PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Schmedgar Dimms (ranked 329 p4p, 297 weight class) and Bardia Farrokhzad (ranked 20 p4p, 19 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Farrokhzad's choice of entrance music: Iranian Baloch - This Is A Catch. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Dimms
vs
Farrokhzad

175 cm
25
145
15 - 3 - 0

170 cm
28
148
19 - 9 - 0

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World class boxer
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Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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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 15 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Schmedgar Dimms!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bardia Farrokhzad!
The judges for this bout are Russell Pearce, Jonathan Paton and John Roberts.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Farrokhzad dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Dimms throws a body shot but no joy.
A countering left hand to the body from Farrokhzad misses.
The crowd cheers as Farrokhzad lands an impressive looking overhand right. Dimms doesn't seem phased though.

Farrokhzad closes the distance and clinches.
Dimms doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Farrokhzad misses with a knee to the head.
Dimms tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

Dimms escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Dimms ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Dimms throws a head kick that misses.
Farrokhzad looks like he wants to counter punch here.

Farrokhzad has closed the distance and engaged Dimms in a clinch.
Farrokhzad tries a body shot but Dimms blocks it.
Nice body punch from Dimms - that landed with a thud.
Dimms pushes Farrokhzad back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Farrokhzad tries to land a knee to the head but Dimms blocks with his arms.

Dimms breaks from the clinch.
Dimms circles away from the clinch attempt.
Farrokhzad 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 fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Farrokhzad connects with a good right hand that stumbles Dimms. Dimms circles away out of range and recomposes himself.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dimms scores with a hook to the body. Farrokhzad takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Farrokhzad just misses with a punch to the body.
Farrokhzad throws a hook but Dimms blocks it.
A slow jab from Farrokhzad misses its intended target.
Dimms throws an overhand right that lands on Farrokhzad's shoulder, as Farrokhzad tries to avoid the shot.
Dimms lands a nice hook to Farrokhzad's body. Farrokhzad takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Dimms keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Farrokhzad.
Farrokhzad throws a lazy right hand but Dimms sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Dimms fires out a quick counter leg kick but Farrokhzad just manages to avoid it.
Farrokhzad missing with a left hand there. Dimms was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Farrokhzad cracks Dimms with an open hand slap.
Farrokhzad misses with a body punch
and Dimms counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Farrokhzad tries to clinch up but Dimms circles away and keeps his distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Farrokhzad rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Dimms makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Dimms ducks under a wild hook from Farrokhzad.
A little feinted left hand from Dimms on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Dimms takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dimms digs a good hook to Farrokhzad's body.
Farrokhzad misses with a looping left.
Nice defenses there by Dimms.
Farrokhzad misses with a hook.
Farrokhzad misses with a body shot.
Dimms misses with a body shot

and Farrokhzad counters by moving into the clinch.
Dimms lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Farrokhzad.
A short right from Dimms.
Farrokhzad tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Dimms lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Farrokhzad backwards.
Nice body punch from Dimms - that landed with a thud.
Farrokhzad tries to work over Dimms's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Dimms.
Farrokhzad blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Dimms presses Farrokhzad against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Farrokhzad misses with a punch to the body.
Dimms lands with a right to the head.
Farrokhzad lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Dimms blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Dimms presses Farrokhzad against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Farrokhzad's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Dimms tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Dimms tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Farrokhzad's elbow.
Farrokhzad misses with a punch on the inside.
Farrokhzad connects with a nasty looking knee right to Dimms's face.
Dimms avoiding damage as Farrokhzad throws knees to the body.
Dimms lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Farrokhzad or not.
Nice body punch from Dimms.
Dimms lands with a right 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!
Farrokhzad fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Farrokhzad tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Farrokhzad blocking some punches.
Dimms goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Farrokhzad throws a head punch that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dimms lands with a light punch inside.
Dimms misses with a shot to the kidneys.

Dimms breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Farrokhzad ducks under a wild hook from Dimms.
It seemed like Farrokhzad was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Farrokhzad fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Dimms manages to avoid it.
Farrokhzad misses with a left hand
and Dimms counters with a lovely straight right hand!

Farrokhzad clinches with his opponent.
Dimms scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Dimms tries a body shot but Farrokhzad blocks it.
Dimms tries to throw a body punch but Farrokhzad avoids it by throwing Dimms back against the cage.
Farrokhzad looking to throw knees to the head but Dimms is blocking nicely.
Farrokhzad scores a nice knee to the body.
Dimms lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Farrokhzad misses with a body punch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Dimms.
A short right from Dimms.
A head punch on the inside from Farrokhzad fails to land.
Farrokhzad misses with some punches.
Farrokhzad struggles to land a body shot inside as Dimms controls his hands.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Schmedgar Dimms will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!

Nice straight punches there by Farrokhzad. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Farrokhzad.
Farrokhzad lands the left hand.
Farrokhzad thuds a left hand into Dimms's body.
Farrokhzad misses with a straight left.
Farrokhzad misses with a jab, cross combination.
Dimms looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Dimms throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.

Farrokhzad has Dimms up against the cage in a clinch.
Farrokhzad landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A right hook to the body lands for Dimms.
Dimms softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Dimms avoiding damage as Farrokhzad throws knees to the body.
Schmedgar Dimms has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Nice body punch from Farrokhzad - that landed with a thud.

Dimms pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Farrokhzad drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Farrokhzad lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Dimms at a distance.
Bardia Farrokhzad seems to be getting the better of the standup.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Farrokhzad swings widly with a right hand
and Dimms counters with a stiff right hand.
Farrokhzad tries to close the distance and clinch but Dimms swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Farrokhzad misses with a wild body shot.
A little feinted left hand from Dimms on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Farrokhzad lands a lovely overhand right.
Farrokhzad fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Farrokhzad keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Dimms uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Farrokhzad.
Dimms steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Farrokhzad.
A counter left hand to the body from Dimms misses its target.
The fighters circle momentarily. Farrokhzad darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Farrokhzad tries to clinch up
enabling Dimms to counter with a crisp jab.

Farrokhzad is rocked!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Farrokhzad throws a body punch but Dimms moves out of range.
Farrokhzad throws a hook but Dimms avoids it easily.
Farrokhzad looks to throw the jab but Dimms is out of range.
Farrokhzad throws a hook but Dimms blocks it.
Dimms is looking to wear down Farrokhzad with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Farrokhzad is looking to clinch but Dimms is avoiding it.
Dimms was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Farrokhzad throws a big shot that misses.
Dimms swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Farrokhzad wants to clinch up but Dimms keeps it at a distance.
Dimms throws a counter high kick but Farrokhzad was just alert enough to avoid it.
A good leg kick by Dimms.
Farrokhzad tries to clinch
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
and Dimms counters with a straight right hand.
Farrokhzad is still on wobbly legs! Can Dimms finish him?
Farrokhzad dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Farrokhzad lands with a shot to the body.
Dimms scores with a push kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Farrokhzad showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Dimms.
Farrokhzad 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.
Farrokhzad slips a jab and a cross from Dimms.
Farrokhzad throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Farrokhzad seems to have recovered his senses.
Farrokhzad connects with a jab.
Farrokhzad throws an off balance right hand
and Dimms counters with a left and a right... And another left! Farrokhzad is down! He's done! The ref dives in to save him and that's the end of the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:29 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Schmedgar Dimms!