PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Furio Falcone (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Diego Rios (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Falcone comes to the cage accompanied by Hatebreed - Live for this. Rios is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Forever. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Falcone
vs
Rios

178 cm
26
160 lbs
9 - 3 - 0

200 cm
29
155 lbs
8 - 7 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

BioPharm Nutrition

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 9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Furio Falcone!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Diego Rios!
The judges for this bout are , Timothy Bukovac and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Falcone displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Rios.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!

Rios closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Falcone did well to prevent Rios getting side control.
Rios is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.

Rios is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Rios thows a huge punch but Falcone dodges it nicely.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Rios is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Falcone doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Rios.
Rios missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Falcone is trying to control but can't.

Rios is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.

Rios seems to be looking for submissions.
Falcone might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.

Rios is looking for a kimura but Falcone is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Rios to get the leverage.

Rios is looking for a kimura here.
Falcone trying to control from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Rios is working for a submission of some sort.

Rios seems like he's working for an arm triangle here. He's freed his trapped foot and he's rotating nicely. Falcone is in big trouble! He's tapping out! This one is aaaaaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Diego Rios!
Diego Rios took to the mic after the fight and begged the organizational hierarchy for a shot at the title.