PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Valeriy Karpin (ranked 2493 p4p, 280 weight class) and DeMarcus Diallo (ranked 3734 p4p, 350 weight class). Diallo comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Who's Stopping Me? kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Karpin
vs
Diallo

180 cm
25
185 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

185 cm
26
185 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Big right hand

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Heavy handed

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 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Valeriy Karpin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, DeMarcus Diallo!
The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Saam Ante and Daniel Blasius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Karpin misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Karpin looks to land a combination but Diallo avoids it well.
Diallo has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.

Diallo clinches.
Karpin is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Diallo softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Karpin wants to break the clinch but can't.
Diallo scores with a nice hook to the head.
Diallo lands a shoulder strike.
Karpin is trying to break the clinch but Diallo has him pressed against the cage.
A short right from Diallo on the inside.
Diallo lands a hook that snaps the head of Karpin backwards.
Diallo blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Diallo lands a left hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Diallo lands a right hand.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Diallo.
Diallo throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Diallo pushes Karpin back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A right handed body shot lands from Diallo.
Diallo lands with a light punch inside.
Karpin working aggressively here.
Diallo lands a nice shot to the body.
Karpin is breathing heavily.
Diallo lands a body punch.
A shot in the inside from Diallo.
Diallo lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Karpin or not.
A right handed body shot lands from Diallo.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Diallo.
Diallo lands a left hand that snaps the head of Karpin backwards.
Diallo lands a body shot in the clinch.
Diallo lands with a right to the head.
Diallo lands on the inside with an uppercut.
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!
A short right from Diallo.
Diallo gets through Karpin's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Diallo scores with a nice hook to the head.

Karpin is rocked!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Diallo creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Oh Karpin is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Diallo lands a big right hand that drops Karpin! The killer instinct kicks in and Diallo finishes his opponent with a series of strikes from mount. A dominating finish by Diallo!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:14 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). DeMarcus Diallo!
As DeMarcus Diallo got his breath back, he grabbed the microphone and managed to blurt out the following: Someone tell Raiam Dos Santos that there's a new sheriff in town. '.