PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Robert Diggs (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Danny Ciprianni (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Robert Diggs has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Diggs
vs
Ciprianni

190 cm
24
250 lbs
10 - 6 - 0

191 cm
29
213 lbs
18 - 15 - 0

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Robert Diggs!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 15 - 0, fighting out of London, Danny Ciprianni!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Shirou Masuda and Yukihiro Yamamoto.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Diggs misses the shot to the body.
Diggs has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Champions MMA in the buildup to the fight.
Ciprianni slips a straight right by Diggs.
Diggs on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Ciprianni. Ciprianni obviously looking to wear him down.
Diggs misses the jab.
Diggs tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Ciprianni paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Diggs tries to keep at a distance but Ciprianni has taken the fight into the clinch.
Diggs misses with a hook to the ribs.
Ciprianni gets through Diggs's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Diggs stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Diggs misses with a short punch on the inside.
Ciprianni stalling the fight.
Diggs content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Ciprianni misses with a body punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Diggs tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Ciprianni can't find room to land a body shot as Diggs controls the action.
Ciprianni is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Diggs pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Diggs misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ciprianni lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Diggs misses with a hook to the ribs.
Ciprianni works on Diggs's body with a couple of short punches.
A shot in the inside from Ciprianni.
Ciprianni blocks an uppercut.
Ciprianni blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Diggs tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Ciprianni's elbow.
Diggs misses with a punch to the body.
Ciprianni lands a left hand.
Ciprianni lands a shoulder strike.
Still in the clinch, Ciprianni scores with a nice short uppercut.
Ciprianni misses with a punch on the inside.
Ciprianni blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ciprianni lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Diggs backwards.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ciprianni tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Diggs's elbow.
Ciprianni working aggressively here.
Ciprianni lands a nice uppercut.
Ciprianni has a couple of punches blocked by Diggs.
Ciprianni lands an uppercut.
Diggs struggles to land a body shot inside as Ciprianni controls his hands.
Ciprianni swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Ciprianni lands a left hand that snaps the head of Diggs backwards.
Ciprianni lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Ciprianni blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Ciprianni makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Diggs throws a punch but it's blocked by Ciprianni.
Ciprianni gets underhooks to prevent Diggs's takedown attempt.
Ciprianni blocks an uppercut.
Ciprianni tries for a takedown but Diggs manages to get underhooks.
Ciprianni struggles to land a body shot inside as Diggs controls his hands.
Ciprianni lands with a short head shot on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ciprianni misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ciprianni stalling against the cage.
Ciprianni misses with the head strike.
Ciprianni throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Ciprianni tries to pull guard but Diggs holds him up against the cage and eventually Ciprianni drops back down to his feet.
Robert Diggs has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Danny Ciprianni.
Diggs misses with a hook from the clinch.
Diggs misses with the head strike.
Ciprianni takes a shot to the head.
Ciprianni holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Ciprianni lands a left hand.
Ciprianni tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Diggs controlling the action here for a moment.
A short right from Ciprianni on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Diggs lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Ciprianni misses with a punch on the inside.
Diggs is struggling to control the position.
Ciprianni blocks a punch to the side of the head.
We've been informed that Ciprianni has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Ciprianni presses Diggs against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Ciprianni lands a nice uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A short uppercut from Ciprianni.
Diggs working aggressively here.
Ciprianni tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Diggs's elbow.
Diggs slowing the pace effectively.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Diggs.
Diggs lands with a short shot to the head.
Ciprianni fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Ciprianni's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Ciprianni scores with a hook to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Danny Ciprianni dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Diggs gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Diggs throws a low kick, looking for Ciprianni's leg but Ciprianni calmly moves out of range.
Ciprianni swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Robert Diggs seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Diggs throws an off balance right hand
and Ciprianni counters with a nice kick to the body.
Diggs moves to clinch but Ciprianni breaks away
and Ciprianni makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
A shot to the body from Diggs misses
and Ciprianni cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Diggs misses with a wild body shot.
Ciprianni drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Diggs defends it well.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ciprianni connects with a leg kick. Diggs looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Diggs throws a right hand that misses
and Ciprianni counters with an outside leg kick.
Diggs throws a leg kick but Ciprianni checks it.
Diggs dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Ciprianni. That did some damage!
Ciprianni has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ciprianni explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Diggs throws a right hand that Ciprianni ducks under and follows up with a left that Ciprianni also avoids with ease.
Ciprianni moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Diggs misses with a left hand
and Ciprianni counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Ciprianni connects with a crisp jab.
Diggs misses with a shot to the body
and Ciprianni counters with an outside leg kick.
A swing and a miss from Diggs.
Diggs misses with a shot to the body
and Ciprianni counters with an outside leg kick.
Nice takedown defense from Diggs. No joy for Ciprianni on that attempt.
Diggs misses with the body kick

