PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Cedrick Diggery (ranked 3935 p4p, 206 weight class) and Yajson Rram (ranked 1754 p4p, 101 weight class). Rram has chosen Overhaul as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Cedrick Diggery has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Diggery
vs
Rram

176 cm
27
140 lbs
6 - 8 - 0

164 cm
23
146 lbs
10 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Groove Gear
Condemned

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Cedrick Diggery!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Yajson Rram!
The judges for this bout are Paul Gruel, Roger Salmon and Ryoma Takatsuka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rram lands a slapping body shot.
Yajson Rram seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rram scores with a jab to the body.
Rram has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Rram lands a glancing blow to the side of Diggery's head.
Rram throws a right hand that Diggery ducks under and follows up with a left that Diggery also avoids with ease.
Diggery walks into a stiff left hand from Rram.
Rram's jab looks to have found its range, popping Diggery under the eye.
Rram fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Diggery doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Rram bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Diggery's head backwards.
Rram cracks a nice hook into Diggery's ribs.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rram throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Rram moves out of range of the strikes.
Diggery misses with a low kick.
Rram looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Rram is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Diggery misses with a hook
and Rram counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Rram throws a combination that misses

and Diggery holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.

Rram manages to break the clinch.
Rram is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Diggery rather than just go for the knockout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rram lands a jab to Diggery's midsection.
Rram lands a two punch combo.
Diggery is looking to clinch.
Rram takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Rram scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Rram misses with the combination.
It looked like Diggery wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Rram clobbers Diggery with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Rram lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Diggery circles away quickly and effectively.
Rram scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Rram lands with a straight right. Diggery didn't see that one coming.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rram connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Diggery's hands.
Diggery on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Rram connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diggery takes a swing at Rram's ribcage but misses.
Diggery drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Rram thuds a left hand into Diggery's body.
Rram throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Diggery.
Rram misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Rram dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Diggery moves out of range of the strikes.
Rram looks to land a combination. Diggery sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Rram jabs Diggery to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Rram connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Rram lands with a straight right. Diggery didn't see that one coming.
Diggery takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Rram lands a nice shot that snaps Diggery's head back.
Diggery looks to score with a jab to the body but Rram is just out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice uppercut there from Rram.
Diggery misses with a right hand
and Rram counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Rram scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Diggery throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Rram scores with a sloppy right hand. Diggery should have avoided that one.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Rram!
The crowd cheers as Rram lands an impressive looking overhand right. Diggery doesn't seem phased though.
Rram is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Diggery had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Rram throws a one two combo.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rram ducks under a wild hook from Diggery.
A right-left combo lands from Rram.
A left lands for Rram.
Diggery blocks a jab.
It looked like Diggery was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Rram connects with a right hand. Diggery shakes it off.
Rram lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Diggery circles away quickly and effectively.
Diggery is looking for a counter combo.
Rram scores with a body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rram staying out of range there.
Rram tests Diggery's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Rram is working the combinations to good effect here.
Rram scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Rram tests Diggery's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Rram's corner calls for a 1-2. Rram obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Diggery misses with a wild body shot.
A jab from Rram finds it's way through Diggery's defenses.
Rram cracks Diggery with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Diggery throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Rram.
Rram scores with a hook.
Diggery tries to close the distance and clinch but Rram swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Diggery takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Yajson Rram dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Rram lands a jab to Diggery's midsection.
Diggery moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Diggery throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

Diggery clinches with his opponent.

Rram breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Rram cracks Diggery with a good jab.
Diggery takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Rram lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Rram.
Rram clobbers Diggery with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Rram dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rram throws a series of punches but Diggery avoids them all with ease.
Rram throws a series of punches but Diggery moves out of range.
Rram connects with a good right hand that stumbles Diggery. Diggery circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Rram tests Diggery's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Rram slips under a jab from Diggery.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rram's corner calls for a 1-2. Rram obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Rram scores with a jab to the body.
Diggery takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Rram scores with a nice right hand.
Rram looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
An attempted straight right counter from Diggery misses the target.
Yajson Rram is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Rram sizes up Diggery with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
A jab from Rram misses.

Diggery moves into range and clinches up with Rram.

