PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Alberto Diagana (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Armas Ruutana (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Diagana comes to the cage accompanied by Judas Priest - Painkiller. Ruutana comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Ennio Morricone - Man With A Harmonica kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Armas Ruutana has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Diagana
vs
Ruutana

168 cm
32
149 lbs
16 - 19 - 0

174 cm
30
156 lbs
19 - 18 - 0

Good wrestling
Great elbows
Very quick

BJJ Brown Belt
Dangerous knees
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 16 - 19 - 0, fighting out of London, Alberto Diagana!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Armas Ruutana!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, James Atkins and Sam Margolis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ruutana thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Diagana if he has to take too many more of those.
Diagana tries to clinch but Ruutana is having none of it.
Diagana fails in his attempt to clinch.
Ruutana jabs Diagana to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Ruutana throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Diagana is looking to clinch.
Diagana fails in his attempt to clinch.
Ruutana cracks the inside of Diagana's front leg.
Diagana keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Ruutana darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Ruutana lands a jab to Diagana's midsection.
Ruutana will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Ruutana fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Diagana.
Diagana is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Diagana looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Diagana tries to close the distance and clinch but Ruutana swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Ruutana thuds his right hand into Diagana's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Diagana moves to clinch but Ruutana breaks away
and Ruutana counters with a nice body shot.
Ruutana tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Diagana was well out of range. Poor timing from Ruutana.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ruutana scores with the left hand. Diagana knows he should have avoided that one.
Ruutana throws a nice outside leg kick.
Diagana on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Ruutana throws a leg kick but Diagana sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Diagana takes a kick to the side of the head.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Ruutana. Diagana shrugs it off though.
A punch lands to the side of Diagana 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Diagana tries to bum rush Ruutana with a series of wild strikes but Ruutana uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Diagana sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Diagana tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Diagana sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ruutana lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Ruutana lands a jab to the nose.
Ruutana cracks Diagana with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Ruutana lands a nice hook to Diagana's body. Diagana takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Ruutana is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Diagana rather than just go for the knockout.
Ruutana lands with a kick to the temple. Diagana shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"

Diagana is rocked!

Diagana rushes Ruutana and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Nice elbow from Diagana.
Ruutana tries to throw a body punch but Diagana avoids it by throwing Ruutana back against the cage.
A knee to the head by Diagana.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diagana is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Ruutana is defending well for now.
Diagana blocks a body shot from Ruutana.
Ruutana tries a knee to the head but Diagana blocks it.
Ruutana scores a nice knee to the body.
Diagana blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Ruutana tries a body shot but Diagana blocks it.
Diagana working Ruutana over with knees to the body.
Ruutana missing with knees to the body.
Ruutana unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Ruutana takes an elbow to the temple.
Diagana pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Diagana with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Ruutana working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Diagana throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Ruutana working Diagana over with knees to the body.
Diagana managing to block the knees to the body from Ruutana.
Diagana lands a good knee to the midsection. Ruutana won't want to take too many of those.
Ruutana blocks an elbow strike from Diagana.
Diagana unloads a knee to the mid-section.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diagana lands a shoulder strike.
Ruutana lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Ruutana misses with a body punch.
Ruutana trying to land knees to the body.
Ruutana managing to block the knees to the body from Diagana.
Ruutana has a couple of punches blocked by Diagana.

Ruutana escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Diagana wants to clinch up but Ruutana keeps it at a distance.
Ruutana swings for the body but Diagana moves out of range.
Diagana wants to clinch.
Diagana is looking to clinch.
Diagana tries to clinch but Ruutana is having none of it.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Ruutana moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Diagana avoids the body shot from Ruutana.
A solid leg kick lands there for Ruutana.
Diagana fails with an attempt to clinch.
Diagana's corner calls for a 1-2. Diagana obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A combination from Diagana does no damage.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Ruutana lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Diagana has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Diagana and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Diagana is looking to clinch.
Ruutana lands a nice looking body shot.

