PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ellis Diaz (ranked 24720 p4p, 0 weight class) and Habib Mcgregor (ranked 5922 p4p, 0 weight class). Mcgregor has chosen Rammstein - Deutschland as his entrance music. Ellis Diaz has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Diaz
vs
Mcgregor

214 cm
18
214 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

195 cm
18
204 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
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 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ellis Diaz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Habib Mcgregor!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Yukihiro Shimada and Shigeki Sano.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
We've got one fighter who appears to only be looking to counter and the other not looking particularly aggressive either, so we could be in for a dull fight.

Diaz darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Diaz really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.

Diaz seems to be looking for submissions.
Diaz wants to get back to his feet.
Mcgregor moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Diaz trying to control the position from guard on top but Mcgregor is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Mcgregor has Diaz pulled in close to control his posture.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Let's hope that Mcgregor has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Mcgregor not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mcgregor is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Mcgregor looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Mcgregor lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

Mcgregor stays in close to Diaz's body and controls the position.
Mcgregor passes Diaz's left leg - he's now in half guard.

Mcgregor maintaining the dominant position here and is working for a kimura. He's locked it up! Diaz could be in real trouble here! He's trying to wriggle out but Mcgregor has cracked it and Diaz is screaming in pain - he's tapped out! Great finish by Mcgregor!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Habib Mcgregor!
A pretty intense looking Habib Mcgregor took the opportunity post-fight to ask for a shot at the title.