PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Willie Diggs (ranked 3313 p4p, 3594 weight class) and Seppo Maki (ranked 447 p4p, 478 weight class). Diggs's entrance music is DICK TWIST. A fine choice. Seppo Maki has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Diggs
vs
Maki

184 cm
19
185
2 - 1 - 0

182 cm
19
186
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine

BJJ White Belt
Lethal high kicks
Granite chin

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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Willie Diggs!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Seppo Maki!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Dillan Fox and Trevor Gratis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Diggs takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Maki throws a poor cross that misses
and Diggs cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Diggs seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Maki is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Diggs.
Maki misses with a right hand
and Diggs counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Maki scores with the left hand. Diggs knows he should have avoided that one.
Maki throws a hook but Diggs blocks it.
Diggs is looking to counter punch.
Maki darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Maki connects with a right hand. Diggs shakes it off.
Maki lands with a hook. Diggs tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Diggs takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Maki throws a leg kick which misses Diggs's front leg but catches the back leg as Diggs tries to avoid it.
Good work by Diggs as he checks the leg kick.
An attempted straight right counter from Diggs misses the target.
Maki lands a nice looking body shot.
Diggs walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Maki has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Diggs walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Diggs looks to score with a jab to the body but Maki is just out of range.
A little jabbing left from Maki on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Maki ducks under a wild hook from Diggs.
Maki lands a nice leg kick that just misses Diggs's sensitive parts.
An inside leg kick from Diggs misses.
A head kick misses from Diggs.
An inside leg kick from Maki misses.
Diggs throwing a counter right hand but Maki manages to avoid it.
Maki feints and then cracks Diggs's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Diggs down.
A bone on bone clash there as Diggs blocks the leg kick.
As Maki backs away, Diggs returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
A nice leg kick from Maki, right into the meat of the thigh.
Maki comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diggs on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Maki misses with a looping left.
Maki fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Diggs on the side of the head.
Maki misses with a kick to the body
and Diggs counters with a low kick, right behind Maki 's knee.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Diggs avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Diggs has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Diggs there as he acknowledges the shot.
Diggs looks to land a right hand but Maki moved out of range.
A little jabbing left from Maki on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Maki looks to land a left hand but Diggs moved out of range nicely.
Diggs takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Maki slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Diggs steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Maki. That one must have hurt.
Maki throws a leg kick that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diggs throws a lazy right hand but Maki sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Maki swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Diggs chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Maki can pounce on him.
Diggs has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Maki finds it's way round the side to connect with Diggs's head.
Maki throws out a powerful jab.
Maki smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
A jab from Maki misses.
It looked like Diggs was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Maki.
Diggs fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Maki.
Maki misses with a straight right.
Diggs tried to counter with a leg kick but Maki avoided it.
Nice shot by Maki.
Diggs checks a low kick from Maki.
Diggs fires out a quick counter leg kick but Maki just manages to avoid it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Diggs throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Maki misses with an uppercut
and Diggs counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Maki scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Diggs takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Maki throws a leg kick that misses.
Maki scores with a spinning back kick!
Diggs thumps Maki with a low kick.
Maki uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Diggs has time to react.
Maki scores with a jab to the head.
Diggs slips a straight right by Maki.
It looked like Diggs wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Nice jab there from Maki.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Seppo Maki dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Maki throws a poor cross that misses
and Diggs connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Diggs uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Maki.
Diggs slips a jab and a cross from Maki.
Maki throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Diggs avoids the body shot from Maki.
A little feinted left hand from Diggs on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Maki lands a jab to the head.
A big left from Diggs misses.
Diggs throws a body punch but Maki moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Maki dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Diggs. That did some damage!
Maki drops his hands momentarily and Diggs takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Maki tries to land a front kick but Diggs steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Diggs might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Maki slips under a jab from Diggs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Maki throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Maki throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Diggs just misses with a punch to the body.
Maki with a hook.
Diggs gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Maki throws a leg kick but Diggs checks it.
Maki has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Maki lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Maki scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
A head kick misses from Maki.
Diggs was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Diggs on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Diggs takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diggs takes one to the chin there.
Diggs takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Maki scores with a sloppy right hand. Diggs should have avoided that one.
Diggs steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Maki.
Diggs takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Maki scores with a jab to the head.

