PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Neil Yarrod (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Romy Diaz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Neil Yarrod has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Yarrod
vs
Diaz

185 cm
27
185 lbs
6 - 6 - 0

187 cm
29
190 lbs
11 - 12 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Big right hand

Decent wrestler
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

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 6 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Neil Yarrod!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 12 - 0, fighting out of London, Romy Diaz!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, William Gold and Richard Clark.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yarrod stuns Diaz with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Yarrod scores with a hook to the body. Diaz takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Diaz throws a series of punches but Yarrod avoids them all with ease.
A punch combination from Yarrod misses.
Yarrod uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Diaz.
Romy Diaz seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Diaz slips a jab and a cross from Yarrod.
Diaz misses the shot to the body.
Diaz tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Diaz misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Yarrod.
Yarrod moves out of range of the strikes.
Diaz throws out a loose jab but Yarrod uses good head movement to avoid it.
Diaz wants to land a leg kick but Yarrod is out of range.
Diaz slips a jab and a cross from Yarrod.
Diaz throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Diaz misses with a looping left.
Yarrod misses with a double jab.
Diaz takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Yarrod scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Yarrod scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Diaz looks to land a left hand but Yarrod moved out of range nicely.
Diaz rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Yarrod moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Diaz fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Yarrod manages to avoid it.
Yarrod throws a right and a left that Diaz avoids nicely.
Diaz misses with a wild body shot.
Diaz looks to land a right hand but Yarrod moved out of range.
Diaz tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Yarrod was well out of range. Poor timing from Diaz.
Diaz throws a shot from downtown. Yarrod moves away and avoids it.
Diaz throws a lazy right hand but Yarrod sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Diaz misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Yarrod.
Yarrod uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Diaz.
Yarrod lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Yarrod wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
A punch combination from Diaz misses.
Yarrod throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Yarrod throws a right hand that Diaz ducks under and follows up with a left that Diaz also avoids with ease.
Diaz waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Yarrod.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A big left from Diaz misses.
Yarrod moves out of range of the strikes.
Diaz throws an overhand right that lands on Yarrod's shoulder, as Yarrod tries to avoid the shot.
Yarrod blocks a jab.
Diaz throws out a loose jab but Yarrod uses good head movement to avoid it.
Diaz tries to score with a low kick but Yarrod moves his leg out of the way.
Diaz cracks Yarrod with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Diaz jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Diaz misses with a hook.
Diaz tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Yarrod was well out of range. Poor timing from Diaz.
Diaz looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Diaz looks to score with a jab to the body but Yarrod is just out of range.
Some wild striking there from Yarrod.
Diaz throws a shot from downtown. Yarrod moves away and avoids it.
Yarrod takes one on the chin but seems OK.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diaz showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Yarrod.
Yarrod ducks under a wild hook from Diaz.
Diaz swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Diaz looks to land a left hand but Yarrod moved out of range nicely.
A big right from Diaz misses.
Yarrod throws a good cross that connects.
Yarrod cracks a nice hook into Diaz's ribs.
Diaz lands with a shot to the body.
The fighters circling - Diaz throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A low kick from Diaz is predictable there
and Yarrod counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Diaz jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Yarrod uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Diaz.
Diaz throws a hook to the side of Yarrod's head but Yarrod sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Diaz misses the shot to the body.
Diaz misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Diaz misses with a left hand
and Yarrod counters with a left and a right that stings Diaz.
Yarrod's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Diaz connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Yarrod scrambles back to his feet.
Yarrod is looking to wear down Diaz with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A combination from Diaz does no damage.
Diaz throws a hook but Yarrod blocks it.
Yarrod uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Diaz.
Diaz takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Diaz misses with an uppercut. Yarrod saw that one coming.
Diaz throws an overhand right that lands on Yarrod's shoulder, as Yarrod tries to avoid the shot.
Diaz wants to slow Yarrod down by chopping away at his legs.
Yarrod's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Yarrod duly obliges.
Diaz stalks Yarrod and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Yarrod's face. Yarrod staggers backwards, shaken.
