PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Forrest Dain (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jesus Latin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jesus Latin is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Dain
vs
Latin

178 cm
20
190 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

182 cm
25
190 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Tends to cut

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

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Latin scores with a nice body kick.

Dain manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Latin on his heels. He'll look to pass Latin's guard now, I'm sure.
Dain engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Dain pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Latin is keeping the position for now.

Dain is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Latin is trying to keep Dain in close.

Dain drops back looking for a leg! Latin is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Latin manages to kick Dain off! Dain jumps back into Latin's guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Dain accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dain not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Dain works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Ground and pound from Dain.
Latin wants to get back to full guard.
Dain is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.

Dain gets to his feet - back to striking we go!

Dain shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Latin's guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Latin preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Dain's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Dain is stalling in the full guard.

Latin looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Latin really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Dain. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

Dain drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Dain jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.

Dain drops back for a leg here. A bit of a high risk move... He's looking for a kneebar by the looks of things. Now both of them are looking for submissions. Dain seems to have locked his on tight now - Latin screams in pain and taps out furiously! It certainly was a high risk move but it's paid off for Dain, as he picks up the win!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:54 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kneebar). Forrest Dain!
A very excited looking Forrest Dain made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.