PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Damion Diaz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ruslan Romanenko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Diaz
vs
Romanenko

221 cm
26
269 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

185 cm
20
235 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Self confident

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Damion Diaz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ruslan Romanenko!
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, Dean Styles and Reed Andrews.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Diaz scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.

It looks like Ruslan Romanenko has been cut.
Diaz throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Romanenko stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Romanenko looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Romanenko looks gassed!
Diaz fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Damion Diaz seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nice takedown defense from Diaz. No joy for Romanenko on that attempt.
Diaz really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Diaz lands a hook that stumbles Romanenko back into the cage. Diaz follows up with a straight and another hook that land right on the button, dropping Romanenko to the canvas! Diaz pounces and lands several unanswered shots - Romanenko has had enough and taps out! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:17 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Damion Diaz!