PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Tom Winkle (ranked 5759 p4p, 363 weight class) and Tom Diaz (ranked 5630 p4p, 0 weight class). Tom Diaz told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!

Winkle
vs
Diaz

180 cm
18
152 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

172 cm
18
154 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter fighter
Granite chin

Decent wrestler
Brawler
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Tom Winkle!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Tom Diaz!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Shirou Masuda and Tatsuya Matsuyama.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Winkle shoots in but Diaz avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Winkle shoots and misses

and Diaz counters with a shoot takedown. Winkle fights it but they end up in guard.
Diaz stays in close to Winkle's body and controls the position.
Winkle keeping full guard, as Diaz tries to pass.

Winkle has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Diaz can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Diaz loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Winkle keeping moving, preventing Diaz from controlling successfully.
Winkle manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Diaz manages to get himself to full guard.

Winkle thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Winkle looking to pass the guard.
Diaz wants to stand and escape but Winkle is having none of it.
Winkle pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Diaz is keeping the position for now.
Diaz tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Winkle pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Diaz is keeping the position for now.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Winkle is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Winkle pushes down on Diaz's leg and manages to get into half guard.

Winkle is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Diaz has managed to free his arm - good work.

Winkle is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.

Winkle is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Diaz is just riding it out for now. Winkle eventually gives up the hold.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Winkle is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Diaz defends it well.
Diaz is in trouble now - Winkle has advanced to mount!

Winkle with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.

Winkle has hold of Diaz's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Diaz manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Diaz can't escape the position.
You get the feeling that Diaz really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Winkle wants to take Diaz's back but he can't do it this time.

Winkle is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Diaz to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Diaz shrugs it off.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Winkle can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Diaz is looking to escape.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tom Winkle dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Winkle gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Diaz to score an easy takedown into full guard.

Winkle is looking to cinch up a triangle. Diaz throws the leg off to one side though and gets in tight to Winkle's body to avoid the submission. Winkle has instead reached around Diaz's neck and now has a guillotine! Oh, this is biiiig trouble! Winkle arches his back and squeezes and forces the tap from his hapless opponent.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:38 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Tom Winkle!