control Fernhart's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Yang avoid being mounted?

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Yang wants to get back to full guard.
Fernhart lands with a punch from half guard.
Fernhart trying to mount his opponent but Yang defends it.
Fernhart stalling.

Yang looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Fernhart trying to control from half guard but Yang is working away.
Fernhart looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Yang gets back to full guard.
Fernhart pushing down on Yang's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.

Yang actively working from the bottom here.
Yang has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Fernhart is working away from the top position though.

Fernhart seems like he's working for an arm triangle here. He's freed his trapped foot and he's rotating nicely. Yang is in big trouble! He's tapping out! This one is aaaaaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 7:35 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Dale Fernhart!
A very excited looking Dale Fernhart made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.