PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Dillaan Dinnis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eddie The Machete (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Eddie The Machete will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Dinnis
vs
The Machete

175 cm
20
143 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

175 cm
23
135 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Dillaan Dinnis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Eddie The Machete!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The Machete uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Dinnis.

Dinnis shoots in and gets a takedown into The Machete's guard.
Dinnis stays in close to The Machete's body and controls the position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

The Machete is looking for a triangle but Dinnis pushes his legs off easily.
Dinnis sitting in guard here, content to control.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.

That's one minute gone in the round.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.

Dinnis shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches The Machete napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Dinnis controls the position from side control.
Dinnis gets to mount! The Machete was on the offensive and wasn't defending properly.
The Machete is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Dinnis with the ground and pound from mount.
The Machete keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Dinnis controlling from mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Machete keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
We've been hearing that Dinnis has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
BOOM! Dinnis connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Dinnis controlling from the full mount.
Dinnis landing strikes, looking to finish!

Dinnis working for a submission but The Machete is keeping him at bay.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dinnis controlling the pace for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dinnis is landing with some decent strikes but The Machete is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.

Dinnis is giving the impression that he's looking to ground and pound but he switches suddenly into a beautiful far side armbar! The Machete is forced to tap! Great finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Dillaan Dinnis!
Post fight, Dillaan Dinnis took to the microphone: 'Everyone knows I beat him the first time around, and im thankful he granted me the rematch, but....im not surprised motherfucker!'.