PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Via Dios (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Steve Hart (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dios comes to the cage accompanied by Sandstorm. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Dios
vs
Hart

185 cm
22
141 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

180 cm
19
134 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Via Dios!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Steve Hart!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Trevor Gratis and Alec Ball.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dios tries to clinch up.

Dios rushes Hart and presses him up against the cage.
Dios connects with a knee to the head.

It looks like Steve Hart has been cut.
Dios looking to throw knees to the head but Hart is blocking nicely.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Dios.
Dios with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Dios tries to land a knee to the head but Hart blocks with his arms.

Hart jumps into guard, dragging Dios to the mat.
Dios postures up.

Hart throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Dios really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Hart looking to control.

Hart is looking for a triangle but Dios pushes his legs off easily.
Dios has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Hart is proving hard to escape from.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hart not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Hart working a defensive guard but Dios passes into half guard.

Dios escapes and gets back to his feet.
Dios fails with an attempt to clinch.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Dios.
Hart is trying to control Dios's posture but Dios avoids it.
Hart is trying to avoid being dragged into an even worse position than he's already in but Dios is staying active.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Dios stands up and beckons Hart to his feet.
Hart shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and Dios decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Hart's guard.
Hart looks gassed!
Hart not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Dios wants to get up but he can't break Hart's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Hart is looking to sweep but instead, Dios has passed into half guard.
Hart slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dios is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Hart has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Dios can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Hart is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Dios postures up.
Hart wants to control the position but Dios says "no thanks buddy" and passes to half guard.
Hart slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.

That's four 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.

The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Hart throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Hart seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.

Hart throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Hart controlling Dios's posture.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Via Dios dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Steve Hart's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Hart scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.

Despite being in the dominant position, Steve Hart just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Dios throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Hart stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.

Dios drives through with a takedown into guard.
Dios has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.

Dios avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Hart manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Dios tries to get back to half guard but can't.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dios wants to hold on but Hart pushes him away.
Hart is breathing heavily.
Dios is working to get back to half guard.
Dios wants to hold on but Hart pushes him away.
Hart misses with a head shot.
Hart looking to control but Dios is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.

Hart jumps to the side looking to secure the arm triangle…. Ooooh, that looks tight… Dios is gargling but he's managed to escape! Nice work there by Dios and Hart has given up the dominant position trying to land that submission.
Dios can't do much from the bottom here.

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.
A bit of a lull in the action. I'm sure it will pick up again soon... even if the ref has to physically pick them up and put them back on their feet.
Hart wants to control but Dios is keeping him busy.
Dios isn't going anywhere.
Dios is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Hart is controlling him well.

Hart tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Hart has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Dios parries the strikes from Hart easily there. Hart is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Dios to escape.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dios parries the strikes from Hart easily there. Hart is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Dios to escape.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Hart uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Dios.
Hart tries for a takedown but Dios circles away easily

and Dios counters by clinching up.
Dios is looking to control Hart's arms but Hart gets an underhook and turns him. Now Dios has his back to the cage.
Dios using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Hart has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Hart can't break the clinch.

Hart manages to pull guard.
Dios postures up.

Hart looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Hart wants to control the position but Dios says "no thanks buddy" and passes to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hart is looking to get back to full guard here but Dios has managed to pass to side control instead.
Dios content just to control the position here.
Hart is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Hart regains half guard.
Hart trying to control from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Steve Hart will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Steve Hart's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Dios is looking to clinch.

Dios looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Hart wants to control but Dios is keeping busy and won't allow it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Despite being in the dominant position, Steve Hart just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Dios fails in his attempt to clinch.
Hart misses with a takedown attempt

and Dios holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Dios throws an elbow but it misses.

Dios wants the takedown. Hart is fighting it off but Dios persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Hart's guard against the cage.
Hart looking for a sweep. Not yet Hart, not yet.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Dios decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Hart takes a knee right on the jaw!
Dios misses with a knee strike.
Dios misses with a knee strike.
Dios tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Dios crunches a lovely knee into Hart's ribcage.
Dios unloads a knee to the mid-section. Hart lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Dios lands a nice knee to the body.
Hart letting Dios take a breather here.
Hart tries for a takedown but Dios manages to get underhooks.
Dios throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Hart blocks it with crossed arms.
Hart tries for a takedown but Dios manages to get underhooks.
Via Dios has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Steve Hart.
Dios landing knees to the body.

Dios turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Dios manages to end up in side control.
Hart tries to buck Dios off but Dios is having none of it.

Dios looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hart tries to bench press Dios off him but Dios keeps the position.
Hart struggling a bit here.
Hart manages to work his way to half guard, despite Dios's best efforts.
Hart is trying is best to control the position here.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Via Dios overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

Hart looking for subs from the bottom but Dios mounts him!
Hart is looking to get to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dios manages to capitalize on a mistake by Hart to take his back!
Dios controls the action.
Hart trying to control the hands but Dios breaks the grip.
Hart rolls, trying to escape but Dios keeps control of the position.
Hart trying to control the hands but Dios won't let him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Dios lands with a couple of good shots - one to the side of the head and one questionable shot that could be viewed as to the back of the head but the referee lets it go.

Dios working for a choke but Hart is defending well.
Hart can't escape the position.
So, who will make the next big move? In this position it could be crucial.

And that's the end of the fight!
Via Dios showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Dios 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 Dillan Fox scores the fight 29:28
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 30:28
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Via Dios!