PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Din Thomas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ryan Cozard Jr (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Thomas comes to the ring accompanied by Two Steps from Hell. Cozard Jr has chosen Kid Rock - Born Free as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Thomas
vs
Cozard Jr

186 cm
32
190 lbs
18 - 14 - 0

186 cm
26
195 lbs
4 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

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 18 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Din Thomas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ryan Cozard Jr!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Luis Engracia and Leandro Rodrigues.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thomas lands a two punch combo.
Thomas scores with a sloppy right hand. Cozard Jr should have avoided that one.
Thomas displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Cozard Jr throws out the jab.
Cozard Jr takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.

Thomas shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Cozard Jr napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Cozard Jr tries to buck Thomas off but Thomas is having none of it.
Thomas controlling the position.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Thomas working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
You can see the frustration on Cozard Jr's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thomas has knee on belly and moves into mount.

Thomas is working for a guillotine from mount but Cozard Jr frees his head quite easily.
Thomas looking to control and managing it successfully.
Thomas raining down shots from the mount!
Thomas landing punches.
Thomas controlling his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cozard Jr really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Thomas controlling from the full mount.

Thomas looking to isolate an arm here. Cozard Jr doesn't see it coming and as Thomas extends the arm, he's forced to tap out! Nice submission by Thomas!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Din Thomas!
In his post fight interview, Din Thomas started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.