Diagana fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Ruutana, pushing him back against the cage.
Diagana working Ruutana over with knees to the body.
Ruutana landing knees to the body.
Ruutana tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Ruutana lands a shot to the body.
Diagana is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Ruutana is defending well for now.
Ruutana misses with a hook to the ribs.
Ruutana lands with a left to the head.
Diagana lands a knee to the head.
Diagana is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Ruutana is defending well for now.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ruutana tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Diagana avoids it.
Diagana misses with a knee strike.
Diagana landing knees to the body.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Ruutana.
Ruutana working aggressively here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Armas Ruutana dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Ruutana throws a body punch but Diagana moves out of range.
Ruutana chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Diagana can pounce on him.
Diagana throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Diagana tries to close the distance and clinch but Ruutana swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Ruutana keeps the fight on the outside.
Diagana avoids the head kick by Ruutana.
Diagana wants to clinch
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
and Ruutana makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Diagana throws a series of punches but Ruutana moves out of range.
Armas Ruutana seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Diagana is looking to clinch but Ruutana is avoiding it.
Diagana takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Ruutana avoids the head kick by Diagana.
Ruutana throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Diagana stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Diagana misses with a head kick.
Ruutana circles away from the clinch attempt.
Alberto Diagana is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Diagana stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Ruutana.
Ruutana keeps the fight on the outside.
A left lands for Ruutana.
Diagana tries to close the distance and clinch but Ruutana swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Diagana tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Ruutana manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Ruutana connects with a leg kick. Diagana looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Ruutana swats away the attempt to clinch by Diagana.
The fighters circle momentarily. Ruutana darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Diagana attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Diagana takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Nice shot lands for Ruutana.
Diagana avoids the head kick by Ruutana.
Ruutana ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Diagana sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Ruutana fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Diagana.
Ruutana fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Diagana has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Diagana is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ruutana swats away the attempt to clinch by Diagana.
Ruutana uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.

Diagana closes the distance and clinches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diagana landing knees to the body.
Diagana lands with a light punch inside.
Diagana with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Ruutana putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Diagana in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Ruutana using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Diagana has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Ruutana connects with a nasty looking knee right to Diagana's face.
Diagana is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Diagana misses with an elbow over the top.

Ruutana's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Ruutana digs a good body shot into Diagana's ribs.
Ruutana lands a nice shot that snaps Diagana's head back.
Ruutana feints and then cracks Diagana's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Diagana down.
Diagana pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Ruutana tests Diagana's chin there with a solid looking shot.

Diagana rushes Ruutana and presses him up against the cage.
Ruutana missing with knees to the body.
Diagana utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Diagana trying to land knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diagana comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Armas Ruutana seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.

Ruutana pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Ruutana dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Diagana. That did some damage!
Ruutana lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Ruutana throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Diagana tries to clinch up but Ruutana circles away and keeps his distance.
Diagana avoids the head kick by Ruutana.
Ruutana digs a good hook to Diagana's body.
Ruutana throws a good cross that connects.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Ruutana.
Ruutana connects with a right hand. Diagana shakes it off.
Diagana fails in his attempt to clinch.
Diagana takes a kick to the side of the head.
Ruutana throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Diagana tries to clinch but Ruutana is having none of it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jab from Ruutana.
Oh Diagana is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Ruutana scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Diagana fails with an attempt to clinch.
Diagana seems to have got his legs back now.
Diagana tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Ruutana paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Diagana tries to clinch but Ruutana moves out of range.
Ruutana tries a low kick but Diagana avoids it.
Diagana tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Ruutana lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Diagana tries to clinch up but Ruutana circles away and keeps his distance.
Diagana tries to clinch but Ruutana is having none of it.
Diagana misses with a wild combination.
Ruutana throws a nice outside leg kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Diagana fails in his attempt to clinch.
Good leg kick by Ruutana there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Nice jab there from Ruutana.

Diagana has managed to clinch.
Ruutana stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Armas Ruutana showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Diagana tries to clinch there but Ruutana circles away.
Diagana tries to clinch there but Ruutana circles away.
Ruutana misses with a wild body shot.
Diagana tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Ruutana swats away the attempt to clinch by Diagana.
Diagana tries to clinch up.
Ruutana throws a front kick that sends Diagana stumbling back into the cage.
Ruutana lands a nice leg kick that just misses Diagana's sensitive parts.

Diagana moves into the clinch.
Ruutana crunches a lovely knee into Diagana's ribcage.
Ruutana lands a hook that snaps the head of Diagana backwards.
Ruutana digs a right hand underneath Diagana's ribcage. Diagana let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Ruutana blocks the elbow strike.
Diagana taking a breather.
Diagana misses with a punch to the body.
Ruutana lands a knee to the head.

It looks like Alberto Diagana has been cut.
Diagana will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ruutana putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Diagana in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
A left hand lands to the body for Ruutana.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ruutana comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Ruutana lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Ruutana tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Diagana avoids it.
Ruutana lands with a light punch inside.
Good body shot from Ruutana.
Diagana misses with a knee strike.
A short right from Ruutana.
Ruutana stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.

