PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Dwan Diego (ranked 17192 p4p, 720 weight class) and Thomas Silver Jr (ranked 21859 p4p, 686 weight class). Diego's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Jiu Jitsu. Silver Jr has chosen The Return as his entrance music. Dwan Diego had a look across the ring there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Diego
vs
Silver Jr

183 cm
31
190 lbs
19 - 10 - 1

184 cm
23
190 lbs
12 - 6 - 0

World class boxer
Insanely flexible

World class MT
Good gas tank

Freebok (85% Laundry)

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 19 - 10 - 1, fighting out of London, Dwan Diego!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Thomas Silver Jr!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Chris Edwards and James Atkins.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Diego avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Diego misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Silver Jr.
Diego takes a swing at Silver Jr's ribcage but misses.
Diego scores with a jab to the body.
Diego misses the shot to the body.
A clash of legs there as Diego blocks the low kick.
Diego fires out a quick counter leg kick but Silver Jr just manages to avoid it.
Silver Jr misses with a body shot.
Diego feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Nice defenses there by Diego.
Diego misses with a straight left.
Diego throws a chopping leg kick but Silver Jr manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Silver Jr misses with a head kick.
Diego is looking to slow Silver Jr down with leg kicks.
Diego misses with an uppercut. Silver Jr saw that one coming.
Diego pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Diego is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Silver Jr throws a wild body kick that Diego sees coming a mile off.
Diego throws a leg kick which misses Silver Jr's front leg but catches the back leg as Silver Jr tries to avoid it.
Diego turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Silver Jr swings for the body but Diego moves out of range.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Silver Jr throws a wild body kick that Diego sees coming a mile off.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Diego scores with a jab to the body.
Silver Jr cracks Diego with an open hand slap.
Diego looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Silver Jr tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Diego doesn't manage to clinch there - Silver Jr circles away.
Silver Jr on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Diego throws a nice outside leg kick.
Diego misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Silver Jr.
Silver Jr dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Diego. That did some damage!
Diego is looking to wear down Silver Jr with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Diego ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Silver Jr moves away.
Silver Jr takes a swing at Diego's ribcage but misses.
We've been informed that Silver Jr has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Dwan Diego seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A left lands for Diego.
Diego blocks a low kick nicely.
Diego swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Diego tries to score with a low kick but Silver Jr moves his leg out of the way.
Silver Jr misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Diego.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Silver Jr jabs Diego right on the nose. Diego blinks but takes it well.
Diego walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Silver Jr avoids the body shot from Diego.
Silver Jr swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Diego.
A punch lands to the side of Silver Jr 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Silver Jr lands a slapping body shot.
Diego tries to close the distance and clinch but Silver Jr swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Diego moves into range and clinches up with Silver Jr.
Silver Jr wants to break free but Diego has control.
The referee is keeping an eye on Diego - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Silver Jr blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Diego tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Diego tries a body shot but Silver Jr blocks it.
Diego swings wildly with an uppercut but Silver Jr uses good head movement to avoid it.
Diego misses with a short punch on the inside.
Diego pushes off an throws an elbow but Silver Jr leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Silver Jr wants to break free but Diego has control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dwan Diego dominated that round.
That's time! Diego's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Silver Jr 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.
Silver Jr throws an overhand right that lands on Diego's shoulder, as Diego tries to avoid the shot.
Diego throws a series of punches but Silver Jr moves out of range.
Silver Jr misses with a body shot.
Silver Jr is looking to land body kicks.
Silver Jr ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Diego moves away.
Diego fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Silver Jr looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Silver Jr scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.

