PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Russell Paulman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nickthaniel Diaz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Paulman might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Tear the Club Up. Diaz has chosen Feiticeira as his entrance music. Nickthaniel Diaz is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Paulman
vs
Diaz

183 cm
26
180 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

186 cm
27
176 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Knockout power

Sun-Tzu
V-Mask Clothing (10%)

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 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Russell Paulman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Nickthaniel Diaz!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Frank Dennis and Robert Twigg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Good standup being displayed there by Diaz as he connects with a hook.
Paulman avoids the body shot from Diaz.
Diaz swinging wildly here.
Paulman half committed to a counter leg kick.

Paulman clinches up against the cage.
Paulman creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Diaz's defenses.
Paulman blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Paulman unloads a knee to the mid-section. Diaz lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Diaz's coach down at Westside Martial Arts was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Diaz's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Paulman landing knees to the body.
Paulman lands an elbow just above Diaz 's eye.
Paulman throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Diaz blocks it with crossed arms.
Diaz struggles to land a body shot inside as Paulman controls his hands.
Paulman definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Paulman lands an elbow inside that Diaz shrugs off.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Paulman lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Paulman scores a nice knee to the body.
Paulman utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Diaz looks winded!
A knee to the head by Paulman.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Paulman lands a knee to the body.
Paulman gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Paulman landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Paulman using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Paulman with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Paulman working Diaz over with knees to the body.
Paulman lands a damaging elbow.
Paulman lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Diaz stalling in the clinch but Paulman improves position.
Paulman landing knees to the body.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Paulman lands a nice elbow.

Diaz is rocked!
Paulman lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Diaz is still on wobbly legs! Can Paulman finish him?
Paulman jerks Diaz's head down, straight into the path of a devastating knee! Diaz drops to the floor in a crumpled heap! Paulman goes to throw a finishing haymaker but pulls out - good sportsmanship from Paulman because Diaz was completely out of it. That was a nice finish - just the right level of brutality to send everyone home happy.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knee). Russell Paulman!
A very excited looking Russell Paulman made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
In defeat, Nickthaniel Diaz stepped up to the mic, saying 'He fought like a pussy, running from me n shit. WTF???'.