PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Nick Diaz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Robert West (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). West has chosen Cee Lo Green - F-bomb as his entrance music. Nick Diaz has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Diaz
vs
West

185 cm
20
165 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

190 cm
27
162 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Nick Diaz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Robert West!
The judges for this bout are Roger Salmon, Chris Saunders and Ryoma Takatsuka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Diaz throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and West counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
A punch combination from Diaz misses.
Diaz misses with a wild combination.
West scores with a three punch combo!
Diaz stalks West and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into West's face. West staggers backwards, shaken.
Diaz swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Diaz digs a good hook to West's body.
West slips a jab and a cross from Diaz.
No joy there for Diaz, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Diaz scores with a hook to the body. West takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Diaz will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Diaz ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Diaz misses with a jab, cross combination.
Nick Diaz seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Diaz throws a series of punches but West moves out of range.
A jab from Diaz finds it's way through West's defenses.
Diaz misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

That's one minute gone in the round.
West thows a body shot but no joy.
Diaz with a hook.
Diaz thows a body shot but no joy.
West is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Diaz swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and West counters with a straight right hand.
No joy there for Diaz, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Diaz misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from West.
Diaz throws a right hand that West ducks under and follows up with a left that West also avoids with ease.
West avoids the body shot from Diaz.
Diaz throws a right and a left that West avoids nicely.
Diaz misses with a body shot.
Diaz tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but West was well out of range. Poor timing from Diaz.

West pushes Diaz up against the ropes in a clinch.

West pulls Diaz into guard.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
West keeping full guard, as Diaz tries to pass.
Diaz trying to control but West is working from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
West has Diaz pulled in close to control his posture.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Nick Diaz just wasn't active enough.

West has Diaz up against the ropes in a clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

West jumps guard and drags Diaz to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Diaz trying to control the position from guard on top but West is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
West wants to stand and escape but Diaz is having none of it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Diaz passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Diaz tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
Diaz trying to control the position but West is working away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Diaz throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
West sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
West is looking for a sweep. Diaz is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
West is staying active underneath Diaz, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Nick Diaz wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Diaz digs a good body shot into West's ribs.
Diaz's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Diaz duly obliges.
Diaz misses with a double jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Nick Diaz will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

West gets a clinch.

West gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.

Diaz is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and West defends well.
West must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
West scores with a decent looking elbow strike.

Diaz is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and West defends well.
West throwing strikes from guard but Diaz blocks nicely.
West scoring with punches to the head and body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
West postures up.
West keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Diaz's head.
Diaz is trying to keep West in close.
Robert West has got the better of the ground game so far.
West connects with a couple of short punches.
West is looking to work some ground and pound but Diaz has wrist control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
West pushing down on Diaz's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
West slips a nice elbow through Diaz's hands, connecting with Diaz's forehead.
West scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Diaz tries to kick West off but West keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
West thows a huge punch but Diaz dodges it nicely.
West sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Diaz defending well though.
Diaz is trying to maintain the position but West is very close to passing his half guard.
West missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Diaz taking some punishment here, with West in his half guard.
Diaz is trying to maintain the position but West is very close to passing his half guard.
West is looking to advance position but Diaz won't allow it.
West looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ground and pound from West.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Diaz looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
West missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Diaz wants to control but West is keeping busy.
West looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Diaz manages to get to full guard.
Diaz has momentary wrist control but West slips an elbow through the middle.
Diaz looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
West throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Diaz works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
West passes Diaz's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
West landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Diaz blocking the ground and pound attempt from West.
West is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
West missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
West looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
West lands strikes from half guard.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
West thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Diaz's head.
Diaz blocking the ground and pound attempt from West.
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. West connects with a nice short shot to Diaz's temple.
West prevents Diaz from improving his position.
West not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Ground and pound from West.
West tries to pass the half guard into mount. Diaz knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
West is thwarting Diaz's attempts to control the position.
West looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Diaz with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
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!
West sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Diaz defending well though.

West stands up and beckons Diaz to join him on the feet.
Diaz throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
West slips a jab and a cross from Diaz.
West scores with a nice head shot.
Diaz works over West's head and body with a nice combination.
No joy there for Diaz, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

West moves into range and clinches up with Diaz.
West stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Diaz is trying to pull guard but West turns him against the ropes and we stay in the clinch.

West is trying to trip Diaz. He has hold of a leg but Diaz is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. West persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Diaz is trying to control the position but West postures up.
Diaz preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
West throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Diaz works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
West is in close to Diaz's body, working some short punches and elbows.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Robert West showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Diaz tries to bum rush West with a series of wild strikes but West uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Diaz scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Diaz misses with a wild body shot.
Some wild striking there from West.
Diaz misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from West.
Diaz bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Diaz!
Some wild striking there from West.
Diaz misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from West.
Diaz throws a nice looking combination but West bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Diaz scores with a jab to the body.
West just misses with a punch to the body.
A punch combination from West misses.
No joy there for West, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Diaz throws a series of punches but West avoids them all with ease.
Diaz looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Diaz is looking to wear down West with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Sloppy strikes from Diaz. Those never looked like landing.
West looks to land a combination but Diaz avoids it well.
West showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Diaz.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Diaz slips a jab and a cross from West.
Sloppy strikes from Diaz. Those never looked like landing.
Diaz misses with a series of wild punches.
Diaz fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

West forces Diaz back against the ropes and clinches.
Diaz is trying to pull guard but West has him pressed against the ropes.

West escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
West ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diaz throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Diaz bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.

West clinches.
Diaz is trying to pull guard but West turns him against the ropes and we stay in the clinch.
Diaz can't break the clinch.
Nice body punch from West.

West successfully pulls guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Diaz trying to control the position from guard on top but West is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Nick Diaz has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
West misses with the combination.
Diaz steps to the side to avoid the strikes from West.

West moves into range and clinches up with Diaz.
A left hand lands to the body for West.

West pulls guard effortlessly.
Diaz trying to control but West is working from the bottom.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Nick Diaz just wasn't active enough.
Diaz misses with the combination.
Diaz will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
West showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Diaz.
West avoids a punch combination nicely.
West throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
West thows a left - swing and a miss!
Diaz misses with a wild body shot.
West ducks under a wild hook from Diaz.
Nick Diaz has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Diaz swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Robert West.
I think West has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.

Judge Roger Salmon scores the fight for Robert West!
Judge Chris Saunders scores the fight for Robert West!
Judge Ryoma Takatsuka scores the fight for Robert West!

Robert West wins by unanimous decision!
During a confident post fight interview, Robert West thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.