PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between billy joyce (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nicola Diaz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

joyce
vs
Diaz

180 cm
25
140 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

180 cm
22
130 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, billy joyce!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Nicola Diaz!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Gwen Towbar and Stewart Dunkirk.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Diaz shoots in and drives through. joyce sprawls well.
Diaz throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around joyce's waist but joyce gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Diaz off to one side.
joyce sizes up Diaz with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
A looping hook to the body misses from Diaz. joyce does a little dance to reset his feet.
Diaz throws a nice looking combination but joyce bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
joyce tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Diaz slips under a jab from joyce.
Diaz shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as joyce sprawls well. joyce wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Diaz gets slowly back to his feet.
billy joyce has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Nicola Diaz.

Diaz tries to keep at a distance but joyce has taken the fight into the clinch.

joyce manages to break the clinch.
Diaz misses with a few strikes there.

Excellent takedown into side control there by joyce.
Diaz is looking for a sweep.
Diaz is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
joyce working the head and body with strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Diaz tries to contro but end up mounted... ooooh, that's bad.
Diaz looks gassed!
joyce tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Diaz wants to hold on but joyce pushes him away.
joyce sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Diaz is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
joyce takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
joyce seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Diaz for as long as he can get away with.
joyce avoids the attempt from Diaz to control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
joyce controlling his opponent.
Diaz tries to get back to half guard but can't.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

billy joyce dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Diaz circles away from the clinch attempt.
Horrible takedown by Diaz or perhaps it was just good defense by joyce which made him look bad.
Diaz misses with a jab, cross combination.

joyce pushes Diaz up against the cage in a clinch.

joyce breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Diaz connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
joyce shoots in for a takedown but Diaz shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Diaz misses with a wild combination.
Diaz cracks joyce with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.

joyce closes the distance and clinches.

joyce breaks the clinch.
joyce throws a shot from downtown. Diaz moves away and avoids it.
Diaz throws a nice looking combination but joyce bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Diaz moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
joyce scores with a nice strike.
Diaz ducks under a wild hook from joyce.

Diaz fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. joyce sprawls well initially but Diaz persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Diaz content to control rather than advance.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Diaz missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Diaz throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Diaz stops joyce from getting back to his feet.

Diaz is working for a submission of some sort.
joyce trying to control but Diaz postures up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
joyce is staying active underneath Diaz, who seems content to just control the action from this position.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Diaz works over joyce's head and body with a nice combination.
Diaz throws a series of punches but joyce moves out of range.
joyce is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Diaz's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Diaz duly obliges.
Diaz throws a combination but it was largely blocked by joyce.
Diaz throws a series of punches but joyce avoids them all with ease.
Diaz throws a combination but it was largely blocked by joyce.
Diaz misses with the combination.
joyce pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Diaz changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Diaz.
Diaz lands a two punch combo.
joyce wants to clinch up but Diaz keeps it at a distance.
A right-left combo lands from Diaz.
Diaz ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

Diaz looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Diaz is trying to control. joyce wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.

Diaz is looking for a kimura here.
Diaz wants to pass to mount but joyce is defending the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Diaz is keen to just control but joyce is a slippery customer.

Diaz is sneakily working for an arm triangle but joyce sees it coming and defends easily.
Diaz is looking to stall here but joyce recovers full guard.

Diaz gets to his feet - joyce follows without any prompting.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nicola Diaz showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

The fight stays on the outside here - joyce looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

joyce drives through and clinches with Diaz against the cage.

joyce manages to break the clinch.
Nicola Diaz is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

joyce shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Diaz manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
joyce 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 is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Diaz managing to control the position.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
joyce wants to stand and escape but instead Diaz has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Diaz stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. joyce swivels though and keeps the full guard.
joyce looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Diaz trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Diaz wants to control from the top but joyce keeps moving.
Diaz stands and throws joyce's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Diaz wants to lay and pray for a moment but joyce keeps working.
joyce is trying to buck Diaz off.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
joyce dips to his left and cracks Diaz with an uppercut!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
joyce shoots in but Diaz avoids the takedown attempt easily.
joyce wants to clinch.
Diaz misses with a takedown attempt - joyce sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
joyce shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Diaz as he avoids it easily.
joyce takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
joyce fails with an attempt to clinch.
Diaz lands a jab-cross combination.
joyce slips a jab and a cross from Diaz.
Diaz shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has joyce pinned against the cage. joyce gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Diaz throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Diaz looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? joyce is fending him off so far but Diaz persists. Nope, joyce circles away and we're back to standing.
billy joyce has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Nicola Diaz.
Diaz defending well as joyce loads up on a big left hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Diaz shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts joyce as he jumps to the side.
Diaz scores with a nice right hand.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Diaz tries to pull guard but joyce won't allow it.

joyce breaks from the clinch.
The fighters circling - joyce throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
joyce on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Diaz misses with a two punch combination.
Diaz uses good head movement to avoid the hook from joyce.
Diaz throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Diaz moves out of range as joyce strikes.
Diaz digs a good body shot into joyce's ribs.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
joyce tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Diaz paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Diaz misses with a two punch combination.

joyce scores with a takedown into Diaz's guard.
joyce works over Diaz with some ground and pound from guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
billy joyce showed his dominance in that final round.
Well joyce has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Frank Dennis scores the fight 29:28
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 29:28
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... billy joyce!