PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Antonio Diaz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dan Sergeant (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Diaz
vs
Sergeant

175 cm
25
140 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

175 cm
25
139 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Big right hand

Decent wrestler
Basic striking
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Antonio Diaz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Dan Sergeant!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Timothy Bukovac and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sergeant lands the left hand.
Diaz throws a lazy body kick

and Sergeant decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Diaz's guard.
Diaz on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Diaz tries to get out of the position.
Sergeant trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Sergeant is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Sergeant stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Diaz swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Sergeant controls from within his opponent's guard.
Diaz looking for a sweep. Not yet Diaz, not yet.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Diaz looking to control.
Diaz is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Sergeant is controlling him.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sergeant is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Sergeant swings widly with a right hand
and Diaz counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Nice uppercut lands for Diaz. That snapped Sergeant's head back.
Diaz pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Sergeant drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Diaz defends it well.
Diaz throws a nice inside leg kick.
A swing and a miss from Diaz.
A little jabbing left from Sergeant on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Sergeant shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Diaz as he avoids it easily.
Sergeant just misses with a punch to the body.
Diaz displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Sergeant.
Diaz lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sergeant swings away with a body shot that misses
and Sergeant takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Sergeant fails with the takedown
and Diaz counters with a leg kick.
Antonio Diaz has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dan Sergeant.
Diaz lands a leg kick that knocks Sergeant off balance momentarily.
Sergeant has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Diaz.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sergeant shoots for a takedown but Diaz saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
A thudding body kick lands there by Diaz!
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Diaz.
Sergeant dodges the punch combination from Diaz.
Sergeant feints the counter takedown.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sergeant shoots in but Diaz avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Sergeant looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Dan Sergeant seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Diaz lands a jab.
Sergeant with a poor takedown
and Diaz cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Sergeant takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Diaz connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Sergeant's hands.
Nice uppercut there from Diaz.
Diaz lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Diaz looks to land a right hand but Sergeant moved out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Diaz misses with the combination.
Diaz lands a leg kick that knocks Sergeant off balance momentarily.
Diaz lands with a shot to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A chopping leg kick lands by Diaz.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Sergeant.
Sergeant looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Diaz is looking for a counter combo.
Antonio Diaz is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Diaz throws a shot to the body.
Diaz lands with a right hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Antonio Diaz dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Sergeant throws a leg kick
and Diaz counters with a two punch combo.
Sergeant ducks under a wild hook from Diaz.
Sergeant doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Diaz counters with a nice low kick that buckles Sergeant's knee momentarily.
Diaz fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Sergeant has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Sergeant darts in looking for a takedown but Diaz gets double underhooks and turns Sergeant into the cage.
Diaz keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Diaz throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Sergeant with the counter takedown but Diaz avoids it easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Diaz loads up on a big right hand but Sergeant slips the punch.
Diaz scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Antonio Diaz is winning the standup battle so far.
Sergeant with a lazy takedown attempt
and Diaz counters with a straight right hand.
Antonio Diaz has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dan Sergeant.
Nice uppercut lands for Diaz. That snapped Sergeant's head back.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice combination there by Diaz.
Diaz throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Sergeant sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Sergeant displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Diaz throws out the jab.
Diaz throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Diaz lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Diaz throws out a loose jab but Sergeant uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Diaz, right into the meat.
Sergeant misses with an uppercut
and Diaz makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Sergeant misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Sergeant is breathing heavily.
Sergeant showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Diaz.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Sergeant fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Diaz, pushing him back against the cage.
A hook to the body from Diaz.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Diaz lands a body shot in the clinch.
Sergeant misses with a body punch.
A hook to the body from Diaz.

Diaz breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Diaz dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

Sergeant closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Diaz wants to control but Sergeant postures up.
Diaz tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Diaz struggling a bit here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diaz is not content to let Sergeant control the position.
Diaz is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Diaz gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
Sergeant takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Diaz wants to hold on but Sergeant pushes him away.
Sergeant tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Sergeant cracks Diaz with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Sergeant controlling from the full mount.
Diaz knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Sergeant on the ground.
Diaz tries to lock up and control but Sergeant gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Diaz is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Sergeant can do to turn this around?
Sergeant sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.

Sergeant is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Diaz has managed to escape the submission attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Antonio Diaz dominated that second 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. This is the final round!

Sergeant misses with a leg kick
and Diaz counters with a nice body shot.
Diaz tests Sergeant's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Sergeant's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Diaz stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Diaz wants it to stay on the feet.
A right-left combo lands from Diaz.
Sergeant lands the left hand.
Diaz misses with a straight left.
Sergeant gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Diaz counters with an inside leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Diaz swats away the attempt to clinch by Sergeant.
Sergeant throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Diaz.
Sergeant takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A big right from Diaz misses.
Diaz lands with a kick to the ribs.
Sergeant keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Diaz scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Diaz lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Sergeant circles away quickly and effectively.
Sergeant fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
It looked like Diaz was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Sergeant.
Sergeant tries to close the distance and clinch but Diaz swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Sergeant, as that shot connected.
A solid body kick from Diaz.
Sergeant walks into a straight right hand from Diaz.
Diaz getting the better of the striking in that exchange.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Diaz scores with a shot to the body.
Dan Sergeant is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Sergeant pulls out of a head kick attempt.
As Sergeant backs away, Diaz returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Sergeant takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Diaz fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Sergeant.
Diaz connects with a crisp jab.
Diaz throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
An inside leg kick lands from Diaz.
Diaz throws a series of punches but Sergeant avoids them all with ease.
Diaz listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Diaz feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Sergeant's calf.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sergeant. Diaz does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diaz lands with an overhand left.
Diaz throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
A jab from Diaz misses.
Sergeant uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Diaz.
Diaz connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Diaz lands a slapping body shot.

Sergeant closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Sergeant has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Diaz.
Sergeant is trying to drag Diaz to the mat but Diaz just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Antonio Diaz has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dan Sergeant.

Diaz pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Horrible takedown attempt by Sergeant or perhaps it was just good defense by Diaz, which made it look bad.
An attempted straight right counter from Diaz misses the target.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Diaz will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Diaz connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Sergeant momentarily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Diaz scores with a punch to the head.
Diaz ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sergeant moves away.
Sergeant swings widly with a right hand
and Diaz counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Sergeant thinking.
Sergeant throws out a loose jab but Diaz uses good head movement to avoid it.
Diaz thinks about countering with a body kick.
Dan Sergeant has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Diaz uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.

And that's the end of the fight!
Antonio 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 Don Winkell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Antonio Diaz!