PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Moussa Diop (ranked 4806 p4p, 3608 weight class) and Wrex Heath (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!

Diop
vs
Heath

162 cm
25
134
0 - 0 - 0

185 cm
25
145
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Big right hand

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Moussa Diop!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Wrex Heath!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, Chris Edwards and Daniel Bishop.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice straight punches there by Diop. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Diop.
Heath wants to clinch up but Diop keeps it at a distance.
Heath tries to close the distance and clinch up but Diop swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Heath is looking to clinch.
Heath tries to clinch up but Diop circles away and keeps his distance.
Diop circles away from the clinch attempt.
Diop circles away from the clinch attempt.
Diop went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Heath tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Diop paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Heath is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Heath is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Heath tries to close the distance and clinch but Diop swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Heath takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Heath is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Heath tries to clinch but Diop moves out of range.
A swing and a miss from Diop.
Diop avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Heath tries to close the distance and clinch but Diop swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Heath tries to close the distance and clinch but Diop swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Diop's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Diop duly obliges.

Heath is rocked!
Heath wants to clinch.
Heath is still on wobbly legs! Can Diop finish him?
Diop throws the left hand but Heath avoids the punch easily.
Heath seems to have recovered his senses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Diop falls off balance throwing a combination

and Heath counters by clinching up.
Heath tries to land a knee to the head but Diop blocks with his arms.
Nice body punch from Diop.
Heath tries to land a knee to the head but Diop blocks with his arms.

Diop breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Heath tries to close the distance and clinch up but Diop swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Diop ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Heath moves away.
It seemed like Heath was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Diop connects with a looping right hand.
Heath tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Diop paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Diop paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Diop lands a nice shot to the body.
Diop throws a right and a left that both miss.
Heath tries to clinch but Diop is having none of it.
Heath wants to clinch up but Diop keeps it at a distance.
Heath slips a jab and a cross from Diop.
Diop lands a nice hook to Heath's body. Heath takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Diop avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Diop throws a jab but it's blocked by Heath.
Heath dodges the punch combination from Diop.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Heath tries to close the distance and clinch up but Diop swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Heath moves in looking to clinch but Diop pushes him off.

Heath clinches.
Diop scores with an uppercut up the middle.

Diop breaks the clinch.
Heath tries to clinch up but Diop circles away and keeps his distance.
Diop throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Heath gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Diop.
Heath tries to clinch there but Diop circles away.
Diop circles away from the clinch attempt.
A right-left combo lands from Diop.
Heath tries to clinch up.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
The fighters circling - Diop throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Diop circles away from the clinch attempt.
Heath tries to clinch up but Diop circles away and keeps his distance.
Diop misses with the combination.
Heath tries to clinch up but Diop circles away and keeps his distance.
Heath tries to clinch but Diop is having none of it.
Diop feints a jab promting Heath to slip. Diop then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Heath slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Heath wants to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Heath wants to clinch up but Diop keeps it at a distance.
Heath is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Diop's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Diop duly obliges.
Diop misses with a two punch combination.
Diop tries to bum rush Heath with a series of wild strikes but Heath uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Heath ducks under a wild hook from Diop.
Diop fails to land with a series of punches.
Heath tries to close the distance and clinch up but Diop swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Diop misses with a body shot

and Heath holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.

Diop manages to break the clinch.
Diop misses with a few strikes there.
Diop cracks Heath with a good jab.
Heath tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Diop paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Heath wants to clinch up but Diop keeps it at a distance.
Diop thows a left - swing and a miss!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Heath pushes Diop up against the cage in a clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Heath tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Diop blocks an uppercut.
Heath with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Heath trying to land knees to the body.
Heath with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Diop scores with a hook to the body.
Heath with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Diop avoiding damage as Heath throws knees to the body.
Heath crunches a lovely knee into Diop's ribcage.
Heath will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Diop up against the cage.
Heath misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Diop.
Heath with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Heath tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Heath is trying to stall.

Diop breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Heath tries to clinch up.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Moussa Diop dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Heath tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Diop throws a right hand that Heath ducks under and follows up with a left that Heath also avoids with ease.
Heath is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Heath tries to close the distance and clinch but Diop swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Diop is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Heath can do to turn this around?
Diop swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Heath doesn't manage to clinch there - Diop circles away.
Heath tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Diop paws at him with a jab and circles away.
It looked like Diop wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Heath fails with an attempt to clinch.
Diop was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Diop's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Diop duly obliges.
Heath tries to close the distance and clinch up but Diop swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Moussa Diop seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Diop closes the distance and pushes Heath back into the cage.
Heath with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Diop tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Heath utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.

The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Diop's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Left hook, right uppercut from Diop.
Moussa Diop is winning the standup battle so far.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Heath doesn't manage to clinch there - Diop circles away.
Heath tries to close the distance and clinch but Diop swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Heath moves into the clinch.
Heath tries to land knees in the clinch but Diop avoids the damage to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Diop lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Heath is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Diop is keeping busy.
Diop working aggressively here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Heath.
Heath is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Heath slowing the pace effectively.
Heath connects with a nasty looking knee right to Diop's face.
Heath using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Diop has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Diop swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Heath working aggressively here.
Diop swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Diop tries to circle away but Heath has him pinned against the cage.
Diop struggles to land a body shot inside as Heath controls his hands.
Diop tries to break free but Heath pushes him back against the cage.
Diop blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Diop misses with a body punch.
Heath tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Heath tries a knee to the head but Diop blocks it.
Wrex Heath seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Heath misses with a knee to the head.
Heath lands a knee to the head.

