PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Robert Beaconsfield Herbert (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ruff Diamond (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Beaconsfield Herbert comes to the cage accompanied by Let the bodies hit the floor. Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Beaconsfield Herbert
vs
Diamond

189 cm
19
194 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

195 cm
18
198 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

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 - 0, fighting out of London, Robert Beaconsfield Herbert!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Ruff Diamond!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, Donald Grub and Colin Fotheringham.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Beaconsfield Herbert takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Diamond cracks Beaconsfield Herbert with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Beaconsfield Herbert throws a right hand that Diamond ducks under and follows up with a left that Diamond also avoids with ease.
Beaconsfield Herbert moves forwards but Diamond connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Diamond thuds a left hand into Beaconsfield Herbert's body.
Diamond dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Diamond scores with a shot to the body.
Beaconsfield Herbert is breathing heavily.
Diamond cracks Beaconsfield Herbert with an open hand slap.
Diamond dips to his left and cracks Beaconsfield Herbert with an uppercut!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Diamond darts in and clinches Beaconsfield Herbert up against the cage.
Beaconsfield Herbert blocking some punches.
Diamond lands a shot to the body.

Diamond breaks from the clinch.
Diamond scores with a jab to the jaw.
Beaconsfield Herbert blocks a head kick by Diamond.
Beaconsfield Herbert on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Ruff Diamond seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Diamond lands a high kick!

It looks like Robert Beaconsfield Herbert has been cut.
Diamond lands a jab to the nose.
Diamond scores with a body shot.
Diamond keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Diamond lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Diamond scores with the left hand. Beaconsfield Herbert knows he should have avoided that one.
Diamond turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Diamond scores with a hook to the body. Beaconsfield Herbert takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Diamond scores with a hook to the body. Beaconsfield Herbert takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Diamond is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Beaconsfield Herbert had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.

Diamond gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Diamond breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Beaconsfield Herbert takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Diamond lands a nice looking body shot.
Diamond catches Beaconsfield Herbert with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Diamond connects with a single shot there.
Diamond bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Beaconsfield Herbert's head.
Diamond scores with a hook.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Beaconsfield Herbert takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Jab from Diamond.
Diamond connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Diamond connects with the punch.
Beaconsfield Herbert on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Diamond lands a body shot.
Diamond punishes Beaconsfield Herbert's body with a nice straight punch.
Diamond connects with a single shot there.
Beaconsfield Herbert takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Diamond lands a nice leg kick that just misses Beaconsfield Herbert's sensitive parts.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Diamond moves into the clinch.

Diamond breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Diamond scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Beaconsfield Herbert on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Diamond scores with a nice right hand.
Beaconsfield Herbert looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Diamond swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Beaconsfield Herbert.
Diamond ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Diamond lands a really nice looking cross but Beaconsfield Herbert seems unphased.

Diamond moves into the clinch successfully.
A head punch on the inside from Diamond fails to land.
Diamond is looking to control Beaconsfield Herbert's arms but Beaconsfield Herbert gets an underhook and turns him. Now Diamond has his back to the cage.
Diamond gets through Beaconsfield Herbert's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Diamond slowing the pace effectively.
Diamond lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Diamond working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Diamond lands a shoulder strike.
Diamond scores with a shot to the side of Beaconsfield Herbert's head.
Diamond cracks Beaconsfield Herbert with a nice body shot.
Diamond effectively controlling the action here.
Diamond gets through Beaconsfield Herbert's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Diamond lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Beaconsfield Herbert backwards.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice elbow from Diamond.
Diamond has Beaconsfield Herbert pressed against the cage.
Diamond lands a right hand.
Diamond swings away with an uppercut that misses.

Diamond pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Beaconsfield Herbert takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Diamond jabs at Beaconsfield Herbert's body.
Diamond uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Beaconsfield Herbert takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Beaconsfield Herbert takes a jab right on the kisser.
Diamond lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Diamond.
Diamond scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Diamond moves into the clinch.
Diamond lands a body shot in the clinch.
Diamond pushes Beaconsfield Herbert back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Diamond lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

Diamond breaks the clinch.
Diamond scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Diamond cracks Beaconsfield Herbert with an open hand slap.
Diamond scores with a decent looking hook.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Diamond. Beaconsfield Herbert shrugs it off though.
Beaconsfield Herbert doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Diamond catches Beaconsfield Herbert with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Beaconsfield Herbert takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Diamond lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Beaconsfield Herbert at a distance.
Diamond changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Diamond scores with a crisp jab that stopped Beaconsfield Herbert in his tracks.
Beaconsfield Herbert takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Diamond bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Beaconsfield Herbert's head backwards.
Diamond changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Jab from Diamond.
Jab by Diamond.

