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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jon Diaz (ranked 3876 p4p, 458 weight class) and Jacob White (ranked 3401 p4p, 422 weight class). Jacob White will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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170 lbs
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181 cm
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173 lbs
1 - 1 - 0 |
Decent wrestler
Solid Muay Thai
Very quick |
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed |
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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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Jon Diaz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Jacob White!
The judges for this bout are David Hoff, Sandra Marshall and Santiago Holmes.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fight stays on the outside here - Diaz looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Diaz misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from White.
Sloppy strikes from Diaz. Those never looked like landing.
White throws a big shot that misses.
Diaz misses with a series of wild punches.
Diaz misses with a combination
and Diaz takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Diaz looks to clinch
and White counters with a left to the body.
White scores with a jab to the body.
Diaz has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Diaz there as he acknowledges the shot.
A jab from Diaz finds it's way through White's defenses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Diaz fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with White, pushing him back against the cage.
White looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
White's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
White throws a jab when Diaz was well out of range.
Diaz misses with a double jab
and White counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Jon Diaz seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
White wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Some wild striking there from Diaz.
White looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Diaz throws a right hand that White ducks under and follows up with a left that White also avoids with ease.
A shot to the body from Diaz misses
and White counters with a right hand to the body.
Diaz throws a series of punches but White avoids them all with ease.
Diaz gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
White lands a nice uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Diaz escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Diaz looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Diaz tries to clinch up
and White connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
White scores with a punch to the head.
White swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Diaz needs to keep his hands up - White had a free shot at his head there.
A big right from Diaz misses.
Diaz throws a series of punches but White avoids them all with ease.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diaz throws a hook but White avoids it easily.
It seemed like White was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Diaz misses with a series of wild punches.
Diaz lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but White circles away quickly and effectively.
Diaz tries to clinch but fails miserably
and White counters with a lovely shot to the body.
No joy there for Diaz, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
White appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
White throws a one two combo.
Diaz throws a left and a right that both miss
and White counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Diaz rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and White cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Diaz misses with a few strikes there.
White looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Diaz throws a combination that misses
letting White counter with a right hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
White lands a glancing blow to the side of Diaz's head.
Diaz tries to clinch but White is having none of it.
White swats away the attempt to clinch by Diaz.
A looping hook to the body misses from Diaz. White does a little dance to reset his feet.
White now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Diaz misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from White.
White jabs Diaz to the body, keeping him at a distance.
White scores with a one two! Diaz had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
It looks like Jon Diaz has been cut.
Diaz scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Diaz shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Diaz throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and White counters with a stiff right hand.
Diaz is rocked!
White fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jacob White dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jon Diaz's cut.
That's time! Diaz's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Diaz keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from White.
White showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Diaz.
White looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Diaz throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A little jabbing left from White on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Diaz tries to clinch
and White cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Diaz fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A little jabbing left from White on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Diaz fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with White, pushing him back against the cage.
White lands with a short punch from the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Diaz struggles to land a body shot inside as White controls his hands.
White lands a nice uppercut.
Diaz tries to throw a body punch but White avoids it by throwing Diaz back against the cage.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from White.
Diaz struggles to land a body shot inside as White controls his hands.
That's one minute gone in the round.
White misses with a hook to the ribs.
Diaz breaks from the clinch.
Diaz throws a lazy uppercut
and White counters with a left to the body.
White swinging wildly here.
A little feinted left hand from Diaz on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Diaz fails in his attempt to clinch.
White throws out a counter right but Diaz avoids it with no problem.
White slips under a jab.
Diaz misses with a wild combination.
White now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Diaz walks into a left hand.
Diaz takes one to the side of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
White misses with a looping left.
Diaz throws a lazy uppercut
letting White counter with a right hand.
Diaz falls off balance throwing a combination
letting White counter with a right hand.
Oh Diaz is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
The crowd cheers as White lands an impressive looking overhand right. Diaz doesn't seem phased though.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Diaz throws a combination but it was largely blocked by White.
White swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Diaz seems to have got his legs back now.
Diaz fails with an attempt to clinch.
Diaz throws a nice looking combination but White bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from White! But no joy.
Diaz swings widly with a right hand
and White connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
White throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Diaz has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
White scores with a hook to the body. Diaz takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diaz throws a combination that misses
and White counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
White has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
White throws out a loose jab but Diaz uses good head movement to avoid it.
Diaz tries to close the distance and clinch but White swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
White lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
White scores with the left hand. Diaz knows he should have avoided that one.
White misses the shot to the body.
Diaz looks to throw the jab but White is out of range.
Diaz throws a series of punches but White avoids them all with ease.
Diaz displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as White throws out the jab.
White swinging wildly here.
Diaz throws a poor cross that misses
and White counters with a crisp one two that drops Diaz! White thinks about following him to the mat for a moment but instead steps back and waves Diaz to his feet! Diaz is in big trouble!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Diaz throws a right and a left that both miss.
White throws out a counter right but Diaz avoids it with no problem.
Jacob White seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Diaz misses with the combination.
White throws the left hand but Diaz avoids the punch easily.
Diaz throws a left and a right that both miss
and White counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Diaz throws an ugly left hook that misses
and White counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Jon Diaz is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
White is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Diaz.
Diaz wants to clinch but White slips to the side
and White counters with a huge left! Diaz is in big trouble! He's backing up but White isn't giving him chance to recover. Under a barage of punches the ref has to step in to save Diaz from any more damage. A dominating finish by White!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:44 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jacob White!
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energy
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hype
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FIGHT
RATING
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