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Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Draughn Diego (ranked 1794 p4p, 46 weight class) and Miguel Cotto (ranked 16344 p4p, 193 weight class). 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.
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255 lbs
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215 lbs
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World class boxer
Cardio machine
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
20 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Draughn Diego!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
35 - 20 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Miguel Cotto!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Yuuki Gou.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Diego throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Cotto misses with a body kick.
Cotto throws a hook but Diego avoids it easily.
Diego lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Diego dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Diego misses with a leg kick
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Diego tries to clinch up.
Cotto on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Diego. Diego obviously looking to wear him down.
Diego staying out of range there.
Diego looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Diego ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Draughn 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.
Cotto throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Cotto misses with a body kick.
Diego throws a leg kick
enabling Cotto to counter with a crisp jab.
Diego instigates a clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Cotto fails to land.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Diego lands a left hand that snaps the head of Cotto backwards.
Cotto blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Diego misses with a hook to the ribs.
Diego tries a body shot but Cotto blocks it.
Cotto tries to throw a body punch but Diego avoids it by throwing Cotto back against the ropes.
Cotto misses with a hook from the clinch.
Cotto tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Diego's elbow.
Diego misses with a body punch.
Cotto breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Diego throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Diego fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Cotto, pushing him back against the ropes.
Cotto breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Diego throws a nice outside leg kick.
Cotto tries to clinch there but Diego circles away.
Diego connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Cotto momentarily.
Diego scores with a head kick. Cotto tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Decent striking displayed by Diego there.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Diego throws a lazy right hand but Cotto sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diego tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Cotto manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Cotto flicks out a counter leg kick but Diego steps away.
Diego slips under a jab.
Diego looks to clinch
and Cotto counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Diego connects with an inside leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Cotto. Diego does a little dance to reset his feet.
Diego tries to clinch up
and Cotto counters with an outside leg kick.
Diego throws a hook but Cotto blocks it.
Cotto tries to close the distance and clinch but Diego swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Cotto lands a front kick.
Diego throws a nice head kick!
Diego connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Cotto's hands.
Diego misses with a looping right.
Cotto looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Draughn Diego dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Diego misses with a body shot.
A nice side step and Cotto releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Diego with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Cotto throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Diego counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Cotto swats away the attempt to clinch by Diego.
And Cotto responds with a good body kick, but Diego manages to step out the way in time.
Cotto misses with a hook
and Diego counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
It looks like Miguel Cotto has been cut.
Draughn Diego is winning the standup battle so far.
Diego checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Diego tries to clinch but Cotto moves out of range.
Diego is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Diego closes the distance and clinches.
Cotto tries to throw a body punch but Diego avoids it by throwing Cotto back against the ropes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Diego is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Cotto has a couple of punches blocked by Diego.
Diego misses with a punch to the body.
Diego tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Diego keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Cotto's efforts to push away.
Diego misses with a punch on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Diego throws a punch but it's blocked by Cotto.
Cotto manages to break the clinch.
Cotto tries to move into range but Diego moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Diego dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Diego is looking to clinch but Cotto is avoiding it.
Diego is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Cotto can do to turn this around?
Diego jabs Cotto right on the nose. Cotto blinks but takes it well.
Cotto pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Diego slips under a jab.
Cotto keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Cotto throws a low kick but Diego moves out of range easily.
Diego throwing a counter right hand but Cotto manages to avoid it.
Diego closes the distance and clinches.
Diego tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Cotto is leaning against Diego and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Cotto tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Cotto lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Diego.
Cotto lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Diego.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diego blocks an elbow strike from Cotto.
Cotto struggles to land a body shot inside as Diego controls his hands.
Cotto lands a hook to the side of the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A frustrated look appears on Diego's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Cotto misses with a hook to the ribs.
Cotto breaks the clinch.
Cotto blocks the body kick.
Diego tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Diego throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Cotto unleashes a big counter combination but Diego bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Diego cracks a nice hook into Cotto's ribs.
Diego instigates a clinch.
Cotto misses with some punches.
Cotto swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A nice left hand lands by Cotto.
Cotto misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Cotto's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Diego misses with a leg kick
and Cotto counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Cotto shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Draughn Diego will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Miguel Cotto's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Diego moves into the clinch.
Miguel Cotto has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Cotto tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Diego's elbow.
Diego tries a body shot but Cotto blocks it.
Diego tries to throw a body punch but Cotto avoids it by throwing Diego back against the ropes.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Cotto as Diego tries to tie him up.
Diego gets through Cotto's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Cotto prevents a body shot from Diego.
Cotto misses with a punch to the body.
Diego lands a right hand that snaps the head of Cotto backwards.
Cotto can't find room to land a body shot as Diego controls the action.
A short right from Diego.
Cotto misses with a punch on the inside.
Diego avoids the elbow strike from Cotto, against the ropes.
Cotto struggles to land a body shot inside as Diego controls his hands.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Diego tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A short uppercut from Diego.
Diego is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
A nice left hand lands by Cotto.
Cotto misses with a hook to the ribs.
Diego misses with a body punch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Cotto creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Diego misses with some punches.
Cotto misses with a punch on the inside.
Diego struggles to land a body shot inside as Cotto controls his hands.
A nice left hand lands by Diego.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Diego.
Diego swings wildly with an uppercut but Cotto uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cotto blocks a body shot from Diego.
Draughn Diego has scored more points in the clinch so far.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Cotto.
Cotto misses with a punch to the body.
Diego avoiding damage as Cotto throws knees to the body.
Cotto swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Cotto blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Diego misses with the head strike.
Diego swings wildly with an uppercut but Cotto uses good head movement to avoid it.
Diego dodges an elbow strike from Cotto.
Cotto throws a head punch that misses.
Cotto misses with a punch on the inside.
Diego swings away with an uppercut that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diego lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Cotto is trying to break the clinch but Diego is controlling him.
Diego takes an elbow to the forehead.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cotto lands a right hand.
A nice left hand lands by Diego.
Diego working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A short left from Diego.
Cotto is rocked!
A hook to the body from Diego.
Cotto is still on wobbly legs! Can Diego finish him?
Cotto takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Cotto swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Diego scores with a hook to the body.
Diego scores with a shoulder strike.
Diego cracks Cotto with a big uppercut, right up the middle and Cotto goes down! Oh, he's hurt! He's bigtime hurt! The referee is giving him a chance to get back to his feet - 4,5,6,7, no, he's called it off! Cotto wasn't going to make it and the fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:35 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Draughn Diego!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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