PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Nelson Henriques (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nick Diaz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Henriques
vs
Diaz

175 cm
23
176 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

185 cm
18
160 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

Decent wrestler
Brawler
Self confident

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Nelson Henriques!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Nick Diaz!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Frank Antenori and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Henriques shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.

Henriques is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Diaz doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Henriques.
Henriques scores with a couple of good hammerfists.

Diaz is defending against the submission attempts here by Henriques.
Diaz is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Henriques's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Henriques's back!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Henriques trying to control but he's just got himself in more trouble.
Diaz tries to get the hooks in deep but Henriques pushed the leg off.

Diaz goes for a risky armbar from back mount and it's not paid off. Henriques escapes and is now in half guard on top.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Henriques is trying to work for a kimura but Diaz is defending well.
Diaz trying to hold on to Henriques's head to control him but Henriques postures up.
Henriques trying to control the pace.
Henriques lands strikes from half guard.
Henriques tries to pass the half guard into mount. Diaz knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Diaz trying to control but Henriques postures up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.

Henriques is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Henriques stalling away here and it's allowed Diaz to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
Diaz wants to sweep here but Henriques controlling him for the moment.
Henriques trying to move into half guard but instead Diaz has managed to sweep!

Diaz wants to control from the top but Henriques keeps moving.
Diaz forces his way into half guard.
Henriques is positioning himself well to prevent Diaz advancing to mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Henriques is not content to let Diaz control the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Diaz frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Henriques tries to hold on but Diaz postures up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Diaz tries to control but Henriques wriggling away.

Diaz has hold of Henriques's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Henriques manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Henriques is wriggling around trying to escape.
Henriques slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Diaz tries to pass the half guard into mount. Henriques knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Diaz is trying to control. Henriques wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Henriques is positioning himself well to prevent Diaz advancing to mount.
Henriques is looking to escape.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Nelson Henriques will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Diaz shoots in but no luck this time.

Henriques shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Henriques showed some decent athleticism there.

Henriques is trying to work for a kimura but Diaz is defending well.

Henriques is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Henriques takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Diaz wants to control but Henriques is keeping busy and won't allow it.

Henriques looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Diaz gets full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Diaz working a defensive guard but Henriques manages to pass into side control anyway.
Diaz prevents Henriques from improving position.
Check out the look on Henriques's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Henriques working away.
Diaz sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Diaz is looking to improve his position.
Henriques looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Henriques scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Diaz trying to control here.
Nice strikes from Henriques there.

Henriques is trying to work for a kimura but Diaz is defending well.
Henriques knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Diaz on the ground.

Henriques is working for a kimura but Diaz is defending it quite comfortably.

Henriques seems to be looking for submissions.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Henriques seems to be looking for submissions.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diaz is trying to control but can't.
Henriques missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Diaz moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Diaz looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Diaz looking to control.
Diaz lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

Nelson Henriques overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Diaz wants to control from the top but Henriques keeps moving.

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

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Diaz pushes down on Henriques's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Diaz passes to full mount!
Diaz trying to control but Henriques is having none of it.
Diaz connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Henriques really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nelson Henriques dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Diaz shoots for a double leg takedown but Henriques sprawls well. He's pushed Diaz's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Diaz fails with a takedown attempt.
Diaz fails to land the takedown.
Nelson Henriques has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Nick Diaz.

Henriques shoots in and gets a takedown into Diaz's guard.
Diaz working a defensive guard here.
Henriques has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Diaz can't keep his opponent in guard - Henriques advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Diaz takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Diaz trying to hold on to Henriques's head to control him but Henriques postures up.

Henriques is working for a submission of some sort.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Henriques is trying to work for a kimura but Diaz is defending well.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Henriques in particular looking to stall.

Henriques is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.

Henriques is working for a kimura but Diaz is defending it quite comfortably.
Diaz works his way to full guard. Good work.

That's two 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 is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Diaz is the more experienced fighter here and he's going to need to draw on some of that experience if he's going to pull this one out the bag.
Diaz bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Henriques's guard.

Diaz trying to control the position from guard on top but Henriques is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Henriques pulls Diaz in close to his closed guard and prevents Diaz from doing any damage or advancing position.
Diaz advances to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Henriques controlling the position for now.
Henriques wants to improve his position but Diaz is controlling well.
Diaz frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Henriques manages to regain half guard. Good work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Henriques wants to get back to his feet.
Henriques is controlling Diaz's trapped leg to prevent Diaz from advancing to side control.
Diaz blocks the strikes from Henriques.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Henriques wants to get back to his feet.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Henriques is trying to get back to full guard.
Nick Diaz has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Nelson Henriques is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Diaz throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Nelson Henriques.
Well Henriques has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight for Nelson Henriques!
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight for Nelson Henriques!
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight for Nelson Henriques!

Nelson Henriques wins by unanimous decision!
Nick Diaz spoke after the fight, saying 'He did it and i was unlucky, promise to be back strong and better. Thank you!'.