It looks like Moussa Diop has been cut.

Diop pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Sloppy strikes from Diop. Those never looked like landing.
Heath is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Heath is looking to clinch but Diop is avoiding it.
Diop swats away the attempt to clinch by Heath.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Diop misses with a two punch combination.
Heath tries to clinch up but Diop circles away and keeps his distance.
Diop lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Heath circles away quickly and effectively.
Diop moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Heath fails in his attempt to clinch.
Diop throws a big counter combination but Heath scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
A big left from Diop misses.
Diop misses with a wild combination.
Heath tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Diop manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Heath doesn't manage to clinch there - Diop circles away.
Moussa Diop is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Heath tries to close the distance and clinch up but Diop swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Heath wants to clinch up but Diop keeps it at a distance.
Heath tries to clinch up.
Diop throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Heath dodges the punch combination from Diop.
Heath avoids a punch combination nicely.
Diop misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Heath tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Heath fails with an attempt to clinch.
Diop keeps the fight on the outside.
Diop swats away the attempt to clinch by Heath.
Heath tries to clinch up.
Diop misses with an uppercut. Heath saw that one coming.
Heath tries to counter with a clinch but Diop shakes him off and moves away.
Diop goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Heath is looking to clinch.
Heath doesn't manage to clinch there - Diop circles away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Heath is looking to clinch but Diop is avoiding it.
Heath moves in looking to clinch but Diop pushes him off.
Heath tries to close the distance and clinch but Diop swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Diop digs a good hook to Heath's body.

Heath gets a clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Diop gets through Heath's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Diop fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Heath taking a breather.
Heath throws a knee to the head but misses.
Diop misses with a hook from the clinch.
Diop misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Diop is looking to break free of the clinch but Heath has double underhooks.
Diop blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Heath using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Diop has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Heath tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Heath displaying some good clinch control by pressing Diop up against the cage.
Diop misses with a hook to the ribs.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Moussa Diop dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Moussa Diop's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Heath is looking to clinch but Diop is avoiding it.
Heath is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Heath tries to clinch but Diop moves out of range.
Diop goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Diop circles away from the clinch attempt.
Heath is looking to clinch but Diop is avoiding it.
It looked like Diop was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.

Heath closes the distance and clinches.
Heath throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Diop blocks it with crossed arms.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Heath.

Diop breaks from the clinch.
Diop misses with a hook. Heath ducked under it nicely.
Heath tries to close the distance and clinch up but Diop swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A punch combination from Diop misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Diop works over Heath's head and body with a nice combination.
Heath doesn't manage to clinch there - Diop circles away.
Diop throws a right and a left that Heath avoids nicely.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A looping hook to the body misses from Diop. Heath does a little dance to reset his feet.
Nice defenses there by Heath.
Diop thows a left - swing and a miss!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Diop throws a right and a left that Heath avoids nicely.
Diop 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.
Heath tries to clinch there but Diop circles away.
Diop went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Diop avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
The fight stays on the outside here - Heath looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Sloppy strikes from Diop. Those never looked like landing.
Heath wants to clinch.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Heath will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Diop up against the cage.
Heath is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Diop is keeping busy.
Heath with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Heath with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Diop lands a body shot in the clinch.
Diop scores with a nice hook to the head.
Diop lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Heath backwards.
Heath is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Diop is defending well for now.

Diop's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Heath dodges the punch combination from Diop.
Heath doesn't manage to clinch there - Diop circles away.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Diop avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Diop lands a slapping body shot.
Diop feints a jab promting Heath to slip. Diop then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Heath slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Heath is looking to clinch.
Heath fails with an attempt to clinch.
Heath tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Diop paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Diop swats away the attempt to clinch by Heath.
Heath doesn't manage to clinch there - Diop circles away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diop throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Diop swats away the attempt to clinch by Heath.
Diop throws a lazy right hand but Heath sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Diop lands a nice shot to the body.
Diop with a hook.
Diop swats away the attempt to clinch by Heath.
Heath tries to clinch there but Diop circles away.
Moussa Diop is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Diop looks to throw the jab but Heath is out of range.
Heath moves in looking to clinch but Diop pushes him off.
Heath tries to clinch but Diop is having none of it.
Heath doesn't manage to clinch there - Diop circles away.
Heath fails in his attempt to clinch.
Diop misses the shot to the body.
Diop misses with a wild combination.
Heath tries to clinch there but Diop circles away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Heath doesn't manage to clinch there - Diop circles away.
Heath wants to clinch up but Diop keeps it at a distance.

Heath rushes Diop and presses him up against the cage.
Heath tries a knee to the head but Diop blocks it.
Heath throws a punch but it's blocked by Diop.
Heath looking to throw knees to the head but Diop is blocking nicely.
Heath holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Heath stalling in the clinch but Diop improves position.

Diop manages to break the clinch.
Diop misses with a body shot.
Decent striking displayed by Diop there.
Wrex Heath has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Heath tries to close the distance and clinch up but Diop swats him away and circles back towards the center.

And that's the end of the fight!
Moussa Diop showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Diop, 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 Steven Brown scores the fight 30:27
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 30:27
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Moussa Diop!