PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Demian Rockhold (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Orlando Diggs (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Diggs is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: STILL BLAZIN. Orlando Diggs has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Rockhold
vs
Diggs

191 cm
22
185 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

184 cm
20
177 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
World class MT
Granite chin

Sun-Tzu

KAISER
Conviction

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Demian Rockhold!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Orlando Diggs!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Shigeki Fujiwara and Yasuomi Hirokawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rockhold misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Crunch! Diggs slams his shin into Rockhold's torso.
Rockhold takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
A nice leg kick lands there from Diggs.
Diggs connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Rockhold chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Diggs can pounce on him.
Diggs scores with a hook to the body. Rockhold takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Rockhold moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
We've been hearing reports that Rockhold has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Rockhold fails with a takedown attempt.
BOOM! Diggs lands a beautiful left hook that drops Rockhold. Rockhold tries to recover but Diggs is having none of it, landing more punishing shots from mount. One final crushing shot and Rockhold lies motionless on the canvas. The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:44 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Orlando Diggs!
Orlando Diggs really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that Conviction logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.