PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Curtis Clay (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tyson Diaz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Clay comes to the cage accompanied by Atari Teenage Riot - Revolution Action . Tyson Diaz is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Clay
vs
Diaz

185 cm
20
200 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

187 cm
26
190 lbs
8 - 9 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Counter striker
Cardio machine

Good takedowns
Brawler
Knockout power

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 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Curtis Clay!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Tyson Diaz!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Kenichi Hosakawa and Shirou Masuda.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Clay throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Diaz swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Diaz misses with a double jab
and Clay counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Clay misses with a straight right.
Clay misses with a hook.
Diaz throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Diaz fails to land with a series of punches.
Diaz misses with a combination
and Clay counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Clay thows a body shot but no joy.
Diaz fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Diaz swings and misses with a hook to the body.

Clay clinches up against the cage.
The referee is keeping an eye on Clay - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Clay prevents a takedown attempt there.
Clay lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Diaz.
Diaz looks gassed!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Clay misses with the head strike.
Clay misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A bit of stalling here from Clay.
Clay misses with a hook to the ribs.
Clay throws a head punch that misses.
Clay stops a takedown attempt from Diaz.
Clay is leaning against Diaz and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Clay will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Diaz up against the cage.
Clay softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Clay manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Clay lands with a right to the head.
Clay taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Clay softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Clay just leaning against Diaz, taking a breather.
Clay works on Diaz's body with a couple of short punches.
Clay lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Clay.
Clay presses Diaz against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Clay leaning his opponent against the cage.
Clay seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Curtis Clay.
Diaz looks to land a combination but Clay avoids it well.
Clay with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Clay takes a swing at Diaz's ribcage but misses.
A big right from Clay misses.
Clay throws a big shot that misses.

Clay scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Clay misses with the ground and pound.
Clay sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Diaz is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Diaz is trying to get back to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes there by Clay.

Clay tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.

Clay looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Clay trying to control the position but Diaz is working away.
Clay working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Clay has knee on belly and moves into mount.
Diaz blocking the ground and pound.
Diaz is looking to get to half guard.
Clay lands a big elbow.
Clay wants to control the pace but Diaz is squirming around nicely.

Clay working for a submission but Diaz is keeping him at bay.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Clay throws some wild stikes that Diaz manages to avoid easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Curtis Clay dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Clay scores with a shot to the body.
Diaz ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Clay moves away.
Diaz swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Clay fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Diaz takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Diaz throws a right and a left that Clay avoids nicely.
Diaz throws a left and a right that both miss

and Clay counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Clay.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Clay.
A nice left hand lands by Clay.
Clay lands a body punch.
A short right from Clay.
Diaz is breathing heavily.
Clay lands a shoulder strike.
A nice left hand lands by Clay.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Clay.
Clay lands with a short shot to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Clay takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Clay lands a body punch in the clinch.
Clay lands with a short shot to the head.
Clay slows down the pace here.
Clay digs a right hand into Diaz's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Diaz's gas tank.
Clay working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Clay lands a body shot.
Clay softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Clay lands a shoulder strike.
A short left from Clay.
Clay lands a nice shot to the body.
The referee is keeping an eye on Clay - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Clay lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Clay cracks Diaz with a nice body shot.
A right handed body shot lands from Clay.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Clay tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Diaz's elbow.

Clay lands a takedown into guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Diaz throws his legs up looking for a submission but Clay uses it to pass to side control.
Diaz tries to buck Clay off but Clay is having none of it.
Clay misses with the ground and pound.
Clay moves into full mount!
Clay thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Clay punching from mount but Diaz doing a good job of avoiding damage.

Clay has isolated one of Diaz's arms. Diaz looking to fight him off but Clay twists into an armbar. It's tight... Will he tap?? YES, he's tapped! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Curtis Clay!