PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Nicholas Diaz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dan Butcher (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dan Butcher will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Diaz
vs
Butcher

170 cm
26
170 lbs
8 - 5 - 0

194 cm
26
183 lbs
9 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Granite chin

Olympic wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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 8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Nicholas Diaz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Dan Butcher!
The judges for this bout are Franklyn Lucas, Reed Andrews and Anthony Taglia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Diaz connects with a jab.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Butcher does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Diaz moves out of range of the leg kick from Butcher.
A big right from Diaz misses.
Butcher takes a swing at Diaz's ribcage but misses.
Diaz takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Butcher fails to land with a series of punches.
Butcher misses with a wild combination.
A looping hook to the body misses from Diaz. Butcher does a little dance to reset his feet.
Diaz thows a left - swing and a miss!
Butcher misses with the combination.
Diaz throws a hook to the side of Butcher's head but Butcher sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Diaz throws a hook but Butcher blocks it.
Butcher tries to bum rush Diaz with a series of wild strikes but Diaz uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Butcher throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Diaz blocks a leg kick.
Butcher throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Butcher throws a body shot but no joy.
Butcher misses with the combination.
Diaz misses with a hook.
Butcher slips under a jab from Diaz.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Decent striking displayed by Diaz there.
Butcher swings for the body but Diaz moves out of range.
Diaz slips a jab and a cross from Butcher.
Diaz throws a big shot that misses.
Diaz digs a good body shot into Butcher's ribs.
Butcher gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Diaz.
Butcher throws a head kick that misses.
Diaz comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Diaz avoids the body shot from Butcher.
Butcher throws a right and a left that both miss.
Diaz is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Butcher on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Diaz moves away from the strike by Butcher.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Diaz clobbers Butcher with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Butcher looks to score with a jab to the body but Diaz is just out of range.
Diaz loads up on a big right hand but Butcher slips the punch.
Diaz connects with a looping right hand.
Diaz connects with a good right hand that stumbles Butcher. Butcher circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Diaz bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Butcher takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Butcher keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diaz cracks Butcher with a good jab.

Butcher is rocked!
Butcher wants to clinch.
Butcher is still on wobbly legs! Can Diaz finish him?
Butcher keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Diaz.
Butcher displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Diaz throws out the jab.
Butcher seems to have recovered his senses.
Diaz feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Butcher's calf.
Diaz chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Diaz misses with an uppercut.
Diaz lands an overhand right.
Diaz misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Diaz lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Butcher at a distance.
Butcher throws a looping overhand right but Diaz ducks down to avoid it.
Butcher throws an overhand right that lands on Diaz's shoulder, as Diaz tries to avoid the shot.
Butcher avoids the body shot from Diaz.
Diaz lands a right hook to the body.
Diaz blocks the body kick.
Butcher uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Diaz.
Diaz keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Diaz jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Diaz lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Diaz connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Diaz misses with a looping right.
Butcher misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Diaz.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diaz defending well as Butcher loads up on a big left hand.
Diaz misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Butcher.
Butcher walks straight into a right hand from Diaz - that's dropped him! Diaz jumps into mount and starts pounding away - can he finish?! More strikes go undefended and the referee has to dive in to save Butcher from any more punishment! Butcher complains about the stoppage but falls over as he tries to stand back up, so it was clearly a good stoppage.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:14 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Nicholas Diaz!
Nicholas Diaz was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.