PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dave Watson (ranked 6021 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hussein Diaz (ranked 5797 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Watson
vs
Diaz

205 cm
18
288 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

186 cm
25
264 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter fighter
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Top Nutrition Pills

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Dave Watson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Hussein Diaz!
The judges for this bout are Anthony Taglia, David Schapiro and John Kavanagh.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Diaz tries to close the distance and clinch but Watson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Watson misses with a hook
and Diaz cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Diaz lands a jab to the head.
Watson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Diaz moves away.
Diaz connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Watson loads up on a big right hand but Diaz slips the punch.

Diaz forces Watson back against the cage and clinches.
A frustrated look appears on Diaz's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Watson goes for a takedown attempt but Diaz pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Diaz misses with an uppercut. Watson saw that one coming.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Diaz tries to close the distance and clinch up but Watson swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Watson displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Diaz throws out the jab.
Diaz tries to close the distance and clinch but Watson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Diaz tries to clinch but Watson is having none of it.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Diaz moves into the clinch successfully.
Diaz is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Diaz tries to break free but Watson pushes him back against the cage.
Diaz wants to break the clinch but can't.
Diaz is trying to force a seperation but Watson has the dominant position.
Diaz wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Diaz tries to break free but Watson pushes him back against the cage.
Watson prevents Diaz from breaking the clinch.
Watson is trying to stall.
Watson keeps control of Diaz as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Diaz tries to break the clinch but Watson is controlling the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Diaz as Watson tries to tie him up.
Diaz is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Watson has Diaz pressed against the cage, preventing Diaz from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Watson keeps control of Diaz as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Watson is trying to break the clinch but Diaz has him pressed against the cage.
Watson fails to pull guard.

Watson manages to break the clinch.
Diaz looks to throw the jab but Watson is out of range.
Nice defenses there by Diaz.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Watson shoots in and gets a takedown into Diaz's guard.
Diaz really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Watson. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Watson trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Watson with a nice head shot there.
Watson throwing strikes but missing.
Watson is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Watson trying to control but Diaz is working from the bottom.
Watson is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Watson with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Diaz can do anything to dispel that myth.
Watson is working Diaz over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Watson wants to control from the top but Diaz keeps moving.
Watson will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Watson stands up over Diaz, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Watson connects with a couple of short punches.
Watson connects with a couple of short punches.
Watson passes into half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Watson not landing any meaningful shots this time.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Watson working Diaz over with strikes.
Watson creates some space for himself and unloads with a monster right hand! That one landed with a sickening thud - Diaz is out cold and this one is all over! Watson climbs onto the cage to celebrate with his corner!! He's shouting something into the camera but he's still got his mouthpiece in so God knows what he's actually saying.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Dave Watson!