Diggery manages to break the clinch.
Diggery throws a hook but Rram avoids it easily.
Rram now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Rram cracks Diggery with a right hand to the side of the head.
Diggery tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Rram stuns Diggery with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Rram.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rram scores with a crisp jab that stopped Diggery in his tracks.
Yajson Rram seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Rram works Diggery's body with a nice hook.
Rram thuds a left hand into Diggery's body.
Diggery looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Diggery with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Rram to score with a decent uppercut.
Rram lands an overhand right.
Rram misses with a body shot.
Diggery takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Diggery throws a hook but Rram avoids it easily.
Diggery looks to throw the jab but Rram is out of range.
Rram is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Diggery with a body shot.
Sloppy strikes from Rram. Those never looked like landing.
A jab from Diggery misses.

Diggery clinches.

Rram pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Nice jab there from Rram.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diggery jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Rram is looking for the big counter here.
Rram fails to land with a series of punches.
Rram throws a one two combo.
Diggery tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Rram swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Rram with a nice cross.
Rram misses with a two punch combination.
It looked like Diggery was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Rram.
A big left from Diggery misses.
Rram throws out a counter right but Diggery avoids it with no problem.
Rram throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Diggery.
A swing and a miss from Diggery.
Rram throws a counter combo.
Diggery takes one on the button.
Rram darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rram scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Rram throws a right and a left that both miss.
An attempted straight right counter from Diggery misses the target.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jab by Rram.
Rram throws a series of punches but Diggery avoids them all with ease.
Rram moves away from the strike by Diggery.
Despite the aggression on Rram's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Rram scores with a jab.
Diggery misses with a straight right.
Rram throws a shot to the body.
Rram throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Diggery sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Rram misses with an uppercut.
Rram will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Diggery tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Rram fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Rram misses with a looping right.
Rram stalks Diggery and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Diggery's face. Diggery staggers backwards, shaken.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Yajson Rram showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Rram misses with a series of wild punches.
Rram lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Diggery at a distance.
Rram with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Rram lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Diggery uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Rram.
Diggery swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Rram lands with an uppercut that bounces Diggery off the cage and back into range.
Rram lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Diggery slips under a jab.
A little feinted left hand from Diggery on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Rram looks to land a combination but Diggery avoids it well.
Rram works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rram lands a nice hook to Diggery's body. Diggery takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Rram lands with a nice combination. Diggery backs away looking to recover.
Rram throws out a powerful jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A big left from Diggery misses.
Rram scores with a shot to the body.
Rram comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Rram throws a good cross that connects.
Nice defenses there by Rram.
Diggery throws a lazy right hand but Rram sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Rram digs a good hook to Diggery's body.
Diggery walks into a stiff left hand from Rram.
Rram fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Rram throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Diggery has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Diggery there as he acknowledges the shot.
Nice defenses there by Diggery.
Rram lands a jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rram pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Diggery back to the cage. Rram follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rram lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
A punch combination from Rram misses.

Diggery closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Diggery tries a body shot but Rram blocks it.

Diggery has clasped his hands together around Rram's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
Rram tries to bench press Diggery off him but Diggery keeps the position.
Rram manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Rram is trying to stand.

Diggery is working for a kimura but Rram is defending it quite comfortably.

Diggery stands up from half guard... He's had enough of that ground malarky for the time being.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rram connects with a body shot.
Sloppy strikes from Rram. Those never looked like landing.
Diggery jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
Rram takes a swing at Diggery's ribcage but misses.
Diggery takes one on the button.
Rram blocks a jab.
Diggery on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Rram looks to land a combination. Diggery sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Rram uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Diggery.
Diggery moves away from the strike by Rram.
Rram is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Diggery.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Diggery throws a jab when Rram was well out of range.
Rram scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Diggery keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Rram sizes up Diggery with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rram lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Diggery throws a jab but it's blocked by Rram.
Rram fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Diggery on the side of the head.
Yajson Rram is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Rram throws a body punch but Diggery moves out of range.
Rram misses with a hook. Diggery ducked under it nicely.
A little feinted left hand from Diggery on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Rram lands with an uppercut that bounces Diggery off the cage and back into range.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Rram jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Rram slips a straight right by Diggery.
Rram throws out a counter right but Diggery avoids it with no problem.
Cedrick Diggery has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Rram avoids a kick to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
Yajson Rram comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Rram winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Paul Gruel scores the fight 26:30
Judge Roger Salmon scores the fight 26:30
Judge Ryoma Takatsuka scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Yajson Rram!
An out of breath Yajson Rram thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.