PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Allan Coyoca (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Orlando Diggs (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Diggs's choice of entrance music: STILL BLAZIN. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Coyoca
vs
Diggs

180 cm
24
195 lbs
14 - 2 - 0

184 cm
24
185 lbs
13 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
Great low kicks
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

M.O. Fight Wear
Spartan Nutrition

Lion Fightwear
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 14 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Allan Coyoca!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Orlando Diggs!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Sosuke Kotani and Kenichi Hosakawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Coyoca takes one to the side of the head.
Coyoca slips a straight right by Diggs.
Coyoca misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Coyoca lands a high kick!

It looks like Orlando Diggs has been cut.
Diggs lunges at Coyoca with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Coyoca's hand.
Diggs throws a leg kick but Coyoca sees it coming and checks it nicely.
A jab from Diggs does it's job there.

Coyoca drives through and clinches with Diggs against the ropes.
Coyoca goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

Diggs breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Diggs delivers a nice body kick.
Diggs has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
A decent looking cross lands there for Diggs.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Coyoca tries to clinch there but Diggs circles away.

Coyoca drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Diggs is adopting a defensive guard.
Coyoca postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Diggs seems keen to control Coyoca's posture.
Diggs preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Coyoca prevents Diggs from getting back to his feet.
Diggs is trying to keep Coyoca in close.
Coyoca throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Diggs works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Diggs is pulling down on Coyoca's head. It's preventing any offense from Coyoca, at least for the moment.
Coyoca throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Coyoca is looking to work some ground and pound but Diggs has wrist control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Diggs uses the ropes to get back to his feet.
Coyoca takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Coyoca buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Diggs pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Coyoca throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

Coyoca closes the distance and clinches.

Diggs breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Coyoca takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Diggs lands a head shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Diggs throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Coyoca went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Diggs lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Coyoca at a distance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diggs swats away the attempt to clinch by Coyoca.
Diggs lands a jab.
Diggs misses the body punch
and Coyoca counters with a nice body kick.
The fighters circling - Diggs throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Diggs throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Diggs pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Coyoca wants to slow Diggs down by chopping away at his legs.
Coyoca defending well as Diggs loads up on a big left hand.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Diggs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Coyoca looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Coyoca has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Coyoca there as he acknowledges the shot.
Diggs goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Coyoca clinches up with Diggs and pushes him back against the ropes.
Diggs scores with a nice hook to the head.
Coyoca tries to score a body lock takedown but Diggs shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Diggs prevents a body shot from Coyoca.
Coyoca tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Diggs avoids it.
Coyoca misses with the head strike.
A nice left hand lands by Coyoca.

Diggs breaks from the clinch.
Diggs loads up on a big right hand but Coyoca slips the punch.
Diggs slips under a jab from Coyoca.
Coyoca dives in and grabs Diggs's left leg, looking for a takedown. Diggs pushes down on Coyoca's head and hops out.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Diggs with a hook.
Diggs throws a head kick that Coyoca semi-blocks.

It looks like Allan Coyoca has been cut.
Coyoca throws a series of punches but Diggs moves out of range.
Coyoca closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Coyoca tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Diggs manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Diggs uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Coyoca.
Diggs misses with an uppercut.
Coyoca throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Diggs throws out a counter right but Coyoca avoids it with no problem.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Diggs scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Diggs has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Coyoca connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.

Coyoca closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Diggs's guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Coyoca is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Coyoca trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Coyoca lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Coyoca throws a big right hand that misses.
Coyoca tries to free his leg and advance position but Diggs is retaining full guard.
Coyoca being controlled here momentarily.
Diggs is continuing to stall.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Diggs is trying to keep Coyoca in close.
Coyoca throws a big right hand that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Diggs wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Coyoca scoring with some ground and pound.
Diggs is trying to control the position but Coyoca postures up.
Coyoca loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Diggs looking to control.
Coyoca trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Diggs working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Coyoca.
Diggs utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Diggs is controlling Coyoca's posture.
Coyoca scoring with punches to the head and body.
Coyoca is looking to work some ground and pound but Diggs has wrist control.
Coyoca is in close to Diggs's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Diggs is controlling Coyoca's posture.

