PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Butter Ball (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Aukeem Di (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Ball
vs
Di

180 cm
19
300 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

225 cm
21
300 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

Poweful takedowns
Decent boxing
Powerful

BioPharm Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Butter Ball!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Aukeem Di!
The judges for this bout are Anthony Taglia, Joseph Jones and John Kavanagh.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Di shoots in but Ball avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Di slips a jab from Ball.
Di will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Di misses with a jab, cross combination.
Di closes the distance and clinches up with Ball, looking for a takedown. Di pushes Ball against the cage but Ball circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Butter Ball has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Aukeem Di.
Ball lands a with a good body shot.
Di looks gassed!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ball throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Ball fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Di looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Ball fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.

Ball forces Di back against the cage and clinches.

Ball turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Ball manages to end up in side control.
Ball has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Di!
Ball takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Ball postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Di looks a forlorn figure.

Ball has hold of Di's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Di manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ball lands a heavy elbow.

Ball working for a submission but Di is keeping him at bay.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Di swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Di is squirming around, avoiding Ball's attempts to control the action.
Di really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Ball. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Di is in a horrible position here. Ball smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.

Ball wants to finish this one by submission but Di is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Ball.
Di is wriggling around trying to escape.
Ball can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Di is looking to escape.
Di is looking to improve his position but Ball isn't that keen on the idea.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Ball can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Di is looking to escape.
Ball prevents Di from getting the reversal.
Ball working Di over with strikes here.
Di tries to reverse the position but Ball maintains control.
Ball with the ground and pound from mount.
Ball content just to control the position here.
Di really trying hard to get back to half guard here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ball working the ground and pound effectively.
Di is in all sorts of trouble here.
Ball landing punches.
Di can't escape the position.
Ball tries to control but Di wriggling away.
Di throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Di tries to reverse the position but Ball maintains control.
Ball wants to control the pace but Di is squirming around nicely.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Di can do anything to dispel that myth.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Di working to try and regain half guard.
Ball lands a big shot there that rocks Di but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Di working to try and regain half guard.
Ball tries to control but Di wriggling away.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ball prevents Di from getting the reversal.
A nice elbow there by Ball.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Butter Ball dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Di fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Di fails with a takedown attempt.

Ball feints and as Di raises his hands in defense, Ball changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Di has momentary wrist control but Ball slips an elbow through the middle.
Ball prevents Di from getting back to his feet.
Ball slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Di keeping moving, preventing Ball from controlling successfully.

Ball stands up and waves to Di to follow him.
Di shoots in for a takedown but Ball shows good takedown defense.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Di fails with the takedown

so Ball counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Butter Ball has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Aukeem Di.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Di has momentary wrist control but Ball slips an elbow through the middle.
Di looking for a sweep. Not yet Di, not yet.
Di wants to stand and escape but Ball is having none of it.
Butter Ball overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

Ball stands up and waves to Di to follow him.
Ball throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Di is trying desperately to land a takedown but Ball is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Di.
Di lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Ball backs up against the cage.
Di lands a two punch combo.
Di keeps the fight on the outside.
Ball tests Di's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Aukeem Di is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Di scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Ball controlling the position well.
Di trying to mount his opponent but Ball defends it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ball is trying to maintain the position but Di is very close to passing his half guard.
Ball tries to get to full guard but Di has control of the leg.
Di working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Ball is trying to stand up here but Di is controlling him well.
Di wants to stand up but Ball is controlling the position.
Di missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Di with a lazy takedown attempt
and Ball counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Di thinking.
Ball misses with a hook. Di ducked under it nicely.
Ball is looking to wear down Di with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Di misses with a takedown attempt
enabling Ball to counter with a crisp jab.
Ball swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Di throws a right and a left that Ball avoids nicely.
Horrible takedown by Di or perhaps it was just good defense by Ball which made him look bad.
Ball fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Di looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Ball bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Di's head backwards.
Di misses with the combination.
Ball lands a nice leg kick that just misses Di's sensitive parts.
Di throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Ball.
Aukeem Di seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ball moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Di shoots in for a takedown but Ball shows good takedown defense.

Di scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Di grinds an elbow into Ball's temple.
Ball throws an elbow to the body but it doesn't land.
Ball tries to bench press Di off him but Di keeps the position.
Di wants to stand but Ball has his arm trapped.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Di scores with punches from side control.
Di working the strikes but Ball uses the opportunity to regain half guard.
The fighters are battling for position here. Ball manages to regain full guard. Nice work.

Di stands and steps away. Ball gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Di takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Ball is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Di blocks a head kick by Ball.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Di.
Ball thows a left - swing and a miss!
Ball moves in looking to clinch but Di pushes him off.
Di with a poor takedown

and Ball counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Di's guard now.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ball won't allow Di to sweep him here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Di wants to stand and escape but Ball is having none of it.
Ball slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Di wants to sweep but no luck.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Butter Ball dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Ball moves into range and clinches up with Di.

Ball escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Ball keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Ball is looking to clinch.

Ball feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Ball stopping the sweep attempt from Di.
Ball is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Di can do to turn this around?

Ball gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Di gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Ball counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Ball.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Di tries to land a sweep but no joy.

Ball gets to his feet. Di looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Ball avoids a punch combination nicely.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ball scores with a nice strike.
Ball clobbers Di with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
A big right from Ball misses.
Di lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Ball throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Di's waist but Di gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Ball off to one side.
Di fails to land with a series of punches.

Di scores with a takedown into Ball's guard.

Ball pushes Di off and gets back to his feet.
Di misses with a double jab
and Ball counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Ball uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Di has time to react.
Di throws a combination. Ball tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
A right-left combo lands from Ball.
Di shoots and misses

and Ball counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Ball.
Butter Ball has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Aukeem Di.
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!

Ball stands up from Di's guard - Ball perhaps looking for a knockout.
Di misses with a series of wild punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ball throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Ball takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Ball ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Di moves away.
Di fails to land the takedown.
Di swats away the attempt to clinch by Ball.
Ball keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Di has a takedown stuffed.
Ball throws a nice head kick!
No joy there for Di, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

Ball takes the fight into the clinch.

Ball breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Di closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Di lands some shots froms side control.
Ball takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Di throwing strikes but Ball manages to buck up and roll into a nice reversal - now he's on top in side control!
Di tries to bench press Ball off him but Ball keeps the position.
Ball landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Di is looking to slip a leg under and get half guard but Ball is one step ahead and moves to full mount!
Ball tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Ball trying to control but Di is having none of it.
Di tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Ball sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Ball trying to control but Di is having none of it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Di is wriggling around trying to escape.
Ball tries to control but Di wriggling away.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Ball scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Aukeem Di has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Butter Ball is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Di is looking to improve his position but Ball isn't that keen on the idea.

And that's the end of the fight!
Butter Ball showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Ball has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Anthony Taglia scores the fight 30:26
Judge Joseph Jones scores the fight 30:26
Judge John Kavanagh scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Butter Ball!