PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Adrian Tomlinson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and David Diaz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Adrian Tomlinson has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Tomlinson
vs
Diaz

190 cm
22
193 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

178 cm
23
184 lbs
0 - 8 - 1

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Determined

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 Los Angeles, Adrian Tomlinson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, David Diaz!
The judges for this bout are , and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Diaz fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Tomlinson moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.

Diaz moves into the clinch successfully.
Tomlinson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Tomlinson is trying to force a seperation but Diaz has the dominant position.
Diaz lands a nice shot to the body.

Diaz breaks the clinch.

Diaz moves into the clinch.

Diaz breaks from the clinch.
Tomlinson swings and misses with a hook to the body.

Diaz forces Tomlinson back against the cage and clinches.
Tomlinson tries to break free but Diaz pushes him back against the cage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Diaz.
Tomlinson gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Diaz.
Tomlinson has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

Diaz manages to break the clinch.
Tomlinson swats away the attempt to clinch by Diaz.
Tomlinson cracks a nice hook into Diaz's ribs.
Diaz misses with the combination.
Diaz tries to clinch up.

Diaz moves into range and clinches up with Tomlinson.

Diaz escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Diaz fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Diaz misses with a double jab.
Tomlinson moves away from the strike by Diaz.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tomlinson will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Diaz misses with a few strikes there.
Diaz fails to land with a series of punches.
Diaz looks gassed!
A combination from Diaz does no damage.
Tomlinson misses with a wild combination.
Tomlinson misses with a wild combination.
Diaz takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Diaz takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Tomlinson lands a glancing blow to the side of Diaz's head.
Diaz looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Tomlinson scores with a one two! Diaz had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
A decent looking cross lands there for Tomlinson.
Jab, jab by Tomlinson - just one landing.
Tomlinson throws a combination. Diaz tries to block but a couple of punches get through.

It looks like David Diaz has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tomlinson scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Tomlinson throws a good cross that connects.
Diaz swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
letting Tomlinson counter with a right hand.
Diaz takes one on the button.
Tomlinson jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diaz needs to keep his hands up - Tomlinson had a free shot at his head there.

Diaz is rocked!

Tomlinson throws a left that rocks Diaz and follows with a right that sends him tumbling to the canvas! Tomlinson dives into side control, looking to finish! Can Diaz regain composure!
Diaz is still in real trouble! Can Tomlinson finish him?
Tomlinson postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Tomlinson controlling the position.

Tomlinson has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
Diaz seems to have recovered his senses.
Tomlinson connects with a crisp jab.
Tomlinson lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Tomlinson cracks Diaz with an open hand slap.
Tomlinson fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Diaz takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Tomlinson lands a with a good body shot.
Diaz takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Diaz takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Diaz on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Jab from Tomlinson.
Diaz takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Diaz takes one to the chin there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tomlinson scores with a jab to the jaw.
Diaz wants to clinch up but Tomlinson keeps it at a distance.
Tomlinson displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Tomlinson scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Diaz takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
A right-left combo lands from Tomlinson.
Tomlinson lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Tomlinson.
Tomlinson throws an overhand right from the outside, which connects and sends Diaz stumbling backwards into the cage! Diaz bounces back off the cage towards Tomlinson, who cracks him with a two punch combination that drops him to his knees! Tomlinson lands two more shots before the referee has chance to intervene - what a finish! Tomlinson celebrates with his corner as the crowd cheer loudly.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:27 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Adrian Tomlinson!