PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Skiller Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Stu Diat (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Stu Diat is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Smith
vs
Diat

151 cm
18
249 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

195 cm
25
262 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Skiller Smith!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Stu Diat!
The judges for this bout are Jeff Smith, Josh West and Colin Fray.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Diat with a hook.
Smith circles away from the clinch attempt.
Smith is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Diat.

It looks like Skiller Smith has been cut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Smith shoots for a double leg takedown but Diat sprawls well. He's pushed Smith's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Diat swinging wildly here.
Diat throws out a powerful jab.
Smith walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Diat misses with a series of wild punches.
Diat throws a body punch but Smith moves out of range.
Diat misses with a head kick.
Smith fails with the takedown.
Smith will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Skiller Smith. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Smith looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.

Diat has managed to clinch.
Diat wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

Diat manages to break the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Diat rushes Smith and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Diat is trying to force a seperation but Smith has the dominant position.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for Smith. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.

Diat breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Diat lands a nice shot that snaps Smith's head back.

Skiller Smith's cut is getting worse.
Diat is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Diat connects with a nice looking jab.
Diat misses with a jab, cross combination.
Diat throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

Diat gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Smith to score an easy takedown into full guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Diat keeping moving, preventing Smith from controlling successfully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diat wants to get back to his feet but Smith is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Smith could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Skiller Smith.
Diat is looking to clinch but Smith is avoiding it.
Diat connects with a jab.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Diat has had enough of the clinch but Smith keeps him there for the moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diat is looking to break free of the clinch but Smith has double underhooks.
Smith keeps control of Diat as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Diat is trying to break the clinch but Smith has him pressed against the cage.
Diat wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Smith tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Diat avoids it.
Smith is trying to force a seperation but Diat has the dominant position.
Smith controlling the action here for a moment.
Smith is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Diat is defending well.

Diat breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Diat misses with the combination.

Smith closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Smith is breathing heavily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Diat is looking to escape.
Smith is trying to control. Diat wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Smith not doing much here.
Diat is looking to escape.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

The ref stands the fighters back up because Skiller Smith just wasn't active enough.
Diat tries to close the distance and clinch up but Smith swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Diat avoids a kick to the body.

Diat closes the distance and clinches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Diat blocks a leg kick.
Skiller Smith is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Diat is looking to clinch but Smith is avoiding it.
Diat lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Diat tries to clinch up.
Diat misses with the combination.
Smith shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Diat sprawls well. Diat wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Smith gets slowly back to his feet.
Smith tries to clinch there but Diat circles away.
Diat misses with a wild body shot.
Diat tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Diat misses with a few strikes there.
Diat tries to clinch up

and Smith holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Diat is looking to break free of the clinch but Smith has double underhooks.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Smith breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Smith takes a jab right on the kisser.

Smith has taken the fight to the clinch.
Smith has Diat pressed against the cage, preventing Diat from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Smith throws an elbow but it misses.

Smith jumps into guard, dragging Diat to the mat.
Diat is in close to Smith's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Diat working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Diat trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Diat loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Diat is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Smith utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Smith is trying to hold Diat in close to prevent damage but Diat has managed to pass into half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diat wants to take a breather but Smith is having none of it.
Diat lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Diat trying to control the action but Smith is working from the bottom.
Smith might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Smith controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.
Smith is trying to escape back to his feet but Diat uses the scramble to pass into side control.
Diat controlling from side mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith tries to improve position but can't.
Diat trying to control the position but Smith is working away.
Diat lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Diat working the ground and pound.
Smith is being controlled here.

Diat decides to stand back up.
Diat throws a head kick that misses.
Diat connects with a body shot that sends Smith's belly button to the back.
Diat has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Diat tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Smith manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Smith swats away the attempt to clinch by Diat.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice combination there by Diat.

Skiller Smith's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Diat stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Diat misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Diat has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Diat looks to land a combination but Smith avoids it well.
Diat is looking to clinch.
Diat throws a head kick that Smith semi-blocks.

Diat fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Smith, pushing him back against the cage.

Diat breaks from the clinch.
Smith tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Smith shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Diat as he jumps to the side.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Smith takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Nice takedown defense from Diat. No joy for Smith on that attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Stu Diat showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Skiller Smith's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Diat fails to land with a series of punches.
Diat rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Smith moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Diat scores with a three punch combo!
Smith dodges the punch combination from Diat.
Smith tries to close the distance and clinch but Diat swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Smith drives through with a takedown into Diat's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.

Smith decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Diat, up you get!
Diat misses with a few strikes there.
Smith moves away from the strike by Diat.

Smith rushes Diat and presses him up against the cage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Smith tightens his grip and picks Diat up, before dumping him to the ground. Diat manages to land in guard.
Smith looking to pass the guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Diat is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.

Diat breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Stu Diat seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Smith fails with an attempt to clinch.
Stu Diat is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Smith throws a series of punches but Diat moves out of range.
Diat scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Smith gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Diat lands with an overhand left.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Diat.
Diat's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Diat duly obliges.
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!
Smith dodges the punch combination from Diat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Diat.

Diat gets in close and instigates a clinch.

Diat breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Diat tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
The fighters circling - Diat throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

Smith decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Smith looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Skiller Smith overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith stalling away here and it's allowed Diat to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
Smith wants to stand and escape but instead Diat has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Diat scoring with some ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Diat stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Diat scores with the left hand. Smith knows he should have avoided that one.

Jeez, Skiller Smith's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Diat tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Smith manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Diat bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Diat lands with a right hand.
Diat throws a right and a left that both miss.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Smith gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.

Diat moves into the clinch.
Diat is trying to break the clinch but Smith has him pressed against the cage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Diat is looking to break free of the clinch but Smith has double underhooks.
Smith tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Skiller Smith has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Stu Diat is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

Diat's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

And that's the end of the fight!
Stu Diat comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Diat 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 Jeff Smith scores the fight 27:30
Judge Josh West scores the fight 27:30
Judge Colin Fray scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Stu Diat!