Ruutana breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Ruutana scores with a crisp jab that stopped Diagana in his tracks.
Ruutana scores with a jab to the head.
Ruutana goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Ruutana connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Diagana tries to close the distance and clinch but Ruutana swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Diagana on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Diagana pivots, looking for a leg kick but Ruutana is out of range and Diagana settles back down.
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!
Diagana takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diagana tries to clinch there but Ruutana circles away.
Ruutana lands a nice shot that snaps Diagana's head back.
Nice body punch from Ruutana.
Ruutana lands a body shot.
Ruutana fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Nice uppercut there from Ruutana.
Ruutana lands with a cross.
Ruutana has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Ruutana throws a shot to the body.

Diagana closes the distance and pushes Ruutana back into the cage.
Ruutana is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Ruutana is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Diagana is defending well for now.
Diagana scores with a shot to the side of Ruutana's head.
Diagana misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Ruutana.
Diagana managing to block the knees to the body from Ruutana.
Diagana keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Ruutana's efforts to push away.
Knees in the clinch landing for Diagana.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Ruutana.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ruutana takes a knee to the side of the body.
Diagana managing to block the knees to the body from Ruutana.
Ruutana lands a knee to the body.
Diagana misses with an elbow over the top.
Ruutana presses Diagana against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Diagana looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Ruutana lands with a right to the head.
Diagana using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Ruutana has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Ruutana working aggressively here.
Ruutana misses with an elbow over the top.
Ruutana misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Diagana.
Diagana landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Diagana connects with a knee to the head.
Diagana throws a knee to the head but misses.
A short uppercut from Ruutana.
A short body shot lands from Diagana as the two fighters clinch.
Diagana tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Ruutana misses with a punch to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Ruutana on the inside.
Ruutana throws a punch but it's blocked by Diagana.
Ruutana blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Diagana is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Ruutana is defending well for now.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ruutana scores with a shot to the side of Diagana's head.
Diagana managing to block the knees to the body from Ruutana.
With the fighters up against the cage, Diagana throws an elbow but misses.
A knee to the head by Diagana.
Ruutana on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Nice elbow from Diagana.
Diagana throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Ruutana lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Ruutana blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Diagana trying to land knees to the body.
Diagana prevents a body shot from Ruutana.
Ruutana lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Diagana misses with a knee to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Armas Ruutana really dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Alberto Diagana's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Diagana on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Ruutana throws a nice outside leg kick.
Diagana tries a head kick but it misses.
Diagana is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Diagana tries to close the distance and clinch up but Ruutana swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Diagana takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Ruutana circles away from the clinch attempt.
Ruutana lands a right hook to the body.
Diagana takes one on the button.
Diagana darts in trying to clinch
and Ruutana counters with a lovely shot to the body.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Diagana lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Ruutana circles away quickly and effectively.
Ruutana looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Diagana wants to clinch
letting Ruutana counter with a right hand.
Diagana is looking to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ruutana's corner calls for a 1-2. Ruutana obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Diagana tries to close the distance and clinch but Ruutana swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Ruutana gets tackled into the cage by Diagana. Diagana maintains the clinch.
Diagana pushes Ruutana back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Ruutana using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Diagana has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Ruutana takes a knee to the side of the body.
Ruutana throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Ruutana lands a knee to the body.
Ruutana throws a knee to the head but misses.
Ruutana prevents a body shot from Diagana.
Diagana looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Ruutana looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Ruutana pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Ruutana struggles to land a body shot inside as Diagana controls his hands.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Ruutana takes a knee right on the jaw!
Ruutana lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ruutana throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Diagana blocks it with crossed arms.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ruutana creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Ruutana misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Ruutana crunches a lovely knee into Diagana's ribcage.
Diagana misses with an elbow strike.
Diagana unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Diagana unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Ruutana with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Diagana creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Ruutana's defenses.
Ruutana throws an elbow that misses.
Diagana is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Ruutana is defending well for now.
Diagana avoids a wild elbow strike from Ruutana.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Ruutana blocks the elbow strike.
A short uppercut from Diagana.
Diagana lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Ruutana tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Diagana throws an elbow that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diagana blocks a body shot from Ruutana.
Diagana is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Diagana trying to land knees to the body.
Diagana scores with a knee to the head.
Ruutana slows down the pace here.
Diagana tries to work over Ruutana's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Diagana throws a knee to the head but misses.
Diagana misses with a knee strike.
Ruutana tries to work over Diagana's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Diagana blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Ruutana tries to land a knee to the head but Diagana blocks with his arms.
Diagana avoids a wild elbow strike from Ruutana.
Diagana displaying some good clinch control by pressing Ruutana up against the cage.
Diagana missing with knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ruutana misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Diagana.
Diagana is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Ruutana is defending well for now.
Good body shot from Ruutana.
Ruutana lands a knee to the body.
Ruutana gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Ruutana tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Ruutana tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ruutana misses with a hook from the clinch.
Diagana looking to stall.
Ruutana tries to land knees in the clinch but Diagana avoids the damage to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ruutana managing to block the knees to the body from Diagana.
Ruutana leaning his opponent against the cage.
Ruutana landing knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close fourth round but Armas Ruutana will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Alberto Diagana's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Diagana keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Diagana is looking to clinch.
Ruutana connects with a leg kick. Diagana looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Diagana tries to clinch but Ruutana moves away
and Ruutana counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Ruutana swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Diagana tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Ruutana paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Ruutana looks to score with a jab to the body but Diagana is just out of range.
Ruutana throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Ruutana misses with a straight right.
Ruutana cracks the inside of Diagana's front leg.
Ruutana takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
That kick from Diagana tenderised Ruutana's leg. Ruutana is trying to keep his angry face on.
Diagana tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Ruutana paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Diagana chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Ruutana can pounce on him.
Diagana tries a head kick but it misses.
Ruutana lands a slapping body shot.
Ruutana throws a push kick but Diagana slaps the foot to one side.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A solid leg kick lands there for Ruutana.
Ruutana is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
Diagana wants to clinch but Ruutana slips to the side
and Ruutana counters with an outside leg kick.
Diagana fails with an attempt to clinch.
Nice body kick there by Ruutana.
Ruutana throws a leg kick but Diagana sees it coming and moves out of range.
Ruutana throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
A head kick misses from Diagana.
Diagana tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Ruutana fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Ruutana scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Ruutana swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Ruutana tries a head kick but it misses.
Diagana does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Diagana tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Diagana takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.