Diggs is rocked!
Diggs stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Maki.
Oh Diggs is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Diggs checks the leg kick nicely there.
Diggs was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Diggs seems to have got his legs back now.
Diggs staying out of range there.
Diggs closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Diggs looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diggs scores with a body shot.
Diggs keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Maki.
Maki rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Diggs moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Maki rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Diggs counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
An inside leg kick lands from Maki.
Seppo Maki seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Diggs moves away from the strike by Maki.
Maki tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Diggs was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Diggs closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Maki lands a nice looking body kick.
Diggs misses with a wild body shot.
Diggs misses with a jab to the body
and Maki counters with a nice uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Maki throws a right hand that misses
and Diggs counters with a left to the body.
Maki throws out a leg kick but Diggs moves out of range and Maki only half commits.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Diggs throws an overhand right that lands on Maki's shoulder, as Maki tries to avoid the shot.
Maki jabs Diggs right on the nose. Diggs blinks but takes it well.
Diggs looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Maki misses with a left hand
and Diggs counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Maki turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Maki looks to land a right hand but Diggs moved out of range.
Diggs looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Maki lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Diggs on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Maki connects with an inside leg kick.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Seppo Maki showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Maki is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Diggs.
Maki cracks Diggs with a right hand to the side of the head.
Diggs stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Maki.
Diggs misses with a left hand
and Maki counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Maki lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Maki lands a nice shot that snaps Diggs's head back.
Maki's jab looks to have found its range, popping Diggs under the eye.
Maki misses with a hook.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Diggs swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Maki moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Maki scores with a jab.
Maki lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Maki missing with a left hand there. Diggs was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Maki misses with a hook.
Diggs misses the jab.
Diggs bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Diggs is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Diggs scores with a punch to the head.
Diggs scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Diggs shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Maki gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Diggs.
Maki takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Maki avoids a kick to the body.
Willie Diggs has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Maki lands a nice leg kick that just misses Diggs's sensitive parts.
Maki misses with a hook.
Maki throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Maki throws a body punch but Diggs moves out of range.
An attempted straight right counter from Diggs misses the target.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Maki connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Diggs lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Diggs tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A little jabbing left from Maki on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Maki dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Diggs. That did some damage!
Good shot there by Maki.
Diggs is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Maki scoring well with a low kick there.
Seppo Maki seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Maki throws a one two combo.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circle momentarily. Maki darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
The fighters circling - Maki throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Diggs swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Maki misses with a right hand
and Diggs counters with a right hand to the body.
Diggs scores with a hook to the body. Maki takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Maki staying out of range there.
Maki scores with a punch to the head.
A big left from Maki misses.
A little feinted left hand from Diggs on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Maki misses with an uppercut.
A quick step to the side and Diggs tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Diggs slips a jab from Maki.
A little feinted left hand from Diggs on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Diggs lands a nice looking body kick.
Maki pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Maki lands a nice leg kick that just misses Diggs's sensitive parts.
Maki lands a nice leg kick that just misses Diggs's sensitive parts.
Maki throws a leg kick that misses.
Maki ducks under a wild hook from Diggs.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nice uppercut there from Maki.
Diggs throws a sloppy head kick and Maki moves out of range easily.
Maki counters with a body kick.
Maki misses with a leg kick.
Maki throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Good work by Maki as he checks the leg kick.
A little jabbing left from Maki on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Maki misses with an uppercut. Diggs saw that one coming.

And that's the end of the fight!
Seppo Maki comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Maki has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Gregory Folan scores the fight 27:30
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 27:30
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Seppo Maki!
A very excited looking Seppo Maki made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.