PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Marcelo Strazas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vin Diesel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Strazas comes to the cage accompanied by Blue eyes. Strazas has a slight injury, which hopefully won't affect the fight too much. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Strazas
vs
Diesel

210 cm
29
215 lbs
8 - 13 - 0

185 cm
27
200 lbs
4 - 9 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Experienced

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 8 - 13 - 0, fighting out of London, Marcelo Strazas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Vin Diesel!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fray, Paul Gruel and Josh West.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Strazas tries to grapple but his opponent circles
letting Diesel counter with a right hand.
Strazas fails with an attempt to clinch.

Diesel shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Strazas is trying to defend but Diesel finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Strazas is breathing heavily.
Strazas is staying active underneath Diesel, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Strazas flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Diesel lands strikes from half guard.
Diesel is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Diesel wants to control but Strazas is keeping him busy.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Strazas is defending against the submission attempts here by Diesel.
Strazas throws a sloppy strike from the bottom. He's now off balance and Diesel manages to pass to side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Diesel looks up at the clock and then as Strazas takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Diesel smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Diesel works to advance to full mount. Strazas defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
Strazas knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Diesel on the ground.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Diesel cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:33 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Vin Diesel!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Vin Diesel waved his t-shirt featuring Sportsmanship Ltd.'s logo in front of the cameras.