PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jack Wilder (ranked 1645 p4p, 193 weight class) and King Diamond (ranked 4163 p4p, 418 weight class). The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Wilder
vs
Diamond

170 cm
30
167 lbs
13 - 10 - 0

167 cm
37
170 lbs
22 - 23 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jack Wilder!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 23 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, King Diamond!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Anni Minnemäki and Matti Vanhoillinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wilder lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Wilder cracks a nice hook into Diamond's ribs.
Diamond throws a right hand that Wilder ducks under and follows up with a left that Wilder also avoids with ease.
Diamond lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Wilder circles away quickly and effectively.
Diamond throws a combination that misses
and Wilder counters with a right hand to the body.
Wilder has been working on his boxing with his coaches at The Salvatore School for the Gifted in the buildup to the fight.
Diamond misses with a few strikes there.
Wilder throws a nice head kick!
Diamond misses with a combination
and Wilder counters with a nice leg kick.
Wilder jabs Diamond to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Diamond with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Wilder to score with a decent uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Wilder throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Diamond stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Nice straight punches there by Wilder. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Wilder.
No joy there for Diamond, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Diamond throws a series of punches but Wilder avoids them all with ease.
Diamond tries to bum rush Wilder with a series of wild strikes but Wilder uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Wilder lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Diamond misses with a combination
and Wilder connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Diamond rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Wilder moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Wilder slips a jab and a cross from Diamond.
Diamond rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Wilder moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Sloppy strikes from Diamond. Those never looked like landing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wilder cracks Diamond with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Diamond will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Diamond looks winded!
Diamond shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Wilder eats them both and turns towards Diamond to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Diamond chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Wilder can pounce on him.
Diamond has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Diamond there as he acknowledges the shot.
Diamond throws a combination that misses
and Wilder counters with a straight right hand.
Wilder fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Wilder scores with a sloppy right hand. Diamond should have avoided that one.
Diamond fails to land with a series of punches.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Diamond has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Wilder.
Diamond throws a right hand that Wilder ducks under and follows up with a left that Wilder also avoids with ease.
Wilder lands a jab.
Wilder catches Diamond with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Diamond fails to land with a series of punches.
As Diamond looks to move away, Wilder throws a big counter combo but Diamond just gets out of the way.
Wilder works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
A combination from Diamond does no damage.
Wilder fires out a quick counter leg kick but Diamond just manages to avoid it.
Wilder goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.

It looks like King Diamond has been cut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diamond walks into a jab.
Diamond misses with a two punch combination.
Wilder paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Wilder dodges the punch combination from Diamond.
Wilder scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Wilder with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Diamond throws a right and a left that both miss.
Diamond throws a right and a left that Wilder avoids nicely.
Wilder scores with a nice strike.
Nice cross by Wilder.
Diamond throws a nice looking combination but Wilder bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Wilder scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Wilder with a jab.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Wilder jabs at Diamond's body.
Wilder lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Wilder throws a good cross that connects.

Diamond is rocked!
Diamond tries to move into range but Wilder moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Diamond is still on wobbly legs! Can Wilder finish him?
Wilder catches Diamond with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jack Wilder dominated that round.
The cut man is working on King Diamond's cut.
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.

Wilder tests Diamond's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Wilder has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Diamond seems to have recovered his senses.
Wilder lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Diamond walks into a straight right hand from Wilder.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Diamond throws a left and a right that both miss
and Wilder counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Wilder bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Diamond fails to land with a series of punches.
Wilder throws a shot to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Wilder lands with an overhand left.
A punch combination from Diamond misses.
Wilder is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Wilder with a hook.
Diamond fails to land with a series of punches.
Wilder keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Diamond misses with a jab, cross combination.
Diamond throws a nice looking combination but Wilder bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Wilder lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Diamond is breathing heavily.
Wilder throws a nice inside leg kick.
Wilder showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Diamond.
Diamond has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
A combination from Diamond does no damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Diamond misses with a combination
and Wilder counters with a slapping leg kick.
Wilder connects with a combination that backs up Diamond into the ropes. Wilder lands a flurry of punches that gets past Diamond's guard. Diamond is down and the referee has seen enough. It is all over! Wilder bursts into tears - this win obviously means a huge amount to him.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:14 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jack Wilder!
A victorious Jack Wilder thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
King Diamond spoke after the fight, saying 'That's gonna hurt in the morning. Anyone got an aspirin?'.