PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Joey Diamond (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jorge Samuel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Diamond might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Youth Gone Wild- Skid Row. Samuel has chosen Pray For Me as his entrance music. Jorge Samuel has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Diamond
vs
Samuel

169 cm
21
159 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

180 cm
21
150 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Joey Diamond!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jorge Samuel!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Robert Douchet and Alec Ball.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Samuel tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Diamond counters with a nice double leg into side control. Samuel won't be happy with that.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Samuel wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Samuel tries to get back to his feet but has found himself mounted instead. Damn, that's gotta suck.
Diamond takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Diamond lands a nice shot to the head.
Diamond controlling from mount.
Samuel's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Diamond landing strikes, looking to finish!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Diamond fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Diamond postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Samuel looks a forlorn figure.
Diamond is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Diamond lands with some strikes.
Diamond 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.
Diamond breaks from Samuel's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Diamond with a couple of short strikes.
Diamond landing strikes from the mount and Samuel is in trouble!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Diamond won't let Samuel get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Diamond controlling the pace for now.
Diamond lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Diamond content just to control the position here.
Diamond is stalling here but it's allowed Samuel to get half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diamond is pressing down on Samuel's thigh, looking to free his foot. Samuel is holding on for now.
Samuel is trying to stand.
Diamond with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Diamond trying to control the action but Samuel is working from the bottom.

Joey Diamond has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Nice uppercut there from Diamond.
Diamond shoots for a takedown but Samuel saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Diamond gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Samuel landing knees to the body.
Diamond managing to block the knees to the body from Samuel.
Samuel connects with a nasty looking knee right to Diamond's face.

It looks like Joey Diamond has been cut.
Diamond looking for a takedown.
Diamond blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Diamond managing to block the knees to the body from Samuel.
Samuel tries to land knees in the clinch but Diamond avoids the damage to the body.
Samuel misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Diamond.
Samuel using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Diamond has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Samuel trying to land knees to the body.
Samuel gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Diamond.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Joey Diamond. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Samuel is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Diamond takes a knee right on the jaw!
Samuel tries a knee to the head but Diamond blocks it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Samuel with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Diamond is looking to take this one to the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Joey Diamond dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Joey Diamond's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Diamond throws a right and a left that both miss.

Diamond gets a clinch.
Samuel is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Diamond is defending well for now.
Samuel looking to throw knees to the head but Diamond is blocking nicely.
Samuel is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Diamond is defending well for now.
Diamond is looking to take this one to the mat.
Samuel misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Diamond.
Samuel with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

Samuel is fighting off a takedown attempt but Diamond is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Samuel to the mat. Samuel regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
Diamond controlling from the top position.
Samuel wants to stand but Diamond is controlling the position.
Joey Diamond overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Diamond working some strikes from top position.
Diamond wants to control from the top but Samuel keeps moving.
Samuel is looking to stand up but Diamond isn't so interested in that idea.
Diamond postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

Diamond gets to his feet - Samuel follows without any prompting.
Diamond throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Samuel on the side of the head.
The fight stays on the outside here - Samuel looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Samuel tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Diamond counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diamond not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Samuel wants to stand and escape but Diamond is having none of it.
Diamond sitting in guard here, content to control.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.

We're going to have a standup here because Joey Diamond wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.

Diamond drives through with a takedown into guard.
Samuel is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Diamond might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Samuel wants to get back to his feet but Diamond passes into half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Samuel is trying to stand up here but Diamond is controlling him well.
Samuel taking some punishment here, with Diamond in his half guard.
Diamond missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Diamond sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Diamond throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Diamond looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Samuel is looking to escape.
Still in half guard, Diamond seems content to control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Joey Diamond.
Samuel wants to clinch.
Diamond cracks Samuel with a right hand to the side of the head.
Samuel stuffs the takedown attempt from Diamond. Diamond gets slowly back to his feet.
Samuel fails in his attempt to clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Diamond throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
No luck for Diamond with that takedown attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Joey Diamond dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Joey Diamond's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Samuel tries to clinch there but Diamond circles away.
Samuel looks to clinch
and Diamond counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Diamond tries to close the distance and clinch up but Samuel swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Samuel wants to clinch up but Diamond keeps it at a distance.
Samuel tries to clinch but Diamond moves away
and Diamond counters with a straight right hand.
Joey Diamond is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Samuel moves to clinch but Diamond breaks away

so Diamond counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Diamond trying to control but Samuel is working from the bottom.
Diamond won't allow Samuel to get back to his feet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Samuel keeping moving, preventing Diamond from controlling successfully.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Diamond passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Diamond scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Samuel to see if he's OK.
Diamond wants to lay and pray for a moment but Samuel keeps working.
Diamond controlling from side mount.
Samuel is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Samuel is not content to let Diamond control the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diamond cracks Samuel with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Samuel is letting Diamond control him for a moment.
Diamond works to advance to full mount. Samuel defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
Diamond looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Diamond controlling the pace for now.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Diamond can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Samuel is looking to escape.

Samuel bucks up and throws Diamond to the side - he's got back to his feet. Great escape!

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Samuel moves into the clinch successfully.
Samuel using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.

Diamond lands a takedown into guard.
Diamond wants to control from the top but Samuel keeps moving.
Samuel is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Samuel keeping moving, preventing Diamond from controlling successfully.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Diamond's corner is telling him to maintain position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Joey Diamond has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Samuel tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Diamond circles away from the clinch attempt
and Diamond connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Samuel tries to close the distance and clinch but Diamond swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Diamond avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Jorge Samuel has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Diamond dives in and grabs Samuel's left leg, looking for a takedown. Samuel pushes down on Diamond's head and hops out.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Diamond ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Samuel moves away.
Diamond circles away from the clinch attempt
and Diamond counters with a lovely straight right hand!

And that's the end of the fight!
Joey Diamond showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Diamond, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Steve Smith scores the fight 30:27
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 30:27
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Joey Diamond!