PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Noah Diaz (ranked 3385 p4p, 3560 weight class) and Ksawery Supko (ranked 412 p4p, 436 weight class). Diaz comes into the arena with OPULENT blaring out of the sound system. Supko has chosen Mój Świat as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Diaz
vs
Supko

183 cm
19
174
2 - 1 - 0

181 cm
19
170
2 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Big right hand

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Conviction

Hoarse Pills
Groove Gear

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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Noah Diaz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ksawery Supko!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Don Winkell and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Supko missing with a left hand there. Diaz was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Supko looks to score with a jab to the body but Diaz is just out of range.
Diaz appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Supko jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Supko misses with an uppercut

and Diaz counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Diaz pushes Supko back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Nice body punch from Diaz.
Supko wants to break free but Diaz has control.
Diaz tries to work over Supko's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Supko working hard to break the clinch.
Supko's coach down at Gold Samurai's Gym was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Supko's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Supko is looking to break free of the clinch but Diaz has double underhooks.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Supko is trying to break free.
Supko blocks an uppercut.
Diaz fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Diaz lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Diaz lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Supko is trying to break free.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Supko wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Good body shot from Diaz.
Diaz lands a body shot.
Diaz struggles to land a body shot inside as Supko controls his hands.
Supko blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Diaz lands a shot to the body.
Diaz lands a body shot in the clinch.
Diaz misses with a short punch on the inside.
Supko is trying to break the clinch but Diaz has him pressed against the cage.

Supko escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Diaz moves into the clinch successfully.
Diaz goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Diaz throws a punch but it's blocked by Supko.
Supko wants to break the clinch but can't.
Supko is trying to break the clinch but Diaz has him pressed against the cage.
Diaz lands a body shot.
Supko blocks a body shot from Diaz.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Supko prevents a body shot from Diaz.
A shot in the inside from Diaz.
A body shot lands from Diaz.
Diaz lands a hook to the side of the head.
Diaz fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Supko blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Supko blocks an uppercut.
Diaz tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Supko has had enough of the clinch but Diaz keeps him there for the moment.
Still in the clinch, Diaz scores with a nice short uppercut.
Diaz lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A right hand to the body from Diaz.
Diaz lands an uppercut.
Supko wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Diaz struggles to land a body shot inside as Supko controls his hands.
Diaz misses with the head strike.
Supko wants to break the clinch but can't.
Supko wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Diaz has him pressed against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diaz lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Diaz lands a right hand.
Diaz misses with a body punch.
Diaz throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
A frustrated look appears on Supko's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Supko is trying to break the clinch but Diaz has him pressed against the cage.
Diaz working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Diaz throws a head punch that misses.
Diaz tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Diaz lands a shot to the body.
Supko blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Diaz makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Supko tries to circle away but Diaz has him pinned against the cage.
Supko wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Diaz doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

Supko manages to break the clinch.
Diaz slips a straight right by Supko.
Diaz seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Diaz ducks under a wild hook from Supko.
Supko throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Diaz seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Supko jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Diaz is looking to counter the offense by Supko and move into the clinch.
Supko misses with an uppercut
and Diaz counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Supko throws an ugly left hook that misses
enabling Diaz to counter with a crisp jab.

Diaz gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Supko prevents a body shot from Diaz.
Diaz swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Diaz lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Diaz tries a body shot but Supko blocks it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Supko.
Supko blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Noah Diaz dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.

Nice defenses there by Diaz.
Diaz has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Supko lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Diaz circles away quickly and effectively.

Diaz takes the fight into the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Diaz scores with a nice short uppercut.
Diaz throws a punch but it's blocked by Supko.
Diaz misses with a short punch on the inside.
Diaz working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Diaz tries to work over Supko's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Diaz throws a head punch that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Supko has had enough of the clinch but Diaz keeps him there for the moment.
Diaz has Supko pressed against the cage, preventing Supko from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Diaz lands with a right to the head.
Diaz fails to pull guard.
Supko is trying to push Diaz away but Diaz has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Supko is trying to break the clinch but Diaz is controlling him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Supko has had enough of the clinch but Diaz keeps him there for the moment.
Diaz lands a body shot in the clinch.
Diaz doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Diaz tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Supko is trying to push Diaz away but Diaz has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Diaz tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Supko's elbow.
Supko prevents a body shot from Diaz.
Diaz pushes Supko back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Supko is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Supko's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Supko wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Diaz has him pressed against the cage.

Supko breaks from the clinch.
Supko misses with a hook
and Diaz counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Supko misses with a hook. Diaz ducked under it nicely.
Diaz tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Supko manages to circle out of the way.

Diaz rushes Supko and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Supko tries to circle away but Diaz has him pinned against the cage.

