PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between William King (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dom Diego (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think King might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Summer Sixteen By: Drake. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

King
vs
Diego

190 cm
28
265 lbs
20 - 9 - 1

194 cm
38
223 lbs
19 - 6 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

Hellbent
Namunamu Clothing

Spartan Nutrition
Mohito Fightwear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 20 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, William King!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Dom Diego!
The judges for this bout are Micheangelo Fripello, Colin Fray and Ryoma Takatsuka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
King fails with an attempt to clinch.
Diego throws a counter combo.
King is looking to clinch but Diego is avoiding it.
Diego looks to score with a jab to the body but King is just out of range.
King lifts his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Diego swats away the attempt to clinch by King.
Diego is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Diego connects with a single shot there.

That's one minute gone in the round.

King rushes Diego and presses him up against the cage.
Diego is trying to force a seperation but King has the dominant position.
A head punch on the inside from King fails to land.
King tries to land knees in the clinch but Diego avoids the damage to the body.

King gets a trip takedown into half guard.
Diego tries to get to full guard but King has control of the leg.
Diego moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Diego looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
King is looking to advance position but Diego has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!

King is in a horrible position here. Diego smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
King is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
King sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
King is looking for a sweep. Diego is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Diego is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Diego working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Diego prevents King from improving his position.
Diego working the head and body with strikes.
Diego not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Diego thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
King trying to control but Diego postures up.
Diego is looking to take a break and control but King is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

Diego is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, King has managed to free his arm - good work.
King is trying to get back to full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diego is nestled in close to King, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Diego is nestled in close to King, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
King has hold of Diego's hands but Diego slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Nice strikes from Diego there.
King has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Diego is working away from the top position though.
King is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Diego scores with a couple of nice shots.
King tries to get to full guard but Diego has control of the leg.
Diego looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Diego uses his free foot to push down on King's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for King.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Diego trying to control but King is having none of it.
King is looking to get to half guard.
King takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
King is looking to get to half guard.
King in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
King can't escape the position.
Diego can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as King is looking to escape.
Diego working the ground and pound effectively.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dom Diego dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Diego throws a body shot but no joy.
Diego lands with a straight right. King didn't see that one coming.
King tries to clinch but Diego moves away
enabling Diego to counter with a crisp jab.
King closes the distance looking to clinch
and Diego counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Dom Diego seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
King tries to clinch up
letting Diego counter with a right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Diego will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Diego has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as King is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Diego clobbers King with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Diego scores with a jab to the head.
Diego showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from King.
King dodges the punch combination from Diego.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

King moves into the clinch.
Diego is trying to pull guard but King turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Diego is working for takedown but King is calmly controlling the position for now.
William King has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dom Diego.
Diego drops down looking for an ankle pick but King pulls his leg out and moves away.
King doesn't manage to clinch there - Diego circles away.
Diego lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Diego tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but King defends well and Diego ends up having to push King into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Diego has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - King looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Diego displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as King throws out the jab.
King shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and King takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
King tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Diego throws a shot to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Diego has a takedown stuffed.
Diego displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
William King is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Diego rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and King counters with a stiff right hand.

It looks like Dom Diego has been cut.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Diego throws a series of punches but King avoids them all with ease.
Diego connects with a body shot that sends King's belly button to the back.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dom Diego showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Dom Diego's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

King closes the distance looking to clinch
and Diego counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
King tries to clinch
and Diego counters with a straight right hand.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
Diego scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
King tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Diego paws at him with a jab and circles away.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
King creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
King keeps control of Diego as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
King swings wildly with an uppercut but Diego uses good head movement to avoid it.

King breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Diego lands a body shot.

King clinches.
Diego is trying to break the clinch but King has him pressed against the cage.
Diego working hard to break the clinch.
Diego has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by King after a bit of a struggle.

Diego breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from King.
Diego is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
King uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Diego.
King lands a front kick.
Diego swats away the attempt to clinch by King.
King is looking to clinch but Diego is avoiding it.
Diego drops down looking to force a counter takedown but King defends it well.
Diego looks to land a combination but King avoids it well.
As Diego looks to move away, King throws a big counter combo but Diego just gets out of the way.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diego lands a lovely overhand right.
Diego bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps King's head backwards.
Diego with a nice cross.
King closes the distance but Diego moves to the side
and Diego counters with a straight right hand.
Diego fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
King thinks about countering with a head kick.
Diego stuns King with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Dom Diego seems to be getting the better of the standup.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

King moves into the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Diego's face as he tries to break the clinch.
I was talking to King's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.

King breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A jab from King misses.
King swings widly with a right hand
and Diego counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Diego circles away from the clinch attempt
and Diego counters with a lovely straight right hand!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dom Diego really dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Dom Diego's cut.
That's time! King's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Diego moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Diego scores with a crisp jab that stopped King in his tracks.
King is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Diego avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nice shot lands for King.
Diego lands with a cross.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Diego with a hook.
Diego shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. King eats them both and turns towards Diego to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
King tries to clinch but Diego moves away
and Diego counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
King looks to clinch
and Diego counters with a lovely straight right hand!
King avoids the body shot from Diego.
Good standup being displayed there by Diego as he connects with a hook.
Diego throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diego shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has King pinned against the cage. King gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
King seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Diego tests King's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Diego shoots in and drives through. King sprawls well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
King leaves Diego with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
William King has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dom Diego.
King takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.

Diego closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. King quickly recovers to half guard.
Diego is thwarting King's attempts to control the position.
Diego not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Diego looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
King slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Dom Diego has got the better of the ground game so far.

Diego avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Diego throws a big right hand that misses.
Diego passes into half guard.
King tries to get to full guard but Diego has control of the leg.
Diego trying to pass the guard but King defending well.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
King gets full guard.
Diego passes King's left leg - he's now in half guard.
King is pressing down on Diego's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dom Diego dominated that fourth round.
The cut man is working on Dom Diego's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Diego on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Diego connects with a nice looking jab.
King doesn't manage to clinch there - Diego circles away.
King moves to clinch but Diego breaks away
and Diego counters with a straight right hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
King doesn't manage to clinch there - Diego circles away.
Despite the aggression on Diego's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
King on the wrong end of a nice hook.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Diego digs a good body shot into King's ribs.
King moves in looking to clinch but Diego pushes him off.

King has closed the distance and engaged Diego in a clinch.
Diego gets underhooks to prevent King's takedown attempt.
Diego has King pushed against the cage.
Diego is looking to take this one to the mat.
Diego content to slow the pace in the clinch.
King lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Diego blocks a punch to the side of the head.
King lands with a light punch inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diego is trying to break free.
Nice elbow from King.

That has opened up Dom Diego's cut even more.
King throws a punch but it's blocked by Diego.

King has clasped his hands together around Diego's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

King tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
King working away.

King is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Diego knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Diego tries to get back to half guard but can't.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
King working the head with strikes.

The cut above Dom Diego's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
King trying to control the action but Diego is working from the bottom.
Diego struggling a bit here.
Diego gets back to half guard.
William King has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
King trying to pass the guard but Diego defending well.
King looks to score some points with some ground and pound.

Dom Diego's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 5, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). William King!
William King retains his heavyweight title!
William King seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
The defeated Dom Diego had this to say: 'Came to knock this punk out. '.