PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Bryan Dimaya (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jay Ludwig (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ludwig comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Wasp - I wanna be somebody kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Dimaya
vs
Ludwig

178 cm
22
142 lbs
3 - 4 - 0

168 cm
21
151 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Bryan Dimaya!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Jay Ludwig!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Ludwig gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Ludwig avoiding damage.
Dimaya is working for takedown but Ludwig is calmly controlling the position for now.
Ludwig avoiding damage as Dimaya throws knees to the body.

Ludwig's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Dimaya fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Ludwig tries to clinch but Dimaya moves out of range.
Ludwig tries to clinch but Dimaya is having none of it.
Dimaya fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bryan Dimaya. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Dimaya fails with the takedown.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

A jab-cross combination lands for Ludwig and sends Dimaya crashing to the mat! Ludwig follows him down to the mat - Dimaya regains half guard but he's not out of trouble yet!

Dimaya is rocked!

It looks like Bryan Dimaya has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Ludwig is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Dimaya doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Ludwig.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ludwig with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Dimaya really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Ludwig works his way into side control.
Dimaya is trying to get back to half guard.

Ludwig decides to stand back up.
Dimaya circles away from the clinch attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Ludwig throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Dimaya.
Ludwig looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Ludwig lands a hook that stumbles Dimaya back into the cage. Ludwig follows up with a straight and another hook that land right on the button, dropping Dimaya to the canvas! Ludwig pounces and lands several unanswered shots - Dimaya has had enough and taps out! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:18 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Jay Ludwig!