PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Richard Wells (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Norm Diaz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Diaz is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Cypress Hill - Hits From The Bong. Richard Wells could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Norm Diaz's chin.

Wells
vs
Diaz

180 cm
23
164 lbs
2 - 4 - 0

183 cm
19
169 lbs
3 - 5 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Richard Wells!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Norm Diaz!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Frank Antenori and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wells misses with a wild combination.
Wells throws a right and a left that both miss.
Diaz lands with an overhand left.
Wells fails to land with a series of punches.
Wells walks into a jab.
The crowd cheers as Diaz lands an impressive looking overhand right. Wells doesn't seem phased though.
Diaz dodges the punch combination from Wells.
Jab by Diaz.
Wells throws a right and a left that both miss.
A left lands for Diaz.
Wells will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Diaz keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Wells.
Diaz scores with a leg kick.
Diaz lands a with a good body shot.
Wells fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Diaz manages to avoid it.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Diaz slips a jab and a cross from Wells.
Diaz lands a jab to Wells's midsection.
Diaz bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Wells's head backwards.

Diaz gets a takedown into half guard.
Diaz working over Wells with some ground and pound. Wells looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wells is looking to improve his position.
Wells knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Diaz on the ground.
Wells has hold of Diaz's hands but Diaz slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Wells avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Diaz.
Diaz landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Diaz wants to free his trapped foot but Wells is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Diaz thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Wells keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Wells pushes Diaz off looking to stand but Diaz dives back in and keeps control.
Diaz not landing any meaningful shots this time.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Diaz moves out of range as Wells strikes.
Some wild striking there from Wells.
Wells is breathing heavily.
Wells fails to land with a series of punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Wells throws a right and a left that both miss.
Wells tries to move into range but Diaz moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Diaz clobbers Wells with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Diaz cracks Wells with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Diaz throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Wells's waist but Wells gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Diaz off to one side.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Diaz, as that shot connected.
Wells connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Wells stuffs the takedown.
Diaz fails to land with a series of punches.
Diaz shoots for a double leg takedown but Wells sprawls well. He's pushed Diaz's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Richard Wells has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Norm Diaz.
Wells throws a looping overhand right but Diaz ducks down to avoid it.
Wells tries to bum rush Diaz with a series of wild strikes but Diaz uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

Diaz looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Wells!
Diaz connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Diaz connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Diaz avoids the attempt from Wells to control.
Wells is in a horrible position here. Diaz smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
BOOM! Diaz connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Diaz with good strikes from the mount here!
Diaz lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Wells is wriggling around trying to escape.
Diaz unloading with bombs!
Diaz with shots to the head and body - Wells looks very uncomfortable down there.
Diaz lands a big elbow.

Diaz looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.

Diaz goes for an armbar but he's fallen flat on his backside there and now Wells is on top in guard.
Wells not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Wells has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Wells gets to his feet. Diaz looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Wells takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Wells throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Diaz.
Wells misses with a hook.
Diaz slips a straight right by Wells.
Diaz shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Wells but Wells pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Diaz looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Diaz bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Wells's head backwards.
Diaz showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Wells.
Richard Wells is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Wells misses with a body shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Wells misses with an uppercut. Diaz saw that one coming.
Diaz fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Wells throws a nice looking combination but Diaz bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Diaz keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Wells misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Diaz dips to his left and cracks Wells with an uppercut!
Diaz takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Wells takes one to the chin there.
Wells bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.

Diaz shoots in and bounces Wells off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Wells is looking to stand up but Diaz isn't so interested in that idea.
Wells working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Diaz.
Wells preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Wells tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Diaz loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Diaz loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Diaz has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Diaz in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Diaz with a flurry of punches that miss.

That's one minute gone in the round.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Wells misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Diaz throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Diaz fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Diaz slips under a jab.
Wells misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Diaz.
Diaz ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Diaz defending well as Wells loads up on a big left hand.
Diaz lands a nice leg kick that just misses Wells's sensitive parts.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Diaz!
Diaz connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Diaz lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Diaz scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
A combination from Wells does no damage.
Wells takes a jab right on the kisser.
Diaz looks for a takedown but Wells sprawls well.
Wells rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Diaz moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Diaz connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Wells's hands.
Wells takes a jab right on the kisser.
Richard Wells is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Wells misses with a hook.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wells takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Diaz misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Diaz scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Diaz closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Wells on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Diaz changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Wells tries to avoid it but Diaz manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Wells to the ground. Wells escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Diaz fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Norm Diaz seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Diaz scores with a three punch combo!
Wells misses with a few strikes there.
Diaz lands a jab-cross combination.

Diaz bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Diaz scoring with punches from side control.

Diaz has an Americana. Wells didn't react quickly enough there and he's in big trouble now! He tries to squirm out but is forced to tap! Diaz is delighted and gyrates infront of the ring girls. They seem to like the attention - it'll be interesting to see if Diaz hooks up with any of them at the after show party.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Norm Diaz!