PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Devin Dominate (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joey Diaz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Dominate
vs
Diaz

207 cm
18
285 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

186 cm
25
275 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Devin Dominate!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Joey Diaz!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Lombardi, Chad Campbell and John Kavanagh.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dominate dips to his left and cracks Diaz with an uppercut!

Diaz clinches.
Dominate misses with the head strike.
Dominate misses with the head strike.
A nice right hand lands inside from Dominate.
Diaz working aggressively here.
Dominate tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Dominate misses with a hook from the clinch.
Dominate misses with a short punch on the inside.
Diaz lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Dominate backwards.

It looks like Devin Dominate has been cut.
Dominate pushes Diaz back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Dominate lands with a left to the head.
Diaz creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Dominate working some nice short punches in the clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Dominate creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Diaz has Dominate pressed against the cage, preventing Dominate from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Diaz misses with a punch to the body.
Dominate working aggressively here.
Dominate can't find room to land a body shot as Diaz controls the action.
Diaz misses with an elbow over the top.
Nice body punch from Dominate.
Diaz stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dominate makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Dominate blocks the elbow strike.
Dominate working aggressively here.
Diaz lands a hook to the side of the head.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Diaz just misses with a elbow thrown towards Dominate's brow.
Dominate is trying to push Diaz away but Diaz has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Diaz blocks a body shot from Dominate.
Diaz misses with a hook from the clinch.
Diaz blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Dominate misses with a punch on the inside.
Dominate misses with a hook to the ribs.
Dominate blocks an elbow strike from Diaz.
Diaz can't find room to land a body shot as Dominate controls the action.
Diaz throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Dominate throws a punch but it's blocked by Diaz.
Diaz throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Dominate swings wildly with an uppercut but Diaz uses good head movement to avoid it.

Diaz manages to break the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dominate cracks Diaz with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Dominate listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.

Diaz closes the distance and pushes Dominate back into the cage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Diaz lands a damaging elbow.
Diaz blocks an uppercut.
Dominate avoids a wild elbow strike from Diaz.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Dominate doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Dominate is trying to push Diaz away but Diaz has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
With the fighters up against the cage, Diaz throws an elbow but misses.
Diaz tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Diaz tries a body shot but Dominate blocks it.
Dominate fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Dominate fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Diaz swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Dominate lands with a left to the head.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Dominate goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short body shot lands from Dominate as the two fighters clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Dominate.
Dominate misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Dominate stalling in the clinch but Diaz improves position.
Dominate tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Diaz's elbow.
Diaz throws an elbow that misses.
Dominate scores with a shot to the side of Diaz's head.
Diaz is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Dominate is keeping busy.
Diaz blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Diaz misses with an elbow over the top.
Diaz trying to control the position but instead, Dominate has worked for underhooks and has pushed Diaz into the cage.
Diaz throws an elbow that misses.
Diaz misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Dominate misses with a punch on the inside.
Diaz letting Dominate take a breather here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dominate misses with the head strike.
A body shot lands from Dominate.
Diaz misses with a punch to the body.
Diaz takes a shot to the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Diaz.
Dominate misses with a short punch on the inside.
Dominate misses with a punch on the inside.
Dominate has a couple of punches blocked by Diaz.
Dominate leaning his opponent against the cage.
Diaz lands a nice elbow.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Dominate takes an elbow to the forehead.

Devin Dominate's cut is getting worse.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Diaz is pushing Dominate up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Dominate.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Devin Dominate dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Devin Dominate's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Dominate swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Diaz cracks Dominate with a good jab.
Dominate's jab looks to have found its range, popping Diaz under the eye.
Diaz throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Dominate is looking to counter punch.
Dominate thows a left - swing and a miss!

