PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between William Eriksson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Romy Diaz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Romy Diaz has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Eriksson
vs
Diaz

188 cm
23
200 lbs
10 - 7 - 0

187 cm
29
190 lbs
12 - 12 - 0

Decent wrestler
Great low kicks
Granite chin

Decent wrestler
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

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 10 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, William Eriksson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 12 - 0, fighting out of London, Romy Diaz!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, James Glass and James Ackerman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Eriksson tries to clinch but Diaz is having none of it.

Eriksson clinches with his opponent.
Diaz is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Diaz tries to break the clinch but Eriksson is controlling the position.
Eriksson pushes Diaz back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Eriksson keeps control of Diaz as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Diaz is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Eriksson working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Good body shot from Eriksson.
Eriksson lands with a light punch inside.
Eriksson working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Eriksson is trying to stall.
Diaz is looking to break free of the clinch but Eriksson has double underhooks.
Diaz swings wildly with an uppercut but Eriksson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Eriksson pushes Diaz back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Diaz is trying to break free.
Diaz wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Eriksson has Diaz pressed against the cage, preventing Diaz from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Diaz is looking to break free of the clinch but Eriksson has double underhooks.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Eriksson.
Eriksson pushes Diaz back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Eriksson.
Eriksson misses with a body punch.
Eriksson effectively controlling the action here.
Diaz is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Eriksson throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Diaz takes a shot to the head.
Diaz blocks a body shot from Eriksson.
Eriksson softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Diaz is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Eriksson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Eriksson prevents Diaz from breaking the clinch.
Eriksson misses with a hook to the ribs.
Diaz letting Eriksson take a breather here.
Diaz is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Diaz wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Stalling in the clinch from Eriksson.
Eriksson softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Eriksson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Diaz wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Diaz wants to get back to striking at distance but Eriksson won't allow it.
Eriksson prevents Diaz from breaking the clinch.
Diaz can't break the clinch.
Eriksson keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Diaz's efforts to push away.
Eriksson scores with a hook to the body.
Eriksson lands a nice uppercut.
Eriksson lands a shot to the body.
Eriksson lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Diaz backwards.
Eriksson lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Diaz backwards.
Eriksson holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Diaz working hard to break the clinch.
Diaz wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Come on Eriksson - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
A short body shot lands from Eriksson as the two fighters clinch.
Eriksson with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Eriksson scores with an uppercut up the middle.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Eriksson lands with a light punch inside.
Eriksson has Diaz pushed against the cage.
Eriksson keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Diaz's efforts to push away.
Eriksson lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Eriksson prevents Diaz from breaking the clinch.
Diaz is trying to break the clinch but Eriksson has him pressed against the cage.
Diaz wants to get back to striking at distance but Eriksson won't allow it.
Diaz tries to break free but Eriksson pushes him back against the cage.
Eriksson scores with a shoulder strike.
Diaz tries to break free but Eriksson pushes him back against the cage.
Eriksson digs a right hand into Diaz's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Diaz's gas tank.
A short uppercut from Eriksson.
Eriksson lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Diaz letting Eriksson take a breather here.
Eriksson prevents Diaz from breaking the clinch.
Diaz can't break the clinch.
Diaz is trying to break free.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stalling in the clinch from Eriksson.
A nice left hand lands by Eriksson.
Eriksson keeps control of Diaz as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Eriksson presses Diaz against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Diaz wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Still in the clinch, Eriksson scores with a nice short uppercut.
A shot in the inside from Eriksson.
Diaz tries to break free but Eriksson pushes him back against the cage.
Eriksson has Diaz pressed against the cage, preventing Diaz from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Eriksson lands an uppercut.
A hook to the body from Eriksson.
Diaz looks gassed!
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
A short uppercut from Eriksson.
Eriksson digs a right hand into Diaz's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Diaz's gas tank.
A nice right hand lands inside from Eriksson.
Eriksson makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Eriksson keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Diaz's efforts to push away.
Nice body punch from Eriksson.
Eriksson lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Diaz backwards.

Diaz is rocked!
Eriksson lands a nice uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

William Eriksson dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Eriksson tries to close the distance and clinch but Diaz swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Eriksson is looking to clinch but Diaz is avoiding it.
Eriksson displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Diaz throws out the jab.
Eriksson tries to clinch up.
Eriksson tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Diaz manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Eriksson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Eriksson tries to clinch up but Diaz circles away and keeps his distance.
Diaz circles away from the clinch attempt.
Diaz keeps the fight on the outside.
Diaz throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
A frustrated look appears on Diaz's face as he tries to break the clinch.
William Eriksson has scored more points in the clinch so far.
A nice right hand lands inside from Eriksson.
Eriksson lands an uppercut.
Diaz wants to get back to striking at distance but Eriksson won't allow it.
Eriksson digs a right hand into Diaz's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Diaz's gas tank.
Eriksson keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Diaz's efforts to push away.
Diaz letting Eriksson take a breather here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Eriksson pushes Diaz back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Diaz is breathing heavily.
Eriksson stalling the fight.
Diaz has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Eriksson lands a body punch in the clinch.
Diaz tries to break free but Eriksson pushes him back against the cage.
Eriksson working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Eriksson stalling against the cage.
Eriksson lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Eriksson lands a body shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Eriksson pushes Diaz back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Eriksson.
Eriksson lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Diaz is still on wobbly legs! Can Eriksson finish him?

Eriksson drops Diaz onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Diaz is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!
Diaz is trying to break the clinch but Eriksson is controlling him.
Eriksson throws a big uppercut that drops Diaz! More strikes from Eriksson and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Diaz lies dazed against the cage as Eriksson celebrates with his cornermen!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). William Eriksson!
William Eriksson decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.