Yarrod throws a left and a right that both miss
and Diaz counters with a stiff right hand.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Diaz throws a hook to the side of Yarrod's head but Yarrod sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Diaz misses the jab.
Diaz misses with an uppercut.
Diaz throws a body punch but Yarrod moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Romy Diaz dominated that round.
That's time! Yarrod's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Yarrod misses with a few strikes there.
Yarrod looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Diaz misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Yarrod.
Diaz looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Diaz has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
A looping hook to the body misses from Diaz. Yarrod does a little dance to reset his feet.
Diaz misses with an uppercut.
Yarrod ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Yarrod misses with a double jab.
Romy Diaz seems to be getting the better of the standup.
No joy there for Yarrod, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Diaz misses with a hook. Yarrod ducked under it nicely.
Yarrod throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Yarrod feints a jab promting Diaz to slip. Yarrod then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Diaz slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Diaz throws a combination. Yarrod tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Yarrod throws a sloppy head kick and Diaz moves out of range easily.
Yarrod needs to keep his hands up - Diaz had a free shot at his head there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Diaz waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Yarrod.
Diaz lands with a hook. Yarrod tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Diaz just misses with a punch to the body.
Diaz waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Yarrod.
Diaz avoids a punch combination nicely.
Yarrod displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Diaz throws out the jab.
Diaz swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Diaz cracks Yarrod with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Yarrod misses with a wild combination.
Diaz misses with an uppercut.
Diaz scores with a jab to the body.
Diaz swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Diaz missing with a left hand there. Yarrod was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diaz looks to throw the jab but Yarrod is out of range.
A big right from Diaz misses.
Diaz throws a hook but Yarrod blocks it.
Yarrod uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Diaz.
Diaz lands a nice leg kick that just misses Yarrod's sensitive parts.
Diaz looks to throw the jab but Yarrod is out of range.
Diaz jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Diaz digs a good body shot into Yarrod's ribs.
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!
Nice straight punches there by Diaz. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Diaz.
Jab from Diaz.
A cross from Diaz lands.
Yarrod with a nice cross.
Neil Yarrod is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Diaz throws a jab but it's blocked by Yarrod.
The fighters circling - Yarrod throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Yarrod digs a good body shot into Diaz's ribs.
Yarrod displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Diaz throws out the jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yarrod defending well as Diaz loads up on a big left hand.
Yarrod displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Diaz throws out the jab.
Yarrod on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Diaz looks to throw the jab but Yarrod is out of range.
Yarrod ducks under a wild hook from Diaz.
Diaz looks to land a right hand but Yarrod moved out of range.
Diaz thuds a left hand into Yarrod's body.
Diaz throws out a loose jab but Yarrod uses good head movement to avoid it.
Yarrod gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Diaz.
Diaz lands with a thumping leg kick.
Yarrod walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Diaz throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Yarrod misses with a straight right.
Diaz misses with a body shot
and Yarrod counters with a lovely shot to the body.
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!
Diaz throws out a loose jab but Yarrod uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Diaz displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Yarrod throws out the jab.
Yarrod lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Yarrod just misses with a punch to the body.
Yarrod avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A big left from Diaz misses.
Diaz loads up on a big right hand but Yarrod slips the punch.
Yarrod misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Yarrod slips under a jab.
Diaz ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Yarrod moves away.
Diaz misses with a leg kick.
A jab from Diaz finds it's way through Yarrod's defenses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Yarrod slips a straight right by Diaz.
Diaz throws a body punch but Yarrod moves out of range.
Yarrod uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Diaz.
Diaz lunges at Yarrod with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Yarrod's hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Romy Diaz showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Yarrod's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Diaz darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
No joy there for Yarrod, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Diaz lands the left hand.
Yarrod on the wrong end of a nice jab.

Yarrod is rocked!
Diaz feints a kick and comes over the top with a right hand, followed by a left hook - both land, sending Yarrod crashing to the mat! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:21 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Romy Diaz!