PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Matthew Diaz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dimitry Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Diaz
vs
Jones

195 cm
24
194 lbs
3 - 3 - 1

186 cm
25
195 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Matthew Diaz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Dimitry Jones!
The judges for this bout are , Timothy Bukovac and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice takedown defense from Diaz. No joy for Jones on that attempt.
Diaz misses with a takedown attempt - Jones sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Jones closes this distance looking for a takedown but Diaz circles away.
Diaz quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.

Diaz tries to keep at a distance but Jones has taken the fight into the clinch.
Jones on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Jones is trying to push Diaz away but Diaz has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Diaz has Jones pushed against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jones is working for takedown but Diaz is calmly controlling the position for now.
Matthew Diaz has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dimitry Jones.

Diaz manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Jones prevents Diaz from getting back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Diaz keeping moving, preventing Jones from controlling successfully.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Diaz is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

Jones decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Jones moves out of range of the body kick from Diaz.
Jones wants to clinch

and Diaz counters with a takedown into side control.
Jones tries to bench press Diaz off him but Diaz keeps the position.
Diaz looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Jones is avoiding damage well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diaz lands an elbow.
Jones tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Diaz wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Diaz working the ground and pound.

Diaz looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.

Diaz thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Jones is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Jones struggling a bit here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diaz cracks Jones with a big elbow.
Diaz is chipping away with strikes.
Jones is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Jones manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Jones throws a big elbow that misses, also allowing Diaz to regain full guard.

Diaz looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Diaz preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Jones stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Diaz swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Jones is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Jones gets to his feet - Diaz follows without any prompting.
A nice combination there by Jones.

It looks like Matthew Diaz has been cut.
Jones works over Diaz's head and body with a nice combination.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jones shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Diaz as he jumps to the side.
Diaz stuffs the takedown.
Jones looks winded!

Jones rushes Diaz and presses him up against the cage.

Diaz manages to pull guard.

Jones got a little sloppy there for a moment and Diaz has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Jones has managed to get both his arms back between Diaz's legs - danger averted.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Matthew Diaz will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Matthew Diaz's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Jones feints a jab promting Diaz to slip. Jones then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Diaz slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Diaz fails in his attempt to clinch.

Jones has closed the distance and engaged Diaz in a clinch.
Jones has had enough of the clinch but Diaz keeps him there for the moment.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Diaz controlling the action here for a moment.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jones wants to break the clinch but can't.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones has Diaz pressed against the cage.
Diaz doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Jones tries for a takedown. No joy.

Jones pulls guard.
Diaz with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.

Jones manages to wriggle out and sneak his way back up to his feet, so the fighters are now clinched up against the cage.
Jones is trying to break the clinch but Diaz has him pressed against the cage.
Diaz prevents a takedown attempt there.
Jones is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Diaz misses with a shot to the kidneys.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Matthew Diaz has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dimitry Jones.
Jones is trying to force a seperation but Diaz has the dominant position.

Diaz ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Diaz no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.

Diaz is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Jones prevents Diaz from getting back to his feet.
Diaz is trying to control the position but Jones postures up.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Diaz isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Jones stacks Diaz on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Jones!

Jones decides to take the fight back to the feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones works over Diaz's head and body with a nice combination.
Jones throws a leg kick that is checked

and Diaz counters with a shoot takedown. Jones fights it but they end up in guard.
Diaz postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Diaz postures up in Jones's guard and throws a big left but Jones blocks it.
Jones looking to control.
Jones might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Diaz haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Diaz has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Diaz scoring with punches to the head and body.

Diaz gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Jones misses with a head kick.
Jones is breathing heavily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Diaz closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Matthew Diaz overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Diaz in side control, throwing shots but Jones defends.
Diaz works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.

Diaz is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Jones has escaped the position, nice work there.
Diaz lands an elbow.
You can see the frustration on Jones's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.

Diaz tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Diaz has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Jones tries to buck Diaz off but Diaz is having none of it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Dimitry Jones will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Matthew Diaz's cut.
That's time! Diaz's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Diaz lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Jones has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Jones and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Jones tries to clinch there but Diaz circles away.
Dimitry Jones seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Jones is defended easily by Diaz.
Jones tries to clinch up but Diaz circles away and keeps his distance.
Diaz tries to counter with a takedown but Jones is quick to defend against it.
Diaz avoids a punch combination nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jones gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Diaz counters with a left to the body.
Jones throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Diaz's waist but Diaz gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Jones off to one side.
Matthew Diaz has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dimitry Jones.
Jones takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Jones tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Diaz manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Jones drives through and clinches with Diaz against the cage.
Jones slowing the pace effectively.
Jones looking to slow down the pace here.
Diaz displaying some good clinch control by pressing Jones up against the cage.
Diaz tries to pull guard but Jones holds him up against the cage and eventually Diaz drops back down to his feet.

Diaz manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.

Jones avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Diaz thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Jones gets to his feet - Diaz follows without any prompting.
Dimitry Jones is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Jones misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Dimitry Jones seems to be getting the better of the standup.

Diaz gets tackled into the cage by Jones. Jones maintains the clinch.
Diaz stops a takedown attempt from Jones.
Jones has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Diaz avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Diaz is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Diaz has Jones pushed against the cage.
Diaz fails to pull the fight into his guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Diaz pulls guard effortlessly.
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.

Jones is looking for a sweep. Diaz is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Diaz looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Jones with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Diaz landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.

Diaz is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Diaz takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Jones is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Diaz scores with a couple of nice shots.
Diaz lands strikes from half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones trying to hold on to Diaz's head to control him but Diaz postures up.
Diaz is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Jones is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Diaz scores with a couple of nice shots.
Jones missing with punches from the bottom.
Jones is trying to control but can't.
Diaz lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.

Diaz is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Jones doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Diaz.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Jones taking some punishment here, with Diaz in his half guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Matthew Diaz showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Diaz has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 29:28
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 28:29
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Matthew Diaz!