PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Alonzo Diggs (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Raimundo Sobral (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Diggs comes to the cage accompanied by Trick Daddy - In Da Wind. Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Raimundo Sobral enters the cage!

Diggs
vs
Sobral

177 cm
24
186 lbs
13 - 6 - 1

180 cm
26
202 lbs
13 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine

Excellent grappler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Conviction
Conquer

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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 13 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Alonzo Diggs!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Raimundo Sobral!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Frank Antenori and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sobral keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Diggs throws a low kick but Sobral avoids it.
Sobral throws a combination. Diggs tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Diggs just misses with a punch to the body.
Sobral is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
A head kick misses from Diggs.
Diggs dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Sobral. That did some damage!
Sobral displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Diggs throws out the jab.
Sobral has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Sobral motions for Diggs to come forward. Sobral throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Diggs pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Diggs looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Diggs throws a predictable looking body shot
and Sobral counters with a nice uppercut.
Diggs with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Diggs loads up on a big right hand but Sobral slips the punch.
Sobral lands with a thumping leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Diggs lands with a thumping leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sobral uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Diggs.
Nice uppercut there from Sobral.
Diggs lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Sobral circles away quickly and effectively.
Diggs throws a leg kick that misses.
Diggs lands with a cross.
No luck for Sobral with that takedown attempt.
Sobral looks to throw the jab but Diggs is out of range.
Sobral takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Diggs connects with a nice looking jab.
Diggs pivots, looking for a leg kick but Sobral is out of range and Diggs settles back down.
Diggs misses with a shot to the body
and Sobral counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Sobral checks a low kick from Diggs.
Sobral looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.
Diggs tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diggs blocks a leg kick.
Diggs looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Diggs misses with a straight left.
A good leg kick by Sobral.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Diggs throws a right hand that misses
and Sobral counters with a left to the body.
Alonzo Diggs seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Diggs misses with a wild body shot.
Diggs throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sobral shoots in for a takedown but Diggs shows good takedown defense.
Diggs tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sobral was well out of range. Poor timing from Diggs.
Sobral unleashes a big counter combination but Diggs bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Diggs just misses with a punch to the body.
Diggs throws a head kick but Sobral moves out of range.
A slow jab from Diggs misses its intended target.
Sobral throws a head kick but Diggs moves out of range.
Diggs falls off balance throwing a combination
and Sobral counters with a right hand to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diggs throws a body kick that misses.
Sobral throws a leg kick which misses Diggs's front leg but catches the back leg as Diggs tries to avoid it.
Sobral scores with a kick to the body.
Diggs tries to land a leg kick but Sobral saw it coming and moves away.
Sobral connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Diggs's hands.
Sobral ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Diggs moves away.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Diggs 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 Sobral has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Sobral and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Sobral connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Diggs's hands.
Diggs cracks Sobral with a good jab.
Diggs tests Sobral's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Diggs fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Sobral looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Diggs takes a swing at Sobral's ribcage but misses.
Sobral slips a jab and a cross from Diggs.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Sobral manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Diggs on his heels. He'll look to pass Diggs's guard now, I'm sure.
Diggs is controlling Sobral's posture.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sobral trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Sobral throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Diggs works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Sobral looking to pass the guard.
Sobral trying to control but Diggs is working from the bottom.
Sobral wants to pass the guard but Diggs is keeping the position.
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 Alonzo Diggs will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

A bone on bone clash there as Sobral blocks the leg kick.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Diggs.
Sobral throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Diggs on the side of the head.
Diggs tries a low kick but Sobral avoids it.
Sobral now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Diggs scores with a crisp jab that stopped Sobral in his tracks.
Diggs ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sobral moves away.
Diggs scores with a jab to the body.
Diggs tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sobral was well out of range. Poor timing from Diggs.
Sobral uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Diggs.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Diggs thows a leg kick but Sobral checks it

and Sobral counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Diggs!
Diggs can't do much from the bottom here.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Sobral looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.

Sobral is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Diggs has escaped the position, nice work there.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Sobral is trying to get an arm triangle but Diggs is defending well.

Sobral looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Diggs controls the position for a moment.
Diggs is pushing Sobral's head away, looking to escape. Sobral manages to hold on to the position though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Sobral creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.

Sobral working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.

Sobral is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Diggs knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Diggs tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Diggs sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Raimundo Sobral has got the better of the ground game so far.

Sobral is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Diggs defends it well.

Sobral is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diggs controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.

Sobral is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Diggs won't allow Sobral to pass to mount.
Diggs wants to get back to his feet.

Sobral is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.

Sobral is looking for a kimura but Diggs is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Sobral to get the leverage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.

Diggs is defending against the submission attempts here by Sobral.
Sobral is thwarting Diggs's attempts to control the position.
Diggs is looking to get full guard. It looks like he might be successful but at the last minute Sobral jumps into side control!
Sobral tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.

Sobral working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Diggs tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Sobral wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Raimundo Sobral showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Diggs throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Diggs is looking to slow Sobral down with leg kicks.
Sobral takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Sobral on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Diggs wants to land a leg kick but Sobral is out of range.
Sobral feints the counter takedown.
Diggs lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Diggs misses with a jab to the body
and Sobral cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Sobral slips a jab from Diggs.
Sobral misses with a takedown
enabling Diggs to counter with a crisp jab.
Sobral misses with a hook.
Diggs throws a right hand that Sobral ducks under and follows up with a left that Sobral also avoids with ease.
Sobral lands with a straight right. Diggs didn't see that one coming.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sobral keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Diggs is looking to slow Sobral down with leg kicks.
Sobral attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Sobral throws the kick towards the body but Diggs avoids it.
Alonzo Diggs is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Diggs looks for the body kick but Sobral saw that one coming.
Sobral is trying hard to land a takedown here. Diggs sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Sobral looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Diggs moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.

Sobral is rocked!
Sobral tries to get into range but Diggs steps to the side and lands a beautiful hook that drops Sobral! He's faceplanted into the mat, ass in the air... he's out cold! That's an image he won't want to show his grandkids when he gets older! Diggs scores the big KO victory!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:47 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Alonzo Diggs!
Alonzo Diggs decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.