PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Django Diggs (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jasper Irving (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jasper Irving acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Diggs
vs
Irving

185 cm
23
185 lbs
7 - 1 - 0

185 cm
22
180 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Conviction

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Django Diggs!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jasper Irving!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Stewart Dunkirk and Cecil Peabody.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Diggs on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
We've been hearing reports that Diggs has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.

Diggs clinches up with Irving and pushes him back against the cage.
Diggs digs a right hand underneath Irving's ribcage. Irving let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Diggs misses with some punches.
Irving tries to circle away but Diggs has him pinned against the cage.
Diggs cracks Irving with a nice body shot.
A short right from Diggs on the inside.
Diggs lands a right hand that snaps the head of Irving backwards.
Diggs fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Diggs lands a right hand that snaps the head of Irving backwards.
A head punch on the inside from Diggs fails to land.
Irving looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Diggs.
Irving blocks a body shot from Diggs.
Diggs fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Diggs throws a head punch that misses.
Diggs lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Diggs misses with a body punch.
Diggs lands with a short shot to the head.
Diggs has a couple of punches blocked by Irving.
Irving is looking to break free of the clinch but Diggs has double underhooks.
Diggs lands a nice uppercut.
Diggs misses with a hook from the clinch.
Diggs tries a body shot but Irving blocks it.
Diggs lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Diggs tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Diggs lands with a short shot to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Irving is looking to break free of the clinch but Diggs has double underhooks.
Irving is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Irving wants to get back to striking at distance but Diggs won't allow it.
Diggs misses with a hook to the ribs.
Irving wants to get back to striking at distance but Diggs won't allow it.
Irving blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Diggs lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Irving backwards.
Irving blocks an uppercut.
Diggs misses with a hook from the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Irving blocks a body shot from Diggs.
Diggs misses with a hook from the clinch.
Irving working hard to break the clinch.
Irving blocks an uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Irving blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Irving blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Diggs keeps control of Irving as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Diggs tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Irving blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Diggs misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Diggs doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Diggs swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Diggs throws a punch but it's blocked by Irving.
Diggs tries to work over Irving's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A right hook to the body lands for Diggs.
Irving working some nice short punches in the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Irving wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Diggs misses with a punch on the inside.
Diggs misses with some punches.
Diggs lands with a right to the head.

Irving breaks the clinch.
Irving throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Irving tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Irving throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Diggs changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Irving throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Diggs throws a push kick but Irving slaps the foot to one side.
Diggs scores with a nice strike.
Irving catches Diggs with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Irving looks to land a left hand but Diggs moved out of range nicely.
Irving scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Diggs tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Irving paws at him with a jab and circles away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Django Diggs dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Diggs drops his hands momentarily and Irving takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Irving throws a left and a right that both miss
and Diggs counters with a nice leg kick.
Irving moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Diggs is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Irving can do to turn this around?
Irving takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Diggs scoring well with a low kick there.
Irving throws a head kick that misses.
Irving misses with a series of wild punches.
Diggs swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Diggs steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Irving.
Diggs misses with a low kick.
Irving misses with a hook to the body
and Diggs counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
A cross from Diggs lands.
Diggs misses with an attempted mid kick.
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!
Irving takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Diggs throws a nice outside leg kick.
Irving throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.

Diggs fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Irving, pushing him back against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Diggs tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Diggs misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Diggs swings wildly with an uppercut but Irving uses good head movement to avoid it.
Irving is trying to break the clinch but Diggs has him pressed against the cage.
Diggs lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

