PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Adolfo Dias (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Matt Youngblood (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Youngblood is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Linkin Park - Numb. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Dias
vs
Youngblood

185 cm
27
227 lbs
17 - 11 - 1

183 cm
31
214 lbs
22 - 14 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
World class MT
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 11 - 1, fighting out of New York, Adolfo Dias!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 14 - 0, fighting out of New York, Matt Youngblood!
The judges for this bout are Joseph Jones, Eddie Farnsworth and John Roberts.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dias lands an overhand right.
Youngblood throws a head kick but Dias moves out of range.
Dias throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Youngblood uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Dias.
Youngblood tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Dias misses with a low kick.
Dias swats away the attempt to clinch by Youngblood.
Dias throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Dias throws a sloppy head kick

and Youngblood moves into the clinch.
Youngblood jumps guard but Dias stands there with Youngblood around his waist. Youngblood gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Dias wants to get back to striking at distance but Youngblood won't allow it.
Youngblood content to slow the pace in the clinch.

Dias manages to break the clinch.

Youngblood pushes Dias up against the cage in a clinch.
Dias has had enough of the clinch but Youngblood keeps him there for the moment.
Dias wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Dias is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Dias blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Dias is trying to stall.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dias wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

Youngblood pulls guard.
Youngblood throws some sloppy strikes off his back.

Youngblood has his feet on Dias's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Dias connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Youngblood momentarily.
Dias looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Youngblood shoots in looking for a takedown but Dias manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Youngblood's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.

Youngblood closes the distance and clinches.
Youngblood's coach down at Stark Slugger Society - NY was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Youngblood's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Dias is looking to control Youngblood's arms but Youngblood gets an underhook and turns him. Now Dias has his back to the cage.
A shot in the inside from Youngblood.

Youngblood gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Youngblood slips nicely into half guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dias won't allow Youngblood to pass to mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dias tries to kick Youngblood off but Youngblood keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Youngblood is looking to take a break and control but Dias is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Youngblood not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Youngblood looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Youngblood has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Dias is not content to let Youngblood control the position.
Youngblood thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Dias's head.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.

Youngblood decides to stand up.
Dias connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Youngblood momentarily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dias lands a leg kick that knocks Youngblood off balance momentarily.
Dias moves out of range of the body kick from Youngblood.
Youngblood pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Youngblood walks into a left hand.
Dias just misses with a punch to the body.
Dias lands with a shot to the body.
Youngblood gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Youngblood is trying hard to land a takedown here. Dias sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Adolfo Dias has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Matt Youngblood.
Youngblood throws a right and a left that both miss.
Dias is looking to land body kicks.
Dias fails to land with a series of punches.
Dias delivers a nice body kick.
A head kick misses from Youngblood.
Youngblood wants to clinch
and Dias counters with a head kick.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Dias looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Youngblood lands a right hand.
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!

Dias escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Youngblood gets the takedown into side control.
Youngblood wants to lay and pray for a moment but Dias keeps working.

Youngblood has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
Youngblood tries to close the distance and clinch but Dias swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Youngblood tries to clinch but Dias is having none of it.
Dias fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Dias lets loose with a powerful body kick. Youngblood will feel that in the morning.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Dias delivers a nice body kick.
Youngblood scores with a kick to the midsection.
Dias keeps the fight on the outside.
Youngblood takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Matt Youngblood dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Youngblood gets in close and instigates a clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Youngblood fails to land.
Dias has had enough of the clinch but Youngblood keeps him there for the moment.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Youngblood creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Youngblood fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Youngblood jumps guard but Dias stands there with Youngblood around his waist. Youngblood gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Dias is trying to break free.
Youngblood looking for a takedown.
Adolfo Dias has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Matt Youngblood.

Dias's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Youngblood is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Dias misses with a hook. Youngblood ducked under it nicely.
Dias looks to land a left hand but Youngblood moved out of range nicely.
A nice inside leg kick there by Dias. That's going to slow Youngblood down.
Youngblood lands a high kick!

It looks like Adolfo Dias has been cut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Youngblood shoots in but no luck this time.
Youngblood takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dias thows a left - swing and a miss!
Youngblood moves out of range as Dias throws a body kick.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Youngblood pulls out of a head kick attempt.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Youngblood crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Dias - the referee stops the clock and Youngblood gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Dias. Youngblood manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Crunch! Dias slams his shin into Youngblood's torso.
Adolfo Dias is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Youngblood tries to clinch but Dias is having none of it.
Youngblood scores with a nice body kick.
Youngblood is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Dias looks for the body kick but Youngblood saw that one coming.
Dias thows a left - swing and a miss!
An inside leg kick from Dias misses.

Youngblood gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Youngblood jumps guard but Dias turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
A right hand to the body from Youngblood.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Youngblood prevents Dias from breaking the clinch.

