PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Neal Diaz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Karom Tomson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Diaz
vs
Tomson

168 cm
27
150 lbs
8 - 7 - 0

172 cm
20
146 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
World class MT
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Neal Diaz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Karom Tomson!
The judges for this bout are Russell Pearce, Reed Andrews and Bruno Lombardi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Tomson lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Diaz changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Tomson fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Diaz lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Tomson circles away quickly and effectively.

Diaz gets tackled into the cage by Tomson. Tomson maintains the clinch.
Tomson using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Tomson lands a body punch in the clinch.
Diaz takes a knee right on the jaw!
Tomson lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Tomson landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Tomson scores with a nice hook to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tomson lands with a left to the head.
Tomson scores with a knee to the head.
Diaz takes a knee right on the jaw!
Tomson makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tomson lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Tomson crunches a lovely knee into Diaz's ribcage.
Tomson lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Tomson connects with a knee to the head.
Still in the clinch, Tomson scores with a nice short uppercut.
Diaz takes a knee right on the jaw!
Tomson connects with a nasty looking knee right to Diaz's face.
A left hand lands to the body for Tomson.
Diaz takes a knee right on the jaw!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Diaz takes an elbow to the forehead.
Tomson lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Tomson lands an elbow inside that Diaz shrugs off.
Diaz is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Tomson pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Tomson lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Tomson working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Still in the clinch, Tomson scores with a nice short uppercut.
Tomson with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Tomson connects with a knee to the head.
Tomson creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Diaz's defenses.
Tomson lands an uppercut.
Tomson makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

Diaz is rocked!
Tomson has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Diaz seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Tomson can turn it around.
Diaz is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Tomson gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Neal Diaz. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Tomson drops Diaz with a big knee straight up the middle! Diaz is covering up against the cage but manages to escape and gets back to his feet!
Oh Diaz is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Diaz fails with the takedown
and Tomson counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Diaz is breathing heavily.
Tomson throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Diaz seems to have got his legs back now.

Tomson gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Tomson landing knees to the head.
Diaz takes a shot to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tomson lands a damaging elbow.
Diaz takes a shot to the head.
Tomson works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Tomson makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Diaz takes an elbow to the forehead.
Tomson lands an elbow that stopped Diaz in his tracks for a moment.
Tomson blocking some punches.
Tomson scores with a hook to the body.
A short uppercut from Tomson.
Diaz is working for takedown but Tomson is calmly controlling the position for now.
Tomson lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Tomson connects with a nasty looking knee right to Diaz's face.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tomson connects with a nasty looking knee right to Diaz's face.

It looks like Neal Diaz has been cut.
A right hook to the body lands for Tomson.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A shot in the inside from Tomson.
Tomson working Diaz over with knees to the body.
Tomson connects with a nasty looking knee right to Diaz's face.
Tomson connects with a nasty looking knee right to Diaz's face.
Tomson stops a takedown attempt from Diaz.
A nice left hand lands by Tomson.
Tomson lands a right hand that snaps the head of Diaz backwards.
A shot in the inside from Tomson.
Tomson lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Tomson landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Nice elbow from Tomson.
Tomson throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Diazs head.
Tomson working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Tomson comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Karom Tomson dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Neal Diaz's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Tomson cracks Diaz with an open hand slap.
Neal Diaz is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Good leg kick by Tomson there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.

Tomson drops Diaz with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but Diaz looks back up at him and smiles so Tomson waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.
Diaz tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Tomson fakes the leg kick and cracks Diaz in the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tomson lands a nice leg kick that just misses Diaz's sensitive parts.
Diaz on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Tomson jabs at Diaz's body.

Tomson feints and then winds up with a huge right hand that connects perfectly and sends Diaz sprawling to the canvas! Diaz rolls over backwards and springs off the cage and manages to regain his footing - how acrobatic! Oh, he's still wobbly - can Tomson finish him?!
Diaz closes the distance but Tomson moves to the side
and Tomson counters with a crisp right that sends Diaz to the canvas! Tomson follows up with punches from the mount and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:52 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Karom Tomson!
Karom Tomson seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.