PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Luciano Bizarria (ranked 185 p4p, 29 weight class) and Three Dog (ranked 579 p4p, 90 weight class). Bizarria's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Arnaldo Antunes - Alta Noite. Dog has chosen Fallout as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Bizarria
vs
Dog

183 cm
33
211 lbs
22 - 9 - 0

203 cm
29
221 lbs
14 - 11 - 0

Great wrestler
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Excellent grappler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Bullet Proof System

Arcticus University: London

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 22 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Luciano Bizarria!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 11 - 0, fighting out of New York, Three Dog!
The judges for this bout are Steve Montenegro, Anthony Taglia and Franklyn Lucas.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
We've got one fighter who appears to only be looking to counter and the other not looking particularly aggressive either, so we could be in for a dull fight.
Dog fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Bizarria manages to avoid it.
Nice straight punches there by Dog. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Dog.
Dog scores with a sloppy right hand. Bizarria should have avoided that one.
Three Dog seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dog connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Dog missing with a left hand there. Bizarria was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A big left from Dog misses.
Bizarria feinted with a counter takedown.
Dog connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Bizarria momentarily.

It looks like Luciano Bizarria has been cut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dog thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Bizarria if he has to take too many more of those.
A lazy body kick from Dog

and Bizarria counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Bizarria preventing the sweep.
Bizarria passes Dog's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Dog is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Bizarria working Dog over with strikes.

Bizarria looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.

Bizarria is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bizarria lands strikes from half guard.
Dog blocking the ground and pound attempt from Bizarria.
Dog wants to get back to full guard.
Dog is still trying to improve position.
Dog blocking the ground and pound attempt from Bizarria.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bizarria winds up and cracks Dog with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Bizarria wants to lay and pray for a moment but Dog keeps working.
Dog is trying to maintain the position but Bizarria is very close to passing his half guard.
Dog makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Dog.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bizarria working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Bizarria postures up and lands a big shot to Dog's brow.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bizarria looking to sit in guard and control but Dog gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Dog wants to control from the top but Bizarria keeps moving.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dog trying to pass the guard. He's being very persistent here but Bizarria manages to land a sweep and now he's on top!

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:50 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Three Dog!
Three Dog is the new light heavyweight champion!
Three Dog seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.