PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Erwin Tulfo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Salvador Dimagiba (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Tulfo
vs
Dimagiba

185 cm
29
185 lbs
13 - 18 - 0

202 cm
29
162 lbs
12 - 8 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Basic striking
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 13 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Erwin Tulfo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Salvador Dimagiba!
The judges for this bout are Josh West, Roger Salmon and Ryoma Takatsuka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tulfo slaps away a takedown attempt from Dimagiba, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Dimagiba takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Dimagiba shoots for a double leg takedown but Tulfo sprawls well. He's pushed Dimagiba's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Dimagiba throws a body punch but Tulfo moves out of range.
Dimagiba chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Tulfo can pounce on him.
Tulfo looks to score with a jab to the body but Dimagiba is just out of range.
Tulfo misses with a body punch

and Dimagiba counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Tulfo!
Dimagiba is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Dimagiba working the ground and pound.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dimagiba wants to control but Tulfo is keeping him busy.
Dimagiba cracks Tulfo with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Tulfo is working to avoid the ground and pound but Dimagiba connects with a decent elbow.
Dimagiba works to advance to full mount. Tulfo defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
Dimagiba lands a big shot there that rocks Tulfo but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Dimagiba scoring with strikes but Tulfo is staying in there.
Dimagiba working Tulfo over with strikes here.
Dimagiba content just to control the position here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tulfo is desperately trying to improve his position but Dimagiba has a good base and remains in mount.
Dimagiba content just to control the position here.
Dimagiba unloading with bombs!
Dimagiba lands a couple of good shots and Tulfo has given up his back, trying to escape the position!
Dimagiba has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Dimagiba looking to soften up his opponent with punches.
Dimagiba is looking to control Tulfo but Tulfo is wriggling around and keeping busy.
Dimagiba lands shots from the back.
Can Tulfo hold on?! Dimagiba is landing more strikes to his hapless foe.
Oooh a big shot gets through from Dimagiba. Many more shots like that and the referee will have to think about stepping in!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dimagiba scores with some strikes to the side of the head there. Good, points scoring shots.
Dimagiba is punishing Tulfo with some ground and pound.
Dimagiba punches Tulfo on the ear.

Tulfo is rocked!
Dimagiba is landing big shots and Tulfo is squirming looking to escape! He can't escape though and the ref jumps in to end the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:31 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Salvador Dimagiba!
Salvador Dimagiba decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.