PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Danny Duff (ranked 3588 p4p, 374 weight class) and Luiz Diaz (ranked 16690 p4p, 538 weight class). Duff comes to the cage accompanied by Kendrick Lamar - Bitch, Don't Kill My Vibe. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Duff
vs
Diaz

172 cm
25
156 lbs
7 - 7 - 0

178 cm
40
156 lbs
16 - 12 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
Powerful

Urban Fighter

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Danny Duff!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Luiz Diaz!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Yukihiro Shimada and Yasuomi Hirokawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Duff jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Diaz unleashes a big counter combination but Duff bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Diaz slips under a jab from Duff.
Diaz now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Diaz ducks under a wild hook from Duff.
Diaz let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Duff misses with a hook. Diaz ducked under it nicely.
Duff throws a right hand that misses
and Diaz counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

Diaz scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Diaz working the head and body with strikes.

Diaz is trying to work for a kimura but Duff is defending well.
Diaz stops Duff from getting back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Duff is trying to escape back to his feet but Diaz uses the scramble to pass into side control.
Duff is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Diaz is controlling him well.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Duff is looking to get back to his feet here but Diaz is keeping cool and he's managed to take Duff's back.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Duff is trying to stand back up.
Diaz scores with strikes from the back.
Watch the back of the head! Comes the shout from the referee towards Diaz.
Duff is trying to get back to his feet but he's not managed it yet.
We've been hearing good reports from Duff's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.
Diaz throwing damaging strikes from the back! Duff could be in trouble here!
Diaz has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Duff is trying to get back to his feet but he's not managed it yet.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diaz lands punches and elbows.
Duff wants to get back to his feet.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Duff preventing the rear naked choke attempt from Diaz.
Duff is trying to get back to his feet but Diaz has full control of the position and if anything, Duff has just worked his way into a worse spot.

Diaz is working for a rear naked choke. Duff is not defending it well and Diaz has tightened it up quickly! This could be all over! Duff refuses to tap and goes to sleep, forcing the referee to intervene. A little trickle of blood came out of Duff's nose as his head slumped to the floor. That is naaaasty!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Luiz Diaz!
Luiz Diaz decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.