PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Diomar Dirksz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gakis Veli (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dirksz comes to the cage accompanied by Fly. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Dirksz
vs
Veli

180 cm
18
154 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

169 cm
21
149 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Diomar Dirksz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Gakis Veli!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Tatsuya Matsuyama.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice sprawl there from Dirksz as Veli shoots in.
Dirksz with a poor takedown

and Veli counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Veli landing some nice looking knees to the body.

Veli successfully pulls guard.
Veli keeping moving, preventing Dirksz from controlling successfully.
Veli keeping full guard, as Dirksz tries to pass.
Dirksz wants to control from the top but Veli keeps moving.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Veli wants to stand up but Dirksz is controlling him.
Dirksz pushing down on Veli's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Veli is in trouble now - Dirksz has advanced to mount!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Poor strikes thrown by Dirksz there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Dirksz trying to control but Veli is having none of it.
Veli wants to try and get back to his feet.
Dirksz can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Veli is looking to escape.
Veli is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Dirksz pushing the pace here, looking to move to his opponents back and work for a finish.
Veli really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Dirksz. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

Dirksz looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Dirksz thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Poor strikes thrown by Dirksz there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Dirksz looking to finish with strikes here!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Dirksz trying to control but he's not successful this time.

Dirksz has control of Veli's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Veli regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Dirksz has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

Dirksz is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Veli has managed to escape the submission attempt.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Dirksz won't let Veli get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Dirksz is controlling this nicely and is looking to make no mistakes. Veli is trying to wiggle out of this horrible position. Veli flips to his side and attempts to get a leg in for half guard. Dirksz anticipates the leg and manages to get behind Veli and secures both hooks! This could be bad! Dirksz slips an arm under Veli chin and tries to position for a rear naked choke. Dirksz has worked the choke in now and it looks tight. Dirksz is squeezing on Veli like an anaconda would it's prey. Veli fails to tap and has fallen unconscious! We've got ourselves a winner by way of a rear naked choke!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:27 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Diomar Dirksz!
A relieved looking Diomar Dirksz thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.