PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Diego Costa (ranked 5395 p4p, 460 weight class) and Darren Lloyd (ranked 5521 p4p, 469 weight class). Diego Costa has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Costa
vs
Lloyd

188 cm
18
210 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

183 cm
18
211 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
KO power

BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
Intelligent

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Diego Costa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Darren Lloyd!
The judges for this bout are Reed Andrews, Franklyn Lucas and John Kavanagh.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lloyd looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Costa is fending him off so far but Lloyd persists. Nope, Costa circles away and we're back to standing.
Costa half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Costa looks to throw the jab but Lloyd is out of range.
Lloyd fails in his attempt to clinch.
Lloyd ducks under a wild hook from Costa.
Costa defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Lloyd.
Lloyd shoots and misses

and Costa counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Diego Costa has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Darren Lloyd.

Lloyd is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Costa defends well.

Lloyd is looking for a triangle but Costa pushes his legs off easily.
Costa postures up and lands a big shot to Lloyd's brow.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!

Lloyd looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.

Lloyd working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Costa doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Costa manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Costa content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.

Lloyd is looking for a triangle but Costa pushes his legs off easily.
Lloyd looks winded!
Costa chips away with some ground and pound.
Costa chips away with some ground and pound.
Costa cracks Lloyd with a solid left hand.
Costa trying to control the position from guard on top but Lloyd is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Costa landing some decent shots from guard.
Costa scoring with some ground and pound.
Costa lands a couple of elbows.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Costa cracks Lloyd with a solid left hand.
Costa trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Costa stands up over Lloyd, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Costa is in close to Lloyd's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Costa cracks Lloyd with a solid left hand.
Costa with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.

Lloyd looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Costa trying to control the position from guard on top but Lloyd is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Lloyd is looking to cinch up a triangle. Costa throws the leg off to one side though and gets in tight to Lloyd's body to avoid the submission. Lloyd has instead reached around Costa's neck and now has a guillotine! Oh, this is biiiig trouble! Lloyd arches his back and squeezes and forces the tap from his hapless opponent.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Darren Lloyd!
A very excited looking Darren Lloyd made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.