PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Samy Diabate (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tysen Fricke (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Samy Diabate has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Diabate
vs
Fricke

210 cm
22
190 lbs
3 - 3 - 1

178 cm
18
190 lbs
1 - 4 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Solid chin

Double R Nutrients

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Samy Diabate!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tysen Fricke!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Cecil Peabody and Robert Twigg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fricke circles away from the clinch attempt.

Fricke decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Fricke not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

Fricke stands up out of the half guard.

Fricke has Diabate up against the cage in a clinch.

Fricke pulls guard effortlessly.
Diabate is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Diabate loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Diabate prevents Fricke from getting back to his feet.
Diabate wants to stand but Fricke is controlling his posture from full guard.
Diabate knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Fricke on the ground.

Diabate gets to his feet - Fricke follows without any prompting.
Fricke fails with the takedown.
Fricke misses with a takedown attempt - Diabate sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Diabate wants to clinch but Fricke slips to the side

and Fricke counters with a nice double leg into guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Diabate manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Fricke showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Diabate.
Diabate tries to clinch up

and Fricke counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Fricke passes into half guard.
Diabate wants to get back to his feet.

Diabate manages to escape and get back to his feet!
Diabate misses with a double jab.
Diabate throws a right and a left that Fricke avoids nicely.
Diabate throws a predictable looking body shot

and Fricke counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Diabate's guard now.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Diabate trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Diabate will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Fricke working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Diabate wants to get back to his feet but Fricke is in a dominant position and won't allow it.

Diabate has an omoplata and is looking to use it perhaps as a submission or perhaps to transition. Fricke is in a bit of discomfort here, but he's managed to free himself and has dived into side control! That didn't work out too well for Diabate.
Diabate is breathing heavily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fricke sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Diabate is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.

Fricke decides to take the fight back to the feet.
Diabate wants to clinch
and Fricke counters with a slapping leg kick.
Diabate misses with a combination

and Fricke counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Fricke throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Fricke wanted to stand there but Diabate had control of the position.

Fricke decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Fricke swings for the body but Diabate moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diabate lands a jab to the nose.
Fricke slips a jab and a cross from Diabate.
Diabate stalks Fricke and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Fricke's face. Fricke staggers backwards, shaken.
Diabate connects with a right hand. Fricke shakes it off.
Diabate clinches but Fricke breaks the clinch

and Fricke counters with a nice double leg into guard.

Diabate is working an open guard so Fricke takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Diabate tries to clinch up
and Fricke counters with a nice kick to the body.

Fricke shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Diabate napping and manages to drive through into side control!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Fricke working the ground and pound but Diabate is defending the strikes.

Fricke decides to stand back up. Fricke steps back and let's Diabate get back to his feet.
Diabate really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Diabate works over Fricke's head and body with a nice combination.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Diabate connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Fricke shoots for a takedown but Diabate saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Samy Diabate has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tysen Fricke.
Diabate throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Fricke counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Diabate's guard now.
Fricke stops Diabate from standing up.

Diabate is working an open guard so Fricke takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.

Fricke closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Fricke wants to control but Diabate is keeping him busy.
Diabate is in a bad spot here and he knows it... just holding on for now.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Fricke prevents Diabate from escaping the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tysen Fricke dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Fricke shoots in but no luck this time.
Diabate's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Diabate duly obliges.
Diabate throws a right and a left that Fricke avoids nicely.
Diabate throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Fricke counters with a good, hard body kick but Diabate shrugs it off.
Diabate throws a body punch but Fricke moves out of range.
Diabate lands the left hand.
Fricke shoots in and drives through. Diabate sprawls well.
Fricke moves away from the strike by Diabate.
Fricke fails with a takedown attempt.
Samy Diabate has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tysen Fricke.
Fricke thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Diabate if he has to take too many more of those.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Diabate throws a left and a right that both miss

and Fricke counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Diabate wants to get back to his feet but Fricke is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Fricke wants to control from the top but Diabate keeps moving.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fricke stops Diabate from standing up.
Fricke trying to control the position from guard on top but Diabate is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Diabate tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Fricke cracks Diabate with a solid left hand.
Diabate wants to stand and escape but Fricke is having none of it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.

