PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Oscar Diaz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and D J Rich (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Diaz might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Trick Daddy - Let's Go ft Twista & Lil Jon. Oscar Diaz could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to D J Rich's chin.

Diaz
vs
J Rich

169 cm
32
145 lbs
19 - 14 - 0

173 cm
31
145 lbs
22 - 17 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
KO power

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 19 - 14 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Oscar Diaz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 17 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, D J Rich!
The judges for this bout are Aleksandr Martynov, Dmitry Maklakov and Ivan Kurochkin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Diaz pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Rich back to the cage. Diaz follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Rich throws a series of punches but Diaz avoids them all with ease.
Rich throws the kick towards the body but Diaz avoids it.
Diaz will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Diaz is looking to clinch.
Rich misses with a shot to the body
and Diaz cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Diaz looks to land a right hand but Rich moved out of range.
Diaz shoots in for a takedown but Rich shows good takedown defense.
Diaz misses with a straight right.
Rich avoids a punch combination nicely.
Rich tries to clinch up.
Rich throws a push kick but Diaz slaps the foot to one side.
Rich throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Diaz's waist but Diaz gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Rich off to one side.
Diaz throws a series of punches but Rich avoids them all with ease.
Diaz throws a series of punches but Rich avoids them all with ease.
The fight stays on the outside here - Rich looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Diaz leaves Rich with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Diaz jabs Rich to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Rich takes a shot right to the bread basket.
A lazy body kick from Rich
letting Diaz counter with a right hand.
Diaz takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Diaz with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Diaz looks to land a left hand but Rich moved out of range nicely.
Rich takes a swing at Diaz's ribcage but misses.
Diaz throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Diaz misses with a hook. Rich ducked under it nicely.
Diaz steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Rich.
Diaz connects with a good right hand that stumbles Rich. Rich circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Diaz throws a leg kick but Rich checks it.
Rich fails with the takedown.
Oscar Diaz has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of D J Rich.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diaz walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Rich checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Diaz throws a push kick but Rich slaps the foot to one side.
Diaz shoots in looking for a takedown. Rich tries to sprawl out of it but Diaz keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Rich manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Diaz paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nice straight punches there by Rich. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Rich.
Rich moves in looking to clinch but Diaz pushes him off.
Rich throws a chopping leg kick but Diaz manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
A slapping leg kick lands for Diaz.
Diaz missing with a left hand there. Rich was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Rich tries to close the distance and clinch but Diaz swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Diaz scores with a decent looking hook.
Diaz shoots in for a takedown but Rich shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Rich doesn't manage to clinch there - Diaz circles away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diaz blocks a leg kick.
Rich wants to clinch.

Diaz closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Rich's guard.
Rich wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.

Diaz drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Diaz jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.

Diaz avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Diaz trying to control the position from guard on top but Rich is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Rich is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Diaz is trying to maintain the position but Rich is very close to passing his half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rich takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.

Diaz looking for submissions off his back.
Diaz is in trouble now - Rich has advanced to mount!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rich can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Diaz is looking to escape.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Diaz holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Rich tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Oscar Diaz 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 tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Rich was well out of range. Poor timing from Diaz.
Rich looks to land a combination. Diaz sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.

Diaz clinches up with Rich and pushes him back against the cage.
Diaz prevents Rich from breaking the clinch.
Rich looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Diaz presses Rich against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Rich has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Stalling in the clinch from Diaz.
Rich is pressed up against the cage. Diaz has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Rich down to the mat. Rich avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Rich avoids a punch combination nicely.
Oscar Diaz is winning the standup battle so far.
Diaz tried to score with a low kick but Rich checks it.
Rich throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Diaz's waist but Diaz gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Rich off to one side.
A head kick misses from Rich.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Diaz avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Diaz avoids the head kick by Rich.
Diaz closes this distance looking for a takedown but Rich circles away.
Diaz takes one to the chin there.
Diaz scores with a hook to the body. Rich takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
A combination from Rich does no damage.
Diaz swinging wildly here.
Diaz scores with a shot to the body.
Rich checks a leg kick.
Diaz misses with a combination
and Rich counters with a left to the body.
Diaz swinging wildly here.
Sloppy strikes from Diaz. Those never looked like landing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diaz avoids the head kick by Rich.

