PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between James Delaney (ranked 3016 p4p, 319 weight class) and Dwan Diego (ranked 16920 p4p, 675 weight class). Delaney kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Necessary Evil. Diego has chosen Jiu Jitsu as his entrance music. Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Dwan Diego enters the ring!

Delaney
vs
Diego

188 cm
38
193 lbs
25 - 12 - 0

183 cm
32
190 lbs
21 - 10 - 1

World class boxer
Insanely flexible

World class MT
Good gas tank

IniTech Nutrition

Freebok (85% Laundry)
HELLBENT

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 25 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, James Delaney!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 10 - 1, fighting out of London, Dwan Diego!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, William Gold and Daniel Bishop.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Diego uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Delaney.
Diego lands with a good body shot.
Nice defenses there by Diego.
Delaney tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Diego swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Delaney looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Diego swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Delaney throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Diego connects with a leg kick. Delaney looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Diego buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Diego lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Diego tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Delaney is able to avoid easily.
Diego bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Delaney takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Delaney lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.

It looks like Dwan Diego has been cut.
Delaney checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Diego takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Diego misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Delaney.
Diego feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Delaney's calf.
Delaney stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Diego.
Diego throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Delaney sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Diego avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Delaney takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Delaney fails with an attempt to clinch.
Delaney walks into a stiff left hand from Diego.
Delaney misses with a looping left.
Delaney takes a shot right to the bread basket.

Delaney has closed the distance and engaged Diego in a clinch.
Diego blocks a body shot from Delaney.
Diego creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Delaney presses Diego against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Delaney lands an elbow just above Diego 's eye.
Delaney misses with a hook from the clinch.
Delaney presses Diego against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Diego lands a body shot in the clinch.
Diego gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Diego can't find room to land a body shot as Delaney controls the action.
Diego blocks an elbow strike from Delaney.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Delaney lands a left hand.
Delaney lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Diego misses with the head strike.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Diego.
Delaney lands a shoulder strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Delaney throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Diegos head.
Delaney scores with a shoulder strike.
Delaney throws a head punch that misses.
Delaney swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Delaney lands a nice elbow.
Diego lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Diego throws an elbow but it misses.
Delaney can't find room to land a body shot as Diego controls the action.
Delaney lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Delaney lands an elbow inside.
Delaney working aggressively here.
Delaney makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A nice left hand lands by Delaney.
Diego tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Delaney creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Nice body punch from Diego - that landed with a thud.
Diego prevents a body shot from Delaney.
Diego tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Diego lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Delaney or not.
Delaney lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Diego misses with a punch on the inside.
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 James Delaney will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Dwan Diego's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Delaney tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
An inside leg kick lands from Diego.

Diego closes the distance and pushes Delaney back into the ropes.
Delaney lands with a right to the head.
Diego lands with a short shot to the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Diego.
Diego lands a left hand.
Diego misses with a hook from the clinch.
Diego throws an elbow but it misses.
Delaney throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Delaney.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Diego.
Delaney tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Delaney is leaning against Diego and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Delaney.
Diego tries to work over Delaney's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Delaney has a couple of punches blocked by Diego.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Delaney creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Diego's defenses.
Diego scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Delaney looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Diego goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Delaney fails to land.
Delaney can't find room to land a body shot as Diego controls the action.
Diego lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
James Delaney has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Delaney misses with the head strike.
Diego swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Diego scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Diego gets through Delaney's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Diego has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Delaney seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Diego can turn it around.
Diego dodges an elbow strike from Delaney.
Delaney tries to throw a body punch but Diego avoids it by throwing Delaney back against the ropes.
Diego lands a left hand that snaps the head of Delaney backwards.
Diego works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Delaney just misses with a elbow thrown towards Diego's brow.
Diego misses with a short punch on the inside.
Delaney blocks a body shot from Diego.
Diego misses with a punch to the body.
Delaney misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Delaney misses with some punches.
Delaney lands an elbow inside that Diego shrugs off.

That has opened up Dwan Diego's cut even more.
Diego working some nice short punches in the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A short right from Delaney.
Diego lands an elbow that stopped Delaney in his tracks for a moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Delaney lands a nice shot to the body.
Delaney misses with a punch on the inside.
Diego blocks an uppercut.
Delaney lands an elbow that stopped Diego in his tracks for a moment.
Diego misses with a hook from the clinch.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Delaney throws an elbow but misses.
Diego tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Diego lands an uppercut.
Delaney misses with the head strike.
Diego throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Delaneys head.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Delaney.
Delaney throws an elbow but it misses.
Diego working aggressively here.
Diego lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Good body shot from Delaney.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Still in the clinch, Diego scores with a nice short uppercut.
Diego fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A right hand to the body from Diego.
A head punch on the inside from Delaney fails to land.
Delaney has a couple of punches blocked by Diego.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dwan Diego showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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.

