PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Dwan Diego (ranked 18505 p4p, 882 weight class) and Milovan Cirkovic (ranked 11411 p4p, 860 weight class). Diego comes to the ring accompanied by Jiu Jitsu. Cirkovic is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Five Finger Death Punch - . Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Diego
vs
Cirkovic

183 cm
28
190 lbs
12 - 7 - 1

193 cm
40
194 lbs
42 - 14 - 2

World class boxer
Insanely flexible

World class MT
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 7 - 1, fighting out of London, Dwan Diego!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 42 - 14 - 2, fighting out of New York, Milovan Cirkovic!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Yuuki Gou and Yasuomi Hirokawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cirkovic connects with a leg kick. Diego looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Cirkovic misses with a kick to the body.
Diego swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Diego walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Cirkovic checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Diego throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Diego lands with a hook. Cirkovic tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Diego on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Diego with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Cirkovic to score with a decent uppercut.
Cirkovic looks to land a left hand but Diego moved out of range nicely.
It looked like Diego wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Diego tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
A big left from Cirkovic misses.
Diego misses with a hook.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Diego.
Diego throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Cirkovic.
Cirkovic appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Cirkovic lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Diego ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Cirkovic throws the left hand but Diego avoids the punch easily.
Cirkovic has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Diego fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Cirkovic manages to avoid it.
Cirkovic is looking to score with low kicks.
As Cirkovic tries to get set, Diego tries to push him back and clinch up but Cirkovic manages to avoid the attempt.
Cirkovic takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Cirkovic checks a leg kick.
Diego misses with a right hand
and Cirkovic counters with an outside leg kick.
Cirkovic misses with a wild body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Diego uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Dwan Diego seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cirkovic misses with a right hand
letting Diego counter with a right hand.
Cirkovic slips under a jab.
Cirkovic throws a head kick that misses.
Diego throws the left hand but Cirkovic avoids the punch easily.
Cirkovic takes a swing at Diego's ribcage but misses.
Diego listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Diego walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Cirkovic checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Cirkovic is looking to clinch.
Cirkovic blocks a jab.
Cirkovic tries to clinch but Diego moves out of range.
Diego cracks Cirkovic with an open hand slap.
Diego throws a body punch but Cirkovic moves out of range.
Cirkovic moves out of range as Diego strikes.
A little jabbing left from Cirkovic on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Cirkovic attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Diego checks a low kick from Cirkovic.
As Cirkovic tries to get set, Diego tries to push him back and clinch up but Cirkovic manages to avoid the attempt.
Cirkovic throws a nice outside leg kick.
Diego throws a big shot that misses.
Cirkovic checks a leg kick.
Diego looks to throw the jab but Cirkovic is out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Diego throws a quick inside leg kick.
Cirkovic scores with a sloppy right hand. Diego should have avoided that one.
Diego turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Diego thumps Cirkovic with a low kick.
Diego thuds his right hand into Cirkovic's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Diego takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
A solid body kick from Cirkovic.
Diego defending well as Cirkovic loads up on a big left hand.
Diego takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Diego misses with a low kick.
Cirkovic connects with a solid leg kick.
Diego misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Cirkovic.
Diego is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Cirkovic throws a leg kick but Diego checks it.
Cirkovic throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Diego.
A slow jab from Cirkovic misses its intended target.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Cirkovic blocks a jab.
Cirkovic follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Cirkovic misses with a body shot.
Diego tries to work over Cirkovic's front leg with a kick but Cirkovic checks it.
Cirkovic scoring well with a low kick there.
Diego throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
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 Dwan Diego will probably get the nod.
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.

