PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Diego Diaz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jacob Martinez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Diaz comes to the ring accompanied by National Anthem. Diego Diaz has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Diaz
vs
Martinez

175 cm
22
177 lbs
2 - 4 - 0

180 cm
21
181 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Diego Diaz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Jacob Martinez!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Paul Tew and Richard Clark.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Diaz looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Martinez changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Diaz tries to avoid it but Martinez manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Diaz to the ground. Diaz escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.

Diaz moves into the clinch successfully.
Martinez is working for takedown but Diaz is calmly controlling the position for now.
Martinez is working for takedown but Diaz is calmly controlling the position for now.
Diego Diaz has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jacob Martinez.
A right hook to the body lands for Martinez.

Diaz breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Diaz swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Martinez fails with the takedown.
Jab, jab by Martinez - just one landing.
Martinez misses with a takedown attempt - Diaz sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Martinez jabs Diaz right on the nose. Diaz blinks but takes it well.
Martinez will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Nice sprawl there from Diaz as Martinez shoots in.
Martinez looks gassed!
Diaz throws a sloppy head kick and Martinez moves out of range easily.

Diaz shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Martinez is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Martinez wants to control but Diaz is keeping busy and won't allow it.

Diaz is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Martinez doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Diaz.
Diaz tries to pass to full mount but Martinez defends it.
Martinez tries to get to full guard but Diaz has control of the leg.
Martinez is pressing down on Diaz's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Martinez tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Diaz throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.

Martinez gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Martinez lands a nice shot to the body.
Martinez wants to get back to striking at distance but Diaz won't allow it.
Martinez wants to break the clinch but can't.
Martinez fails to pull guard.
Martinez tries to break the clinch but Diaz is controlling the position.
Martinez tries to score a body lock takedown but Diaz shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Diaz is trying to drag Martinez to the mat but Martinez just about manages to keep his footing. He used the ropes to his advantage there.
Martinez wants to break the clinch but can't.

Diaz breaks from the clinch.
Martinez tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Diaz paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Martinez misses with a two punch combination.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Martinez misses with a wild body shot.
Martinez with a lazy takedown attempt

and Diaz counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Martinez!
BOOM! Diaz connects with a massive shot to the dome!
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.
Martinez is working to get back to half guard.
Diaz lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Martinez hang on?
Martinez in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Diaz avoids the attempt from Martinez to control.
Martinez is desperately trying to improve his position but Diaz has a good base and remains in mount.
Diaz pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Martinez regains half guard.
Martinez trying to control from the bottom.
Martinez wants to get back to full guard.
Martinez is trying to maintain the position but Diaz is very close to passing his half guard.

Martinez looking for submissions off his back.
Martinez wants to get back to full guard.
Martinez gets back to full guard.
Martinez looking to control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Diego Diaz dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Martinez scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Martinez connects with a nice short shot to Diaz's temple.

Martinez is trying for a kimura here. Diaz looks like he's in a lot of pain... and he's tapping out! Martinez wins by kimura!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:27 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Jacob Martinez!