PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jean Claude Dasilva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Samuel Diabate (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Diabate comes into a darkened arena with his song building. The Dark Side Of The Moon - Pink Floyd kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Samuel Diabate is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Claude Dasilva
vs
Diabate

225 cm
26
300 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

183 cm
21
300 lbs
5 - 5 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter striker
KO power

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jean Claude Dasilva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Samuel Diabate!
The judges for this bout are Dean Styles, Lou da Vinci and Anthony Taglia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Diabate throws a right and a left that Dasilva avoids nicely.
Dasilva has his takedown stuffed

and Dasilva is countered with a crisp right hand from Diabate that sends him to the canvas! Diabate follows him to the mat into side control.

It looks like Jean Claude Dasilva has been cut.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Diabate working the ground and pound.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Diabate looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Dasilva is avoiding damage well.
Dasilva tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Dasilva struggling a bit here.
Dasilva is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Diabate working the ground and pound but Dasilva is defending the strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dasilva can't do much from the bottom here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Diabate tries to score with some ground and pound. Dasilva controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Diabate scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Dasilva to see if he's OK.

Dasilva throws his opponent off and manages to get back to his feet! Nicely done!
A head kick misses from Diabate.

Diabate drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Diabate landing strikes.

Dasilva is rocked!

Jean Claude Dasilva's cut is getting worse.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diabate lands a huge shot from side control! Dasilva is out cold! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:32 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Samuel Diabate!