PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jan Diaz (ranked 4390 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jeff Ogus (ranked 24831 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Diaz
vs
Ogus

187 cm
18
166 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

168 cm
25
165 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Cuts easily

Good wrestler
Basic striking
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 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Jan Diaz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Jeff Ogus!
The judges for this bout are Dirk Anderson, Daniel Franklin and Bart Greer.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Ogus moves into range and clinches up with Diaz.
Ogus lands a left hand that snaps the head of Diaz backwards.
Diaz is trying to stall.
Ogus should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Diaz is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Ogus lands a body shot in the clinch.
A body shot lands from Ogus.
Ogus content to slow the pace in the clinch.
A right hand to the body from Ogus.
Diaz is looking to break free of the clinch but Ogus has double underhooks.
Ogus lands with a left to the head.
Diaz working hard to break the clinch.
Diaz wants to break free but Ogus has control.
Ogus will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Diaz up against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Diaz is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Ogus slows down the pace here.
A short uppercut from Ogus.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Diaz is trying to break free.
Diaz has had enough of the clinch but Ogus keeps him there for the moment.
Ogus works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Ogus holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Ogus lands a nice uppercut.
Diaz has had enough of the clinch but Ogus keeps him there for the moment.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Ogus.

Ogus successfully pulls guard.
Diaz trying to stand up but can't free himself from Ogus's guard.

Ogus looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Diaz passes into side control.
Diaz tries to stand but Ogus is controlling his head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ogus is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Diaz wants to stand but Ogus is controlling his arm.

Diaz stands up and beckons Ogus to his feet.

Diaz closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Diaz's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ogus works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Ogus works on Diaz's body with a couple of short punches.
Ogus slowing the pace effectively.
Ogus is pushing Diaz up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Ogus working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Ogus lands a left hand.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Ogus.
Ogus lands a shot to the body.

Ogus decides to pull guard.
Diaz wants to stand but Ogus is controlling his posture from full guard.
Ogus is looking to sweep but instead, Diaz has passed into half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
It looks like Diaz is going to stand back up.
Ogus tries to roll over but Diaz keeps him under control.

Ogus has managed to escape just enough to sneak back to his feet but Diaz is on him like a limpet, forcing Ogus back against the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ogus lands a hook that snaps the head of Diaz backwards.
Ogus lands with a right to the head.
Ogus drops down looking for an ankle pick but Diaz pulls his leg out and moves away.

Diaz pushes Ogus up against the cage in a clinch.
Ogus lands a nice shot to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jeff Ogus dominated that round.
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.

Diaz falls off balance throwing a combination
and Ogus counters with a nice uppercut.

Diaz instigates a clinch.
Ogus scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Ogus is looking to take this one to the mat.

Ogus breaks the clinch.

Diaz forces Ogus back against the cage and clinches.

Ogus breaks from the clinch.
Ogus looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.

Diaz darts in and clinches Ogus up against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ogus stalling against the cage.
Ogus has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Diaz trying to stall but Ogus improves his position.
Diaz wants to break free but Ogus has control.
Ogus digs a right hand into Diaz's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Diaz's gas tank.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ogus works on Diaz's body with a couple of short punches.

Ogus's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Good shot there by Ogus.
Ogus goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Diaz takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Diaz throws a leg kick that is checked
and Ogus makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Ogus throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Diaz.

Diaz closes the distance and clinches.
Good body shot from Ogus.
Ogus is pushing Diaz up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.

Ogus escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Diaz closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ogus is looking to take this one to the mat.
Jan Diaz has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jeff Ogus.
Diaz is trying to break the clinch but Ogus is controlling him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Ogus.
Ogus lands a shot to the body.
Ogus working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Diaz tries to circle away but Ogus has him pinned against the cage.
A short body shot lands from Ogus as the two fighters clinch.
Ogus prevents Diaz from breaking the clinch.
Diaz wants to break free but Ogus has control.
Ogus scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Ogus lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A short body shot lands from Ogus as the two fighters clinch.
A bit of stalling here from Ogus.
Ogus pushes Diaz back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.

Ogus ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Ogus no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Diaz preventing the sweep.
Diaz will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.

Ogus had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Diaz defends it easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ogus is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Ogus looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Diaz puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Ogus is looking to control Diaz's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Ogus avoid being mounted?
Diaz tries to stand but his arm is trapped.

That's four 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.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.

Ogus makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!

Ogus gets tackled into the cage by Diaz. Diaz maintains the clinch.
Ogus prevents Diaz from breaking the clinch.
Diaz wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Ogus has him pressed against the cage.
Ogus leaning his opponent against the cage.
Diaz wants to get back to striking at distance but Ogus won't allow it.
Diaz working hard to break the clinch.
Ogus prevents Diaz from breaking the clinch.
A shot in the inside from Ogus.
The referee is keeping an eye on Ogus - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Ogus works on Diaz's body with a couple of short punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jeff Ogus 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!

Ogus changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Diaz tries to avoid it but Ogus manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Diaz to the ground. Diaz escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Diaz throws a left and a right that both miss

and Ogus holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Diaz is trying to push Ogus away but Ogus has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Ogus stalling against the cage.

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

Diaz rushes Ogus and presses him up against the cage.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Nice body punch from Ogus.
Diaz is trying to break free.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Ogus has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Diaz regains guard immediately.
Ogus prevents Diaz from getting back to his feet.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Ogus scoring with some ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ogus prevents Diaz from getting back to his feet.
Ogus with a nice head shot there.
Diaz keeping moving, preventing Ogus from controlling successfully.
Ogus stops Diaz from standing up.
Ogus with a flurry of punches that miss.
Ogus connects with a couple of short punches.
Ogus works over Diaz with some ground and pound from guard.
Ogus cracks Diaz with a solid left hand.
Ogus lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Ogus postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Ogus wants to control from the top but Diaz keeps moving.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ogus throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Ogus is looking to work some ground and pound but Diaz has wrist control.
Ogus stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Diaz swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Ogus connects with a couple of short punches.
Diaz keeping moving, preventing Ogus from controlling successfully.
Ogus stops Diaz from standing up.
Diaz has momentary wrist control but Ogus slips an elbow through the middle.
Ogus wants to control from the top but Diaz keeps moving.
Ogus landing some decent shots from guard.
Diaz is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Ogus is controlling him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ogus missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Ogus is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Ogus passes into half guard.
Diaz avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Ogus.
Ogus is nestled in close to Diaz, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Ogus really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Diaz. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Ogus with the ground and pound but Diaz uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Diaz is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Ogus is controlling him.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ogus missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ogus content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Ogus postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Diaz wants to stand up but Ogus is controlling him.
Ogus slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Ogus trying to control but Diaz is working from the bottom.
Ogus throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Diaz works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Jeff Ogus has got the better of the ground game so far.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Ogus lands a couple of digs.
Ogus with a flurry of punches that miss.
Jan Diaz has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Jeff Ogus is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Ogus sitting in guard here, content to control.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jeff Ogus comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Ogus has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Dirk Anderson scores the fight 27:30
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 27:30
Judge Bart Greer scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jeff Ogus!