PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Draco Aoki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Manny Diaz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Aoki
vs
Diaz

190 cm
18
175 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

179 cm
22
179 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Determined

Muscle & Finesse
BADGER MILK!

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Draco Aoki!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Manny Diaz!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Aoki takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Aoki misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Nice defenses there by Aoki.
Aoki pivots, looking for a leg kick but Diaz is out of range and Aoki settles back down.
Diaz tries to clinch but Aoki is having none of it.
Aoki throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Diaz.
Oooh a lovely combination from Diaz sends Aoki down but not out. Diaz dives into side control looking to finish.

Aoki is rocked!

It looks like Draco Aoki has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Aoki is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Oh Aoki is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Aoki tries to roll over but Diaz keeps him under control.
Aoki seems to have got his legs back now.
Diaz seems to have lost interest with the ground game and is thinking about standing back up.
Aoki tries to kick Diaz off in order to stand up. Diaz Avoids the leg push though and dives into side control.

Diaz decides to stand back up.
Aoki misses with an uppercut.
The fight stays on the outside here - Diaz looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Diaz swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Aoki misses with a combination
and Diaz counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Diaz with a body punch. A glancing blow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Diaz is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Aoki.
Aoki misses with a few strikes there.
Diaz fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Aoki on the side of the head.
Aoki is breathing heavily.
Aoki fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Diaz moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Diaz lands a nice hook to Aoki's body. Aoki takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Diaz looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Aoki throws a left and a right that both miss

and Diaz counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Aoki is looking to stand up but Diaz isn't so interested in that idea.
Aoki manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Diaz manages to get himself to full guard.
Diaz preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

Aoki stands up and waves to Diaz to follow him.
Aoki misses with a double jab.
Diaz shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Aoki but Aoki pushes him off and we're back to square one.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diaz tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Aoki paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Diaz looks to land a combination. Aoki sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Aoki misses with a two punch combination.
Aoki swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Diaz looks to land a left hand but Aoki moved out of range nicely.
Aoki throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Aoki throws a hook but Diaz avoids it easily.
Diaz throws a lazy right hand but Aoki sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Aoki throws a solid leg kick but Diaz takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Aoki.
Aoki throws a nice looking combination but Diaz bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Diaz throws a looping overhand right but Aoki ducks down to avoid it.
Diaz throws an overhand right that lands on Aoki's shoulder, as Aoki tries to avoid the shot.
Diaz misses with a looping left.
Diaz might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Aoki swats away the attempt to clinch by Diaz.
Aoki looks to land a combination but Diaz avoids it well.
Aoki misses with a series of wild punches.
Aoki takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Aoki misses with the combination.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Aoki misses with a looping right.
Diaz connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Aoki's hands.
Good standup being displayed there by Diaz as he connects with a hook.
Diaz tries to clinch up.
Aoki takes one to the side of the head.
Diaz is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round!Aoki had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Diaz swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

so Aoki counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Aoki pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Diaz is keeping the position for now.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Aoki accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Diaz preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Aoki wants to pass the guard but Diaz is keeping the position.
Aoki wants to control from the top but Diaz keeps moving.

Aoki is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Aoki gets to his feet. Diaz looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Diaz loads up on a big right hand but Aoki slips the punch.
Diaz showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Aoki.

