PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between cru zan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Havid Dasselhoff (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.

zan
vs
Dasselhoff

190 cm
22
220 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

174 cm
20
200 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Solid 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 Hilo, cru zan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Havid Dasselhoff!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Dasselhoff shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Dasselhoff was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Dasselhoff controlling his opponent.
zan prevents Dasselhoff from taking his back.
zan sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Dasselhoff throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Dasselhoff trying to control from half guard but zan is working away.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Dasselhoff keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
zan is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

Dasselhoff seems to be looking for submissions.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Dasselhoff is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and zan defends it well.
Dasselhoff throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Dasselhoff trying to pass the guard but zan defending well.
Dasselhoff trying to control from half guard but zan is working away.
zan manages to get to full guard.
Dasselhoff looks gassed!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Dasselhoff seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Dasselhoff stops zan from standing up.
Dasselhoff stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. zan swivels though and keeps the full guard.
zan keeping moving, preventing Dasselhoff from controlling successfully.
Dasselhoff stops zan from standing up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Dasselhoff postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! zan is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Dasselhoff, into his guard.
Dasselhoff trying to keep a closed guard but zan is proving a slippery customer.
zan would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.

Dasselhoff looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
zan has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Dasselhoff is proving hard to escape from.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
zan has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.

Dasselhoff is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
zan thows a big elbow that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Havid Dasselhoff dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Dasselhoff fails with a takedown attempt.
zan misses with a double jab.
A decent looking body kick lands there for zan.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
zan sets himself and throws a head kick that knocks Dasselhoff to the ground! zan dives into full mount looking to finish!

Dasselhoff is rocked!

It looks like Havid Dasselhoff has been cut.

zan stands up from the dominant position. He obviously fancies his chances standing.
Dasselhoff is still on wobbly legs! Can zan finish him?
zan connects with a solid leg kick.
cru zan is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Dasselhoff chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before zan can pounce on him.
zan lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Dasselhoff seems to have recovered his senses.
zan throws a nice outside leg kick.
Dasselhoff misses with a takedown attempt - zan sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
zan is looking to clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
zan stalks Dasselhoff and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Dasselhoff's face. Dasselhoff staggers backwards, shaken.
zan throws a series of strikes that have Dasselhoff backpedaling.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Dasselhoff gets the takedown into side control.

Dasselhoff is in a dominant position here, looking for a kimura. zan looks calm but he's in trouble here. Dasselhoff gets his leg over his opponent's head and yanks on the arm. zan is tapping like a morse code operator on the titanic! SOS! SOS! Dasselhoff lets go of the hold and zan can pop his arm back in it's socket.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:25 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Havid Dasselhoff!