PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rey de Chocolate (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Diaz de Vivar comes to the cage accompanied by Somos Muchos. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Diaz de Vivar
vs
de Chocolate

168 cm
24
143 lbs
10 - 6 - 0

175 cm
30
147 lbs
12 - 9 - 1

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Brawler
Powerful

ACME-Blood Red Q158 Always $30
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 6 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 9 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Rey de Chocolate!
The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Sergei Dronov and Vladimir Khabensky.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
de Chocolate throws a wild body kick that Diaz de Vivar sees coming a mile off.
de Chocolate looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Diaz de Vivar is fending him off so far but de Chocolate persists. Nope, Diaz de Vivar circles away and we're back to standing.
de Chocolate walks into a straight right hand from Diaz de Vivar.
Good leg kick by Diaz de Vivar there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.

de Chocolate drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Diaz de Vivar is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on de Chocolate's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
de Chocolate thows a huge punch but Diaz de Vivar dodges it nicely.
Diaz de Vivar desperately trying to maintain half guard.
Diaz de Vivar is trying to maintain the position but de Chocolate is very close to passing his half guard.
Diaz de Vivar moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Diaz de Vivar controls de Chocolate momentarily but de Chocolate frees himself.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Diaz de Vivar is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and de Chocolate defends well.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
de Chocolate in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
de Chocolate must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Diaz de Vivar is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Diaz de Vivar trying to mount his opponent but de Chocolate defends it.
de Chocolate makes his way to full guard. A much better position for de Chocolate.
de Chocolate controlling Diaz de Vivar's posture.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diaz de Vivar thows a big elbow that misses.
Diaz de Vivar trying to control but de Chocolate is working from the bottom.
Diaz de Vivar prevents de Chocolate from getting back to his feet.
de Chocolate looking to hit a scissor sweep but Diaz de Vivar is one step ahead there.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Diaz de Vivar keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Diaz de Vivar thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on de Chocolate if he has to take too many more of those.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! de Chocolate crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Diaz de Vivar - the referee stops the clock and de Chocolate gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Diaz de Vivar. de Chocolate manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
de Chocolate swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Diaz de Vivar makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diaz de Vivar scores with a head kick.
Diaz de Vivar scores with a kick to the body.
de Chocolate looks gassed!

Excellent takedown into side control there by de Chocolate.
The ground and pound from de Chocolate seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
You can see the frustration on Diaz de Vivar's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Diaz de Vivar manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Diaz de Vivar is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Well, if de Chocolate is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Diaz de Vivar is trying to maintain the position but de Chocolate is very close to passing his half guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Diaz de Vivar regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from de Chocolate.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Diaz de Vivar bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in de Chocolate's guard.
Diaz de Vivar trying to control the position from guard on top but de Chocolate is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
de Chocolate looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
de Chocolate working a defensive guard but Diaz de Vivar passes into half guard.
Diaz de Vivar tries to pass to full mount but de Chocolate defends it.
de Chocolate is trying to get back to full guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Diaz de Vivar is looking to stall here but de Chocolate recovers full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Diaz de Vivar throws a nice inside leg kick.
Diaz de Vivar moves out of range as de Chocolate throws a body kick.
de Chocolate throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Diaz de Vivar's waist but Diaz de Vivar gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing de Chocolate off to one side.
de Chocolate takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Diaz de Vivar feints and then cracks de Chocolate's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow de Chocolate down.
Diaz de Vivar delivers a nice body kick.
Diaz de Vivar fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and de Chocolate has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
de Chocolate chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Diaz de Vivar can pounce on him.
A shot to the body from de Chocolate misses
and Diaz de Vivar counters with a good low kick that de Chocolate was not able to check.
de Chocolate takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Diaz de Vivar defends well against a solid takedown attempt from de Chocolate.
de Chocolate is breathing heavily.
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!
Diaz de Vivar scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Diaz de Vivar connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed de Chocolate momentarily.
de Chocolate swats away the attempt to clinch by Diaz de Vivar.
Diaz de Vivar scores with a body shot.
Rey de Chocolate seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
de Chocolate looks to land a body kick but Diaz de Vivar moved away.
de Chocolate doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Diaz de Vivar moves in looking to clinch but de Chocolate pushes him off.
Diaz de Vivar sizes up de Chocolate with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
de Chocolate takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Diaz de Vivar lands with an uppercut that bounces de Chocolate off the cage and back into range.
Crunch! Diaz de Vivar slams his shin into de Chocolate's torso.
de Chocolate throws a body kick the misses
and Diaz de Vivar counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Diaz de Vivar moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Diaz de Vivar lands with a slapping head kick.
Diaz de Vivar tries to close the distance and clinch but de Chocolate swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
de Chocolate has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Diaz de Vivar.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Diaz de Vivar connects with a body shot.
Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar is winning the standup battle so far.
Diaz de Vivar buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
de Chocolate shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Diaz de Vivar but Diaz de Vivar pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rey de Chocolate.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diaz de Vivar with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Diaz de Vivar thuds his shin into the meat of de Chocolate's side.
Diaz de Vivar scoring well with a low kick there.
de Chocolate takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
de Chocolate stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Diaz de Vivar.
Diaz de Vivar connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Diaz de Vivar thumps de Chocolate with a low kick.
Diaz de Vivar scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Diaz de Vivar throws a quick head kick that skims the top of de Chocolate's head.
de Chocolate shoots and misses
and Diaz de Vivar counters with a left and a right that stings de Chocolate.
Diaz de Vivar lands a straight punch to the body, keeping de Chocolate at a distance.
de Chocolate misses with the body kick
and Diaz de Vivar counters with a lovely straight right hand!
A nice leg kick lands there from Diaz de Vivar.
Diaz de Vivar stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
de Chocolate moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Diaz de Vivar throws a nice outside leg kick.
de Chocolate walks into a jab.
Diaz de Vivar fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and de Chocolate has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
de Chocolate shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Diaz de Vivar counters with a nice uppercut.
Nice takedown defense from de Chocolate. No joy for Diaz de Vivar on that attempt.
Diaz de Vivar feints a jab promting de Chocolate to slip. Diaz de Vivar then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. de Chocolate slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
A nice inside leg kick there by Diaz de Vivar. That's going to slow de Chocolate down.
Diaz de Vivar feints and then cracks de Chocolate's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow de Chocolate down.
Diaz de Vivar turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
de Chocolate misses with the body kick
and Diaz de Vivar counters with a thumping low kick.
Diaz de Vivar wants to clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Diaz de Vivar throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
de Chocolate fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Diaz de Vivar is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that de Chocolate can do to turn this around?
This has been an exciting period of action!
Diaz de Vivar lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Diaz de Vivar connects with a body shot.
Diaz de Vivar moves in looking to clinch but de Chocolate pushes him off.
Diaz de Vivar listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Diaz de Vivar.
Diaz de Vivar scores with a jab to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A kick lands to the mid section there for Diaz de Vivar.
Diaz de Vivar scores with a jab to the body.
de Chocolate throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
de Chocolate's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
de Chocolate walks forward, straight into a front kick from Diaz de Vivar.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Diaz de Vivar lands a straight punch to the body, keeping de Chocolate at a distance.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! de Chocolate crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Diaz de Vivar - the referee stops the clock and de Chocolate gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Diaz de Vivar. de Chocolate manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Diaz de Vivar thuds his shin into the meat of de Chocolate's side.
An inside leg kick lands from Diaz de Vivar.
Diaz de Vivar fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.

