PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Orlando Diggs (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Travis Bickle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Diggs comes to the ring accompanied by STILL BLAZIN. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Diggs
vs
Bickle

184 cm
20
177 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

185 cm
27
189 lbs
6 - 1 - 1

BJJ Blue Belt
World class MT
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Conviction

Max Octane Fight Wear

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 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Orlando Diggs!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Travis Bickle!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Kenichi Hosakawa and Sosuke Kotani.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bickle looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Diggs looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
A nice leg kick lands there from Diggs.
Diggs connects with a solid leg kick.
Diggs tried to score with a low kick but Bickle checks it.
A swing and a miss from Bickle.
Bickle avoids a kick to the body.
Diggs throws a quick inside leg kick.
Diggs with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Diggs showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Bickle.
Bickle gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Diggs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bickle fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
An inside leg kick lands from Diggs.
Diggs fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Bickle.
Diggs lands a nice leg kick that just misses Bickle's sensitive parts.
Diggs misses with a leg kick
and Bickle counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Diggs moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Diggs ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Bickle moves away.
Both fighters circling a little - Diggs finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Bickle throws a left and a right that both miss
and Diggs counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Bickle misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jab, jab by Diggs - just one landing.
Bickle looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diggs lands a glancing blow to the side of Bickle's head.
Some bone on bone action there as Bickle checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Bickle looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Bickle swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Diggs cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

It looks like Travis Bickle has been cut.
Bickle takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Diggs bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Bickle's head.
Bickle takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Diggs connects with an inside leg kick.
Diggs throws a solid leg kick but Bickle takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Diggs.
Bickle moves out of range of the body kick from Diggs.
Bickle looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
A punch combination from Bickle misses.
Bickle takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Diggs keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice inside leg kick there by Diggs. That's going to slow Bickle down.
Diggs cracks Bickle with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Orlando Diggs is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Diggs tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Bickle is able to avoid easily.
Diggs looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Diggs lands a head kick!
Diggs lands a leg kick that knocks Bickle off balance momentarily.
Bickle tries to land a front kick but Diggs steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Bickle avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Bickle tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Bickle throws a right and a left that Diggs avoids nicely.
Bickle is looking to clinch but Diggs is avoiding it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bickle takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bickle throws a right hand that Diggs ducks under and follows up with a left that Diggs also avoids with ease.
Diggs comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Bickle swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Bickle checks a leg kick.
Bickle's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Diggs fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Bickle.
Bickle misses the shot to the body.
Diggs throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Bickle counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Nice body punch from Diggs.
Diggs scores with a decent looking hook.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Diggs, right into the meat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Orlando Diggs dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Travis Bickle's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Bickle throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A swing and a miss from Diggs.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Bickle might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Diggs has got the better of the exchanges.
Diggs tried to score with a low kick but Bickle checks it.
Orlando Diggs is winning the standup battle so far.
Diggs throws a hook to the side of Bickle's head but Bickle sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Bickle is looking for the big counter here.
Diggs thumps Bickle with a low kick.
Diggs chopping away at his opponent's legs.

Bickle gets a double leg takedown into Diggs's guard.
Diggs is trying to keep Bickle in close.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bickle content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Diggs working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Bickle.

Diggs working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Bickle has passed into half guard!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bickle sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Diggs defending well though.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Diggs here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.

Bickle is trying to work for a kimura but Diggs is defending well.
Bickle passes into side control, despite Diggs's attempt to control the position.
Diggs is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Diggs knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Bickle on the ground.
A control attempt from Diggs but he's now mounted!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diggs is wriggling around trying to escape.
Bickle trying to control but Diggs is having none of it.
Diggs is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Bickle can do to turn this around?
Bickle with the ground and pound from mount.

Bickle is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Diggs is surviving well by controlling Bickle's body position as best he can.
Bickle scoring with strikes but Diggs is staying in there.
Bickle is in the full mount, landing strikes.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Diggs manages to control the position for a moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bickle is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Bickle lands a couple of good shots and Diggs has given up his back, trying to escape the position!
Bickle scores with punches from the back.
Diggs covers up after that shot from Bickle.
Bickle is looking to control Diggs but Diggs is wriggling around and keeping busy.
You can see that Bickle has visibly slowed down as a result of the leg kicks
Bickle controls the position.
Bickle lands a punch that was close to the back of the head but the ref thinks it's OK.
Travis Bickle has got the better of the ground game so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bickle controls the position.
A lull in the action here.
Bickle has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Bickle is hanging on to Diggs's back as he tries to escape.
Bickle not allowing Diggs to control his hands.

Bickle looking for the rear naked choke. And he's got it! Diggs taps!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Travis Bickle!
An out of breath Travis Bickle thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.