PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jonas Diaz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hammer Hands (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Diaz
vs
Hands

183 cm
20
180 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

176 cm
20
170 lbs
7 - 5 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Knockout power

KAISER Nutrition (160!/220$)
Reaper Combatwear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jonas Diaz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Hammer Hands!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Sergei Dronov and Vladimir Khabensky.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Hands scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Hands throwing shots but Diaz is blocking nicely.
Hands wants to lay and pray for a moment but Diaz keeps working.

Diaz looking for submissions off his back.
Diaz works his way to full guard. Good work.
Hands must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Hands with a flurry of punches that miss.
Diaz is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Hands throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Hands lands a couple of digs.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Diaz preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Diaz preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

Diaz working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Hands doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Hands manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Hands is looking to work some ground and pound but Diaz has wrist control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Diaz keeping moving, preventing Hands from controlling successfully.
Diaz working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Hands.
My spies in Ironfist MMA inform me that Hands has been getting involved in the gym's BJJ sparring sessions. Let's see whether that pays dividends!
Hands passes Diaz's right leg, so he's now in half guard.

Hands is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Nice strikes from Hands there.
Diaz is looking to improve his position.

Hands is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Diaz doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Hands.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Hands takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diaz gets full guard.
Hands distracts Diaz with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Hands working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Diaz's head.
Hands distracts Diaz with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Hands wants to control from the top but Diaz keeps moving.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Hands throwing strikes from guard but Diaz blocks nicely.
Hands working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Hands postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

Hands avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

Diaz looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.

Hands 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 three minutes gone in the round.
Hands looking to pass the guard.
Diaz looking to control.

Diaz has his feet on Hands's thighs here. He's pushed Hands off and worked for a very quick armbar from the bottom! He's flipped onto his stomach and he's cranking hard on the arm! Hands screams in pain and taps out! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:45 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Jonas Diaz!
In his post fight interview, Jonas Diaz started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.