Supko breaks from the clinch.
Supko throws a lazy right hand but Diaz sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A little feinted left hand from Diaz on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Diaz uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Supko.
Supko throws a right and a left that both miss.
Supko misses the jab.
Supko throws an overhand right that lands on Diaz's shoulder, as Diaz tries to avoid the shot.
Supko throws a looping overhand right but Diaz ducks down to avoid it.
Diaz is looking to counter punch.
Supko looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Supko lands a head shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Supko throws a hook to the side of Diaz's head but Diaz sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Diaz swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Ksawery Supko seems to be getting the better of the standup.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diaz dodges the punch combination from Supko.
Supko throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Diaz sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Ksawery Supko seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nice defenses there by Diaz.
Supko with a hook.
Supko misses with a hook

and Diaz holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Diaz lands a nice shot to the body.
Diaz lands a nice uppercut.
Diaz fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Diaz lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Supko backwards.
Diaz working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Diaz misses with the head strike.
Diaz is trying to pull guard but Supko has him pressed against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Diaz prevents Supko from breaking the clinch.
A right handed body shot lands from Diaz.
Diaz prevents Supko from breaking the clinch.
A short body shot lands from Diaz as the two fighters clinch.
Diaz misses with a short punch on the inside.
Diaz misses with a punch to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Diaz lands a right hand.
Diaz is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Supko can do to turn this around?
Supko wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Diaz has him pressed against the cage.
Diaz lands a hook to the side of the head.
Diaz jumps guard but Supko stands there with Diaz around his waist. Diaz gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Noah Diaz. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Diaz fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Supko is trying to break the clinch but Diaz has him pressed against the cage.
Diaz makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Diaz misses with a hook from the clinch.
Diaz misses with a body punch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Noah Diaz dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Supko throws a lazy right hand but Diaz sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Diaz keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Supko.
Diaz is looking to counter the offense by Supko and move into the clinch.

Supko gets tackled into the cage by Diaz. Diaz maintains the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Diaz.
Supko tries to break the clinch but Diaz is controlling the position.
Diaz keeps control of Supko as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Diaz lands a body punch in the clinch.
Diaz tries to throw a body punch but Supko avoids it by throwing Diaz back against the cage.
Diaz lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Supko blocks an uppercut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Diaz softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Diaz misses with a punch to the body.
Diaz lands a right hand that snaps the head of Supko backwards.
Diaz scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Noah Diaz has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Diaz throws a head punch that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Diaz lands a body punch.
Supko is trying to break the clinch but Diaz has him pressed against the cage.
Diaz goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Supko has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Diaz misses with a short punch on the inside.
Supko is trying to push Diaz away but Diaz has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Diaz misses with a body punch.
Diaz keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Supko's efforts to push away.
A frustrated look appears on Supko's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Diaz misses with a punch to the body.
Supko's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Diaz makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Supko blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Supko wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Diaz has him pressed against the cage.
Diaz misses with some punches.
Diaz swings away with an uppercut that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diaz misses with a hook from the clinch.
Supko wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Diaz lands an uppercut.
Diaz scores with a shot to the side of Supko's head.
Supko prevents a body shot from Diaz.
Diaz misses with a punch to the body.
Diaz misses with a hook to the ribs.
Supko is trying to break the clinch but Diaz is controlling him.
Diaz misses with a body punch.
Diaz keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Supko's efforts to push away.
Supko blocks a body shot from Diaz.
Diaz is leaning against Supko and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Diaz tries to work over Supko's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Diaz lands a shot to the body.
Diaz can't find room to land a body shot as Supko controls the action.
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 Supko walks away with a smile on his face. Diaz gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diaz blocks a jab.
Supko thows a left - swing and a miss!
Diaz tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Supko manages to circle out of the way.
Supko jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Diaz wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Supko takes a swing at Diaz's ribcage but misses.
Diaz tries to clinch
letting Supko counter with a right hand.
Diaz avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Diaz thinks about countering with a head kick.
Diaz ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

Diaz has closed the distance and engaged Supko in a clinch.
Supko's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A short right from Diaz.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Supko working hard to break the clinch.
Supko working hard to break the clinch.
Diaz lands an uppercut.
Supko is trying to break free.
Supko is trying to break free.
Diaz goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Supko tries to break free but Diaz pushes him back against the cage.
Diaz misses with some punches.
Diaz struggles to land a body shot inside as Supko controls his hands.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Diaz.
Diaz fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Diaz scores with a shot to the side of Supko's head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Supko wants to get back to striking at distance but Diaz won't allow it.
Diaz fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Supko blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Diaz misses with a short punch on the inside.
Ksawery Supko has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Diaz lands a body punch in the clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
Noah Diaz showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Diaz, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 30:27
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Noah Diaz!
Noah Diaz decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.