PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Pauli Paaluttaja (ranked 4464 p4p, 86 weight class) and Justin Diaz (ranked 4727 p4p, 165 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Paaluttaja
vs
Diaz

203 cm
19
264 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

194 cm
26
285 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Big right hand

Good wrestler
Brawler
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Pauli Paaluttaja!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Justin Diaz!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Jack Bonds and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Paaluttaja tries to close the distance and clinch up but Diaz swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Diaz avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Paaluttaja tries to grapple but his opponent circles

so Diaz counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Diaz is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Diaz advances position into side control!
Diaz moves into full mount!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Diaz with good strikes from the mount here!
Diaz fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!

That's one minute gone in the round.

Diaz is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Paaluttaja has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Paaluttaja knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Diaz on the ground.

Diaz is looking to secure an arm. He's managed it! He's pivoting for an armbar - that looks tight! But Paaluttaja has managed to get out of it and now he's in a dominant position. Nice work from Paaluttaja!
Diaz is pulling down on Paaluttaja's head to control his posture.
Diaz tries to land a sweep but no joy.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Diaz holds on and takes a little breather.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diaz's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.

Paaluttaja avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Paaluttaja wants to control from the top but Diaz keeps moving.
Diaz wants to stand and escape but Paaluttaja is having none of it.

Diaz is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Paaluttaja is aware though and is defending well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diaz bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Paaluttaja's guard.

Diaz throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Paaluttaja works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Diaz looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
More stalling from Diaz.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Diaz works over Paaluttaja with some ground and pound from guard.
Diaz is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Diaz throwing strikes from guard but Paaluttaja blocks nicely.
Diaz postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Diaz slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Diaz loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Justin Diaz dominated that round.
That's time! Paaluttaja's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Paaluttaja avoids the body shot from Diaz.
It looked like Paaluttaja was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Diaz.

Paaluttaja clinches.
Paaluttaja lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Diaz or not.
Paaluttaja stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Paaluttaja gets through Diaz's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Paaluttaja working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Paaluttaja stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Paaluttaja scores with a shot to the side of Diaz's head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Paaluttaja.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Paaluttaja pushes Diaz back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Still in the clinch, Paaluttaja scores with a nice short uppercut.
Paaluttaja lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Diaz backwards.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Paaluttaja lands a body punch in the clinch.
Paaluttaja lands with a light punch inside.
Diaz is breathing heavily.
A short uppercut from Paaluttaja.
Paaluttaja lands a left hand.
Paaluttaja pushes Diaz back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Paaluttaja works on Diaz's body with a couple of short punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A hook to the body from Paaluttaja.
A hook to the body from Paaluttaja.
Paaluttaja cracks Diaz with a nice body shot.
Paaluttaja throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Diazs head.
Paaluttaja scores with a shot to the side of Diaz's head.
A shot in the inside from Paaluttaja.
Paaluttaja lands a right hand.
Paaluttaja lands a nice uppercut.
Paaluttaja lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A shot in the inside from Paaluttaja.
Paaluttaja lands with a light punch inside.
Paaluttaja is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Diaz can do to turn this around?
Paaluttaja lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Paaluttaja digs a right hand underneath Diaz's ribcage. Diaz let out a lung full of air as it connected.
A body shot lands from Paaluttaja.
Diaz takes a shot to the head.
Paaluttaja lands a left hand.
Paaluttaja stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Paaluttaja lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Paaluttaja lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Paaluttaja lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Diaz backwards.
Paaluttaja lands a body punch in the clinch.
Paaluttaja lands a hook to the side of the head.
A short right from Paaluttaja on the inside.
Paaluttaja lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Paaluttaja lands a body punch.
Paaluttaja lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
Paaluttaja lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Paaluttaja lands a body shot.
Paaluttaja lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Diaz or not.
Paaluttaja scores with a shoulder strike.
Paaluttaja lands with a left to the head.
Paaluttaja scores with a shot to the side of Diaz's head.
Paaluttaja lands an uppercut.

Paaluttaja drops Diaz onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Diaz is propped up by the ropes and works his way back to his feet!

Diaz is rocked!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Paaluttaja lands a body shot in the clinch.
Diaz is still on wobbly legs! Can Paaluttaja finish him?

Paaluttaja drops Diaz onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Diaz is propped up by the ropes and works his way back to his feet!
Paaluttaja mutters something to Diaz before pushing him back against the ropes. As Diaz comes back towards him, Paaluttaja unloads a hook from the very depths of hell that knocks Diaz clean out! Oh. My. God. That is some seriously brutal stuff right there! What a knockout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:16 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Pauli Paaluttaja!
Pauli Paaluttaja made sure to mention his sponsor, Laundry @ 85! in his post fight interview.