PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Memian Daia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tyrone Washington (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Daia's entrance music is Man With The Harmonica - Ennio Morricone. A fine choice. Tyrone Washington struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 171.6lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. Both fighters really staring eachother down here, as Tyrone Washington enters the cage!

Daia
vs
Washington

175 cm
19
170 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

175 cm
20
175 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

Ain't Skeered Apparel

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 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Memian Daia!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Tyrone Washington!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Seu Braga and Felipe Paraventi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Daia tries to clinch but Washington moves out of range.
Jeez, both these guys look absolutely knackered already, that's not a good sign!
Daia throws a head kick that misses.

Daia pushes Washington up against the cage in a clinch.
Washington has had enough of the clinch but Daia keeps him there for the moment.
Washington can't get the takedown.
Washington is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Daia gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Washington has had enough of the clinch but Daia keeps him there for the moment.
Washington wants a takedown but no success here.
Memian Daia has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tyrone Washington.
Daia unloads a knee to the mid-section. Washington lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Knees in the clinch landing for Daia.
Daia lands an elbow just above Washington 's eye.
Daia unloads a knee to the mid-section. Washington lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Daia missing with knees to the body.
Daia taking a breather.
Daia works on Washington's body with a couple of short punches.

Daia breaks the clinch.
Washington throws a body punch but Daia moves out of range.
Memian Daia seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Daia throws a series of punches but Washington moves out of range.
Washington throws a one two combo.
Daia tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Daia is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Washington.
Daia lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.

It looks like Tyrone Washington has been cut.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Daia wants to clinch up but Washington keeps it at a distance.
Washington has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Washington there as he acknowledges the shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Daia.
Washington scores with a sloppy right hand. Daia should have avoided that one.
A head kick misses from Daia.
Daia is looking to land body kicks.
Washington shoots in for a double leg but Daia sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Washington has a takedown stuffed.

Washington fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Daia sprawls well initially but Washington persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Washington misses with a head shot. Daia uses the momentum to regain guard.
Washington throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Washington trying to control the position from guard on top but Daia is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Washington wants to pass the guard but Daia is keeping the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Washington postures up in Daia's guard and throws a big left but Daia blocks it.
Daia controlling the position.
Washington throwing strikes but missing.
Washington throwing strikes from guard but Daia blocks nicely.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Daia slips a jab and a cross from Washington.
Daia misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Daia fails to land with a series of punches.
A head kick from Daia lands but Washington takes it in his stride.
Daia stuffs the takedown.
Washington takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Washington throws a lazy head kick

and Daia counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Washington is trying to break free.
Washington is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Washington jumps guard but Daia stands there with Washington around his waist. Washington gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Daia gets underhooks to prevent Washington's takedown attempt.
Washington is trying to break free.
Daia misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Washington.
Washington has had enough of the clinch but Daia keeps him there for the moment.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Daia takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Washington is looking to control Daia's arms but Daia gets an underhook and turns him. Now Washington has his back to the cage.
Daia's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Daia tries to land knees in the clinch but Washington avoids the damage to the body.
Daia scores with a knee to the head.

Daia escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Daia throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Washington.
Washington tries a head kick but it misses.
Washington misses with a double jab.
Washington misses with a leg kick.
Daia stuffs the takedown.
Daia connects with a high kick.
Washington tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Washington throws a head kick that misses
and Daia counters with a head kick.
Washington avoids the head kick by Daia.
Daia tries to close the distance and clinch up but Washington swats him away and circles back towards the center.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Daia misses with a combination
and Washington counters with a stiff right hand.
Washington misses with a few strikes there.

Daia has managed to clinch.
Daia scores a nice knee to the body.
Washington is trying to break the clinch but Daia has him pressed against the cage.
Washington wants to break free but Daia has control.
Daia stops a takedown attempt from Washington.
Washington is looking to break free of the clinch but Daia has double underhooks.
Washington has had enough of the clinch but Daia keeps him there for the moment.
Washington wants to get back to striking at distance but Daia won't allow it.
Daia lands a nice knee to the body.
Daia swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Daia using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Daia scores with a knee to the head.
Washington wants to break free but Daia has control.
Washington has had enough of the clinch but Daia keeps him there for the moment.
Washington can't break the clinch.

