PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Li Xiaodong (ranked 379 p4p, 990 weight class) and Schmedgar Dimms (ranked 23 p4p, 62 weight class). Schmedgar Dimms is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Xiaodong
vs
Dimms

165 cm
23
135
9 - 3 - 0

175 cm
23
145
12 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Good low kicks
Granite chin

HELLBENT
Conviction

Conviction

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Li Xiaodong!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Schmedgar Dimms!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Shirou Masuda and Shigeki Sano.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Xiaodong uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Dimms.
A counter left hand to the body from Xiaodong misses its target.
Dimms swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Xiaodong.
Dimms lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Xiaodong misses with a body shot.
Dimms 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.
Dimms lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Dimms scores with a push kick.
Dimms bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Xiaodong's head backwards.
Dimms uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Xiaodong.
Dimms cracks Xiaodong with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Xiaodong misses the jab.
A decent looking cross lands there for Dimms.
Dimms thows a left - swing and a miss!
Dimms has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Dimms thuds a left hand into Xiaodong's body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dimms scores with a nice head shot.
Xiaodong misses with an uppercut. Dimms saw that one coming.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Xiaodong swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Dimms connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Dimms throws a lazy uppercut
and Xiaodong counters with a nice uppercut.

It looks like Schmedgar Dimms has been cut.
Dimms lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Xiaodong misses with a wild body shot.
Schmedgar Dimms seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dimms lands a jab to the head.
A big right from Xiaodong misses.
Dimms comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Dimms dips to his left and cracks Xiaodong with an uppercut!
Xiaodong doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Dimms swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Dimms lands a jab to Xiaodong's midsection.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Xiaodong keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Xiaodong swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Dimms scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
A combination from Dimms does no damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dimms fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Dimms throws out a loose jab but Xiaodong uses good head movement to avoid it.
Xiaodong throws an off balance right hand
and Dimms counters with an outside leg kick.
Decent striking displayed by Dimms there.
Dimms throws a hook but Xiaodong avoids it easily.
Dimms buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Dimms slips a jab from Xiaodong.
Dimms throws a head kick that half lands.
Dimms lands a nice looking body shot.
A low kick lands for Dimms.
Xiaodong bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Xiaodong walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
A nice combination there by Dimms.
Dimms moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dimms throws out a leg kick but Xiaodong moves out of range and Dimms only half commits.
Dimms throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Xiaodong sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Xiaodong on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Xiaodong is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Dimms's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Dimms clobbers Xiaodong with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Dimms misses the shot to the body.
Xiaodong swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Xiaodong takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
A telegraphed right hand from Xiaodong misses the target.
A countering left hand to the body from Dimms misses.
Dimms bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Dimms ducks under a wild hook from Xiaodong.
Nice shot by Dimms.
Dimms lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Dimms looks to land a left hand but Xiaodong moved out of range nicely.
Xiaodong needs to keep his hands up - Dimms had a free shot at his head there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dimms misses with a looping left.

Dimms gets a clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Xiaodong presses Dimms against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Dimms misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Dimms fails to land.

Xiaodong escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Xiaodong takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Xiaodong lands with a cross.
Dimms is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Xiaodong had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Dimms throws a hook to the side of Xiaodong's head but Xiaodong sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Dimms waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Xiaodong.
Dimms tries a low kick but Xiaodong avoids it.
As Dimms looks to move away, Xiaodong throws a big counter combo but Dimms just gets out of the way.
Dimms tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Xiaodong was well out of range. Poor timing from Dimms.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Xiaodong misses with a wild body shot.
Dimms looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Dimms lands a jab to the nose.
Dimms bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Schmedgar Dimms dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Schmedgar Dimms's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Dimms throws a leg kick but Xiaodong sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Schmedgar Dimms seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Jab, jab by Xiaodong - just one landing.
Xiaodong looks to throw the jab but Dimms is out of range.
Dimms slips under a jab from Xiaodong.
Nice uppercut there from Xiaodong.
Dimms lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Dimms throws a nice inside leg kick.
Dimms throws a leg kick
and Xiaodong counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Dimms works the jab nicely.
Dimms lands a body shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Xiaodong takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Xiaodong takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Dimms lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Xiaodong circles away quickly and effectively.
Xiaodong looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Dimms throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Good leg kick by Dimms.
Dimms looks to score with a jab to the body but Xiaodong is just out of range.
Xiaodong rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Dimms counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Xiaodong waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Dimms.
Dimms lands a jab to the nose.
Dimms lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Dimms tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Xiaodong counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Xiaodong on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Dimms ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Xiaodong moves away.
Dimms swings for the body but Xiaodong moves out of range.
Xiaodong ducks under a wild hook from Dimms.
Xiaodong keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Xiaodong swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Dimms misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Xiaodong.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Xiaodong feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Dimmss jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Dimms misses with a left hand
and Xiaodong counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Xiaodong has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Xiaodong there as he acknowledges the shot.
Xiaodong jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Xiaodong loads up on a big right hand but Dimms slips the punch.
As Xiaodong backs off Dimms throws a huge counter combo but Xiaodong manages to avoid it all.
Xiaodong blocks a jab.
Dimms scores with a jab to the body.
Dimms avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

Dimms clinches with his opponent.

