PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between David King (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bryan Dimaya (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). David King has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

King
vs
Dimaya

171 cm
26
162 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

167 cm
25
160 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Decent wrestler
Decent knees
Tends to cut

Valhalla Q160 Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, David King!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Bryan Dimaya!
The judges for this bout are Ryoma Takatsuka, Paul Gruel and Jeff Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by King.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Dimaya throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but King blocks it with crossed arms.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
King wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Dimaya blocks an uppercut.
Dimaya is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Dimaya with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Dimaya landing knees to the body.
A head punch on the inside from King fails to land.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Dimaya.
Dimaya putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has King in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Dimaya blocking some punches.
Dimaya blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Dimaya is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but King is keeping busy.
King misses with some punches.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dimaya blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Dimaya lands a knee to the head.
King takes an elbow to the temple.
King is trying to break the clinch but Dimaya has him pressed against the ropes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Dimaya with a knee to the head.
Dimaya throws a knee to the head but misses.
Dimaya using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Dimaya misses with a knee to the head.
Dimaya connects with a knee to the head.
Dimaya slows down the pace here.
Dimaya tries a knee to the head but King blocks it.
A short right from King.
King lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Dimaya tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
King softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Dimaya is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Dimaya missing with knees to the body.
Dimaya tries to land knees in the clinch but King avoids the damage to the body.
Dimaya looks winded!
Dimaya connects with a nasty looking knee right to King's face.
This has been an exciting period of action!
King is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Dimaya is keeping busy.
King can't break the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
King digs a right hand into Dimaya's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Dimaya's gas tank.
King avoiding damage as Dimaya throws knees to the body.
Dimaya tries a knee to the head but King blocks it.
King makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

King breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
King tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Dimaya paws at him with a jab and circles away.
King tries to clinch up.

Dimaya gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
King misses with a short punch on the inside.
Dimaya trying to stall but King improves his position.
King has a couple of punches blocked by Dimaya.
Stalling in the clinch from Dimaya.
Dimaya with an attempt at a knee that misses.
King lands with a right to the head.
Dimaya tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
King throws a head punch that misses.
King blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
King misses with the head strike.
Dimaya scores a nice knee to the body.
King swings wildly with an uppercut but Dimaya uses good head movement to avoid it.
King misses with a hook from the clinch.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
King lands a shoulder strike.
King misses with a short punch on the inside.
King throws a punch but it's blocked by Dimaya.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for King.
King lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from King.
King is trying to break the clinch but Dimaya has him pressed against the ropes.
Dimaya misses with a knee to the head.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
King misses with some punches.
King pushes Dimaya back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Dimaya.
King managing to block the knees to the body from Dimaya.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
King lands a nice uppercut.
King looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
King digs a right hand into Dimaya's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Dimaya's gas tank.
Dimaya is looking to control King's arms but King gets an underhook and turns him. Now Dimaya has his back to the ropes.
Dimaya tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Dimaya throws a knee to the head but misses.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
King tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Dimaya tries to land knees in the clinch but King avoids the damage to the body.
King lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
King tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
King lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Dimaya backwards.
Dimaya is trying to maintain a safe position but King gets an underhook and turns Dimaya into the ropes.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
King misses with a hook from the clinch.
King blocks an elbow strike from Dimaya.
Dimaya misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from King.
Dimaya is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
A short left from King.
King misses with the head strike.
King scores with a shoulder strike.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
King scores with an uppercut up the middle.
King wants to break free but Dimaya has control.
A nice left hand lands by King.

Dimaya is rocked!
King misses with a punch on the inside.
Dimaya is still on wobbly legs! Can King finish him?
King misses with some punches.
King misses with a punch on the inside.
King throws a head punch that misses.
Dimaya seems to have recovered his senses.
King swings away with an uppercut that misses.
King wants to break the clinch but can't.
King swings away with an uppercut that misses.
King avoiding damage as Dimaya throws knees to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Dimaya.
A nice right hand lands inside from King.
King has a couple of punches blocked by Dimaya.
A short right from King.
King is looking to break free of the clinch but Dimaya has double underhooks.
King scores with a shoulder strike.
King lands a hook that snaps the head of Dimaya backwards.
Dimaya stalling in the clinch but King improves position.
King misses with a punch on the inside.
King is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
King has a couple of punches blocked by Dimaya.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Dimaya crunches a lovely knee into King's ribcage.
Dimaya throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but King blocks it with crossed arms.
Dimaya tries to land a knee to the head but King blocks with his arms.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dimaya prevents King from breaking the clinch.
King is trying to stall.
King scores with an uppercut up the middle.
King fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
King has a couple of punches blocked by Dimaya.
Dimaya crunches a lovely knee into King's ribcage.
King lands with a right to the head.
Dimaya using the Thai plumb to throw knees but King has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
King fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Dimaya keeps control of King as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
King swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Dimaya with an attempt at a knee that misses.
King lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Dimaya backwards.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
King wants to break free but Dimaya has control.
King doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
King lands a big right hand that drops Dimaya! The killer instinct kicks in and King finishes his opponent with a series of strikes from mount. A dominating finish by King!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 7:15 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). David King!
David King 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.