PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Bruce Diehard (ranked 67 p4p, 8 weight class) and Daniel Mosby (ranked 276 p4p, 40 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Diehard
vs
Mosby

180 cm
31
171 lbs
23 - 10 - 0

183 cm
31
178 lbs
23 - 11 - 1

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
World class boxer
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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 23 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bruce Diehard!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Daniel Mosby!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Timothy Bukovac and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Diehard steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Mosby.
Diehard misses with a straight left.
Diehard swings for the body but Mosby moves out of range.
A countering left hand to the body from Mosby misses.
Mosby looks to land a right hand but Diehard moved out of range.
We've been informed that Mosby has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Diehard scores with a nice right hand.
Mosby steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Diehard.
Mosby misses with an uppercut.
Diehard punishes Mosby's body with a nice straight punch.
Diehard thows a left - swing and a miss!
We've been hearing reports that Diehard has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Mosby slips under a jab.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Mosby! But no joy.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mosby moves away from the strike by Diehard.
Mosby now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Diehard listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Mosby misses with an uppercut.
Diehard takes a swing at Mosby's ribcage but misses.
Mosby swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Diehard lands a glancing blow to the side of Mosby's head.
Mosby misses with a lunging right hand
and Diehard counters with a stiff right hand.
Mosby keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Diehard misses with an uppercut. Mosby saw that one coming.
Diehard misses with an uppercut. Mosby saw that one coming.
Mosby on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Diehard throws a lazy right hand but Mosby sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Mosby only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Diehard throws a push kick but Mosby slaps the foot to one side.
Mosby looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Diehard looks to throw the jab but Mosby is out of range.
Diehard throws a good cross that connects.
Diehard cracks Mosby with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Diehard scores with a jab.
Diehard lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Diehard swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diehard throws a jab but it's blocked by Mosby.
Mosby keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Diehard.
Mosby swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
The fighters circling - Mosby throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Diehard.
Diehard throws a hook but Mosby avoids it easily.
Mosby throws a body shot but no joy.
Diehard swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Diehard lands with an overhand left.
Mosby on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Mosby uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Diehard has time to react.
Diehard catches Mosby with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Mosby misses the jab.
Mosby's corner calls for a 1-2. Mosby obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Diehard lands an overhand right.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diehard scores with a nice right hand.
Diehard scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Diehard throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Mosby counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Diehard scores with a jab to the head.
Mosby slips under a jab.
Diehard lands a glancing blow to the side of Mosby's head.
Mosby lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Diehard swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Diehard takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Mosby throws a looping overhand right but Diehard ducks down to avoid it.
An attempted straight right counter from Diehard misses the target.
Mosby lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Diehard jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Mosby looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Diehard takes a swing at Mosby's ribcage but misses.
Mosby uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Diehard.
Mosby tries a quick counter leg kick but Diehard is wise to it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A big left from Diehard misses.
Mosby looks to land a left hand but Diehard moved out of range nicely.
Diehard fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Mosby manages to avoid it.
Diehard looks to score with a jab to the body but Mosby is just out of range.
Diehard works Mosby's body with a nice hook.
Diehard connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Diehard takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Diehard is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Diehard throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Mosby lands a nice looking body shot.
Diehard is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Mosby.
Mosby looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Diehard works the jab nicely.
Diehard misses with a hook. Mosby ducked under it nicely.
Diehard misses with a right hand
and Mosby connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bruce Diehard dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Diehard loads up on a big right hand but Mosby slips the punch.
Diehard backing away here, and Mosby unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Diehard comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Diehard misses with an uppercut.
Mosby defending well as Diehard loads up on a big left hand.
Diehard takes a swing at Mosby's ribcage but misses.
No joy there for Diehard, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Mosby was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Mosby uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Diehard.
Diehard 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.
The crowd cheers as Diehard lands an impressive looking overhand right. Mosby doesn't seem phased though.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Diehard jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Mosby looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Diehard misses with a lunging right hand
and Mosby counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Bruce Diehard is winning the standup battle so far.
A punch lands to the side of Mosby 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Diehard thows a left - swing and a miss!
Diehard punishes Mosby's body with a nice straight punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Diehard misses with a straight right.
Diehard throws a body punch but Mosby moves out of range.
Mosby doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Mosby slips under a jab from Diehard.
Diehard lands with a right hand.
A swing and a miss from Diehard.
A little jabbing left from Mosby on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Mosby misses with a straight left.
Mosby has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Diehard throws a right hand that misses
and Mosby counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
A bone on bone clash there as Diehard blocks the leg kick.
Diehard connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Diehard throws an overhand right that lands on Mosby's shoulder, as Mosby tries to avoid the shot.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Mosby might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Diehard has got the better of the exchanges.
Mosby lands a slapping body shot.
Bruce Diehard seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jab by Diehard.
Diehard misses with a straight right.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mosby uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Diehard.
Diehard misses the shot to the body.
It seemed like Mosby was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Mosby connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
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!
Diehard misses with a hook.
It seemed like Mosby was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Diehard just misses with a punch to the body.
Mosby is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Diehard with a body shot.
Mosby uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Diehard.
Diehard misses with a body shot.
Diehard ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Mosby moves away.
Diehard throws a looping overhand right but Mosby ducks down to avoid it.
Mosby on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Diehard lands with an uppercut that bounces Mosby off the cage and back into range.
Diehard misses with a right hand
and Mosby counters with a nice uppercut.
Diehard thows a left - swing and a miss!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diehard waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Mosby.
Mosby now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Diehard scores with a jab to the jaw.
Diehard lands a glancing blow to the side of Mosby's head.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Diehard.
Mosby uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Diehard.
Diehard throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Diehard feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Mosby's calf.
Some bone on bone action there as Diehard checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Diehard misses with an uppercut.
A decent looking cross lands there for Diehard.
Diehard uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Mosby.
Nice defenses there by Diehard.
Mosby throws out a loose jab but Diehard uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mosby takes a swing at Diehard's ribcage but misses.
Mosby displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Diehard throws out the jab.
It seemed like Mosby was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Mosby shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Mosby throws a leg kick that misses.
A little feinted left hand from Diehard on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Diehard jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Diehard, right into the meat.
Diehard drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Diehard cracks Mosby with a right hand to the side of the head.
Diehard lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Mosby circles away quickly and effectively.
Diehard misses with a wild body shot.
Mosby looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Diehard slips under a jab.
Nice straight punches there by Diehard. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Diehard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bruce Diehard dominated that second 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. This is the final round!

