PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Aecio Neves (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ronny James Dio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dio has chosen you know its gotta be Holy Diver as his entrance music. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Neves
vs
James Dio

180 cm
19
170 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

179 cm
20
175 lbs
7 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Self confident

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Sun-Tzu

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Aecio Neves!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ronny James Dio!
The judges for this bout are Ryoma Takatsuka, Chris Saunders and Paul Gruel.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dio ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Dio bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Neves's head backwards.
Neves on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Dio swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Neves seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Dio works Neves's body with a nice hook.
Dio avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Dio let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Dio tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Neves was well out of range. Poor timing from Dio.
Neves gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Dio lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Dio swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Ronny James Dio seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Neves waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Dio.
Neves misses with a hook
and Dio connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Neves dives in and grabs Dio's left leg, looking for a takedown. Dio pushes down on Neves's head and hops out.
Dio throws a counter combo.
Dio rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Neves moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Neves seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Dio lands a nice shot to the body.
Neves tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Dio paws at him with a jab and circles away.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Dio! But no joy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Neves misses with an uppercut. Dio saw that one coming.
Dio cracks Neves on the jaw with a powerful right hand and Neves falls backwards against the cage. Dio follows up with more strikes that drop Neves to his knees. Dio keeps the pressure on and the referee jumps in to save Neves! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:11 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ronny James Dio!
Ronny James Dio bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.