PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Diego Diaz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kirk Hall (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Diaz might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to It's Good. Hall is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by "Bring out your Dead" by Strung Out. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Diaz
vs
Hall

174 cm
21
174 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

184 cm
22
185 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Dangerous knees
Very quick

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Solid chin

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 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Diego Diaz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Kirk Hall!
The judges for this bout are Anthony Taglia, Reed Andrews and John Roberts.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hall fails with an attempt to clinch.
Hall avoids a punch combination nicely.
Diaz throws out a loose jab but Hall uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hall throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Diaz lands a front kick.
Diaz throws a hook to the side of Hall's head but Hall sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Hall throws a body punch but Diaz moves out of range.
A bone on bone clash there as Hall blocks the leg kick.

Hall gets tackled into the cage by Diaz. Diaz maintains the clinch.
Hall tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A short left from Diaz.
A shot in the inside from Diaz.
Diaz pressing his opponent against the cage.
Diaz works on Hall's body with a couple of short punches.
A frustrated look appears on Hall's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Hall misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Diaz blocking some punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Diaz stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Diaz lands a good knee to the midsection. Hall won't want to take too many of those.
Knees to the body from Diaz.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Diaz unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Diaz throws a knee to the head but misses.
Diaz lands a hook that snaps the head of Hall backwards.
Diaz pushes Hall back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Diaz looking to throw knees to the head but Hall is blocking nicely.
Hall is trying to pull guard but Diaz turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Diaz.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hall tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Diaz's elbow.
Diaz lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Hall tries to work over Diaz's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Diaz lands a shot to the body.
Diaz lands a good knee to the midsection. Hall won't want to take too many of those.
Hall looks gassed!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diaz using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Diaz lands a hook that snaps the head of Hall backwards.
Knees in the clinch landing for Diaz.
Diaz with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Diaz.
Knees to the body from Diaz.
Diaz scores a nice knee to the body.
Diaz is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Diaz digs a right hand into Hall's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Hall's gas tank.
Diaz lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Diaz working Hall over with knees to the body.
Hall being controlled against the cage.
Hall wants to stall.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diaz scores with a knee to the head.
Diaz with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Diaz lands a right hand.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Diaz lands a shot to the body.
Hall is trying to break the clinch but Diaz is controlling him.
Hall lands a right hand that snaps the head of Diaz backwards.
Hall can't find room to land a body shot as Diaz controls the action.
Diaz looking to throw knees to the head but Hall is blocking nicely.
Diaz misses with a knee strike.
Diaz stops a takedown attempt from Hall.
Hall struggles to land a body shot inside as Diaz controls his hands.
Diaz landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Hall working aggressively here.
A knee to the head by Diaz.
Diaz is pressed up against the cage. Hall has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Diaz down to the mat. Diaz avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Diego Diaz has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kirk Hall.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Diaz scores with a sloppy right hand. Hall should have avoided that one.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Diaz misses with a wild combination.
Hall moves out of range as Diaz strikes.
Diaz throws a series of strikes that have Hall backpedaling.
Hall cracks Diaz with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
A decent looking cross lands there for Diaz.
Diaz throws an overhand right that lands on Hall's shoulder, as Hall tries to avoid the shot.
Hall jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Sloppy strikes from Hall. Those never looked like landing.
Hall looks to throw the jab but Diaz is out of range.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hall swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Diaz counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

Diaz moves into range and clinches up with Hall.
Diaz lands a nice shot to the body.
Hall digs a right hand underneath Diaz's ribcage. Diaz let out a lung full of air as it connected.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Diego Diaz dominated that round.
That's time! Diaz's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Hall walks into a jab.
Diaz uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Hall.
Hall misses with a straight right.
Diaz avoids a punch combination nicely.
Diaz getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Diaz misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Diaz looks to land a right hand but Hall moved out of range.
Diaz throws a lazy right hand but Hall sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Hall takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Diaz throws a nice outside leg kick.
Hall uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Diaz.
Diaz throws out a powerful jab.
Hall on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Hall looks to score with a jab to the body but Diaz is just out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Diaz tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Hall paws at him with a jab and circles away.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Diaz throws a big shot that misses.

