PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Diego Guerra (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Charles Royalty (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Guerra comes to the cage accompanied by Blink-182 - Heart's All Gone. Diego Guerra could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Charles Royalty's chin.

Guerra
vs
Royalty

191 cm
28
211 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

188 cm
23
205 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Heavy handed

KAISER

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Diego Guerra!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Charles Royalty!
The judges for this bout are Jeff Smith, Chris Saunders and Josh West.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Guerra closes the distance and clinches.
Royalty fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Royalty is trying to push Guerra away but Guerra has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.

Guerra's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Guerra fails with the takedown.
Diego Guerra seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Royalty stuffs the takedown.

Guerra closes the distance and pushes Royalty back into the cage.
Good body shot from Royalty.
A bit of stalling here from Guerra.
Royalty tries to break free but Guerra pushes him back against the cage.
Guerra is pushing Royalty up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Guerra lands a nice knee to the body.

Guerra breaks from the clinch.
Charles Royalty is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Guerra shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Royalty is trying to defend but Guerra finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Royalty is trying to get back to full guard.
Guerra is taking a breather. Royalty says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.

Guerra 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! Royalty is tapping out! Ouch, that looked like it hurt!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Diego Guerra!
After the fight, Diego Guerra was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.