PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jimmy Dias Jimenez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Katsu Laoka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Laoka has chosen The Bell Tolls as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Dias Jimenez
vs
Laoka

184 cm
35
195 lbs
30 - 17 - 1

188 cm
36
186 lbs
27 - 11 - 4

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Urban Fighter

Urban Fighter
Voodoo Nutrition

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 30 - 17 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jimmy Dias Jimenez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 27 - 11 - 4, fighting out of Las Vegas, Katsu Laoka!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Don Winkell and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Laoka scores with a jab to the jaw.
Laoka throws out a leg kick but Dias Jimenez moves out of range and Laoka only half commits.
Nice body kick from Laoka.
Laoka takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Laoka has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Dias Jimenez misses with a wild body shot.
Dias Jimenez moves forwards but Laoka connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Dias Jimenez fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Laoka.
Dias Jimenez just misses with a punch to the body.
Laoka takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Dias Jimenez dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Dias Jimenez connects with an inside leg kick.
Dias Jimenez thumps Laoka with a low kick.
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!
Dias Jimenez misses with a low kick.
Laoka fails to land with a series of punches.
Dias Jimenez lands an overhand right.
Dias Jimenez has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Laoka takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Dias Jimenez takes one to the side of the head.
Dias Jimenez will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Jimmy Dias Jimenez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Laoka checks the leg kick nicely there.
Laoka tried to score with a low kick but Dias Jimenez checks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dias Jimenez moves out of range of the body kick.
Dias Jimenez steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Laoka.
Dias Jimenez looking to land some kicks to the body here.
The fighters circle momentarily. Dias Jimenez darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Dias Jimenez avoids the head kick by Laoka.
Laoka moves out of range of the body kick.
Laoka looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Laoka moves away from the strike by Dias Jimenez.
Dias Jimenez looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Laoka swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Dias Jimenez feints and then cracks Laoka's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Laoka down.
Dias Jimenez moves into range and connects with a jab.
Dias Jimenez digs a good body shot into Laoka's ribs.
Dias Jimenez swings for the body but Laoka moves out of range.
Dias Jimenez takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Laoka misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Dias Jimenez.
Dias Jimenez lands a right hook to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dias Jimenez uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dias Jimenez digs a good body shot into Laoka's ribs.
Dias Jimenez throws a body shot but no joy.
Laoka flicks out a counter leg kick but Dias Jimenez steps away.
Dias Jimenez is looking to slow Laoka down with leg kicks.
Dias Jimenez just misses with a punch to the body.
Laoka staying out of range there.
Laoka swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Dias Jimenez is looking to wear down Laoka with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Dias Jimenez connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Laoka slips under a jab.
A looping hook to the body misses from Dias Jimenez. Laoka does a little dance to reset his feet.
Dias Jimenez misses with a body shot
and Laoka connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Dias Jimenez misses with a body shot.
Laoka throws a leg kick that misses.
Crunch! Dias Jimenez slams his shin into Laoka's torso.
Dias Jimenez misses with a body shot.
Laoka throws a body kick that misses.
Laoka throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Dias Jimenez.
Laoka's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Dias Jimenez connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Laoka scrambles back to his feet.
Dias Jimenez throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Dias Jimenez throws a wild body kick that Laoka sees coming a mile off.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dias Jimenez blocks a low kick nicely.
Dias Jimenez appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Dias Jimenez throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Dias Jimenez misses with a looping right.
Laoka doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
A shot to the liver by Laoka. Beautiful body shot.
Dias Jimenez wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Laoka gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Laoka connects with a leg kick. Dias Jimenez looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Dias Jimenez fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Laoka manages to avoid it.
Dias Jimenez looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Dias Jimenez throws a shot from downtown. Laoka moves away and avoids it.
Laoka only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Dias Jimenez's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Laoka connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Dias Jimenez scrambles back to his feet.
Dias Jimenez scores with a leg kick.
Dias Jimenez ducks under a wild hook from Laoka.
Dias Jimenez uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Laoka.
Laoka throws a low kick but Dias Jimenez moves out of range easily.
Dias Jimenez fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Laoka.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nice uppercut lands for Dias Jimenez. That snapped Laoka's head back.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dias Jimenez throws a lazy body kick
and Laoka counters with a good, hard body kick but Dias Jimenez shrugs it off.
Dias Jimenez takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Dias Jimenez looks to score with a jab to the body but Laoka is just out of range.
Laoka tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Dias Jimenez was well out of range. Poor timing from Laoka.
Laoka takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Laoka throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Dias Jimenez feints and then cracks Laoka's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Laoka down.