Xiaodong escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Dimms does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Xiaodong was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Xiaodong takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Dimms throws a shot from downtown. Xiaodong moves away and avoids it.
Xiaodong is looking to counter punch.
Dimms avoids a punch combination nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dimms thuds a left hand into Xiaodong's body.
Dimms lands a nice hook to Xiaodong's body. Xiaodong takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
The fight stays on the outside here - Dimms looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Dimms works Xiaodong's body with a nice hook.
Dimms lands a lovely overhand right.
Dimms lands a slapping body shot.
Nice jab there from Dimms.
Dimms uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Xiaodong.
Xiaodong moves away from the strike by Dimms.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Xiaodong throws a nice looking combination but Dimms bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Dimms throws out a counter right but Xiaodong avoids it with no problem.
A jab from Xiaodong misses.
Xiaodong takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Xiaodong misses with a looping right.
Dimms has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Dimms misses with a body kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dimms stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Xiaodong throws a jab but it's blocked by Dimms.
Dimms fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Xiaodong.
Dimms scores with a jab. Xiaodong acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Xiaodong will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Dimms fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Xiaodong.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Schmedgar Dimms showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Schmedgar Dimms's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.

Dimms scores with a jab to the body.
Dimms throws a jab when Xiaodong was well out of range.
A slow jab from Dimms misses its intended target.
Dimms walks into a left hand.
Dimms misses with a hook. Xiaodong ducked under it nicely.
An attempted straight right counter from Xiaodong misses the target.
Dimms fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
A nice inside leg kick there by Dimms. That's going to slow Xiaodong down.
Dimms throws a shot from downtown. Xiaodong moves away and avoids it.
Dimms scores with the left hand. Xiaodong knows he should have avoided that one.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Xiaodong bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Xiaodong scores with a jab to the body.
A jab from Dimms finds it's way through Xiaodong's defenses.
Dimms scores with a jab to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Xiaodong misses with a jab to the body
and Dimms counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dimms lands an overhand right.
Xiaodong ducks under a wild hook from Dimms.
It looked like Xiaodong wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Dimms slips a jab from Xiaodong.
Dimms throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
It looked like Xiaodong wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Dimms avoids the body shot from Xiaodong.
A left lands for Dimms.
Xiaodong takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Xiaodong throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Xiaodong avoids the body shot from Dimms.
Dimms swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Dimms takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Xiaodong uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Dimms.
Xiaodong swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Dimms tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Xiaodong paws at him with a jab and circles away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circle momentarily. Dimms darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Xiaodong is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Xiaodong lands with a hook. Dimms tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Dimms misses with a low kick as Xiaodong jumps back.
Dimms throws a right and a left that both miss.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Xiaodong doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Xiaodong swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Dimms rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
letting Xiaodong counter with a right hand.

That has opened up Schmedgar Dimms's cut even more.
Dimms with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Dimms swinging wildly here.
Xiaodong misses with a hook. Dimms ducked under it nicely.
Xiaodong catches Dimms with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Xiaodong has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Xiaodong there as he acknowledges the shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dimms with a hook.
Dimms scores with a jab to the jaw.
Dimms with the inside leg kick.
Dimms cracks a nice hook into Xiaodong's ribs.

Xiaodong lands a big right hand that sends Dimms crashing to the mat! Xiaodong stays standing though and waves Dimms back to his feet!

Dimms is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Xiaodong throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Dimms is still on wobbly legs! Can Xiaodong finish him?
A big left from Xiaodong misses.
Dimms fails with an attempt to clinch.
Dimms tries a head kick but it misses.
Dimms jabs at Xiaodong's body.
Xiaodong avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Dimms lunges at Xiaodong with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Xiaodong's hand.
Dimms seems to have recovered his senses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Dimms. Xiaodong does a little dance to reset his feet.
Xiaodong lands a head shot.
Nice defenses there by Xiaodong.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Xiaodong takes one to the chin there.
Xiaodong takes a swing at Dimms's ribcage but misses.
A nice side step and Dimms releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Xiaodong works Dimms's body with a nice hook.
Dimms tried to score with a low kick but Xiaodong checks it.
Some bone on bone action there as Xiaodong checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Dimms scores with a sloppy right hand. Xiaodong should have avoided that one.
Xiaodong misses with an uppercut
letting Dimms counter with a right hand.
Sloppy strikes from Xiaodong. Those never looked like landing.
Xiaodong swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Xiaodong staying out of range there.
Dimms lands a jab to Xiaodong's midsection.
Xiaodong keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Dimms.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Schmedgar Dimms really dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Schmedgar Dimms's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Xiaodong moves out of range as Dimms strikes.
Xiaodong takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Xiaodong thows a left - swing and a miss!
A bone on bone clash there as Xiaodong blocks the leg kick.
Dimms connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Xiaodong connects with a body shot.
Xiaodong keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Xiaodong throws a shot from downtown. Dimms moves away and avoids it.
Xiaodong takes a swing at Dimms's ribcage but misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dimms thuds a left hand into Xiaodong's body.