It looks like Dwan Diego has been cut.
A slapping leg kick lands for Diego.
Diego lands a front kick.
Silver Jr thows a leg kick but Diego checks it
letting Diego counter with a right hand.
Diego lands a nice leg kick that just misses Silver Jr's sensitive parts.
Silver Jr misses with a hook
and Diego counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Silver Jr throws a right hand that misses
and Diego counters with a straight right hand.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Diego digs a good body shot into Silver Jr's ribs.
Silver Jr throws a leg kick that misses.
Diego cracks Silver Jr with an open hand slap.
Silver Jr throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Silver Jr misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Diego.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Diego feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Silver Jr's calf.
Diego scores with a kick to the body.
Silver Jr lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Silver Jr looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Silver Jr avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
A leg kick checked by Diego.
Silver Jr throws a hook to the side of Diego's head but Diego sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Diego, right into the meat.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Diego.
Silver Jr looks to throw the jab but Diego is out of range.
Diego feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Silver Jr's calf.
Silver Jr is looking to chop away at Diego's legs.
Diego connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Silver Jr misses with a low kick.
Silver Jr takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Silver Jr, right into the meat.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Silver Jr throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Diego takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Silver Jr scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Diego doesn't seem bothered though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silver Jr throws a hook but Diego blocks it.
Diego misses with a series of wild punches.
Jab by Diego.
Diego buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Diego is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Silver Jr can do to turn this around?
Diego lands a body shot.
Silver Jr throws a nice looking combination but Diego bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
An attempted straight right counter from Diego misses the target.
Diego feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Silver Jr's calf.
Silver Jr misses with an attempted mid kick.
Silver Jr tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
It looks like Diego has been trying to sharpen up his punching technique, as it looks crisper than last time we saw him.
Silver Jr misses with an uppercut.
Diego throws a leg kick
and Silver Jr counters with a low kick, right behind Diego 's knee.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Diego lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Silver Jr connects with a right hand. Diego shakes it off.
A jab lands there for Diego.
Silver Jr takes one to the chin there.
Diego throws a quick inside leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Silver Jr scoring well with a low kick there.
Silver Jr pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Diego just misses with a punch to the body.
Silver Jr misses with a body shot.
Nice straight punches there by Diego. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Diego.
Diego throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Silver Jr walks into a left hand.
Diego connects with an inside leg kick.
Diego throws a leg kick which misses Silver Jr's front leg but catches the back leg as Silver Jr tries to avoid it.
Silver Jr's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Some bone on bone action there as Diego checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Diego uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Silver Jr.
Silver Jr comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Diego misses with a low kick.
Diego connects with a solid leg kick.
A nice inside leg kick there by Silver Jr. That's going to slow Diego down.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Diego slips under a jab.
An attempted straight right counter from Diego misses the target.
Diego misses with an attempted mid kick.
Silver Jr swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.

