PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Anderson Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Renaldo Diaz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Silva might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to DJ Khaled "All I Do Is Win" feat. Ludacris, Rick Ross, Snoop Dogg & T-Pain. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Silva
vs
Diaz

185 cm
26
177 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

176 cm
22
178 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Knockout power

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 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Anderson Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Renaldo Diaz!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Thiago Cunha and Paulo Santos.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva looks for a takedown but Diaz sprawls well.
Diaz throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Silva.
Diaz moves in looking to clinch but Silva pushes him off.
Silva throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Diaz.

Diaz closes the distance and pushes Silva back into the cage.
Silva wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Diaz scores with a hook to the body.
Diaz pressing his opponent against the cage.
Diaz misses with a body punch.
A bit of stalling here from Diaz.
Diaz prevents Silva from breaking the clinch.
Diaz lands a body shot in the clinch.
Diaz content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Diaz throws a knee to the head but misses.
Silva tries to circle away but Diaz has him pinned against the cage.

Silva pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Silva works the jab nicely.
Silva keeps the fight on the outside.
Silva lands a head kick!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Diaz fails in his attempt to clinch.
Diaz tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Silva manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Silva throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Diaz moves in looking to clinch but Silva pushes him off.
Diaz wants to clinch up but Silva keeps it at a distance.
Diaz looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

Diaz drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Diaz wants to control but Silva is keeping him busy.
Diaz is putting a hurting on Silva here, landing some big shots from side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva is trying to work for a sweep but Diaz has mounted him!
Diaz sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!

Diaz has hold of Silva's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Silva manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Diaz looking to control but Silva is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.

Diaz has hold of Silva's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Silva manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Diaz sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Silva tries to hold on but Diaz postures up.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!

Diaz with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva is squirming around, avoiding Diaz's attempts to control the action.
Silva regains half guard.
Diaz drops an elbow to the side of Silva's head.

Diaz is looking for a kimura but Silva is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Diaz to get the leverage.
Diaz moves into full mount! Silva won't be happy about that!
Diaz has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Silva is squirming around, avoiding Diaz's attempts to control the action.
Diaz is in the full mount, landing strikes.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Diaz working for a submission but Silva is keeping him at bay.
Diaz content just to control the position here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Diaz is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Silva to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Silva shrugs it off.

Diaz looking for a guillotine from mount but Silva is having none of it.
Silva blocking the ground and pound.
Diaz scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Silva tries to hold on but Diaz pushes him away.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Diaz throws some wild stikes that Silva manages to avoid easily.
Silva wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Diaz.
Diaz throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Renaldo Diaz will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Diaz tries to clinch but Silva moves out of range.
Diaz wants to clinch up but Silva keeps it at a distance.
Silva doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Diaz counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Silva!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Silva tries to hold on but Diaz postures up.
You get the feeling that Silva really doesn't like being in this position too much.

Diaz wants to finish this one by submission but Silva is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Diaz.
Diaz putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Silva is squirming around, avoiding Diaz's attempts to control the action.
Diaz postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Silva looks a forlorn figure.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Diaz throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Diaz trying to control but Silva is having none of it.
Silva wants to hold on but Diaz pushes him away.
Diaz controlling the position easily from mount.
Diaz looking to finish with strikes here!
Diaz working Silva over with strikes here.

It looks like Anderson Silva has been cut.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Diaz trying to control but Silva is having none of it.
Diaz fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diaz looking to control and managing it successfully.
A nice elbow there by Diaz.
Diaz scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Silva?
Diaz controlling the pace for now.
Diaz is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Silva taking shots to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Diaz has control of Silva's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Silva regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Diaz scores with a couple of good head shots there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diaz landing strikes, looking to finish!
Silva in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Diaz controlling his opponent.
Silva is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Diaz scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Silva?
Renaldo Diaz has got the better of the ground game so far.
Silva is in a horrible position here. Diaz smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Diaz prevents Silva from getting the reversal.
Diaz controlling from the full mount.
Diaz has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Silva's face.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Diaz is controlling this nicely and is looking to make no mistakes. Silva is trying to wiggle out of this horrible position. Silva flips to his side and attempts to get a leg in for half guard. Diaz anticipates the leg and manages to get behind Silva and secures both hooks! This could be bad! Diaz slips an arm under Silva chin and tries to position for a rear naked choke. Diaz has worked the choke in now and it looks tight. Diaz is squeezing on Silva like an anaconda would it's prey. Silva fails to tap and has fallen unconscious! We've got ourselves a winner by way of a rear naked choke!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:26 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Renaldo Diaz!