Diagana has closed the distance and engaged Ruutana in a clinch.
Ruutana throws an elbow that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ruutana with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ruutana tries a body shot but Diagana blocks it.
Ruutana lands an uppercut.
Ruutana misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Diagana.
Diagana missing with knees to the body.
Diagana lands a nice knee to the body.
A knee to the head by Diagana.
Diagana lands an elbow inside that Ruutana shrugs off.
Diagana tries to stall but Ruutana uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Ruutana blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Diagana is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Ruutana is defending well for now.
Ruutana misses with an elbow over the top.
Stalling in the clinch from Diagana.
Diagana scores with a knee to the head.
Diagana trying to land knees to the body.
Ruutana blocks an elbow strike from Diagana.
Ruutana works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Ruutana working Diagana over with knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ruutana putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Diagana in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Ruutana landing knees to the body.
Diagana on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Ruutana on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

Ruutana pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
An inside leg kick lands from Ruutana.
Ruutana scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Diagana doesn't manage to clinch there - Ruutana circles away.
Ruutana avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Diagana takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Ruutana lands a nice shot that snaps Diagana's head back.
Diagana moves in looking to clinch but Ruutana pushes him off.

Diagana moves into the clinch.
Ruutana blocks an elbow strike from Diagana.
Ruutana on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Ruutana stalling in the clinch but Diagana improves position.
Ruutana lands a nice uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Diagana missing with knees to the body.
A nice right hand lands inside from Diagana.
Good body shot from Ruutana.
Diagana scores with a knee to the head.
Ruutana crunches a lovely knee into Diagana's ribcage.
Diagana lands a good knee to the midsection. Ruutana won't want to take too many of those.
Diagana with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A short right from Ruutana.
Ruutana lands a good knee to the midsection. Diagana won't want to take too many of those.
Ruutana lands an elbow that stopped Diagana in his tracks for a moment.

Ruutana's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Alberto Diagana has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Diagana tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Ruutana paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Diagana on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Ruutana. Ruutana obviously looking to wear him down.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Diagana throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Diagana takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Diagana takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Good leg kick by Ruutana there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.

And that's the end of the fight!
Armas Ruutana comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Ruutana has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 45:50
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 45:50
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 45:50

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Armas Ruutana!
A victorious Armas Ruutana thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.