PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Nick Diaz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Louis Arther Cane (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Diaz comes to the ring accompanied by Kanye West- Amazing . There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Diaz
vs
Arther Cane

181 cm
21
175 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

185 cm
22
170 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

Crippler's Corner

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Nick Diaz!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Louis Arther Cane!
The judges for this bout are Paul Aken, Albert Achterberg and Radbod Blank.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Diaz misses with a two punch combination.
Arther Cane uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Diaz.
Arther Cane ducks under a wild hook from Diaz.
Arther Cane moves out of range as Diaz strikes.
Arther Cane fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Arther Cane throws a leg kick but Diaz checks it.
A jab from Diaz misses.
Arther Cane fails to land the takedown.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Arther Cane slips a jab and a cross from Diaz.
Arther Cane fails with an attempt to clinch.
Diaz avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Arther Cane.
Nick Diaz has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Louis Arther Cane.

Diaz shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
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.
Arther Cane is in all sorts of trouble here.
Diaz looking to control but Arther Cane is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
A nice elbow there by Diaz.
Diaz seems to be looking to move to his opponent's back but Arther Cane is holding on tight.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Diaz landing strikes from the mount.
Arther Cane is wriggling around trying to escape.
Diaz trying to control but he's not successful this time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diaz landing strikes, looking to finish!
A nice elbow there by Diaz.
Arther Cane working to try and regain half guard.
Diaz sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Diaz has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Diaz with good strikes from the mount here!

Diaz with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Arther Cane really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Arther Cane looks gassed!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Arther Cane is just holding on here. Diaz manages to take his back.

Arther Cane showing good submission defense here.

Diaz is looking to finish the fight by rear naked choke. Arther Cane knows exactly what he's got planned though, so he's defending well. Maybe a few strikes would soften Arther Cane for a finish.
Diaz throwing sloppy strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Diaz connects with a series of strikes and the referee is calling for Arther Cane to escape the position.

Diaz has his arm under Arther Cane's chin here. Game over son! Diaz squeezes tightly and Arther Cane is forced to tap out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:28 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Nick Diaz!
Nick Diaz retains his welterweight title!