PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Steve Zummi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nick Diaz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Zummi comes to the cage accompanied by Gummi Bears. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the fighters buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Zummi
vs
Diaz

186 cm
20
180 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

180 cm
20
180 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

Dynamic Nutrition $35 159 Recovery

Hellraiser Fightgear ($10-$20 Clothing)
Dynamic Nutrition $35 159 Recovery

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Steve Zummi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Nick Diaz!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, James Glass and Phil Schofield.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zummi lands a nice shot that snaps Diaz's head back.
Zummi lunges at Diaz with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Diaz's hand.
Zummi rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Diaz moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Zummi misses with the combination.
Diaz thows a left - swing and a miss!
Diaz bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Zummi's head.
Diaz scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Zummi looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Diaz swings for the body but Zummi moves out of range.
Diaz misses with a leg kick.
Diaz dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Diaz takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Zummi 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.
Diaz thuds his right hand into Zummi's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.

It looks like Steve Zummi has been cut.
Zummi lands a nice looking body shot.
Diaz throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Diaz slips under a jab.
Zummi walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zummi throws a hook to the side of Diaz's head but Diaz sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Diaz staying out of range there.
Zummi fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Diaz manages to avoid it.
Zummi scores with a decent looking hook.
Diaz keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Zummi.
Diaz dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Zummi throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Diaz stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Zummi throws a hook to the side of Diaz's head but Diaz sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Diaz throws a low kick but Zummi moves out of range easily.
Zummi scores with a jab to the head.
Diaz misses the shot to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Zummi on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Diaz circles away from the clinch attempt.
Zummi misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Zummi takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Steve Zummi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Diaz tries to clinch up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zummi misses with a hook.
Zummi looks to land a combination. Diaz sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Diaz waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Zummi.
Zummi throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Zummi scores with a one two! Diaz had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Diaz missing with a left hand there. Zummi was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Diaz throws a leg kick but Zummi sees it coming and moves out of range.
Zummi on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Diaz lands with a nice body punch.
Zummi scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Zummi lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Diaz misses the jab.
Diaz lands the left hand.
Diaz checks a leg kick.
Diaz will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Diaz throws a hook but Zummi blocks it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zummi takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Zummi misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Zummi misses the shot to the body.
Diaz moves into range and connects with a jab.

Zummi darts in and clinches Diaz up against the cage.
Zummi can't break the clinch.
Diaz trying to control the position but instead, Zummi has worked for underhooks and has pushed Diaz into the cage.
Zummi prevents a body shot from Diaz.
Diaz misses with some punches.
Diaz misses with a hook from the clinch.
Diaz misses with some punches.
Diaz scores with an uppercut up the middle.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Diaz works on Zummi's body with a couple of short punches.
Diaz has a couple of punches blocked by Zummi.

Zummi breaks from the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Zummi misses with a jab, cross combination.
Zummi thows a left - swing and a miss!
A slow jab from Zummi misses its intended target.
Zummi lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Diaz circles away quickly and effectively.
Zummi moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Donk. Diaz catches Zummi right on the button with a cross.
Zummi avoids the body shot from Diaz.
Zummi throws a series of punches but Diaz avoids them all with ease.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nice shot lands for Zummi.
Zummi misses with a straight left.
Zummi looks to land a right hand but Diaz moved out of range.
Zummi takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
A punch combination from Zummi misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Steve Zummi dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Steve Zummi's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Diaz looks to land a left hand but Zummi moved out of range nicely.
Zummi misses with a jab, cross combination.
Diaz avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Zummi throws the left hand but Diaz avoids the punch easily.
Diaz dodges the punch combination from Zummi.
Diaz scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Zummi throws a front kick aimed at Diaz's knee but Diaz avoids it well.
A jab from Diaz does it's job there.
Diaz ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Zummi moves away.
Diaz wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Zummi swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Zummi walks into a straight right hand from Diaz.
Diaz ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Zummi looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Zummi looks to land a right hand but Diaz moved out of range.
Diaz uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Zummi.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zummi loads up on a big right hand but Diaz slips the punch.
Steve Zummi is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Zummi throws a leg kick
enabling Diaz to counter with a crisp jab.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Zummi throws a nice looking combination but Diaz bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Diaz takes a swing at Zummi's ribcage but misses.
Zummi with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Diaz to score with a decent uppercut.
Zummi misses with a few strikes there.
The fighters circling - Zummi throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Nice defenses there by Zummi.
Diaz misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Steve Zummi is winning the standup battle so far.
Zummi waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Diaz.
Diaz dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Diaz misses with a body shot.
Zummi takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Zummi lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Diaz circles away quickly and effectively.
Diaz misses the shot to the body.
Nice straight punches there by Diaz. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Diaz.
A telegraphed right hand from Diaz misses the target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diaz throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Diaz cracks a nice hook into Zummi's ribs.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A lazy left from Diaz finds it's target.
Diaz shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Diaz ducks under a wild hook from Zummi.
Diaz moves out of range as Zummi strikes.
Diaz scores with a nice right hand.

Zummi is rocked!

Diaz clinches with his opponent.
Oh Zummi is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Diaz digs a right hand into Zummi's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Zummi's gas tank.
Diaz lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Zummi backwards.
Diaz softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A right hook to the body lands for Diaz.
Diaz lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Zummi to his knees! Diaz keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:45 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Nick Diaz!
A very excited looking Nick Diaz rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.