PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Josef Dietrich (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Naruto Uzamaki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Dietrich
vs
Uzamaki

178 cm
24
175 lbs
9 - 2 - 0

184 cm
22
182 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

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 9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Josef Dietrich!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Naruto Uzamaki!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Yukihiro Shimada and Yuuki Gou.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dietrich closes this distance looking for a takedown but Uzamaki circles away.
A solid leg kick lands there for Uzamaki.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Uzamaki lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Dietrich has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Dietrich and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Uzamaki looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Uzamaki lands a high kick!

It looks like Josef Dietrich has been cut.
Uzamaki misses with a straight left.
Nice cross by Dietrich.
Uzamaki fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Dietrich is out of range.
Uzamaki leaves Dietrich with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Dietrich jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Dietrich takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dietrich throws a lazy uppercut
and Uzamaki counters with a series of strikes. Dietrich will be more careful next time no doubt.
Nice defenses there by Uzamaki.
Naruto Uzamaki seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Uzamaki stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Dietrich.
Dietrich scores with a jab to the head.
Uzamaki misses with the combination.
Uzamaki throws a predictable looking body shot
enabling Dietrich to counter with a crisp jab.
Uzamaki misses with a combination
and Dietrich counters with a left to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dietrich wants to clinch up but Uzamaki keeps it at a distance.
Dietrich closes the distance and clinches up with Uzamaki, looking for a takedown. Dietrich pushes Uzamaki against the cage but Uzamaki circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Josef Dietrich. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Uzamaki stalks Dietrich and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Dietrich's face. Dietrich staggers backwards, shaken.
Dietrich misses with a few strikes there.
Uzamaki is looking to score with low kicks.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Uzamaki lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Dietrich has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Dietrich and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Uzamaki lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Uzamaki throws a leg kick but Dietrich sees it coming and moves out of range.
Uzamaki connects with a nice looking jab.
Uzamaki cracks the inside of Dietrich's front leg.
Dietrich throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Dietrich looks to throw the jab but Uzamaki is out of range.
Uzamaki slips a jab from Dietrich.
Dietrich lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Uzamaki swings for the body but Dietrich moves out of range.
Naruto Uzamaki is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Uzamaki fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
A telegraphed right hand from Uzamaki misses the target.

Dietrich has closed the distance and engaged Uzamaki in a clinch.
Uzamaki wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Dietrich has him pressed against the cage.
Uzamaki working hard to break the clinch.
Dietrich swings wildly with an uppercut but Uzamaki uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dietrich misses with a knee strike.
Uzamaki is looking to break free of the clinch but Dietrich has double underhooks.
Uzamaki tries to break free but Dietrich pushes him back against the cage.
A short uppercut from Dietrich.

Dietrich breaks the clinch.
Dietrich misses with a hook
and Uzamaki counters with a head kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Uzamaki lands a jab-cross combination.
Uzamaki throws a leg kick that is checked

and Dietrich moves into the clinch.
Uzamaki misses with some punches.
Dietrich lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Dietrich tries to land knees in the clinch but Uzamaki avoids the damage to the body.

Uzamaki breaks the clinch.
Uzamaki scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Dietrich misses with a looping right.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dietrich throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Uzamaki stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Uzamaki misses with a head kick.
Dietrich looks to throw the jab but Uzamaki is out of range.
Dietrich connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Dietrich scores with a crisp jab that stopped Uzamaki in his tracks.
Uzamaki misses with a body kick.
A jab from Dietrich misses.
Uzamaki tries to bum rush Dietrich with a series of wild strikes but Dietrich uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

Dietrich drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Uzamaki managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Dietrich.

Dietrich wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Uzamaki, who protects the arm well.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Uzamaki is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Dietrich asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Uzamaki looks gassed!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Uzamaki is looking for a sweep.
Dietrich working the head with strikes.
Uzamaki is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Dietrich gets to mount! Uzamaki was on the offensive and wasn't defending properly.
Dietrich 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.
Dietrich landing strikes from the mount.
Dietrich lands a nice shot to the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Uzamaki is working to get back to half guard.

