PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Ragnar Diaz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Robb Stark (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Robb Stark has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Ragnar Diaz's chin.

Diaz
vs
Stark

173 cm
19
165 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

180 cm
21
155 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Inexperienced

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Tends to cut

King of Fists

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ragnar 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, Robb Stark!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Wesley Smith and Frank Dennis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Diaz jabs Stark to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Stark tries to close the distance and clinch up but Diaz swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Stark throws a lazy right hand but Diaz sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Stark misses with a looping right.
Diaz tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Stark manages to circle out of the way.
Good leg kick by Stark there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Robb Stark seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Stark wants to clinch up but Diaz keeps it at a distance.
Diaz drops down looking for a counter takedown but Stark sprawls and moves away.
Stark throws a big shot that misses.
Diaz feinted with a counter takedown.
Stark has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Diaz is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Diaz cracks Stark with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Diaz's corner calls for a 1-2. Diaz obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Diaz dodges the punch combination from Stark.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Diaz moves out of range of the strikes.
Diaz misses with a jab, cross combination.
Stark closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Diaz connects with a right hand. Stark shakes it off.

It looks like Robb Stark has been cut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Stark tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Diaz manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stark swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Diaz.
Diaz connects with a single shot there.
Diaz gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Stark throws a hook to the side of Diaz's head but Diaz sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Stark doesn't manage to clinch there - Diaz circles away.
Stark takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Stark fails in his attempt to clinch.
Diaz tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Stark manages to circle out of the way.
Stark throws a jab when Diaz was well out of range.
Diaz tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Stark manages to circle out of the way.
Stark misses with an uppercut. Diaz saw that one coming.
Diaz attempts a counter takedown but Stark avoids it well and moves away.
Stark misses with a hook.
A little feinted left hand from Diaz on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Stark on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Stark swings widly with a right hand
and Diaz counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Stark misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Diaz.
Diaz tries to counter with a takedown but Stark is quick to defend against it.
Diaz punishes Stark's body with a nice straight punch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Diaz scores with a one two! Stark had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Stark takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.

Stark is rocked!
Stark swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Diaz counters with a HUGE slam that knocks Stark out cold!!! When he eventually wakes up, that one's gunna hurt!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:19 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Slam). Ragnar Diaz!
Ragnar Diaz spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.