PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Joao De Santo Cristo (ranked 78 p4p, 10 weight class) and Orlando Diggs (ranked 13 p4p, 2 weight class). De Santo Cristo comes into the arena with Que país é esse? blaring out of the sound system. Diggs has chosen KING of the FALL as his entrance music. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

De Santo Cristo
vs
Diggs

174 cm
34
175 lbs
24 - 19 - 1

184 cm
28
174 lbs
25 - 9 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Aspire Clothing

King of Clothes
Conviction

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 24 - 19 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Joao De Santo Cristo!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 25 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Orlando Diggs!
The judges for this bout are , Jack Bonds and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
De Santo Cristo tries to close the distance and clinch up but Diggs swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Diggs ducks under a wild hook from De Santo Cristo.
A swing and a miss from De Santo Cristo.
Diggs bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Diggs misses with a body kick.
Diggs sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
De Santo Cristo is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
De Santo Cristo tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Diggs misses with an uppercut.
An attempted straight right counter from De Santo Cristo misses the target.

De Santo Cristo has closed the distance and engaged Diggs in a clinch.
Diggs misses with a shot to the kidneys.
I was talking to De Santo Cristo's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
De Santo Cristo blocks a body shot from Diggs.

Diggs's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
De Santo Cristo blocks a jab.
De Santo Cristo throws a leg kick but Diggs sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Joao De Santo Cristo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The fight stays on the outside here - De Santo Cristo looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
De Santo Cristo feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Diggss jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Diggs keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from De Santo Cristo.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Diggs! But no joy.
De Santo Cristo throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
enabling Diggs to counter with a crisp jab.
De Santo Cristo is looking to clinch.
De Santo Cristo defending well as Diggs loads up on a big left hand.
De Santo Cristo misses with an uppercut. Diggs saw that one coming.
Diggs keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from De Santo Cristo.
De Santo Cristo waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Diggs.
De Santo Cristo throws a right hand that Diggs ducks under and follows up with a left that Diggs also avoids with ease.
De Santo Cristo is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
De Santo Cristo staying out of range there.
As Diggs backs away, De Santo Cristo returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Diggs lands a straight punch to the body, keeping De Santo Cristo at a distance.
De Santo Cristo looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Diggs throws a jab when De Santo Cristo was well out of range.
De Santo Cristo seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Diggs keeps the fight on the outside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

De Santo Cristo rushes Diggs and presses him up against the cage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
De Santo Cristo blocks an uppercut.
De Santo Cristo lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A right handed body shot lands from De Santo Cristo.
A right hand to the body from Diggs.
De Santo Cristo misses with a hook to the ribs.
Diggs fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
De Santo Cristo tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A short left from De Santo Cristo.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for De Santo Cristo.
De Santo Cristo lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A head punch on the inside from De Santo Cristo fails to land.
A short right hand to the side of the head by De Santo Cristo.

It looks like Orlando Diggs has been cut.
Diggs lands a right hand that snaps the head of De Santo Cristo backwards.
Diggs presses De Santo Cristo against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Diggs misses with a hook from the clinch.
A short right from De Santo Cristo on the inside.
Diggs misses with a hook to the ribs.
De Santo Cristo throws a head punch that misses.
Diggs misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diggs is trying to break the clinch but De Santo Cristo has him pressed against the cage.
A hook to the body from De Santo Cristo.
A head punch on the inside from Diggs fails to land.
A head punch on the inside from De Santo Cristo fails to land.
Diggs lands a nice shot to the body.

Diggs breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
De Santo Cristo tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Diggs manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Diggs scores with a hook.
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 De Santo Cristo has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from De Santo Cristo and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
A decent looking cross lands there for Diggs.
De Santo Cristo wants to clinch up but Diggs keeps it at a distance.
De Santo Cristo blocks a jab.
De Santo Cristo does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Diggs swats away the attempt to clinch by De Santo Cristo.
De Santo Cristo slips a jab from Diggs.
Jab from Diggs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
De Santo Cristo tries to clinch up.
De Santo Cristo uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Diggs.
De Santo Cristo moves in looking to clinch but Diggs pushes him off.
De Santo Cristo moves in looking to clinch but Diggs pushes him off.
De Santo Cristo tries to clinch but Diggs is having none of it.

