PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Kevin Steen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nate Diaz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Nate Diaz enters the ring!

Steen
vs
Diaz

174 cm
18
144 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

185 cm
18
155 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

Good knees
Very strong

Excellent boxer
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the lightweight 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, Kevin Steen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Nate Diaz!
The judges for this bout are , Don Winkell and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Steen drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.

Steen closes the distance and pushes Diaz back into the ropes.
Steen misses with a knee to the head.
Steen landing knees to the body.
Steen with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Steen with a knee to the head.

It looks like Nate Diaz has been cut.
Steen landing knees to the head.
Knees to the body from Steen.
Knees to the body from Steen.
Diaz is trying to push Steen away but Steen has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Steen tries to land a knee to the head but Diaz blocks with his arms.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Steen prevents Diaz from breaking the clinch.
Steen has Diaz pressed against the ropes.
Steen throws a knee to the head but misses.
Steen is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Steen using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Diaz has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Diaz takes a knee right on the jaw!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Steen throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
The fighters are pressed against the ropes, as the pace of the fight slows.
Steen prevents Diaz from breaking the clinch.
Steen landing knees to the head.
Steen works on Diaz's body with a couple of short punches.
Good body shot from Steen.
Diaz tries to circle away but Steen has him pinned against the ropes.
Diaz is trying to break the clinch but Steen has him pressed against the ropes.
Diaz looks winded!
Knees in the clinch landing for Steen.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Steen takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Diaz is trying to break free.
Steen lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Steen scores with a knee to the head.
Steen stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Steen crunches a lovely knee into Diaz's ribcage.
Nice body punch from Steen - that landed with a thud.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Steen with a knee to the head.
Steen lands a knee to the head.
Steen with a knee to the head.
Steen lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Nice body punch from Steen - that landed with a thud.
Steen connects with a knee to the head.
Steen lands a good knee to the midsection. Diaz won't want to take too many of those.
Steen with a knee to the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Diaz takes a knee right on the jaw!
Steen connects with a nasty looking knee right to Diaz's face.
Steen lands a body shot in the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kevin Steen dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Nate Diaz's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Steen moves into the clinch.
Diaz prevents a body shot from Steen.
Diaz tries to break free but Steen pushes him back against the ropes.
Diaz working hard to break the clinch.
Steen is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Diaz can do to turn this around?
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Diaz is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Steen with a knee to the head.
Diaz is trying to break the clinch but Steen has him pressed against the ropes.
Steen misses with a knee strike.
Steen is trying to stall.
The fighters are pressed against the ropes, as the pace of the fight slows.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Steen trying to control the position but instead, Diaz has worked for underhooks and has pushed Steen into the ropes.
Steen tries to land a knee to the head but Diaz blocks with his arms.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Diaz working hard to break the clinch.
Kevin Steen has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Diaz takes a knee right on the jaw!
Steen connects with a nasty looking knee right to Diaz's face.
Steen lands a shot to the body.
Steen crunches a lovely knee into Diaz's ribcage.
Diaz is breathing heavily.
Steen throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Steen is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Steen unloads a knee to the mid-section.
A knee to the head by Steen.

That has opened up Nate Diaz's cut even more.
A knee to the head by Steen.
Steen connects with a nasty looking knee right to Diaz's face.

That's two 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!
Steen lands a body shot in the clinch.
Steen has Diaz pressed against the ropes.
Steen connects with a nasty looking knee right to Diaz's face.
Steen unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Steen lands a shot to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Steen obliges.
Steen holding his opponent close, against the ropes.
Steen lands a good knee to the midsection. Diaz won't want to take too many of those.
Steen digs a right hand underneath Diaz's ribcage. Diaz let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Steen scores with a hook to the body.
Steen using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Diaz is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Steen is leaning against Diaz and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kevin Steen dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Nate Diaz's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.

Steen moves into range and clinches up with Diaz.
Steen landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Steen lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
A hook to the body from Steen.
Steen throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Steen lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Steen working Diaz over with knees to the body.
Steen with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Diaz takes a knee right on the jaw!

