PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Kamerun Diaz (ranked 72 p4p, 10 weight class) and Masa Sanada (ranked 184 p4p, 26 weight class). Diaz comes to the cage accompanied by Beast in Black - Ghost in the Rain. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Diaz
vs
Sanada

185 cm
37
175 lbs
22 - 6 - 0

180 cm
32
174 lbs
27 - 9 - 2

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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 22 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Kamerun Diaz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 27 - 9 - 2, fighting out of St Petersburg, Masa Sanada!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Diaz takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Diaz lands a head kick!
Diaz sizes up Sanada with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Sanada dodges the punch combination from Diaz.
Diaz takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Sanada avoids a punch combination nicely.
Sanada keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Diaz.

Sanada clinches.
A frustrated look appears on Diaz's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Sanada misses with a body punch.
Diaz misses with a hook to the ribs.
Diaz blocking some punches.
Sanada misses with a body punch.
Sanada stalling in the clinch but Diaz improves position.
Sanada presses Diaz against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Diaz wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Diaz softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sanada lands a shot to the body.
Diaz prevents a body shot from Sanada.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Diaz has a couple of punches blocked by Sanada.
Sanada leaning against his opponent.
Diaz wants to get back to striking at distance but Sanada won't allow it.
Sanada gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Diaz.
Sanada scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Diaz blocks an uppercut.
Sanada throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Sanada lands a body shot.
Diaz blocking some punches.
Diaz fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Sanada scores with a hook to the body.
Sanada pushes Diaz back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Sanada blocks a body shot from Diaz.
Sanada misses with a body punch.
Sanada blocking some punches.
Diaz lands a nice shot to the body.
Still in the clinch, Sanada scores with a nice short uppercut.
Diaz tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Sanada smiles and moves away.
Diaz looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kamerun Diaz. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Diaz shoots in but Sanada avoids the takedown attempt easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanada misses the shot to the body.
Diaz is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Sanada.
Diaz fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Sanada loads up on a big right hand but Diaz slips the punch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Diaz swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sanada displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Diaz throws out the jab.
Sanada comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Nice uppercut there from Sanada.
Diaz ducks under a wild hook from Sanada.
Diaz turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Diaz throws an off balance right hand
letting Sanada counter with a right hand.
Sanada throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Diaz moves away from the strike by Sanada.
Sanada moves out of range as Diaz throws a body kick.
Diaz doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Sanada misses with a hook.
Sanada uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Diaz.
Sanada throws a jab when Diaz was well out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A bone on bone clash there as Sanada blocks the leg kick.
Sanada throws a body shot but no joy.
Diaz attempts a counter takedown but Sanada avoids it well and moves away.
Sanada pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Diaz misses with a head kick.
Diaz is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Sanada checks a leg kick.
Diaz misses with an attempted mid kick.
Diaz drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Diaz uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Sanada.
Sanada dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Sanada throws a body punch but Diaz moves out of range.
Diaz connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Diaz swinging wildly here.
Sanada checks the leg kick nicely there.
A jab from Sanada misses.
Sanada lands a nice hook to Diaz's body. Diaz takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Diaz shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Sanada but Sanada pushes him off and we're back to square one.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sanada pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Sanada wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
A cross from Diaz lands.
Diaz takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Diaz lunges at Sanada with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Sanada's hand.
Diaz throws a leg kick that is checked
and Sanada counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Sanada throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Diaz with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Sanada to score with a decent uppercut.
Sanada swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sanada throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
A slow jab from Sanada misses its intended target.
Sanada has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Diaz finds it's way round the side to connect with Sanada's head.
Masa Sanada is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Sanada tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Diaz was well out of range. Poor timing from Sanada.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sanada blocks a head kick by Diaz.
Sanada wants to counter the offense by Diaz and move into the clinch position.
Diaz throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

Sanada closes the distance and clinches.
Diaz swings wildly with an uppercut but Sanada uses good head movement to avoid it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sanada.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Masa Sanada dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Diaz slips a straight right by Sanada.
Sanada thuds a left hand into Diaz's body.
Diaz scores with a hook to the body. Sanada takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Sanada is looking to clinch.
Sanada throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
No luck for Diaz with that takedown attempt.
Sanada missing with a left hand there. Diaz was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Diaz pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Sanada fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Diaz manages to avoid it.
Sanada swings for the body but Diaz moves out of range.
Diaz quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
Sanada throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Diaz closes this distance looking for a takedown but Sanada circles away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Diaz keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Sanada throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Diaz on the side of the head.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Sanada ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Diaz moves away.
Diaz defending well as Sanada loads up on a big left hand.
Sanada fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Diaz misses with a hook. Sanada ducked under it nicely.
Sanada is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Diaz rather than just go for the knockout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Sanada!
Sanada scores with a shot to the body.
Sanada lands a jab to the nose.
Diaz is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Sanada.
Diaz throws a nice looking combination but Sanada bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Sanada has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Diaz shoots in for a double leg but Sanada sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kamerun Diaz. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Sanada misses with the combination.
Diaz keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Diaz throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A decent looking cross lands there for Sanada.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sanada is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Sanada fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Diaz manages to avoid it.
Diaz clobbers Sanada with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Diaz throws a big shot that misses.
Masa Sanada seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A punch lands to the side of Diaz 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Sanada dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Sanada throws a poor cross that misses
and Diaz finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diaz moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Diaz misses with a jab, cross combination.
Sanada comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Diaz throws a low kick but Sanada moves out of range easily.
Sanada misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Diaz cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Sanada throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Sanada thows a left - swing and a miss!
Diaz pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Diaz looks to score with a jab to the body but Sanada is just out of range.
Sanada ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Sanada takes a swing at Diaz's ribcage but misses.
Sanada blocks a jab.
Jab, jab by Diaz - just one landing.
Diaz throws an overhand right that lands on Sanada's shoulder, as Sanada tries to avoid the shot.
Sanada scores with a jab to the body.
Diaz takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Sanada throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Diaz stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Sanada connects with a single shot there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diaz swings widly with a right hand
and Sanada counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Diaz thinking.
A shot to the liver by Sanada. Beautiful body shot.
Sanada just misses with a punch to the body.
Diaz avoids the body shot from Sanada.
Sanada just misses with a punch to the body.
Diaz throws a half hearted mid kick.
Diaz throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Diaz sizes up Sanada with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Diaz connects with the punch.
Diaz throws a shot to the body.
Diaz keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A telegraphed right hand from Diaz misses the target.
Sanada steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Diaz.
Diaz connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Sanada's hands.
Sanada dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Sanada lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Diaz connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Sanada momentarily.
Diaz throws a series of punches but Sanada avoids them all with ease.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Sanada misses.