Diego throws a leg kick but Delaney sees it coming and checks it nicely.
A nice leg kick lands there from Diego.
Delaney throws the kick towards the body but Diego avoids it.
Diego ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Diego looks to score with a jab to the body but Delaney is just out of range.
Diego misses with a left hand
and Diego takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Diego dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Diego lands a leg kick that knocks Delaney off balance momentarily.
Dwan Diego seems to be getting the better of the standup.
The fighters circling - Diego throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A little feinted left hand from Delaney on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Delaney misses with a straight left.

Delaney rushes Diego and presses him up against the ropes.
Diego tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Diego struggles to land a body shot inside as Delaney controls his hands.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Diego throws a head punch that misses.
Delaney lands with a light punch inside.
Delaney lands a right hand that snaps the head of Diego backwards.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Diego cracks Delaney with a nice body shot.
Diego stalling against the ropes.
Diego scores with an uppercut up the middle.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A hook to the body from Diego.
Diego misses with a punch on the inside.
Delaney takes an elbow to the forehead.
Diego lands with a left to the head.
Delaney is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Delaney blocks a body shot from Diego.
Delaney working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Diego scores with a shot to the side of Delaney's head.
A short uppercut from Delaney.
Delaney lands a left hand.
Delaney misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Diego tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Diego misses with a hook to the ribs.
A shot in the inside from Diego.
Delaney swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A nice left hand lands by Delaney.
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!
Delaney misses with a short punch on the inside.
Diego's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Delaney misses with a hook to the ribs.
Diego misses with an elbow strike.
Diego trying to stall but Delaney improves his position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Diego creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Diego lands a nice uppercut.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Diego just misses with a elbow thrown towards Delaney's brow.
Diego lands a left hand that snaps the head of Delaney backwards.
Delaney blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Diego struggles to land a body shot inside as Delaney controls his hands.
Delaney throws an elbow that misses.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Diego creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Diego lands a nice elbow.
Delaney misses with an elbow over the top.
Delaney throws a punch but it's blocked by Diego.
Delaney throws an elbow that misses.
Diego misses with a punch to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Delaney.
Delaney goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A right hand to the body from Diego.
Diego throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Diego fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Delaney lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dwan Diego really dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Dwan Diego's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Delaney wants to clinch.
Delaney throws a head kick that Diego semi-blocks.

Diego rushes Delaney and presses him up against the ropes.
Delaney swings wildly with an uppercut but Diego uses good head movement to avoid it.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Diego just misses with a elbow thrown towards Delaney's brow.
Delaney lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Delaney swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Diego can't find room to land a body shot as Delaney controls the action.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Diego tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Delaney can't find room to land a body shot as Diego controls the action.
Delaney lands a hook that snaps the head of Diego backwards.
Delaney throws a head punch that misses.
Delaney avoids the elbow strike from Diego, against the ropes.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Diego.
Diego working some nice short punches in the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Delaney gets through Diego's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Diego creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Delaney misses with a short punch on the inside.
Delaney blocking some punches.
Delaney pushes Diego back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Delaney misses with a hook to the ribs.
Delaney lands a shot to the body.
A short left from Delaney.
Delaney works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Diego is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
Delaney throws a head punch that misses.
Delaney pushes Diego back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
A right handed body shot lands from Delaney.
Delaney misses with some punches.
Delaney throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Diego throws a head punch that misses.
Diego avoids a wild elbow strike from Delaney.
Delaney digs a right hand into Diego's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Diego's gas tank.
Delaney lands an elbow inside.
Delaney lands on the inside with an uppercut.

The cut above Dwan Diego's eye is starting to cause him problems now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Delaney lands with a left to the head.

Diego is rocked!
Delaney cracks Diego on the bridge of the nose with a nasty looking elbow! Diego crumples to the floor in pain, holding his face! It doesn't look like he's going to beat the count - he's out of it! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:12 of round 4, we have a winner by way of TKO (Elbows). James Delaney!
James Delaney is the new middleweight champion!
James Delaney took to the mic in his post fight interview and said 'Puts on his Top-Hat and grabs the title and said "I have use for u" '.