PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Dado Mata (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tony Girder (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mata comes to the cage accompanied by Stranglehold. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Mata
vs
Girder

172 cm
22
145 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

175 cm
25
145 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
Insanely flexible

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Dado Mata!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Tony Girder!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Mauricio Rocha and Edson Gomes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mata jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Mata scores with a nice right hand.
Dado Mata seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mata misses with a double jab

and Girder counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.

Girder looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Mata has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Girder is working away from the top position though.

Girder is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Mata has managed to free his arm - good work.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mata gets full guard.

Girder stands up over his opponent, looking to dive in with a big punch. Here he comes, superman style! Oh, the punch misses and Mata has got him in a triangle choke for good measure! Oh no! Girder manages to get his head free but now Mata has transitioned to an armbar! Girder grimaces and is forced to tap! Beautiful Jiu Jitsu from Mata! I'd be surprised if that didn't end up as submission of the night!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Dado Mata!
Dado Mata seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.