Diego closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
A head punch on the inside from Diego fails to land.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Silver Jr pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Silver Jr misses with a lunging right hand
and Diego cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Diego with a hook.
Silver Jr moves out of range of the strikes.
Diego ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Diego misses with a wild body shot.
Silver Jr keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Diego.
Diego throws a leg kick but Silver Jr checks it.
Silver Jr rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Diego counters with a leg kick.
Diego throws a low kick but it's checked well by Silver Jr.
Diego displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Silver Jr throws out the jab.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Silver Jr 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 Diego has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Diego and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Diego feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Silver Jr swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Dwan Diego is winning the standup battle so far.
Silver Jr throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Diego listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Silver Jr misses with a looping left.
Diego walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Silver Jr checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silver Jr connects with a good right hand that stumbles Diego. Diego circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Diego looks to land a left hand but Silver Jr moved out of range nicely.
Silver Jr tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Silver Jr jabs at Diego's body.
Diego scores with a kick to the body.
Silver Jr tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Silver Jr throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Diego tried to counter with a leg kick but Silver Jr avoided it.
Silver Jr fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Silver Jr has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Diego.
Diego fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Silver Jr manages to avoid it.
Silver Jr is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Diego with a body shot.
Silver Jr lands with a nice body punch.
Silver Jr swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Silver Jr walks into a straight right hand from Diego.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Silver Jr looks to land a body kick but Diego moved away.
Diego misses with a hook. Silver Jr ducked under it nicely.
Diego scores with a body shot.
Diego swings for the body but Silver Jr moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dwan Diego clearly takes that round.
The cut man is working on Dwan Diego's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Silver Jr tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Nice defenses there by Diego.
Silver Jr thows a left - swing and a miss!
Silver Jr avoids the body shot from Diego.
Silver Jr swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Silver Jr misses with a body shot.
A good leg kick by Diego.
Silver Jr swings for the body but Diego moves out of range.
Diego checks a leg kick.
Diego scores with a nice strike.
Diego throws a solid leg kick but Silver Jr takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Diego.
Diego attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Diego misses with a low kick.
A little jabbing left from Silver Jr on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silver Jr misses the shot to the body.
Diego misses with a lunging right hand
and Silver Jr connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Silver Jr walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Diego dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Diego throws a low kick but it's checked well by Silver Jr.
Diego slips under a jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Diego throws a nice outside leg kick.
Silver Jr throws an overhand right that lands on Diego's shoulder, as Diego tries to avoid the shot.
Jab, jab by Diego - just one landing.
Diego wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Diego wants to land a leg kick but Silver Jr is out of range.
Diego fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Silver Jr on the side of the head.
Diego lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Silver Jr has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Silver Jr takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Left hook, right uppercut from Silver Jr.
Diego scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Diego lands a really nice looking cross but Silver Jr seems unphased.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Diego throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Silver Jr keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Jab from Diego.
Diego connects with an inside leg kick.
Silver Jr throws a body kick that misses.
Diego wants to clinch but Silver Jr slips to the side
and Silver Jr counters with a good low kick that Diego was not able to check.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice leg kick lands there from Diego.
Silver Jr throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Silver Jr throws a body kick that misses.
Silver Jr on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
A punch lands to the side of Diego 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Diego wants to land a leg kick but Silver Jr is out of range.
Diego displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Silver Jr throws out the jab.
A little feinted left hand from Diego on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Diego misses with a low kick.
Diego tries to work over Silver Jr's front leg with a kick but Silver Jr checks it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Diego. Silver Jr does a little dance to reset his feet.
Diego lands a nice hook to Silver Jr's body. Silver Jr takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Diego gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Diego lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Silver Jr misses with a body kick.
Diego throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Diego wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Silver Jr swings and misses with a hook to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dwan Diego had his way with Thomas Silver Jr in that round.
The cut man is working on Dwan Diego's cut.
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. This is the final round!

A big left from Silver Jr misses.
Diego appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
A good leg kick by Diego.
Diego lands a glancing blow to the side of Silver Jr's head.
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 Silver Jr has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Silver Jr and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Silver Jr throws a low kick, looking for Diego's leg but Diego calmly moves out of range.

Diego has Silver Jr up against the ropes in a clinch.
Diego tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Silver Jr has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

Silver Jr breaks from the clinch.
Silver Jr fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Diego is out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Diego lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Silver Jr on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Diego misses with a hook.
Diego attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Diego is looking to slow Silver Jr down with leg kicks.
A slow jab from Diego misses its intended target.
A little jabbing left from Silver Jr on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Diego scores with a jab to the body.
Diego ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Silver Jr moves away.
An inside leg kick lands from Diego.
Silver Jr rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Diego counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
A big left from Diego misses.
Diego connects with a looping right hand.
Diego lands a jab.
Silver Jr takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Diego throws a body punch but Silver Jr moves out of range.
Diego just misses with a punch to the body.
Thomas Silver Jr has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

Diego has taken the fight to the clinch.
Diego lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Silver Jr lands an uppercut.
Diego misses with some punches.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Silver Jr lands a body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Silver Jr escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Silver Jr is looking to chop away at Diego's legs.
Diego fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Silver Jr lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Diego fails in his attempt to clinch.
Jab, jab by Diego - just one landing.
A telegraphed right hand from Silver Jr misses the target.
Diego throws a low kick but it's checked well by Silver Jr.
Silver Jr cracks Diego with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Diego lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Silver Jr circles away quickly and effectively.
Silver Jr lands with an uppercut that bounces Diego off the ropes and back into range.
Diego dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Silver Jr. That did some damage!
Silver Jr thumps Diego with a low kick.
Silver Jr misses with an attempted mid kick.
Diego lands a nice looking body shot.
Diego throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.

And that's the end of the fight!
Dwan Diego showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Diego 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 50:45
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 50:45
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 50:45

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dwan Diego!
Dwan Diego retains his middleweight title!
Dwan Diego decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.