PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between David Byrne (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Diego Biamonte (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Byrne
vs
Biamonte

184 cm
19
201 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

185 cm
21
195 lbs
6 - 3 - 1

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Great elbows
Fast

Lionwear

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 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, David Byrne!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 1, fighting out of New York, Diego Biamonte!
The judges for this bout are Lou da Vinci, Steve Montenegro and Alyssa Summers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Byrne displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.

It looks like Diego Biamonte has been cut.
Biamonte tests Byrne's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Byrne moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Biamonte moves out of range of the body kick.
Byrne swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Byrne fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Biamonte checks it well.

Biamonte has taken the fight to the clinch.
With the fighters up against the cage, Biamonte throws an elbow but misses.
Biamonte tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Biamonte misses with an elbow strike.
Byrne is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Biamonte is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Byrne is defending well for now.
Biamonte missing with knees to the body.
Biamonte misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Byrne.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Byrne blocks an elbow strike.
Biamonte tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Biamonte misses with a knee strike.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Biamonte is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Byrne is defending well for now.
Biamonte throws an elbow that misses.
Byrne on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Biamonte misses with a knee strike.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Biamonte tries to land a knee to the head but Byrne blocks with his arms.
Biamonte tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Byrne avoids it.
Biamonte tries to land knees in the clinch but Byrne avoids the damage to the body.
Byrne blocks an elbow strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Byrne avoids the elbow strike from Biamonte, against the cage.
Biamonte missing with knees to the body.
Biamonte stalling.
Byrne blocks an elbow strike.
Byrne stalling the fight.
Biamonte misses with an elbow strike.
Biamonte trying to land knees to the body.
Byrne is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Biamonte lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Biamonte using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Byrne has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Biamonte with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Byrne is leaning against Biamonte and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Biamonte is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Byrne is defending well for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Biamonte missing with knees to the body.
Biamonte keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Byrne's efforts to push away.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Biamonte just misses with a elbow thrown towards Byrne's brow.
Biamonte pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Byrne is looking to break free of the clinch but Biamonte has double underhooks.
Biamonte missing with knees to the body.
Byrne avoids a wild elbow strike from Biamonte.
Nice elbow from Biamonte.
Biamonte looking to throw knees to the head but Byrne is blocking nicely.
Byrne avoiding damage as Biamonte throws knees to the body.
Biamonte looking to throw knees to the head but Byrne is blocking nicely.
Byrne is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Biamonte is keeping busy.
Byrne blocks the elbow strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Biamonte throws a knee to the head but misses.
Byrne trying to stall but Biamonte improves his position.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Biamonte just misses with a elbow thrown towards Byrne's brow.
Byrne trying to control the position but instead, Biamonte has worked for underhooks and has pushed Byrne into the cage.
Biamonte is stalling here.
Byrne leaning against his opponent.
Byrne avoids a wild elbow strike from Biamonte.
Biamonte trying to land knees to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Biamonte misses with an elbow over the top.
Biamonte missing with knees to the body.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Byrne.
Biamonte pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Diego Biamonte dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Diego Biamonte's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Byrne shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.

Biamonte gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Biamonte throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Biamonte throws an elbow that misses.
Biamonte is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Byrne is defending well for now.
Biamonte trying to land knees to the body.
Diego Biamonte seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Biamonte pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Byrne blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Byrne looking to stall.
Byrne blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Byrne managing to block the knees to the body from Biamonte.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Biamonte in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Biamonte trying to land knees to the body.
Byrne avoiding damage as Biamonte throws knees to the body.
Biamonte creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Biamonte dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Byrne avoiding damage as Biamonte throws knees to the body.
Biamonte trying to land knees to the body.
With the fighters up against the cage, Biamonte throws an elbow but misses.
Byrne wants to break the clinch but can't.
Biamonte trying to land knees to the body.
Biamonte lands a nice elbow.
Biamonte throws an elbow that misses.
Biamonte throws an elbow that misses.
Biamonte misses with an elbow strike.
Biamonte misses with an elbow strike.
Biamonte misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Byrne.
Biamonte throws an elbow but it misses.
Biamonte pushes off an throws an elbow but Byrne leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Biamonte looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Byrne avoiding damage as Biamonte throws knees to the body.

Byrne pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Biamonte misses the shot to the body.
Byrne lands a nice shot to the body.
Biamonte missing with a left hand there. Byrne was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Biamonte takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Byrne blocks a head kick by Biamonte.
Biamonte is breathing heavily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Byrne fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Byrne chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Byrne scoring well with a low kick there.
Byrne bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Biamonte's head backwards.
Byrne dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Biamonte takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Byrne connects with a leg kick. Biamonte looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Byrne is looking to wear down Biamonte with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Biamonte tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
David Byrne is winning the standup battle so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Byrne dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Biamonte. That did some damage!
That kick from Byrne tenderised Biamonte's leg. Biamonte is trying to keep his angry face on.
Biamonte checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Byrne feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Biamonte's calf.
Byrne scores with a shot to the body.
Byrne fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Biamonte.
A jab lands there for Byrne.
Biamonte moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Byrne takes a swing at Biamonte's ribcage but misses.
Byrne thumps Biamonte with a low kick.
Byrne dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Biamonte checks the leg kick.
Byrne lands a right hook to the body.
Byrne feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Biamontes jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Byrne scoring well with a low kick there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Byrne lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Donk. Byrne catches Biamonte right on the button with a cross.
Byrne throws a nice outside leg kick.
Byrne tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Byrne fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Biamonte checks it well.
Byrne fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Biamonte manages to avoid it.
Biamonte misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Byrne misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Biamonte.
Biamonte avoids a kick to the body.
Biamonte takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Biamonte takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Byrne throws a nice inside leg kick.
Byrne is looking to slow Biamonte down with leg kicks.
Biamonte with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Byrne to score with a decent uppercut.
Byrne lands a nice shot to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

David Byrne dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Diego Biamonte's cut.
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!

Jab from Byrne.
Biamonte tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Biamonte throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Byrne throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Biamonte throws a looping overhand right but Byrne ducks down to avoid it.
Byrne looks to land a combination. Biamonte sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.

Biamonte is rocked!
Byrne misses with a series of wild punches.
Biamonte is still on wobbly legs! Can Byrne finish him?
Byrne lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Biamonte at a distance.
Byrne throws a shot to the body.
Biamonte seems to have recovered his senses.
Byrne fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Biamonte on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Byrne darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Byrne stuns Biamonte with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Biamonte takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Byrne lands a brutal head kick. Biamonte looks out on his feet and Byrne throws more strikes until the ref is forced to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:54 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Kick and Punches). David Byrne!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, David Byrne made sure he mentioned Lionwear, along with how happy he was to win his fight.