PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Nick Diaz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cosmo Kramer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Diaz comes to the cage accompanied by Edo. G - Like That . Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Diaz
vs
Kramer

185 cm
22
185 lbs
9 - 2 - 0

184 cm
22
195 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Granite chin

Springfield HW Nutrition

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 9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Nick Diaz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Cosmo Kramer!
The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Valeri Chadov and Sergei Dronov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Diaz scores with a jab to the head.
Diaz misses with a body shot.
Kramer misses with a body shot.
Diaz takes a swing at Kramer's ribcage but misses.
A jab from Kramer finds it's way through Diaz's defenses.

It looks like Nick Diaz has been cut.
Diaz throws a hook to the side of Kramer's head but Kramer sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Kramer dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Kramer misses with a body shot
and Kramer takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Diaz drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kramer throws a low kick but it's checked well by Diaz.
Diaz looks to throw the jab but Kramer is out of range.
Kramer throws a quick inside leg kick.
Kramer scores with a leg kick.
Kramer scoring well with a low kick there.
Diaz fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kramer manages to avoid it.
Diaz throws a hook to the side of Kramer's head but Kramer sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Diaz takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Kramer takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Diaz steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Kramer. That one must have hurt.
Kramer tries to land a leg kick but Diaz saw it coming and moves away.

Kramer manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Diaz on his heels. He'll look to pass Diaz's guard now, I'm sure.
Kramer advances position into side control!
Diaz is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Diaz is trying to control Kramer's posture but Kramer avoids it.
Kramer working the ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Kramer looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
A control attempt from Diaz but he's now mounted!
Diaz gets back to half guard.
Diaz is trying to control but can't.
Kramer is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.

Kramer is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Diaz defends it well.
Diaz wants to get back to full guard.
Diaz wants to control but Kramer is keeping busy and won't allow it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diaz is looking to improve his position.
Diaz avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Kramer.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Diaz wants to control but Kramer is keeping busy and won't allow it.

Diaz looking for submissions off his back.
Kramer looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Diaz trying to control here.

Kramer is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Diaz sees it coming and defends easily.
Kramer thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Diaz's head.

Diaz looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Diaz tries to get to full guard but Kramer has control of the leg.
Kramer scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Kramer scores with a couple of good hammerfists.

Nick Diaz's cut is getting worse.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Diaz is looking for a sweep. Kramer is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Kramer moves into full mount! Diaz won't be happy about that!
Diaz is wriggling around trying to escape.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kramer controlling the position easily from mount.
Diaz is working to get back to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cosmo Kramer dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Nick Diaz's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Diaz looks to score with a jab to the body but Kramer is just out of range.
Diaz connects with a right hand. Kramer shakes it off.
Diaz loads up on a big right hand but Kramer slips the punch.
Kramer lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.

Nick Diaz's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.

Kramer gets a takedown into half guard.

Diaz is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Kramer pulls his head out easily.
Cosmo Kramer has got the better of the ground game so far.
Diaz wants to control but Kramer is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Diaz keeps control of the position for the meantime.
Kramer keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kramer winds up and cracks Diaz with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Kramer wants to lay and pray for a moment but Diaz keeps working.

Diaz looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Well, if Kramer is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.

Diaz actively working from the bottom here.
Kramer thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Kramer thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Diaz's head.
Diaz trying to control here.

Diaz looking for submissions off his back.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diaz is trying to maintain the position but Kramer is very close to passing his half guard.

Kramer is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Diaz wants to improve his position but Kramer is controlling well.
Diaz trying to control from the bottom.
Ground and pound from Kramer.

Jeez, Nick Diaz's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Nick Diaz's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Cosmo Kramer!
After winning the bout, Cosmo Kramer thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.