PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between James Dymond (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rax Fedora (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dymond comes to the cage accompanied by Are you gonna go my way. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Dymond
vs
Fedora

169 cm
23
160 lbs
4 - 6 - 0

172 cm
20
165 lbs
2 - 5 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, James Dymond!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Rax Fedora!
The judges for this bout are Luis Engracia, Leandro Rodrigues and Mauricio Rocha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dymond misses with a leg kick.
Dymond takes a swing at Fedora's ribcage but misses.
Dymond tries to bum rush Fedora with a series of wild strikes but Fedora uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Dymond throws the left hand but Fedora avoids the punch easily.

Fedora darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Fedora passes the guard and advances to mount!
Fedora content just to control the position here.
Dymond is trying to stand.
Fedora content just to control the position here.
Let's hope that Fedora has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Fedora has hold of Dymond's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Dymond manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Dymond is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Dymond has given up his back here. Will Fedora look for the submission or keep pounding away?
Dymond is trying to get back to his feet but he's not managed it yet.
Fedora keeps control of the position easily here as Dymond tries to buck him off.

Fedora has both hooks in and is working for a choke. Dymond is in real trouble here. Fedora gets an arm under the chin and tightens the submission attempt... is this the end? Yes, Dymond is tapping out! Fedora wins by rear naked choke!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Rax Fedora!