Sanada has taken the fight to the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sanada.

Diaz escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Sanada slips a jab from Diaz.
A head kick misses from Diaz.

Sanada drives through and clinches with Diaz against the cage.
Diaz is trying to break the clinch but Sanada is controlling him.
Sanada prevents Diaz from breaking the clinch.
Sanada lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A short body shot lands from Sanada as the two fighters clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Sanada lands with a right to the head.
Sanada goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Sanada blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Diaz swings wildly with an uppercut but Sanada uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sanada throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Diazs head.
Sanada blocking some punches.
Diaz misses with a hook from the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Masa Sanada showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Sanada swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Sanada throws out a powerful jab.
Sanada throws the left hand but Diaz avoids the punch easily.
Sanada lands a slapping body shot.
Sanada tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Diaz was well out of range. Poor timing from Sanada.
Sanada bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Sanada throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Diaz staying out of range there.
Diaz swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Sanada pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Sanada throws a body punch but Diaz moves out of range.
Donk. Diaz catches Sanada right on the button with a cross.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sanada stuffs the takedown.
Diaz tries a head kick but it misses.
Diaz avoids the body shot from Sanada.
It looked like Diaz wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
An inside leg kick from Diaz misses.
Diaz ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Diaz looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanada ducks under a wild hook from Diaz.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Sanada throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Diaz stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Sanada fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Diaz manages to avoid it.
Diaz half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Sanada lands with a shot to the body.
Nice body punch from Sanada.
Sanada throws a nice looking combination but Diaz bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Sanada digs a good hook to Diaz's body.
Sanada misses with a looping left.
Sanada throws out a loose jab but Diaz uses good head movement to avoid it.
Diaz will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Diaz takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Sanada works Diaz's body with a nice hook.
Diaz looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Diaz fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sanada tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Diaz was well out of range. Poor timing from Sanada.
Kamerun Diaz has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diaz throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Diaz is looking to chop away at Sanada's legs.
Sanada swings for the body but Diaz moves out of range.
Sanada scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Diaz doesn't seem bothered though.
Sanada clobbers Diaz with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Sanada tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Diaz swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Sanada tests Diaz's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Diaz fails with the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kamerun Diaz. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Diaz misses with a low kick.
Sanada moves out of range of the strikes.
Diaz connects with a crisp jab.
Sanada uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Diaz.
Diaz shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Diaz misses with a jab, cross combination.
Sanada appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Diaz misses with a looping left.
Diaz takes a body punch but keeps moving.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanada lands with a nice body punch.
Sanada connects with a single shot there.
Sanada fails with an attempt to clinch.
Diaz misses with a hook. Sanada ducked under it nicely.
Nice uppercut there from Sanada.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Sanada checks a leg kick.
Sanada scores with a nice head shot.
Sanada throws a shot to the body.
Sanada connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Masa Sanada is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Diaz misses with a looping right.
Diaz swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Sanada dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Nice uppercut there from Sanada.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Diaz misses with a body shot
and Sanada counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Diaz misses with a low kick.
Sanada scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Diaz throws a jab when Sanada was well out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sanada fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Sanada takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Sanada cracks Diaz with a right hand to the side of the head.
Sanada lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Diaz looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.

Sanada closes the distance and clinches.
Sanada has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Diaz seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Sanada can turn it around.
Diaz lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Diaz can't break the clinch.
Diaz jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Sanada walks away with a smile on his face. Diaz gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Diaz tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sanada was well out of range. Poor timing from Diaz.
Diaz misses with a looping left.
Sanada scores with a shot to the body.
A slow jab from Diaz misses its intended target.
Sanada wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Diaz will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Diaz rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Sanada counters with a lovely shot to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
Masa Sanada comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Sanada has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Frank Antenori scores the fight 27:30
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 27:30
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Masa Sanada!
Masa Sanada really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that Conviction logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.