Coyoca drops back looking for a leg! Diggs is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Diggs manages to kick Coyoca off! Coyoca jumps back into Diggs's guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Coyoca with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Diggs controls Coyoca momentarily but Coyoca frees himself.
Diggs avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Coyoca lands a couple of digs.
Coyoca pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Diggs is keeping the position for now.
Diggs looking to control.
Diggs pulls Coyoca in close to prevent any damage.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Coyoca accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Diggs looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Diggs working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Coyoca.
Coyoca passes into half guard.
Diggs is trying is best to control the position here.
Coyoca misses with a head shot. Diggs uses the momentum to regain guard.
Diggs working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Coyoca.
Diggs is trying to control the position but Coyoca postures up.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Coyoca accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Diggs keeping full guard, as Coyoca tries to pass.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Diggs is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Diggs working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Coyoca.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Allan Coyoca dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

A jab from Diggs does it's job there.
Diggs keeps Coyoca at a distance using the push kick.
A slapping body kick lands there for Diggs.
Coyoca misses with a body kick.
Diggs pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Coyoca uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Diggs.
Diggs just manages to avoid a counter high kick fromCoyoca.
Diggs lands with a straight right. Coyoca didn't see that one coming.
Coyoca tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Diggs manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Diggs scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Diggs catches Coyoca with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Diggs pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Coyoca changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Diggs misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Coyoca.
Diggs keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.

Coyoca gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Diggs avoids the elbow strike from Coyoca, against the ropes.
Coyoca is working for takedown but Diggs is calmly controlling the position for now.
Diggs gets through Coyoca's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Diggs blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Coyoca just misses with a elbow thrown towards Diggs's brow.
Nice body punch from Diggs - that landed with a thud.
Coyoca can't get the takedown.
Coyoca tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Diggs dodges an elbow strike from Coyoca.

Diggs breaks from the clinch.
Coyoca tries to clinch but Diggs moves out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diggs darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Diggs scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Coyoca tries to clinch there but Diggs circles away.
A nice side step and Diggs releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Diggs defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Coyoca.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Allan Coyoca. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Coyoca has closed the distance and engaged Diggs in a clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Coyoca.

Diggs breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Coyoca has taken the fight to the clinch.
Coyoca pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.

Diggs pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Coyoca closes the distance looking to clinch
and Diggs counters with a nice uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diggs keeps the fight on the outside.
Coyoca moves out of range as Diggs throws a body kick.
Diggs fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Coyoca is out of range.
An attempted straight right counter from Coyoca misses the target.
Diggs throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Diggs swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Diggs misses with a looping right.
Coyoca tries to close the distance and clinch up but Diggs swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A countering left hand to the body from Diggs misses.
Diggs throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Coyoca tries to clinch but Diggs is having none of it.
Orlando Diggs seems to be getting the better of the standup.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Diggs tries to keep at a distance but Coyoca has taken the fight into the clinch.
Diggs lands a hook to the side of the head.
Coyoca misses with some punches.
Diggs lands with a left to the head.
Coyoca lands a nice uppercut.
Coyoca misses with an elbow strike.
Coyoca misses with a shot to the kidneys.

Diggs breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Coyoca rushes Diggs and presses him up against the ropes.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Coyoca goes for a takedown in the clinch but Diggs prevents it.
Coyoca throws an elbow but it misses.
Allan Coyoca has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Diggs scores with a shoulder strike.

And that's the end of the fight!
Orlando Diggs comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Diggs has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.

Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight for Orlando Diggs!
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight for Orlando Diggs!
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight for Orlando Diggs!

Orlando Diggs wins by unanimous decision!
A victorious Orlando Diggs thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.