PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sedar Diakhate (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rick Van Buuren (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Diakhate's entrance music is Enigma - Return To Innocence. A fine choice. Rick Van Buuren is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Diakhate
vs
Van Buuren

190 cm
19
210 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

188 cm
25
210 lbs
1 - 2 - 1

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Intelligent

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Powerful

Zip Zap. Sale closing down

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Sedar Diakhate!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Rick Van Buuren!
The judges for this bout are Nard Betker, Patrick Alders and Saam Ante.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Van Buuren cracks Diakhate with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Van Buuren throws a shot from downtown. Diakhate moves away and avoids it.
Diakhate blocks the body kick.
Diakhate fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Van Buuren.
Van Buuren looks to score with a jab to the body but Diakhate is just out of range.
Diakhate tries to close the distance and clinch up but Van Buuren swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Diakhate throws a sloppy head kick and Van Buuren moves out of range easily.
Van Buuren looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
A head kick misses from Van Buuren.
Diakhate is looking for a counter combo.
Diakhate lands a nice looking kick to the body. Van Buuren takes a step back to recover.
Diakhate throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Van Buuren.
Diakhate ducks right into an uppercut from Van Buuren.
Diakhate throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Diakhate lands a nice looking body kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Van Buuren takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Diakhate thumps Van Buuren with a low kick.
Rick Van Buuren seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Diakhate avoids the head kick by Van Buuren.
Diakhate takes one on the button.
Diakhate throws a front kick that sends Van Buuren stumbling back into the cage.
Van Buuren rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Diakhate counters with a body kick.
We've been told by Diakhate's head coaches at Men of Mayhem that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Diakhate moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Van Buuren looks winded!
Diakhate scores with a push kick.
Van Buuren takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.

Diakhate pushes Van Buuren up against the cage in a clinch.
Knees to the body from Diakhate.
Van Buuren fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Diakhate scores with a knee to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Diakhate lands a nice knee to the body.
Diakhate lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Diakhate crunches a lovely knee into Van Buuren's ribcage.
Diakhate lands a nice knee to the body.
Diakhate landing knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A knee to the head by Diakhate.
Diakhate lands a knee to the body.
Diakhate putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Van Buuren in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Diakhate putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Van Buuren in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Diakhate connects with a nasty looking knee right to Van Buuren's face.
Diakhate landing knees to the body.
Van Buuren takes a knee right on the jaw!
Diakhate with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Diakhate lands a good knee to the midsection. Van Buuren won't want to take too many of those.
Diakhate using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Diakhate with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Van Buuren has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Diakhate.
Diakhate utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Diakhate landing knees to the body.
Diakhate connects with a nasty looking knee right to Van Buuren's face.
Diakhate misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Van Buuren.
Diakhate stalling.
Diakhate putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Van Buuren in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Van Buuren swings wildly with an uppercut but Diakhate uses good head movement to avoid it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Van Buuren.
Van Buuren wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Van Buuren jumps guard but Diakhate stands there with Van Buuren around his waist. Van Buuren gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Van Buuren tries to pull guard but Diakhate won't allow it.
Sedar Diakhate has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rick Van Buuren.
Van Buuren blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Diakhate trying to land knees to the body.
Diakhate unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Van Buuren blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Van Buuren misses with a punch on the inside.
Diakhate lands a nice knee to the body.
Diakhate is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Van Buuren is defending well for now.
Diakhate with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Diakhate unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Van Buuren is looking to break free of the clinch but Diakhate has double underhooks.
Diakhate unloads a knee to the mid-section. Van Buuren lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Diakhate crunches a lovely knee into Van Buuren's ribcage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Diakhate is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Diakhate using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Diakhate unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Diakhate lands a nice knee to the body.
Diakhate lands a knee to the head.
Diakhate utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Diakhate landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Diakhate landing knees to the body.
Diakhate crunches a lovely knee into Van Buuren's ribcage.
Diakhate landing knees to the head.
Diakhate with a knee to the head.
Diakhate scores with a knee to the head.
Diakhate is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Van Buuren is defending well for now.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Diakhate utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Knees to the body from Diakhate.
Diakhate throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Van Buuren blocks it with crossed arms.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Crunch! Diakhate slams his shin into Van Buuren's torso.
Van Buuren scores with a decent looking hook.
Diakhate throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Diakhate pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Van Buuren! But no joy.
Van Buuren throws a shot from downtown. Diakhate moves away and avoids it.
Diakhate half committed to a counter leg kick.
A head kick misses from Diakhate.
Diakhate uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Van Buuren.
Diakhate tries to close the distance and clinch but Van Buuren swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Van Buuren looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Van Buuren fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Diakhate.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Diakhate connects with a solid leg kick.
Diakhate looks for the body kick but Van Buuren saw that one coming.
Van Buuren let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Van Buuren pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Diakhate is looking to counter with a body kick.
Diakhate lands a jab to Van Buuren's midsection.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Van Buuren misses with a hook.
Van Buuren falls off balance throwing a combination