Diaz moves into range and clinches up with Hall.
A bit of stalling here from Diaz.
Hall tries to score a body lock takedown but Diaz shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Diaz taking a breather.
Diaz working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Hall has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Diaz after a bit of a struggle.
Hall is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Diaz to keep the fight standing.
Diego Diaz has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kirk Hall.
Hall is breathing heavily.
Diaz is struggling to control the position.
Hall has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Diaz avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Hall swings wildly with an uppercut but Diaz uses good head movement to avoid it.
Diaz is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Hall can do to turn this around?
Diaz tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Diaz taking a breather.
Knees to the body from Diaz.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diaz lands a body punch in the clinch.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Diaz tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Hall is trying to break the clinch but Diaz has him pressed against the cage.
Diaz slows down the pace here.
Diaz digs a right hand into Hall's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Hall's gas tank.
The referee calls for Diaz to work.
Diaz landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Diaz works on Hall's body with a couple of short punches.
Diaz putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Hall in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Diaz lands a hook that snaps the head of Hall backwards.
Diaz scores with a knee to the head.
Diaz stalls.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diaz blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Diaz using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Diaz unloads a knee to the mid-section. Hall lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Diaz slowing the pace effectively.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Diaz for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
Diaz with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A knee to the head by Diaz.
Diaz controlling the action here for a moment.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Diego Diaz.

Diaz gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Hall jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Diaz walks away with a smile on his face. Hall gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
A shot to the liver by Diaz. Beautiful body shot.
Hall throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hall moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Good exchange - Diaz coming out on top.
Hall moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Diego Diaz is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Diaz moves out of range of the strikes.
Diaz slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Hall throws a jab but it's blocked by Diaz.
Diaz lets loose with a powerful body kick. Hall will feel that in the morning.
Diaz lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Diaz doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Diaz slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hall takes a jab right on the kisser.
Diaz with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Diaz cracks Hall with an open hand slap.
Diaz lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Diego Diaz dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Diaz fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hall manages to avoid it.
A big left from Hall misses.
Hall thows a body shot but no joy.
Hall stuns Diaz with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Diaz misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Diaz throws a head kick but Hall moves out of range.
Hall staying out of range there.
Diaz swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Diaz connects with a leg kick. Hall looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Diaz dodges the punch combination from Hall.
Diaz misses with a hook. Hall ducked under it nicely.
Diaz tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Hall takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Diaz.
Diaz just misses with a punch to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Diaz. Hall does a little dance to reset his feet.
Hall slips a straight right by Diaz.
Hall looks to land a combination but Diaz avoids it well.
A slapping body kick lands there for Diaz.
Diaz fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hall manages to avoid it.
The fighters circling - Diaz throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Diaz lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Diaz misses the shot to the body.
Diaz tests Hall's chin there with a solid looking shot.
The crowd cheers as Diaz lands an impressive looking overhand right. Hall doesn't seem phased though.
Hall bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Diaz throws a head kick that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hall tries for a takedown but Diaz sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Diaz thows a left - swing and a miss!
Hall misses with an uppercut. Diaz saw that one coming.
Hall shoots in and drives through. Diaz sprawls well.
Kirk Hall has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Diaz jabs Hall to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Hall uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Diaz.
Hall misses with an uppercut
and Diaz counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Diego Diaz is winning the standup battle so far.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Diaz, right into the meat.
Diaz connects with a body shot.
Hall swings and misses with a hook to the body.

Diaz has managed to clinch.
Diaz lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Stalling in the clinch from Diaz.
Diaz is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diaz lands a knee to the body.
Hall fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Diego Diaz has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kirk Hall.
A short right from Diaz on the inside.
Diaz putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Hall in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Hall takes a knee right on the jaw!
Diaz lands an uppercut.
Diaz looking to throw knees to the head but Hall is blocking nicely.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Hall jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Diaz walks away with a smile on his face. Hall gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Diaz is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Diaz swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Hall.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Diaz throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Diaz moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Hall takes one to the side of the head.
Diaz works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Hall looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hall takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Diaz looks to land a right hand but Hall moved out of range.
Diaz misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hall.
Hall throws a predictable looking body shot
and Diaz counters with a left and a right that stings Hall.
Diaz showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Hall.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Diaz misses with a double jab.
Diaz lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.

And that's the end of the fight!
Diego 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 Anthony Taglia scores the fight 30:27
Judge Reed Andrews scores the fight 30:27
Judge John Roberts scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Diego Diaz!
After winning the bout, Diego Diaz thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.