PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Gwan Dylan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cervantes De Leon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cervantes De Leon will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Dylan
vs
De Leon

200 cm
25
190 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

186 cm
25
193 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

Good takedowns
Brawler
Experienced

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Gwan Dylan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Cervantes De Leon!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Dirk Anderson and David Hoff.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
De Leon closes the distance looking to clinch

and Dylan counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Dylan sitting in guard here, content to control.
Dylan advances to half guard.
De Leon tries to roll over but Dylan keeps him under control.
De Leon is looking to control Dylan's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can De Leon avoid being mounted?

Dylan is trying to work for a kimura but De Leon is defending well.
Dylan will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dylan passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for De Leon!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dylan mounts De Leon! Really nice guard pass there!

Dylan working for a submission here. He's tucked his head under his opponent's arm, looking for an arm triangle. He's hopped off into side control, looking to tighten the submission... is it going to work? He's given up a good position looking for it. De Leon looks OK. Oh, I spoke too soon, he's out! That must have been tighter than I thought! Excellent work there by Dylan! Submission of the night perhaps?

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:36 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Gwan Dylan!
The defeated Cervantes De Leon had this to say: 'I'm gonna come back from this defeat, learn from it, and make sure I dont make the same mistakes twice. I know I have the ability to become champion one day, I just need to refocus my training to give myself the best chance to do that'.