and Diakhate counters by clinching up.
Van Buuren is breathing heavily.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Diakhate lands a nice knee to the body.
Van Buuren avoids a wild elbow strike from Diakhate.
Van Buuren avoiding damage as Diakhate throws knees to the body.
Diakhate working Van Buuren over with knees to the body.
Diakhate landing knees to the head.
Van Buuren on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Diakhate connects with a nasty looking knee right to Van Buuren's face.
Diakhate scores with a knee to the head.
Van Buuren tries to circle away but Diakhate has him pinned against the cage.
Diakhate prevents Van Buuren from breaking the clinch.
Diakhate landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Diakhate using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
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!
Diakhate lands a nice knee to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diakhate scores a nice knee to the body.
Diakhate lands a good knee to the midsection. Van Buuren won't want to take too many of those.
Diakhate scores a nice knee to the body.
Van Buuren takes a shot to the head.
Diakhate putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Van Buuren in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Diakhate landing knees to the body.
Diakhate lands a nice knee to the body.
Diakhate landing knees to the head.

Van Buuren manages to pull guard.
Van Buuren looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Diakhate is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Diakhate has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Diakhate won't allow Van Buuren to sweep him here.
Diakhate seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Van Buuren keeping full guard, as Diakhate tries to pass.
Diakhate is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Van Buuren not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Van Buuren misses with a wild combination.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Diakhate slips under a jab.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Diakhate.

Diakhate rushes Van Buuren and presses him up against the cage.
Diakhate throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Van Buuren blocks it with crossed arms.
Van Buuren misses with the head strike.
Van Buuren throws a punch but it's blocked by Diakhate.
Van Buuren blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Van Buuren is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Diakhate using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Van Buuren blocks an elbow strike from Diakhate.
Diakhate landing knees to the body.
Sedar Diakhate has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Diakhate connects with a nasty looking knee right to Van Buuren's face.
Diakhate using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Diakhate using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Diakhate.
Van Buuren takes a knee right on the jaw!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sedar Diakhate dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Diakhate throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Diakhate on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Diakhate misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Diakhate slips under a jab.
Van Buuren might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Diakhate throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Van Buuren.
Diakhate throws a nice outside leg kick.
Diakhate is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Van Buuren can do to turn this around?

Diakhate closes the distance and clinches.
Diakhate blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Diakhate tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Diakhate is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Diakhate.
Van Buuren tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Diakhate utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Diakhate tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Van Buuren avoids it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Diakhate landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Diakhate keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Van Buuren's efforts to push away.
Diakhate is stalling here.
Diakhate putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Van Buuren in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Van Buuren swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Diakhate using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Diakhate.
Diakhate with a knee to the head.
Come on Diakhate - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Diakhate scores with a knee to the head.
Diakhate connects with a knee to the head.
Diakhate blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Diakhate scores a nice knee to the body.
Diakhate tries a knee to the head but Van Buuren blocks it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Van Buuren managing to block the knees to the body from Diakhate.
Diakhate throws a knee to the head but misses.
Diakhate lands a nice knee to the body.
Van Buuren lands with a right to the head.
Van Buuren tries to pull guard but Diakhate forces him back to his feet, against the cage.

Van Buuren breaks from the clinch.
Diakhate lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Diakhate feints and then cracks Van Buuren's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Van Buuren down.
Van Buuren misses with a straight left.
Van Buuren throws a nice inside leg kick.
Van Buuren lands with a straight right. Diakhate didn't see that one coming.
Van Buuren lands with a thumping leg kick.
Diakhate defending well as Van Buuren loads up on a big left hand.
A telegraphed right hand from Van Buuren misses the target.
Diakhate quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Diakhate instigates a clinch.
Diakhate misses with a knee to the head.
Van Buuren is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Diakhate to keep the fight standing.
Diakhate tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Diakhate connects with a nasty looking knee right to Van Buuren's face.
Diakhate working Van Buuren over with knees to the body.
Diakhate unloads a knee to the mid-section.

Van Buuren pulls guard.
Sedar Diakhate is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Van Buuren keeping full guard, as Diakhate tries to pass.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Diakhate stays in close to Van Buuren's body and controls the position.
Diakhate continues to stall.

Van Buuren looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Diakhate tries to free his leg and advance position but Van Buuren is retaining full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Diakhate is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Diakhate knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Van Buuren on the ground.
This is a sustained period of stalling by Diakhate.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!

Van Buuren has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Diakhate can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Van Buuren has a closed guard, preventing Diakhate from standing up.
Van Buuren is trying to keep Diakhate in close.

And that's the end of the fight!
Sedar Diakhate showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Diakhate, 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 Nard Betker scores the fight 30:27
Judge Patrick Alders scores the fight 30:27
Judge Saam Ante scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sedar Diakhate!
A victorious Sedar Diakhate thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.