Diaz is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Knees in the clinch landing for Steen.
Diaz is still on wobbly legs! Can Steen finish him?
A right handed body shot lands from Steen.
Steen lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Steen connects with a knee to the head.
Diaz takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Steen with a knee to the head.
Steen throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Steen unloads a knee to the mid-section.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Steen connects with a nasty looking knee right to Diaz's face.
Steen lands a knee to the head.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Steen with a knee to the head.
Steen effectively controlling the action here.
Steen is struggling to control the position.
Steen connects with a nasty looking knee right to Diaz's face.
Steen stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Steen lands a knee to the head.

The cut above Nate Diaz's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Steen scores with a knee to the head.
Steen lands a knee to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Diaz looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Steen scores with a knee to the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Steen.
Steen landing knees to the head.
Steen is pushing Diaz up against the ropes, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Steen lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Steen takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Steen lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Steen lands a nice knee to the body.
Steen lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Steen connects with a knee to the head.
Steen manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Steen lands a knee to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kevin Steen clearly takes that round.
The cut man is working on Nate Diaz's cut.
That's time! Steen's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Diaz fails with an attempt to clinch.

Steen has taken the fight to the clinch.
Diaz seems to have recovered his senses.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Steen with a knee to the head.
Diaz takes a knee right on the jaw!
Steen landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
A knee to the head by Steen.
Steen digs a right hand into Diaz's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Diaz's gas tank.
Steen stalling.
Steen scores with a knee to the head.
Steen putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Diaz in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Steen scores with a knee to the head.
Diaz is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Diaz is trying to break the clinch but Steen is controlling him.
Steen lands a knee to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Steen scores a nice knee to the body.
Steen scores with a knee to the head.
Knees to the body from Steen.
Steen with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Steen works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Steen lands a body punch.
Steen lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Steen working Diaz over with knees to the body.
Steen lands a knee to the head.
Steen throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Steen obliges.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Steen connects with a knee to the head.
Steen lands a nice shot to the body.
Steen landing some nice looking knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Steen lands a body shot.
Diaz takes a knee right on the jaw!
Steen lands a body punch.
Steen is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Steen's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Steen connects with a knee to the head.
Steen lands a knee to the head.
Steen lands a good knee to the midsection. Diaz won't want to take too many of those.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Steen connects with a nasty looking knee right to Diaz's face.
Steen unloads a knee to the mid-section. Diaz lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Steen landing some nice looking knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kevin Steen had his way with Nate Diaz in that round.
The cut man is working on Nate Diaz's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Steen closes the distance and clinches.
Diaz tries to break free but Steen pushes him back against the ropes.
Steen working Diaz over with knees to the body.
A short body shot lands from Steen as the two fighters clinch.
Steen with a knee to the head.
Steen lands a knee to the body.
Steen with a knee to the head.
Steen with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
The referee calls for Steen to work.
Steen lands a knee to the head.
Steen connects with a knee to the head.
Diaz is looking to break free of the clinch but Steen has double underhooks.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - a gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Steen tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Steen cracks Diaz with a nice body shot.
Diaz takes a knee to the side of the body.
Steen is leaning against Diaz and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Steen effectively controlling the action here.
Steen lands a good knee to the midsection. Diaz won't want to take too many of those.
A knee to the head by Steen.
Steen scores a nice knee to the body.
Steen with a knee to the head.
Steen utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
A right hook to the body lands for Steen.
Steen lands a body shot in the clinch.
Steen has Diaz pushed against the ropes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Steen digs a right hand underneath Diaz's ribcage. Diaz let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Steen lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Steen with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Nice body punch from Steen.
Steen unloads a knee to the mid-section. Diaz lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Steen is pushing Diaz up against the ropes, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Steen blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Steen working Diaz over with knees to the body.
Diaz takes a knee to the side of the body.
Nate Diaz has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Kevin Steen is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Diaz takes a knee to the side of the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
Kevin Steen showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Steen, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 50:40
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 50:40
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 50:40

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kevin Steen!