PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Nickthaniel Diaz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Silvio Provenza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Diaz's entrance music is Feiticeira. A fine choice. Provenza has chosen Madreblu - Certamente as his entrance music. Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Diaz
vs
Provenza

186 cm
32
176 lbs
9 - 7 - 0

182 cm
29
180 lbs
14 - 6 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Granite chin

MayheM sportswear
Lion Fightwear

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 9 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Nickthaniel Diaz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Silvio Provenza!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Marco Blurström and Anni Minnemäki.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fighters circling - Provenza throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Provenza jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Provenza fails to land the takedown.
Provenza is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Diaz.

Diaz gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Provenza to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Diaz can't keep his opponent in guard - Provenza advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.

Diaz looking for submissions off his back.
Diaz definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Provenza lands a nice short elbow.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Provenza is trying for a kimura here. Diaz looks like he's in a lot of pain... and he's tapping out! Provenza wins by kimura!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Silvio Provenza!
A very excited looking Silvio Provenza 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.
Nickthaniel Diaz was interviewed post fight and said 'He fought like a pussy, running from me n shit. WTF???'.