PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Kron Diego (ranked 572 p4p, 77 weight class) and Manny Perez (ranked 929 p4p, 119 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Diego
vs
Perez

170 cm
26
145 lbs
13 - 4 - 1

175 cm
25
150 lbs
10 - 8 - 0

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kron Diego!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Manny Perez!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Richard Clark and Daniel Bishop.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Perez throws a jab but it's blocked by Diego.
It looked like Diego wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
A clash of legs there as Perez blocks the low kick.
Perez swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
A big left from Diego misses.
Diego takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Perez looks to land a combination but Diego avoids it well.
Diego swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
A chopping leg kick lands by Diego.
Diego closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Diego ducks under a wild hook from Perez.
Perez throws a shot from downtown. Diego moves away and avoids it.
Perez slips a straight right by Diego.
A big right from Perez misses.
Perez uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Diego.
Perez walks into a jab.
Diego ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Perez moves away.
Perez swings for the body but Diego moves out of range.
Perez lands a jab to Diego's midsection.
A left and a right from Perez both land. Nice combination.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Diego!
Diego misses with a hook.
Diego has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Andy's Sweaty Men in the buildup to the fight.
Diego thows a left - swing and a miss!
Perez now looks to counter with a shot at the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Perez rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Diego moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Perez misses the jab.
It looked like Diego wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Diego pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Good exchange - Perez coming out on top.
Perez jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Perez looks to land a left hand but Diego moved out of range nicely.
A swing and a miss from Perez.
Diego looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Perez looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Diego misses with an uppercut.
Diego thuds his shin into the meat of Perez's side.
Diego ducks under a wild hook from Perez.
Diego waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Perez.
Perez scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Perez uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Diego.
Perez tests Diego's chin there with a solid looking shot.
A punch combination from Diego misses.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Perez throws out a loose jab but Diego uses good head movement to avoid it.
Diego misses with a hook.
Perez throws out a counter right but Diego avoids it with no problem.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diego moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Diego scoring well with a low kick there.
Perez throws a looping overhand right but Diego ducks down to avoid it.
Diego misses with a hook.
Diego jabs Perez right on the nose. Perez blinks but takes it well.
Perez fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Diego throws a series of punches but Perez avoids them all with ease.
Perez moves away from the strike by Diego.
Diego moves out of range as Perez strikes.
Diego tries to work over Perez's front leg with a kick but Perez checks it.
Diego misses with an uppercut.
Perez might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Perez loads up on a big right hand but Diego slips the punch.
Diego throws a right hand that Perez ducks under and follows up with a left that Perez also avoids with ease.
Diego lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Perez circles away quickly and effectively.
Diego throws a chopping leg kick but Perez manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
A cross from Diego lands.
Perez throws a shot from downtown. Diego moves away and avoids it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Perez moves out of range of the strikes.
Nice jab there from Perez.
Perez listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Perez throws an overhand right that lands on Diego's shoulder, as Diego tries to avoid the shot.
Diego is looking to counter punch.
Diego paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Nice defenses there by Perez.
Perez misses with a left hand
letting Diego counter with a right hand.
Perez gets cracked there but stands up to it.
A big right from Perez misses.
Diego staying out of range there.
Perez swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Perez on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Perez lands a jab-cross combination.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Perez listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Diego lands with a right hand.
Diego looks to throw the jab but Perez is out of range.
Perez misses with a hook. Diego ducked under it nicely.
Perez moves out of range of the strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Diego throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Diego misses with a looping right.
Diego looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Diego lands a nice shot to the body.
Perez uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Perez just misses with a punch to the body.
Perez throws a jab but it's blocked by Diego.
An attempted straight right counter from Diego misses the target.
Perez checks a leg kick nicely.
Some wild striking there from Perez.
Diego with a nice cross.
Perez tries to bum rush Diego with a series of wild strikes but Diego uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Diego uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Perez throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Perez jabs at Diego's body.
Perez misses with a wild body shot.
Diego uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Perez has time to react.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Kron Diego will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Diego misses with a body kick.
Diego lands a nice leg kick that just misses Perez's sensitive parts.
Perez avoids the body shot from Diego.
Diego takes one on the button.
Diego connects with a jab.
Perez with a nice cross.
Diego ducks under a wild hook from Perez.
Diego is looking for a counter combo.
Nice defenses there by Perez.
Diego throws a hook but Perez blocks it.
Perez takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Diego uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Diego is looking to slow Perez down with leg kicks.
Perez throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Diego half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Perez has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Diego throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Perez sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Diego swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Perez counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The fighters circling - Perez throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Diego throws a nice inside leg kick.
Perez throws out a loose jab but Diego uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Diego throws a right hand that Perez ducks under and follows up with a left that Perez also avoids with ease.
Perez lands a slapping body shot.
Diego avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Diego rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Perez counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Diego looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Perez throws a big shot that misses.
Diego slips under a jab from Perez.
Perez looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Diego throws a hook but Perez blocks it.
Sloppy strikes from Perez. Those never looked like landing.
Perez cracks Diego with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Diego slips under a jab from Perez.
Perez misses with a right hand
and Diego counters with a stiff right hand.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Perez connects with the punch.
Diego slips a straight right by Perez.
Perez works over Diego's head and body with a nice combination.
Perez cracks Diego with a right hand to the side of the head.
Perez thuds a left hand into Diego's body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Perez throws the left hand but Diego avoids the punch easily.
Manny Perez seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Perez throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Diego cracks Perez with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Diego ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Perez moves away.
Perez uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Diego.
Diego slips a jab from Perez.
Perez lands an overhand right.
Diego lands with a straight right. Perez didn't see that one coming.
Perez fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Diego manages to avoid it.
