PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Arn De Gothia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hector Diablo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). De Gothia's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Die for Metal. Diablo is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Hurricane by Bob Dylan. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

De Gothia
vs
Diablo

175 cm
21
183 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

176 cm
25
189 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Good kicks
Very quick

Decent wrestler
Counter fighter
Tends to cut

Bad Man Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Arn De Gothia!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Hector Diablo!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

De Gothia feints and as Diablo raises his hands in defense, De Gothia changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Diablo working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from De Gothia.
De Gothia won't allow Diablo to get back to his feet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
De Gothia wants to control from the top but Diablo keeps moving.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Diablo can do anything to dispel that myth.
De Gothia showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
De Gothia won't allow Diablo to get back to his feet.
De Gothia 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.
De Gothia's corner is telling him to maintain position.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Arn De Gothia just wasn't active enough.
No luck for De Gothia with that takedown attempt.
Diablo fakes high and swings low for a body shot but De Gothia manages to avoid it.

De Gothia has taken the fight to the clinch.
Diablo wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but De Gothia has him pressed against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.

De Gothia pulls Diablo into guard.
Diablo wants to control from the top but De Gothia keeps moving.
De Gothia seems keen to control Diablo's posture.
Diablo won't allow De Gothia to get back to his feet.
De Gothia manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Diablo manages to get himself to full guard.
De Gothia wants to control from the top but Diablo keeps moving.
De Gothia won't allow Diablo to get back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diablo keeping moving, preventing De Gothia from controlling successfully.
De Gothia controlling from the top position.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Diablo shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
A good leg kick by De Gothia.
De Gothia thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Diablo if he has to take too many more of those.
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!

De Gothia looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
De Gothia throwing shots but Diablo is blocking nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

De Gothia is working for a submission here. He's got hold of the far side arm and he's looking for a kimura. He's cranking on the arm and he's got it! Diablo is tapping out! Ouch, that looked like it hurt!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:23 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Arn De Gothia!
Arn De Gothia seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.