PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Bio Hazzard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Luis Di Maria (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hazzard comes into the arena with Warrior's Dance blaring out of the sound system. Luis Di Maria has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Hazzard
vs
Di Maria

178 cm
26
185 lbs
9 - 11 - 0

182 cm
30
179 lbs
8 - 6 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Knockout power

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 9 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Bio Hazzard!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Luis Di Maria!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Ren Mimura and Kenichi Hosakawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Di Maria swats away the attempt to clinch by Hazzard.
Hazzard fails with an attempt to clinch.
Hazzard tries a head kick but it misses.
Bio Hazzard seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hazzard doesn't manage to clinch there - Di Maria circles away.
Jab from Di Maria.

Di Maria closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Hazzard misses with a hook to the ribs.
Di Maria dodges an elbow strike from Hazzard.
Di Maria tries to land a knee to the head but Hazzard blocks with his arms.
Di Maria tries to break the clinch but Hazzard is controlling the position.
Hazzard avoiding damage as Di Maria throws knees to the body.
Hazzard trying to land knees to the body.
Hazzard putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Di Maria in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Di Maria tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Di Maria looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Hazzard lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Di Maria backwards.
Hazzard looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Hazzard tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Di Maria's elbow.
Hazzard throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Di Maria blocks it with crossed arms.
Di Maria blocks the elbow strike.
Hazzard misses with an elbow over the top.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hazzard tries to work over Di Maria's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A knee to the head by Di Maria.

Hazzard breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Hazzard throws a nice inside leg kick.
Hazzard tries to clinch up.
Hazzard lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Di Maria circles away quickly and effectively.
Di Maria avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Hazzard fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Di Maria is out of range.
Hazzard tries to land a front kick but Di Maria steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Bio Hazzard is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Hazzard slips a jab and a cross from Di Maria.
Hazzard is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A punch combination from Di Maria misses.

Hazzard clinches with his opponent.
Hazzard lands an elbow inside.

It looks like Luis Di Maria has been cut.

Hazzard breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Di Maria will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

Hazzard moves into the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Di Maria is looking to break free of the clinch but Hazzard has double underhooks.
Hazzard lands with a left to the head.
Hazzard goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Knees to the body from Hazzard.
Hazzard lands an elbow inside that Di Maria shrugs off.
Hazzard landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Di Maria blocking some punches.
Hazzard missing with knees to the body.
Hazzard tries to throw a body punch but Di Maria avoids it by throwing Hazzard back against the cage.
A right hook to the body lands for Di Maria.
Hazzard tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Di Maria's elbow.
Hazzard connects with a nasty looking knee right to Di Maria's face.
Hazzard tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Knees in the clinch landing for Hazzard.
Hazzard is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Di Maria is defending well for now.
Di Maria throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Hazzard blocks it with crossed arms.
Di Maria landing knees to the body.
A right hook to the body lands for Hazzard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hazzard gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Di Maria prevents a body shot from Hazzard.
A head punch on the inside from Hazzard fails to land.
Di Maria connects with a nasty looking knee right to Hazzard's face.
Di Maria misses with the head strike.
Hazzard lands a hook to the side of the head.
Di Maria lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Di Maria misses with a knee to the head.
Di Maria looks gassed!
Di Maria avoids a wild elbow strike from Hazzard.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Hazzard.
Di Maria dodges an elbow strike from Hazzard.
Hazzard tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Di Maria avoids it.
Hazzard tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Hazzard lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Di Maria.
Hazzard works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
A shot in the inside from Hazzard.
Hazzard misses with an elbow over the top.
Di Maria avoiding damage as Hazzard throws knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Hazzard pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Hazzard throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Hazzard throws a right hand that Di Maria ducks under and follows up with a left that Di Maria also avoids with ease.

Hazzard has Di Maria up against the cage in a clinch.
Hazzard misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hazzard creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Di Maria's defenses.
Hazzard lands a body punch in the clinch.
Di Maria lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Hazzard keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Di Maria's efforts to push away.
Di Maria blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Di Maria avoids the elbow strike from Hazzard, against the cage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A shot in the inside from Hazzard.
Hazzard goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Hazzard lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Di Maria.
Hazzard tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Hazzard takes a knee right on the jaw!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bio Hazzard dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Luis Di Maria's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Hazzard throws a head kick that misses.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Di Maria.
A head kick by Hazzard misses
and Di Maria counters with a series of strikes. Hazzard will be more careful next time no doubt.

Di Maria scores a takedown into full mount!

Hazzard is rocked!
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Di Maria loads up on a couple of big shots to the head that have Hazzard scrambling to escape. He can't get free though and several more unanswered shots from Di Maria land to the head. The referee has no choice but to stop the fight. Di Maria stands and salutes the crowd.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:33 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Luis Di Maria!