PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Vicenzo Da Costa (ranked 4463 p4p, 520 weight class) and Dick Diaz (ranked 5363 p4p, 605 weight class). Diaz is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Feiticeira. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Da Costa
vs
Diaz

170 cm
22
170 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

185 cm
22
179 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

Good takedowns
Solid boxing
Big right hand

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Good gas tank

IniTech Nutrition

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Vicenzo Da Costa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Dick Diaz!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Anni Minnemäki and Marco Blurström.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Good standup being displayed there by Da Costa as he connects with a hook.
Da Costa misses with an uppercut.
Diaz swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Da Costa is looking to counter punch.

Diaz moves into the clinch.
Da Costa has Diaz pushed against the cage.
Diaz is trying to stall.

Da Costa gets control of Diaz's arms and successfully pulls guard. Da Costa will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Diaz working his ground and pound in the gym. He isn't landing a great percentage of his ground strikes so far though.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Diaz works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Diaz is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.

Da Costa looking for submissions off his back.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Da Costa looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Da Costa wants to control but Diaz is keeping busy and won't allow it.

Da Costa looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Diaz controlling the action here.

Da Costa looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Da Costa is looking for a sweep. Diaz is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Diaz perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.

Da Costa looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Diaz working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.

Da Costa looking for subs from the bottom but Diaz mounts him!
Da Costa is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Da Costa is squirming around, avoiding Diaz's attempts to control the action.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Da Costa is looking to get to half guard.
Da Costa wants to control but Diaz is having none of it.
Da Costa working to try and regain half guard.
Da Costa wants to control but Diaz is having none of it.
Diaz looking to control and managing it successfully.
Diaz avoids the attempt from Da Costa to control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Diaz tries to control but Da Costa wriggling away.
Da Costa might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Da Costa is trying to escape the mount.
Da Costa sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!

Da Costa looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Diaz performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dick Diaz dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Da Costa takes one to the side of the head.
Diaz missing with a left hand there. Da Costa was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Diaz cracks Da Costa with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.

Diaz clinches.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Diaz takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Da Costa content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Diaz manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Da Costa looking to slow down the pace here.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.

Diaz decides to pull guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Diaz trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Dick Diaz has got the better of the ground game so far.

Diaz had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Da Costa defends it easily.
Diaz is trying to control the position but Da Costa postures up.
Da Costa trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Diaz looking to control.

Da Costa is sitting in close to Diaz's body. Diaz has gone for a guillotine from the bottom. Oh damn, that looks pretty tight! Da Costa is panicking - it looks like this one could be all over! Yes, Da Costa is tapping! That was a very nice submission by Diaz.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Dick Diaz!
A less than humble Dick Diaz misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.