PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Matthew Hope (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Adolfo Dias (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hope comes to the cage accompanied by Linkin Park - CASTLE OF GLASS. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Hope
vs
Dias

193 cm
20
239 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

185 cm
20
233 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Golden Supplements [O.R.G]
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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 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Matthew Hope!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Adolfo Dias!
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, Bruno Lombardi and Reed Andrews.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A shot to the liver by Dias. Beautiful body shot.
Nice takedown defense from Dias. No joy for Hope on that attempt.
Dias connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Hope has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Dias.
Dias lands a nice leg kick that just misses Hope's sensitive parts.
Hope is breathing heavily.
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!

Hope shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Hope was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Dias is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.

Hope is looking to secure an arm. He's managed it! He's pivoting for an armbar - that looks tight! But Dias has managed to get out of it and now he's in a dominant position. Nice work from Dias!
Hope seems keen to control Dias's posture.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dias has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Hope is proving hard to escape from.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Matthew Hope has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Hope shoots in looking for a takedown. Dias tries to sprawl out of it but Hope keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Dias manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Dias lands a nice leg kick that just misses Hope's sensitive parts.
Dias throws a nice outside leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hope shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Dias defends it nicely.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Matthew Hope. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hope shoots in but no luck this time.
Hope chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Dias can pounce on him.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dias throws a leg kick which misses Hope's front leg but catches the back leg as Hope tries to avoid it.
Dias fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Hope.

Dias cracks Hope with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Dias has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Hope to stand back up!
Adolfo Dias is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Dias thumps Hope with a low kick.
Dias throws a nasty head kick that just misses. He throws another kick to the head of his opponent and almost takes it off! Hope crumples to the floor and the fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Adolfo Dias!
After winning the bout, Adolfo Dias thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.