PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Carlos Diego (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marvin Andrews (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Carlos Diego could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Marvin Andrews's chin.

Diego
vs
Andrews

179 cm
24
187 lbs
8 - 3 - 0

179 cm
29
183 lbs
10 - 11 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Olympic wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Carlos Diego!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 11 - 0, fighting out of New York, Marvin Andrews!
The judges for this bout are Anthony Taglia, Franklyn Lucas and John Roberts.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Andrews has Diego up against the cage in a clinch.
A short left from Andrews.

Andrews gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Diego regains guard.
Diego has his hands on Andrews's head, controlling the position.
Diego preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Andrews wants to control from the top but Diego keeps moving.
Diego preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Diego preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Diego keeping moving, preventing Andrews from controlling successfully.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Andrews postures up.
Diego looking to hit a scissor sweep but Andrews is one step ahead there.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Diego is trying to hold Andrews in close to prevent damage but Andrews has managed to pass into half guard.
Diego knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Andrews on the ground.
Diego tries to get to full guard but Andrews has control of the leg.
Diego trying to control from the bottom.
Diego is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Andrews scores with a couple of nice shots.
Andrews stalling.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Andrews connects with a nice short shot to Diego's temple.
Andrews looks to score some points with some ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Diego is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Andrews pulls his head out easily.
Andrews thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Diego's head.
Andrews controlling the pace.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Andrews lands a nice short elbow.
Nice strikes from Andrews there.
Andrews seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Diego wants to improve his position but Andrews is controlling well.
Nice strikes from Andrews there.
Diego trying to hold on to Andrews's head to control him but Andrews postures up.
Diego on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Andrews working the head and body with strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Andrews is nestled in close to Diego, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Diego is trying to get back to full guard.
Diego manages to get to full guard.
Andrews sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Diego looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Andrews throwing strikes but missing.
Andrews scoring with some ground and pound.
Diego is trying to control the position but Andrews postures up.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Andrews with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Diego preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Diego wants to sweep but no luck.
Diego wants to improve his position but instead Andrews has moved into half guard.
Andrews is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Diego wants to get back to full guard.
Andrews is nestled in close to Diego, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Andrews lands strikes from half guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Andrews lands a nice short elbow.
Andrews working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Andrews with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.

Andrews wants to work for an arm triangle but Diego is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Andrews is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Diego has managed to free his arm - good work.
Andrews prevents Diego from improving his position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marvin Andrews dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Diego closes the distance but Andrews moves to the side

and Andrews counters with a beautiful punch that sends Diego to the canvas!
Andrews slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Andrews won't allow Diego to sweep him here.
Andrews postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Diego working a defensive guard here.
Diego keeping moving, preventing Andrews from controlling successfully.
Diego working a defensive guard here.
Andrews preventing the sweep.
Diego preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Andrews has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Andrews trying to control but Diego is working from the bottom.
Andrews slips nicely into half guard.

Andrews is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Diego doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Andrews.

Andrews is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Diego defends it well.
Andrews is controlling the pace.
Diego trying to control but Andrews postures up.

That's two 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.
Diego makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Diego.
Diego is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Andrews engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Andrews cracks Diego with a solid left hand.
Andrews throws a big right hand that misses.
Andrews with a nice head shot there.
Andrews has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Andrews is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Andrews wants to control from the top but Diego keeps moving.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Andrews is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Diego bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Andrews's guard.

Diego wants to control from the top but Andrews keeps moving.
Andrews looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Andrews is on top in guard.

Diego trying to control the position.
Andrews lands a couple of elbows.
Andrews is working Diego over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Andrews won't allow Diego to sweep him here.
Andrews wants to control from the top but Diego keeps moving.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Diego looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Andrews works over Diego with some ground and pound from guard.
Andrews with a flurry of punches that miss.
Andrews content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Andrews throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Diego works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Diego trying to control the position.
Diego keeping full guard, as Andrews tries to pass.
Andrews throwing strikes but missing.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Andrews postures up and lands a big shot to Diego's brow.
Andrews trying to control but Diego is working from the bottom.
Andrews throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marvin Andrews showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Diego fails in his attempt to clinch.
Andrews doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.

Andrews shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Andrews showed some decent athleticism there.
Diego is not content to let Andrews control the position.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Andrews lands a nice short elbow.
Andrews lands with a punch from half guard.
Diego has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Andrews is working away from the top position though.
Andrews trying to control from half guard but Diego is working away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Andrews connects with a nice short shot to Diego's temple.
Diego tries to get to full guard but Andrews has control of the leg.
Andrews looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Diego with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Andrews is trying to work for a kimura but Diego is defending well.
The fighters are battling for position here. Diego manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Andrews stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Diego swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Andrews slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Diego looking for a sweep. Not yet Diego, not yet.
Diego working a defensive guard here.
Andrews working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Diego's head.
Andrews connects with a couple of short punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Andrews stands and throws Diego's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Andrews looks up at the clock and then as Diego takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Andrews smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Diego takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Andrews sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Diego is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Diego can't do much from the bottom here.
Andrews controls the position.
Andrews trying to control the position but Diego is working away.
Andrews lands a decent elbow from side control.
Diego is looking to regain half guard here but Andrews keeps moving and retains side control.
Andrews working away.
Marvin Andrews is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
A bit of a lull in the action. I'm sure it will pick up again soon... even if the ref has to physically pick them up and put them back on their feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diego takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Andrews is staying tight to Diego's torso, preventing him from escaping.
Diego is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Andrews off and has taken his back!
Diego somehow managing to miss with a strike from the back.
Carlos Diego has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Andrews looks to control his opponent's hands but he's not mananging it at the moment.
Diego missing with punches from the back.
Diego lands a punch to the side of the head from the back.
Andrews trying to control but not successfully.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Andrews manages to reverse the position and now he's in Diego's guard. Nice work there by Andrews.
Andrews content to stall in guard here.
Diego thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Diego tries to strike from the bottom.
Andrews pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Diego is keeping the position for now.

Diego had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Andrews defends it easily.

And that's the end of the fight!
Marvin Andrews comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Andrews has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Anthony Taglia scores the fight 27:30
Judge Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 27:30
Judge John Roberts scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Marvin Andrews!
An out of breath and clearly excited Marvin Andrews thanked FJCP Healthy Nutrition for their help and support (and free stuff they sent him).