PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Steve Diehard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Julio Cesar Perbichi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Perbichi comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Bota pra correr kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Diehard
vs
Cesar Perbichi

186 cm
20
185 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

185 cm
20
185 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Solid chin

Mundo Green - World Verde

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 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Steve Diehard!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Julio Cesar Perbichi!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Matheus Silva and Daniel Cesar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Diehard avoids the head kick by Perbichi.
Perbichi misses with a wild combination.
A nice inside leg kick there by Perbichi. That's going to slow Diehard down.
Perbichi scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Perbichi circles away from the clinch attempt.
Perbichi throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Diehard scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Perbichi throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Perbichi will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Diehard misses with a takedown attempt - Perbichi sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Perbichi with a lazy takedown attempt

and Diehard counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Diehard trying to control from half guard but Perbichi is working away.
Perbichi works his way to full guard. Good work.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Diehard thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.

Perbichi is looking for a triangle but Diehard pushes his legs off easily.
Diehard not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Diehard wants to control from the top but Perbichi keeps moving.
Diehard seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Perbichi keeping moving, preventing Diehard from controlling successfully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Perbichi looking to hit a scissor sweep but Diehard is one step ahead there.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Diehard throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Perbichi misses with the body kick

and Diehard counters with a shoot takedown. Perbichi fights it but they end up in guard.
Diehard trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Diehard trying to control the position from guard on top but Perbichi is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Diehard drops back looking for a leg! Perbichi is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Perbichi manages to kick Diehard off! Diehard jumps back into Perbichi's guard.
Diehard is breathing heavily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Perbichi wants to stand and escape but Diehard is having none of it.
Diehard with a flurry of punches that miss.
Diehard postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Perbichi is trying to keep Diehard in close.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Perbichi moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Diehard has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Perbichi finds it's way round the side to connect with Diehard's head.
Diehard slips a jab from Perbichi.
Perbichi misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Perbichi works the jab nicely.
Perbichi looks to clinch

and Diehard counters with a single leg into guard. Perbichi didn't expect that.
Diehard wants to control from the top but Perbichi keeps moving.
Diehard content to stall in guard here.
Perbichi keeping moving, preventing Diehard from controlling successfully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Steve Diehard dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Diehard checks the leg kick.
Diehard avoids the head kick by Perbichi.
Diehard shoots for a takedown but Perbichi saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.

Perbichi shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Perbichi was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Perbichi can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Diehard is looking to escape.
Diehard really trying hard to get back to half guard here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Perbichi controlling from mount.
Diehard is desperately trying to improve his position but Perbichi has a good base and remains in mount.
Perbichi controlling his opponent.
Diehard is looking to get to half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Diehard is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Perbichi has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Diehard's face.
Perbichi avoids the attempt from Diehard to control.
Perbichi looking to control but Diehard is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Diehard is desperately trying to get back to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diehard wants to hold on but Perbichi pushes him away.
Perbichi tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Diehard tries to hold on but Perbichi postures up.
Perbichi content just to control the position here.
Perbichi avoids the attempt from Diehard to control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Diehard keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Diehard tries to hold on but Perbichi postures up.
Perbichi looking to control and managing it successfully.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Diehard is squirming around, avoiding Perbichi's attempts to control the action.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Julio Cesar Perbichi showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Perbichi jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A lazy body kick from Perbichi

and Diehard counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Diehard.
Good body shot from Perbichi.
Perbichi softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Diehard jumps guard but Perbichi stands there with Diehard around his waist. Diehard gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.

Diehard jumps into guard, dragging Perbichi to the mat.
Diehard tries to strike from the bottom.

Perbichi avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

Diehard looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Perbichi trying to stand up but can't free himself from Diehard's guard.

Perbichi stands up and waves to Diehard to follow him.
Perbichi throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Diehard.
Perbichi throws a series of punches but Diehard moves out of range.
Perbichi misses with a takedown attempt

and Diehard counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Perbichi!

Diehard goes for an armbar but Perbichi turns quickly into his guard - lovely anticipation from Perbichi.
Steve Diehard overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Perbichi is looking to stand up but Diehard won't let him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diehard keeping moving, preventing Perbichi from controlling successfully.

Diehard isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Perbichi stacks Diehard on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Perbichi!
Diehard is trying to get back to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diehard looking for a sweep but Perbichi has passed into full mount! Oh no!
Perbichi looking to control and managing it successfully.
Perbichi avoids the attempt from Diehard to control.
Perbichi wants to control the pace but Diehard is squirming around nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Perbichi takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Perbichi trying to control but Diehard is having none of it.
Diehard tries to hold on but Perbichi pushes him away.
Diehard throwing hammer fists to the chest of Perbichi. What's that going to do exactly?
Perbichi controlling his opponent.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Steve Diehard.
I think Diehard has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Thiago Cunha scores the fight 29:28
Judge Matheus Silva scores the fight 29:28
Judge Daniel Cesar scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Steve Diehard!