PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Nate Diaz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nick Gonzalez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gonzalez has chosen Hail Mary - Tupac as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Nate Diaz could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Nick Gonzalez 's chin.

Diaz
vs
Gonzalez

185 cm
26
180 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

185 cm
28
183 lbs
7 - 8 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Knockout power

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 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Nate Diaz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Nick Gonzalez !
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Anni Minnemäki and Matti Vanhoillinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Diaz misses with a right hand
and Gonzalez counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Diaz thinking.
Diaz misses with a lunging right hand
and Gonzalez counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Diaz misses with an uppercut
letting Gonzalez counter with a right hand.
Diaz throws a combination that misses
and Gonzalez counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Diaz misses with a double jab
and Gonzalez counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Diaz pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Diaz has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Helsinki Fight Club in the buildup to the fight.
Diaz cracks Gonzalez with a good jab.
Diaz lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Gonzalez circles away quickly and effectively.
Gonzalez doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Diaz rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Gonzalez counters with a nice uppercut.
A looping hook to the body misses from Diaz. Gonzalez does a little dance to reset his feet.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gonzalez staying out of range there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Diaz throws a right hand that misses
and Gonzalez counters with a left to the body.
Gonzalez gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Diaz cracks Gonzalez with a right hand to the side of the head.
Diaz scores with a jab. Gonzalez acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Diaz feints a jab promting Gonzalez to slip. Diaz then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Gonzalez slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Diaz is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Diaz misses with a right hand
and Gonzalez counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Diaz misses with a left hand
and Gonzalez counters with a left to the body.
Diaz throws a lazy uppercut
and Gonzalez counters with a right hand to the body.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Gonzalez uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Diaz.
Gonzalez is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Diaz with a body shot.
Diaz swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Gonzalez let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Diaz misses with a body shot
and Gonzalez counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gonzalez keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Diaz.
Nate Diaz seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Diaz falls off balance throwing a combination
and Gonzalez counters with a straight right hand.

It looks like Nate Diaz has been cut.
Gonzalez has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
A big left from Diaz misses.
Diaz lands a jab.
Diaz swings widly with a right hand
and Gonzalez counters with a nice uppercut.
Diaz throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Gonzalez cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Gonzalez is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Diaz rather than just go for the knockout.
Diaz misses with a left hand
and Gonzalez counters with a three punch combo that has Diaz backing up. Diaz nods at Gonzalez to acknowledge the strikes.
Diaz is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Gonzalez .
A nice side step and Gonzalez releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
The fighters circling - Diaz throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jab, jab by Diaz - just one landing.
Diaz throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Diaz misses the jab.
Gonzalez let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Diaz misses with a hook
and Gonzalez counters with a right hand to the body.
Diaz misses with an uppercut
and Gonzalez counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Diaz misses with a straight left.
Diaz swings widly with a right hand
and Gonzalez counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Diaz thinking.
Diaz throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Diaz misses with a hook
and Gonzalez counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Diaz thinking.
Diaz swings away with a body shot that misses
and Gonzalez cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Gonzalez uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Diaz.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Diaz misses with an uppercut
and Gonzalez counters with a nice uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Diaz throws a lazy uppercut
and Gonzalez counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Diaz swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Gonzalez counters with a right hand to the body.
Diaz is breathing heavily.
Diaz pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Diaz misses with a left hand
and Gonzalez counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Diaz misses with a right hand
and Diaz takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

Nate Diaz's cut is getting worse.
Diaz misses with a shot to the body
and Gonzalez counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Diaz thinking.
Diaz swings away with a body shot that misses
and Gonzalez counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Diaz misses with an uppercut
and Gonzalez makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Diaz throws a lazy uppercut
and Gonzalez makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Diaz throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
letting Gonzalez counter with a right hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nick Gonzalez dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Nate Diaz's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Diaz misses with a lunging right hand
and Gonzalez counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Diaz misses with a lunging right hand
letting Gonzalez counter with a right hand.
Diaz misses with a left hand
and Gonzalez counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Diaz misses with a body punch
and Gonzalez cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Diaz throws a poor cross that misses
and Gonzalez cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

Diaz is rocked!

Nate Diaz's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Diaz takes a swing at Gonzalez 's ribcage but misses.
Gonzalez appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Diaz throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Gonzalez counters with a crisp right that sends Diaz to the canvas! Gonzalez follows up with punches from the mount and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:40 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Nick Gonzalez !
A very excited looking Nick Gonzalez rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.