Diaz gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Aoki postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Aoki trying to control the position from guard on top but Diaz is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Aoki gets to his feet - Diaz follows without any prompting.
Diaz scores with a hook.
Aoki throws a series of punches but Diaz avoids them all with ease.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Manny Diaz dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Draco Aoki's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Aoki changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Diaz tries to avoid it but Aoki manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Diaz to the ground. Diaz escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Diaz lands a glancing blow to the side of Aoki's head.
Diaz lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Diaz is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Aoki throws a right hand that Diaz ducks under and follows up with a left that Diaz also avoids with ease.
Diaz moves in looking to clinch but Aoki pushes him off.
Aoki dodges the punch combination from Diaz.
Nice takedown defense from Diaz. No joy for Aoki on that attempt.
Diaz catches Aoki with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Aoki has a takedown stuffed.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Draco Aoki. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Diaz throws a good cross that connects.
Aoki fails with a takedown attempt.
Aoki swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Diaz dodges the punch combination from Aoki.
Aoki misses with a wild combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice shot by Aoki.
Aoki fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Diaz misses with a series of wild punches.
Manny Diaz seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Aoki throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Diaz counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Aoki takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Diaz is breathing heavily.
Aoki throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Aoki takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
The fighters circling - Diaz throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Diaz tries to close the distance and clinch up but Aoki swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Diaz has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Aoki misses with the combination.
Draco Aoki is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Aoki throws a right hand that Diaz ducks under and follows up with a left that Diaz also avoids with ease.
Nice takedown defense from Aoki. No joy for Diaz on that attempt.
Aoki will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Aoki misses with a jab, cross combination.
Aoki throws a right and a left that both miss.
A cross from Diaz lands.
Aoki circles away from the clinch attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Aoki swats away the attempt to clinch by Diaz.
Diaz fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
An inside leg kick from Aoki misses.
Diaz lands a lovely overhand right.
Diaz connects with the punch.
Diaz lands a nice looking body shot.
Diaz tries to clinch
and Aoki counters with a two punch combo.
Aoki pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Diaz jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A punch combination from Aoki misses.
Aoki misses with a wild combination.
Aoki throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Diaz.
Aoki swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Aoki lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Aoki scores with a shot to the body.
Aoki lands a jab to Diaz's midsection.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Diaz tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Aoki paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Nice uppercut there from Diaz.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diaz drops Aoki with a left and a right! Oh, Aoki is hurt - Diaz dives into side control looking to finish!
Diaz trying to control the action but Aoki is working from the bottom.
Diaz is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Aoki bucks up and tries to throw Diaz off but instead Diaz has got his back!
Diaz throwing sloppy strikes.
Aoki rolls and manages to get back to half guard. Nicely done.
Diaz wants to lay and pray for a moment but Aoki keeps working.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Aoki is looking to improve his position.
Aoki missing with punches from the bottom.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Aoki fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Diaz tries to clinch
and Aoki counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Diaz is looking to clinch but Aoki is avoiding it.
Aoki looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Aoki takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Aoki throws a right hand that Diaz ducks under and follows up with a left that Diaz also avoids with ease.
Diaz showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Aoki.
Diaz shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Aoki pinned against the cage. Aoki gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Diaz throws a jab but it's blocked by Aoki.
Aoki throws a nice looking combination but Diaz bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Aoki displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Manny Diaz showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Draco Aoki's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Diaz tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Aoki paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Diaz throws a lazy right hand but Aoki sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Diaz doesn't manage to clinch there - Aoki circles away.
Aoki misses with a wild combination.
Aoki fails to land with a series of punches.
Diaz scores with a nice strike.
Diaz misses with a wild combination.
Aoki throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Diaz is looking to clinch.
Nice shot lands for Diaz.
Aoki swinging wilding here.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Diaz.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Diaz misses with a looping left.
Diaz takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Aoki misses with a double jab.
Aoki throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Aoki fails with the takedown.
Diaz takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Diaz tries to close the distance and clinch but Aoki swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Aoki is looking to chop away at Diaz's legs.
Diaz tries to close the distance and clinch up but Aoki swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Aoki misses with a double jab
and Aoki takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Diaz cracks a nice hook into Aoki's ribs.
Some wild striking there from Aoki.
Diaz is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
A punch combination from Aoki misses.
Aoki avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Diaz throws an overhand right that lands on Aoki's shoulder, as Aoki tries to avoid the shot.
Aoki shoots in for a takedown but Diaz shows good takedown defense.
Diaz looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Aoki throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
A jab from Aoki does it's job there.
Aoki throws a left and a right that both miss
and Diaz counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Aoki misses with a two punch combination.
Diaz has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Aoki finds it's way round the side to connect with Diaz's head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Aoki throws a series of punches but Diaz avoids them all with ease.
Aoki missing with a left hand there. Diaz was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Diaz throws a jab when Aoki was well out of range.
Aoki throws a right and a left that Diaz avoids nicely.
Aoki throws a right and a left that both miss.
Diaz misses with a two punch combination.
Aoki throws a right and a left that both miss.
Diaz tries to clinch there but Aoki circles away.
Aoki is looking to chop away at Diaz's legs.
Diaz takes a swing at Aoki's ribcage but misses.
Diaz takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Diaz waving his hands out infront of him, looking to distract Aoki.
Aoki throws a series of punches but Diaz moves out of range.
Aoki throws a combination that misses
and Diaz cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Aoki scores with a three punch combo!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Diaz shoots in for a double leg but Aoki sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Diaz uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Aoki has time to react.
Aoki lands a glancing blow to the side of Diaz's head.
Diaz fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Aoki manages to avoid it.
Diaz looks to land a combination but Aoki avoids it well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Aoki tries to bum rush Diaz with a series of wild strikes but Diaz uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Diaz tries to close the distance and clinch up but Aoki swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Diaz lands a body shot.
Aoki keeps the fight on the outside.
Aoki throws out a loose jab but Diaz uses good head movement to avoid it.
Diaz throws a hook but Aoki blocks it.
Aoki misses with a low kick.
Aoki misses with a two punch combination.
Diaz tries to clinch up.
Aoki looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Draco Aoki. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Diaz scores with a hook.
Aoki throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Diaz connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Aoki needs to keep his hands up - Diaz had a free shot at his head there.
Jab from Aoki.

Aoki scores with a takedown into Diaz's guard.

Aoki decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Diaz, up you get!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Diaz digs a good hook to Aoki's body.
Aoki takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Aoki with a jab.
Diaz lands a glancing blow to the side of Aoki's head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Diaz fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
A combination from Aoki does no damage.
Diaz catches Aoki with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Diaz digs a good hook to Aoki's body.
Diaz lands with a big left! Aoki is wobbled badly! Diaz comes in with a flurry of punches and drops Aoki to the floor. The ref jumps in to save him from unneccessary punishment.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:31 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Manny Diaz!