PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Robert Diggs (ranked 2032 p4p, 216 weight class) and Alexander Rewell (ranked 2520 p4p, 256 weight class). Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Diggs
vs
Rewell

190 cm
28
250 lbs
14 - 10 - 0

198 cm
28
245 lbs
12 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Urban Fighter

Sin City Allstars
RAGS of a RONIN

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 14 - 10 - 0, fighting out of London, Robert Diggs!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 8 - 0, fighting out of London, Alexander Rewell!
The judges for this bout are Russell Pearce, Eddie Farnsworth and Columbo Gatti.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Diggs lands a nice leg kick that just misses Rewell's sensitive parts.
Diggs throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Decent striking displayed by Diggs there.
Diggs looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Rewell misses the jab.
Rewell waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Diggs.
Rewell blocks a low kick nicely.
Rewell lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Diggs on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Rewell. Rewell obviously looking to wear him down.
Rewell ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Diggs moves away.
Diggs seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Diggs throws a jab but it's blocked by Rewell.
Diggs misses with a wild body shot.
Diggs steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Rewell.
Diggs tries to counter with a takedown but Rewell is quick to defend against it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rewell swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Rewell avoids the body shot from Diggs.
A bone on bone clash there as Diggs blocks the leg kick.
Rewell throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Diggs lands a nice leg kick that just misses Rewell's sensitive parts.
Rewell chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Diggs can pounce on him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A jab from Rewell misses.
Diggs looks to land a left hand but Rewell moved out of range nicely.
The crowd cheers as Rewell lands an impressive looking overhand right. Diggs doesn't seem phased though.
Rewell's corner calls for a 1-2. Rewell obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Rewell lands a leg kick that knocks Diggs off balance momentarily.
Rewell lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Diggs looks to land a left hand but Rewell moved out of range nicely.
Good work by Diggs as he checks the leg kick.
Rewell jabs Diggs right on the nose. Diggs blinks but takes it well.
Rewell connects with an inside leg kick.
Rewell throws a head kick but Diggs moves out of range.
Rewell defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Diggs.
Nice straight punches there by Rewell. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Rewell.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rewell throws a looping overhand right but Diggs ducks down to avoid it.
Diggs throws a lazy right hand but Rewell sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rewell lands a nice shot that snaps Diggs's head back.
Diggs connects with a looping right hand.
Diggs blocks a head kick by Rewell.
Rewell lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Diggs at a distance.
Rewell ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Diggs defending well as Rewell loads up on a big left hand.
Diggs throws a chopping leg kick but Rewell manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Rewell throws a counter combo.

Diggs clinches up with Rewell and pushes him back against the cage.

Diggs breaks the clinch.
Rewell goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Rewell pulls out of a head kick attempt.

Diggs has managed to clinch.

Diggs pulls guard successfully.
Rewell controls from within his opponent's guard.
Diggs looking to hit a scissor sweep but Rewell is one step ahead there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rewell is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Diggs tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Rewell is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.

Diggs is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Rewell slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Diggs is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Rewell gets full guard.
Diggs throws a strike but Rewell rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

Diggs is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Rewell showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Diggs keeping moving, preventing Rewell from controlling successfully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alexander Rewell dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Diggs cracks a nice hook into Rewell's ribs.
Rewell throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Diggs takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Diggs lands a nice looking body shot.
Diggs tries to clinch but Rewell moves out of range.
Rewell defending well as Diggs loads up on a big left hand.
Rewell lands with a kick to the ribs.
Rewell throws a sloppy head kick and Diggs moves out of range easily.
Diggs appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Rewell throws a leg kick which misses Diggs's front leg but catches the back leg as Diggs tries to avoid it.
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.
Diggs fails with an attempt to clinch.
Rewell swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Rewell has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Diggs lands a jab to the head.
Rewell throws a half hearted mid kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Diggs throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Rewell makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Diggs really felt that one!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Rewell 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 Diggs has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Diggs and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Rewell uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Diggs.
Rewell uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Diggs.
Rewell throws the kick towards the body but Diggs avoids it.
Diggs turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Diggs ducks right into an uppercut from Rewell.
Rewell checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
The fight stays on the outside here - Diggs looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Rewell lands with a good body shot.
Rewell on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Alexander Rewell is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Diggs wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Rewell jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Rewell throws a low kick, looking for Diggs's leg but Diggs calmly moves out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rewell misses with a head kick.
Diggs is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Rewell.
Rewell fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rewell throws a looping overhand right but Diggs ducks down to avoid it.
Diggs changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Rewell.
Diggs is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Nice shot lands for Rewell.
Rewell misses with a shot to the body
and Diggs counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Diggs loads up on a big right hand but Rewell slips the punch.
Rewell finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Rewell throws a quick inside leg kick.
Rewell checks the leg kick nicely there.
Rewell gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Diggs.
Rewell throws a leg kick which misses Diggs's front leg but catches the back leg as Diggs tries to avoid it.
A cross from Rewell lands.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rewell uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Diggs.
Diggs on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Rewell scores with a jab.
Diggs throws a lazy uppercut
and Rewell connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
A slow jab from Rewell misses its intended target.
Rewell misses with the body kick

and Diggs decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Rewell's guard.
Diggs working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Rewell avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Diggs trying to control but Rewell is working from the bottom.
Rewell utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Rewell is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Diggs trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Diggs throws an elbow that misses. Rewell uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Diggs's guard. Nice move by Rewell!

This has been an exciting period of action!
Rewell slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Diggs looking to control.
Diggs wants to improve his position but instead Rewell has moved into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Diggs is looking to improve his position.
Rewell trying to control the action but Diggs is working from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alexander Rewell showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Diggs slips under a jab from Rewell.

Diggs looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Rewell!
Rewell tries to improve position but can't.
Diggs is trying to ground and pound but Rewell uses the momentary lack of control by Diggs to regain half guard.
Diggs tries to pass the half guard into mount. Rewell knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rewell is looking for a sweep. Diggs is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Diggs thows a huge punch but Rewell dodges it nicely.
Diggs thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rewell is trying to maintain the position but Diggs is very close to passing his half guard.
Rewell keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Diggs is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Rewell blocking the ground and pound attempt from Diggs.
Diggs is stalling here. Rewell is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Diggs seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Rewell has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Diggs can't do much from the bottom here.
Diggs tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Rewell wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Rewell tries to advance to mount but can't.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The referee asks Rewell politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Rewell prefers to stall for the moment though.
Rewell working away.
Diggs seems a little lost for a moment, as Rewell dominates the positioning.
Diggs is looking to regain half guard here but Rewell keeps moving and retains side control.
Rewell gets to mount! Diggs was on the offensive and wasn't defending properly.
Diggs tries to hold on but Rewell postures up.
Diggs is squirming around, avoiding Rewell's attempts to control the action.
Diggs is looking to improve his position but Rewell isn't that keen on the idea.
Robert Diggs has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rewell content just to control the position here.
Diggs is wriggling around trying to escape.
Diggs regains half guard.
Diggs tries to get to full guard but Rewell has control of the leg.
Diggs 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.
Diggs tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Rewell has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
Rewell controlling the pace for now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Diggs tries to hold on but Rewell postures up.
Rewell looking to control and managing it successfully.
Diggs is trying to escape the mount.
Alexander Rewell is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Diggs throwing hammer fists to the chest of Rewell. What's that going to do exactly?

And that's the end of the fight!
Alexander Rewell comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Rewell winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Russell Pearce scores the fight 27:30
Judge Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 27:30
Judge Columbo Gatti scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Alexander Rewell!
Alexander Rewell very nearly forgot to thank RAGS of a RONIN amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.