PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Marcus Dimachaerus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Craig Rave (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dimachaerus comes to the cage accompanied by Metallica - The Unforgiven. Rave is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: What Happened?. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Dimachaerus
vs
Rave

183 cm
36
195 lbs
28 - 18 - 0

185 cm
36
193 lbs
28 - 20 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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 28 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Marcus Dimachaerus!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 28 - 20 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Craig Rave!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Timothy Bukovac and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Rave rushes Dimachaerus and presses him up against the cage.
Rave is trying to pull guard but Dimachaerus turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Dimachaerus misses with a punch to the body.
Rave fails to pull guard.
Dimachaerus managing to block the knees to the body from Rave.
Dimachaerus is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Marcus Dimachaerus has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Craig Rave.
Dimachaerus using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Rave has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Rave doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

Rave pulls guard effortlessly.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rave looking for a sweep. Not yet Rave, not yet.
Rave looking to control.
Dimachaerus slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.

Rave has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Dimachaerus can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rave trying to keep a closed guard but Dimachaerus is proving a slippery customer.
Dimachaerus stopping the sweep attempt from Rave.

Rave is looking for a triangle but Dimachaerus pushes his legs off easily.
Dimachaerus preventing the sweep.

Rave is looking for a triangle but Dimachaerus pushes his legs off easily.

Rave throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Dimachaerus knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Rave on the ground.
Rave is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Dimachaerus is controlling him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.

Rave is working actively from the bottom, looking for submissions. He's escaped his hips to the side and he's going for an armbar! Dimachaerus has his hands clasped together but Rave extends and breaks Dimachaerus's desperate grasp, forcing a tap out due to armbar! Nice BJJ displayed there by Rave.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:33 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Craig Rave!
Our winner, Craig Rave, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.