Mosby on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Diehard looks to throw the jab but Mosby is out of range.
Mosby takes a swing at Diehard's ribcage but misses.
It looked like Diehard was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Mosby.
Diehard throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Mosby looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Diehard misses the shot to the body.
Diehard throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Mosby on the side of the head.
Mosby takes one to the side of the head.
Diehard throws the left hand but Mosby avoids the punch easily.
Diehard lands a right hook to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mosby tries to work over Diehard's front leg with a kick but Diehard checks it.
Mosby pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Mosby checks a leg kick nicely.
Diehard avoids the body shot from Mosby.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Diehard takes a swing at Mosby's ribcage but misses.
Mosby throws an off balance right hand
and Mosby takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
A shot to the liver by Diehard. Beautiful body shot.
Diehard throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Mosby was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
A solid leg kick lands there for Diehard.
Diehard misses with a hook.
Mosby slips a jab from Diehard.
Diehard lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
A big left from Diehard misses.
Diehard avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Diehard swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Mosby makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Mosby's jab looks to have found its range, popping Diehard under the eye.
Diehard throws a leg kick which misses Mosby's front leg but catches the back leg as Mosby tries to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mosby dips to his left and cracks Diehard with an uppercut!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Diehard swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Diehard throws a jab when Mosby was well out of range.
Mosby tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Diehard throws an overhand right that lands on Mosby's shoulder, as Mosby tries to avoid the shot.
Mosby only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Bruce Diehard is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Mosby uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Diehard.
Diehard on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Diehard takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Mosby throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Diehard sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Mosby walks into a straight right hand from Diehard.
Mosby fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Diehard connects with a single shot there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diehard checks a leg kick.
Diehard connects with a single shot there.
Diehard throws a shot to the body.
Diehard throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Mosby scoring well with a low kick there.
Diehard misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Mosby.
Daniel Mosby has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Nice defenses there by Mosby.
Mosby moves out of range of the strikes.
A little jabbing left from Mosby on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Diehard cracks a nice hook into Mosby's ribs.
Diehard misses the shot to the body.
Diehard backing away here, and Mosby unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Nice uppercut lands for Diehard. That snapped Mosby's head back.
Diehard bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Mosby's head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mosby slips a jab and a cross from Diehard.
Diehard backing away here, and Mosby unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Mosby blocks a jab.
Diehard is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Mosby can do to turn this around?
Diehard digs a good body shot into Mosby's ribs.
Mosby throws out a loose jab but Diehard uses good head movement to avoid it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A swing and a miss from Diehard.
Diehard lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Mosby at a distance.
Diehard throws a hook but Mosby blocks it.
Diehard blocks a jab.
Diehard throws a jab when Mosby was well out of range.
Mosby throws out a counter right but Diehard avoids it with no problem.
Mosby takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Diehard's jab looks to have found its range, popping Mosby under the eye.
Diehard gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Diehard throws a chopping leg kick but Mosby manages to avoid taking any serious damage.

And that's the end of the fight!
Bruce Diehard showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Diehard 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 Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:27
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:27
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bruce Diehard!
In his post fight interview, Bruce Diehard started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.