PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Raiden Stefansson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ibi Dikki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dikki has chosen as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Dikki has a pretty significant injury - he really shouldn't be fighting right now but he's a warrior and he's here none the less! Ibi Dikki struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 187.3lbs 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. Ibi Dikki is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Stefansson
vs
Dikki

183 cm
22
185 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

185 cm
29
201 lbs
15 - 9 - 1

Good takedowns
Great elbows
Big heart

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Powerful

Russian Top Team Nutrition

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Raiden Stefansson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 9 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ibi Dikki!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Aleksandr Martynov and Dmitry Maklakov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stefansson fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Dikki looks gassed!
Stefansson tries to clinch up.

Stefansson instigates a clinch.
Stefansson putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Dikki in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Stefansson comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

It looks like Ibi Dikki has been cut.
Stefansson using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Dikki fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Dikki tries to pull guard but Stefansson won't allow it.
Stefansson stalling the fight.
Stefansson unloads a knee to the mid-section.

Stefansson has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Dikki is trying to keep an underhook but Stefansson manages to get the takedown into half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stefansson takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Stefansson throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Dikki wants to control but Stefansson is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Stefansson is figuring out what he wants to do next.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Raiden Stefansson just wasn't active enough.

Stefansson has closed the distance and engaged Dikki in a clinch.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Stefansson using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stefansson is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Stefansson with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

Stefansson pulls Dikki into guard.

Stefansson pushes Dikki off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Stefansson scores with a nice body kick.
Raiden Stefansson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Stefansson.
Stefansson lands with a nice body kick.
Nice body kick there by Stefansson.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dikki takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Stefansson. Dikki shrugs it off though.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Stefansson.
Stefansson throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Stefansson.
Stefansson slows the pace down.
Stefansson wants to lay and pray for a moment but Dikki keeps working.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Stefansson is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Dikki will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
Stefansson trying to control the position but Dikki is working away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dikki stops Stefansson from passing to mount.
Stefansson working the ground and pound.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
You can see the frustration on Dikki's face as Stefansson controls the position.
Stefansson working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Stefansson controlling from side mount.
Stefansson has knee on belly and moves into mount.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Stefansson controlling from the full mount.
Stefansson has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Raiden Stefansson dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ibi Dikki'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.

Stefansson closes the distance and clinches.

Stefansson breaks from the clinch.

Stefansson clinches.
Dikki taking a breather.
Stefansson putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Dikki in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Dikki has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Stefansson.
Stefansson connects with a nasty looking knee right to Dikki's face.
Stefansson goes for a takedown attempt but Dikki pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Dikki is breathing heavily.
Stefansson lands a head kick!

That's one minute gone in the round.
A thudding body kick lands there by Stefansson!
Stefansson is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Dikki can do to turn this around?
Stefansson throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Dikki.
Dikki takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Dikki sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Stefansson looks for the body kick but Dikki saw that one coming.
Dikki has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Stefansson.

Stefansson moves into the clinch.
Stefansson lands a damaging elbow.

Dikki is rocked!
Clinched against the cage, Stefansson lands a big elbow that drops Dikki! The ref dives in to save him from more shots - Dikki is complaining that he's OK but he was done.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Raiden Stefansson!