PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Arjen Diaz (ranked 237 p4p, 36 weight class) and Axl Rose (ranked 259 p4p, 42 weight class). Diaz's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Rise Against - Give It All. Rose has chosen You Could Be Mine as his entrance music. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Diaz
vs
Rose

183 cm
32
184 lbs
22 - 9 - 0

183 cm
33
171 lbs
23 - 18 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
KO power

Excellent grappler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Aspire Clothing

RAGS of a RONIN
FORCEE

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 22 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Arjen Diaz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 18 - 0, fighting out of London, Axl Rose!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Ian Loll and Elvis Blanc.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rose is looking to slow Diaz down with leg kicks.
Rose misses with a straight right.
Diaz appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Diaz swings widly with a right hand
and Rose counters with a nice leg kick.
Rose tries to work over Diaz's front leg with a kick but Diaz checks it.
Diaz tried to counter with a leg kick but Rose avoided it.
Rose takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Diaz does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.

Rose lands a big right hand that sends Diaz crashing to the mat! Rose stays standing though and waves Diaz back to his feet!

It looks like Arjen Diaz has been cut.
Rose has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rose showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Diaz.

Rose cracks Diaz with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Diaz looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Rose finish him?

Diaz is rocked!
Diaz throws a lazy uppercut
and Rose counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Oh Diaz is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Rose is throwing punches like he's double parked. Oh my word! Huge right hand from Rose shuts the power down on Diaz. Lights out, game over! Rose is your winner.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Axl Rose!
A relieved looking Axl Rose thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.