PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Rick Barrington (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nick Diaz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Barrington
vs
Diaz

179 cm
25
170 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

183 cm
18
183 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Good chin

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

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 Tokyo, Rick Barrington!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Nick Diaz!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Shigeki Sano.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Diaz misses with a takedown attempt

and Barrington counters by moving into the clinch.
Barrington landing knees to the body.

Barrington lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Barrington seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.

Diaz looking for submissions off his back.
Diaz is trying to get back to full guard.
Diaz is looking to control Barrington's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Diaz avoid being mounted?
Barrington seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Diaz wants to get back to full guard.

Diaz actively working from the bottom here.
Barrington wants to get back to his feet.
The fighters are battling for position here. Diaz manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Barrington has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Barrington trying to stand up but can't free himself from Diaz's guard.

Diaz looking to try and escape his hips here, looking for a submission. It looks like he's going for a triangle but Barrington is defending well. Diaz quickly switches to an armbar and extends the arm! Barrington has no choice but to tap, to a very quick submission! Wow, that was lightning fast! Diaz celebrates on the cage, with the crowd.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Nick Diaz!