PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight kickboxing rules bout between Hratch Tzien (ranked 2326 p4p, 20920 weight class) and Juan Diaz (ranked 135 p4p, 296 weight class). Tzien's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, R*ck It. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Tzien
vs
Diaz

170 cm
25
145
5 - 6 - 0

165 cm
31
140
2 - 0 - 0

World class MT
Insanely flexible

World class MT
Good gas tank

Urban Fighter
Ma Balls Is Hot Clothing

Conviction
Convicted Trap House

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Hratch Tzien!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Juan Diaz!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Trevor Gratis and Gregory Folan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A swing and a miss from Diaz.
Diaz pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Tzien lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Tzien lands with an uppercut that bounces Diaz off the ropes and back into range.
We've been informed that Diaz has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Diaz scores with a leg kick.
Diaz pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Diaz throws a hook to the side of Tzien's head but Tzien sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Diaz looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Tzien takes a jab right on the kisser.

It looks like Hratch Tzien has been cut.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Diaz lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Tzien has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Tzien and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Tzien throws a low kick but Diaz avoids it.
Diaz looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Diaz motions for Tzien to come forward. Diaz throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Tzien, as that shot connected.
Diaz throws a push kick but Tzien slaps the foot to one side.
Diaz on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tzien misses with a straight right.
Tzien misses the jab.
Tzien lands a nice hook to Diaz's body. Diaz takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
A clash of legs there as Diaz blocks the low kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tzien lands an overhand right.
Tzien loads up on a big right hand but Diaz slips the punch.
Diaz avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Tzien punishes Diaz's body with a nice straight punch.
Tzien fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Diaz manages to avoid it.
Tzien pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Tzien throws a half hearted mid kick.
Tzien scores with a hook to the body. Diaz takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Tzien lands with a kick to the ribs.
Tzien uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Diaz.
Tzien throws a quick counter kick to the body but Diaz avoids it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Tzien. Diaz does a little dance to reset his feet.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Diaz!
Diaz walks into a stiff left hand from Tzien.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tzien uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Diaz.
Tzien misses the shot to the body.
Tzien checks a leg kick.
Diaz thumps Tzien with a low kick.
Diaz has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Tzien.
Tzien looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circle momentarily. Diaz darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Tzien takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Tzien tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Tzien throws a shot to the body.
Diaz motions for Tzien to come forward. Diaz throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Diaz walks into a left hand.
Diaz misses with a leg kick
and Tzien cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Tzien throws out a powerful jab.
Tzien tries to land a leg kick but Diaz saw it coming and moves away.
Tzien avoids the body shot from Diaz.
Tzien throws out a powerful jab.
Diaz misses with a left hand
and Tzien cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Diaz looks to throw the jab but Tzien is out of range.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Diaz throws a right hand that misses
and Tzien makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Diaz is looking to land body kicks.
Tzien misses with a wild combination.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hratch Tzien dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Hratch Tzien's cut.
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.