Dimms has managed to clinch.
Dimms lands a left hand.

Xiaodong escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Xiaodong takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Xiaodong keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Xiaodong swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Xiaodong scores with a punch to the head.
Dimms throws an off balance right hand
and Dimms takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Dimms misses with a left hand
and Xiaodong counters with a series of strikes. Dimms will be more careful next time no doubt.
Jab from Dimms.
Dimms lands a head shot.

Xiaodong feints and then winds up with a huge right hand that connects perfectly and sends Dimms sprawling to the canvas! Dimms rolls over backwards and springs off the cage and manages to regain his footing - how acrobatic! Oh, he's still wobbly - can Xiaodong finish him?!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Xiaodong throws a body shot but no joy.
Dimms thumps Xiaodong with a low kick.
Dimms uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Xiaodong.
Dimms connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Dimms takes a swing at Xiaodong's ribcage but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Xiaodong gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Xiaodong slips under a jab.
Jab, jab by Dimms - just one landing.
Xiaodong keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Xiaodong thuds a left hand into Dimms's body.
Dimms misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Xiaodong.
A big left from Dimms misses.
Dimms throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Xiaodong sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Dimms lands a nice hook to Xiaodong's body. Xiaodong takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Dimms throws a nice head kick!
Dimms scores with a nice strike.
Dimms dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Xiaodong. That did some damage!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Xiaodong misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Dimms throws a predictable looking body shot
and Xiaodong counters with a series of strikes. Dimms will be more careful next time no doubt.
Xiaodong fails to land with a series of punches.
Xiaodong staying out of range there.
Xiaodong is looking for a counter combo.
Dimms explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Dimms scores with a head kick. Xiaodong tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Dimms clobbers Xiaodong with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Xiaodong looks to land a left hand but Dimms moved out of range nicely.
Xiaodong moves out of range as Dimms throws a body kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Xiaodong. Dimms does a little dance to reset his feet.
A slow jab from Dimms misses its intended target.
A quick step to the side and Xiaodong tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Dimms swings for the body but Xiaodong moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dimms throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Xiaodong takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dimms rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Xiaodong counters with a nice uppercut.
Dimms works the jab nicely.
A cross from Dimms lands.
Xiaodong needs to keep his hands up - Dimms had a free shot at his head there.
Dimms connects with a crisp jab.
Dimms throws a right hand that misses
and Xiaodong counters with a right hand to the body.
Xiaodong moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Xiaodong on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Dimms cracks a nice hook into Xiaodong's ribs.
Dimms looks to throw the jab but Xiaodong is out of range.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Schmedgar Dimms dominated that fourth round.
The cut man is working on Schmedgar Dimms's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Xiaodong sends Dimms crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Xiaodong is motioning to the referee to let Dimms up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!
Dimms rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Xiaodong counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Dimms fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Xiaodong manages to avoid it.
Xiaodong was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
That kick from Dimms tenderised Xiaodong's leg. Xiaodong is trying to keep his angry face on.
Good standup being displayed there by Dimms as he connects with a hook.
Dimms throws the left hand but Xiaodong avoids the punch easily.
Xiaodong takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Xiaodong showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Dimms.
Dimms tries to clinch but Xiaodong is having none of it.
Dimms scores with a crisp jab that stopped Xiaodong in his tracks.
Dimms doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Dimms fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dimms tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Dimms thuds his right hand into Xiaodong's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Xiaodong scores with a nice head shot.
Dimms scores with a crisp jab that stopped Xiaodong in his tracks.
Dimms avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Dimms throws a low kick, looking for Xiaodong's leg but Xiaodong calmly moves out of range.
Dimms lands with a nice body punch.
Nice shot lands for Dimms.
Xiaodong throws a left jab followed by a right to the body, Oh Dimms colapses and takes a barrage of punches from Xiaodong as he moves to mount! the ref stops the fight and Dimms is left battered and dazed whilst Xiaodong and his camp cheer!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:49 of round 5, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Li Xiaodong!
Li Xiaodong is the new bantamweight champion!