PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Diogo Martins (ranked 4086 p4p, 4272 weight class) and Julian Diaz (ranked 315 p4p, 322 weight class). Martins kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Monte Tiene Garabato. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Martins
vs
Diaz

175 cm
22
145
5 - 7 - 0

178 cm
23
159
3 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Good low kicks
Good gas tank

Conviction

NARCOS

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 5 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Diogo Martins!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Julian Diaz!
The judges for this bout are Lou da Vinci, Russell Pearce and Dean Styles.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A looping hook to the body misses from Martins. Diaz does a little dance to reset his feet.
Sloppy strikes from Martins. Those never looked like landing.
Martins keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Diaz.
Martins has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Gold Samurai's Gym in the buildup to the fight.
A big left from Martins misses.
Martins misses with a hook. Diaz ducked under it nicely.
Martins throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A countering left hand to the body from Diaz misses.
Diaz ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Diaz lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Diaz buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.

Martins clinches.
Diaz softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Martins lands a right hand.

Diaz breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Martins slips under a jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Diaz throws a jab but it's blocked by Martins.
Martins moves out of range of the leg kick from Diaz.
Martins cracks Diaz with an open hand slap.
Diaz looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.

It looks like Julian Diaz has been cut.
Martins tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Martins ducks under a wild hook from Diaz.
Diaz misses with an uppercut.
Martins connects with a right hand. Diaz shakes it off.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Diaz is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Martins tries to clinch but Diaz is having none of it.
Martins is looking to clinch but Diaz is avoiding it.
Diaz catches Martins with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Martins is looking to clinch.
Diaz throws a head kick that misses.
Martins gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Martins looks to land a combination but Diaz avoids it well.
Martins's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Diaz connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Martins scrambles back to his feet.
Diaz misses with a wild body shot.
Diaz circles away from the clinch attempt.
Diaz throws an overhand right that lands on Martins's shoulder, as Martins tries to avoid the shot.
Martins tries to clinch there but Diaz circles away.
Martins on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Martins tries to close the distance and clinch up but Diaz swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Nice uppercut lands for Diaz. That snapped Martins's head back.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Martins blocks a head kick by Diaz.
Martins throws a right and a left that both miss.
A jab from Martins misses.
Martins throws a lazy uppercut
and Diaz counters with a right hand to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diaz thumps Martins with a low kick.
Martins tries to clinch there but Diaz circles away.
Martins tries to clinch there but Diaz circles away.
Martins uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Diaz.
Martins throws a right hand that Diaz ducks under and follows up with a left that Diaz also avoids with ease.
Martins wants to clinch up but Diaz keeps it at a distance.
Diaz scoring well with a low kick there.
Diaz swats away the attempt to clinch by Martins.
Martins moves away from the strike by Diaz.
Diaz thows a left - swing and a miss!
Diaz throws a series of punches but Martins avoids them all with ease.
Martins checks a leg kick.
Some wild striking there from Martins.
Diaz avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Martins ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Diaz throws a good cross that connects.
Diaz misses with a hook. Martins ducked under it nicely.
Martins was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Diaz with a nice calf kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diaz keeps the fight on the outside.
Martins tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Diaz manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

Martins rushes Diaz and presses him up against the cage.
Diaz is pushing Martins 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 looking to stall.
Diaz looking to stall.
Martins tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Diaz's elbow.
Diaz is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Martins is keeping busy.
Martins lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

Diaz breaks the clinch.
Diaz does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
A big left from Diaz misses.
Martins throws a big counter combination but Diaz scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Martins loads up on a big right hand but Diaz slips the punch.

Martins closes the distance and pushes Diaz back into the cage.
Martins throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Diazs head.
Diaz scores with an uppercut up the middle.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Martins blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Martins lands with a right to the head.
Martins scores with a shoulder strike.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Martins comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Diaz stalling in the clinch but Martins improves position.
Martins lands a nice elbow.
Martins comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Martins scores with a shoulder strike.

Diaz escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A decent looking cross lands there for Martins.

That has opened up Julian Diaz's cut even more.
Diaz motions for Martins to come forward. Diaz throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Martins is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.

Martins has closed the distance and engaged Diaz in a clinch.
Diaz throws a head punch that misses.
Diaz wants to stall.
Diaz swings away with an uppercut that misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Martins looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Diaz wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Martins has him pressed against the cage.
Diaz avoids a wild elbow strike from Martins.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Martins as Diaz tries to tie him up.
Martins misses with an elbow strike.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Julian Diaz will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Julian Diaz's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Martins scores with a jab. Diaz acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Martins wants to clinch up but Diaz keeps it at a distance.
Martins showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Diaz.
Martins was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Diaz in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Diaz thows a left - swing and a miss!
Diaz lands with an uppercut that bounces Martins off the cage and back into range.
Diaz swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Martins misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Diaz.

Martins closes the distance and clinches.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Martins.
Diaz blocking some punches.
Diaz lands an uppercut.
Diaz blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Martins makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Martins fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Diaz scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Martins lands a hook to the side of the head.
Diaz misses with an elbow over the top.
A frustrated look appears on Diaz's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Diogo Martins has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Martins lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

Diaz breaks the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Diaz scores with a punch to the head.

Martins closes the distance and clinches.
Diaz misses with a hook from the clinch.
Martins lands a knee to the head.
Diaz lands with a right to the head.

Diaz pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Martins takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Martins misses with a few strikes there.
Diaz misses with a right hand
and Martins counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Martins is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Julian Diaz seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A jab from Martins does it's job there.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Martins checks a low kick from Diaz.
Martins misses with an uppercut. Diaz saw that one coming.
Diaz scores with a nice right hand.
Diaz throws a hook but Martins avoids it easily.
Diaz lands an overhand right.
A jab from Martins finds it's way through Diaz's defenses.

Martins gets a clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diaz lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Martins prevents Diaz from breaking the clinch.

Diaz breaks the clinch.
Martins falls off balance throwing a combination
and Diaz makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Martins throws out a loose jab but Diaz uses good head movement to avoid it.
Martins misses with a lunging right hand
letting Diaz counter with a right hand.
Martins listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Martins tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Diaz manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Diogo Martins is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Martins swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Diaz.

Diaz is rocked!
Diaz gets caught by a big overhand right and goes down! Martins gets on top of him and starts throwing some serious punches until the ref intervenes and stops the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:37 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Diogo Martins!