De Santo Cristo is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Diggs's half guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
De Santo Cristo missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
De Santo Cristo scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Diggs is refusing to be controlled, as De Santo Cristo sits in half guard.
Diggs is looking to control De Santo Cristo's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Diggs avoid being mounted?
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Orlando Diggs will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Orlando Diggs's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Diggs tests De Santo Cristo's chin there with a solid looking shot.
De Santo Cristo misses with a low kick as Diggs jumps back.
Diggs flicks out a counter leg kick but De Santo Cristo steps away.
Diggs throws a poor cross that misses

and De Santo Cristo counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by De Santo Cristo.
Diggs wants to get back to his feet but he's too absorbed in his own little project and De Santo Cristo manages to pass to side control.

De Santo Cristo drops an elbow to the side of Diggs's head.
De Santo Cristo working over Diggs with some ground and pound. Diggs looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
De Santo Cristo looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Diggs with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Diggs has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. De Santo Cristo is working away from the top position though.
Diggs is trying to get back to full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
De Santo Cristo wants to take a breather but Diggs is having none of it.

De Santo Cristo wants to work for an arm triangle but Diggs is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Ground and pound from De Santo Cristo.
De Santo Cristo looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Diggs is trying to defend against the ground and pound but De Santo Cristo scores with a couple of nice shots.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. De Santo Cristo lands a nice short elbow.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diggs tries to get to full guard but De Santo Cristo has control of the leg.
De Santo Cristo landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Diggs is concentrating on defense, preventing De Santo Cristo from advancing position.
Diggs wants to control but De Santo Cristo is keeping busy.
Diggs is trying to stand up here but De Santo Cristo is controlling him well.
Diggs is trying to defend against the ground and pound but De Santo Cristo scores with a couple of nice shots.
Diggs on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.

De Santo Cristo is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
De Santo Cristo scoring with strikes to the body and head.
De Santo Cristo has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Santo Cristo lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Diggs is doing well to control the position and prevent De Santo Cristo from advancing to side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
De Santo Cristo is looking to take a break and control but Diggs is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
De Santo Cristo is really struggling to control Diggs but he's trying to hold on to the position.
De Santo Cristo is thwarting Diggs's attempts to control the position.
Joao De Santo Cristo overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Diggs wants to get back to full guard.
De Santo Cristo working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Diggs manages to get to full guard.
Diggs is pulling down on De Santo Cristo's head to control his posture.
Let's hope that Diggs has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
De Santo Cristo with a flurry of punches that miss.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
De Santo Cristo scoring with some ground and pound.
De Santo Cristo scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Diggs pulls De Santo Cristo in close to his closed guard and prevents De Santo Cristo from doing any damage or advancing position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Joao De Santo Cristo dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Orlando Diggs's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

De Santo Cristo tries to clinch but Diggs moves out of range.
A nice leg kick lands there from De Santo Cristo.
De Santo Cristo throws a leg kick which misses Diggs's front leg but catches the back leg as Diggs tries to avoid it.
De Santo Cristo digs a good body shot into Diggs's ribs.
De Santo Cristo wants to clinch up but Diggs keeps it at a distance.
Diggs tries to work over De Santo Cristo's front leg with a kick but De Santo Cristo checks it.
Orlando Diggs seems to be getting the better of the standup.
De Santo Cristo walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
De Santo Cristo works Diggs's body with a nice hook.
De Santo Cristo tries to close the distance and clinch but Diggs swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Diggs bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of De Santo Cristo's head.
De Santo Cristo tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Diggs manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Diggs pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Diggs scores with a jab to the jaw.
De Santo Cristo misses with a leg kick.
De Santo Cristo closes the distance but Diggs moves to the side
and Diggs counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