Daia manages to break the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Washington looks to land a left hand but Daia moved out of range nicely.
Washington fails in his attempt to clinch.
Daia looks to land a left hand but Washington moved out of range nicely.
Memian Daia is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Washington shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Daia as he jumps to the side.
Daia rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Washington moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Memian Daia dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Tyrone Washington's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Washington forces Daia back against the cage and clinches.
Daia lands a shoulder strike.
Nice body punch from Daia - that landed with a thud.
Washington tries to break the clinch but Daia is controlling the position.
Daia misses with an elbow strike.
Daia comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Washington on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Washington wants to get back to striking at distance but Daia won't allow it.
A body shot lands from Daia.
Daia misses with an elbow strike.
Washington has had enough of the clinch but Daia keeps him there for the moment.
Daia is trying to maintain a safe position but Washington gets an underhook and turns Daia into the cage.
Washington can't get the takedown.
Daia cracks Washington with a nice body shot.
Daia missing with knees to the body.
Daia trying to stall but Washington improves his position.
Daia lands a left hand.
Washington wants to get back to striking at distance but Daia won't allow it.
Daia digs a right hand into Washington's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Washington's gas tank.
Washington pressing his opponent against the cage.
Daia scores a nice knee to the body.
Daia lands a hook that snaps the head of Washington backwards.
Daia looking to throw knees to the head but Washington is blocking nicely.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Daia prevents a takedown attempt there.
Daia tries to land knees in the clinch but Washington avoids the damage to the body.
Washington tries for a takedown but Daia manages to get underhooks.
Memian Daia has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tyrone Washington.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Daia is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Washington is keeping busy.
Washington wants to break free but Daia has control.
Washington is looking to break free of the clinch but Daia has double underhooks.
Washington takes an elbow to the temple.
Daia lands with a short shot to the head.
Washington tries for a takedown but Daia manages to get underhooks.
Washington wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Daia landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
The referee calls for Daia to work.
Daia takes a shot to the head.
Daia working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Daia prevents Washington from breaking the clinch.
Daia is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Washington wants to break free but Daia has control.
Daia tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Washington is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Washington has had enough of the clinch but Daia keeps him there for the moment.

Washington turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Washington manages to end up in side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Daia takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
A lull in the action here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Daia managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Washington.
You can see the frustration on Daia's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.

Washington wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Daia, who protects the arm well.
Daia is not content to let Washington control the position.
Washington throws a strike aimed at the side of Daia's head but Daia avoids it well.
Washington has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Washington is putting a hurting on Daia here, landing some big shots from side control.
Daia is looking for a sweep.

Washington is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Daia is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Washington misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Daia is trying to get back to half guard.
Daia parries the strikes from Washington easily there. Washington is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Daia to escape.
The strikes coming from Washington are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Daia parries the strikes from Washington easily there. Washington is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Daia to escape.

Washington wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Daia, who protects the arm well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Daia connects with a high kick.
Daia looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Washington shoots in and drives through. Daia sprawls well.
Daia throws a head kick but Washington moves out of range.
Daia stuffs the takedown attempt from Washington. Washington gets slowly back to his feet.
Daia throws a head kick but Washington moves out of range.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Daia.
Daia moves in looking to clinch but Washington pushes him off.
A head kick misses from Daia.
Washington misses with a takedown attempt - Daia sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Washington throws a head kick but Daia moves out of range.
Daia misses with a body kick.
Daia closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Daia slips a jab and a cross from Washington.

Daia clinches with his opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Memian Daia dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Tyrone Washington's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Washington lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Daia takes one to the side of the head.
Daia goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Washington is looking to clinch.
Washington throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Daia counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Daia.
Daia lands a body shot in the clinch.
Washington is trying to break the clinch but Daia has him pressed against the cage.
Daia with a knee to the head.
Washington fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Daia lands an elbow inside.
Daia using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Washington has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Washington has Daia pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Daia manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Daia scores with a nice hook to the head.
Daia looking to throw knees to the head but Washington is blocking nicely.
Washington blocks a body shot from Daia.
Washington can't break the clinch.
Washington tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Daia smiles and moves away.
Memian Daia has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tyrone Washington.
Washington jabs at Daia's body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Nice body kick there by Daia.
Washington misses with a takedown attempt
and Daia counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Daia rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Washington moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Washington tries to clinch up but Daia circles away and keeps his distance.
Daia throws a head kick that misses
and Washington counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

Daia drives through and clinches with Washington against the cage.
Daia landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
A head punch on the inside from Washington fails to land.
Washington has had enough of the clinch but Daia keeps him there for the moment.

Washington lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Washington is stalling here. Daia is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Washington seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Daia has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Washington gets back to half guard.
Washington is trying to get back to full guard.
Washington is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Daia tries to stand and escape but Washington is controlling the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Washington is looking to improve his position.
Washington striking from half guard on the bottom.
Washington makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Washington.
Daia knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Washington on the ground.

Daia stands up and waves to Washington to follow him.

Daia closes the distance and clinches.
Daia holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Washington wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Washington using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
The referee calls for Daia to work.
Washington is looking to control Daia's arms but Daia gets an underhook and turns him. Now Washington has his back to the cage.
Washington wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Washington is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

Washington manages to pull guard.
Daia postures up.

Washington working for a triangle but Daia defends it easily.

Washington has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Daia can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Washington thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Daia won't allow Washington to sweep him here.
Daia looking to control the position here, rather than advance.

Washington working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Daia doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Daia manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Washington thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Washington throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Washington wants to control but instead he gets his guard passed and Daia is now in half guard.
Washington tries to roll over but Daia keeps him under control.
Tyrone Washington has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Daia stalling.

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 Memian Daia.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Daia, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Paulo Santos scores the fight 30:27
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight 30:27
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Memian Daia!