Diaz de Vivar clinches up with de Chocolate and pushes him back against the cage.
Diaz de Vivar lands an elbow that stopped de Chocolate in his tracks for a moment.
Stalling in the clinch from Diaz de Vivar.

Diaz de Vivar breaks the clinch.
de Chocolate misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
de Chocolate on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Both fighters circling a little - Diaz de Vivar finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Diaz de Vivar lands a nice shot to the body.
de Chocolate takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
de Chocolate on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Diaz de Vivar lands with a kick to the ribs.
Diaz de Vivar lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Diaz de Vivar lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Diaz de Vivar lands a nice looking kick to the body. de Chocolate takes a step back to recover.
de Chocolate shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Diaz de Vivar cracks de Chocolate with a right hand to the side of the head.
de Chocolate takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
de Chocolate's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Diaz de Vivar connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! de Chocolate scrambles back to his feet.
Diaz de Vivar lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Diaz de Vivar connects with a body shot that sends de Chocolate's belly button to the back.
de Chocolate on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Diaz de Vivar lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
de Chocolate tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Rey de Chocolate has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diaz de Vivar shoots in for a double leg but de Chocolate sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Diaz de Vivar scores with a punch to the head.
Diaz de Vivar buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
de Chocolate just misses with a punch to the body.
Good leg kick by Diaz de Vivar there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
A thudding body kick lands there by Diaz de Vivar!
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from de Chocolate.
de Chocolate tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Diaz de Vivar swivels and escapes.
Diaz de Vivar thuds his right hand into de Chocolate's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
de Chocolate tries to land a body kick
and Diaz de Vivar counters with a nice body shot.
Diaz de Vivar dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on de Chocolate. That did some damage!
de Chocolate takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
de Chocolate misses with a shot to the body
and Diaz de Vivar counters with an outside leg kick.
Nice body kick there by Diaz de Vivar.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
de Chocolate takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Diaz de Vivar lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Diaz de Vivar chopping away at his opponent's legs.
de Chocolate misses with a body punch
and Diaz de Vivar makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. de Chocolate really felt that one!
Diaz de Vivar lands with a good body shot.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! de Chocolate crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Diaz de Vivar - the referee stops the clock and de Chocolate gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Diaz de Vivar. de Chocolate manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
de Chocolate swats away the attempt to clinch by Diaz de Vivar.
de Chocolate takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Diaz de Vivar moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
de Chocolate on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Diaz de Vivar. Diaz de Vivar obviously looking to wear him down.
That kick from Diaz de Vivar tenderised de Chocolate's leg. de Chocolate is trying to keep his angry face on.
Diaz de Vivar connects with a body shot.
Diaz de Vivar is looking to wear down de Chocolate with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Diaz de Vivar fakes the leg kick and cracks de Chocolate in the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Diaz de Vivar.
Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Diaz de Vivar keeps de Chocolate at a distance using the push kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Diaz de Vivar scores with a jab to the jaw.
Diaz de Vivar connects with a solid leg kick.
Diaz de Vivar bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Diaz de Vivar connects with a solid leg kick.
Diaz de Vivar lands a nice looking kick to the body. de Chocolate takes a step back to recover.
de Chocolate has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Diaz de Vivar.
de Chocolate throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Diaz de Vivar counters with a nice kick to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Diaz de Vivar connects with a solid leg kick.
Diaz de Vivar lands a nice hook to de Chocolate's body. de Chocolate takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
de Chocolate throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Diaz de Vivar makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
A shot to the body from de Chocolate misses
and Diaz de Vivar counters with a lovely shot to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Diaz de Vivar has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Valeri Chadov scores the fight 30:27
Judge Sergei Dronov scores the fight 30:27
Judge Vladimir Khabensky scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar!
Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar made sure to mention his sponsor, ACME-Blood Red Q158 Always $30 in his post fight interview.