PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Rob Cervantes (ranked 3142 p4p, 3911 weight class) and Juan Diego (ranked 362 p4p, 431 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Cervantes
vs
Diego

175 cm
25
155
2 - 1 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Counter fighter
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Rob Cervantes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Juan Diego !
The judges for this bout are Peter Branson, Michael Johnstone and Sandra Marshall.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Diego fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Cervantes has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Diego tries to close the distance and clinch up but Cervantes swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Cervantes takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Cervantes defending well as Diego loads up on a big left hand.
Diego throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Diego thows a left - swing and a miss!
Cervantes uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Diego .
Cervantes drops down looking for a counter takedown but Diego sprawls and moves away.
A jab from Cervantes misses.
Diego throws an ugly left hook that misses

and Cervantes counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Diego !
Cervantes moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.
Cervantes in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Cervantes 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.
Cervantes tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!

Cervantes tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Cervantes has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Diego really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Cervantes. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Diego is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Cervantes has just dragged him back down to the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Cervantes thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
We've been hearing that Cervantes has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
The referee asks Cervantes politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Cervantes prefers to stall for the moment though.
Cervantes is putting a hurting on Diego here, landing some big shots from side control.
Cervantes cracks Diego with a big right hand but Diego just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
An elbow from Cervantes crashes against the mat.
Cervantes controlling the position.
Cervantes advances to full mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cervantes content just to control the position here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Cervantes landing punches.

Cervantes is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Diego to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Diego shrugs it off.
Cervantes lands a big elbow.
Diego is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Cervantes in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diego takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Cervantes unloading with bombs!
Cervantes has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Diego 's face.
Cervantes tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Diego in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Diego looks winded!
Cervantes controlling the pace for now.
Cervantes raining down shots from the mount!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cervantes controlling from mount.
Diego taking shots to the head.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
BOOM! Cervantes connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Cervantes content just to control the position here.
Cervantes cracks Diego with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Cervantes has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Diego 's face.

Cervantes looking to secure an arm triangle but Diego defends it well.
Diego takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Rob Cervantes dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Diego throws a big shot that misses.
Diego steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Cervantes.
A slow jab from Diego misses its intended target.
Juan Diego is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Cervantes shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Diego defends it nicely.

Cervantes feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Cervantes is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Diego avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cervantes in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Cervantes missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Cervantes advances to half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Diego is trying to stand up here but Cervantes is controlling him well.
Cervantes lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Cervantes working over Diego with some ground and pound. Diego looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Cervantes performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Diego taking some punishment here, with Cervantes in his half guard.
Cervantes thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Diego 's head.
Cervantes is nestled in close to Diego , controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Cervantes is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Diego can do to turn this around?
Cervantes is taking a breather. Diego says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.

Cervantes is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Diego is breathing heavily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cervantes trying to control the pace.
Diego is trying to stand back up but Cervantes is controlling him
Cervantes seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Cervantes wants to advance to full mount but Diego doesn't think that's going to happen and regains full guard instead.
Cervantes scoring with some ground and pound.
Cervantes controlling from the top position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cervantes works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Cervantes looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Cervantes moves nicely into side control.
Cervantes works to advance to full mount. Diego defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.

Cervantes looking to secure an arm triangle but Diego defends it well.
Cervantes working away from the top, dropping strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice elbow there by Cervantes.
Cervantes with a couple of short strikes.
Cervantes lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Cervantes with good strikes from the mount here!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cervantes sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Cervantes with a couple of short strikes.
Cervantes is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Diego can't stay in a position like this for much longer.

It looks like Juan Diego has been cut.
Cervantes lands a couple of good shots and Diego has given up his back, trying to escape the position!

Cervantes looking for the rear naked choke. And he's got it! Diego taps!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Rob Cervantes!