Diamond moves into the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Diamond scores with a shot to the side of Beaconsfield Herbert's head.

Diamond manages to break the clinch.
Diamond lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Beaconsfield Herbert takes a shot to the body in his stride.
A shot to de liver by Diamond. Beautiful body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ruff Diamond dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Robert Beaconsfield Herbert's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Beaconsfield Herbert doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Beaconsfield Herbert misses with a hook. Diamond ducked under it nicely.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Diamond swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Diamond has Beaconsfield Herbert pressed against the cage.
Diamond lands a shoulder strike.
Diamond lands a hook to the side of the head.
Beaconsfield Herbert is trying to force a seperation but Diamond has the dominant position.
Diamond scores with a shoulder strike.

Diamond breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Diamond sizes up Beaconsfield Herbert with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Nice uppercut there from Diamond.
Diamond punishes Beaconsfield Herbert's body with a nice straight punch.
Diamond has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Diamond scores with a nice right hand.
Diamond scores with a jab to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Beaconsfield Herbert moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Diamond lands a nice shot that snaps Beaconsfield Herbert's head back.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Diamond feints and then cracks Beaconsfield Herbert's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Beaconsfield Herbert down.
Diamond scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A solid leg kick lands there for Diamond.
Diamond lands with a nice body punch.
Robert Beaconsfield Herbert is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Jab from Diamond.
Diamond catches Beaconsfield Herbert with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Diamond lands a right hook to the body.

Diamond closes the distance and clinches.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Diamond takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Diamond.
Diamond content to slow the pace in the clinch.

Diamond breaks from the clinch.
Beaconsfield Herbert gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Diamond fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Diamond lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Diamond catches Beaconsfield Herbert with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
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!
Diamond lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Diamond keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Diamond scores with the left hand. Beaconsfield Herbert knows he should have avoided that one.
Diamond with a hook.
Diamond lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diamond with a hook.
Diamond lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Beaconsfield Herbert at a distance.
Diamond lands with a shot to the body.
Diamond scores with a nice strike.
Diamond lands a body shot.
Beaconsfield Herbert has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Beaconsfield Herbert there as he acknowledges the shot.

Diamond has closed the distance and engaged Beaconsfield Herbert in a clinch.

Diamond's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Diamond scores with a jab to the body.
Diamond scores with a jab.
Diamond swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Beaconsfield Herbert.
Diamond throws a shot to the body.
Diamond throws a series of strikes that have Beaconsfield Herbert backpedaling.
Diamond fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Beaconsfield Herbert takes one to the chin there.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Diamond.

Diamond has taken the fight to the clinch.
Diamond digs a right hand underneath Beaconsfield Herbert's ribcage. Beaconsfield Herbert let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Diamond scores with a shoulder strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diamond lands an uppercut.
Diamond gets through Beaconsfield Herbert's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

Diamond breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Diamond lands a with a good body shot.
Diamond clobbers Beaconsfield Herbert with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Diamond connects with a looping right hand.
Diamond feints and then cracks Beaconsfield Herbert's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Beaconsfield Herbert down.
Diamond catches Beaconsfield Herbert with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Beaconsfield Herbert with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Diamond to score with a decent uppercut.
Beaconsfield Herbert takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
A left lands for Diamond.
Diamond lands a jab.
Diamond digs a good hook to Beaconsfield Herbert's body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A good leg kick by Diamond.
Diamond throws a nice outside leg kick.
Diamond 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.
Diamond lands with an overhand left.
Diamond ducks down and throws a hook to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Diamond bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Nice body punch from Diamond.
Nice uppercut lands for Diamond. That snapped Beaconsfield Herbert's head back.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Beaconsfield Herbert letting Diamond take a breather here.
Beaconsfield Herbert misses with a short punch on the inside.

