PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Xavier Rice (ranked 3274 p4p, 3684 weight class) and Dustin Giles (ranked 371 p4p, 404 weight class). Giles comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Beckham kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Rice
vs
Giles

150 cm
19
275
1 - 1 - 0

201 cm
22
265
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
Cardio machine

Decent wrestler
Counter fighter
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Xavier Rice!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Dustin Giles!
The judges for this bout are Paul Gruel, Jeff Smith and Colin Fray.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Rice looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Rice uses his free foot to push down on Giles's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Giles.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Giles is in a horrible position here. Rice smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Rice breaks from Giles's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Rice lands a nice shot to the head.

Giles is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Giles is in all sorts of trouble here.
Giles is still in real trouble! Can Rice finish him?
Giles regains half guard.
Giles seems to have recovered his senses.
Rice working over Giles with some ground and pound. Giles looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Rice passes the guard and advances to mount!
Rice 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.

Rice looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Giles looks winded!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rice unloading with bombs!
Rice definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
A big strike lands for Rice! That's really hurt Giles and he's turned his back - Rice keeps firing away and the ref dives in to stop the fight! Rice jumps to his feet to celebrate the victory!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:32 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Xavier Rice!
Dustin Giles was interviewed post fight and said 'I just want to thank Dana White and my opponent for giving me this opportunity.. that's it.'.