PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Luis Di Maria (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Justin Dude (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Di Maria has a slight injury, which hopefully won't affect the fight too much. Luis Di Maria could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Justin Dude's chin.

Di Maria
vs
Dude

182 cm
25
179 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

180 cm
28
179 lbs
10 - 5 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Good wrestler
Counter striker
Determined

Strikefirst Nutrion

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 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Luis Di Maria!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Justin Dude!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Yuuki Gou and Kenichi Hosakawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dude throws a body punch but Di Maria moves out of range.
No joy there for Di Maria, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Dude slips under a jab.
Di Maria keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Dude moves forwards but Di Maria connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Di Maria misses the shot to the body.
Dude throws a hook to the side of Di Maria's head but Di Maria sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Dude ducks under a wild hook from Di Maria.
Dude takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Di Maria displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Dude throws out the jab.
Di Maria uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Dude.
Di Maria avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Horrible takedown by Dude or perhaps it was just good defense by Di Maria which made him look bad.
Dude on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Dude feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Di Marias jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Di Maria misses with an uppercut.
Dude steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Di Maria.
Dude slips a jab from Di Maria.
Dude slips under a jab.
Di Maria throws a hook but Dude avoids it easily.
A combination from Di Maria does no damage.
Di Maria is breathing heavily.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Dude.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Di Maria looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Di Maria swats away the attempt to clinch by Dude.
Dude throws a lazy right hand but Di Maria sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Dude throws the left hand but Di Maria avoids the punch easily.
Di Maria throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Luis Di Maria seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dude stuns Di Maria with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dude showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Di Maria.
Dude thows a body shot but no joy.
Di Maria moves out of range of the strikes.
Dude throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A big right from Dude misses.
Di Maria defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Dude.
Dude misses with a body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Luis Di Maria will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Di Maria steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Dude.
Di Maria lands a nice shot that snaps Dude's head back.
Di Maria paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Dude misses the shot to the body.
Di Maria misses with an uppercut.
Di Maria throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Dude.
Dude missing with a left hand there. Di Maria was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Dude lands a nice shot to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dude misses with a straight right.
Nice straight punches there by Di Maria. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Di Maria.
Di Maria throws the left hand but Dude avoids the punch easily.
Di Maria clobbers Dude with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Dude misses with a straight right.
Di Maria defending well as Dude loads up on a big left hand.
Di Maria keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Dude.
Di Maria is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Di Maria throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Di Maria throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Di Maria throws a right and a left that both miss.
Di Maria throws an overhand right that lands on Dude's shoulder, as Dude tries to avoid the shot.
Di Maria misses with a looping right.
Dude uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Di Maria.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Dude throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Di Maria tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Dude is in Di Maria's guard.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Dude slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Di Maria takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Dude working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Di Maria takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Dude cracks Di Maria with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Dude landing a few strikes.
Di Maria tries to get back to half guard but can't.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Di Maria takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Dude is working Di Maria over with some ground and pound from side control.
Dude is working Di Maria over with some ground and pound from side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dude lands some shots froms side control.

Di Maria is rocked!
Dude working the head with strikes.
Oh Di Maria is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Di Maria is not content to let Dude control the position.
Di Maria stops Dude from passing to mount.
Di Maria taking a bit of punishment here - Dude scoring with strikes.
Dude cracks Di Maria with a big elbow. Oh, he's hurt! Dude immediately mounts and start dropping bombs! Di Maria is done! The referee jumps in and saves him from any more punishment - a quick and decisive finish by Dude!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:36 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Justin Dude!