PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ibi Dikki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Adam Murth (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dikki's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, . Murth has chosen Enemy as his entrance music. I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!

Dikki
vs
Murth

185 cm
23
200 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

180 cm
23
190 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

ENDLESS 152

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 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ibi Dikki!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Adam Murth!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Kenichi Hosakawa and Yukihiro Shimada.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dikki moves away from the strike by Murth.
Murth fails in his attempt to clinch.
Dikki looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
A combination from Murth does no damage.
Murth tests Dikki's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Dikki shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Murth as he avoids it easily.
Dikki misses with a looping right.
Dikki lands a high kick!
Murth doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Dikki decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Murth's guard.
Dikki preventing the sweep.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Murth has his foot on Dikki's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Dikki works his way back into a safe position though.
Dikki pushing down on Murth's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Dikki seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Murth does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.

Murth looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Dikki trying to control from half guard but Murth is working away.
Murth is looking for a sweep. Dikki is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Dikki moves into full mount! Murth won't be happy about that!
Dikki throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Dikki wants to control the pace but Murth is squirming around nicely.

Dikki is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Murth can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Dikki looking to control and managing it successfully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dikki prevents Murth from getting the reversal.
Dikki tries to control but Murth wriggling away.
Murth is desperately trying to improve his position but Dikki has a good base and remains in mount.
Dikki lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Dikki throws some wild stikes that Murth manages to avoid easily.
Murth manages to regain half guard. Good work.

Murth looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Murth has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Dikki is working away from the top position though.
Dikki not doing much here.
Murth moves into full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dikki postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Murth utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Murth working a defensive guard here.
Dikki throwing strikes but missing.
Dikki missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Dikki with a flurry of punches that miss.
Dikki pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Murth is keeping the position for now.

Murth escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Dikki gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Murth is trying to keep Dikki 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.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Murth misses with a straight right.
Dikki showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Murth.
Murth throws a hook but Dikki avoids it easily.

Dikki fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Murth, pushing him back against the ropes.
Dikki taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Murth doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Murth tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Dikki's elbow.
Murth has had enough of the clinch but Dikki keeps him there for the moment.
Murth tries for a takedown. No joy.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Dikki takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ibi Dikki dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Murth misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Dikki tries to clinch there but Murth circles away.
Murth misses with a wild combination.

Murth closes the distance and pushes Dikki back into the ropes.
Dikki misses with a hook to the ribs.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.

Dikki breaks from the clinch.
Murth throws a leg kick that is checked
and Dikki counters with a leg kick.
A low kick from Murth is predictable there
and Dikki counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Adam Murth is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A punch combination from Murth misses.

Dikki closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Murth wants to control but Dikki postures up.
Dikki wants to lay and pray for a moment but Murth keeps working.

Dikki working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Murth tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Dikki wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.

Murth throws Dikki to one side and escapes!
Murth throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Murth looks to clinch
and Dikki counters with a good low kick that Murth was not able to check.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dikki swings for the body but Murth moves out of range.
Murth with a poor takedown

and Dikki counters by clinching up.
Murth with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

Dikki manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!

Dikki looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Dikki looking to hit a scissor sweep but Murth is one step ahead there.
Murth wants to control from the top but Dikki keeps moving.
Murth is looking to work some ground and pound but Dikki has wrist control.
Dikki is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Dikki preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Dikki looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Murth loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Murth gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Dikki counters with a three punch combo that has Murth backing up. Murth nods at Dikki to acknowledge the strikes.
Murth will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Murth misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Murth lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Dikki circles away quickly and effectively.
Murth looks to throw the jab but Dikki is out of range.

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.
Murth misses with the combination.
Murth waving his hands out infront of him, looking to distract Dikki.
Murth misses with a two punch combination.
Adam Murth seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A jab lands there for Murth.
Murth swings for the body but Dikki moves out of range.

Murth closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Dikki is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Murth's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Dikki avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Murth.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ibi Dikki dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Murth fails with a takedown attempt.
Murth tries to clinch but Dikki moves away
and Dikki counters with an outside leg kick.
Murth closes the distance but Dikki moves to the side

and Dikki counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Dikki trying to control the position from guard on top but Murth is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Murth keeping full guard, as Dikki tries to pass.
Dikki has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Murth keeping moving, preventing Dikki from controlling successfully.
Murth lands a good elbow from the bottom.
Dikki stands and throws Murth's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Dikki tries to move to mount but Murth blocks the move with his legs.
Ibi Dikki overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Murth is looking for a sweep.
Dikki looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Murth is avoiding damage well.
Murth manages to work his way to half guard, despite Dikki's best efforts.
Dikki trying to pass the guard but Murth defending well.
Dikki keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Murth trying to control but Dikki postures up.
Dikki not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Dikki thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Murth's head.
Murth trying to control from the bottom.
Murth gets full guard.
Dikki throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Murth works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Dikki pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Murth is keeping the position for now.

Murth working for a triangle but Dikki defends it easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dikki lands a couple of digs.

Murth escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Dikki gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Murth is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Dikki punching from the bottom.
Murth thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Dikki's head.
Murth throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Dikki trying to control from the bottom.
Murth prevents Dikki from improving his position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murth throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Dikki has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Murth is working away from the top position though.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Murth misses with a jab, cross combination.

Murth closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Dikki to the mat! Dikki manages to get full guard.
Dikki tries to land a sweep but no joy.

Dikki looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.

Dikki looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Murth scoring with some ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Murth looking to pass the guard.
Ibi Dikki is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Dikki thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Adam Murth has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

Murth drops back looking for a leg! Dikki is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Dikki manages to kick Murth off! Murth jumps back into Dikki's guard.
Murth throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Dikki works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
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.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Murth throws a right and a left that Dikki avoids nicely.
Murth pivots, looking for a leg kick but Dikki is out of range and Murth settles back down.
Murth lands with a straight right. Dikki didn't see that one coming.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Adam Murth.
Well Dikki has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Taro Takaoka scores the fight 29:28
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 29:28
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ibi Dikki!