Cirkovic's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Diego connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Cirkovic scrambles back to his feet.
The fighters circling - Diego throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Diego gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Cirkovic slips under a jab from Diego.
Cirkovic takes a swing at Diego's ribcage but misses.
Cirkovic keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Cirkovic unleashes a big counter combination but Diego bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Cirkovic uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Diego.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Diego.
Cirkovic checks a leg kick.
Cirkovic throws out a counter right but Diego avoids it with no problem.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Diego misses with a low kick.
Diego cracks the inside of Cirkovic's front leg.
Diego bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Cirkovic's head.
Diego moves out of range of the leg kick from Cirkovic.
Cirkovic thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Diego if he has to take too many more of those.
Cirkovic swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Diego.
Cirkovic misses with an uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cirkovic has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Diego.
Dwan Diego is winning the standup battle so far.
Cirkovic attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Diego does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
A nice leg kick lands there from Cirkovic.
Diego throws a leg kick but Cirkovic checks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Diego staying out of range there.
Diego steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Cirkovic. That one must have hurt.
Cirkovic throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Cirkovic misses with a kick to the body.
Cirkovic scores with a jab.
Cirkovic misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Cirkovic pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Cirkovic tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Diego was well out of range. Poor timing from Cirkovic.
Cirkovic fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Diego manages to avoid it.
Diego is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
A telegraphed right hand from Cirkovic misses the target.
The fighters circling - Diego throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Cirkovic slips under a jab from Diego.
Diego is looking to chop away at Cirkovic's legs.
Cirkovic throws a body kick that misses.
Diego punishes Cirkovic's body with a nice straight punch.
A clash of legs there as Cirkovic blocks the low kick.
Cirkovic thows a left - swing and a miss!
Cirkovic goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Cirkovic just misses with a punch to the body.
Diego misses with a straight left.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diego keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Cirkovic.
Diego moves out of range as Cirkovic strikes.
An attempted straight right counter from Diego misses the target.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cirkovic throws a nice looking combination but Diego bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Diego seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Diego throws a hook but Cirkovic blocks it.
Cirkovic fails with an attempt to clinch.
Cirkovic plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Diego jabs at Cirkovic's body.
Diego throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Cirkovic takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Cirkovic walks into a jab.
Diego moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Cirkovic fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Diego.
Jab, jab by Diego - just one landing.
Cirkovic throws a leg kick but Diego sees it coming and moves out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Diego. Cirkovic does a little dance to reset his feet.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Diego looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Diego stuns Cirkovic with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Diego misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Cirkovic.
Diego throws a leg kick but Cirkovic sees it coming and moves out of range.
Cirkovic throws out a counter right but Diego avoids it with no problem.
Diego looks to land a combination but Cirkovic avoids it well.
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 Dwan Diego will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Diego blocks a head kick by Cirkovic.
Diego throws out a leg kick but Cirkovic moves out of range and Diego only half commits.
A clash of legs there as Cirkovic blocks the low kick.
Cirkovic moves out of range as Diego strikes.
Cirkovic wants to counter the offense by Diego and move into the clinch position.
Cirkovic uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Diego.
Diego avoids the body shot from Cirkovic.
Diego swings away with a leg kick that misses.
That kick from Cirkovic tenderised Diego's leg. Diego is trying to keep his angry face on.
Good exchange - Cirkovic coming out on top.
Diego throws the left hand but Cirkovic avoids the punch easily.
Cirkovic takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Cirkovic's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Diego fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A little jabbing left from Cirkovic on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Cirkovic stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Diego.
Cirkovic dips to his left and cracks Diego with an uppercut!
Cirkovic lands with a kick to the ribs.
Diego ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Cirkovic throws a nice looking combination but Diego bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Diego moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Diego throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Cirkovic sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Diego moves in looking to clinch but Cirkovic pushes him off.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cirkovic moves away from the strike by Diego.
Cirkovic now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Cirkovic ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A slapping leg kick lands for Diego.
Cirkovic has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Diego.
Cirkovic swings for the body but Diego moves out of range.
Cirkovic just misses with a punch to the body.
Cirkovic takes a swing at Diego's ribcage but misses.
Diego throws a looping overhand right but Cirkovic ducks down to avoid it.
Cirkovic ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Diego moves away.
A left lands for Cirkovic.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Diego lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Cirkovic has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Cirkovic and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Cirkovic with a hook.
Cirkovic fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Diego manages to avoid it.
Diego tries to work over Cirkovic's front leg with a kick but Cirkovic checks it.
Jab by Diego.
Nice defenses there by Diego.
A slow jab from Diego misses its intended target.
Cirkovic takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Diego fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Cirkovic on the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cirkovic takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Diego scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Diego throws a good cross that connects.
Cirkovic keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Diego is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Cirkovic.
Diego misses with a few strikes there.
Cirkovic throws a leg kick but Diego sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Cirkovic connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Diego's hands.
Diego does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Cirkovic. Diego shrugs it off though.
Cirkovic looks to land a combination. Diego sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Diego misses with a right hand
and Cirkovic counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Diego scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Cirkovic doesn't seem bothered though.
Diego avoids the body shot from Cirkovic.
Diego connects with a good right hand that stumbles Cirkovic. Cirkovic circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Diego has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Diego there as he acknowledges the shot.
Diego throws a low kick, looking for Cirkovic's leg but Cirkovic calmly moves out of range.
Cirkovic slips under a jab from Diego.
Cirkovic feints a counter leg kick.
Cirkovic throws a head kick that Diego semi-blocks.
Diego throws a low kick but Cirkovic avoids it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but Dwan Diego did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Cirkovic lands the left hand.
Cirkovic throws a half hearted mid kick.

