PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Leonard Washington (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Andrew Diotte (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Washington comes to the cage accompanied by Queen - I Want It All. Diotte has chosen Cypress Hill - I Want 2 Get High as his entrance music. Leonard Washington could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Andrew Diotte's chin.

Washington
vs
Diotte

185 cm
35
223 lbs
28 - 18 - 0

190 cm
33
220 lbs
23 - 19 - 0

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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 28 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Leonard Washington!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 19 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Andrew Diotte!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Dillan Fox and Yves DeLean.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Diotte buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Diotte clobbers Washington with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.

It looks like Leonard Washington has been cut.
Diotte has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Washington takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Washington swings for the body but Diotte moves out of range.
Washington swings for the body but Diotte moves out of range.
Diotte moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Washington scores with a shot to the body.

Washington forces Diotte back against the cage and clinches.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Diotte taking a breather.
Diotte is looking to take this one to the mat.
Washington misses with a short punch on the inside.
Washington throws a punch but it's blocked by Diotte.
Diotte tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Washington misses with a hook to the ribs.
Diotte blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Washington working aggressively here.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Washington goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A shot in the inside from Washington.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Washington lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Washington misses with some punches.
I was talking to Washington's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.

Diotte breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Washington lands a slapping body shot.
Washington fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Diotte manages to avoid it.
Diotte uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Washington.
Washington throws a leg kick which misses Diotte's front leg but catches the back leg as Diotte tries to avoid it.
Washington lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Diotte at a distance.
Diotte jabs Washington right on the nose. Washington blinks but takes it well.
Washington fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Diotte manages to avoid it.
Washington checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Washington throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Diotte throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Leonard Washington seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Diotte thows a left - swing and a miss!
Diotte swings and misses with a hook to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Diotte uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Washington.
Diotte keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Diotte thows a left - swing and a miss!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Washington misses with a body shot.
Washington ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Diotte moves away.
Washington scores with a hook to the body. Diotte takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Washington misses with a body shot.
Diotte misses with a low kick.
Washington misses with a body shot.
Washington fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Diotte manages to avoid it.
A punch lands to the side of Washington 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Diotte avoids the body shot from Washington.
Washington moves to clinch but Diotte breaks away
and Diotte cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
A looping hook to the body misses from Diotte. Washington does a little dance to reset his feet.
Nice uppercut lands for Diotte. That snapped Washington's head back.

Leonard Washington's cut is getting worse.
Diotte looks for the body kick but Washington saw that one coming.
Washington appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Washington scores with a leg kick.
Washington lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Washington moves out of range of the body kick from Diotte.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Diotte.
Diotte misses with the body kick
and Washington counters with a straight right hand.
Washington tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Diotte was well out of range. Poor timing from Washington.
Diotte was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Diotte throws a quick inside leg kick.
Washington misses with a jab to the body
and Diotte counters with a lovely straight right hand!

Washington is rocked!
Washington misses the shot to the body.
Diotte ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Diotte takes a swing at Washington's ribcage but misses.
Diotte swings for the body but Washington moves out of range.
Washington checks a leg kick.
Washington swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Diotte throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Diotte lands an uppercut out of nowhere! Washington falls backwards - clearly groggy! Diotte dives in and finishes the fight with more strikes for a TKO finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:43 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Andrew Diotte!
A very excited looking Andrew Diotte rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.