Youngblood breaks from the clinch.
Dias misses with a straight left.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Youngblood tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Dias dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Youngblood fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Dias misses with a wild body shot.
Dias throws the kick towards the body but Youngblood avoids it.
Youngblood fails with a takedown attempt.
Dias avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Dias thows a left - swing and a miss!

Youngblood rushes Dias and presses him up against the cage.
Youngblood has Dias pressed against the cage, preventing Dias from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

Dias pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Dias misses with an uppercut.
Youngblood checks the leg kick nicely there.
Youngblood shoots in and drives through. Dias sprawls well.
A nice leg kick lands there from Dias.
Matt Youngblood is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dias tries a head kick but it misses.
Youngblood fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Dias avoids it really well and circles away.
Youngblood is looking to clinch but Dias is avoiding it.
Youngblood shoots in looking for a takedown. Dias tries to sprawl out of it but Youngblood keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Dias manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.

Youngblood changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Dias looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.

Youngblood is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Dias is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Youngblood misses with the ground and pound.
Youngblood throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Dias can't do much from the bottom here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Youngblood trying to control the position but Dias is working away.

Youngblood is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Dias has escaped the position, nice work there.

Youngblood stands up.
Youngblood fails with an attempt to clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Dias lands with a shot to the body.
Youngblood on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Dias. Dias obviously looking to wear him down.
Youngblood fails with an attempt to clinch.
Dias connects with the punch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Matt Youngblood showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Adolfo Dias's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Youngblood is looking to clinch but Dias is avoiding it.
Youngblood on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
A head kick misses from Dias.
Dias lands a front kick.
Dias throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

A momentary lapse in concentration from Dias enables Youngblood to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Dias manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Youngblood trying to move into half guard but instead Dias has managed to sweep!
Dias prevents Youngblood from getting back to his feet.

Dias stands up from Youngblood's guard - Dias perhaps looking for a knockout.
Youngblood fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Dias scores with a jab. Youngblood acknowledges it with a nod of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dias avoids the head kick by Youngblood.
A nice inside leg kick there by Dias. That's going to slow Youngblood down.
The crowd cheers as Dias lands an impressive looking overhand right. Youngblood doesn't seem phased though.
Dias lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Youngblood shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Dias defends it nicely.
Adolfo Dias is winning the standup battle so far.
Dias throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Youngblood gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Dias.
Dias throws a half hearted mid kick.
Youngblood tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Dias explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Dias tries a low kick but Youngblood avoids it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Youngblood doesn't manage to clinch there - Dias circles away.
Youngblood's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Dias throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Youngblood closes the distance and clinches up with Dias, looking for a takedown. Youngblood pushes Dias against the cage but Dias circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Adolfo Dias has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Matt Youngblood.
Youngblood tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Dias keeps the fight on the outside.
Youngblood throws a wild body kick that Dias sees coming a mile off.
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!
Dias swats away the attempt to clinch by Youngblood.
Dias throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Dias throws a leg kick which misses Youngblood's front leg but catches the back leg as Youngblood tries to avoid it.
Dias misses with a kick to the body
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Youngblood tries to clinch but Dias is having none of it.
Dias throws a half hearted mid kick.
Dias throws a hook but Youngblood blocks it.
Youngblood lands with a thumping leg kick.
Dias scores with a head kick.
Adolfo Dias has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dias throws a sloppy head kick and Youngblood moves out of range easily.
Dias slips a jab and a cross from Youngblood.
Dias cracks Youngblood with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Youngblood misses with the combination.
Dias pivots, looking for a leg kick but Youngblood is out of range and Dias settles back down.
Youngblood with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Dias to score with a decent uppercut.
Dias plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Youngblood shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Dias as he avoids it easily.

Youngblood shoots in and bounces Dias off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Youngblood takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Youngblood wants to control from the top but Dias keeps moving.
Dias is looking to stand back up but Youngblood counters by passing into half guard. Oops... bit sloppy there by Dias.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dias is trying to stand up here but Youngblood is controlling him well.
Matt Youngblood is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dias won't allow Youngblood to pass to mount.
Youngblood stops Dias from getting back to his feet.

Dias looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Youngblood takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Dias avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Youngblood.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Dias pushes Youngblood off looking to stand but Youngblood dives back in and keeps control.
Youngblood not doing much here.
Youngblood working over Dias with some ground and pound. Dias looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Adolfo Dias.
I think Youngblood has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Joseph Jones scores the fight 28:29
Judge Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 28:29
Judge John Roberts scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Matt Youngblood!
An out of breath and clearly excited Matt Youngblood thanked Sparta Fightware for their help and support (and free stuff they sent him).
Adolfo Dias spoke after the fight, saying 'Shit, I hate grappling...'.