PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between John Diaz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Yegor Klitschko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Yegor Klitschko told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!

Diaz
vs
Klitschko

200 cm
25
240 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

200 cm
18
248 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, John Diaz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Yegor Klitschko!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Hirohito Nitta and Shirou Masuda.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Klitschko.
Diaz looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!

Oooooh!!! Klitschko has knocked Diaz down with a huge combo! Klitschko steps away and waves a wobbly Diaz back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!

It looks like John Diaz has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Klitschko connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Diaz momentarily.
Diaz showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Klitschko.

Klitschko moves into range and clinches up with Diaz.
Diaz is trying to break free.

Klitschko escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Klitschko dives in and grabs Diaz's left leg, looking for a takedown. Diaz pushes down on Klitschko's head and hops out.
Klitschko lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Klitschko.

Diaz is rocked!

John Diaz's cut is getting worse.
Diaz walks right into a perfectly timed right hook and goes down hard! He's out cold! The ref cradles Diaz limp body while Klitschko jumps on to the cage and waves to the roaring crowd. Wow that was just a brutal knockout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:44 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Yegor Klitschko!
A relieved looking Yegor Klitschko thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.