PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Basty Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nerd Diaz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be a great matchup!

Jones
vs
Diaz

176 cm
26
162 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

180 cm
26
162 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

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 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Basty Jones!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Nerd Diaz!
The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Illya Tyunina and Aleksei Zolotukhin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jones tries for a takedown but Diaz circles away easily
and Diaz counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Diaz lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Basty Jones seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jones looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.

Jones changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Diaz looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Diaz prevents Jones from improving position.
We've been hearing that Jones has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
Diaz is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Diaz is trying to improve his position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Diaz seems a little lost for a moment, as Jones dominates the positioning.
Jones lands a nice forearm strike.
Diaz is trying to improve his position.
Jones creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Diaz tries to escape but Jones is in control.
Jones works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Diaz is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Diaz is not content to let Jones control the position.
Diaz is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Jones advances to full mount.
Jones wants to control the pace but Diaz is squirming around nicely.
Jones landing strikes, looking to finish!
Jones putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Diaz keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Jones lands a heavy elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones landing punches.
Jones working Diaz over with strikes here.

Diaz is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jones postures up and lands a whopping elbow - oh that's hurt Diaz bigstyle! Two more strikes land for Jones and the fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:26 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Basty Jones!
An out of breath Basty Jones thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.