PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Pascal Stefan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nick Diaz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Diaz is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Edo. G - Like That . Nick Diaz acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Stefan
vs
Diaz

195 cm
22
192 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

185 cm
21
185 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Brawler
KO power

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

BALCO UNIFORM

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 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Pascal Stefan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Nick Diaz!
The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Sergei Dronov and Aleksandr Martynov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stefan shoots in for a takedown but Diaz shows good takedown defense.
Diaz leaves Stefan with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Diaz misses with a double jab.
Diaz defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Stefan.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Pascal Stefan. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Stefan shoots for a double leg takedown but Diaz sprawls well. He's pushed Stefan's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
A decent looking cross lands there for Diaz.
Diaz scores with a body shot.
Diaz throws a right and a left that Stefan avoids nicely.
Stefan closes the distance and clinches up with Diaz, looking for a takedown. Stefan pushes Diaz against the cage but Diaz circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Stefan takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Diaz throws a nice looking combination but Stefan bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Nice uppercut lands for Diaz. That snapped Stefan's head back.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Diaz with a nice cross.
Diaz looks to land a combination. Stefan sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Diaz swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Diaz changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Diaz lands with a good body shot.
Stefan shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Diaz defends it nicely.
Diaz scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Stefan shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Diaz defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Stefan.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Diaz fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Stefan is breathing heavily.
Stefan has a takedown stuffed.
Nick Diaz is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Diaz lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Stefan.
Stefan has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Decent striking displayed by Diaz there.
Diaz moves into range and connects with a jab.
Diaz lands a nice looking body shot.
Diaz scores with a jab to the body.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for Stefan. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diaz jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Stefan doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Diaz counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Diaz lands a nice shot that snaps Stefan's head back.

Stefan is rocked!
Diaz Throws a clean left jab. Diaz Twirls his body and connects with a Spinning Back Fist that connects flush with Stefan's chin! Stefan crumbles to the ground and Diaz follows up with some unanswered strikes. It's all over!! Nice standup skills displayed by Diaz!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:29 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Nick Diaz!