PBP Commentary

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

Daiz
vs
Valadez

185 cm
24
170 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

170 cm
23
169 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Damien Daiz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, David Valadez!
The judges for this bout are , Frank Antenori and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Valadez scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Daiz is trying to get back to half guard.
Daiz is trying to control Valadez's posture but Valadez avoids it.
Daiz is looking for a sweep.
Daiz avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Valadez.
Valadez is working Daiz over with some ground and pound from side control.
Daiz tries to get back to half guard but can't.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Valadez working away.
Daiz is looking to regain half guard here but Valadez keeps moving and retains side control.
Valadez scoring with punches and elbows.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Valadez scores with punches from side control.
Valadez wants to lay and pray for a moment but Daiz keeps working.
Valadez is putting a hurting on Daiz here, landing some big shots from side control.

Valadez stands up.

Valadez shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Daiz taking some punishment here, with Valadez in his half guard.
Daiz keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Valadez drops an elbow to the side of Daiz's head.
Valadez is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Daiz!
Daiz is breathing heavily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Valadez putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Valadez lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Valadez breaks from Daiz's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Valadez unloading with bombs!
Daiz wants to hold on but Valadez pushes him away.
Daiz taking shots to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Daiz wants to hold on but Valadez pushes him away.
Valadez scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Daiz?
Valadez has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Daiz's face.
Valadez scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Valadez landing strikes from the mount and Daiz is in trouble!
Daiz is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Valadez dominating with strikes here.
Valadez landing punches.
Valadez lands a big shot there that rocks Daiz but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Valadez dominating with strikes here.
Valadez landing shots from mount.
Valadez scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Daiz?
Valadez cracks Daiz with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Valadez scoring with strikes but Daiz is staying in there.
Daiz tries to hold on but Valadez pushes him away.
Valadez has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Daiz is working to get back to half guard.
Valadez tries to control but Daiz wriggling away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Valadez lands a big elbow.
Daiz is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Valadez wants to control the pace but Daiz is squirming around nicely.
Daiz gets back to half guard.
Daiz wants to get back to full guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Valadez is looking to stall here but Daiz recovers full guard.

Valadez stands up from guard. Let's bang!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

David Valadez dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Daiz lands a high kick!
Nice sprawl there from Daiz as Valadez shoots in.
Danga de danga de dang - Daiz scores with a four punch combination!
Daiz stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Daiz wants it to stay on the feet.
Valadez takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Daiz shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and Valadez counters with a takedown into side control.
Valadez wants to lay and pray for a moment but Daiz keeps working.
Valadez lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Valadez lands an elbow.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Valadez working away.
Valadez lands an elbow.
David Valadez has got the better of the ground game so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Daiz is trying to get back to half guard.
Daiz stops Valadez from passing to mount.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Valadez darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Valadez working the head and body with strikes.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Valadez connects with a nice short shot to Daiz's temple.
Daiz is refusing to be controlled, as Valadez sits in half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Valadez looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Daiz with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.

Valadez stands up from half guard.
Valadez falls off balance throwing a combination

and Daiz counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Daiz wants to lay and pray for a moment but Valadez keeps working.
Valadez is trying to stand.
Daiz will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Valadez controlling the position well.
Valadez is looking to control Daiz's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Valadez avoid being mounted?

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Daiz blocks the strikes from Valadez.
Valadez tries to push off, looking to stand up, but Daiz manages to move to mount!
Valadez tries to reverse the position but Daiz maintains control.
Valadez wants to control but Daiz is having none of it.
Daiz lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Daiz won't let Valadez get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Valadez has decided that throwing punches whilst being mounted is the best he can manage just now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Daiz manages to capitalize on a mistake by Valadez to take his back!
Daiz doesn't have the hooks in and Valadez manages to turn into his guard.
Valadez throwing strikes from guard but Daiz blocks nicely.
Valadez trying to control the position from guard on top but Daiz is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Daiz bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Valadez's guard.
Valadez is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Daiz with a flurry of punches that miss.
Valadez wants to stand but Daiz is controlling the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but David Valadez will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Valadez shoots in looking for a takedown. Daiz tries to sprawl out of it but Valadez keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Daiz manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Valadez shoots and misses
and Daiz counters with a stiff right hand.
Daiz plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Daiz wants to clinch up but Valadez keeps it at a distance.
Daiz throws a shot to the body.
David Valadez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Valadez keeps the fight on the outside.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Daiz.
Daiz with a poor takedown

and Valadez counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Daiz keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Valadez missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Daiz is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Daiz throws a strike from the bottom that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Valadez scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Valadez wants to advance to full mount but Daiz doesn't think that's going to happen and regains full guard instead.
Daiz working a defensive guard here.
Daiz wants to sweep here but Valadez controlling him for the moment.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Daiz.
Daiz lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.

Valadez closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Daiz to the mat! Daiz manages to get full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Valadez scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Daiz wants to sweep but no luck.
Daiz utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

Daiz had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Valadez defends it easily.
Valadez wants to control from the top but Daiz keeps moving.
Valadez lands a couple of decent looking shots.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Daiz looking to control.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Daiz fails with the takedown

and Valadez counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Daiz!
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Damien Daiz. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Daiz is bucking up trying to escape but Valadez cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Valadez prevents Daiz from getting the reversal.
Daiz tries to hold on but Valadez postures up.
Daiz holds on, trying desperately to control.
Valadez looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Daiz wants to hold on but Valadez pushes him away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Valadez scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Daiz?
Valadez landing shots from mount.
Valadez working the ground and pound effectively.
Daiz is desperately trying to improve his position but Valadez has a good base and remains in mount.
Daiz is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Daiz wants to control but Valadez is having none of it.
Valadez with a couple of short strikes.

And that's the end of the fight!
David Valadez comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Valadez winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Suge Night scores the fight for David Valadez!
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight for David Valadez!
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight for David Valadez!

David Valadez wins by unanimous decision!