PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Nate Diaz (ranked 2310 p4p, 266 weight class) and Salim Sagar (ranked 2620 p4p, 296 weight class). Nate Diaz could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Salim Sagar's chin.

Diaz
vs
Sagar

186 cm
28
165 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

186 cm
21
168 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

Dangerous GnP
Counter fighter
KO power

Powerful takedowns
Basic striking
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Nate Diaz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Salim Sagar!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Lombardi, Eddie Farnsworth and John Kavanagh.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Sagar gets a double leg takedown into Diaz's guard.
Diaz controlling the position.
Diaz has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Sagar throws an elbow that misses. Diaz uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Sagar's guard. Nice move by Diaz!

Diaz landing with the ground and pound.
Diaz lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Sagar trying to control the position.
Diaz is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Diaz cracks Sagar with a solid left hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sagar looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Diaz's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Diaz lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Diaz chips away with some ground and pound.
Sagar seems keen to control Diaz's posture.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Diaz lands a couple of digs.
Diaz keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Sagar's head.
Diaz chips away with some ground and pound.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Diaz's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Diaz works over Sagar with some ground and pound from guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sagar seems keen to control Diaz's posture.
Diaz has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Diaz chips away with some ground and pound.
Diaz lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Diaz scoring with punches to the head and body.
Diaz throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Diaz lands a couple of decent looking shots.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Diaz postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Diaz postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diaz makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Diaz postures up.
Diaz preventing the sweep.
Diaz chips away with some ground and pound.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Diaz is in close to Sagar's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Diaz's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Diaz with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Diaz chips away with some ground and pound.

Sagar is rocked!
Diaz stopping the sweep attempt from Sagar.
Diaz postures up and lands a big shot to Sagar's brow.
Sagar is trying to keep Diaz in close.
Diaz controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Diaz's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Diaz chips away with some ground and pound.
Diaz lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Sagar has momentary wrist control but Diaz slips an elbow through the middle.
Diaz prevents Sagar from getting back to his feet.
Sagar is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Sagar trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Diaz working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Sagar's head.
Diaz lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Diaz lands a couple of elbows.
Diaz is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Diaz cracks Sagar with a solid left hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Diaz passes into half guard.
Diaz working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.

Sagar looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Nice strikes from Diaz there.
Diaz is nestled in close to Sagar, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Diaz connects with a nice short shot to Sagar's temple.
Sagar is still in real trouble! Can Diaz finish him?
Diaz working the head and body with strikes.
Diaz looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Sagar with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Sagar is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Diaz scores with a couple of nice shots.
Nice strikes from Diaz there.
Sagar is looking to improve his position.
Diaz lands a big elbow - Sagar is out of it! He's waving his arms around but his eyes are closed and he's not intelligently defending himself - the ref has no choice but to jump in and stop the fight! This one is in the books! A TKO win for Diaz!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Nate Diaz!
A relieved looking Nate Diaz thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.