PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Tyson Diaz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mieszko Szczygiel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the fighters buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Diaz
vs
Szczygiel

187 cm
27
190 lbs
9 - 12 - 0

175 cm
25
185 lbs
5 - 6 - 0

Good takedowns
Brawler
Experienced

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent knees
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Tyson Diaz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Mieszko Szczygiel!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Taro Takaoka and Shigeki Fujiwara.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Szczygiel swings for the body but Diaz moves out of range.
Diaz misses with a hook. Szczygiel ducked under it nicely.
Diaz swinging wildly here.
Diaz throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Szczygiel.
Diaz misses with a wild body shot.
Szczygiel tries to close the distance and clinch but Diaz swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Diaz avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Diaz fails to land with a series of punches.
Szczygiel tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Szczygiel lands with a thumping leg kick.
Szczygiel fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Diaz avoids it really well and circles away.
Szczygiel tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Diaz paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Szczygiel throws a leg kick which misses Diaz's front leg but catches the back leg as Diaz tries to avoid it.
Szczygiel showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Diaz.

Szczygiel rushes Diaz and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Szczygiel gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Diaz.
Szczygiel is pushing Diaz up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Szczygiel working Diaz over with knees to the body.
Diaz takes a knee right on the jaw!

It looks like Tyson Diaz has been cut.
Szczygiel is pressed up against the cage. Diaz has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Szczygiel down to the mat. Szczygiel avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Diaz is breathing heavily.
Diaz swats away the attempt to clinch by Szczygiel.

Szczygiel rushes Diaz and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Diaz goes for a takedown in the clinch but Szczygiel prevents it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tyson Diaz. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Szczygiel connects with a knee to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Szczygiel lands a nice knee to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Szczygiel has Diaz pressed against the cage.
Szczygiel gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Szczygiel with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Szczygiel has Diaz pressed against the cage.
Szczygiel lands a knee to the head.
Szczygiel crunches a lovely knee into Diaz's ribcage.
Szczygiel with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Szczygiel stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Szczygiel scores with a knee to the head.
Szczygiel lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knees in the clinch landing for Szczygiel.
Szczygiel landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Szczygiel lands a knee to the body.
Szczygiel lands a nice knee to the body.
Szczygiel gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Szczygiel landing knees to the body.
Szczygiel unloads a knee to the mid-section. Diaz lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Szczygiel creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Diaz's defenses.
Szczygiel with a knee to the head.
Szczygiel stalls.
Szczygiel is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Szczygiel lands a good knee to the midsection. Diaz won't want to take too many of those.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Szczygiel unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Szczygiel dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Szczygiel lands a damaging elbow.
Szczygiel is defending well against a takedown attempt.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Szczygiel takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Szczygiel unloads a knee to the mid-section. Diaz lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Szczygiel connects with a nasty looking knee right to Diaz's face.
Szczygiel stalling in the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Szczygiel receives a warning from the referee for stalling.
Szczygiel connects with a nasty looking knee right to Diaz's face.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mieszko Szczygiel dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Tyson Diaz's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Nice body kick from Szczygiel.

Szczygiel clinches up against the cage.
Szczygiel manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Szczygiel unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Szczygiel obliges.
Szczygiel lands an elbow inside that Diaz shrugs off.
Knees to the body from Szczygiel.
Diaz being controlled against the cage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Szczygiel landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Szczygiel has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Diaz takes a knee to the side of the body.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Szczygiel.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Szczygiel connects with a knee to the head.
Diaz takes a knee right on the jaw!
Szczygiel pressing his opponent against the cage.
Szczygiel continues to stall. The referee tells him to work or he's going to break them up.
Szczygiel comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Szczygiel content to slow the pace in the clinch.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Mieszko Szczygiel.

Szczygiel drives through and clinches with Diaz against the cage.
Diaz being controlled against the cage.
Szczygiel scores with a knee to the head.
Come on Szczygiel - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Szczygiel scores a nice knee to the body.
Diaz takes a knee to the side of the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Szczygiel obliges.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Diaz takes a knee right on the jaw!
Diaz has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Szczygiel connects with a knee to the head.

Diaz is rocked!
Szczygiel unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Oh Diaz is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Szczygiel working Diaz over with knees to the body.
Szczygiel's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Szczygiel.
Szczygiel working the clinch nicely. Diaz is working for position but Szczygiel cracks him with a big knee to the head! Diaz crumples up against the cage and Szczygiel lands two more shots before the ref can save Diaz! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knee & Punches). Mieszko Szczygiel!