PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Cu Dan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nelson Diaz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Dan
vs
Diaz

175 cm
22
170 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

184 cm
22
180 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Inexperienced

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Solid chin

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Cu Dan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Nelson Diaz!
The judges for this bout are , and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Diaz keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Dan shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Diaz misses with a jab, cross combination.
Dan shoots for a double leg takedown but Diaz sprawls well. He's pushed Dan's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Cu Dan. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Diaz takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Diaz throws a nice looking combination but Dan bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Diaz scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Diaz lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Diaz scores with a jab. Dan acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Dan fails with an attempt to clinch.
Dan changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Diaz tries to avoid it but Dan manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Diaz to the ground. Diaz escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Dan tries to clinch but Diaz moves out of range.
Diaz scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Dan shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Dan takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Dan showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Diaz.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dan has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Diaz finds it's way round the side to connect with Dan's head.
Dan goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Diaz looks to land a combination but Dan avoids it well.
Diaz looks to land a combination but Dan avoids it well.
Dan closes this distance looking for a takedown but Diaz circles away.
Dan looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Diaz will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Dan on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Diaz throws a series of punches but Dan avoids them all with ease.
Diaz avoids the head kick by Dan.
Dan fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Dan is breathing heavily.
Diaz misses with a series of wild punches.
Diaz stalks Dan and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Dan's face. Dan staggers backwards, shaken.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diaz throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Dan takes one to the chin there.
Dan tries for a takedown but Diaz circles away easily
and Diaz counters with a two punch combo.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Diaz, as that shot connected.
Diaz fails to land with a series of punches.
Diaz looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Dan is fending him off so far but Diaz persists. Nope, Dan circles away and we're back to standing.
Diaz throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Dan shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Diaz but Diaz pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Diaz looks to throw the jab but Dan is out of range.
Diaz rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Dan moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Diaz shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Dan but Dan pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Diaz misses with a wild combination.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diaz connects with a good right hand that stumbles Dan. Dan circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Diaz throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Diaz is working the combinations to good effect here.
Jab, jab by Diaz - just one landing.
Diaz looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Diaz misses with a wild combination.
Diaz throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Dan on the side of the head.
No joy there for Diaz, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Diaz closes this distance looking for a takedown but Dan circles away.
Diaz moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Dan tries to clinch there but Diaz circles away.
Diaz moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Diaz throws a one two combo.
Diaz thows a body shot but no joy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Diaz connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Dan's hands.

Dan clinches up with Diaz and pushes him back against the cage.
Dan fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Dan tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Diaz fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Dan tries for a takedown. No joy.
Diaz tries to pull guard but Dan won't allow it.
Diaz tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.

Dan jumps guard and drags Diaz to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Diaz stays in close to Dan's body and controls the position.
Dan wants to improve his position but instead Diaz has moved into half guard.
Dan punching from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nelson Diaz dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Dan.
Diaz tries to improve position but can't.
Dan wants to lay and pray for a moment but Diaz keeps working.
Dan wants to stand but Diaz is controlling his arm.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Diaz gets back to half guard.
Dan tries to pass to full mount but Diaz defends it.
Diaz is not content to let Dan control the position.

Dan looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Diaz is looking to control Dan's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Diaz avoid being mounted?

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Dan misses with a wild body shot.
Jab by Diaz.
Dan looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Dan fails with an attempt to clinch.

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.
Diaz looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Dan is fending him off so far but Diaz persists. Nope, Dan circles away and we're back to standing.
Dan throws a head kick but Diaz moves out of range.
Diaz ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Diaz misses with a series of wild punches.
Dan throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Diaz on the side of the head.
Dan avoids a punch combination nicely.

Dan closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Dan lands in his opponent's guard.
Diaz pulls Dan in to control the position.
Diaz looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Diaz is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diaz is thwarting Dan's attempts to control the position.
Dan keeps control of the position for the meantime.

Diaz decides he's had enough of the ground and stands up.
Diaz cracks Dan with an open hand slap.
Diaz takes a swing at Dan's ribcage but misses.
Diaz lands with a nice combination. Dan backs away looking to recover.
Diaz stalks Dan and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Dan's face. Dan staggers backwards, shaken.
Diaz throws a right and a left that both miss.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Diaz lands a nice hook to Dan's body. Dan takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Diaz lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
The fighters circling - Diaz throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Diaz throws a right hand that Dan ducks under and follows up with a left that Dan also avoids with ease.
Diaz throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Dan shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Diaz as he avoids it easily.
Dan stuffs the takedown.
Dan will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Cu Dan. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Dan tries to clinch up.
Diaz keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Dan throws a right and a left that Diaz avoids nicely.
Dan fails with an attempt to clinch.
Dan shoots in looking for a takedown. Diaz tries to sprawl out of it but Dan keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Diaz manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.

Dan shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cu Dan dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Dan slips a jab and a cross from Diaz.
Diaz stalks Dan and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Dan's face. Dan staggers backwards, shaken.
Diaz throws the left hand but Dan avoids the punch easily.

Dan rushes Diaz and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Diaz tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Dan looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Dan missing with knees to the body.
Dan fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Diaz is looking to break free of the clinch but Dan has double underhooks.
Diaz prevents the takedown attempt.

Dan breaks from the clinch.
Dan misses with a straight left.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dan shoots in but Diaz avoids the takedown attempt easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Cu Dan. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Diaz lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Some wild striking there from Diaz.

Dan takes the fight into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Diaz fails to pull guard.

Dan manages to pull guard.
Diaz tries to free his leg and advance position but Dan is retaining full guard.
Diaz takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Dan has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Diaz has passed into side control.
Dan struggling a bit here.

Diaz is in a dominant position here, looking for a kimura. Dan looks calm but he's in trouble here. Diaz gets his leg over his opponent's head and yanks on the arm. Dan is tapping like a morse code operator on the titanic! SOS! SOS! Diaz lets go of the hold and Dan can pop his arm back in it's socket.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:54 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Nelson Diaz!