PBP Commentary

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

Casey
vs
Diaz

155 cm
25
193 lbs
2 - 5 - 0

188 cm
25
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

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 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Gil Casey!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Pereira Diaz!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Yuuki Gou and Yukihiro Shimada.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Diaz gets a double leg takedown into Casey's guard.
Diaz controlling from the top position.
Let's hope that Diaz has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Casey looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Diaz looking to control the position here, rather than advance.

Diaz gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
The fight stays on the outside here - Casey looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Casey moves in looking to clinch but Diaz pushes him off.

Diaz fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Casey, pushing him back against the cage.

That's two 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.
Casey tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Diaz just stands there and leans against the cage.
Casey has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Diaz avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.

Diaz has Casey pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Diaz pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Casey tumbling to the mat - Diaz dives into Casey's guard.
Diaz controls from within his opponent's guard.
Diaz passes easily into side control. Nice work.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Diaz stands up and beckons Casey to his feet.

Casey gets caught napping as Diaz dives in and scores a takedown. Casey manages to retain guard.
Casey avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

Diaz stands up from Casey's guard - Diaz perhaps looking for a knockout.

Diaz has taken the fight to the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Still in the clinch, Casey scores with a nice short uppercut.
Casey really is a fat lump.
Casey is trying to break the clinch but Diaz has him pressed against the cage.

Diaz lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Diaz is controlling the pace.
Diaz frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Casey is wriggling around trying to escape.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pereira Diaz dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Diaz closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Casey blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Diaz gets underhooks to prevent Casey's takedown attempt.

Diaz escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Diaz decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Diaz is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Casey tries to get to full guard but Diaz has control of the leg.
Diaz has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Diaz sitting and controlling from the half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Casey wants to get back to full guard.

Diaz stands, ready to strike. The ref makes him back up and allows Casey to get to his feet.
Pereira Diaz seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Diaz closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Casey quickly recovers to half guard.
Casey has hold of Diaz's hands but Diaz slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Diaz trying to control the pace.
Casey is staying active underneath Diaz, who seems content to just control the action from this position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diaz takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Casey might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Diaz prevents Casey from improving his position.
Diaz working over Casey with some ground and pound. Casey looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Casey missing with punches from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diaz controlling the action here.

Diaz stands, ready to strike. The ref makes him back up and allows Casey to get to his feet.

Casey gets caught napping as Diaz dives in and scores a takedown. Casey manages to retain guard.
Casey is controlling Diaz's posture.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Diaz's corner. There ya go! There ya go!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Casey being controlled here, momentarily.

Casey looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Diaz passes into side control.

Diaz thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Diaz controls the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pereira Diaz showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Diaz lands a jab to Casey's midsection.

Diaz feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Pereira Diaz has got the better of the ground game so far.
Diaz landing with the ground and pound.
Diaz controlling from the top position.
Casey keeping moving, preventing Diaz from controlling successfully.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Diaz decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Diaz's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Diaz duly obliges.

It looks like Gil Casey has been cut.

Diaz shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Diaz looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Casey avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diaz's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Casey striking off his back but it's not causing Diaz any problems.
Diaz works over Casey with some ground and pound from guard.
Diaz sitting in guard here, content to control.
Diaz pushes down on Casey's leg and manages to get into half guard.

Casey is defending against the submission attempts here by Diaz.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diaz is controlling the pace.
Diaz is continuing to stall.

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

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.

Diaz drives through with a takedown into Casey's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Diaz slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.

Casey throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! Diaz escapes and throws Casey's legs to the side, diving into side control!

And that's the end of the fight!
Pereira Diaz comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Diaz has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 25:30
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight 25:30
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 24:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Pereira Diaz!