PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Dirk Diggles (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dark Josu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Diggles
vs
Josu

183 cm
18
175 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

180 cm
19
180 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Dirk Diggles!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Dark Josu!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Frank Antenori and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Diggles moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.

Josu closes the distance and clinches.
A right handed body shot lands from Josu.

Josu drags the fight down to the ground.
Josu has control of Diggles's left arm, preventing Diggles from doing any damage.

Josu is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
Josu tries for a takedown. No joy.
Diggles is trying to break free.

Josu successfully pulls guard.

Josu pushes Diggles off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Josu showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Diggles.
Diggles misses with a wild combination.
Dirk Diggles is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Josu looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Josu shoots for a takedown but Diggles saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Dirk Diggles has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dark Josu.
Josu on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Diggles tries to clinch up
and Josu counters with an outside leg kick.
Josu closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Josu throws a sloppy head kick and Diggles moves out of range easily.
Diggles scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
A left and a right from Diggles both land. Nice combination.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Diggles lands the left hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Josu fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Diggles tries to close the distance and clinch but Josu swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Diggles wants to clinch but Josu slips to the side

and Josu holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Diggles is trying to push Josu away but Josu has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.

Josu gets control of Diggles's arms and successfully pulls guard. Josu will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Josu looks gassed!
Diggles wants to stand but Josu is controlling his posture from full guard.
Diggles has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Josu lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Diggles!
Josu controlling from the full mount.
Josu throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Josu looking to control and managing it successfully.
Diggles wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Josu.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Diggles defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Josu.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Diggles is trying to stand but he's just given Josu his back.
Diggles knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Josu on the ground.
Josu misses with punches from the back.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Josu punches the canvas rather than the man.
Josu has good solid back control here.
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 Dirk Diggles will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Josu has a takedown stuffed.
Diggles moves in looking to clinch but Josu pushes him off.
Josu misses with a wild body shot.
Josu shoots in for a takedown but Diggles shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Diggles tries to clinch

and Josu holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Diggles prevents a takedown attempt there.
Dirk Diggles has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dark Josu.
Diggles wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Josu.

Josu breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Sloppy strikes from Diggles. Those never looked like landing.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Josu has closed the distance and engaged Diggles in a clinch.
Diggles has had enough of the clinch but Josu keeps him there for the moment.

Josu breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Josu has a takedown stuffed.
Diggles thows a body shot but no joy.
Diggles is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Diggles stalks Josu and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Josu's face. Josu staggers backwards, shaken.
Josu's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Diggles connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Josu scrambles back to his feet.
Josu avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Josu avoids a punch combination nicely.
Diggles defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Josu.
Josu is breathing heavily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Josu closes the distance and pushes Diggles back into the cage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Diggles looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

Josu jumps into guard, dragging Diggles to the mat.
Josu has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Josu not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Josu has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Diggles tries to stand but Josu is controlling from the bottom.

Josu is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Diggles defends well.
Diggles wants to get up but he can't break Josu's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Diggles got a little sloppy there for a moment and Josu has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Diggles has managed to get both his arms back between Josu's legs - danger averted.
Josu is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Let's hope that Josu has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Dark Josu was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Josu fails with a takedown attempt.
Diggles tries to clinch up

and Josu counters by clinching up.

Josu breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A right-left combo lands from Diggles.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Josu closes this distance looking for a takedown but Diggles circles away.
Diggles tries to clinch but Josu is having none of it.
Diggles scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
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 Dirk Diggles will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Josu swats away the attempt to clinch by Diggles.
Diggles lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Diggles tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Josu paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A cross from Diggles lands.
Josu shoots in for a takedown but Diggles shows good takedown defense.
Diggles tries to clinch up
and Josu counters with an outside leg kick.
Diggles closes the distance but Josu moves to the side
and Josu counters with an outside leg kick.
Josu lands a high kick!
Josu fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Josu takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Josu shoots in but Diggles avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Dirk Diggles has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dark Josu.
Diggles tries to clinch but Josu is having none of it.
Diggles paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Diggles lands a nice shot to the body.
Diggles lands with an uppercut that bounces Josu off the cage and back into range.
Diggles throws a combination. Josu tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Diggles moves to clinch but Josu breaks away

and Josu counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Josu.
Josu is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Diggles goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Josu blocks a body shot from Diggles.
Diggles tries to circle away but Josu has him pinned against the cage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Diggles lands a body shot in the clinch.
Diggles tries a body shot but Josu blocks it.
Diggles is trying to force a seperation but Josu has the dominant position.
Diggles looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Diggles misses with a hook to the ribs.
Diggles blocks a body shot from Josu.
Diggles softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Diggles is trying to force a seperation but Josu has the dominant position.
Josu has Diggles pressed against the cage, preventing Diggles from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Diggles digs a right hand underneath Josu's ribcage. Josu let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Diggles presses Josu against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Diggles working hard to break the clinch.
Josu tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Diggles smiles and moves away.
Diggles is looking to clinch but Josu is avoiding it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diggles lands a jab to Josu's midsection.
Diggles jabs at Josu's body.
Diggles throws a right and a left that Josu avoids nicely.
Diggles is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Diggles is looking to clinch but Josu is avoiding it.
Diggles scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Diggles moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Diggles stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Diggles wants it to stay on the feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Diggles jabs at Josu's body.
Diggles tries to bum rush Josu with a series of wild strikes but Josu uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Diggles with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Diggles tries to close the distance and clinch but Josu swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
No joy there for Diggles, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
A left lands for Diggles.
Diggles closes the distance looking to clinch

and Josu counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Diggles throws a head punch that misses.
Dark Josu has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Dirk Diggles is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Diggles is pressed up against the cage. Josu has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Diggles down to the mat. Diggles avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.

And that's the end of the fight!
Dirk Diggles showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Diggles, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 29:28
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dirk Diggles!