Fricke shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Diabate napping and manages to drive through into side control!

Fricke has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
Fricke shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Diabate but Diabate pushes him off and we're back to square one.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fricke takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Diabate cracks Fricke with a good jab.
Diabate lands with a good body shot.
Diabate listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Samy Diabate is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Fricke is defended easily by Diabate.
Diabate lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Diabate displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Fricke.
Diabate connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Diabate lets loose with a powerful body kick. Fricke will feel that in the morning.
Fricke takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Fricke shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.

Diabate pushes Fricke off and gets back to his feet.
Diabate clinches but Fricke breaks the clinch

and Fricke counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Fricke has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Fricke throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

Diabate has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Fricke off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Diabate scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Diabate stuffs the takedown.
A shot to de liver by Diabate. Beautiful body shot.
Diabate throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fricke misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Fricke avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A decent looking cross lands there for Diabate.
Fricke lands with a nice body kick.
Fricke uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Diabate.
Diabate misses with a shot to the body

and Fricke counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Fricke.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Diabate is working an open guard so Fricke takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
A jab from Diabate finds it's way through Fricke's defenses.
Fricke shoots in for a takedown but Diabate shows good takedown defense.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Fricke has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Fricke there as he acknowledges the shot.
Diabate digs a good body shot into Fricke's ribs.

Diabate gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Fricke to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Diabate being controlled here, momentarily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tysen Fricke 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!

Diabate fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Diabate lands a jab-cross combination.
Diabate lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Fricke circles away quickly and effectively.
Diabate clinches but Fricke breaks the clinch
and Fricke counters with a low kick, right behind Diabate 's knee.
Fricke takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Fricke shoots in but Diabate avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Diabate misses with a few strikes there.
Diabate throws a series of punches but Fricke avoids them all with ease.
Diabate swinging wildly here.

Fricke shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fricke thows a huge punch but Diabate dodges it nicely.
Diabate pushes Fricke off looking to stand but Fricke dives back in and keeps control.

Fricke stands, ready to strike. The ref makes him back up and allows Diabate to get to his feet.
Fricke pushes Diabate away with a front kick.
Diabate throws a hook to the side of Fricke's head but Fricke sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Diabate misses with a combination

and Fricke counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Diabate pushes Fricke off looking to stand but Fricke dives back in and keeps control.
Fricke landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Diabate scrambles, trying to get to his feet, but Fricke manages to mount him!
Fricke avoids the attempt from Diabate to control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diabate is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Fricke looking to control but Diabate is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Tysen Fricke has got the better of the ground game so far.
Diabate is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Diabate takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Fricke landing punches.
Fricke working Diabate over with strikes here.
Fricke working Diabate over with strikes here.
Diabate regains half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diabate is trying to stand up here but Fricke is controlling him well.
Diabate taking some punishment here, with Fricke in his half guard.
Fricke lands strikes from half guard.
Diabate wants to get back to his feet.
Diabate wants to get back to full guard.
Diabate is not content to let Fricke control the position.
Fricke looks to score some points with some ground and pound.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Diabate dips to his left and cracks Fricke with an uppercut!
Fricke moves forwards but Diabate connects with a nice, crisp jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Fricke thows a body kick. Diabate tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Fricke dodges the punch combination from Diabate.

Fricke darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Samy Diabate has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Diabate tries to get to full guard but Fricke has control of the leg.
Fricke drops an elbow to the side of Diabate's head.
Fricke trying to control the action but Diabate is working from the bottom.
Diabate wants to get back to his feet.
Tysen Fricke is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Fricke thows a huge punch but Diabate dodges it nicely.

And that's the end of the fight!
Tysen Fricke comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Fricke winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight for Tysen Fricke!
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight for Tysen Fricke!
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight for Tysen Fricke!

Tysen Fricke wins by unanimous decision!