That's one minute gone in the round.
De Santo Cristo is looking to clinch but Diggs is avoiding it.
Diggs throws a looping overhand right but De Santo Cristo ducks down to avoid it.
Diggs swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Diggs on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
A head punch blocked on the inside by De Santo Cristo.
De Santo Cristo's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Joao De Santo Cristo has scored more points in the clinch so far.
De Santo Cristo misses with some punches.
A short right from De Santo Cristo on the inside.
Diggs misses with some punches.
Diggs tried to land a shot to the body but connects with De Santo Cristo's elbow.
A frustrated look appears on Diggs's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Diggs has a couple of punches blocked by De Santo Cristo.
A head punch on the inside from Diggs fails to land.
De Santo Cristo tries for a takedown but Diggs manages to get underhooks.
Diggs lands a shot to the body.
Diggs tries a body shot but De Santo Cristo blocks it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Santo Cristo lands a right hand that snaps the head of Diggs backwards.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for De Santo Cristo.
Diggs misses with a hook to the ribs.
Diggs misses with a hook to the ribs.
Diggs blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, De Santo Cristo creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Diggs breaks the clinch.
Diggs lands with a good body shot.
De Santo Cristo tries to clinch there but Diggs circles away.
Diggs misses with a looping left.
Orlando Diggs is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
De Santo Cristo throws a leg kick but Diggs moved away.
Diggs looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Diggs ducks down and throws a hook to the body but De Santo Cristo moves away.
De Santo Cristo moves into range and connects with a jab.
De Santo Cristo doesn't manage to clinch there - Diggs circles away.
De Santo Cristo slips a jab from Diggs.

De Santo Cristo takes the fight into the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A shot in the inside from Diggs.
A left hand lands to the body for Diggs.
De Santo Cristo throws a punch but it's blocked by Diggs.
Diggs lands a left hand.
De Santo Cristo scores with a nice hook to the head.
De Santo Cristo lands a left hand.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Diggs creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from De Santo Cristo fails to land.
Diggs lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
De Santo Cristo's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

Diggs breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
De Santo Cristo tries to clinch but Diggs is having none of it.
Diggs is looking to land body kicks.
De Santo Cristo throws a shot to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Diggs needs to keep his hands up - De Santo Cristo had a free shot at his head there.

De Santo Cristo clinches up with Diggs and pushes him back against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Diggs tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
De Santo Cristo tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Diggs's elbow.
A short right from Diggs on the inside.
Diggs lands a nice uppercut.
Diggs tries to pull guard but De Santo Cristo won't allow it.
Diggs lands with a left to the head.
A head punch on the inside from Diggs fails to land.
Diggs lands a body punch in the clinch.
Diggs throws a punch but it's blocked by De Santo Cristo.
De Santo Cristo makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Diggs throws a head punch that misses.
De Santo Cristo lands with a short shot to the head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Diggs.
Diggs tried to land a shot to the body but connects with De Santo Cristo's elbow.

Diggs escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

De Santo Cristo moves into the clinch successfully.
De Santo Cristo tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Diggs gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from De Santo Cristo.
De Santo Cristo misses with a hook to the ribs.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close third round but Orlando Diggs just about did enough to take it.
The cut man is working on Orlando Diggs's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

De Santo Cristo lands a right hook to the body.
Diggs moves out of range of the strikes.
Diggs feints a counter leg kick.
De Santo Cristo is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Diggs scores with a push kick.

De Santo Cristo closes the distance and clinches.
A short left from Diggs.
De Santo Cristo swings away with an uppercut that misses.
De Santo Cristo misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A head punch blocked on the inside by De Santo Cristo.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
De Santo Cristo misses with a punch on the inside.
Diggs blocking some punches.
Diggs lands with a left to the head.
Diggs tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Diggs working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Diggs blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
De Santo Cristo tries to throw a body punch but Diggs avoids it by throwing De Santo Cristo back against the cage.

