PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jay Keel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dylan Diaz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Keel comes to the cage accompanied by All i do is win!. Diaz has chosen Attitude Adjustment as his entrance music. Dylan Diaz has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Keel
vs
Diaz

176 cm
24
160 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

182 cm
19
164 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Experienced

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

THE STEEL PENN NUTRITION

THE STEEL PENN NUTRITION
Killer Bee Supplements [CBK]

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Jay Keel!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Dylan Diaz!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Diaz lands with a shot to the body.
Decent striking displayed by Diaz there.
Diaz lands with a nice combination. Keel backs away looking to recover.
Diaz fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Keel avoids it really well and circles away.
Keel throws a leg kick but Diaz sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Diaz looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Keel is fending him off so far but Diaz persists. Nope, Keel circles away and we're back to standing.
Dylan Diaz seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A solid body kick from Keel.
Diaz fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Keel looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Diaz checks a leg kick.
Keel walks into a left hand.
Keel ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Diaz looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Jay Keel has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dylan Diaz.
Diaz takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Keel with a jab.
Keel jabs Diaz right on the nose. Diaz blinks but takes it well.
Good shot there by Keel.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Keel misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Diaz connects with a single shot there.
Keel throws a low kick but it's checked well by Diaz.
Keel fails with an attempt to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Diaz shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Diaz showed some decent athleticism there.

Diaz wants to work for an arm triangle but Keel is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Keel wants to control but Diaz is keeping busy.
Diaz wants to control but Keel is keeping him busy.
Diaz looks to land a strike but Keel avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Keel seems keen to control Diaz's posture.
Diaz working some strikes from top position.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Keel holds on and takes a little breather.
Keel on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Keel tries to get out of the position.
Diaz wants to control from the top but Keel keeps moving.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diaz looking to sit in guard and control but Keel gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Keel wants to stand but Diaz has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Keel postures up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Keel tries to stand but Diaz is controlling from the bottom.
Diaz looking to hit a scissor sweep but Keel is one step ahead there.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.

Diaz closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Diaz looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Keel is avoiding damage well.
Diaz working away.
Diaz cracks Keel with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Diaz wants to lay and pray for a moment but Keel keeps working.
Sloppy strikes there by Diaz.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Diaz goes for an armbar here - this could be all over! But no, Keel has escaped beautifully and is now on top in side control! Oh, that's unlucky for Diaz but great work by Keel.
Diaz is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Diaz can't do much from the bottom here.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Keel moves out of range of the strikes.
Jay Keel is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Diaz fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Keel on the side of the head.
Diaz moves out of range as Keel throws a body kick.
Keel's corner calls for a 1-2. Keel obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Dylan Diaz will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Keel is looking to clinch.
Good work by Diaz as he checks the leg kick.
Keel misses with a low kick.

Keel drives through and clinches with Diaz against the cage.
Keel looking to throw knees to the head but Diaz is blocking nicely.
Diaz can't get the takedown.
Keel trying to land knees to the body.
Diaz tries to pull guard but Keel holds him up against the cage and eventually Diaz drops back down to his feet.
Diaz jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Keel walks away with a smile on his face. Diaz gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Jay Keel has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dylan Diaz.
Keel takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Diaz throws a left and a right that both miss
and Keel counters with a head kick.
Diaz connects with a body shot.
Diaz moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Diaz will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Diaz avoids a punch combination nicely.
Diaz lands a jab to the nose.
Diaz lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Diaz with a lazy takedown attempt
and Keel counters with a good low kick that Diaz was not able to check.
Keel throws a sloppy head kick and Diaz moves out of range easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Keel throws a wild body kick that Diaz sees coming a mile off.
Diaz scores with a punch to the head.
Diaz misses with a double jab
and Keel counters with a slapping leg kick.
Keel connects with a right hand. Diaz shakes it off.
Diaz circles away from the clinch attempt.
Diaz listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Diaz misses with a wild body shot.
Keel connects with a looping right hand.
Keel takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Keel drops his hands momentarily and Diaz takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Diaz lands the left hand.
Keel takes a swing at Diaz's ribcage but misses.

Keel moves into range and clinches up with Diaz.
Keel prevents a takedown attempt there.
Diaz blocks an uppercut.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Diaz as Keel tries to tie him up.
Diaz blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Diaz has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Keel avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Good body shot from Keel.
Keel connects with a knee to the head.
Diaz tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Keel smiles and moves away.
Diaz shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Diaz is breathing heavily.

