PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ace Diamond (ranked 3735 p4p, 4349 weight class) and Jorg Wegner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Diamond has a slight injury, which hopefully won't affect the fight too much. The key to victory for Ace Diamond has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Diamond
vs
Wegner

190 cm
18
275
1 - 0 - 0

174 cm
18
280
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Counter fighter
Big right hand

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Granite chin

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ace Diamond!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jorg Wegner!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Frank Dennis and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Diamond bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Wegner's head backwards.

It looks like Jorg Wegner has been cut.

Wegner gets the takedown into side control.
Wegner looks up at the clock and then as Diamond takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Wegner smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Wegner landing a few strikes.
Diamond on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Diamond tries to get out of the position.
Diamond wants to control but Wegner postures up.
Wegner in side control lands a decent elbow.
Diamond taking a bit of punishment here - Wegner scoring with strikes.
Wegner lands some shots froms side control.
Diamond is breathing heavily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Wegner cracks Diamond with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Diamond is working to avoid the ground and pound but Wegner connects with a decent elbow.
Diamond takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Wegner in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Wegner lands a decent elbow from side control.
Wegner lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Wegner scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Diamond to see if he's OK.
Wegner connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Diamond some visible discomfort.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Diamond on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Wegner lands a decent elbow from side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Check out the look on Wegner's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Wegner scores with punches from side control.
Wegner cracks Diamond with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Wegner working the head and body with strikes.
Wegner scores with a couple of short elbows.
Diamond takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Wegner working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Wegner grinds an elbow into Diamond's temple.
Wegner lands a decent elbow from side control.
Wegner landing a few strikes.
Wegner working the head with strikes.
Wegner has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Wegner is chipping away with strikes.
Wegner cracks Diamond with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Wegner working the head and body with strikes.
Wegner scores with punches from side control.
Wegner working the ground and pound from side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wegner scoring with punches from side control.
Wegner landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Diamond takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Wegner scores with punches from side control.
Wegner lands some shots froms side control.
Diamond could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Wegner lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Wegner cracks Diamond with a big right hand but Diamond just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Diamond takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Wegner works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Wegner scoring with punches and elbows.
Wegner in side control lands a decent elbow.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Wegner works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Diamond is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Diamond takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Diamond on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Diamond looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wegner working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Wegner scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Diamond to see if he's OK.
Wegner cracks Diamond with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Diamond takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Wegner scores with a couple of short elbows.
Diamond is working to avoid the ground and pound but Wegner connects with a decent elbow.
Wegner scores with punches from side control.
Wegner working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Wegner scores with a couple of short elbows.
Wegner working the ground and pound.
Diamond takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Diamond takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Wegner landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Wegner working the head with strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wegner landing strikes.
Wegner lands a nice forearm strike.
Wegner working the ground and pound.
Wegner landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Wegner working the body and head with strikes.
Wegner is working Diamond over with some ground and pound from side control.
Wegner looks up at the clock and then as Diamond takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Wegner smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Diamond takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Wegner working the head with strikes.
Wegner working the head with strikes.
Diamond takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Wegner scoring with punches and elbows.
Wegner working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Wegner grinds an elbow into Diamond's temple.
Wegner cracks Diamond with a big elbow.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Jorg Wegner dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jorg Wegner's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Wegner shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Diamond napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Jorg Wegner has got the better of the ground game so far.
Diamond is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Wegner creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Wegner lands a few punches from side control.
Wegner cracks Diamond with a big right hand but Diamond just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Wegner working the head and body with strikes.
Diamond knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Wegner on the ground.
Wegner scoring with punches and elbows.
Wegner working the body and head with strikes.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Wegner landing a few strikes.
Wegner is working Diamond over with some ground and pound from side control.
Wegner scores with a couple of short elbows.
Check out the look on Wegner's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Wegner lands a decent elbow from side control.
Wegner works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Wegner working the head with strikes.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Wegner scoring with punches from side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Diamond is working to avoid the ground and pound but Wegner connects with a decent elbow.
Wegner landing a few strikes.
Diamond takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Check out the look on Wegner's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Wegner working the ground and pound.
Wegner working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Wegner lands some shots froms side control.
Wegner lands a few punches from side control.
