PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Brandon Farnhook (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rory Diaz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Diaz's choice of entrance music: AC/DC - TNT. Brandon Farnhook had real problems making weight for this fight. After initially coming in at 156.8lbs, he had two hours to make the official fight weight. He made it but it will have taken a lot out of him to cut those extra few pounds. Brandon Farnhook has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Farnhook
vs
Diaz

177 cm
24
169 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

175 cm
21
168 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Very confident

Gilop®

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Brandon Farnhook!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Rory Diaz!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, William Peck and Trevor Gratis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Diaz throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Farnhook connects with a body shot that sends Diaz's belly button to the back.
Farnhook ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Diaz shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Farnhook but Farnhook pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Diaz lands a jab to the nose.
Diaz throws a low kick but Farnhook avoids it.
Farnhook with a nice cross.
Farnhook will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Farnhook throws a series of punches but Diaz avoids them all with ease.
Farnhook lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Diaz missing with a left hand there. Farnhook was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Farnhook connects with a nice looking jab.
Farnhook tries to clinch up
and Diaz counters with a nice body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Diaz throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Diaz circles away from the clinch attempt

and Diaz counters with a single leg into guard. Farnhook didn't expect that.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.

Diaz drops back, looking for a kneebar! Farnhook looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Farnhook looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Farnhook!
Diaz tries to buck Farnhook off but Farnhook is having none of it.
Farnhook is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Diaz's shoulder. That is not cool.
Diaz regains half guard.
The fighters are battling for position here. Diaz manages to regain full guard. Nice work.

Diaz is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Farnhook is aware though and is defending well.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Farnhook won't allow Diaz to sweep him here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Diaz looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Diaz looks gassed!
Farnhook sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Farnhook preventing the sweep.
Farnhook wants to control from the top but Diaz keeps moving.
Diaz looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

Diaz is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Farnhook throws a big right hand that misses.

Farnhook stands and steps away. Diaz gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Farnhook tries to clinch
and Diaz cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Farnhook swats away the attempt to clinch by Diaz.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diaz showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Farnhook.
Diaz throws an overhand right that lands on Farnhook's shoulder, as Farnhook tries to avoid the shot.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Diaz.

Diaz changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Farnhook looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Farnhook can't do much from the bottom here.
Farnhook knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Diaz on the ground.
Farnhook tries to escape but Diaz is in control.
Diaz trying to control the position but Farnhook is working away.

The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Diaz working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.

Diaz tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Diaz has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
You can see the frustration on Farnhook's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Farnhook is looking for a sweep.
Diaz in side control, throwing shots but Farnhook defends.
Diaz throwing shots but missing, from side control.

Diaz tries for a kimura but Farnhook is defending well.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Diaz tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Diaz has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Farnhook is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Diaz has just dragged him back down to the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rory Diaz 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.

Farnhook throws a series of punches but Diaz avoids them all with ease.
A leg kick checked by Farnhook.
Farnhook moves out of range as Diaz throws a body kick.
Diaz uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Farnhook.
Diaz throws a wild body kick that Farnhook sees coming a mile off.
Farnhook stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Farnhook wants it to stay on the feet.
Diaz looks for the body kick but Farnhook saw that one coming.
Farnhook throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Diaz on the side of the head.
Farnhook connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Diaz momentarily.
Farnhook lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Farnhook throws a poor cross that misses

and Diaz counters by moving into the clinch.
Diaz is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Diaz throws an elbow but it misses.
Farnhook tries to break the clinch but Diaz is controlling the position.
Farnhook wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
With the fighters up against the cage, Diaz throws an elbow but misses.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Farnhook letting Diaz take a breather here.
Diaz goes for a takedown in the clinch but Farnhook prevents it.
Brandon Farnhook has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rory Diaz.
Diaz is breathing heavily.
Farnhook is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Farnhook managing to block the knees to the body from Diaz.
Farnhook wants to get back to striking at distance but Diaz won't allow it.
Diaz lands an elbow inside that Farnhook shrugs off.
Diaz throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Farnhook wants to break the clinch but can't.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diaz goes for a takedown in the clinch but Farnhook prevents it.
Farnhook wants to get back to striking at distance but Diaz won't allow it.
Diaz pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Farnhook is trying to break free.
Farnhook wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Diaz has him pressed against the cage.
Farnhook is looking to break free of the clinch but Diaz has double underhooks.
Diaz throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Farnhook gets underhooks to prevent Diaz's takedown attempt.
Farnhook stops a takedown attempt from Diaz.
Diaz pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Diaz throws an elbow but it misses.
Farnhook is trying to break the clinch but Diaz is controlling him.
Diaz looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Farnhook has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Farnhook is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Diaz is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Farnhook gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Farnhook is trying to break free.

Farnhook escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Diaz moves forwards but Farnhook connects with a nice, crisp jab.

Diaz is rocked!
Diaz avoids a punch combination nicely.
Diaz is still on wobbly legs! Can Farnhook finish him?
Brandon Farnhook is winning the standup battle so far.
Farnhook fakes the body blow, causing Diaz to drop his hands! Left hook to the temple! Diaz goes stiff, and falls face first into the mat. Goodnight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:27 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Brandon Farnhook!
Brandon Farnhook decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.