PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Draughn Diego (ranked 2208 p4p, 23317 weight class) and Solomon Cook (ranked 86 p4p, 257 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Diego
vs
Cook

202 cm
34
255
26 - 7 - 0

200 cm
43
231
32 - 21 - 0

World class boxer
Insanely flexible

World class MT
Granite chin

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 26 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, Draughn Diego!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 32 - 21 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Solomon Cook!
The judges for this bout are Francis DeMontford, Steve Erwin and Ron Honeybunn.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Diego pushes Cook up against the cage in a clinch.
Cook scores with a shoulder strike.
Diego lands a left hand that snaps the head of Cook backwards.
Still in the clinch, Diego scores with a nice short uppercut.
Diego lands a body shot in the clinch.
Cook lands a left hand that snaps the head of Diego backwards.
Cook lands a right hand.
A nice left hand lands by Diego.
Cook lands a hook to the side of the head.
Diego doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Diego lands with a short shot to the head.
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 head punch blocked on the inside by Diego.
I was talking to Diego's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Cook swings wildly with an uppercut but Diego uses good head movement to avoid it.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Diego takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
A short uppercut from Cook.
A short right from Diego on the inside.
Diego misses with a short punch on the inside.
Diego fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Diego blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Diego lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

It looks like Solomon Cook has been cut.
Cook misses with a hook to the ribs.
Cook has a couple of punches blocked by Diego.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Diego.
Diego lands a body punch in the clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Diego.
Diego lands an uppercut.
Cook can't find room to land a body shot as Diego controls the action.
A right handed body shot lands from Diego.
Cook looks winded!
Diego lands with a short shot to the head.
Diego cracks Cook with a nice body shot.
Diego lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Cook or not.
Diego lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Cook's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A short right from Diego on the inside.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Diego digs a right hand underneath Cook's ribcage. Cook let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Diego lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Diego lands a right hand that snaps the head of Cook backwards.
Diego blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Diego stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Diego misses with a hook to the ribs.
Diego stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Cook misses with a hook to the ribs.
Diego lands with a short punch from the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A shot in the inside from Diego.
A nice right hand lands inside from Diego.
Diego lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Diego works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Diego lands with a short punch from the clinch.

Cook is rocked!
A short right from Diego on the inside.
Cook is still on wobbly legs! Can Diego finish him?
Diego throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Diego breaks the clinch momentarily and cracks Cook with a big right hook that drops him to the canvas! Cook looks like he might be in big trouble here! The referee has started the count straight away and we're up to 5 already. Cook get to one knee - can he make it back to his feet? No, he's flopped back to the mat - he's out - this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:26 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Draughn Diego!
Draughn Diego decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.