Diaz clinches.
Diaz throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Richs head.
Diaz misses with some punches.

Diaz pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Rich moves out of range of the strikes.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Rich.
Rich throws a combination. Diaz tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rich fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Diaz is out of range.
Oscar Diaz is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Rich tries to clinch but Diaz is having none of it.
Diaz throws a shot from downtown. Rich moves away and avoids it.
Rich avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Rich lands with a nice body kick.
Rich throws a shot from downtown. Diaz moves away and avoids it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice sprawl there from Diaz as Rich shoots in.

Diaz tries to keep at a distance but Rich has taken the fight into the clinch.
Diaz lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Diaz is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Rich is defending well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Oscar Diaz. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Rich is looking to break free of the clinch but Diaz has double underhooks.
Diaz can't get the takedown.

Diaz has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Rich is trying to keep an underhook but Diaz manages to get the takedown into half guard.
Rich tries to get to full guard but Diaz has control of the leg.
Rich wants to get back to his feet.
Rich trying to control from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Diaz looks to land a strike but Rich avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Rich looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Diaz trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Diaz wants to control from the top but Rich keeps moving.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Rich looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Rich keeping moving, preventing Diaz from controlling successfully.

Rich working for a triangle but Diaz defends it easily.
Diaz pushes down on Rich's leg and manages to get into half guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Rich has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Diaz is working away from the top position though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Oscar Diaz will probably get the nod.
That's time! Diaz's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Diaz shoots in looking for a takedown. Rich tries to sprawl out of it but Diaz keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Rich manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Diaz rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Rich moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Rich moves out of range of the strikes.
A shot to the body from Diaz misses
and Rich counters with a stiff right hand.
Rich tries a head kick but it misses.
Rich misses with an attempted mid kick.
Rich is looking to clinch but Diaz is avoiding it.
Diaz takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Rich fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Diaz avoids it really well and circles away.

Rich shoots in for a takedown and gets it.

Diaz kicks off Rich and gets to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rich fails with the takedown.
Diaz cracks Rich with an open hand slap.
Rich fails to land with a series of punches.
Rich has his takedown stuffed
and Diaz counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Oscar Diaz has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of D J Rich.
Diaz swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Rich.
Rich keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Rich misses with a straight left.
Rich scores with a decent looking hook.

Diaz has Rich up against the cage in a clinch.
Diaz misses with a punch to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diaz is struggling to control the position.
Still in the clinch, Diaz scores with a nice short uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Rich.
Diaz lands with a left to the head.
Diaz stalling.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Diaz creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Diaz scores with a shot to the side of Rich's head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Diaz lands a hook to the side of the head.
Diaz lands on the inside with an uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diaz misses with some punches.

Diaz's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Rich throws a head kick that misses.
Diaz stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Diaz wants it to stay on the feet.
Rich catches Diaz with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Rich shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and Diaz counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Diaz.
Diaz tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Rich wants to break the clinch but can't.
Diaz will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Rich up against the cage.
Oscar Diaz is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Diaz tries to score a body lock takedown but Rich shows good agility there to stay on his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Rich pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Rich avoids a punch combination nicely.
Rich scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Diaz scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Diaz swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Rich misses with a right hand
and Diaz counters with an inside leg kick.
Rich takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.

Diaz scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rich is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Diaz is controlling him well.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Rich is not content to let Diaz control the position.

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!

And that's the end of the fight!
Oscar Diaz showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Diaz has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Aleksandr Martynov scores the fight 30:27
Judge Dmitry Maklakov scores the fight 30:28
Judge Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Oscar Diaz!