PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Ralph Bentley (ranked 7171 p4p, 0 weight class) and Niko Diaz (ranked 5485 p4p, 0 weight class). Ralph Bentley looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.

Bentley
vs
Diaz

182 cm
25
150 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

173 cm
25
150 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ralph Bentley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Niko Diaz!
The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, Anthony Taglia and Bruno Lombardi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Diaz takes a swing at Bentley's ribcage but misses.
Bentley really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Bentley looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
Diaz misses with a straight left.

Diaz shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Bentley manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Diaz working some strikes from top position.
Diaz lands a couple of elbows.
Bentley avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Diaz lands a couple of digs.
Bentley is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Diaz is working Bentley over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Diaz content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Diaz makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Diaz makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Diaz must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Diaz stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Bentley swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Diaz stands up over Bentley, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Diaz looking to pass the guard.
Diaz lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Diaz is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Diaz lands a couple of digs.
Diaz in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Bentley keeping moving, preventing Diaz from controlling successfully.
Bentley looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Diaz with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Diaz working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Bentley's head.
Diaz is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diaz cracks Bentley with a solid left hand.
Bentley keeping moving, preventing Diaz from controlling successfully.
Diaz is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.

Bentley is rocked!
Diaz keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Bentley's head.
Diaz landing with the ground and pound.
Oh Bentley is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Diaz keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Bentley's head.
Diaz distracts Bentley with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Diaz wants to control from the top but Bentley keeps moving.
Diaz lands a couple of elbows.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bentley is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Bentley seems to have got his legs back now.
Diaz looking to pass the guard.
Diaz working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Diaz is in close to Bentley's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Diaz lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Diaz connects with a couple of short punches.
Diaz landing with the ground and pound.
Diaz scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Diaz chips away with some ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Diaz connects with a couple of short punches.
Diaz connects with a couple of short punches.
Diaz cracks Bentley with a solid left hand.
Bentley has momentary wrist control but Diaz slips an elbow through the middle.
Diaz loads up on a big left hand. Bentley felt that one! He's just covering up now, not defending himself intelligently - Diaz looks towards the ref and unloads with 3 more big shots and the ref has no choice but to stop the fight! Bentley can't hide his disappointment, as Diaz celebrates the victory.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:40 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Niko Diaz!