The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Dietrich has control of Uzamaki's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Uzamaki regains control of the situation pretty easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Naruto Uzamaki will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Josef Dietrich's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Uzamaki throws a head kick but Dietrich moves out of range.
Dietrich uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Uzamaki has time to react.
Dietrich gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Uzamaki.
Uzamaki gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Dietrich.
Dietrich stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Uzamaki.
Dietrich looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Uzamaki is fending him off so far but Dietrich persists. Nope, Uzamaki circles away and we're back to standing.
Naruto Uzamaki is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Some bone on bone action there as Dietrich checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Dietrich throws a hook to the side of Uzamaki's head but Uzamaki sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Dietrich misses with a combination
and Uzamaki counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Uzamaki misses with a combination
and Dietrich cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Uzamaki finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Naruto Uzamaki seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Uzamaki throws a left and a right that both miss
and Dietrich counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dietrich lands a jab to Uzamaki's midsection.
Uzamaki is breathing heavily.
Uzamaki misses with a leg kick

and Dietrich counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Dietrich keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Uzamaki's head.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Dietrich's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Dietrich wants to control from the top but Uzamaki keeps moving.
Dietrich is looking to work some ground and pound but Uzamaki has wrist control.
Dietrich is standing up over Uzamaki. Uzamaki looks to escape but Dietrich dives into side control.
Dietrich lands a nice forearm strike.
Dietrich lands a few punches from side control.
Uzamaki wants to control but Dietrich postures up.
Uzamaki is looking for a sweep.

Dietrich tries for a kimura but Uzamaki is defending well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A lull in the action here as Dietrich stalls from top position.
Dietrich in side control lands a decent elbow.
Uzamaki looks to move to half guard but instead Dietrich has passed into mount! Damn!
Dietrich looking to finish Uzamaki with some ground and pound. This is bad for Uzamaki!
Dietrich lands with some strikes.

Dietrich goes for an armbar but he's not got it… Uzamaki turns into him and now he's in Dietrich's guard.
Dietrich looking to hit a scissor sweep but Uzamaki is one step ahead there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Dietrich has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Uzamaki can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.

Dietrich is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.

Uzamaki avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Josef Dietrich overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Uzamaki has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Dietrich is proving hard to escape from.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Uzamaki trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

Uzamaki avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

Dietrich is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Uzamaki is aware though and is defending well.
Uzamaki wanted to stand there but Dietrich had control of the position.
Uzamaki wants to control from the top but Dietrich keeps moving.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Uzamaki postures up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Josef Dietrich dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Josef Dietrich's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Uzamaki throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Uzamaki misses with a right hand

and Dietrich counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Uzamaki's guard now.

Dietrich decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Uzamaki, up you get!
Uzamaki does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Dietrich tests Uzamaki's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Dietrich is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Uzamaki walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Uzamaki throws a nice head kick!

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Uzamaki misses with a body punch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Dietrich.

Dietrich's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Uzamaki misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Uzamaki walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dietrich avoids the head kick by Uzamaki.
Uzamaki takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Dietrich throws a jab when Uzamaki was well out of range.
Dietrich moves out of range of the body kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dietrich throws a lazy uppercut
and Uzamaki counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Dietrich is lucky that one didn't land flush.

Dietrich closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Uzamaki did well to prevent Dietrich getting side control.
Uzamaki trying to control but Dietrich postures up.

Dietrich is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Uzamaki has managed to free his arm - good work.
Uzamaki is not content to let Dietrich control the position.
Dietrich thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Uzamaki's head.
Dietrich tries to pass to full mount but Uzamaki defends it.
Ground and pound from Dietrich.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Dietrich is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Uzamaki is just riding it out for now. Dietrich eventually gives up the hold.
Uzamaki is trying to control but can't.
Dietrich working the head and body with strikes.
The fighters are battling for position here. Uzamaki manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Dietrich working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Dietrich controls from within his opponent's guard.

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

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dietrich trying to control but Uzamaki is working from the bottom.
Uzamaki pulls Dietrich in close to prevent any damage.
Uzamaki looking to hit a scissor sweep but Dietrich is one step ahead there.
Dietrich in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Uzamaki has momentary wrist control but Dietrich slips an elbow through the middle.
Dietrich sitting in guard here, content to control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Uzamaki is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Dietrich in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Uzamaki has momentary wrist control but Dietrich slips an elbow through the middle.
Uzamaki keeping full guard, as Dietrich tries to pass.
Uzamaki avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Uzamaki can't keep his opponent in guard - Dietrich advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Uzamaki taking some punishment here, with Dietrich in his half guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Uzamaki slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Dietrich pushing down on Uzamaki's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.

And that's the end of the fight!
Josef Dietrich showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Dietrich 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 Ren Mimura scores the fight 29:28
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 29:28
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Josef Dietrich!