Diamond manages to break the clinch.
Diamond lands a nice looking body shot.
Diamond lands a right hook to the body.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Diamond!

Diamond closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Ruff Diamond seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Diamond softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

Diamond breaks the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Diamond darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Nice shot lands for Diamond.
Diamond jabs at Beaconsfield Herbert's body.
Diamond 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.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ruff Diamond showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Robert Beaconsfield Herbert's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Beaconsfield Herbert takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Diamond lands with a right hand.
Diamond tries to bum rush Beaconsfield Herbert with a series of wild strikes but Beaconsfield Herbert uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Diamond cracks a nice hook into Beaconsfield Herbert's ribs.
Diamond with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Diamond scores with a nice head shot.
Diamond works Beaconsfield Herbert's body with a nice hook.
Diamond connects with a body shot.
A decent looking cross lands there for Diamond.
Diamond jabs at Beaconsfield Herbert's body.
Diamond throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Diamond lands a head shot.
Diamond connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Beaconsfield Herbert momentarily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Diamond lands a nice shot that snaps Beaconsfield Herbert's head back.
Ruff Diamond seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Diamond scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Diamond lands a body shot.
Diamond lands with a nice body punch.
Beaconsfield Herbert takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Diamond with a nice cross.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Diamond connects with a high kick.

Diamond moves into the clinch.
Diamond lands a body punch.
Diamond scores with a nice hook to the head.
A short left from Diamond.
Beaconsfield Herbert is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Diamond lands an elbow just above Beaconsfield Herbert 's eye.

Beaconsfield Herbert is rocked!
A body shot lands from Diamond.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
A body shot lands from Diamond.

Diamond breaks the clinch.
Diamond stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Diamond punishes Beaconsfield Herbert's body with a nice straight punch.
The fighters circle momentarily. Diamond darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Diamond lands with a cross.
Beaconsfield Herbert shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Diamond fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Diamond lands a nice shot to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A left lands for Diamond.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Diamond.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Diamond forces Beaconsfield Herbert back against the cage and clinches.
A right hand to the body from Diamond.

Diamond breaks from the clinch.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Diamond, as that shot connected.
Diamond lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Diamond throws out a powerful jab.
Diamond lands a nice shot to the body.
Diamond throws a head kick but Beaconsfield Herbert moves out of range.
Diamond listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Diamond wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Beaconsfield Herbert takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Beaconsfield Herbert takes one on the button.
Diamond buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Diamond throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Beaconsfield Herbert on the side of the head.
Diamond cracks Beaconsfield Herbert with a good jab.
Diamond digs a good body shot into Beaconsfield Herbert's ribs.
Beaconsfield Herbert moves forwards but Diamond connects with a nice, crisp jab.

Diamond takes the fight into the clinch.

Diamond breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diamond lands with a shot to the body.
Diamond getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Beaconsfield Herbert fails to land with a series of punches.
Diamond lands a nice shot to the body.
Beaconsfield Herbert gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Diamond.

Diamond closes the distance and clinches.
Diamond lands a right hand.
Diamond stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Ruff Diamond is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Diamond.
Diamond has Beaconsfield Herbert pressed against the cage, preventing Beaconsfield Herbert from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

Diamond breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Diamond lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Diamond bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Beaconsfield Herbert's head backwards.
Diamond lands a nice shot to the body.
Diamond lands a body shot.
Diamond connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Diamond lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Beaconsfield Herbert walks into a jab.
Diamond lands a right hook to the body.

Diamond moves into range and clinches up with Beaconsfield Herbert.
Diamond scores with a nice hook to the head.
Robert Beaconsfield Herbert has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Diamond lands an elbow just above Beaconsfield Herbert 's eye.

Diamond breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Beaconsfield Herbert throws a left and a right that both miss
and Diamond counters with a nice uppercut.
Diamond throws a nice inside leg kick.

Diamond darts in and clinches Beaconsfield Herbert up against the cage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Diamond.

Diamond's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Diamond ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Beaconsfield Herbert on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Diamond connects with a jab.
Diamond clobbers Beaconsfield Herbert with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ruff Diamond comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Diamond has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Chris Edwards scores the fight 24:30
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 24:30
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 24:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ruff Diamond!