PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Dirk Diggler (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Paal Gloppe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Diggler comes to the cage accompanied by kick my ass......rehab. Dirk Diggler has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Diggler
vs
Gloppe

185 cm
21
200 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

190 cm
20
190 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Self confident

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

Balco Boys - Hilo

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Dirk Diggler!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Paal Gloppe!
The judges for this bout are Ryoma Takatsuka, Paul Gruel and Roger Salmon.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Diggler instigates a clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Gloppe.
Gloppe tries to circle away but Diggler has him pinned against the cage.
A knee to the head by Diggler.
Gloppe is trying to break the clinch but Diggler has him pressed against the cage.
Diggler connects with a knee to the head.
A bit of stalling here from Diggler.
Diggler unloads a knee to the mid-section. Gloppe lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Gloppe looks gassed!
Diggler stalling.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gloppe wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Diggler has him pressed against the cage.
Diggler lands a knee to the body.
Diggler working Gloppe over with knees to the body.
Diggler lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

Diggler breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Gloppe tries to keep at a distance but Diggler has taken the fight into the clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Diggler.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Gloppe takes a knee to the side of the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Diggler breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Diggler darts in and clinches Gloppe up against the cage.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Diggler scores a nice knee to the body.

Diggler breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Diggler rushes Gloppe and presses him up against the cage.
Gloppe tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Diggler putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Gloppe in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Diggler obliges.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Diggler lands a nice shot to the body.

Diggler drops Gloppe with a big knee straight up the middle! Gloppe is covering up against the cage but manages to escape and gets back to his feet!

Gloppe is rocked!

It looks like Paal Gloppe has been cut.
Diggler tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Diggler moves into range and clinches up with Gloppe.
Diggler lands a knee to the head.
Gloppe is still on wobbly legs! Can Diggler finish him?
Gloppe takes a knee right on the jaw!
Diggler putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Gloppe in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diggler digs a right hand underneath Gloppe's ribcage. Gloppe let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Diggler connects with a knee to the head.

Diggler breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Gloppe gets tackled into the cage by Diggler. Diggler maintains the clinch.
Knees to the body from Diggler.
Gloppe seems to have recovered his senses.
Diggler unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Gloppe wants to get back to striking at distance but Diggler won't allow it.
Diggler lands a knee to the head.
Diggler using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Diggler putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Gloppe in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.

Diggler pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Diggler moves into the clinch.

Diggler breaks the clinch.

Gloppe tries to keep at a distance but Diggler has taken the fight into the clinch.

Diggler tightens his grip and picks Gloppe up, before dumping him to the ground. Gloppe manages to land in guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diggler in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Diggler is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Diggler loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Gloppe can't keep his opponent in guard - Diggler advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.

Diggler decides to stand and escape the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Gloppe gets tackled into the cage by Diggler. Diggler maintains the clinch.
Diggler is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.

Diggler breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Diggler gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Diggler utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Diggler landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Diggler connects with a nasty looking knee right to Gloppe's face.
Diggler connects with a nasty looking knee right to Gloppe's face.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Diggler scores a nice knee to the body.
Gloppe takes a knee right on the jaw!
Diggler scores a nice knee to the body.
Knees to the body from Diggler.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dirk Diggler dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Paal Gloppe's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Diggler clinches with his opponent.
Diggler prevents a body shot from Gloppe.
Diggler lands an elbow that stopped Gloppe in his tracks for a moment.
Diggler is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Gloppe can do to turn this around?
Gloppe misses with the head strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Gloppe.

Diggler pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Gloppe misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

Diggler gets a clinch.
Diggler scores a nice knee to the body.

Diggler breaks the clinch.
Diggler slips a jab and a cross from Gloppe.
Diggler lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Diggler clinches up against the cage.
Diggler lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Gloppe is breathing heavily.
Diggler using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Diggler stalls.
Dirk Diggler has scored more points in the clinch so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Diggler breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Diggler moves into the clinch.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Diggler lands an elbow that stopped Gloppe in his tracks for a moment.
Diggler lands an elbow just above Gloppe 's eye.
Diggler landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Diggler crunches a lovely knee into Gloppe's ribcage.
Nice elbow from Diggler.
A bit of stalling here from Diggler.

Diggler breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Diggler closes the distance and clinches.
Knees to the body from Diggler.
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!
Nice elbow from Diggler.
Diggler lands a nice elbow.
Diggler connects with a nasty looking knee right to Gloppe's face.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diggler unloads a knee to the mid-section.

Diggler gets control of Gloppe's arms and successfully pulls guard. Diggler will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.

Diggler uses the cage to get back to his feet.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Diggler comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

Diggler escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Dirk Diggler is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Diggler pushes Gloppe up against the cage in a clinch.
Gloppe is looking to break free of the clinch but Diggler has double underhooks.

Diggler pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Diggler closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Diggler gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.
Gloppe is trying to push Diggler away but Diggler has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diggler lands a damaging elbow.
Diggler crunches a lovely knee into Gloppe's ribcage.
Gloppe takes a shot to the head.
Diggler manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
A right hand to the body from Diggler.
Diggler lands a hook that snaps the head of Gloppe backwards.
Diggler slows down the pace here.
Diggler controlling the position using the Thai clinch, unloads with a massive knee! Boom! He's out cold and slumps to the floor against the cage! I can't wait to see the slow motion replay of that one!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:45 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Knee). Dirk Diggler!
During a confident post fight interview, Dirk Diggler thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.