PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Vinny Dias (ranked 1401 p4p, 930 weight class) and Beto Ribeiro (ranked 198 p4p, 128 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Dias
vs
Ribeiro

179 cm
31
182
10 - 1 - 0

175 cm
28
180
13 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Very quick

Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Vinny Dias!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Beto Ribeiro!
The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, Anthony Taglia and Dean Styles.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dias scores with a nice strike.
Ribeiro takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Dias misses with a body shot.
Dias catches Ribeiro with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Ribeiro takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Ribeiro takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Dias misses with a body shot.
Ribeiro misses with a double jab.
Dias misses with a wild body shot.
Vinny Dias seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dias shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Ribeiro but Ribeiro pushes him off and we're back to square one.
A jab from Ribeiro does it's job there.

It looks like Vinny Dias has been cut.
Dias slips a straight right by Ribeiro.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ribeiro misses with a left hand

and Dias counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Dias.
Dias avoiding damage as Ribeiro throws knees to the body.
Good body shot from Dias.
Ribeiro softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Ribeiro with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Dias's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Dias is looking for a takedown.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Dias creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Ribeiro looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Ribeiro working aggressively here.
Dias softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Dias stalling in the clinch but Ribeiro improves position.
Dias lands a body punch in the clinch.
Ribeiro using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Dias has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Ribeiro tries to land knees in the clinch but Dias avoids the damage to the body.
Dias scores with a shot to the side of Ribeiro's head.
Dias is pushing Ribeiro up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Dias has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Ribeiro throws a knee to the head but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ribeiro working aggressively here.
Ribeiro looking to throw knees to the head but Dias is blocking nicely.
Ribeiro softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Dias throws a punch but it's blocked by Ribeiro.
Ribeiro misses with a knee strike.
Ribeiro lands a nice uppercut.
Ribeiro prevents a takedown attempt there.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Vinny Dias. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Ribeiro lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Ribeiro has a couple of punches blocked by Dias.
Ribeiro scores with a shot to the side of Dias's head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Dias.
Dias is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Ribeiro swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Dias manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Ribeiro misses with the head strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dias drops down looking for an ankle pick but Ribeiro pulls his leg out and moves away.
Dias misses with a takedown attempt
and Ribeiro counters with a nice uppercut.
Ribeiro defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Dias.
Dias throws a jab when Ribeiro was well out of range.
Dias misses with a takedown
and Ribeiro counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Dias misses with a jab to the body
and Ribeiro counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Ribeiro throws a hook but Dias blocks it.
Dias misses with a lunging right hand

and Ribeiro counters with a nice right hand that sends Dias toppling to the canvas! Dias scrambles and gets back to his feet - can Ribeiro finish him?!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dias misses with a left hand

and Ribeiro counters with a nice right hand that sends Dias toppling to the canvas! Dias scrambles and gets back to his feet - can Ribeiro finish him?!

Dias is rocked!
Ribeiro takes one to the side of the head.
Oh Dias is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Ribeiro slips a jab from Dias.
Dias seems to have got his legs back now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dias moves in looking to clinch but Ribeiro pushes him off.

Dias shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Dias trying to control the action but Ribeiro is working from the bottom.
Dias tries to pass the half guard into mount. Ribeiro knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.

Dias in half guard on the top. He's looking for a kimura... He's got it locked and he's managed to free his trapped foot. Ribeiro tries to escape but it's on too tight and he has to tap! Great BJJ skills there from Dias!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Vinny Dias!
After winning the bout, Vinny Dias thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.