The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
and Ciprianni counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Diggs!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Ciprianni is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Diggs knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.

Ciprianni thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.

Ciprianni wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Diggs, who protects the arm well.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Ciprianni thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Diggs is trying to control Ciprianni's posture but Ciprianni avoids it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ciprianni moves into full mount!

Ciprianni goes for an armbar but he's not got it… Diggs turns into him and now he's in Ciprianni's guard.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Diggs's corner. There ya go! There ya go!

Ciprianni looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Diggs passes into half guard.

Ciprianni is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Diggs pulls his head out easily.
Ciprianni is not content to let Diggs control the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Ciprianni looking for submissions off his back.

Ciprianni is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Diggs pulls his head out easily.
Ciprianni wants to get back to full guard but Diggs has mounted him!
Diggs looking to control and managing it successfully.
Diggs postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Ciprianni looks a forlorn figure.
Ciprianni bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Diggs has Ciprianni pulled in close to control his posture.
Ciprianni trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Danny Ciprianni showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Diggs misses with a straight left.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Ciprianni! But no joy.
Diggs moves out of range as Ciprianni strikes.
Diggs throws a lazy right hand but Ciprianni sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
And Ciprianni tries to counter it with a takedown but Diggs pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Ciprianni slips under a jab from Diggs.
Diggs wants to clinch
and Ciprianni counters with a good low kick that Diggs was not able to check.
Ciprianni steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Diggs.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Diggs needs to keep his hands up - Ciprianni had a free shot at his head there.
Diggs throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Ciprianni stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Diggs swings widly with a right hand
and Ciprianni counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ciprianni fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Diggs looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Ciprianni looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Diggs misses with a hook.
Ciprianni slips a jab from Diggs.
Diggs just misses with a punch to the body.
Ciprianni scores with a punch to the head.
Ciprianni cracks a nice hook into Diggs's ribs.
Diggs scores with a punch to the head.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Diggs.
Robert Diggs has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diggs moves into range and connects with a jab.
A cross from Diggs lands.
Diggs misses with an uppercut. Ciprianni saw that one coming.
Diggs looks to land a left hand but Ciprianni moved out of range nicely.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ciprianni cracks a nice hook into Diggs's ribs.
Diggs throws a leg kick but Ciprianni sees it coming and moves out of range.
Diggs walks into a jab.
Ciprianni swings for the body but Diggs moves out of range.
Ciprianni lands a nice shot to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diggs misses the shot to the body.
Ciprianni moves away from the strike by Diggs.
Diggs scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Diggs takes a head kick and keeps coming.

It looks like Robert Diggs has been cut.
Ciprianni turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Ciprianni throws a low kick but Diggs moves out of range easily.
Diggs is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Ciprianni connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Ciprianni scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Ciprianni lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Ciprianni throws a leg kick but Diggs moved away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A low kick from Diggs is predictable there
and Ciprianni counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
A shot to the liver by Diggs. Beautiful body shot.
Diggs chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Ciprianni can pounce on him.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A slow jab from Diggs misses its intended target.
Diggs rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Ciprianni counters with a nice low kick that buckles Diggs's knee momentarily.
Diggs is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Diggs misses with an uppercut
and Ciprianni counters with a slapping leg kick.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Ciprianni gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Diggs.
Diggs shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Ciprianni cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

And that's the end of the fight!
Danny Ciprianni comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Ciprianni has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 27:30
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight 27:30
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Danny Ciprianni!