PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Joe Diffie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Luck Chidell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Diffie
vs
Chidell

190 cm
22
215 lbs
9 - 1 - 0

188 cm
25
206 lbs
11 - 6 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Experienced

BJJ Purple Belt
Dangerous knees
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Joe Diffie!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Luck Chidell!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Daniel Cesar and Mauricio Rocha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Chidell throws a head kick but Diffie moves out of range.
Diffie chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Chidell can pounce on him.
Chidell wants to clinch.
Diffie misses with the combination.
Luck Chidell seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Chidell misses with a wild combination.
Chidell ducks right into an uppercut from Diffie.
Chidell misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

Chidell has Diffie up against the cage in a clinch.
Chidell comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Chidell lands an elbow inside that Diffie shrugs off.
Diffie lands with a short head shot on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chidell looking to throw knees to the head but Diffie is blocking nicely.
Chidell misses with an elbow strike.
Chidell misses with a knee to the head.
Chidell looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Diffie.
Chidell looking to throw knees to the head but Diffie is blocking nicely.
Diffie trying to stall but Chidell improves his position.
Chidell with a knee to the head.
Chidell tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Chidell prevents a body shot from Diffie.
Chidell tries to land knees in the clinch but Diffie avoids the damage to the body.
Chidell throws a knee to the head but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diffie misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Diffie tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Chidell throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Diffie blocks it with crossed arms.
Chidell takes a shot to the head.
Chidell creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Diffie's defenses.
Diffie lands with a short shot to the head.
Diffie takes an elbow to the temple.
Chidell pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Chidell just misses with a elbow thrown towards Diffie's brow.
Chidell tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Chidell with a knee to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Chidell throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Chidell gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Chidell prevents a body shot from Diffie.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diffie tries to work over Chidell's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Nice body punch from Diffie.
Chidell with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Chidell lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Chidell tries a knee to the head but Diffie blocks it.
Diffie is working Chidell over against the cage.
A short left from Diffie.
Chidell tries to land a knee to the head but Diffie blocks with his arms.
Chidell throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Diffie blocks it with crossed arms.
Chidell throws a knee to the head but misses.
Diffie takes an elbow to the forehead.
Chidell lands a nice elbow.
Diffie tries to break the clinch but Chidell is controlling the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chidell throws an elbow that misses.
Chidell is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Diffie is defending well for now.
Chidell misses with a knee to the head.
Diffie is looking to break free of the clinch but Chidell has double underhooks.
Chidell lands a nice knee to the body.
Diffie tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Chidell's elbow.
Diffie tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Chidell's elbow.
Chidell unloads a knee to the mid-section.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Chidell using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Chidell tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Diffie tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Chidell's elbow.
Diffie goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Diffie struggles to land a body shot inside as Chidell controls his hands.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Luck Chidell dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Chidell tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Diffie manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Chidell throws a head kick that misses.
A combination from Chidell does no damage.
Chidell misses with a jab, cross combination.
Diffie avoids the head kick by Chidell.

Chidell rushes Diffie and presses him up against the cage.
Chidell connects with a nasty looking knee right to Diffie's face.
Chidell working Diffie over with knees to the body.
Chidell tries to land a knee to the head but Diffie blocks with his arms.
Chidell blocks a body shot from Diffie.
Diffie goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Chidell tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Diffie blocks the elbow strike.
Chidell with an attempt at a knee that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chidell looking to throw knees to the head but Diffie is blocking nicely.
Diffie misses with a hook to the ribs.
Chidell tries to land a knee to the head but Diffie blocks with his arms.
Chidell connects with a knee to the head.
Chidell tries to land a knee to the head but Diffie blocks with his arms.
Chidell tries a knee to the head but Diffie blocks it.
Chidell tries a knee to the head but Diffie blocks it.
Chidell is breathing heavily.
Chidell misses with an elbow over the top.
Chidell misses with a knee to the head.
Chidell connects with a knee to the head.
Diffie struggles to land a body shot inside as Chidell controls his hands.
Diffie tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
With the fighters up against the cage, Chidell throws an elbow but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diffie doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Diffie can't find room to land a body shot as Chidell controls the action.
Chidell throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Diffie working aggressively here.
Diffie dodges an elbow strike from Chidell.
Chidell throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Diffie blocks it with crossed arms.
Diffie swings wildly with an uppercut but Chidell uses good head movement to avoid it.
Diffie blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Chidell misses with a knee strike.
Chidell misses with a knee to the head.
Chidell with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Chidell trying to land knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diffie doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
With the fighters up against the cage, Chidell throws an elbow but misses.
Chidell using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Diffie has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A short right from Diffie on the inside.
Chidell tries a knee to the head but Diffie blocks it.
Chidell tries a knee to the head but Diffie blocks it.
Chidell's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Chidell with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Chidell trying to land knees to the body.
Chidell trying to land knees to the body.
Chidell lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Chidell misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Diffie.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chidell looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Diffie avoids a wild elbow strike from Chidell.
Chidell prevents a body shot from Diffie.
Chidell using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Diffie has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Chidell unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Diffie swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Knees in the clinch landing for Chidell.
Chidell with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Chidell blocks a body shot from Diffie.
Diffie tries to work over Chidell's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Chidell with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Chidell prevents Diffie from breaking the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Diffie blocks the elbow strike.
Diffie trying to stall but Chidell improves his position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Luck Chidell showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Diffie shoots in for a takedown but Chidell shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Diffie misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A punch combination from Chidell misses.
Nice defenses there by Diffie.
Chidell tries a head kick but it misses.
Diffie tries a low kick but Chidell avoids it.
Chidell throws a head kick that half lands.
A head kick misses from Chidell.
Good standup being displayed there by Diffie as he connects with a hook.

It looks like Luck Chidell has been cut.
A leg kick checked by Diffie.
Diffie fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Chidell moves in looking to clinch but Diffie pushes him off.
Diffie shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Chidell eats them both and turns towards Diffie to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Joe Diffie is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Diffie stalks Chidell and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Chidell's face. Chidell staggers backwards, shaken.
Chidell takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chidell throws a head kick but Diffie moves out of range.
Diffie circles away from the clinch attempt.
Chidell throws a looping overhand right but Diffie ducks down to avoid it.
Chidell takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Chidell tries to clinch up
and Diffie counters with a nice uppercut.
Chidell tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Diffie counters with a series of strikes. Chidell will be more careful next time no doubt.
Diffie scores with a shot to the body.
Nice shot by Diffie.

Chidell is rocked!

That has opened up Luck Chidell's cut even more.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Diffie lands the left hand.
Chidell is still on wobbly legs! Can Diffie finish him?

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chidell throws an off balance right hand
and Diffie scores with a counter punch that sends Chidell to the canvas! Diffie smells blood - he's punishing Chidell with more strikes and the ref has stopped it! Chidell has no idea where he is - he's tackled the ref... oh dear, poor guy, the crowd is in hysterics!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:09 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Joe Diffie!
Joe Diffie is the new light heavyweight champion!