PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Nato Diaz (ranked 6817 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joe Bean (ranked 6013 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.

Diaz
vs
Bean

180 cm
18
154 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

179 cm
18
145 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Decent knees
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Nato Diaz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Joe Bean!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Sosuke Kotani and Yukihiro Shimada.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bean has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Bean attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Bean on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.

Bean closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Bean blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Bean obliges.
Bean lands a nice knee to the body.
Bean blocks a body shot from Diaz.
Bean landing knees to the body.
Diaz takes a knee right on the jaw!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bean landing knees to the head.
Bean landing knees to the body.
Diaz takes a knee to the side of the body.
The referee is keeping an eye on Bean - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Bean utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Diaz tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Bean obliges.
Bean landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bean crunches a lovely knee into Diaz's ribcage.
Diaz is breathing heavily.
Bean is stalling here.
Bean is struggling to control the position.
The crowd are getting on Bean's back here. They're not happy about his lack of aggression in the clinch.
Bean pressing his opponent against the cage.
Diaz can't find room to land a body shot as Bean controls the action.
Diaz tries to land knees in the clinch but Bean avoids the damage to the body.
Bean lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Bean using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Bean unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Bean unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Bean connects with a nasty looking knee right to Diaz's face.
Bean lands a knee to the body.
Bean crunches a lovely knee into Diaz's ribcage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bean lands a knee to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A bit of stalling here from Bean.
A bit of stalling here from Bean.
Bean crunches a lovely knee into Diaz's ribcage.
Bean with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

Diaz is rocked!
Bean dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Diaz letting Bean take a breather here.
Diaz wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Bean has him pressed against the cage.
Bean is struggling to control the position.
Bean is struggling to control the position.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Joe Bean.
Diaz looks to score with a jab to the body but Bean is just out of range.
Diaz misses with a wild combination.
Diaz connects with a body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Bean clinches with his opponent.
Bean with a knee to the head.
Diaz takes a knee to the side of the body.
Bean crunches a lovely knee into Diaz's ribcage.
Diaz working aggressively here.
Bean connects with a knee to the head.
Diaz wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Knees in the clinch landing for Bean.
A bit of stalling here from Bean.
Bean working Diaz over with knees to the body.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Bean takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Bean lands a knee to the body.
Bean scores with a knee to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bean landing knees to the body.
Diaz has had enough of the clinch but Bean keeps him there for the moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bean lands a nice knee to the body.
Bean is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Diaz working aggressively here.
Bean blocks a body shot from Diaz.
Knees in the clinch landing for Bean.
Diaz is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Bean is defending well for now.
Bean slowing the pace effectively.
Bean using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Diaz wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Bean lands a knee to the body.
Bean lands a nice knee to the body.
Bean using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Bean putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Diaz in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bean lands a knee to the head.
Diaz is trying to break free.
Bean with a knee to the head.
Diaz is trying to break the clinch but Bean is controlling him.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Joe Bean dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Bean throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Diaz swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Diaz scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Bean throws a low kick, looking for Diaz's leg but Diaz calmly moves out of range.
Bean tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Diaz checks a leg kick.
Diaz darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Bean misses with a low kick.
Diaz misses with a straight left.
Diaz connects with the punch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Bean 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 Diaz has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Diaz and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Diaz lunges at Bean with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Bean's hand.
Bean on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Bean misses with a low kick as Diaz jumps back.

