PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Duncan Jon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nigel Diaz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Jon
vs
Diaz

165 cm
27
157 lbs
10 - 4 - 0

180 cm
27
164 lbs
11 - 6 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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 10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Duncan Jon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Nigel Diaz!
The judges for this bout are Roger Salmon, Chris Saunders and Colin Fray.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jon throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Jon misses with a looping left.
Diaz scores with a jab to the head.
Jon throws the left hand but Diaz avoids the punch easily.
Diaz avoids a punch combination nicely.
Jon misses with the combination.
Jab by Diaz.
Diaz throws a shot from downtown. Jon moves away and avoids it.
Diaz slips under a jab from Jon.
Diaz throws a series of punches but Jon avoids them all with ease.
Jon scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Jon uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Diaz.
Jon throws a hook but Diaz avoids it easily.
Diaz moves out of range as Jon strikes.
Diaz works over Jon's head and body with a nice combination.

It looks like Duncan Jon has been cut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Diaz waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Jon.
Diaz lands a jab to the head.
Nigel Diaz seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Diaz throws out a loose jab but Jon uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jon moves away from the strike by Diaz.
Jon misses with a looping left.
Diaz lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Diaz thows a left - swing and a miss!
Jon is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Diaz's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Diaz jabs Jon right on the nose. Jon blinks but takes it well.
Jon rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Diaz moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
A jab from Diaz does it's job there.
Diaz lands with a hook. Jon tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
A shot to the liver by Jon. Beautiful body shot.
Jon misses with a two punch combination.
A jab from Jon misses.
A lazy left from Diaz finds it's target.
Jon throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Jon fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Diaz throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A big right from Diaz misses.
Jon takes one to the chin there.
Jon looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Diaz has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Diaz keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Jon.
Jon takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Jon connects with a good right hand that stumbles Diaz. Diaz circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Diaz slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Diaz blocks a jab.
Diaz misses with a straight right.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes from Jon. Those never looked like landing.
Diaz is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Diaz uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Jon has time to react.
Jon just misses with a punch to the body.
Diaz takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Jon walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Jon walks into a stiff left hand from Diaz.
Jon takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Diaz scores with a decent looking hook.
Diaz fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A punch combination from Jon misses.
A swing and a miss from Diaz.
Jon ducks under a wild hook from Diaz.
Jon throws an overhand right that lands on Diaz's shoulder, as Diaz tries to avoid the shot.
Diaz might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Diaz fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Jon lands a nice shot to the body.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Diaz slips under a jab.
Jon pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Jon walks into a stiff left hand from Diaz.
Good shot there by Diaz.
Jon waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Diaz.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jon uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Diaz.
Diaz misses the jab.
Jon slips under a jab from Diaz.
Diaz walks into a straight right hand from Jon.
Diaz misses with a series of wild punches.
Jon will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
A jab from Jon misses.
Diaz jabs Jon to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Diaz stalks Jon and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Jon's face. Jon staggers backwards, shaken.
Diaz misses with a straight left.
Jon uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Diaz.
Jon misses with a straight left.
Diaz scores with a nice strike.
Donk. Diaz catches Jon right on the button with a cross.
Diaz connects with a crisp jab.
Jon throws a right and a left that both miss.
Jon shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Some wild striking there from Jon.
A telegraphed right hand from Diaz misses the target.
Diaz uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Diaz misses with a straight left.
Diaz scores with a punch to the head.
Diaz fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A slow jab from Diaz misses its intended target.
Diaz lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Diaz keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Diaz sizes up Jon with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Diaz scores with a nice head shot.
Diaz moves out of range of the strikes.
A jab from Jon misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Jon misses with a straight right.
Jon thows a body shot but no joy.
Diaz thows a left - swing and a miss!
Diaz dodges the punch combination from Jon.
Jon throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nigel Diaz dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Duncan Jon's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Diaz thuds his right hand into Jon's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Jon throws a jab but it's blocked by Diaz.
Jon takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Jon takes a shot to the body in his stride.
A jab from Jon misses.
Jon missing with a left hand there. Diaz was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Jon jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Jon keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Diaz.
Diaz connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Jon is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Diaz.
Diaz uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Jon.
Nigel Diaz seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Jon walks into a jab.
Diaz misses with a straight right.
Diaz avoids the body shot from Jon.
Diaz throws a hook to the side of Jon's head but Jon sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A punch combination from Jon misses.
Jon blocks a jab.
Diaz bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Jon's head backwards.
Diaz waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Jon.
Diaz thuds his right hand into Jon's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Diaz throws a hook but Jon blocks it.
Jon rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Diaz moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Jon gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Diaz.
Diaz throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Jon looks to land a right hand but Diaz moved out of range.
Diaz scores with a shot to the body.
Jon will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Diaz takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Diaz paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Diaz scores with a nice head shot.
Diaz digs a good hook to Jon's body.
Jon steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Diaz.
Diaz throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Jon sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Diaz cracks Jon with a right hand to the side of the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jon takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Diaz takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Jon takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.

Jon is rocked!
Jon misses with a body shot.
Good shot there by Jon.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diaz waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Jon.
Diaz lands with an uppercut that bounces Jon off the cage and back into range.
Diaz moves out of range of the strikes.
Diaz scores with a jab to the jaw.
Oh Jon is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Diaz.
Jon uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Diaz.
Diaz thows a left - swing and a miss!
Danga de danga de dang - Diaz scores with a four punch combination!
Jon slips a straight right by Diaz.
Diaz throws a jab when Jon was well out of range.
Jon walks straight into a right hand from Diaz - that's dropped him! Diaz jumps into mount and starts pounding away - can he finish?! More strikes go undefended and the referee has to dive in to save Jon from any more punishment! Jon complains about the stoppage but falls over as he tries to stand back up, so it was clearly a good stoppage.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:34 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Nigel Diaz!
Nigel Diaz decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.