Cirkovic clinches.
Cirkovic lands a right hand.
Cirkovic lands an elbow inside that Diego shrugs off.
Cirkovic lands an elbow inside.

It looks like Dwan Diego has been cut.
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.
Diego misses with the head strike.
Diego swings wildly with an uppercut but Cirkovic uses good head movement to avoid it.
Diego goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Diego softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Cirkovic misses with a hook to the ribs.
Cirkovic lands with a left to the head.
Diego fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Diego takes a knee to the side of the body.
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 nice left hand lands by Diego.
Diego tries a body shot but Cirkovic blocks it.
Cirkovic has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Diego misses with a punch to the body.
Cirkovic lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Diego backwards.
Cirkovic throws an elbow but it misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Diego misses with an elbow strike.
Diego makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Diego throws a head punch that misses.
Cirkovic cracks Diego with a nice body shot.
Cirkovic lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Cirkovic tries a body shot but Diego blocks it.
Cirkovic looking to stall.
Diego misses with a short punch on the inside.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Diego working aggressively here.
Milovan Cirkovic seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
A nice left hand lands by Cirkovic.
Diego lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Cirkovic backwards.
Cirkovic lands a shoulder strike.
Cirkovic lands a left hand.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Cirkovic.
Cirkovic blocks a punch to the side of the head.

Cirkovic manages to break the clinch.
Cirkovic turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Diego feints and then cracks Cirkovic's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Cirkovic down.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Diego throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Cirkovic loads up on a big right hand but Diego slips the punch.
Diego swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Diego 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.
Diego looks to throw the jab but Cirkovic is out of range.
Diego ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Cirkovic moves away.
Diego with a body punch. A glancing blow.
The fight stays on the outside here - Cirkovic looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Diego loads up on a big right hand but Cirkovic slips the punch.
Diego takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Cirkovic lands with an uppercut that bounces Diego off the ropes and back into range.
Diego misses with a hook.
Diego connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Diego circles away from the clinch attempt.
Diego misses with an uppercut.
Jab, jab by Cirkovic - just one landing.
Cirkovic slips a jab and a cross from Diego.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Milovan Cirkovic dominated that fourth round.
The cut man is working on Dwan Diego's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Cirkovic ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Diego moves away.
Diego keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Cirkovic.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Cirkovic.
Cirkovic misses the jab.
Diego is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Diego looks to throw the jab but Cirkovic is out of range.
It seemed like Cirkovic was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Diego tries to work over Cirkovic's front leg with a kick but Cirkovic checks it.
A solid leg kick lands there for Diego.
Diego scores with the left hand. Cirkovic knows he should have avoided that one.
Diego misses with a straight left.
Cirkovic misses with the body kick
and Diego counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Cirkovic tries to clinch up.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Diego misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Cirkovic.
Cirkovic swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Diego uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Cirkovic.
Cirkovic with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
A telegraphed right hand from Cirkovic misses the target.
The crowd cheers as Cirkovic lands an impressive looking overhand right. Diego doesn't seem phased though.
Diego tries to clinch there but Cirkovic circles away.
Milovan Cirkovic has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Diego waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Cirkovic.
Nice defenses there by Cirkovic.
A looping hook to the body misses from Diego. Cirkovic does a little dance to reset his feet.
Cirkovic swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Cirkovic scores with a nice head shot.
A jab from Cirkovic misses.
Diego throws a body kick that misses.
Cirkovic looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Diego throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Diego gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Cirkovic.
Diego slips under a jab.
Cirkovic motions for Diego to come forward. Cirkovic throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Cirkovic takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Cirkovic needs to keep his hands up - Diego had a free shot at his head there.
A chopping leg kick lands by Diego.
Diego throws a lazy right hand but Cirkovic sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Diego uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Cirkovic.
Cirkovic checks the leg kick nicely there.
Cirkovic throws a leg kick but Diego moved away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diego with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nice cross by Diego.
Cirkovic looks to land a body kick but Diego moved away.
Diego tried to counter with a leg kick but Cirkovic avoided it.
Diego bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Diego tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Cirkovic misses with a body shot.
Diego was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Diego buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Cirkovic walks into a stiff left hand from Diego.
A solid body kick from Cirkovic.
Cirkovic takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Cirkovic stuns Diego with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Diego misses with a looping left.
Diego throws a nice outside leg kick.
Diego will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Diego swats away the attempt to clinch by Cirkovic.
Diego scores with a jab to the body.
Diego ducks under a wild hook from Cirkovic.

And that's the end of the fight!
Dwan Diego showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Diego has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight 49:46
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight 49:47
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 47:48

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Dwan Diego!
Dwan Diego retains his middleweight title!
Dwan Diego thanked the fans post fight for their support.