PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Vincent Diaz (ranked 4142 p4p, 4242 weight class) and First Round (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Diaz
vs
Round

165 cm
18
190
0 - 0 - 0

190 cm
25
185
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
Inexperienced

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Vincent Diaz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, First Round!
The judges for this bout are Santiago Holmes, Dirk Anderson and Winston Alpacca.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Round is defended easily by Diaz.
Diaz darts in looking for a takedown but Round gets double underhooks and turns Diaz into the cage.
And Round tries to counter it with a takedown but Diaz pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Diaz just leaning against Round, taking a breather.
Diaz taking a breather.
Round trying to stall but Diaz improves his position.
Round tries to stall but Diaz uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Diaz lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

Round escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Diaz misses with a left hand
and Round counters with a three punch combo that has Diaz backing up. Diaz nods at Round to acknowledge the strikes.
Round throws a head kick that looked like it stung.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Diaz lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Diaz swats away the attempt to clinch by Round.
Diaz displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Round.
Diaz pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Round fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Vincent Diaz has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of First Round.
Diaz throws a shot from downtown. Round moves away and avoids it.
Round avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

Diaz clinches.
Round tries to pull guard but Diaz won't allow it.
Diaz lands a body punch in the clinch.
Round is working for takedown but Diaz is calmly controlling the position for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Come on Diaz - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Diaz fails to pull guard.
Diaz is pressed up against the cage. Round has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Diaz down to the mat. Diaz avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Diaz waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Round.
Round is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Diaz shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Round counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Diaz is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Round looks winded!
No luck with that takedown attempt from Round.
Diaz was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Diaz scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Diaz thows a left - swing and a miss!

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Diaz.
Diaz is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Round's shoulder. That is not cool.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Round taking punishment in the form of punches.
The strikes coming from Diaz are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Round can't do much from the bottom here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Diaz working the ground and pound.
Diaz working the ground and pound from side control.
Diaz controlling the position.
Diaz really is a fat lump.
Diaz tries to advance to mount but Round denies him.
Diaz lands a nice forearm strike.
Diaz knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Round on the ground.
Diaz taking a breather here.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Vincent Diaz dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Diaz takes the fight into the clinch.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Round looking to stall.

Round breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Diaz throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Round's waist but Round gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Diaz off to one side.
Despite the aggression on Round's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Round stuffs the takedown.
Round dives in for a single leg takedown but Diaz sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Round scores with a body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Round slips a straight right by Diaz.
Round throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Round is breathing heavily.
Diaz misses the jab.
Round moves out of range as Diaz strikes.
Diaz shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Round but Round pushes him off and we're back to square one.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Vincent Diaz. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Diaz looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Nice defenses there by Round.
Round tries to clinch there but Diaz circles away.

Diaz moves into the clinch.
Diaz manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Round is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Diaz pulls him back up using the underhooks.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diaz is working for takedown but Round is calmly controlling the position for now.
Diaz taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Round tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Diaz pressing his opponent against the cage.

Round manages to break the clinch.

Diaz fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Round, pushing him back against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Round breaks from the clinch.

Diaz gets a clinch.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Diaz avoiding damage.

Round breaks the clinch.

Diaz clinches up with Round and pushes him back against the cage.
Diaz is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Round can do to turn this around?
Round misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Diaz.

Diaz manages to break the clinch.
Round takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Diaz drives through and clinches with Round against the cage.
Diaz has Round pressed against the cage.

Round breaks from the clinch.
Diaz tries for a takedown but Round circles away easily
and Round counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Round tries to score with a low kick but Diaz moves his leg out of the way.

Diaz clinches up with Round and pushes him back against the cage.
Round is looking for a takedown.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Diaz's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Some wild striking there from Round.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Vincent Diaz dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Round avoids the body shot from Diaz.
Vincent Diaz seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Diaz misses with a hook
and Round counters with a three punch combo that has Diaz backing up. Diaz nods at Round to acknowledge the strikes.
Diaz fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Round avoids it really well and circles away.
Round scores with a three punch combo!

Diaz moves into the clinch.
Diaz tries to score a body lock takedown but Round shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Round throws an elbow that misses.
Round wants a takedown but no success here.
Diaz changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Round fights it off and pushes away nicely.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Vincent Diaz. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Round takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Round misses with a two punch combination.
Round throws a series of punches but Diaz moves out of range.
Diaz tries to bum rush Round with a series of wild strikes but Round uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Round feints the counter takedown.
A swing and a miss from Diaz.
Round unleashes a big counter combination but Diaz bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Diaz throws a hook but Round blocks it.
Diaz shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Diaz has a takedown stuffed.
Round steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Diaz.
Diaz thows a left - swing and a miss!
Round has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Diaz.
Round is looking to clinch but Diaz is avoiding it.
Round slaps away a takedown attempt from Diaz, before circling back to the center of the mat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Round throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Round is defended easily by Diaz.

Diaz clinches up against the cage.

Diaz breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Round uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Diaz.
First Round seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Diaz will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Round is looking for the big counter here.

Diaz clinches.
Round fails to pull the fight into his guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diaz leaning his opponent against the cage.
A bit of stalling here from Diaz.
Round trying to stall but Diaz improves his position.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Diaz takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.

Diaz's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Diaz throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A countering left hand to the body from Round misses.

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.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Diaz.

Diaz closes the distance and clinches.
Diaz is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Round's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.

Diaz breaks the clinch.

Diaz shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Diaz showed some decent athleticism there.
Diaz looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Round trying to control here.

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 Vincent Diaz.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Diaz, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Santiago Holmes scores the fight 30:27
Judge Dirk Anderson scores the fight 30:27
Judge Winston Alpacca scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Vincent Diaz!
In his post fight interview, Vincent Diaz started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.