PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Nolan Diaz (ranked 923 p4p, 2568 weight class) and Daron Acemoglu (ranked 147 p4p, 353 weight class). Diaz comes to the cage accompanied by The Stockton Slap Song. Nolan Diaz has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Diaz
vs
Acemoglu

185 cm
26
170
5 - 1 - 0

173 cm
26
180
4 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Counter fighter
Good gas tank

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 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Nolan Diaz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Daron Acemoglu!
The judges for this bout are Bart Greer, Winston Alpacca and Dirk Anderson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Diaz throws a combination that misses

and Acemoglu counters with a takedown into side control.
Acemoglu fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Acemoglu scores with a couple of short elbows.
Diaz taking punishment in the form of punches.
Acemoglu landing strikes.
Acemoglu lands a decent elbow from side control.
Diaz tries to buck Acemoglu off but Acemoglu is having none of it.
Acemoglu working the body and head with strikes.
Acemoglu content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
Acemoglu postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Acemoglu works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Diaz prevents Acemoglu from moving into mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Acemoglu lands some shots froms side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Diaz tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Acemoglu wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Diaz wants to control but Acemoglu postures up.
Acemoglu lands some shots froms side control.
Diaz regains half guard.
Acemoglu working over Diaz with some ground and pound. Diaz looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Diaz on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Acemoglu lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Acemoglu perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Acemoglu not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Acemoglu lands strikes from half guard.
Diaz is looking for a sweep. Acemoglu is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Acemoglu lands a nice short elbow.

Diaz actively working from the bottom here.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Acemoglu connects with a nice short shot to Diaz's temple.
Acemoglu drops an elbow to the side of Diaz's head.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Acemoglu lands a nice short elbow.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Acemoglu working Diaz over with strikes.

Diaz is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Acemoglu performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Oh Diaz is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Acemoglu winds up and cracks Diaz with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Diaz has hold of Acemoglu's hands but Acemoglu slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Diaz seems to have got his legs back now.
Acemoglu winds up and cracks Diaz with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diaz is looking to improve his position.
Diaz on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Acemoglu prevents Diaz from improving his position.
Acemoglu wants to pass to mount but Diaz is defending the position.
Ground and pound from Acemoglu.
Acemoglu missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Diaz is looking to get full guard. It looks like he might be successful but at the last minute Acemoglu jumps into side control!
Diaz takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Acemoglu looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Acemoglu is chipping away with strikes.
Diaz takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Acemoglu scoring with punches from side control.
Acemoglu working the ground and pound from side control.
Acemoglu cracks Diaz with a big elbow.
Acemoglu looks up at the clock and then as Diaz takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Acemoglu smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Acemoglu grinds an elbow into Diaz's temple.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Diaz is not content to let Acemoglu control the position.
Acemoglu is putting a hurting on Diaz here, landing some big shots from side control.
Acemoglu wants to lay and pray for a moment but Diaz keeps working.
Acemoglu looks up at the clock and then as Diaz takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Acemoglu smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Daron Acemoglu 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 ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Acemoglu moves away.
Acemoglu misses with a body punch
and Acemoglu takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Acemoglu misses with a two punch combination.
Diaz is looking to counter punch.
Diaz connects with a crisp jab.
Diaz moves into range and connects with a jab.
Acemoglu takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Diaz throws a combination that misses

and Acemoglu counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Diaz makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Diaz.
Acemoglu seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Acemoglu must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Diaz trying to control the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Acemoglu is working Diaz over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Acemoglu is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Acemoglu working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Diaz will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Acemoglu is working Diaz over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.

Diaz has his foot on Acemoglu's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Acemoglu works his way back into a safe position though.
Acemoglu working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Diaz keeping full guard, as Acemoglu tries to pass.
Acemoglu wants to control from the top but Diaz keeps moving.
Acemoglu has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Diaz can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Acemoglu controls the pace.
Acemoglu works over Diaz with some ground and pound from guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Diaz looking for a guillotine here but Acemoglu defends easily.
Acemoglu scoring with punches to the head and body.
Acemoglu is in close to Diaz's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Acemoglu sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Acemoglu throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Acemoglu makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Daron Acemoglu has got the better of the ground game so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Acemoglu is in close to Diaz's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Acemoglu postures up in Diaz's guard and throws a big left but Diaz blocks it.
Acemoglu with a nice head shot there.
Acemoglu is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Acemoglu landing with the ground and pound.
Acemoglu makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Acemoglu makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Acemoglu postures up and lands a big shot to Diaz's brow.
Acemoglu postures up and lands a big shot to Diaz's brow.
Acemoglu working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Diaz's head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Acemoglu keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Diaz's head.

Acemoglu got a little sloppy there for a moment and Diaz has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Acemoglu has managed to get both his arms back between Diaz's legs - danger averted.
Diaz working a defensive guard here.
Acemoglu connects with a couple of short punches.
Acemoglu throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Diaz works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Acemoglu postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Acemoglu wants to control from the top but Diaz keeps moving.
Acemoglu lands a couple of elbows.
Acemoglu postures up and lands a big shot to Diaz's brow.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Daron Acemoglu showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Left hook, right uppercut from Diaz.
A decent looking cross lands there for Diaz.
Diaz feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Acemoglus jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Diaz is looking light on his feet compared to last time was saw him fight.

Acemoglu looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Diaz!
Diaz wants to control but Acemoglu postures up.
Acemoglu staying calm.
Acemoglu lands some shots froms side control.
Diaz tries to bench press Acemoglu off him but Acemoglu keeps the position.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Acemoglu lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Diaz down.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Acemoglu lands a decent elbow from side control.
Diaz takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Acemoglu scoring with punches from side control.
Acemoglu scores with a big shot from side control... and another... and another! Oh Diaz is done here - save him referee! More strikes land and eventually the ref does step in and Acemoglu can finally stop beating on his defenseless opponent!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:37 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Daron Acemoglu!