Tzien lands the left hand.
Hratch Tzien is winning the standup battle so far.
Tzien bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Diaz's head.
Diaz keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Diaz throws a push kick but Tzien slaps the foot to one side.
Hratch Tzien seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tzien throws a half hearted mid kick.
Diaz throws an overhand right that lands on Tzien's shoulder, as Tzien tries to avoid the shot.
Nice uppercut lands for Diaz. That snapped Tzien's head back.
Tzien with a jab.
A jab from Tzien finds it's way through Diaz's defenses.
Tzien throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Diaz fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Tzien is out of range.
Tzien is looking to counter punch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Diaz lands a jab to the head.
Tzien looks to land a body kick but Diaz moved away.
Diaz scores with a hook to the body. Tzien takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
This has been an exciting period of action!
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Diaz crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Tzien - the referee stops the clock and Diaz gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Tzien. Diaz manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Tzien bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Diaz's head backwards.
Tzien steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Diaz.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Diaz ducks under a wild hook from Tzien.
Diaz moves out of range of the body kick.
Tzien misses with a body kick.
Tzien takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Tzien tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Diaz now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Diaz throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Tzien on the side of the head.
Diaz throws a half hearted mid kick.
A bone on bone clash there as Tzien blocks the leg kick.
Tzien connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Diaz's hands.
Tzien throws a half hearted mid kick.
Tzien looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Diaz staying out of range there.
Diaz only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Tzien blocks the body kick.
Diaz keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Tzien.
Diaz takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Diaz lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Diaz takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Good leg kick by Tzien.
Diaz fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Tzien checks it well.
Diaz misses with a hook.
Diaz throws a lazy right hand but Tzien sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
As Diaz backs away, Tzien returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
An inside leg kick lands from Diaz.
Diaz tries a low kick but Tzien avoids it.
Tzien misses with an uppercut
and Diaz counters with a straight right hand.
Both fighters circling a little - Tzien finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Tzien lands a nice leg kick that just misses Diaz's sensitive parts.
Diaz turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Diaz thumps Tzien with a low kick.
Tzien uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Diaz.
Diaz avoids the head kick by Tzien.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Tzien blocks the body kick.
Diaz uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Tzien.
Diaz throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
It looked like Tzien was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Diaz.
Tzien lands with a good body shot.
Diaz throws a low kick, looking for Tzien's leg but Tzien calmly moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Hratch Tzien will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Hratch Tzien's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! And we move into the final round!

Tzien bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Tzien lands with a hook. Diaz tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Tzien checks a leg kick.
Diaz throws a hook but Tzien blocks it.
A jab from Diaz finds it's way through Tzien's defenses.
Diaz throws a leg kick
and Tzien makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
That kick from Diaz tenderised Tzien's leg. Tzien is trying to keep his angry face on.
Diaz swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Tzien.
Tzien lands with a hook. Diaz tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
A swing and a miss from Diaz.
Tzien turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Diaz on the wrong end of a nice hook.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Diaz misses with a left hand
and Tzien counters with an inside leg kick.
Tzien throws out a leg kick but Diaz moves out of range and Tzien only half commits.
Diaz takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
A punch lands to the side of Tzien 's head but he takes it in his stride.
A slapping body kick lands there for Diaz.
Tzien thuds a left hand into Diaz's body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Diaz tries a head kick but it misses.
Tzien half committed to a counter leg kick.
Diaz has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Diaz misses with a low kick as Tzien jumps back.
Diaz throws a looping overhand right but Tzien ducks down to avoid it.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Tzien.
Tzien misses with an uppercut. Diaz saw that one coming.
Diaz is trying to counter with his kicks.
Tzien chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Tzien throws a leg kick that is checked
and Diaz counters with a good low kick that Tzien was not able to check.
Tzien looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Diaz keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Diaz digs a good hook to Tzien's body.
Tzien is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Diaz.
Tzien on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Diaz walks forward, straight into a front kick from Tzien.
Diaz missing with a left hand there. Tzien was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Tzien keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Diaz misses with a hook.
Tzien swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Diaz lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Diaz misses the body punch
and Tzien counters with a leg kick.
Diaz gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Diaz takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Tzien lands a nice shot to the body.
Diaz pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Tzien lands a glancing blow to the side of Diaz's head.
Diaz doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Tzien ducks right into an uppercut from Diaz.
Tzien bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Tzien lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Diaz throws a looping overhand right but Tzien ducks down to avoid it.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A head kick misses from Tzien.
Tzien throws the kick towards the body but Diaz avoids it.
Juan Diaz has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Hratch Tzien is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Diaz misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Diaz takes a swing at Tzien's ribcage but misses.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Hratch Tzien.
Well Tzien has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Steve Smith scores the fight 30:27
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 30:27
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Hratch Tzien!
After winning the bout, Hratch Tzien thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.