Irving breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Irving misses with a jab, cross combination.
Irving misses the shot to the body.
A little feinted left hand from Diggs on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Irving lands a really nice looking cross but Diggs seems unphased.
Irving darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Diggs swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Diggs throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Diggs lands with a nice body punch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diggs tries to clinch up but Irving circles away and keeps his distance.
It seemed like Irving was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Irving misses with a hook
and Diggs counters with a nice body shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Diggs displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Irving throws out the jab.
Irving looks to land a left hand but Diggs moved out of range nicely.
Diggs misses with a low kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Irving. Diggs does a little dance to reset his feet.
Irving blocks the body kick.
Diggs defending well as Irving loads up on a big left hand.
Irving dips to his left and cracks Diggs with an uppercut!
Diggs throws a good cross that connects.
Irving ducks right into an uppercut from Diggs.
Diggs keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Good shot there by Irving.
Jasper Irving seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Diggs lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Irving attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Diggs throws a nice outside leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Irving on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Diggs. Diggs obviously looking to wear him down.
Irving chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Diggs can pounce on him.
Irving throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Irving throws a combination that misses
and Diggs counters with a slapping leg kick.
Irving throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Diggs scores with a nice body kick.
Irving is breathing heavily.
Irving throws a lazy uppercut
and Diggs counters with a solid body kick.
Irving misses with an uppercut.
Diggs looks for the body kick but Irving saw that one coming.
Irving throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Irving throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

Diggs clinches up against the cage.
Irving is looking to break free of the clinch but Diggs has double underhooks.
Diggs scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Diggs misses with a body punch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Irving is trying to push Diggs away but Diggs has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Diggs goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Django Diggs has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Diggs working aggressively here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Diggs.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Irving looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Diggs misses with the head strike.

Irving breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Decent striking displayed by Irving there.
Diggs buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Irving lands a right hook to the body.
A chopping leg kick lands by Diggs.
Diggs uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Irving.
Irving misses with a leg kick
and Diggs counters with a leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Django Diggs dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

That kick from Diggs tenderised Irving's leg. Irving is trying to keep his angry face on.
A swing and a miss from Diggs.
Irving swings widly with a right hand
and Diggs counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Irving thinking.
Irving misses with a few strikes there.
Irving jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Diggs thinks about countering with a head kick.
Irving walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Diggs checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Diggs scores with the left hand. Irving knows he should have avoided that one.
Diggs fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Irving has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Django Diggs is winning the standup battle so far.
Diggs moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Irving throws a jab but it's blocked by Diggs.
Diggs stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Irving checks a leg kick nicely.
Irving throws a lazy uppercut
and Diggs counters with a straight right hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Diggs throws a hook but Irving avoids it easily.
Irving is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Diggs with a body shot.
Irving is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Diggs.
Irving fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Irving swings for the body but Diggs moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Irving swings away with a body shot that misses
and Diggs counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Irving misses with a body shot.
Diggs is looking to counter the offense by Irving and move into the clinch.
Irving lands a lovely overhand right.
Diggs tries to score with a low kick but Irving moves his leg out of the way.
Good leg kick by Diggs there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Irving lands a slapping body shot.
Irving defending well as Diggs loads up on a big left hand.
Irving now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Diggs takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Diggs uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Irving.
Irving's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
A cross from Irving lands.
Diggs tries to clinch there but Irving circles away.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Irving crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Diggs - the referee stops the clock and Irving gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Diggs. Irving manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.

Diggs has taken the fight to the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Diggs has a couple of punches blocked by Irving.
Diggs lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short body shot lands from Diggs as the two fighters clinch.
Irving takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Diggs misses with a punch to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Diggs.
Diggs misses with a shot to the kidneys.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Diggs.
Diggs swings wildly with an uppercut but Irving uses good head movement to avoid it.
Diggs working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Diggs lands on the inside with an uppercut.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Diggs creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

Irving is rocked!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Diggs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Irving escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Irving throws a lazy right hand but Diggs sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Irving stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Diggs.
Diggs lands with a hook. Irving tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Irving is still on wobbly legs! Can Diggs finish him?
Diggs scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Irving works over Diggs's head and body with a nice combination.
Diggs dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Irving. That did some damage!
Irving seems to have recovered his senses.
Good leg kick by Diggs there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.

Diggs cracks Irving with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Diggs has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Irving to stand back up!
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!
Diggs cracks Irving with a big right hand that sees him stumbling back against the cage! Irving falls to his knees and Diggs doesn't need a second invitatation - he rushes in and fires off several unanswered shots that force the referee to stop the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:47 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Django Diggs!
Django Diggs made sure to give a little speech post fight, saying 'Django's back bitches! Somebody tell Kenny Powers a bad man is about to blow the roof off this m'fucker!'.