PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jason Diamond (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lukasz Tyminski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Diamond
vs
Tyminski

185 cm
32
203 lbs
21 - 12 - 1

179 cm
32
194 lbs
28 - 16 - 1

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

KAISER
GREEN!160

KAISER
Merciless Gladiators

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 21 - 12 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jason Diamond!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 28 - 16 - 1, fighting out of London, Lukasz Tyminski!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Frank Antenori and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Diamond throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Diamond throws a big shot that misses.
Diamond swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Diamond takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
A swing and a miss from Diamond.
Diamond tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Diamond throws an ugly left hook that misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Diamond lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Tyminski has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Tyminski and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Diamond slips under a jab.
Tyminski has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.

Tyminski moves into the clinch.
Diamond looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Tyminski tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Diamond avoids it.
A body shot lands from Diamond.
Tyminski is trying to break the clinch but Diamond is controlling him.
Diamond is looking to control Tyminski's arms but Tyminski gets an underhook and turns him. Now Diamond has his back to the cage.
Tyminski content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Tyminski trying to land knees to the body.
Diamond blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Tyminski lands an uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Diamond's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tyminski tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A battle for position here, against the cage.

Diamond breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Tyminski slips a straight right by Diamond.
Diamond lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
A shot to the liver by Tyminski. Beautiful body shot.
Diamond connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Tyminski scores with a head kick. Diamond tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.

It looks like Jason Diamond has been cut.
Diamond misses with a hook.
Tyminski doesn't manage to clinch there - Diamond circles away.
Tyminski fakes the leg kick and cracks Diamond in the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tyminski throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Diamond's head.
Tyminski ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Tyminski throws a right and a left that Diamond avoids nicely.
Diamond throws a leg kick that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tyminski takes one on the chin but seems OK.
A jab from Diamond misses.
Diamond takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Diamond fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Tyminski checks it well.

Tyminski darts in and clinches Diamond up against the cage.
Still in the clinch, Tyminski scores with a nice short uppercut.
Diamond's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Diamond.
Diamond tries to throw a body punch but Tyminski avoids it by throwing Diamond back against the cage.
Come on Tyminski - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Diamond wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Tyminski has him pressed against the cage.
Diamond blocking some punches.

Tyminski breaks the clinch.
Diamond throws a sloppy body shot
and Diamond takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Tyminski takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tyminski on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Diamond. Diamond obviously looking to wear him down.
A slapping leg kick lands for Diamond.
Tyminski sizes up Diamond with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Diamond connects with a high kick.
Tyminski waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Diamond.
Diamond lunges at Tyminski with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Tyminski's hand.
Diamond just misses with a punch to the body.
Diamond misses with a body kick.
Diamond swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Tyminski misses with an uppercut.
Diamond looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Tyminski fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Diamond lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Tyminski thuds a left hand into Diamond's body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tyminski tries to clinch but Diamond moves out of range.
Diamond misses with an uppercut. Tyminski saw that one coming.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Diamond moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Tyminski thows a body shot but no joy.
Tyminski checks the leg kick.
Tyminski throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Diamond throws a jab when Tyminski was well out of range.
Tyminski cracks a nice hook into Diamond's ribs.
A swing and a miss from Diamond.
Diamond throws a hook but Tyminski blocks it.
Tyminski swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Diamond misses with an attempted mid kick.
Tyminski digs a good body shot into Diamond's ribs.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Diamond is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Tyminski.
Tyminski stuns Diamond with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Diamond avoids the head kick by Tyminski.
Good exchange - Tyminski coming out on top.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Lukasz Tyminski will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Jason Diamond's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Some wild striking there from Diamond.
Tyminski thuds his right hand into Diamond's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Diamond throws a leg kick but Tyminski sees it coming and moves out of range.
A punch lands to the side of Diamond 's head but he takes it in his stride.
The crowd cheers as Tyminski lands an impressive looking overhand right. Diamond doesn't seem phased though.
Diamond throws a hook but Tyminski avoids it easily.
Tyminski feints and then cracks Diamond's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Diamond down.
A shot to the body from Diamond misses

and Tyminski counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Tyminski.
Diamond is trying to maintain a safe position but Tyminski gets an underhook and turns Diamond into the cage.
Diamond blocking some punches.
Diamond is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Diamond scores with a shot to the side of Tyminski's head.
Diamond throws a punch but it's blocked by Tyminski.
Tyminski lands with a right to the head.
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 escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Tyminski has taken the fight to the clinch.
Tyminski gets through Diamond's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
The referee calls for Diamond to work.
Tyminski digs a right hand underneath Diamond's ribcage. Diamond let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Diamond blocks an elbow strike from Tyminski.
Diamond misses with an elbow over the top.

Diamond breaks the clinch.
Diamond misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Diamond throws a nice looking combination but Tyminski bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Diamond walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Tyminski staying out of range there.
Diamond on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Diamond's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Tyminski connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Diamond scrambles back to his feet.
A good leg kick by Tyminski.
Tyminski connects with a right hand. Diamond shakes it off.
Tyminski looks to land a right hand but Diamond moved out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice jab there from Tyminski.

Diamond is rocked!

Diamond tries to keep at a distance but Tyminski has taken the fight into the clinch.
Diamond tries to throw a body punch but Tyminski avoids it by throwing Diamond back against the cage.
Diamond lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Lukasz Tyminski seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Diamond working hard to break the clinch.
Tyminski lands a damaging elbow.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Diamond has a couple of punches blocked by Tyminski.
Tyminski lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Tyminski is pushing Diamond up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Tyminski wants to stall.
Diamond presses Tyminski against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Diamond working aggressively here.
Tyminski blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Come on Tyminski - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.

Tyminski manages to break the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice shot by Tyminski.
Tyminski misses with a body shot.
Diamond thuds his right hand into Tyminski's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
A good leg kick by Tyminski.
Tyminski misses with a hook.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Diamond, right into the meat.
Diamond gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Tyminski.
Diamond thows a left - swing and a miss!
A low kick from Diamond misses
and Tyminski counters with a straight right hand.
Tyminski keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Tyminski fails to land with a series of punches.
Tyminski feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Diamonds jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Tyminski blocks a jab.
Tyminski slips under a jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tyminski smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Diamond throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Tyminski sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Diamond misses with a wild body shot.
Tyminski looks to land a left hand but Diamond moved out of range nicely.
Tyminski scores with the left hand. Diamond knows he should have avoided that one.
Tyminski looks to land a body kick but Diamond moved away.
Diamond throws a lazy right hand but Tyminski sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Tyminski throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Diamond on the side of the head.
Oh Diamond is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

Jason Diamond's cut is getting worse.
Tyminski walks forward and throws a big overhand right! Diamond drops to the floor like a sack of potatoes! Tyminski swarms on him with more punches until the referee wrestles him away from Diamond's unconscious body! Wow, that was brutal!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:42 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Lukasz Tyminski!
After the fight, Lukasz Tyminski was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.