PBP Commentary

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

Diaz
vs
Davis

185 cm
25
170 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

180 cm
25
170 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
Very quick

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Heavy handed

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Nate Diaz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Joey Davis!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Gwen Towbar and Chris Downing.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Davis listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Diaz takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Diaz shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Davis pinned against the cage. Davis gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Davis has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Davis scores with the left hand. Diaz knows he should have avoided that one.
Davis looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Davis scores with a one two! Diaz had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Davis swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Davis throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Davis fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
It looked like Diaz wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Davis misses with a double jab

and Diaz counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Davis!
Davis tries to wriggle free to get back to his feet but he's given up his back! Oops.
Davis really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Diaz. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Diaz has his arm under Davis's chin here. Game over son! Diaz squeezes tightly and Davis is forced to tap out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:19 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Nate Diaz!
A victorious Nate Diaz thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.