PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Xavier Martinez (ranked 3657 p4p, 0 weight class) and Trenton Diaz (ranked 25435 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Martinez
vs
Diaz

177 cm
25
156 lbs
2 - 4 - 0

180 cm
25
157 lbs
0 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Xavier Martinez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 4 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Trenton Diaz!
The judges for this bout are Bart Greer, Dirk Anderson and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Diaz misses with a jab, cross combination.
Martinez fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Diaz steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Martinez.
Martinez shoots in for a takedown but Diaz shows good takedown defense.
Diaz dives in and grabs Martinez's left leg, looking for a takedown. Martinez pushes down on Diaz's head and hops out.
Horrible takedown attempt by Diaz or perhaps it was just good defense by Martinez, which made it look bad.
Diaz throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Diaz shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Martinez defends it nicely.
Xavier Martinez has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Trenton Diaz.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Diaz slaps away a takedown attempt from Martinez, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Diaz tries to clinch up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Martinez fails with a takedown attempt.
Diaz scores with a hook to the body. Martinez takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Diaz fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Martinez is breathing heavily.
Diaz tries to close the distance and clinch but Martinez swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Diaz scores with a jab to the jaw.
Martinez has a takedown stuffed.
Diaz lands a jab-cross combination.
Diaz shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Martinez but Martinez pushes him off and we're back to square one.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Martinez lands a jab to Diaz's midsection.
Diaz throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Martinez changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Diaz shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Martinez sprawls well. Martinez wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Diaz gets slowly back to his feet.
Martinez fails with the takedown.
Diaz shoots in for a takedown but Martinez shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
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!
Martinez stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Martinez wants it to stay on the feet.

Martinez closes the distance and clinches.
Diaz looking to slow down the pace here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Martinez has Diaz pressed against the cage, preventing Diaz from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Diaz tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Diaz tries to break free but Martinez pushes him back against the cage.
Diaz trying to stall but Martinez improves his position.

Martinez pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Martinez drives through and clinches with Diaz against the cage.
Martinez stops a takedown attempt from Diaz.

Martinez breaks the clinch.
Martinez shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Diaz as he jumps to the side.
Diaz dives in and grabs Martinez's left leg, looking for a takedown. Martinez pushes down on Diaz's head and hops out.
Diaz tries to bum rush Martinez with a series of wild strikes but Martinez uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Diaz looking to score a takedown here. Martinez is defending well but Diaz drives through and ends up in Martinez's guard.
Martinez wants to stand up but Diaz is controlling him.
Diaz sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Martinez wants to sweep here but Diaz controlling him for the moment.
Diaz controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Diaz passes Martinez's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Martinez is staying active underneath Diaz, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Diaz is thwarting Martinez's attempts to control the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Trenton 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 fails with an attempt to clinch.
Diaz tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Xavier Martinez is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Martinez shoots in for a takedown but Diaz shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.

Diaz shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.

Diaz is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Martinez sees it coming and defends easily.
Martinez is trying to control but can't.
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 frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Martinez wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Diaz.
Martinez is desperately trying to improve his position but Diaz has a good base and remains in mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Diaz trying to control but he's not successful this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Martinez tries to lock up and control but Diaz gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Diaz controlling from the full mount.

Diaz working for a submission but Martinez is keeping him at bay.
Diaz sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Diaz thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Diaz cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Martinez is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Martinez is squirming around, avoiding Diaz's attempts to control the action.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Martinez is trying to escape the mount.
Diaz thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Diaz lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Diaz tries to control but Martinez wriggling away.
Diaz misses with a head shot.
Poor strikes thrown by Diaz there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Martinez is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Diaz takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Diaz wants to control the pace but Martinez is squirming around nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diaz controlling from the full mount.
Diaz throws some wild stikes that Martinez manages to avoid easily.
Diaz thowing shots but they're missing.
Martinez can't escape the position.
Martinez is squirming around, avoiding Diaz's attempts to control the action.
Diaz looking to finish with strikes here!
Martinez avoids a series of strikes thrown by Diaz.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Diaz raining down hammerfists from mount.
Diaz sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Diaz trying to control but Martinez is having none of it.
Martinez blocking the ground and pound.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Martinez is looking to improve his position but Diaz isn't that keen on the idea.
Diaz landing strikes from the mount and Martinez is in trouble!
Diaz takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Trenton Diaz showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Martinez lands a lovely overhand right.
Trenton Diaz seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Martinez misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

Diaz shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Martinez is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Diaz scores with a couple of nice shots.
Diaz moves into full mount! Martinez won't be happy about that!

Diaz goes for an armbar but he's fallen flat on his backside there and now Martinez is on top in guard.

Diaz looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Martinez sitting in guard here, content to control.
Martinez stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Diaz swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Martinez won't allow Diaz to sweep him here.

Diaz had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Martinez defends it easily.
Diaz keeping moving, preventing Martinez from controlling successfully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.

Diaz is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Martinez is aware though and is defending well.
Martinez trying to control but Diaz is working from the bottom.
Martinez wants to get up but he can't break Diaz's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Diaz tries to land a sweep but no joy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Martinez got a little sloppy there for a moment and Diaz has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Martinez has managed to get both his arms back between Diaz's legs - danger averted.
Martinez has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Diaz is proving hard to escape from.
Martinez throwing strikes from guard but Diaz blocks nicely.
Martinez trying to control the position from guard on top but Diaz is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

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

Martinez has closed the distance and engaged Diaz in a clinch.

That's four 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.
Diaz can't get the takedown.
Diaz tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Martinez smiles and moves away.
Martinez has his takedown stuffed
and Martinez takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Diaz fails in his attempt to clinch.

Diaz throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Martinez tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Diaz is in Martinez's guard.
Martinez keeping moving, preventing Diaz from controlling successfully.
Diaz looking to pass the guard.
Diaz trying to control but Martinez is working from the bottom.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Martinez wants to sweep but no luck.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Trenton Diaz.
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 Bart Greer scores the fight 27:30
Judge Dirk Anderson scores the fight 27:30
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 27:30

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