PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between James Gregor (ranked 1533 p4p, 206 weight class) and Dwan Diego (ranked 15439 p4p, 518 weight class). Diego is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Jiu Jitsu. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Gregor
vs
Diego

178 cm
27
210 lbs
15 - 19 - 0

183 cm
35
190 lbs
27 - 13 - 1

World class boxer
Granite chin

World class MT
Good gas tank

Vegan Gains

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 19 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, James Gregor!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 27 - 13 - 1, fighting out of London, Dwan Diego!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Thiago Cunha and Seu Braga.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gregor thows a left - swing and a miss!
Gregor takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Diego slips under a jab from Gregor.
Diego looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Gregor sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Gregor takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Gregor drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Gregor loads up on a big right hand but Diego slips the punch.
Diego scores with a spinning back kick!
Diego ducks under a wild hook from Gregor.
Diego thuds a left hand into Gregor's body.

Diego gets a clinch.
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!
Gregor works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.

Gregor breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A lazy left from Diego finds it's target.
Diego misses with a hook to the body
and Gregor counters with a lovely straight right hand!

It looks like Dwan Diego has been cut.
Gregor throws a shot from downtown. Diego moves away and avoids it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Diego turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Diego moves away from the strike by Gregor.
Gregor misses with a straight right.
A big left from Gregor misses.
Diego throws a front kick that sends Gregor stumbling back into the ropes.
Dwan Diego is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Diego throws a leg kick which misses Gregor's front leg but catches the back leg as Gregor tries to avoid it.
Diego feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Gregor's calf.
Gregor missing with a left hand there. Diego was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Diego swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Gregor throwing a counter right hand but Diego manages to avoid it.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Diego, right into the meat.
Diego throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Gregor has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Gregor lands a jab to Diego's midsection.
Gregor slips under a jab.
Gregor is looking to counter punch.
Diego scores with a jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Diego lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Gregor misses with a jab, cross combination.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diego fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Gregor.

Diego drives through and clinches with Gregor against the ropes.
Diego misses with a short punch on the inside.

Gregor manages to break the clinch.
A nice leg kick lands there from Diego.
Gregor takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Diego moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Diego tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Gregor counters with a stiff right hand.
Good leg kick by Diego there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Diego scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Diego turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Gregor avoids a punch combination nicely.
Diego connects with an inside leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dwan Diego dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Dwan Diego's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Gregor throws a right and a left that both miss.
Diego looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Gregor checks a leg kick nicely.
As Diego looks to move away, Gregor throws a big counter combo but Diego just gets out of the way.
Diego scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Gregor checks the leg kick.
Gregor is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Diego misses with a wild body shot.
Gregor misses with a wild combination.

Diego has managed to clinch.
Gregor blocks the elbow strike.
Gregor is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Diego lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Gregor backwards.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Diego looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Diego gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

It looks like James Gregor has been cut.
Gregor creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Gregor lands a right hand that snaps the head of Diego backwards.
Diego throws an elbow but it's blocked.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Gregor breaks the clinch.
Diego has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Gregor throws a body punch but Diego moves out of range.
Gregor takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Dwan Diego seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Diego swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Diego scores with a body shot.
James Gregor is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Diego feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Gregor's calf.
Gregor misses with a straight left.
Diego throws out a counter right but Gregor avoids it with no problem.
Diego scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Gregor avoids the body shot from Diego.
Gregor misses with a wild body shot.
Gregor has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Diego.
Diego is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Gregor will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Diego dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Diego. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
Gregor has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Diego.
Nice body kick from Diego.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Diego avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diego lands with a nice body kick.
Gregor misses with a two punch combination.
Gregor doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Gregor takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Diego takes a swing at Gregor's ribcage but misses.
Gregor is looking to counter punch.
Donk. Diego catches Gregor right on the button with a cross.
Diego uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Diego fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Gregor.
Gregor misses with a looping left.
Diego ducks under a wild hook from Gregor.
Diego scoring well with a low kick there.

Gregor gets tackled into the ropes by Diego. Diego maintains the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Gregor wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Gregor is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Gregor trying to stall but Diego improves his position.
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.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Diego keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Gregor.
Diego lands a jab.
Gregor misses with a hook. Diego ducked under it nicely.
Gregor looks to land a left hand but Diego moved out of range nicely.
Diego lets loose with a powerful body kick. Gregor will feel that in the morning.
Gregor takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Diego throws a body shot but no joy.
Diego is looking to slow Gregor down with leg kicks.
Diego scores with a kick to the midsection.
Diego with a hook.
Dwan Diego seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Diego throws a leg kick but Gregor sees it coming and moves out of range.
Gregor chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Diego can pounce on him.
Gregor walks forward, straight into a front kick from Diego.
Diego lands with a thumping leg kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A punch lands to the side of Gregor 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Diego bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Diego digs a good body shot into Gregor's ribs.
No joy there for Gregor, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

Diego has Gregor up against the ropes in a clinch.
Diego misses with an elbow over the top.
Diego throws an elbow that misses.
A nice left hand lands by Diego.
Gregor tries to break the clinch but Diego is controlling the position.
Diego misses with the head strike.
Diego lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Diego misses with a hook from the clinch.
Gregor softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Diego pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Gregor blocks a punch to the side of the head.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Diego throws an elbow but it's blocked.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diego lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Diego throws an elbow but misses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Diego scores with a nice hook to the head.
James Gregor has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Diego lands a body shot.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Diego as Gregor tries to tie him up.
Diego lands a left hand.
Diego blocks a body shot from Gregor.
Gregor blocks an elbow strike from Diego.
Gregor takes an elbow to the forehead.

James Gregor's cut is getting worse.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Diego.
Diego lands an elbow inside.
Diego cracks Gregor with a nice body shot.
Gregor is trying to break the clinch but Diego has him pressed against the ropes.
Diego working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Gregor dodges an elbow strike from Diego.

And that's the end of the fight!
Dwan Diego comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Diego has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 27:30
Judge Thiago Cunha scores the fight 27:30
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dwan Diego!
A very excited looking Dwan Diego made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.