PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Tony Kazarian (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fabricio Dias (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kazarian's entrance music is Limp Bizkit - My Way. A fine choice. Dias has chosen Marcelo D2 & Claudia - Desabafo / Deixa Eu Dizer as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Kazarian
vs
Dias

165 cm
27
140 lbs
8 - 2 - 0

175 cm
20
137 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Tony Kazarian!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Fabricio Dias!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Taro Takaoka and Yuuki Gou.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dias lands a head shot.
Kazarian pulls out of a head kick attempt.

Kazarian drives through with a takedown into Dias's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Kazarian in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Kazarian trying to control but Dias is working from the bottom.
Kazarian stays in close to Dias's body and controls the position.
Dias is looking to stand up but Kazarian isn't so interested in that idea.
Kazarian throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kazarian postures up in Dias's guard and throws a big left but Dias blocks it.
Kazarian is looking to work some ground and pound but Dias has wrist control.
Kazarian throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Dias preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Kazarian lands a couple of digs.
Kazarian looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Kazarian with a flurry of punches that miss.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dias has momentary wrist control but Kazarian slips an elbow through the middle.
Kazarian throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Dias works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Kazarian is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Kazarian throwing strikes from guard but Dias blocks nicely.
Kazarian trying to control the position from guard on top but Dias is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Dias working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Kazarian.
Kazarian throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Dias works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kazarian with a flurry of punches that miss.
Kazarian wants to control from the top but Dias keeps moving.
Kazarian throws an elbow that misses. Dias uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Kazarian's guard. Nice move by Dias!
Kazarian tries to land a sweep but no joy.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Fabricio Dias was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Dias scores with a jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Kazarian drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Kazarian content to stall in guard here.
Kazarian has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Kazarian in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Dias preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Kazarian passes easily into side control. Nice work.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dias avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Kazarian.
Kazarian scores with punches from side control.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Kazarian connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Dias some visible discomfort.
Kazarian working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Kazarian lands some shots froms side control.
Kazarian working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Dias dodges the ground and pound from Kazarian.
Kazarian wants to control for a moment but Dias uses the opportunity to move back to half guard.
Dias has hold of Kazarian's hands but Kazarian slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.

That's six minutes gone in the round.

Kazarian is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Kazarian thows a huge punch but Dias dodges it nicely.
Kazarian scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Kazarian thows a huge punch but Dias dodges it nicely.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kazarian sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Dias blocking the ground and pound attempt from Kazarian.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Kazarian trying to mount his opponent but Dias defends it.
Kazarian not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Kazarian thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Dias's head.
Kazarian trying to control from Dias's half guard. Dias has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
Kazarian throwing strikes from guard but Dias blocks nicely.
Kazarian lands a couple of decent looking shots.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Kazarian with a flurry of punches that miss.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Kazarian missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Dias has momentary wrist control but Kazarian slips an elbow through the middle.
Kazarian with a flurry of punches that miss.
Kazarian loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Dias wants to get back to his feet but Kazarian is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Kazarian working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Dias's head.
Kazarian is working Dias over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Kazarian's corner. There ya go! There ya go!

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Kazarian throws a big right hand that misses.
Kazarian is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Kazarian in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Kazarian is in close to Dias's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Kazarian is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Kazarian is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Kazarian lands a couple of digs.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kazarian scoring with punches to the head and body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tony Kazarian dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Kazarian looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Dias utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Kazarian throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Kazarian is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Dias can do to turn this around?
Kazarian throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Kazarian's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Kazarian working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Kazarian trying to control but Dias is working from the bottom.
Kazarian seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kazarian is standing up over Dias. Dias looks to escape but Kazarian dives into side control.
Dias takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Dias taking punishment in the form of punches.
Kazarian grinds an elbow into Dias's temple.
Kazarian throwing ground and pound but whilst doing so, he forgets to control position and Dias works his way back to half guard. Good composure under pressure.
Kazarian lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Tony Kazarian overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Kazarian connects with a nice short shot to Dias's temple.
Dias regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Kazarian.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Kazarian accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Kazarian wants to control from the top but Dias keeps moving.
Kazarian connects with a couple of short punches.
Kazarian throwing strikes from guard but Dias blocks nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kazarian sitting in guard here, content to control.
Kazarian connects with a couple of short punches.
Dias working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Kazarian.
Dias keeping moving, preventing Kazarian from controlling successfully.
Kazarian is pushing down on Dias's leg trying to pass to half guard. Dias is fighting to maintain full guard but Kazarian has managed to sneak the leg through.
Kazarian looks to land a strike but Dias avoids it nicely and regains full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kazarian in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Kazarian trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Dias wants to stand up but Kazarian is controlling him.
Kazarian missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Kazarian wants to control from the top but Dias keeps moving.
Kazarian showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Kazarian loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Dias working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Kazarian.
Dias preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Kazarian throwing strikes but missing.
Kazarian throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Kazarian accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Kazarian missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Dias working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Kazarian.
Kazarian in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Kazarian throwing strikes from guard but Dias blocks nicely.
Kazarian trying to control but Dias is working from the bottom.
Kazarian works over Dias with some ground and pound from guard.
Kazarian works over Dias with some ground and pound from guard.
Kazarian throws an elbow that misses. Dias uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Kazarian's guard. Nice move by Dias!

That's seven minutes gone in the round.

Kazarian has thrown up a leg looking for a triangle. Dias doesn't defend quickly enough and Kazarian has managed to lock this one up! Can Dias escape?! NO! He's tapping out! Damn, that was a quick submission - congrats to Kazarian on a fantastic submission victory.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 7:20 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Tony Kazarian!
Tony Kazarian retains his bantamweight title!
After winning the bout, Tony Kazarian thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.