PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Felipe Dias (ranked 7108 p4p, 0 weight class) and Toby King (ranked 5511 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Felipe Dias has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Dias
vs
King

168 cm
25
160 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

175 cm
25
159 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Decent elbows
Prefers standup

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Experienced

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Felipe Dias!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Toby King!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Alexandre Firmino and Thiago Cunha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dias tries to clinch but King is having none of it.

King moves into the clinch.
Dias struggles to land a body shot inside as King controls his hands.
King looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Dias lands a damaging elbow.
Dias lands an elbow inside that King shrugs off.
Dias cracks King with a nice body shot.
Dias lands a nice elbow.

It looks like Toby King has been cut.
King takes an elbow to the temple.
Dias comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Dias throws an elbow that misses.
Dias blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Dias tries to land a knee to the head but King blocks with his arms.
King drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Dias gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Dias throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.

That's one minute gone in the round.
King managing to block the knees to the body from Dias.
King takes a knee to the side of the body.
Dias keeps the fight in the clinch, despite King's efforts to push away.
King wants to stall.
Dias landing knees to the body.
King looks winded!
A left hand lands to the body for Dias.
Dias lands an elbow just above King 's eye.
Dias lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Dias lands a body shot in the clinch.
Dias lands a nice elbow.
Dias unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Dias landing knees to the body.
Dias lands a good knee to the midsection. King won't want to take too many of those.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dias scores a nice knee to the body.
Dias lands an elbow inside that King shrugs off.
Dias using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Dias digs a right hand underneath King's ribcage. King let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Dias connects with a nasty looking knee right to King's face.
Nice elbow from Dias.
Dias crunches a lovely knee into King's ribcage.
Knees to the body from Dias.
Dias lands a body shot in the clinch.
King takes an elbow to the forehead.
King is looking to take this one to the mat.
Dias utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Nice elbow from Dias.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dias lands an elbow inside.
King looking to slow down the pace here.
Dias misses with a knee to the head.
Dias lands an elbow just above King 's eye.
Dias creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through King's defenses.

King is rocked!
Dias lands an elbow inside that King shrugs off.
King is still on wobbly legs! Can Dias finish him?
Nice elbow from Dias.
King takes an elbow to the forehead.
Dias lands a nice knee to the body.
Dias digs a right hand underneath King's ribcage. King let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Dias lands a damaging elbow.
Dias using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Dias obliges.
Dias works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Nice body punch from Dias.
Dias creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through King's defenses.
Dias lands a nice elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dias lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Dias with a knee to the head.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Dias.
King is pressed against the cage. Dias pushes back and unleashes a big elbow that really hurts King! Two more big strikes from Dias and King crumples to the mat and taps out furiously due to the strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:20 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Felipe Dias!