PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ellis Diaz (ranked 5799 p4p, 0 weight class) and Leo Granger (ranked 4099 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Diaz
vs
Granger

214 cm
18
214 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

190 cm
25
215 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Tends to cut

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ellis Diaz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Leo Granger!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Shirou Masuda and Yukihiro Yamamoto.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Granger takes the fight into the clinch.
Diaz fails to pull guard.
Granger lands a left hand.

It looks like Ellis Diaz has been cut.
Granger is working Diaz over against the cage.

Diaz drags the fight down to the ground.
Granger is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Granger must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Diaz has a closed guard, preventing Granger from standing up.
Granger not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Granger has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Diaz is proving hard to escape from.

Granger wants to stand up, so he's looking to wriggle free of Diaz's closed guard. He's half up but Diaz has locked on to an arm! Uh oh! Diaz pivots and extends the arm, Granger falls face first to the mat and taps??... does he?? YES! He's tapping! Excellent counter grappling there by Diaz! Well done that man!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:40 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Ellis Diaz!