Wegner scoring with punches and elbows.
Wegner working the head with strikes.
Wegner grinds an elbow into Diamond's temple.
Wegner is putting a hurting on Diamond here, landing some big shots from side control.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Diamond takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Wegner scores with punches from side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wegner grinds an elbow into Diamond's temple.
Diamond taking punishment in the form of punches.
Wegner working the ground and pound.
Wegner lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Diamond down.
Diamond on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Wegner has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Diamond is working to avoid the ground and pound but Wegner connects with a decent elbow.
Wegner lands a few punches from side control.
Wegner cracks Diamond with a big elbow.
Wegner lands a nice forearm strike.
Wegner connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Diamond some visible discomfort.
Wegner scoring with punches and elbows.
Wegner lands a few punches from side control.
Diamond takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Wegner working the head and body with strikes.
Wegner working the ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wegner scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Diamond to see if he's OK.
Wegner scoring with punches from side control.
Wegner lands a decent elbow from side control.
Wegner working the head and body with strikes.
Wegner lands a decent elbow from side control.
Wegner lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Wegner landing strikes.
Wegner is working Diamond over with some ground and pound from side control.
Wegner cracks Diamond with a big right hand but Diamond just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Wegner looks up at the clock and then as Diamond takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Wegner smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Wegner working the ground and pound.
Wegner working the ground and pound from side control.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Wegner lands some shots froms side control.
Wegner working the ground and pound.
Wegner scores with a couple of short elbows.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Diamond is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Wegner in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Wegner in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Wegner lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Diamond takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Wegner lands some shots froms side control.
Wegner scoring with punches and elbows.
Wegner landing a few strikes.
Wegner working the head with strikes.
Wegner landing a few strikes.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Diamond takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Wegner working the head with strikes.
Wegner lands a nice forearm strike.
Wegner working the ground and pound.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Jorg Wegner showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Jorg Wegner's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Diamond gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Wegner to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Wegner with a nice head shot there.
Wegner with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Wegner is in close to Diamond's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Wegner landing with the ground and pound.
Wegner works over Diamond with some ground and pound from guard.
Wegner cracks Diamond with a solid left hand.
Wegner scoring with punches to the head and body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wegner working some strikes from top position.
Wegner working some strikes from top position.
Wegner lands a couple of elbows.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Wegner scoring with punches to the head and body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wegner keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Diamond's head.
Wegner chips away with some ground and pound.
Wegner content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Wegner is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Wegner scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Wegner lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Wegner with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Wegner postures up and lands a big shot to Diamond's brow.
Wegner lands a couple of elbows.
Wegner postures up and lands a big shot to Diamond's brow.
Wegner lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Wegner landing some decent shots from guard.
Wegner connects with a couple of short punches.
Wegner works over Diamond with some ground and pound from guard.
Ace Diamond has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wegner lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Diamond will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Wegner is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Wegner with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Wegner works over Diamond with some ground and pound from guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Wegner landing some decent shots from guard.
Wegner with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Wegner scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Wegner keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Diamond's head.
Wegner connects with a couple of short punches.
Wegner lands a couple of elbows.
Wegner keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Diamond's head.
Wegner keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Diamond's head.
Wegner scoring with some ground and pound.
Wegner working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Diamond's head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Wegner's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Wegner with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Wegner working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Wegner content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Diamond looking to control.
Wegner chips away with some ground and pound.
Wegner is in close to Diamond's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Wegner content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Wegner scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Wegner connects with a couple of short punches.
Wegner keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Diamond's head.
Wegner is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Wegner chips away with some ground and pound.
Wegner scoring with punches to the head and body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wegner distracts Diamond with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Wegner landing some decent shots from guard.
Wegner working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Wegner won't allow Diamond to sweep him here.
Wegner is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Wegner scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Wegner working some strikes from top position.
Wegner connects with a couple of short punches.
Wegner makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Wegner pushes down on Diamond's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Diamond taking some punishment here, with Wegner in his half guard.
Wegner takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Wegner seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jorg Wegner comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Wegner winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Robert Twigg scores the fight 24:30
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 24:30
Judge George Francis scores the fight 24:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jorg Wegner!