PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Kribbson Diaz (ranked 3625 p4p, 1391 weight class) and Herlock Von Ryan (ranked 481 p4p, 211 weight class). Von Ryan has chosen The Crystal Method - Play For Real (Dirtyphonics Remix) as his entrance music. Herlock Von Ryan is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Diaz
vs
Von Ryan

202 cm
27
195
8 - 1 - 0

185 cm
35
185
16 - 15 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Good chin

Powerful takedowns
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kribbson Diaz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Herlock Von Ryan!
The judges for this bout are Ryoma Takatsuka, Colin Fray and Roger Salmon.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sloppy strikes from Von Ryan. Those never looked like landing.
Diaz throws a right and a left that Von Ryan avoids nicely.
Von Ryan looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Von Ryan lands with an overhand left.

It looks like Kribbson Diaz has been cut.

Von Ryan rushes Diaz and presses him up against the cage.

Diaz breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Diaz has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Kalashnikov ELITE MMA Gym in the buildup to the fight.
Von Ryan works Diaz's body with a nice hook.
Von Ryan moves out of range as Diaz strikes.
Diaz really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Diaz misses with the combination.
As Diaz backs off Von Ryan throws a huge counter combo but Diaz manages to avoid it all.
Nice defenses there by Diaz.
Diaz throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Von Ryan cracks a nice hook into Diaz's ribs.
Sloppy strikes from Von Ryan. Those never looked like landing.
Diaz throwing a counter right hand but Von Ryan manages to avoid it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Diaz slips a jab and a cross from Von Ryan.
Diaz was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Diaz scores with a jab to the body.
Von Ryan moves out of range of the strikes.
Von Ryan lands with a nice body punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Diaz darts in and clinches Von Ryan up against the cage.
Von Ryan taking a breather.

Diaz breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Diaz fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Von Ryan, pushing him back against the cage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Diaz.
Diaz throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Von Ryan blocks it with crossed arms.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Von Ryan.
Von Ryan lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Diaz throws a knee to the head but misses.
Von Ryan lands a body punch.
Diaz tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Diaz gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Von Ryan.

Diaz breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Von Ryan looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Diaz moves forwards but Von Ryan connects with a nice, crisp jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Diaz stuns Von Ryan with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Diaz uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Von Ryan.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diaz connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Von Ryan lands a body shot.
Diaz tries to clinch up but Von Ryan circles away and keeps his distance.
Diaz takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Diaz slips a jab and a cross from Von Ryan.
Von Ryan swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Diaz avoids a punch combination nicely.
Diaz takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Von Ryan keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A countering left hand to the body from Von Ryan misses.

Diaz has managed to clinch.
Diaz is trying to push Von Ryan away but Von Ryan has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.

Von Ryan breaks from the clinch.
Von Ryan lands a nice looking body shot.

Diaz darts in and clinches Von Ryan up against the cage.

Von Ryan's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diaz misses with a body shot.
Diaz throws a right and a left that both miss.
Von Ryan fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Diaz manages to avoid it.

Diaz takes the fight into the clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Von Ryan.
Diaz tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Diaz gets underhooks to prevent Von Ryan's takedown attempt.
Von Ryan lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Diaz is trying to stall.
Diaz is pushing Von Ryan up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.

Diaz breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Von Ryan shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.

Von Ryan is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Von Ryan is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Von Ryan trying to mount his opponent but Diaz defends it.
Von Ryan looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Von Ryan not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Diaz is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Herlock Von Ryan dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Kribbson Diaz's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

The fighters circling - Von Ryan throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Von Ryan goes for a double leg but Diaz avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Diaz continues to drive forward.
Diaz connects with a body shot.
Herlock Von Ryan is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Diaz wants to clinch.
Diaz tests Von Ryan's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Von Ryan is looking to clinch.
Von Ryan just misses with a punch to the body.
Herlock Von Ryan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Von Ryan on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Von Ryan throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Diaz cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Von Ryan's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Von Ryan duly obliges.
Von Ryan tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Diaz paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Von Ryan's jab looks to have found its range, popping Diaz under the eye.

Diaz is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Von Ryan lands a nice hook to Diaz's body. Diaz takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Oh Diaz is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

Von Ryan forces Diaz back against the cage and clinches.
Von Ryan has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Diaz seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Von Ryan can turn it around.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Diaz working aggressively here.
Von Ryan scores with a nice hook to the head.
Von Ryan throws a big uppercut that drops Diaz! More strikes from Von Ryan and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Diaz lies dazed against the cage as Von Ryan celebrates with his cornermen!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:11 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Herlock Von Ryan!
After winning the bout, Herlock Von Ryan thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.