PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jax Reynolds (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and LaMarcus Diaz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). LaMarcus Diaz has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Reynolds
vs
Diaz

188 cm
25
170 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

184 cm
22
179 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jax Reynolds!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, LaMarcus Diaz!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, James Atkins and James Ackerman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Diaz catches Reynolds with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
A jab from Diaz finds it's way through Reynolds's defenses.
Diaz uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Reynolds.
Diaz scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Diaz throws a series of punches but Reynolds moves out of range.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Reynolds.
Diaz lands a nice hook to Reynolds's body. Reynolds takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Left hook, right uppercut from Diaz.

It looks like Jax Reynolds has been cut.
Diaz throws a right and a left that Reynolds avoids nicely.
Reynolds throws a body punch but Diaz moves out of range.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Diaz misses with a two punch combination.
Diaz has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Diaz listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Diaz misses with a jab, cross combination.
A punch combination from Diaz misses.
Reynolds tries to counter with a takedown but Diaz is quick to defend against it.
Diaz takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Reynolds fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Diaz has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Diaz scores with a jab to the body.
Diaz tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Reynolds was well out of range. Poor timing from Diaz.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Reynolds moves into the clinch successfully.
Reynolds struggles to land a body shot inside as Diaz controls his hands.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Reynolds obliges.

Reynolds escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Diaz swings for the body but Reynolds moves out of range.
Diaz closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Reynolds throws a head kick that misses.
Reynolds avoids a punch combination nicely.
A counter left hand to the body from Reynolds misses its target.

Reynolds has taken the fight to the clinch.
A hook to the body from Reynolds.
Reynolds with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Diaz misses with a hook from the clinch.
Reynolds tries a knee to the head but Diaz blocks it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reynolds lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Reynolds breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Diaz bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Diaz looks to land a right hand but Reynolds moved out of range.
A punch combination from Diaz misses.
Reynolds tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Diaz throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Decent striking displayed by Diaz there.
Diaz misses with a wild combination.
Reynolds is looking for a counter combo.
Diaz looks winded!

Diaz tries to keep at a distance but Reynolds has taken the fight into the clinch.

Reynolds breaks from the clinch.
LaMarcus Diaz is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Reynolds looks to land a combination but Diaz avoids it well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diaz dodges the punch combination from Reynolds.
Diaz dodges the punch combination from Reynolds.
Reynolds tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Reynolds wants to clinch but Diaz slips to the side
and Diaz counters with a straight right hand.
Diaz moves out of range as Reynolds strikes.
Diaz misses with a double jab.
Diaz lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Reynolds tries to clinch up but Diaz circles away and keeps his distance.
Reynolds throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Diaz's head.
Reynolds misses with a head kick.
Reynolds looks to clinch
and Reynolds takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Reynolds gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Reynolds takes a shot to the body in his stride.
A left and a right from Diaz both land. Nice combination.
Diaz swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Reynolds ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Diaz moves away.
Diaz misses with a few strikes there.
Reynolds throws a head kick but Diaz moves out of range.
Diaz is looking for the big counter here.

Reynolds gets a clinch.

Diaz pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Diaz lands a nice shot to the body.
Reynolds is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Diaz is looking for the big counter here.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Reynolds tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Diaz paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Diaz just misses with a punch to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

LaMarcus Diaz dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jax Reynolds's cut.
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.

Ouch! a nice leg kick from Reynolds, right into the meat.
Diaz misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Reynolds.
Diaz moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Diaz swinging wildly here.
A punch combination from Reynolds misses.
Diaz misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A quick step to the side and Reynolds tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Diaz has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Diaz throws a right and a left that Reynolds avoids nicely.
Reynolds scores with a jab to the head.
Diaz lands a nice looking body shot.
Reynolds throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Diaz misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Reynolds throws a head kick that Diaz semi-blocks.
Reynolds uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Diaz.
Reynolds misses with the combination.
Diaz is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Diaz on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Diaz swats away the attempt to clinch by Reynolds.

Reynolds has Diaz up against the cage in a clinch.
Reynolds with an attempt at a knee that misses.

