PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jae Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mat Diaz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mat Diaz has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Jae Santos's chin.

Santos
vs
Diaz

183 cm
18
193 lbs
2 - 1 - 1

185 cm
21
185 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

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 2 - 1 - 1, fighting out of New York, Jae Santos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Mat Diaz!
The judges for this bout are Alyssa Summers, Bruno Lombardi and Columbo Gatti.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Santos has taken the fight to the clinch.
Diaz fails to pull the fight into his guard.

Santos escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Santos dodges the punch combination from Diaz.

Diaz tries to keep at a distance but Santos has taken the fight into the clinch.

Santos escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Santos misses with a body kick.
Diaz misses with a combination
and Santos counters with a nice kick to the body.
Diaz scores with a shot to the body.
Diaz closes the distance and lands a one-two.

It looks like Jae Santos has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Diaz avoids the head kick by Santos.
Santos avoids a punch combination nicely.
Mat Diaz seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Santos throws a head kick but Diaz moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Diaz throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Santos misses with a kick to the body.
Santos takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Diaz lands a slapping body shot.
Diaz looks to score with a jab to the body but Santos is just out of range.
Diaz fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Diaz throws a combination. Santos tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Diaz with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Santos.
Diaz is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Santos rather than just go for the knockout.
Diaz lands a right hook to the body.
Mat Diaz is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Diaz dips to his left and cracks Santos with an uppercut!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Diaz misses with a double jab.
Diaz swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Diaz throws a series of punches but Santos moves out of range.
Diaz looks winded!

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Santos drives through and clinches with Diaz against the cage.

Santos's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Diaz throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Santos.

Santos drives through with a takedown into Diaz's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Santos preventing the sweep.
Santos has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Diaz is proving hard to escape from.

Santos stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Diaz throws a right and a left that Santos avoids nicely.

Santos shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Diaz napping and manages to drive through into side control!

Santos decides to take the fight back to the feet.
Santos wants to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Santos moves into the clinch.

Santos turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Santos manages to end up in side control.
Diaz struggling a bit here.
Diaz is looking for a sweep.
Diaz is trying to work for a sweep but Santos has mounted him!
Santos controlling from the full mount.

Santos is standing up out of mount! Strange tactic there - he must really want this one on the feet!
Diaz lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Diaz swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Diaz throws a right and a left that both miss.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Santos avoids the body shot from Diaz.
Diaz ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Santos moves away.

Santos clinches up against the cage.
Santos scores with a shot to the side of Diaz's head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Santos.

Santos manages to break the clinch.
Santos showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Diaz.
Santos avoids a punch combination nicely.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Santos pulls out of a head kick attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Jae Santos will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Jae Santos's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Santos throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Diaz misses with a double jab.
Diaz looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

Santos moves into the clinch successfully.
Santos content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Diaz tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.

Santos manages to break the clinch.
Diaz lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.

Santos clinches.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.

Santos breaks the clinch.
A swing and a miss from Santos.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Diaz throws a series of strikes that have Santos backpedaling.
Santos throws a wild hook but Diaz just manages to duck under it and - ooooh! Santos gets nailed by a brutal uppercut which crumples him back against the cage! The referee jumps in - Diaz raises his hands in celebration and walks away!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:11 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mat Diaz!