Laoka ducks right into an uppercut from Dias Jimenez.
Dias Jimenez lands with a kick to the ribs.
Laoka looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Laoka lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Dias Jimenez at a distance.
Dias Jimenez turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Dias Jimenez takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Dias Jimenez tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Laoka was well out of range. Poor timing from Dias Jimenez.
Dias Jimenez moves away from the strike by Laoka.
Dias Jimenez moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Dias Jimenez is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Dias Jimenez is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Laoka.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jimmy Dias Jimenez dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Dias Jimenez lands with a nice body kick.
A big left from Dias Jimenez misses.
Laoka goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Dias Jimenez was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Dias Jimenez misses with a body shot.
Dias Jimenez sizes up Laoka with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Laoka lands an overhand right.
Laoka looks to score with a jab to the body but Dias Jimenez is just out of range.
Laoka looks for the body kick but Dias Jimenez saw that one coming.
Dias Jimenez lands a right hook to the body.
Laoka slips a straight right by Dias Jimenez.
Laoka swings for the body but Dias Jimenez moves out of range.
Laoka attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Laoka's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dias Jimenez misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Laoka.
Good leg kick by Laoka there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Laoka avoids a kick to the body.
Dias Jimenez throws an overhand right that lands on Laoka's shoulder, as Laoka tries to avoid the shot.
Dias Jimenez keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A punch lands to the side of Dias Jimenez 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Laoka throws out a leg kick but Dias Jimenez moves out of range and Laoka only half commits.
Dias Jimenez is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Laoka can do to turn this around?
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Dias Jimenez.
Dias Jimenez throws the left hand but Laoka avoids the punch easily.
Dias Jimenez avoids a punch combination nicely.
Laoka walks into a left hand.
Dias Jimenez takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Dias Jimenez throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Laoka looks to score with a jab to the body but Dias Jimenez is just out of range.
Nice uppercut there from Dias Jimenez.
Dias Jimenez scores with a nice right hand.
Dias Jimenez looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Dias Jimenez misses with a wild body shot.
A nice inside leg kick there by Dias Jimenez. That's going to slow Laoka down.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dias Jimenez looks to score with a jab to the body but Laoka is just out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Laoka throws a leg kick
and Dias Jimenez counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Laoka might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Dias Jimenez has got the better of the exchanges.
Dias Jimenez throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Dias Jimenez looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Laoka changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Dias Jimenez works Laoka's body with a nice hook.
Dias Jimenez looks for the body kick but Laoka saw that one coming.
Dias Jimenez motions for Laoka to come forward. Dias Jimenez throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Laoka misses with an uppercut. Dias Jimenez saw that one coming.
Dias Jimenez ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Laoka moves away.
Laoka lands with an uppercut that bounces Dias Jimenez off the cage and back into range.
Laoka lands with a cross.
Dias Jimenez throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Laoka throws a leg kick which misses Dias Jimenez's front leg but catches the back leg as Dias Jimenez tries to avoid it.
Dias Jimenez thuds his right hand into Laoka's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Dias Jimenez throws a body punch but Laoka moves out of range.
Dias Jimenez staying out of range there.
Dias Jimenez swings for the body but Laoka moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dias Jimenez lands with a thumping leg kick.
Laoka throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Jimmy Dias Jimenez is winning the standup battle so far.
Dias Jimenez scores with a shot to the body.
Dias Jimenez just misses with a punch to the body.
Laoka throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Dias Jimenez avoids the body shot from Laoka.
A quick step to the side and Dias Jimenez tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Laoka misses the jab.
Laoka throws the left hand but Dias Jimenez avoids the punch easily.
Dias Jimenez swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Dias Jimenez scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
A head kick misses from Laoka.
Dias Jimenez scores with a jab to the body.
Dias Jimenez throws a front kick aimed at Laoka's knee but Laoka avoids it well.
Laoka throws a hook but Dias Jimenez blocks it.
Dias Jimenez throws a half hearted mid kick.
Dias Jimenez ducks under a wild hook from Laoka.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dias Jimenez misses the shot to the body.
Dias Jimenez cracks Laoka with a good jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dias Jimenez throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Laoka looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Dias Jimenez swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Laoka looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Dias Jimenez scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Laoka doesn't seem bothered though.
Laoka throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A quick step to the side and Dias Jimenez tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Dias Jimenez feints and then cracks Laoka's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Laoka down.
Laoka throws out a loose jab but Dias Jimenez uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dias Jimenez throwing a counter right hand but Laoka manages to avoid it.
Dias Jimenez listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Laoka uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Dias Jimenez.
