PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dennis Coles (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vin Diesel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Coles
vs
Diesel

185 cm
19
205 lbs
6 - 0 - 0

185 cm
27
200 lbs
5 - 9 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Dennis Coles!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Vin Diesel!
The judges for this bout are Ryoma Takatsuka, Josh West and Jeff Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Diesel looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Coles!
Coles manages to work his way to half guard, despite Diesel's best efforts.
Diesel seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Coles is doing well to avoid being mounted. He's controlling the position at the moment.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Diesel working his ground and pound in the gym. He isn't landing a great percentage of his ground strikes so far though.
Coles has hold of Diesel's hands but Diesel slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Coles is concentrating on defense, preventing Diesel from advancing position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Diesel thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.

Coles is looking to regain full guard. He's left an arm up in the air though and Diesel has latched onto it... Big trouble! Diesel pivots for an armbar - it's in tight and it Coles is tapping in no time flat! Great counter grappling there from Diesel!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Vin Diesel!
Vin Diesel really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that Sportsmanship Ltd. logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.