Diaz's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Reynolds looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Reynolds is looking to clinch but Diaz is avoiding it.
Diaz throws a right and a left that both miss.
Reynolds tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Diaz manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Diaz circles away from the clinch attempt
and Diaz counters with a one-two to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reynolds doesn't manage to clinch there - Diaz circles away.
Reynolds will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Reynolds tries to clinch there but Diaz circles away.
Diaz is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Reynolds with a body shot.
Reynolds tries to clinch there but Diaz circles away.
Reynolds shoots in looking for a takedown. Diaz tries to sprawl out of it but Reynolds keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Diaz manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Diaz takes a kick to the side of the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Reynolds throws a head kick but Diaz moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diaz throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Reynolds half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Reynolds tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Reynolds throws a good cross that connects.
Reynolds lands with a slapping head kick.
Diaz swinging wildly here.
Diaz looks to land a combination but Reynolds avoids it well.
Reynolds plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Reynolds dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Diaz. That did some damage!
Diaz lands with a hook. Reynolds tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Reynolds fails in his attempt to clinch.
Reynolds misses with a lunging right hand
and Diaz counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Reynolds rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Diaz moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Reynolds is looking to wear down Diaz with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Diaz rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Reynolds moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Jax Reynolds is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Diaz avoids the head kick by Reynolds.
Diaz throws a counter combo.
Reynolds tries to clinch up.
Reynolds shoots in for a takedown but Diaz shows good takedown defense.
Reynolds throws a sloppy head kick and Diaz moves out of range easily.
Diaz lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
A combination from Diaz does no damage.
A nice combination there by Diaz.
Diaz works over Reynolds's head and body with a nice combination.
Diaz keeps the fight on the outside.

Reynolds clinches.
Diaz blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

Diaz manages to break the clinch.
Reynolds ducks right into an uppercut from Diaz.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

LaMarcus Diaz showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Jax Reynolds's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Diaz chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Reynolds can pounce on him.
Reynolds looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Reynolds shoots for a double leg takedown but Diaz sprawls well. He's pushed Reynolds's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
As Reynolds backs off Diaz throws a huge counter combo but Reynolds manages to avoid it all.
Reynolds misses the shot to the body.
Diaz lands a nice looking body shot.
Reynolds just misses with a punch to the body.
Diaz throws a series of punches but Reynolds moves out of range.
A punch combination from Diaz misses.
Diaz avoids the body shot from Reynolds.
LaMarcus Diaz seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Diaz misses with the combination.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Reynolds misses with a wild body shot.
Diaz misses with the combination.
Diaz misses with a double jab
enabling Reynolds to counter with a crisp jab.
Diaz takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Reynolds bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.

Reynolds moves into the clinch successfully.
I was talking to Reynolds's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Reynolds wants a takedown.

Diaz breaks from the clinch.
Diaz on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Reynolds tries to clinch up.

Reynolds has taken the fight to the clinch.

Reynolds breaks from the clinch.
Diaz looks to land a combination. Reynolds sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Nice body punch from Diaz.
Diaz rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Reynolds moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Diaz pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Reynolds back to the cage. Diaz follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Reynolds tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reynolds tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Diaz manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Reynolds throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Reynolds takes a swing at Diaz's ribcage but misses.
Sloppy strikes from Diaz. Those never looked like landing.
Diaz scores with a crisp jab that stopped Reynolds in his tracks.
Diaz goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Reynolds tries a head kick but it misses.
Reynolds tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Diaz manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Diaz is looking for the big counter here.
Reynolds throws a sloppy head kick and Diaz moves out of range easily.
Reynolds throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Reynolds takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Diaz throws a series of punches but Reynolds moves out of range.
Reynolds tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Diaz connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reynolds tries to clinch but Diaz is having none of it.
Diaz throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Reynolds counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Reynolds lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Diaz!
Diaz steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Reynolds. That one must have hurt.
Reynolds fails with an attempt to clinch.
Reynolds lands a head kick!
Reynolds tries to clinch up.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Diaz! But no joy.
Diaz avoids the head kick by Reynolds.
Reynolds takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Reynolds tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Diaz throws a counter combo.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Reynolds swinging wildly here.
Reynolds tries to clinch there but Diaz circles away.
Reynolds tries to clinch but Diaz moves out of range.
Reynolds tries to clinch but Diaz is having none of it.
Reynolds takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Diaz throws a series of punches but Reynolds avoids them all with ease.
Diaz throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Reynolds tries to counter with a takedown but Diaz is quick to defend against it.
Reynolds is looking to clinch but Diaz is avoiding it.
Diaz let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Jax Reynolds has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Diaz swats away the attempt to clinch by Reynolds.
LaMarcus Diaz is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Diaz closes the distance and lands a one-two.

And that's the end of the fight!
LaMarcus Diaz comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Diaz winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 William Gold scores the fight 27:30
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 27:30
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 27:30

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