Keel fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Diaz, pushing him back against the cage.
Keel makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Diaz has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Keel avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Keel comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Diaz fails to pull guard.
A nice left hand lands by Keel.
Keel lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Keel.
Diaz takes an elbow to the temple.
Keel is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Keel works on Diaz's body with a couple of short punches.
Diaz changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Keel fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Diaz ducks under a wild hook from Keel.
Diaz keeps the fight on the outside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diaz walks into a straight right hand from Keel.
Diaz misses with a wild combination.
A looping hook to the body misses from Keel. Diaz does a little dance to reset his feet.
Diaz pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Keel takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.

Keel clinches up with Diaz and pushes him back against the cage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Keel.
Diaz drops down looking for an ankle pick but Keel pulls his leg out and moves away.
Keel cracks the inside of Diaz's front leg.
Keel connects with a jab.
Jay Keel is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Keel fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Diaz on the side of the head.
Keel fails to land with a series of punches.
Keel connects with a crisp jab.
Keel throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Diaz throws a nice looking combination but Keel bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Diaz will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Keel leaves Diaz with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Diaz tries for a takedown but Keel sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Keel fails in his attempt to clinch.
Some wild striking there from Diaz.
Keel misses with the combination.
Nice sprawl there from Keel as Diaz shoots in.
Keel misses with a combination

and Diaz counters with a single leg into guard. Keel didn't expect that.
Keel looking to control.
Diaz pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Keel is keeping the position for now.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Keel keeping moving, preventing Diaz from controlling successfully.
Keel working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Diaz.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jay Keel dominated that second round.
That's time! Keel's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Keel moves out of range of the strikes.
Keel misses with a wild combination.
Diaz lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Keel circles away quickly and effectively.
Keel throws a big shot that misses.
Keel is looking to clinch but Diaz is avoiding it.
Diaz works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Diaz connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Diaz darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Diaz misses with a wild combination.
Keel throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Diaz counters with a series of strikes. Keel will be more careful next time no doubt.
A punch combination from Diaz misses.
Diaz throws a one two combo.
Keel stuffs the takedown.
Keel tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Diaz paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Diaz misses the shot to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Keel. Diaz does a little dance to reset his feet.
Diaz walks into a jab.
Keel tries to clinch there but Diaz circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Keel slips a jab and a cross from Diaz.
Diaz swats away the attempt to clinch by Keel.
Diaz with a poor takedown
letting Keel counter with a right hand.
Diaz misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Keel.
Diaz moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
A combination from Keel does no damage.
Diaz scores with a crisp jab that stopped Keel in his tracks.
Keel misses with a shot to the body
enabling Diaz to counter with a crisp jab.
Keel keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A jab from Keel misses.
Diaz scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Keel fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Diaz checks it well.
Diaz throws a series of punches but Keel avoids them all with ease.

Keel moves into the clinch.
Diaz tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Keel smiles and moves away.
Jay Keel has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dylan Diaz.
Diaz avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Jay Keel is winning the standup battle so far.

Keel has managed to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diaz tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Keel smiles and moves away.
Diaz moves out of range of the leg kick from Keel.
A combination from Diaz does no damage.
Diaz scores with a jab to the jaw.
Diaz is trying hard to land a takedown here. Keel sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Keel swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Diaz counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Diaz misses with a series of wild punches.

Keel closes the distance and clinches.
Diaz is working for takedown but Keel is calmly controlling the position for now.
Keel swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Diaz tries to pull guard but Keel holds him up against the cage and eventually Diaz drops back down to his feet.
Keel lands with a light punch inside.
Keel tries to land knees in the clinch but Diaz avoids the damage to the body.
Diaz jumps guard but Keel stands there with Diaz around his waist. Diaz gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Keel prevents the takedown attempt.
Diaz takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Diaz jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Keel walks away with a smile on his face. Diaz gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diaz throws a nice looking combination but Keel bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Keel throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Keel gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Diaz connects with a single shot there.
A swing and a miss from Keel.
Keel misses with a double jab
and Diaz counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Keel throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Keel looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Diaz misses with a looping right.

Diaz feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Keel can't keep his opponent in guard - Diaz advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Diaz tries to pass to full mount but Keel defends it.
Keel trying to control from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Keel is refusing to be controlled, as Diaz sits in half guard.
Diaz has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Diaz trying to mount his opponent but Keel defends it.

Diaz is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.

Keel manages to escape and get back to his feet!
Keel throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Diaz sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Keel swinging wildly here.
Keel takes one on the chin but keeps coming.

And that's the end of the fight!
Dylan Diaz comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Diaz has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 28:29
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 28:29
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Dylan Diaz!