Bean closes the distance and clinches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bean blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Bean lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Diaz is looking to break free of the clinch but Bean has double underhooks.
Bean scores with a knee to the head.
Bean working Diaz over with knees to the body.
Bean with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Bean.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Bean obliges.
Bean scores with a knee to the head.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Diaz fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Bean has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Diaz is trying to break free.
Bean putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Diaz in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Bean is struggling to control the position.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bean lands a good knee to the midsection. Diaz won't want to take too many of those.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Bean.
Bean slowing the pace effectively.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diaz fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Knees in the clinch landing for Bean.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Bean obliges.
A bit of stalling here from Bean.
Bean scores a nice knee to the body.
Bean stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Bean utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Diaz tries to land knees in the clinch but Bean avoids the damage to the body.
Joe Bean seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Bean obliges.
Bean displaying some good clinch control by pressing Diaz up against the cage.
Diaz wants to break the clinch but can't.
Bean blocks an uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bean lands a good knee to the midsection. Diaz won't want to take too many of those.
Diaz is trying to push Bean away but Bean has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Knees to the body from Bean.
Bean connects with a nasty looking knee right to Diaz's face.
Bean utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Bean landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Bean is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Bean unloads a knee to the mid-section. Diaz lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Diaz wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Bean has him pressed against the cage.
Diaz tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bean's elbow.
Bean landing knees to the body.
Bean lands a good knee to the midsection. Diaz won't want to take too many of those.
Diaz wants to break free but Bean has control.
Bean with a knee to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bean with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bean with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Bean holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Diaz misses with a body punch.
Diaz wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Bean has him pressed against the cage.
A knee to the head by Bean.
Bean landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Bean scores a nice knee to the body.
Bean connects with a nasty looking knee right to Diaz's face.
Bean leaning against his opponent.
Bean has Diaz pushed against the cage.
Diaz misses with a punch to the body.
Bean lands a nice knee to the body.
Diaz throws a punch but it's blocked by Bean.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Joe Bean showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Diaz scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Diaz moves out of range as Bean throws a body kick.
Diaz cracks Bean with an open hand slap.
Nato Diaz seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Diaz checks a low kick from Bean.
Bean defending well as Diaz loads up on a big left hand.
Diaz misses the shot to the body.
Diaz lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Diaz throws a hook but Bean avoids it easily.

Bean pushes Diaz up against the cage in a clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Diaz swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Bean scores a nice knee to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Bean obliges.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Diaz takes a knee right on the jaw!
Diaz tries to throw a body punch but Bean avoids it by throwing Diaz back against the cage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bean with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Oh Diaz is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Diaz fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A knee to the head by Bean.
Bean is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Bean connects with a nasty looking knee right to Diaz's face.
Bean landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Bean lands a good knee to the midsection. Diaz won't want to take too many of those.
Bean is stalling here.
The referee is keeping an eye on Bean - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Diaz tries to break free but Bean pushes him back against the cage.
Bean lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Diaz takes a knee to the side of the body.
Bean lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Bean lands a knee to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bean lands a knee to the head.
Bean connects with a knee to the head.
Bean working Diaz over with knees to the body.
Diaz has had enough of the clinch but Bean keeps him there for the moment.
Bean blocks an uppercut.
The referee is keeping an eye on Bean - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Diaz letting Bean take a breather here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knees to the body from Bean.
Knees to the body from Bean.
Diaz has had enough of the clinch but Bean keeps him there for the moment.
Bean lands a good knee to the midsection. Diaz won't want to take too many of those.
Bean avoiding damage as Diaz throws knees to the body.
Diaz takes a knee right on the jaw!
Bean keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Diaz's efforts to push away.
Bean lands a good knee to the midsection. Diaz won't want to take too many of those.
Diaz tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Bean avoids it.
Knees in the clinch landing for Bean.
Bean blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Joe Bean is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Diaz wants to break free but Bean has control.
Diaz is trying to break the clinch but Bean is controlling him.
Diaz takes a knee right on the jaw!
Diaz looking to stall.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Diaz seems to have got his legs back now.
Bean scores a nice knee to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bean connects with a nasty looking knee right to Diaz's face.
Bean connects with a knee to the head.
Diaz swings wildly with an uppercut but Bean uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bean lands a knee to the head.
Diaz trying to land knees to the body.
Bean putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Diaz in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Bean lands a knee to the body.
Bean scores with a knee to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bean working the clinch nicely. Diaz is working for position but Bean cracks him with a big knee to the head! Diaz crumples up against the cage and Bean lands two more shots before the ref can save Diaz! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:10 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knee & Punches). Joe Bean!