PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Dilon Goncalves (ranked 4000 p4p, 316 weight class) and Irshaad Sayed (ranked 2159 p4p, 199 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Goncalves might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to TAPOUT. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Goncalves
vs
Sayed

180 cm
25
150 lbs
8 - 6 - 0

173 cm
30
150 lbs
9 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Very quick

Good wrestler
World class MT
Powerful

Urban Fighter

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 8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Dilon Goncalves!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Irshaad Sayed!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Alan Glass and Chris Downing.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sloppy strikes from Goncalves. Those never looked like landing.
Sayed buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Sayed throws a nice head kick!

Sayed clinches up against the cage.
Sayed lands a body punch in the clinch.
Sayed working aggressively here.
Goncalves is trying to pull guard but Sayed has him pressed against the cage.
Goncalves jumps guard but Sayed stands there with Goncalves around his waist. Goncalves gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Goncalves tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Sayed smiles and moves away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dilon Goncalves. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Sayed gets in close and instigates a clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Goncalves tries to pull guard but Sayed won't allow it.
Sayed scores with a nice hook to the head.
Sayed lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Goncalves working aggressively here.
Sayed avoiding damage as Goncalves throws knees to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Goncalves being controlled against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sayed swings wildly with an uppercut but Goncalves uses good head movement to avoid it.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Goncalves as Sayed tries to tie him up.
Goncalves fails to pull guard.
Sayed pressing his opponent against the cage.
A shot in the inside from Sayed.
Goncalves tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Sayed just stands there and leans against the cage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Sayed.
Sayed lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A short right from Sayed.
Goncalves tries to pull guard but Sayed forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Goncalves is trying to pull guard but Sayed has him pressed against the cage.
Sayed content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Goncalves's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Goncalves tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Sayed smiles and moves away.
Goncalves takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Sayed has closed the distance and engaged Goncalves in a clinch.
Sayed blocking some punches.
Sayed lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sayed gets through Goncalves's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Goncalves fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Goncalves tries to pull guard but Sayed won't allow it.
Sayed is working Goncalves over against the cage.
Sayed misses with some punches.
Sayed pushes Goncalves back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Sayed misses with the head strike.
Goncalves lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

Goncalves drags the fight down to the ground.

Sayed stands and steps away. Goncalves gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Sayed looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

Sayed has closed the distance and engaged Goncalves in a clinch.
Goncalves jumps guard but Sayed stands there with Goncalves around his waist. Goncalves gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sayed lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Goncalves backwards.
Goncalves fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Goncalves fails to pull guard.
Sayed lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Sayed lands with a left to the head.
A short right from Goncalves.

Goncalves pulls guard.

Goncalves is working an open guard so Sayed takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.

Sayed fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Goncalves, pushing him back against the cage.
Sayed is trying to maintain a safe position but Goncalves gets an underhook and turns Sayed into the cage.
Goncalves tries to pull guard but Sayed forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Sayed scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Goncalves is trying to pull guard but Sayed has him pressed against the cage.
Sayed swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Goncalves is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Sayed to keep the fight standing.
Sayed blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Sayed lands on the inside with an uppercut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sayed fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Goncalves gets through Sayed's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sayed lands a left hand.
Goncalves is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Sayed to keep the fight standing.
Goncalves tries to pull guard but Sayed forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Sayed lands a hook to the side of the head.
Sayed fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Sayed fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Goncalves tries to pull guard but Sayed won't allow it.
Goncalves tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Goncalves tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Sayed lands with a light punch inside.
Goncalves trying to land knees to the body.
A shot in the inside from Goncalves.
Sayed lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A right hand to the body from Sayed.
A short right from Sayed on the inside.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sayed stalling in the clinch.
Sayed lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Goncalves misses with the head strike.
Sayed will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Goncalves up against the cage.
Sayed has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Goncalves seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Sayed can turn it around.
Sayed working aggressively here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Irshaad Sayed dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Goncalves moves into range and clinches up with Sayed.
Sayed on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Goncalves tries to pull guard but Sayed forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Sayed is working Goncalves over against the cage.
Goncalves is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Sayed to keep the fight standing.
A nice right hand lands inside from Sayed.
Sayed working aggressively here.
A short right from Sayed.
Goncalves takes a shot to the head.
A nice left hand lands by Sayed.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Sayed.
Goncalves tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Sayed just stands there and leans against the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dilon Goncalves. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A nice right hand lands inside from Sayed.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Sayed.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sayed lands with a short head shot on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sayed.
Sayed tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Goncalves jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Sayed walks away with a smile on his face. Goncalves gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.

Sayed moves into the clinch.
A short right from Sayed.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Goncalves tries to pull guard but Sayed holds him up against the cage and eventually Goncalves drops back down to his feet.
Goncalves blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Goncalves is trying to pull guard but Sayed has him pressed against the cage.
Sayed swings wildly with an uppercut but Goncalves uses good head movement to avoid it.

Goncalves successfully pulls guard.

Sayed stands up from guard. Let's bang!

Sayed clinches up against the cage.
Goncalves fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Goncalves fails to land.
Sayed looking to stall.
A short left from Sayed.
Sayed gets through Goncalves's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Goncalves fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Sayed throws a head punch that misses.
Goncalves takes a shot to the head.
Sayed scores with a shot to the side of Goncalves's head.
Sayed lands a left hand that snaps the head of Goncalves backwards.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sayed lands with a short shot to the head.
Sayed scores with a nice hook to the head.
Goncalves tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Sayed smiles and moves away.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Sayed controlling the action here for a moment.
Goncalves is trying to pull guard but Sayed has him pressed against the cage.
Goncalves tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Sayed blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Sayed scores with a nice hook to the head.
Goncalves tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Sayed smiles and moves away.

Goncalves gets a clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sayed scores with a nice hook to the head.
Goncalves misses with some punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Goncalves.
Goncalves tries to pull guard but Sayed holds him up against the cage and eventually Goncalves drops back down to his feet.
Sayed misses with the head strike.
Sayed stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Sayed is trying to maintain a safe position but Goncalves gets an underhook and turns Sayed into the cage.
Sayed lands a hook that snaps the head of Goncalves backwards.
Sayed throws a punch but it's blocked by Goncalves.
Sayed works on Goncalves's body with a couple of short punches.
Goncalves tries to pull guard but Sayed forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Sayed lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Goncalves tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Sayed scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Sayed tries to throw a body punch but Goncalves avoids it by throwing Sayed back against the cage.
Goncalves tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Sayed is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Goncalves is trying to pull guard but Sayed turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Sayed lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Goncalves backwards.
Sayed leaning his opponent against the cage.
Sayed working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A nice left hand lands by Sayed.
Goncalves tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Sayed just stands there and leans against the cage.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Sayed presses Goncalves against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.

Goncalves successfully pulls guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Goncalves has thrown up a leg looking for a triangle. Sayed doesn't defend quickly enough and Goncalves has managed to lock this one up! Can Sayed escape?! NO! He's tapping out! Damn, that was a quick submission - congrats to Goncalves on a fantastic submission victory.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Dilon Goncalves!
Dilon Goncalves thanked the fans post fight for their support.