PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Romy Diaz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Oitink Itch (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Diaz
vs
Itch

187 cm
27
190 lbs
7 - 6 - 0

177 cm
26
185 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Granite 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 7 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Romy Diaz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Oitink Itch!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, Paul Tew and William Gold.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Diaz takes a swing at Itch's ribcage but misses.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Diaz prevents a takedown attempt there.
Diaz wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Itch has him pressed against the cage.

Itch manages to pull guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Diaz is looking to stand up but Itch won't let him.
Itch is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Diaz wants to stand and escape but instead Itch has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Itch passes into half guard.
Diaz scrambles, trying to get to his feet, but Itch manages to mount him!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Diaz wants to get back to his feet.

Itch has control of Diaz's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Diaz regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Itch trying to control but he's not successful this time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Itch with some aggressive grappling here, looking for the finish.
Itch sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Itch won't let Diaz get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.

Itch is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Diaz has managed to escape the submission attempt.

Itch looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Diaz wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Itch.
Itch looking to control but Diaz is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.

Itch is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Diaz can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Oitink Itch dominated that round.
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 cracks a nice hook into Itch's ribs.
Diaz lands a nice shot that snaps Itch's head back.
Itch takes a swing at Diaz's ribcage but misses.
Diaz lands with a hook. Itch tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Donk. Diaz catches Itch right on the button with a cross.
A big left from Diaz misses.
Itch blocks a low kick nicely.
Diaz tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Itch was well out of range. Poor timing from Diaz.
Diaz is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Itch.
Itch throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Itch changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Diaz tries to avoid it but Itch manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Diaz to the ground. Diaz escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!

Itch moves into range and clinches up with Diaz.
Itch goes for a takedown in the clinch but Diaz prevents it.

Itch jumps guard.
Diaz is looking to stand up but Itch won't let him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Diaz has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.

Diaz has a momentary lapse of concentration, allowing Itch to throw up a leg and lock on what appears to be a pretty tight triangle! Diaz is fighting it off but it's all too little too late - Itch pulls down on the head and he's put Diaz to sleep! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:34 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Oitink Itch!
Oitink Itch bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.