PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Neo Trinity (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Reinaldo Dias (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Neo Trinity is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Trinity
vs
Dias

189 cm
20
142 lbs
3 - 6 - 0

167 cm
23
135 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Neo Trinity!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Reinaldo Dias!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Felipe Paraventi and Matheus Silva.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dias misses with a looping right.
Trinity shoots for a takedown but Dias saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Dias misses with a double jab.

Trinity closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Dias to the mat! Dias manages to get full guard.

Trinity is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Trinity preventing the sweep.
Trinity stays in close to Dias's body and controls the position.
Trinity trying to control but Dias is working from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Trinity drops back looking for a leg! Dias is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Dias manages to kick Trinity off! Trinity jumps back into Dias's guard.
Trinity 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.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Trinity wants to control from the top but Dias keeps moving.

We're going to have a standup here because Neo Trinity wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Dias tries to score with a low kick but Trinity moves his leg out of the way.

Dias fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Trinity to the ground. Dias is now in Trinity's guard.
Dias looks winded!
Dias throws a big right hand that misses.

Trinity has his foot on Dias's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Dias works his way back into a safe position though.
Trinity throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Dias stopping the sweep attempt from Trinity.
Trinity keeping moving, preventing Dias from controlling successfully.
Trinity really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Trinity pulls Dias in close to prevent any damage.
Dias trying to control the position from guard on top but Trinity is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.

Reinaldo Dias has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Trinity checks a leg kick.
Trinity shoots in for a takedown but Dias shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
A bone on bone clash there as Trinity blocks the leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Trinity checks a leg kick.

Trinity shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Dias napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Dias is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Dias manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Trinity is trying to control but can't.
Dias throws a strike but Trinity avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Dias pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Trinity is keeping the position for now.
Dias looking to sit in guard and control but Trinity gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Trinity slips nicely into half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Dias looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Trinity is looking to take a break and control but Dias is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Dias slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dias wants to sweep but no luck.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Trinity drops back for a leg here. A bit of a high risk move... He's looking for a kneebar by the looks of things. Now both of them are looking for submissions. Trinity seems to have locked his on tight now - Dias screams in pain and taps out furiously! It certainly was a high risk move but it's paid off for Trinity, as he picks up the win!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kneebar). Neo Trinity!
Neo Trinity seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.