PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tiago Jorge (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ralph Diaz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jorge comes to the cage accompanied by Tropa de Elite. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Jorge
vs
Diaz

187 cm
24
212 lbs
10 - 3 - 0

186 cm
25
225 lbs
13 - 9 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Good low kicks
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Tiago Jorge!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ralph Diaz!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Alexandre Firmino and Daniel Cesar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Jorge drives through and clinches with Diaz against the cage.
Diaz is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Jorge changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Diaz fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Diaz swinging wildly here.
Diaz scores with a three punch combo!
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Jorge is defended easily by Diaz.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tiago Jorge. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Diaz tries to sprawl but Jorge drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Diaz scrambles, trying to get to his feet, but Jorge manages to mount him!
Jorge working the ground and pound effectively.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jorge lands with some strikes.
Jorge misses with a head shot.
Jorge misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Jorge throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Jorge throwing strikes here but Diaz is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Jorge cracks Diaz with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Diaz blocking the ground and pound.
Diaz wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Jorge.
Jorge putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!

Diaz is rocked!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diaz wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Jorge.
Diaz is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Jorge throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Diaz is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Diaz avoids a series of strikes thrown by Jorge.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jorge working the ground and pound effectively.
Jorge unloads with some shots from mount but Diaz bucks and avoids them well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diaz avoids a series of strikes thrown by Jorge.
Diaz in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Diaz is still in real trouble! Can Jorge finish him?
Jorge looking to finish here with some ground and pound. He lands one big shot that has Diaz covering up... and two more big strikes land, forcing the referee to step in and put and end to proceedings! This fight is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:33 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tiago Jorge!
Tiago Jorge retains his light heavyweight title!
Post fight, Tiago Jorge stared into the camera and said 'Wow, man! Champion again? What can i say? I'm the champion again!! Tonight, i'll dance very much to celebrate...'.