PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Romo Diaz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sven Svensen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Romo Diaz has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Diaz
vs
Svensen

200 cm
24
285 lbs
11 - 1 - 0

176 cm
26
260 lbs
19 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Powerful

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Brute

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Romo Diaz!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Sven Svensen!
The judges for this bout are , Frank Antenori and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Diaz lunges at Svensen with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Svensen's hand.
The fighters circling - Diaz throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Diaz avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Svensen tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Diaz misses with a takedown attempt - Svensen sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.

Svensen has closed the distance and engaged Diaz in a clinch.
Stalling in the clinch from Diaz.
A frustrated look appears on Diaz's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Svensen blocks a body shot from Diaz.
Svensen prevents a takedown attempt there.
Diaz is trying to break the clinch but Svensen has him pressed against the cage.

Svensen turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Svensen cracks Diaz with an elbow. That is naaassty.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Diaz is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Diaz is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Diaz manages to get to full guard.
Diaz will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Svensen keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Diaz's head.
Svensen trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Diaz keeping moving, preventing Svensen from controlling successfully.
Diaz tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Svensen wants to control from the top but Diaz keeps moving.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Svensen with a flurry of punches that miss.
Svensen loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diaz keeping moving, preventing Svensen from controlling successfully.
Svensen must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Svensen throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Diaz works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Svensen throws a strike but Diaz rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

Diaz avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Diaz with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Diaz lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Diaz wants to control from the top but Svensen keeps moving.
Svensen is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Diaz looking to pass the guard.
Diaz lands a couple of digs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diaz scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Svensen tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Diaz landing some decent shots from guard.
Diaz stands and throws Svensen's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Diaz wants to control but Svensen is keeping him busy.
Svensen tries to improve position but can't.
Diaz trying to control the action but Svensen is working from the bottom.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Diaz has control of an arm but Svensen manages to advance to Diaz's back!
Svensen is throwing shots to the body but Diaz manages to wriggle free. Svensen pounces on him again and ends up in Diaz's guard.
Diaz lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Svensen!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Svensen keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Diaz unloading with bombs!
Diaz controlling the position easily from mount.
Diaz cracks Svensen with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Svensen takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Svensen is trying desperately to improve position.
Diaz has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Diaz trying to control but Svensen is having none of it.
Diaz has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Svensen's face.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Diaz has his takedown stuffed
and Svensen counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Diaz throws a shot to the body.
Diaz looks for a takedown but Svensen sprawls well.
Diaz closes this distance looking for a takedown but Svensen circles away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Romo Diaz. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Svensen misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Svensen tries to close the distance and clinch but Diaz swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Svensen throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Svensen tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Svensen buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Svensen displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Diaz throws out the jab.

Diaz shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Diaz showed some decent athleticism there.
Svensen keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Svensen is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Diaz's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Diaz's back!
Svensen keeps control of the position as Diaz tries to break free.

Svensen looking for the choke but no joy.
Diaz tries to roll but Svensen sticks to his back.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Svensen looking for the choke from the back.
Svensen is hanging on to Diaz's back as he tries to escape.
Diaz turns into Svensen and is now in his guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Diaz trying to control the position from guard on top but Svensen is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Diaz slips nicely into half guard.
Svensen tries to roll over but Diaz keeps him under control.
Diaz thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Diaz is taking a breather. Svensen says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Diaz is trying to control the action in half guard but Svensen is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Diaz is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Diaz trying to mount his opponent but Svensen defends it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Svensen wants to improve his position but Diaz is controlling well.
Svensen is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Diaz scores with a couple of nice shots.
Diaz drops an elbow to the side of Svensen's head.
Diaz not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Diaz looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Svensen with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Diaz is just content to waste time from the top position. Svensen takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
Svensen has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Diaz has passed into side control.
Svensen stops Diaz from passing to mount.
Diaz trying to control the position but Svensen is working away.
Svensen gets back to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Svensen is pressing down on Diaz's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Diaz cracks Svensen with a solid left hand.
Svensen looking for a sweep. Not yet Svensen, not yet.
Diaz controlling from the top position.
Diaz pushing down on Svensen's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Diaz is nestled in close to Svensen, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Diaz takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Diaz lands with a punch from half guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Svensen is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Diaz scores with a couple of nice shots.
Svensen trying to control but Diaz postures up.
Svensen wants to improve his position but Diaz is controlling well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Romo Diaz dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Svensen tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Diaz.
Svensen dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Diaz. That did some damage!

Svensen looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Diaz!
Diaz is looking for a sweep.
Diaz regains half guard.
Diaz makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Diaz.
Svensen won't allow Diaz to sweep him here.
Svensen trying to control the position from guard on top but Diaz is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Diaz looking to hit a scissor sweep but Svensen is one step ahead there.
Svensen scoring with punches to the head and body.
Svensen looking to sit in guard and control but Diaz gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Svensen has momentary wrist control but Diaz slips an elbow through the middle.
Diaz trying to control the position from guard on top but Svensen is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Svensen wants to sweep but no luck.
Diaz throwing strikes from guard but Svensen blocks nicely.
Svensen looking to control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diaz scoring with punches to the head and body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Diaz slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Romo Diaz overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Diaz remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
Diaz looks up at the clock and then as Svensen takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Diaz smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Diaz working the ground and pound.
Diaz trying to control the position but Svensen is working away.
Svensen manages to work his way to half guard, despite Diaz's best efforts.
Diaz landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Diaz keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diaz trying to control from half guard but Svensen is working away.
Diaz prevents Svensen from improving his position.
Svensen is trying to maintain the position but Diaz is very close to passing his half guard.
Svensen tries to roll over but Diaz keeps him under control.
Diaz trying to mount his opponent but Svensen defends it.
Diaz is looking to stall here but Svensen recovers full guard.
Diaz landing some decent shots from guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Diaz lands a couple of digs.
Diaz postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Svensen controls Diaz momentarily but Diaz frees himself.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Svensen looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Svensen takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Diaz working some strikes from top position.
Diaz trying to control but Svensen is working from the bottom.
Diaz content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Svensen can't keep his opponent in guard - Diaz advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Svensen wants to get back to full guard.
Diaz scoring with strikes to the body and head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Svensen doesn't manage to clinch there - Diaz circles away.

Diaz scores with a takedown into Svensen's guard.
Diaz passes Svensen's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Svensen is looking for a sweep. Diaz is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Svensen won't allow Diaz to pass to mount.

Svensen looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Svensen is trying to get back to full guard.
Diaz is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Svensen is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Diaz scores with a couple of nice shots.
Diaz is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Svensen can do to turn this around?
Diaz controlling the action here.
Svensen is looking for a sweep. Diaz is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Diaz is looking to advance position but Svensen won't allow it.
Svensen wants to get back to full guard.
Diaz scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Svensen has hold of Diaz's hands but Diaz slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Diaz is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Svensen!
Diaz prevents Svensen from getting the reversal.
Svensen is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Diaz working Svensen over with strikes here.

Svensen is rocked!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diaz looking to finish here with some ground and pound. He lands one big shot that has Svensen 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 2:26 of round 4, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Romo Diaz!
Romo Diaz retains his heavyweight title!
After winning the bout, Romo Diaz thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.