PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Mike Diaz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Natz Medina (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Diaz
vs
Medina

185 cm
24
185 lbs
5 - 7 - 0

180 cm
22
185 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Experienced

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

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 5 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Mike Diaz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Natz Medina!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Excellent takedown into side control there by Medina.
Diaz takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Medina cracks Diaz with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Medina scores with a couple of short elbows.
Diaz struggling a bit here.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!

Medina stands up.
Nice sprawl there from Diaz as Medina shoots in.
Medina throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

Medina shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Medina was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Medina with good strikes from the mount here!
Medina putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Medina looking to control but Diaz is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Medina lands a nice shot to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Medina has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Diaz's face.
Diaz is in a horrible position here. Medina smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Medina working the ground and pound effectively.
Diaz is breathing heavily.
Diaz taking shots to the head.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Medina unloading with bombs!
Diaz wants to hold on but Medina pushes him away.
Medina looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Medina looking to control and managing it successfully.
Medina lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Diaz hang on?

Diaz is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The referee warns Diaz that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Medina lands a big elbow.
Oh Diaz is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Medina pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Medina punishing his opponent with strikes.
Medina lands a big elbow - Diaz is in trouble! More strikes from the mount and Diaz is forced to tap out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:27 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Natz Medina!