PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Threpoynt Wonforr (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Max Diaz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Diaz has chosen Eminem-I'm A Soldier (remix) as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Wonforr
vs
Diaz

190 cm
19
175 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

180 cm
19
179 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Intelligent

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Threpoynt Wonforr!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Max Diaz!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Chris Downing and Alan Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Wonforr closes the distance and pushes Diaz back into the cage.

Diaz pulls guard.
Diaz looking for a sweep. Not yet Diaz, not yet.
Diaz is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Diaz thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Wonforr works his way to full guard. Good work.
Diaz has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Diaz in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Diaz wants to stand but Wonforr is controlling his posture from full guard.
Wonforr pulls Diaz in close to prevent any damage.

Wonforr is working an open guard so Diaz takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Wonforr clinches with his opponent.
Diaz takes a shot to the head.
Nice elbow from Wonforr.
Diaz blocks an elbow strike.
Wonforr gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Diaz is trying to stall.
Wonforr pushes Diaz back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Diaz drops down looking for an ankle pick but Wonforr pulls his leg out and moves away.

Diaz gets tackled into the cage by Wonforr. Wonforr maintains the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wonforr lands a nice uppercut.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Wonforr lands an elbow inside.
Wonforr lands an elbow that stopped Diaz in his tracks for a moment.
Wonforr taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Wonforr throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Wonforr lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Wonforr lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diaz is trying to pull guard but Wonforr turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Diaz takes an elbow to the temple.
Diaz jumps guard but Wonforr turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Threpoynt Wonforr has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Max Diaz.
Wonforr looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Still in the clinch, Wonforr scores with a nice short uppercut.
Diaz tries to score a body lock takedown but Wonforr shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Wonforr lands an elbow that stopped Diaz in his tracks for a moment.
Wonforr tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Diaz blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Diaz's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Diaz stalling in the clinch but Wonforr improves position.
Wonforr scores with a hook to the body.
Wonforr lands an elbow inside that Diaz shrugs off.
Diaz is trying to pull guard but Wonforr turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Diaz fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Wonforr scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Wonforr.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Wonforr has Diaz pushed against the cage.
Diaz is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Wonforr is keeping busy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Threpoynt Wonforr dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Wonforr rushes Diaz and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Diaz tries to pull guard but Wonforr forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
A hook to the body from Wonforr.
Wonforr throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Wonforr lands an uppercut.
Wonforr lands a right hand that snaps the head of Diaz backwards.
Wonforr lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Diaz or not.
Nice elbow from Wonforr.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice right hand lands inside from Wonforr.
A short left from Wonforr.
Diaz blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Wonforr lands an elbow inside that Diaz shrugs off.

It looks like Max Diaz has been cut.
With the fighters up against the cage, Wonforr throws an elbow but misses.
Wonforr creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Diaz's defenses.
Diaz tries to pull guard but Wonforr forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Diaz takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
A nice right hand lands inside from Wonforr.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diaz blocks the elbow strike.
Wonforr lands an elbow that stopped Diaz in his tracks for a moment.
Diaz takes an elbow to the temple.
Wonforr lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Diaz backwards.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Wonforr just misses with a elbow thrown towards Diaz's brow.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Wonforr.
A nice left hand lands by Wonforr.
Wonforr creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Diaz's defenses.
Wonforr misses with an elbow over the top.
Diaz takes an elbow to the forehead.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wonforr lands a hook to the side of the head.

Diaz is rocked!
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Diaz is still on wobbly legs! Can Wonforr finish him?
Wonforr working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Diaz fails to pull guard.
Threpoynt Wonforr has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Max Diaz.

Diaz jumps into guard, dragging Wonforr to the mat.
Wonforr has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Diaz is proving hard to escape from.
Diaz seems to have recovered his senses.
Diaz working a defensive guard but Wonforr passes into half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Diaz wants to control but Wonforr is keeping busy.
Wonforr prevents Diaz from improving his position.
Wonforr tries to stand and escape but Diaz is controlling the position.

Wonforr stands up from half guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Wonforr instigates a clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Threpoynt Wonforr dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Max Diaz's cut.
That's time! Wonforr's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Wonforr clinches.
Diaz tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Wonforr lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Wonforr lands with a right to the head.

Diaz tightens his grip and picks Wonforr up, before dumping him to the ground. Wonforr manages to land in guard.
Wonforr pulls Diaz in close to his closed guard and prevents Diaz from doing any damage or advancing position.
Diaz tries to free his leg and advance position but Wonforr is retaining full guard.
Wonforr preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Diaz has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Wonforr is proving hard to escape from.
Wonforr preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Diaz pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Wonforr is keeping the position for now.
Wonforr seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Wonforr utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Wonforr is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.

Threpoynt Wonforr has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.

Wonforr has taken the fight to the clinch.
A short right from Wonforr.
Wonforr comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diaz's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A short right hand to the side of the head by Wonforr.
Wonforr swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Wonforr creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Diaz's defenses.
Wonforr lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Threpoynt Wonforr has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Wonforr misses with a punch on the inside.
Wonforr lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Diaz tries to pull guard but Wonforr forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Wonforr pushes Diaz back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diaz fails to pull guard.
Threpoynt Wonforr has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Max Diaz.
Diaz takes an elbow to the temple.
Wonforr avoiding damage.
Wonforr lands a nice elbow.
Max Diaz has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Wonforr lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Diaz backwards.
Nice elbow from Wonforr.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Wonforr.
Wonforr softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wonforr lands an uppercut.
Wonforr lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Wonforr lands a damaging elbow.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Wonforr.
Wonforr lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Wonforr is pressed up against the cage. Diaz has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Wonforr down to the mat. Wonforr avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.

Wonforr clinches with his opponent.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Wonforr lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Wonforr lands a left hand that snaps the head of Diaz backwards.
Wonforr creates a bit of space for himself and rocks Diaz with a big uppercut! Diaz tries to clinch up but Wonforr pushes him back against the cage and lands another monster strike that crumples Diaz to the mat! Diaz covers up and Wonforr unloads with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Threpoynt Wonforr!