PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jacare dos Diabos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mark Pace (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think dos Diabos might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Festivo - Zatoichi OST. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

dos Diabos
vs
Pace

198 cm
18
250 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

196 cm
22
255 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Prefers standup

Dangerous GnP
Counter striker
Tends to cut

Non-Stop Nutrition

Carnage Fight Wear
Non-Stop Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jacare dos Diabos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mark Pace!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Robert Twigg and Frank Dennis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pace circles away from the clinch attempt.
Pace keeps the fight on the outside.

Pace scores a takedown into full mount!
dos Diabos is desperately trying to get back to half guard.

Pace working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
dos Diabos is looking to get to half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
dos Diabos bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Pace striking off his back.
Pace seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Pace is on top in guard.
dos Diabos has momentary wrist control but Pace slips an elbow through the middle.

That's one minute gone in the round.
dos Diabos is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Pace gets full guard.
Pace manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. dos Diabos manages to get himself to full guard.
dos Diabos throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
dos Diabos is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Pace keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Pace avoiding damage under a succession of punches from dos Diabos.
Pace manages to get to full guard.
dos Diabos 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.
dos Diabos chips away with some ground and pound.
Pace striking from his own guard.
dos Diabos stopping the sweep attempt from Pace.
dos Diabos lands a couple of elbows.

The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
dos Diabos drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and dos Diabos jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Pace looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
dos Diabos trying to control but Pace is working from the bottom.
dos Diabos loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Pace closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
dos Diabos tries to roll over but Pace keeps him under control.
dos Diabos is breathing heavily.
dos Diabos gets back to full guard.
Pace is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
dos Diabos working a defensive guard here.

dos Diabos working for submissions but it's allowed Pace to get to half guard.
Pace lands strikes from half guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Pace lands a nice short elbow.
Pace looks to score some points with some ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pace working dos Diabos over with strikes.

dos Diabos is rocked!
Ground and pound from Pace.
Oh dos Diabos is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Pace takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.

Pace is trying to work for a kimura but dos Diabos is defending well.
Pace seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Pace winds up and cracks dos Diabos with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Pace is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Pace lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Pace lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
dos Diabos punching from the bottom.
dos Diabos on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Pace is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Pace is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Pace landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pace lands with a punch from half guard.
dos Diabos on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Pace slips a nice elbow through dos Diabos's hands, connecting with dos Diabos's forehead.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Pace scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Pace is nestled in close to dos Diabos, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.

Pace in half guard on the top. He's looking for a kimura... He's got it locked and he's managed to free his trapped foot. dos Diabos tries to escape but it's on too tight and he has to tap! Great BJJ skills there from Pace!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:37 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Mark Pace!