Dias Jimenez lands a nice shot that snaps Laoka's head back.
Laoka tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Nice defenses there by Dias Jimenez.
Laoka throws a leg kick but Dias Jimenez sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Laoka throws a jab when Dias Jimenez was well out of range.
Dias Jimenez attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Laoka takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jimmy Dias Jimenez dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Laoka ducks under a wild hook from Dias Jimenez.
Dias Jimenez blocks the body kick.
Dias Jimenez thuds his shin into the meat of Laoka's side.
Dias Jimenez moves out of range of the body kick from Laoka.
Dias Jimenez fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Laoka manages to avoid it.
Dias Jimenez scores with a decent looking hook.
Laoka swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Dias Jimenez counters with a left to the body.
Dias Jimenez throws a big shot that misses.
Laoka throws a body punch but Dias Jimenez moves out of range.
Laoka keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Dias Jimenez motions for Laoka to come forward. Dias Jimenez throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dias Jimenez cracks Laoka with a good jab.
Dias Jimenez misses with a leg kick
and Laoka finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Laoka on the wrong end of a nice jab.
A big left from Dias Jimenez misses.
Laoka uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A slapping leg kick lands for Dias Jimenez.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dias Jimenez misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Laoka.
Laoka looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Dias Jimenez throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Laoka counters with a left to the body.
Dias Jimenez connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Laoka keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Dias Jimenez misses with a hook. Laoka ducked under it nicely.
Dias Jimenez bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Dias Jimenez lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Laoka takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Dias Jimenez throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Laoka's jab looks to have found its range, popping Dias Jimenez under the eye.
Laoka tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Laoka cracks Dias Jimenez with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Dias Jimenez fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Laoka manages to avoid it.
Dias Jimenez swings away with a body shot that misses
and Laoka cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Nice straight punches there by Laoka. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Laoka.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Laoka checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Katsu Laoka has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Jimmy Dias Jimenez is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Dias Jimenez.
Laoka jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Dias Jimenez throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Dias Jimenez backing away here, and Laoka unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
A jab from Laoka finds it's way through Dias Jimenez's defenses.
A jab from Laoka does it's job there.
Laoka looks to land a right hand but Dias Jimenez moved out of range.
Laoka takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Laoka misses with a hook. Dias Jimenez ducked under it nicely.
Dias Jimenez uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Laoka.
A slow jab from Dias Jimenez misses its intended target.
A telegraphed right hand from Laoka misses the target.
Dias Jimenez quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
Dias Jimenez lands with a good body shot.
Laoka looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
An inside leg kick lands from Dias Jimenez.
Laoka misses with a wild body shot.
Laoka misses with a hook.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dias Jimenez slips under a jab from Laoka.
Dias Jimenez moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Dias Jimenez keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Dias Jimenez digs a good hook to Laoka's body.
Laoka misses with a hook.
Dias Jimenez lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Laoka scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Dias Jimenez doesn't seem bothered though.
Dias Jimenez is looking to slow Laoka down with leg kicks.
Dias Jimenez misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Laoka counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Dias Jimenez comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Dias Jimenez's corner calls for a 1-2. Dias Jimenez obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Laoka takes one to the chin there.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dias Jimenez's corner calls for a 1-2. Dias Jimenez obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Dias Jimenez tried to score with a low kick but Laoka checks it.
Laoka has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Laoka fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Dias Jimenez is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dias Jimenez lands a front kick.
Laoka waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Dias Jimenez.
Laoka throws a looping overhand right but Dias Jimenez ducks down to avoid it.
Dias Jimenez getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Dias Jimenez sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Laoka checks the leg kick nicely there.
Dias Jimenez uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Laoka.
Laoka goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Laoka throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Laoka fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Laoka just misses with a punch to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Laoka misses with a left hand
and Dias Jimenez connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Laoka has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Dias Jimenez.
Dias Jimenez takes a swing at Laoka's ribcage but misses.
Dias Jimenez fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Laoka on the side of the head.
Dias Jimenez scores with a jab to the head.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Jimmy Dias Jimenez.
Well Dias Jimenez 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:27
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jimmy Dias Jimenez!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Jimmy Dias Jimenez waved his t-shirt featuring Urban Fighter's logo in front of the cameras.