PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Ismael Mcfadden (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Diego Iaquinta (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Mcfadden
vs
Iaquinta

209 cm
20
140 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

164 cm
25
130 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Likes musicals

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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Ismael Mcfadden!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Diego Iaquinta!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fray, Ryoma Takatsuka and Paul Gruel.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Iaquinta swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

Iaquinta moves into range and clinches up with Mcfadden.

Iaquinta breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Mcfadden swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Iaquinta wants to counter with a clinch but Mcfadden pushes him away.
Iaquinta looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Iaquinta shoots in for a takedown but Mcfadden shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Iaquinta avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A head kick misses from Iaquinta.

Iaquinta moves into the clinch successfully.
Mcfadden jumps guard but Iaquinta turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Iaquinta jumps guard and drags Mcfadden to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Mcfadden controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Iaquinta looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mcfadden won't allow Iaquinta to get back to his feet.
Iaquinta looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Mcfadden puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Iaquinta tries to roll over but Mcfadden keeps him under control.
Mcfadden will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Iaquinta is trying to control but can't.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Mcfadden lands a nice short elbow.
Mcfadden prevents Iaquinta from improving his position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Iaquinta is still trying to improve position.
Mcfadden content to control rather than advance.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Iaquinta slowing the pace effectively.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Iaquinta escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Iaquinta looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Mcfadden!
Mcfadden struggling a bit here.
Mcfadden managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Iaquinta.
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.
Mcfadden is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.

Iaquinta tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Iaquinta has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Iaquinta moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mcfadden stops Iaquinta from passing to mount.
Iaquinta working away.
Iaquinta in side control, throwing shots but Mcfadden defends.
Mcfadden can't do much from the bottom here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
A lull in the action here.
Iaquinta looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Mcfadden is avoiding damage well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Diego Iaquinta dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

The fight stays on the outside here - Mcfadden looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Mcfadden lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.

Iaquinta manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Mcfadden on his heels. He'll look to pass Mcfadden's guard now, I'm sure.

Mcfadden has scooted to the edge of the canvas and used the cage to get back to his feet. Iaquinta has stuck on his opponent and is forcing him back against the cage.
Nice body punch from Iaquinta.
Iaquinta just leaning against Mcfadden, taking a breather.
Iaquinta tries to work over Mcfadden's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Iaquinta has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Iaquinta slows down the pace here.

Iaquinta manages to break the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Iaquinta dives in and scores a takedown into Mcfadden's guard.
Iaquinta trying to control but Mcfadden is working from the bottom.
Iaquinta looking to sit in guard and control but Mcfadden gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Iaquinta wants to sweep here but Mcfadden controlling him for the moment.
Iaquinta is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Mcfadden is controlling him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Iaquinta is looking to sweep but instead, Mcfadden has passed into half guard.
Mcfadden performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Mcfadden really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Iaquinta makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Iaquinta.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Iaquinta pushes Mcfadden off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.

Iaquinta takes the fight into the clinch.
Iaquinta tries to work over Mcfadden's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Iaquinta tries to land knees in the clinch but Mcfadden avoids the damage to the body.
Iaquinta utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Iaquinta tries to land knees in the clinch but Mcfadden avoids the damage to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Iaquinta breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Iaquinta fails with an attempt to clinch.
Sloppy strikes from Mcfadden. Those never looked like landing.

Iaquinta instigates a clinch.
Iaquinta stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Iaquinta trying to land knees to the body.

Iaquinta breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Iaquinta shoots in and gets a takedown into Mcfadden's guard.
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!
Iaquinta controls from within his opponent's guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Diego Iaquinta showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Mcfadden wants to clinch up but Iaquinta keeps it at a distance.
Iaquinta blocks a head kick by Mcfadden.
Mcfadden tries to clinch

and Iaquinta counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Iaquinta wanted to stand there but Mcfadden had control of the position.
Iaquinta not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.

Iaquinta stands and steps away. Mcfadden gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Mcfadden is looking to clinch but Iaquinta is avoiding it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nice takedown defense from Mcfadden. No joy for Iaquinta on that attempt.

Iaquinta throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Mcfadden was covering up waiting for the punch and Iaquinta finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Mcfadden trying to keep a closed guard but Iaquinta is proving a slippery customer.
Iaquinta takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mcfadden has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Iaquinta working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Mcfadden's head.
Iaquinta showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Iaquinta pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Mcfadden is keeping the position for now.
Mcfadden pulls Iaquinta in to control the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Iaquinta trying to control but Mcfadden is working from the bottom.
Iaquinta advances position into side control!
Iaquinta is looking to take a break and control but Mcfadden is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Iaquinta tries to advance position but instead Mcfadden slips a leg back in to half guard.
Diego Iaquinta has got the better of the ground game so far.
Iaquinta stalling away here and it's allowed Mcfadden to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mcfadden is looking to stand up but Iaquinta isn't so interested in that idea.
Iaquinta engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Iaquinta is continuing to stall.

Iaquinta drops back, looking for a kneebar! Mcfadden looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Mcfadden looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Mcfadden!

Iaquinta is trying to control Mcfadden's posture but Mcfadden avoids it.
Diego Iaquinta is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

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.
Iaquinta is trying to improve his position.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Mcfadden controlling the position from side mount.
Ismael Mcfadden has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Iaquinta is working to avoid the ground and pound but Mcfadden connects with a decent elbow.

And that's the end of the fight!
Diego Iaquinta comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Iaquinta has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Colin Fray scores the fight 27:30
Judge Ryoma Takatsuka scores the fight 27:30
Judge Paul Gruel scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Diego Iaquinta!
Diego Iaquinta tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.