PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Acustus Koiranaama (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Paquito Diaz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Koiranaama
vs
Diaz

198 cm
27
216 lbs
9 - 0 - 0

193 cm
29
210 lbs
11 - 9 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

Decent wrestler
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Acustus Koiranaama!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 9 - 0, fighting out of London, Paquito Diaz!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, Daniel Bishop and Andrew Berry.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Diaz throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Koiranaama looks to land a left hand but Diaz moved out of range nicely.
Acustus Koiranaama seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Koiranaama tests Diaz's chin there with a solid looking shot.

It looks like Paquito Diaz has been cut.
Koiranaama slips under a jab.
Koiranaama punishes Diaz's body with a nice straight punch.
Koiranaama throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Diaz takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Koiranaama moves in looking to clinch but Diaz pushes him off.
Diaz scores with a nice head shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Koiranaama throws a hook but Diaz blocks it.
Diaz loads up on a big right hand but Koiranaama slips the punch.
A slow jab from Diaz misses its intended target.
Diaz moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.

Koiranaama has closed the distance and engaged Diaz in a clinch.
Diaz is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Koiranaama blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Diaz can't find room to land a body shot as Koiranaama controls the action.
Koiranaama tries to work over Diaz's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Diaz misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Diaz swings wildly with an uppercut but Koiranaama uses good head movement to avoid it.
Diaz tries to break free but Koiranaama pushes him back against the cage.
Koiranaama lands a body punch.
Diaz swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Koiranaama lands a body punch.
Koiranaama looking to stall.
Diaz is trying to break the clinch but Koiranaama is controlling him.
Still in the clinch, Koiranaama scores with a nice short uppercut.
Koiranaama lands a body shot in the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Koiranaama lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Koiranaama softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Koiranaama lands a left hand that snaps the head of Diaz backwards.
Koiranaama lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Diaz.
Diaz looks gassed!
Diaz tries to work over Koiranaama's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Koiranaama lands a hook that snaps the head of Diaz backwards.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Koiranaama lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Koiranaama is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Koiranaama pushes Diaz back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Still in the clinch, Koiranaama scores with a nice short uppercut.

That has opened up Paquito Diaz's cut even more.
Knees in the clinch landing for Koiranaama.
Koiranaama lands a shot to the body.
Koiranaama's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
A short right from Koiranaama.
A right handed body shot lands from Koiranaama.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Koiranaama creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Koiranaama lands with a short shot to the head.
Koiranaama lands a nice knee to the body.
Koiranaama lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Diaz takes a shot to the head.
Koiranaama digs a right hand underneath Diaz's ribcage. Diaz let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Koiranaama effectively controlling the action here.
Koiranaama landing knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Koiranaama is pushing Diaz up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Koiranaama.
A short uppercut from Koiranaama.
Koiranaama lands a body punch.
Koiranaama works on Diaz's body with a couple of short punches.
Koiranaama using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Koiranaama unloads a knee to the mid-section. Diaz lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A nice left hand lands by Koiranaama.
Koiranaama lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Koiranaama landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Still in the clinch, Koiranaama scores with a nice short uppercut.
Koiranaama pushes Diaz back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Koiranaama scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Koiranaama utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Diaz takes a knee to the side of the body.
Koiranaama is working Diaz over against the cage.
Koiranaama cracks Diaz with a nice body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Koiranaama lands with a light punch inside.
Koiranaama is leaning against Diaz and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Koiranaama is leaning against Diaz and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
A right handed body shot lands from Koiranaama.
Koiranaama digs a right hand into Diaz's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Diaz's gas tank.
Koiranaama leaning his opponent against the cage.
A short body shot lands from Koiranaama as the two fighters clinch.
Good body shot from Koiranaama.
Koiranaama lands a hook that snaps the head of Diaz backwards.
Koiranaama is struggling to control the position.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Koiranaama.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A right hook to the body lands for Koiranaama.
Koiranaama presses Diaz against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Koiranaama works on Diaz's body with a couple of short punches.
A body shot lands from Koiranaama.
A body shot lands from Koiranaama.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Acustus Koiranaama dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Paquito Diaz's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Koiranaama scores with a jab to the body.
Koiranaama throws a series of strikes that have Diaz backpedaling.
Koiranaama lands with a nice body punch.
Diaz keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

Koiranaama takes the fight into the clinch.
Koiranaama working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Koiranaama scores with a shot to the side of Diaz's head.
Koiranaama misses with a body punch.
Koiranaama struggles to land a body shot inside as Diaz controls his hands.
Nice body punch from Koiranaama.
Koiranaama lands a hook to the side of the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A short uppercut from Koiranaama.

Diaz is rocked!

The cut above Paquito Diaz's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Koiranaama lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Diaz is still on wobbly legs! Can Koiranaama finish him?
Diaz is breathing heavily.
Koiranaama landing knees to the body.
Koiranaama putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Diaz in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Koiranaama lands a left hand.
Koiranaama scores with an uppercut up the middle.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Koiranaama scores with a hook to the body.
A short uppercut from Koiranaama.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Koiranaama obliges.
Acustus Koiranaama has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Koiranaama lands a body punch.
Koiranaama digs a right hand into Diaz's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Diaz's gas tank.
Koiranaama lands a body punch.
Good body shot from Koiranaama.
Nice body punch from Koiranaama - that landed with a thud.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Koiranaama pushes Diaz back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Diaz seems to have recovered his senses.
Koiranaama controlling the action here for a moment.
Koiranaama landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Koiranaama digs a right hand into Diaz's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Diaz's gas tank.
Koiranaama lands an elbow that stopped Diaz in his tracks for a moment.
Koiranaama scores with a nice hook to the head.
Diaz is looking to break free of the clinch but Koiranaama has double underhooks.
Koiranaama lands with a left to the head.
Koiranaama lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Diaz.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Koiranaama lands with a short shot to the head.
Koiranaama lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Diaz.
Koiranaama lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Diaz or not.
Koiranaama works on Diaz's body with a couple of short punches.
Koiranaama lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Diaz backwards.

Paquito Diaz's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Koiranaama using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
A nice left hand lands by Koiranaama.
Koiranaama is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Koiranaama is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Diaz can do to turn this around?
Koiranaama scores with a hook to the body.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Koiranaama takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Koiranaama digs a right hand underneath Diaz's ribcage. Diaz let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Koiranaama lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Diaz or not.
Koiranaama lands a shot to the body.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Koiranaama.
Koiranaama is working Diaz over against the cage.
Koiranaama digs a right hand underneath Diaz's ribcage. Diaz let out a lung full of air as it connected.
A right handed body shot lands from Koiranaama.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Koiranaama.
Koiranaama lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Diaz.
Koiranaama lands a body punch.
Nice body punch from Koiranaama.
Nice body punch from Koiranaama.
Koiranaama is working Diaz over against the cage.
Koiranaama works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Koiranaama lands a damaging elbow.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Paquito Diaz's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:36 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Acustus Koiranaama!
A relieved looking Acustus Koiranaama thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.