Diego fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Perez chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Diego can pounce on him.
Diego lands with a hook. Perez tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Perez just misses with a punch to the body.
Perez connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Diego momentarily.
Perez swings for the body but Diego moves out of range.
Perez misses with an uppercut.
Diego tries to counter with a takedown but Perez is quick to defend against it.
Diego slips a straight right by Perez.
Perez lands a slapping body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diego misses with a jab, cross combination.
Diego cracks Perez with a good jab.
Diego throws a jab when Perez was well out of range.
Perez throws a hook to the side of Diego's head but Diego sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Diego throws a hook to the side of Perez's head but Perez sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Diego uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Perez.
Diego throws a leg kick
and Perez cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Diego takes a swing at Perez's ribcage but misses.
Perez slips a jab and a cross from Diego.
Perez lands a jab to Diego's midsection.
Diego takes one on the button.
Perez throws an off balance right hand
enabling Diego to counter with a crisp jab.
Perez throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Diego sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Perez checks a low kick from Diego.
Perez looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Diego listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Perez misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Diego.
Perez takes a body punch but keeps moving.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Perez misses with a looping right.
An attempted straight right counter from Diego misses the target.
Diego avoids the body shot from Perez.
Diego swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Diego lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Perez circles away quickly and effectively.
Diego keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Perez.
Diego bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A swing and a miss from Perez.
Diego misses with a looping right.
It seemed like Perez was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Diego misses with a right hand
and Perez counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Diego moves out of range as Perez strikes.
Diego will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Diego misses with a looping right.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Diego throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Diego slips a jab and a cross from Perez.
Perez dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Perez fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Diego on the side of the head.
Diego lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Perez circles away quickly and effectively.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Manny Perez will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Perez throws a body punch but Diego moves out of range.
Diego jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Diego misses with the combination.
Danga de danga de dang - Perez scores with a four punch combination!
Perez throws a hook to the side of Diego's head but Diego sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Perez misses with a straight right.
A big left from Perez misses.
Diego punishes Perez's body with a nice straight punch.
Diego misses with an uppercut
and Perez counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Diego scores with a jab. Perez acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Perez throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Diego sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Diego swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Perez has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Perez throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Diego on the side of the head.
Nice uppercut there from Diego.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Diego moves out of range as Perez strikes.
Perez looks to throw the jab but Diego is out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Diego lands with a hook. Perez tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Diego uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Perez.
Diego misses the shot to the body.
Perez let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Perez misses the shot to the body.
Perez keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Sloppy strikes from Perez. Those never looked like landing.
Perez looks to score with a jab to the body but Diego is just out of range.
Perez thows a left - swing and a miss!
Diego misses with a low kick.
Perez has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Diego finds it's way round the side to connect with Perez's head.
Diego lands a jab to the head.
A bone on bone clash there as Perez blocks the leg kick.
Diego looks to land a left hand but Perez moved out of range nicely.
Diego tries to move into range but Perez moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Diego turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Diego misses with a straight left.
Perez connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Diego's hands.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Perez tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Diego was well out of range. Poor timing from Perez.
A little feinted left hand from Diego on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Diego lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Diego works the jab nicely.
Diego throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Perez displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Diego throws out the jab.
Diego throws a hook but Perez blocks it.
Diego misses with a looping right.
Perez lands with a hook. Diego tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Perez scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Diego throws a hook but Perez blocks it.
Perez swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Jab from Perez.
Diego scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Danga de danga de dang - Diego scores with a four punch combination!
Perez misses with a hook.
Perez works Diego's body with a nice hook.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diego misses with an uppercut. Perez saw that one coming.
Perez has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Perez there as he acknowledges the shot.
Diego lands a nice looking body kick.
Diego throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Perez connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Perez uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Diego.
Diego lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Perez circles away quickly and effectively.
A combination from Perez does no damage.
Perez waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Diego.
It looked like Diego wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Diego blocks a jab.
Perez throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Perez slips under a jab from Diego.
Perez lands a nice hook to Diego's body. Diego takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Diego tries to bum rush Perez with a series of wild strikes but Perez uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Diego misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Perez.
Perez throws a right and a left that Diego avoids nicely.
Perez looks to throw the jab but Diego is out of range.
Perez throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Diego.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
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 looping hook to the body misses from Perez. Diego does a little dance to reset his feet.
Diego connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Perez scores with a shot to the body.
Some wild striking there from Diego.
Diego fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Perez manages to avoid it.
Perez misses with a straight right.
Perez fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Diego steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Perez.
Diego scores with a push kick.
Diego ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Perez lands a jab to Diego's midsection.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Diego bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Diego throws the left hand but Perez avoids the punch easily.
Perez ducks under a wild hook from Diego.
Perez thows a left - swing and a miss!

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Kron Diego.
Well Diego has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 James Atkins scores the fight for Manny Perez!
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight for Kron Diego!
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight for Kron Diego!

Kron Diego wins by split decision!
An out of breath Kron Diego thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
In defeat, Manny Perez stepped up to the mic, saying 'No one likes seeing their opponent's hand raised, but that just means that they were the better man today. My team at 3Band MMA and I will break down this match and make the proper changes for my next camp.'.