PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Elton Delos Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pedro Diaz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Diaz's choice of entrance music: Serenade. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Delos Santos
vs
Diaz

183 cm
24
166 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

180 cm
20
173 lbs
3 - 6 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Elton Delos Santos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Pedro Diaz!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Shigeki Fujiwara and Ren Mimura.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Diaz shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Delos Santos is not content to let Diaz control the position.
Delos Santos has improved his flexibility recently so we will have to see if he can use that to his advantage.

Diaz is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Diaz stops Delos Santos from getting back to his feet.
Diaz lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Diaz slips a nice elbow through Delos Santos's hands, connecting with Delos Santos's forehead.

Delos Santos is defending against the submission attempts here by Diaz.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Diaz trying to control the action but Delos Santos is working from the bottom.
Diaz prevents Delos Santos from standing back up.
Diaz prevents Delos Santos from improving his position.
Delos Santos trying to control but Diaz postures up.
Diaz prevents Delos Santos from standing back up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Ground and pound from Diaz.
Delos Santos gets full guard.
Delos Santos keeping moving, preventing Diaz from controlling successfully.
Delos Santos controls Diaz momentarily but Diaz frees himself.

Diaz is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Diaz leaves Delos Santos with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.

Delos Santos pushes Diaz up against the ropes in a clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Delos Santos lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Diaz or not.

Delos Santos breaks from the clinch.

Diaz shoots in and gets a takedown into Delos Santos's guard.
Delos Santos is looking to stand back up but Diaz counters by passing into half guard. Oops... bit sloppy there by Delos Santos.

Diaz landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Delos Santos is trying to control but can't.
Delos Santos is refusing to be controlled, as Diaz sits in half guard.
Delos Santos is looking to control Diaz's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Delos Santos avoid being mounted?

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Delos Santos is not content to let Diaz control the position.
Delos Santos has hold of Diaz's hands but Diaz slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Delos Santos wants to control but Diaz is keeping busy.
Diaz stalling.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Diaz prevents Delos Santos from improving his position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pedro Diaz dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Delos Santos throws a head kick that Diaz semi-blocks.

Delos Santos darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Diaz tries to kick Delos Santos off but Delos Santos keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Delos Santos wants to stand up but Diaz manages to regain full guard.
Delos Santos wants to control from the top but Diaz keeps moving.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Delos Santos throws an elbow that misses. Diaz uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Delos Santos's guard. Nice move by Diaz!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Diaz working some strikes from top position.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Diaz wants to control from the top but Delos Santos keeps moving.
Delos Santos lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

Pedro Diaz has got the better of the ground game so far.
Delos Santos wants to stand but Diaz is controlling his posture from full guard.
Delos Santos trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Delos Santos wants to control from the top but Diaz keeps moving.
Diaz wants to stand and escape but Delos Santos is having none of it.
Diaz has momentary wrist control but Delos Santos slips an elbow through the middle.
Delos Santos chips away with some ground and pound.
Diaz is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Delos Santos postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Delos Santos tries to free his leg and advance position but Diaz is retaining full guard.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.

Delos Santos clinches up with Diaz and pushes him back against the ropes.
Diaz lands with a short shot to the head.

Delos Santos pulls Diaz into guard.
Delos Santos looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Delos Santos controls Diaz momentarily but Diaz frees himself.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Diaz forces his way into half guard.
Delos Santos on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Delos Santos tries to get out of the position.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Delos Santos is defending against the submission attempts here by Diaz.
Diaz working the head and body with strikes.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Diaz not doing much here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Elton Delos Santos dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Delos Santos throws out a powerful jab.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Diaz crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Delos Santos - the referee stops the clock and Diaz gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Delos Santos. Diaz manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Delos Santos defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Diaz.

Delos Santos clinches with his opponent.
Delos Santos trying to control the position but instead, Diaz has worked for underhooks and has pushed Delos Santos into the ropes.
Diaz wants a takedown but no success here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Delos Santos tries to pull guard but Diaz won't allow it.
Diaz jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Delos Santos walks away with a smile on his face. Diaz gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Elton Delos Santos has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Pedro Diaz.
Nice takedown defense from Delos Santos. No joy for Diaz on that attempt.
Pedro Diaz seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Delos Santos has Diaz up against the ropes in a clinch.
Diaz stops a takedown attempt from Delos Santos.
Diaz takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Delos Santos breaks the clinch.
Delos Santos leaves Diaz with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Diaz shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Delos Santos as he jumps to the side.
Delos Santos leaves Diaz with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.

Delos Santos drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Diaz tries to wriggle free to get back to his feet but he's given up his back! Oops.
Diaz is trying to stand back up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Delos Santos has Diaz flattened out and is raining down punches.
Delos Santos trying to control momentarily.
Diaz trying to get back to his feet but Delos Santos is in full control for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Delos Santos working for a choke but Diaz is defending well.
Delos Santos is looking to control Diaz but Diaz is wriggling around and keeping busy.

Delos Santos is working hard for the rear naked choke here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
A lull in the action here.
Diaz is trying to get back to his feet but he's not managed it yet.
Diaz staying busy and making it hard for Delos Santos to control.
Diaz felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Diaz is trying to stand back up.

And that's the end of the fight!
Elton Delos Santos showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Delos Santos has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 29:28
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 29:28
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Elton Delos Santos!