PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Jewel Diaz (ranked 567 p4p, 1088 weight class) and Tree Fortay (ranked 64 p4p, 124 weight class). Diaz's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Andre Nickatina, Drought Season. Fortay comes into a darkened arena with his song building. The Choice Is Yours kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Diaz
vs
Fortay

174 cm
30
154
17 - 8 - 1

177 cm
33
146
20 - 8 - 1

Great wrestler
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
World class MT
Granite chin

SynCity Fightwear
Brooklyn Apothecary

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 17 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Jewel Diaz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 8 - 1, fighting out of London, Tree Fortay!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, Colin Fotheringham and Sam Margolis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A jab from Fortay finds it's way through Diaz's defenses.

Diaz dives in and scores a takedown into Fortay's guard.
Fortay is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Diaz trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Diaz postures up.
Diaz trying to control the position from guard on top but Fortay is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Fortay looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Diaz postures up in Fortay's guard and throws a big left but Fortay blocks it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Diaz avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Diaz has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Diaz postures up and lands a big shot to Fortay's brow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Diaz throwing strikes from guard but Fortay blocks nicely.
Fortay is trying to keep Diaz in close.
Diaz throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Fortay works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Diaz loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Diaz working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Diaz stopping the sweep attempt from Fortay.
Diaz trying to control but Fortay is working from the bottom.
Diaz postures up.

Fortay is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Diaz stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Fortay swivels though and keeps the full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Fortay working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Diaz.
Diaz in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

Fortay looking for a guillotine here but Diaz defends easily.
Fortay wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Diaz trying to control but Fortay is working from the bottom.
Fortay looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Diaz bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diaz moves away from the strike by Fortay.
Fortay throws a lazy body kick
and Diaz counters with a lovely straight right hand!

Diaz feints and as Fortay raises his hands in defense, Diaz changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Diaz is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Our spies down at at Jed's Gym inform us that Fortay has really been working on his submissions in the buildup to this fight. Will it pay off?

Fortay escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Diaz gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Fortay keeping moving, preventing Diaz from controlling successfully.
Diaz cracks Fortay with a solid left hand.
Diaz throws an elbow that misses. Fortay uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Diaz's guard. Nice move by Fortay!

Fortay stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Diaz swivels though and keeps the full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Diaz is on top in guard.

Diaz scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Fortay wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Fortay utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Diaz working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Diaz stands up over Fortay, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Diaz is working Fortay over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Fortay is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Diaz distracts Fortay with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Diaz in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Jewel Diaz 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 fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Fortay ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Diaz moves away.
Diaz avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Fortay avoids the body shot from Diaz.
Fortay scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Fortay takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Fortay lands a nice shot that snaps Diaz's head back.
Fortay misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Fortay tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Diaz was well out of range. Poor timing from Fortay.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fortay misses with a body shot.
Diaz ducks under a wild hook from Fortay.

Diaz fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Fortay to the ground. Diaz is now in Fortay's guard.
Diaz is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Fortay can do to turn this around?
Diaz with a nice head shot there.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Fortay utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Diaz throws an elbow that misses. Fortay uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Diaz's guard. Nice move by Fortay!

Fortay won't allow Diaz to sweep him here.
Jewel Diaz overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Diaz has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Fortay has passed into side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Fortay trying to control the action but Diaz is working from the bottom.
Diaz is looking to regain half guard here but Fortay keeps moving and retains side control.

Fortay is trying to get an arm triangle but Diaz is defending well.
Diaz is trying to control Fortay's posture but Fortay avoids it.
Diaz is positioning himself to get back to half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diaz manages to work his way to half guard, despite Fortay's best efforts.
Fortay looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Diaz is looking for a sweep. Fortay is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Diaz wants to control but Fortay is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Fortay wants to lay and pray for a moment but Diaz keeps working.

Fortay is looking for a kimura here.
Diaz is looking to improve his position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diaz regains full guard. Nicely done.
Fortay being controlled here momentarily.
Fortay is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Diaz trying to keep a closed guard but Fortay is proving a slippery customer.
Fortay stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Diaz swivels though and keeps the full guard.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Fortay trying to control but Diaz is working from the bottom.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Fortay throws a sloppy body shot

and Diaz counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Diaz.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.

Fortay breaks from the clinch.
Fortay throws out a loose jab but Diaz uses good head movement to avoid it.
Diaz showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Fortay.

Fortay gets caught napping as Diaz dives in and scores a takedown. Fortay manages to retain guard.

Fortay throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Diaz postures up in Fortay's guard and throws a big left but Fortay blocks it.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Diaz working some strikes from top position.
Fortay is trying to keep Diaz in close.
Diaz is looking to work some ground and pound but Fortay has wrist control.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Jewel Diaz will probably get the nod.
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. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Excellent takedown into side control there by Diaz.
Fortay managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Diaz.
Fortay is trying to work for a sweep but Diaz has mounted him!
Fortay holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Diaz tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Diaz is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Fortay can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Diaz dominating with strikes here.
Diaz throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Fortay taking shots to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Diaz postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Fortay looks a forlorn figure.
Diaz cracks Fortay with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Diaz fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!

Fortay is rocked!
Fortay takes a big shot to the dome and his eyes have rolled back in his head! Diaz's killer instinct has kicked in as he finishes the fight with more strikes. Impressive finish.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:27 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jewel Diaz!
A very excited looking Jewel Diaz rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.