PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Berto Dimagiba (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Manny Le (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Dimagiba
vs
Le

203 cm
23
165 lbs
4 - 9 - 0

189 cm
25
160 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

Decent wrestler
Brawler
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Solid chin

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 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Berto Dimagiba!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Manny Le!
The judges for this bout are Jeff Smith, Paul Gruel and Micheangelo Fripello.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Dimagiba feints and as Le raises his hands in defense, Dimagiba changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Dimagiba content to stall in guard here.
Dimagiba throws a big right hand that misses.

Le working for a triangle but Dimagiba defends it easily.

Le working for a triangle but Dimagiba defends it easily.
Dimagiba trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Le had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Dimagiba defends it easily.
Dimagiba is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Dimagiba really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Dimagiba landing some decent shots from guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Le can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Dimagiba controls the pace.
Dimagiba lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Dimagiba with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Dimagiba sitting in guard, not really doing much.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Dimagiba postures up and lands a big shot to Le's brow.
Dimagiba controls from within his opponent's guard.
Dimagiba has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dimagiba throws a big elbow that misses.
Dimagiba throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Le works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

Le escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Dimagiba gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Dimagiba showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Le keeping moving, preventing Dimagiba from controlling successfully.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Berto Dimagiba just wasn't active enough.

Dimagiba drives through and clinches with Le against the cage.

Dimagiba works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
Dimagiba stays in close to Le's body and controls the position.

Le looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Dimagiba sitting in guard, not really doing much.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Berto Dimagiba dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Dimagiba fails to land the takedown.
Dimagiba cracks Le with a good jab.

Dimagiba looking to score a takedown here. Le is defending well but Dimagiba drives through and ends up in Le's guard.
Le avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Dimagiba wants to control from the top but Le keeps moving.
Dimagiba throws a big elbow that misses.
Dimagiba throws a big elbow that misses.
Dimagiba will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Dimagiba postures up and lands a big shot to Le's brow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dimagiba scoring with punches to the head and body.
Dimagiba is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Dimagiba is working Le over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Dimagiba chips away with some ground and pound.
Dimagiba is in close to Le's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Le being controlled here, momentarily.
Le keeping moving, preventing Dimagiba from controlling successfully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dimagiba scoring with punches to the head and body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dimagiba is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.

Le had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Dimagiba defends it easily.
Dimagiba's corner is telling him to maintain position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Le is looking for a triangle but Dimagiba pushes his legs off easily.
Dimagiba is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Dimagiba landing with the ground and pound.
Dimagiba has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Dimagiba scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Dimagiba not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Dimagiba's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Dimagiba makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Dimagiba is working Le over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dimagiba controls the pace of the fight for a moment.

Le is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Le is breathing heavily.
Dimagiba engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Dimagiba postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Dimagiba works over Le with some ground and pound from guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Berto Dimagiba dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Excellent takedown into side control there by Dimagiba.
Dimagiba scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Le to see if he's OK.
Dimagiba working the ground and pound from side control.
Dimagiba tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
Dimagiba landing a few strikes.
Dimagiba just content to control the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dimagiba scores with punches from side control.
Dimagiba scores with punches from side control.
Dimagiba is looking to take a break and control but Le is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Dimagiba is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
Dimagiba trying to control the position but Le is working away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Le manages to get back to half guard.
Dimagiba looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ground and pound from Dimagiba.

Le looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Dimagiba lands with a punch from half guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Dimagiba lands a nice short elbow.
Dimagiba controlling the action here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Le has hold of Dimagiba's hands but Dimagiba slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Dimagiba keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Berto Dimagiba is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Berto Dimagiba.

Dimagiba shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Dimagiba was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Dimagiba controlling the position easily from mount.
Dimagiba lands a big elbow.
Manny Le has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Dimagiba content just to control the position here.

And that's the end of the fight!
Berto Dimagiba showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Dimagiba has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Jeff Smith scores the fight for Berto Dimagiba!
Judge Paul Gruel scores the fight for Berto Dimagiba!
Judge Micheangelo Fripello scores the fight for Berto Dimagiba!

Berto Dimagiba wins by unanimous decision!
Berto Dimagiba was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.