Diggs pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Diggs swings for the body but De Santo Cristo moves out of range.
De Santo Cristo is looking to counter the offense by Diggs and move into the clinch.
Diggs tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
De Santo Cristo slips a jab from Diggs.
De Santo Cristo misses with a kick to the body.
De Santo Cristo fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Diggs keeps the fight on the outside.
De Santo Cristo throws a big shot that misses.
De Santo Cristo misses with a looping right.
De Santo Cristo with a jab.
De Santo Cristo tries to clinch but Diggs is having none of it.
Some wild striking there from De Santo Cristo.
De Santo Cristo misses with a leg kick
and Diggs counters with a nice low kick that buckles De Santo Cristo's knee momentarily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Santo Cristo lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Diggs looks to throw the jab but De Santo Cristo is out of range.
De Santo Cristo throws a leg kick but Diggs moved away.
De Santo Cristo tries to clinch but Diggs moves out of range.
Diggs steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
De Santo Cristo moves in looking to clinch but Diggs pushes him off.
De Santo Cristo closes the distance looking to clinch
and Diggs cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Diggs defending well as De Santo Cristo loads up on a big left hand.
Diggs tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Diggs lands with a shot to the body.
The fight stays on the outside here - De Santo Cristo looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Diggs blocks a head kick by De Santo Cristo.
Diggs lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Diggs takes a shot to the body in his stride.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diggs misses with an uppercut.
De Santo Cristo looks to score with a jab to the body but Diggs is just out of range.
De Santo Cristo tries to clinch but Diggs moves out of range.
De Santo Cristo tries to clinch there but Diggs circles away.
Diggs avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
The fight stays on the outside here - De Santo Cristo looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Diggs dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
De Santo Cristo connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
De Santo Cristo misses with an uppercut.
De Santo Cristo uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Diggs.
Diggs lunges at De Santo Cristo with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by De Santo Cristo's hand.
De Santo Cristo takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Diggs feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to De Santo Cristo's calf.
Diggs throws an overhand right that lands on De Santo Cristo's shoulder, as De Santo Cristo tries to avoid the shot.
De Santo Cristo is looking to counter the offense by Diggs and move into the clinch.
Diggs takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
De Santo Cristo is looking to clinch.
Diggs throws a leg kick

and De Santo Cristo counters with a single leg into guard. Diggs didn't expect that.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Diggs is trying to keep De Santo Cristo in close.
Diggs is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close fourth round but I would say that Joao De Santo Cristo will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Orlando Diggs's cut.
That's time! De Santo Cristo's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Diggs misses with an attempted mid kick.
Diggs misses with a leg kick

and De Santo Cristo counters with a nice double leg into guard.
De Santo Cristo postures up.
Diggs has momentary wrist control but De Santo Cristo slips an elbow through the middle.
Diggs controlling De Santo Cristo's posture.
Diggs not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
De Santo Cristo distracts Diggs with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
De Santo Cristo working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
De Santo Cristo scoring with punches to the head and body.
Diggs preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
De Santo Cristo trying to control the position from guard on top but Diggs is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
De Santo Cristo looking to pass the guard.
Diggs has De Santo Cristo pulled in close to control his posture.
De Santo Cristo connects with a couple of short punches.
Diggs controls De Santo Cristo momentarily but De Santo Cristo frees himself.
De Santo Cristo postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Diggs is trying to keep De Santo Cristo in close.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Diggs keeping full guard, as De Santo Cristo tries to pass.
Diggs controlling the position.
Diggs is trying to control the position from the bottom.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Diggs lands a straight punch to the body, keeping De Santo Cristo at a distance.
De Santo Cristo fails with a takedown attempt.
De Santo Cristo clobbers Diggs with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Santo Cristo missing with a left hand there. Diggs was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
De Santo Cristo misses with a straight right.
Diggs has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from De Santo Cristo.
Diggs misses with a left hand

and De Santo Cristo counters with a takedown into side control.

De Santo Cristo is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Diggs has escaped the position, nice work there.
Diggs tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Diggs is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
De Santo Cristo cracks Diggs with an elbow. That is naaassty.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Diggs struggling a bit here.
Diggs manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
De Santo Cristo slips a nice elbow through Diggs's hands, connecting with Diggs's forehead.

De Santo Cristo is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Diggs is just riding it out for now. De Santo Cristo eventually gives up the hold.
Diggs is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
De Santo Cristo is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.

And that's the end of the fight!
Joao De Santo Cristo showed his dominance in that final round.
I think De Santo Cristo has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 48:47
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 47:48
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 48:47

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Joao De Santo Cristo!
Joao De Santo Cristo is the new welterweight champion!
Our winner, Joao De Santo Cristo, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.