PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Markus Watson (ranked 9474 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cain Diaz (ranked 6865 p4p, 0 weight class). Cain Diaz will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Watson
vs
Diaz

185 cm
20
265 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

193 cm
18
262 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Prefers standup

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Markus Watson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Cain Diaz!
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, Dean Styles and Jonathan Paton.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Diaz scores with a decent looking hook.
Diaz cracks Watson with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Watson takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Diaz pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Watson back to the cage. Diaz follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Diaz looks to land a combination but Watson avoids it well.
Diaz jabs at Watson's body.
Donk. Diaz catches Watson right on the button with a cross.
Diaz circles and sees the opportunity to plant his feet and throw a really nice straight left hand that drops Watson to the canvas! Watson doesn't know where he is but he's trying to survive - Diaz keeps piling on the pressure and forces the referee to step in! This one is aaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:50 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Cain Diaz!
During a confident post fight interview, Cain Diaz thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.