Diaz moves into the clinch.
Diaz takes a shot to the head.
Dominate avoids a wild elbow strike from Diaz.
Diaz blocks a body shot from Dominate.
Diaz prevents a body shot from Dominate.
A nice right hand lands inside from Dominate.
Diaz pushes off an throws an elbow but Dominate leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Diaz breaks the clinch.
Joey Diaz is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Diaz looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

Diaz fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Dominate, pushing him back against the cage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dominate lands a hook that snaps the head of Diaz backwards.
Diaz prevents a body shot from Dominate.
Dominate stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Diaz tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Dominate's elbow.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Dominate.
Dominate working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Diaz misses with a punch to the body.
Dominate gets through Diaz's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Diaz throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Diaz goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Diaz misses with a punch on the inside.
Dominate has a couple of punches blocked by Diaz.
A head punch on the inside from Dominate fails to land.
Dominate lands with a light punch inside.
Dominate has Diaz pressed against the cage, preventing Diaz from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Dominate avoiding damage.
Diaz blocks a body shot from Dominate.
Diaz leaning his opponent against the cage.
Diaz throws an elbow but it misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dominate tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

Diaz breaks the clinch.

Diaz fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Dominate, pushing him back against the cage.

Diaz breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Nice cross by Dominate.
Dominate looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Dominate sets himself, and Diaz steps forward looking for the clinch! Dominate avoids it this time.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dominate throws a right and a left that Diaz avoids nicely.
Diaz fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
A looping hook to the body misses from Dominate. Diaz does a little dance to reset his feet.

Diaz rushes Dominate and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Diaz tries to throw a body punch but Dominate avoids it by throwing Diaz back against the cage.
Diaz gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

Devin Dominate's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Dominate tries to work over Diaz's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Dominate has a couple of punches blocked by Diaz.
Diaz prevents a body shot from Dominate.
Dominate misses with a shot to the kidneys.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diaz pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.

Diaz pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Dominate throws a right hand that Diaz ducks under and follows up with a left that Diaz also avoids with ease.
Diaz misses with a two punch combination.
Diaz lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Diaz.

Diaz closes the distance and clinches.
Devin Dominate has scored more points in the clinch so far.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
A right hook to the body lands for Dominate.
Dominate looking to slow down the pace here.
Diaz tries to work over Dominate's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Dominate tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Dominate stalling.
Diaz misses with a punch to the body.
Dominate tries a body shot but Diaz blocks it.
Diaz can't find room to land a body shot as Dominate controls the action.
Diaz is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Diaz pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Dominate working hard to break the clinch.
Dominate swings wildly with an uppercut but Diaz uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dominate wants to break free but Diaz has control.
Diaz lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Diaz tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Dominate's elbow.
Dominate has a couple of punches blocked by Diaz.
Dominate lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
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 an elbow that misses.
Dominate misses with the head strike.
Dominate tries to throw a body punch but Diaz avoids it by throwing Dominate back against the cage.
Diaz looking to stall.
Dominate tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Diaz's elbow.
Dominate just leaning against Diaz, taking a breather.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Joey Diaz will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Devin Dominate's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Dominate's jab looks to have found its range, popping Diaz under the eye.

Diaz clinches up against the cage.
Dominate lands a hook to the side of the head.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Dominate tries to throw a body punch but Diaz avoids it by throwing Dominate back against the cage.
Dominate lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Dominate tries to stall but Diaz uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Diaz blocks an uppercut.
Diaz lands an elbow inside that Dominate shrugs off.
Diaz lands a body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Diaz tries a body shot but Dominate blocks it.
Diaz blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Dominate can't find room to land a body shot as Diaz controls the action.
Diaz looking to slow down the pace here.
Diaz misses with a punch to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dominate tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Dominate is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Dominate tries to stall but Diaz uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Diaz lands a shoulder strike.

Jeez, Devin Dominate's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Dominate just leaning against Diaz, taking a breather.
Diaz prevents a body shot from Dominate.
Nice body punch from Dominate.
Dominate misses with some punches.
Diaz stalling in the clinch but Dominate improves position.
Come on Diaz - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Diaz doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Dominate.
Dominate lands a hook that snaps the head of Diaz backwards.

Diaz breaks the clinch.
Dominate is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Diaz misses with a two punch combination.
Diaz throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

Dominate fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Diaz, pushing him back against the cage.
Nice elbow from Diaz.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Devin Dominate's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:11 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Joey Diaz!