PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ray Shifflett (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nick Diaz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Shifflett
vs
Diaz

187 cm
18
180 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

185 cm
18
173 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Solid 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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ray Shifflett!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Nick Diaz!
The judges for this bout are Saam Ante, Paulsen Ambrosius and Albert Achterberg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fight stays on the outside here - Shifflett looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Shifflett is looking to clinch.
Diaz tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Diaz tries to work over Shifflett's front leg with a kick but Shifflett checks it.
Shifflett turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.

Shifflett has Diaz up against the cage in a clinch.
Diaz with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Diaz is looking to break free of the clinch but Shifflett has double underhooks.
Shifflett crunches a lovely knee into Diaz's ribcage.
Shifflett comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Diaz misses with a hook from the clinch.
Diaz wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Shifflett has him pressed against the cage.

Shifflett's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
No joy there for Shifflett, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Ray Shifflett seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Shifflett stuffs the takedown.

Shifflett fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Diaz, pushing him back against the cage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Diaz.
Shifflett lands an elbow inside that Diaz shrugs off.

It looks like Nick Diaz has been cut.
Shifflett landing knees to the head.
Shifflett utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Diaz looks gassed!
Shifflett lands a knee to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nice elbow from Shifflett.

Shifflett escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Diaz misses with a leg kick
and Shifflett connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Shifflett has Diaz up against the cage in a clinch.
Shifflett unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Shifflett lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Shifflett landing knees to the head.
Shifflett lands an elbow just above Diaz 's eye.

That has opened up Nick Diaz's cut even more.
Diaz takes a knee right on the jaw!
Shifflett lands a left hand that snaps the head of Diaz backwards.
Shifflett works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Diaz takes an elbow to the temple.
Shifflett is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Shifflett scores a nice knee to the body.
Shifflett creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Diaz's defenses.
Shifflett landing knees to the body.
Shifflett lands a nice elbow.
Shifflett unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Shifflett lands a nice elbow.
Shifflett working Diaz over with knees to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Shifflett connects with a nasty looking knee right to Diaz's face.
Shifflett landing knees to the head.
Diaz takes a knee right on the jaw!
Shifflett using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Shifflett lands a nice elbow.
Shifflett scores a nice knee to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Shifflett pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Shifflett instigates a clinch.
Shifflett lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Shifflett lands an elbow that stopped Diaz in his tracks for a moment.
Nice elbow from Shifflett.
Diaz tries to pull guard but Shifflett holds him up against the cage and eventually Diaz drops back down to his feet.
Shifflett with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Shifflett blocks an uppercut.
Shifflett scores a nice knee to the body.
Shifflett blocks the elbow strike.
Nice elbow from Shifflett.
Diaz fails to pull guard.
Ray Shifflett has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Nick Diaz.
Diaz tries to break the clinch but Shifflett is controlling the position.
Diaz changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Shifflett fights it off and pushes away nicely.

Shifflett rushes Diaz and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Shifflett lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Shifflett lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Shifflett crunches a lovely knee into Diaz's ribcage.
Shifflett gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diaz takes an elbow to the forehead.
Shifflett stalling in the clinch.
Diaz tries to pull guard but Shifflett won't allow it.
Shifflett working Diaz over with knees to the body.
Shifflett connects with a knee to the head.
Shifflett lands an elbow inside that Diaz shrugs off.
Diaz tries to break the clinch but Shifflett is controlling the position.
Shifflett lands an elbow just above Diaz 's eye.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Shifflett obliges.
Stalling in the clinch from Shifflett.
Shifflett gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Shifflett lands an elbow that stopped Diaz in his tracks for a moment.
Shifflett connects with a knee to the head.
Shifflett lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Shifflett prevents a takedown attempt there.
Shifflett landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Diaz is looking to break free of the clinch but Shifflett has double underhooks.
Shifflett crunches a lovely knee into Diaz's ribcage.

Shifflett escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Diaz circles away from the clinch attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Shifflett instigates a clinch.
Shifflett blocks an uppercut.
Diaz drops down looking for an ankle pick but Shifflett pulls his leg out and moves away.

Shifflett closes the distance and clinches.
Shifflett scores a nice knee to the body.
A knee to the head by Shifflett.
Shifflett lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Shifflett comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Shifflett lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

The cut above Nick Diaz's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Shifflett creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Diaz's defenses.
Shifflett stops a takedown attempt from Diaz.
Diaz takes an elbow to the temple.
Shifflett gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Shifflett with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Shifflett lands a nice knee to the body.
Shifflett stalls.
Shifflett lands a knee to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ray Shifflett dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Nick Diaz's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Shifflett has Diaz up against the cage in a clinch.
Diaz takes an elbow to the forehead.
Shifflett with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Diaz working hard to break the clinch.
Diaz wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Shifflett has him pressed against the cage.
Nice elbow from Shifflett.
Shifflett working Diaz over with knees to the body.
Diaz can't break the clinch.
Diaz takes an elbow to the forehead.
Shifflett landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Shifflett utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Shifflett lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Shifflett comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Diaz takes a knee right on the jaw!
Diaz takes an elbow to the temple.
Shifflett manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Shifflett blocking some punches.
Shifflett lands an elbow just above Diaz 's eye.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Shifflett avoiding damage.
Shifflett landing knees to the head.
Ray Shifflett has scored more points in the clinch so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shifflett lands an elbow inside that Diaz shrugs off.
Shifflett connects with a knee to the head.
Shifflett gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Diaz takes an elbow to the temple.
Shifflett lands a damaging elbow.
Shifflett lands a knee to the head.

Diaz gets control of Shifflett's arms and successfully pulls guard. Diaz will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Shifflett missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Shifflett has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Shifflett trying to control but Diaz is working from the bottom.
Shifflett throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Diaz works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Shifflett wants to control from the top but Diaz keeps moving.
Shifflett pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Diaz is keeping the position for now.
Diaz keeping moving, preventing Shifflett from controlling successfully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Shifflett is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Diaz can't keep his opponent in guard - Shifflett advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Diaz slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Shifflett works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Shifflett is looking to take a break and control but Diaz is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Shifflett is figuring out what he wants to do next.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shifflett is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Shifflett is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Diaz is trying to stand back up but Shifflett is controlling him
Shifflett is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Diaz can do to turn this around?
Shifflett frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Shifflett punishing his opponent with strikes.
Shifflett with the ground and pound from mount.
Shifflett controlling the pace for now.
Diaz is bucking up trying to escape but Shifflett cracks him with another couple of good strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Diaz avoids a series of strikes thrown by Shifflett.
Shifflett looking to control and managing it successfully.
Shifflett looking to ground and pound but Diaz is blocking nicely.
Shifflett with good strikes from the mount here!
Shifflett content just to control the position here.
Shifflett lands a heavy elbow.
Shifflett looking to finish with strikes here!
Shifflett avoids the attempt from Diaz to control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ray Shifflett dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Nick Diaz's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Shifflett tries to clinch up.
A head kick from Shifflett lands but Diaz takes it in his stride.
Shifflett fails with an attempt to clinch.

Shifflett closes the distance and clinches.
Nice elbow from Shifflett.

Nick Diaz's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Shifflett connects with a nasty looking knee right to Diaz's face.
Shifflett unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Shifflett unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Diaz takes an elbow to the forehead.
Shifflett creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Diaz's defenses.
Shifflett lands a damaging elbow.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Nick Diaz's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:43 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Ray Shifflett!