PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Alberto Diagana (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joshua Davison (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Diagana comes to the cage accompanied by Judas Priest - Painkiller. Davison is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Cinderella Man - Eminem. Joshua Davison is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Diagana
vs
Davison

168 cm
33
156 lbs
17 - 22 - 0

178 cm
25
155 lbs
12 - 18 - 0

Good wrestling
Great elbows
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 22 - 0, fighting out of London, Alberto Diagana!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 18 - 0, fighting out of London, Joshua Davison!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, Colin Fotheringham and Steven Brown.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Diagana misses with a wild combination.
Davison throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Diagana looks to land a combination but Davison avoids it well.
Diagana takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.

It looks like Alberto Diagana has been cut.

Diagana is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Davison's half guard.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Davison is trying to escape back to his feet but Diagana uses the scramble to pass into side control.
Davison is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Diagana controls the position.
Davison is not content to let Diagana control the position.
Davison pushes Diagana away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Diagana gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Davison tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Diagana wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Davison is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Diagana staying calm.
Diagana advances to mount.
Diagana tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Davison is trying to stand up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diagana scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Davison?
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Davison wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Diagana looking to control and managing it successfully.
Diagana seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Davison for as long as he can get away with.
Diagana looking to control but Davison is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Diagana looking to control and managing it successfully.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Alberto Diagana has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Davison rushes in with a sloppy looking punch

and Diagana counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Davison misses with a short punch on the inside.
Davison takes a knee right on the jaw!
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Davison jumps guard but Diagana stands there with Davison around his waist. Davison gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.

Davison gets control of Diagana's arms and successfully pulls guard. Davison will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Diagana not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Diagana trying to control but Davison is working from the bottom.
Diagana passes Davison's right leg, so he's now in half guard.

Davison looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Diagana not doing much here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Davison is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Diagana pulls his head out easily.
Diagana wants to free his trapped foot but Davison is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Diagana stalling.

Davison looking for submissions off his back.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Diagana looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alberto Diagana dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Alberto Diagana's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Diagana tries to close the distance and clinch up but Davison swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Davison throws a body punch but Diagana moves out of range.
Alberto Diagana is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A combination from Davison does no damage.
Joshua Davison seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Diagana fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Davison to the ground. Diagana is now in Davison's guard.
Diagana slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Diagana stops Davison from standing up.
Diagana seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.

Davison escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Diagana gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Alberto Diagana overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Diagana stands up over Davison, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Diagana's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Diagana passes into half guard.
Diagana trying to mount his opponent but Davison defends it.
Diagana lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.

Davison looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Diagana is controlling the pace.
Diagana looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Davison wants to get back to his feet.
Diagana tries to pass to full mount but Davison defends it.
Diagana perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.

Davison actively working from the bottom here.
Diagana works his way into side control.

Diagana is trying to get an arm triangle but Davison is defending well.
Davison is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diagana is looking to take a break and control but Davison is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Davison prevents Diagana from moving into mount.
Diagana has knee on belly and moves into mount.
Diagana sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Davison in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Diagana has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Davison's face.
Diagana working Davison over with strikes here.
Davison wants to get back to his feet.
Diagana controlling from the full mount.
Davison is trying to stand up.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Davison is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Diagana landing shots from mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alberto Diagana dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Alberto Diagana's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Davison takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.

Diagana clinches up with Davison and pushes him back against the cage.

Diagana is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. Davison can't fight it off and eventually Diagana manages to take the fight to the floor. Davison looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Diagana controls from within his opponent's guard.
Diagana trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Diagana trying to control the position from guard on top but Davison is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Alberto Diagana has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Nice defenses there by Diagana.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Davison misses with a hook. Diagana ducked under it nicely.
Davison misses the shot to the body.
Diagana throws a one two combo.

Diagana clinches up with Davison and pushes him back against the cage.

Diagana jumps guard and drags Davison to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Diagana looking for a sweep. Not yet Diagana, not yet.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Diagana holds on and takes a little breather.
Diagana keeping moving, preventing Davison from controlling successfully.
Davison stopping the sweep attempt from Diagana.
Diagana bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Davison's guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diagana trying to control but Davison is working from the bottom.
Diagana stands and throws Davison's legs to the side, diving into side control.

Diagana tries for a kimura but Davison is defending well.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Diagana looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Davison is avoiding damage well.
Diagana taking a break here but Davison is having none of it and regains half guard.
Diagana not landing any meaningful shots this time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Davison is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Diagana is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.

Davison looking for submissions off his back.
Alberto Diagana is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Davison scrambles, trying to get to his feet, but Diagana manages to mount him!
Diagana controlling from mount.
Joshua Davison has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Diagana's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Davison's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Diagana wants to take Davison's back here but Davison is holding on to an arm, himself looking to escape.
Diagana tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Davison wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Diagana trying to control but Davison is having none of it.

And that's the end of the fight!
Alberto Diagana showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Diagana has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Chris Edwards scores the fight 30:27
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 30:27
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Alberto Diagana!
During a confident post fight interview, Alberto Diagana thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.