PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Clint Diaz (ranked 7594 p4p, 595 weight class) and Arnold Haagman (ranked 7771 p4p, 597 weight class). I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!

Diaz
vs
Haagman

185 cm
23
191 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

170 cm
18
170 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

Good wrestler
Brawler
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Clint Diaz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Arnold Haagman!
The judges for this bout are Paul Aken, Saam Ante and Daniel Blasius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Diaz wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Haagman throws a lazy head kick
letting Diaz counter with a right hand.
Diaz moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Diaz moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Haagman takes a shot to the body in his stride.

Haagman closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Diaz is pushing Haagman's head away, looking to escape. Haagman manages to hold on to the position though.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Haagman wants to lay and pray for a moment but Diaz keeps working.
Diaz wants to get back to his feet but Haagman drags him back down.
Haagman wants to control but Diaz is keeping him busy.
The strikes coming from Haagman are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Diaz wants to get back to his feet but Haagman drags him back down.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Diaz wings away with a couple of strikes but they don't land.
A lull in the action here as Haagman stalls from top position.
Diaz is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Haagman asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Diaz on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Diaz tries to get out of the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Diaz is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Haagman passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Diaz!
Haagman throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Haagman takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
It looks like Haagman might be adopting somewhat of a lay and pray gameplan here, which I'm sure won't go down too well with the paying fans in attendance... Or the ring announcers come to think of it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Haagman throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Diaz because Haagman loaded up on that one.
Poor strikes thrown by Haagman there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Haagman looking to control but Diaz is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Haagman looking to ground and pound but Diaz is blocking nicely.
Diaz tries to lock up and control but Haagman gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Diaz is trying to escape the mount.
Diaz is breathing heavily.
Haagman controlling from the full mount.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Diaz is squirming around, avoiding Haagman's attempts to control the action.
Haagman throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Haagman throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Haagman raining down hammerfists from mount.
Haagman punching from mount but Diaz doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Diaz holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Haagman tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Haagman throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Diaz because Haagman loaded up on that one.
Haagman trying to control but Diaz is having none of it.
Diaz is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Poor strikes thrown by Haagman there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Diaz avoids a series of strikes thrown by Haagman.
Haagman content just to control the position here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Haagman punching from mount but Diaz doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Haagman controlling his opponent.
Diaz avoids a series of strikes thrown by Haagman.
Haagman controlling his opponent.
Haagman trying to control but he's not successful this time.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Haagman unloads with some shots from mount but Diaz bucks and avoids them well.
Diaz holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Haagman tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.

Haagman working for a submission but Diaz is keeping him at bay.
Haagman looking to control and managing it successfully.
Haagman throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Haagman misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Haagman trying to control but he's not successful this time.

Haagman gets to his feet and calls his opponent to stand. Here come the fireworks!
A punch combination from Haagman misses.
Haagman throws a lazy head kick
and Haagman takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

That's six minutes gone in the round.

Haagman drives through with a takedown into guard.
We've been informed that Haagman has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Haagman throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Diaz works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Diaz is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Haagman is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Diaz working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Haagman.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Haagman pushing down on Diaz's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Haagman is controlling the pace.
Diaz won't allow Haagman to pass to mount.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Diaz is not content to let Haagman control the position.
Diaz pushes Haagman off looking to stand but Haagman dives back in and keeps control.
Still in half guard, Haagman seems content to control.
Haagman thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Diaz's head.
Still in half guard, Haagman seems content to control.
Haagman passes the guard and advances to mount!
Haagman punching from mount but Diaz doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Diaz has given up his back, trying to stand up. Not clever.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Haagman is looking cool and calm here, just waiting for a good opportunity to attack and finish the fight from this dominant position.
Haagman is continuing to stall.
Haagman throwing wild punches that miss their target.
Diaz is very frustrated here, being controlled quite effectively by Haagman.
Haagman tries to keep control of the position but Diaz is staying busy.
Haagman controls the position.

Diaz preventing the rear naked choke attempt from Haagman.
Even with his hooks in, Haagman manages to miss with strikes from the back.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.

Haagman is working hard for the rear naked choke here.
Diaz avoids the strikes from Haagman.
What can Diaz do to escape this position? He's going to have to figure it out pretty quick if he wants to stay in the fight!

Diaz fending off the submission attempt from Haagman.
Diaz manages to reverse the position and now he's in Haagman's guard. Nice work there by Diaz.
Haagman is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Haagman looking for a sweep. Not yet Haagman, not yet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Arnold Haagman dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Haagman shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Diaz keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Haagman is trying to control the action in half guard but Diaz is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Haagman missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Diaz is looking to improve his position.
Arnold Haagman has got the better of the ground game so far.

Haagman is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Haagman trying to control the pace.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Haagman is working for a submission here. He's got hold of the far side arm and he's looking for a kimura. He's cranking on the arm and he's got it! Diaz is tapping out! Ouch, that looked like it hurt!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Arnold Haagman!