PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ryusuke Kitano (ranked 3106 p4p, 3154 weight class) and Voltsz Diesel (ranked 441 p4p, 450 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Diesel's choice of entrance music: Outerspass - Frosty. Voltsz Diesel has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Kitano
vs
Diesel

182 cm
23
180
4 - 4 - 0

189 cm
22
195
3 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Great elbows
Good gas tank

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 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ryusuke Kitano!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Voltsz Diesel!
The judges for this bout are Franklyn Lucas, Jorge Garcia and Jonathan Paton.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kitano misses with a straight right.
Diesel tries to clinch but Kitano is having none of it.
Diesel fails in his attempt to clinch.

Diesel darts in and clinches Kitano up against the cage.
Diesel lands a nice uppercut.
Kitano misses with a short punch on the inside.
Diesel throws a head punch that misses.
Diesel looks to throw an elbow but misses.

Kitano's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Voltsz Diesel seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Diesel tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kitano was well out of range. Poor timing from Diesel.
Diesel lands a right hook to the body.
Diesel is looking to clinch but Kitano is avoiding it.
It looked like Kitano was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Diesel.
Kitano pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Diesel cracks Kitano with a good jab.
Kitano throws the left hand but Diesel avoids the punch easily.
It seemed like Diesel was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
A swing and a miss from Kitano.
Kitano misses with a straight left.
Kitano loads up on a big right hand but Diesel slips the punch.
Diesel cracks a nice hook into Kitano's ribs.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kitano looks to land a right hand but Diesel moved out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kitano throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

Diesel gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Kitano breaks from the clinch.
Diesel tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Kitano manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
A shot to the liver by Diesel. Beautiful body shot.
Kitano throws the left hand but Diesel avoids the punch easily.
Kitano is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Diesel.
Diesel is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Kitano with a body shot.
Diesel throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Kitano sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Kitano avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Diesel tries to clinch but Kitano is having none of it.
Diesel fails in his attempt to clinch.
Kitano fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Diesel tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Kitano manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Diesel keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Kitano swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Kitano pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Diesel wants to counter with a clinch but Kitano pushes him away.
Kitano throws the left hand but Diesel avoids the punch easily.
Diesel uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Kitano.
Kitano throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
It seemed like Diesel was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Diesel takes the fight into the clinch.
Diesel looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Still in the clinch, Diesel scores with a nice short uppercut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Diesel throws a punch but it's blocked by Kitano.
Diesel throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Diesel presses Kitano against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Diesel misses with a body punch.
Diesel tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A right hook to the body lands for Diesel.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Diesel.
Kitano tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Diesel's elbow.
I was talking to Kitano's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
A nice left hand lands by Diesel.
A nice right hand lands inside from Diesel.
Kitano is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Diesel's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Good body shot from Diesel.
Kitano is breathing heavily.
Kitano's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A quick uppercut on the inside from Kitano.
Kitano can't find room to land a body shot as Diesel controls the action.
A right handed body shot lands from Diesel.
Kitano working aggressively here.
Kitano blocks an elbow strike from Diesel.
A shot in the inside from Diesel.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Diesel.
Diesel misses with a hook to the ribs.
Diesel lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Diesel lands an elbow just above Kitano 's eye.

It looks like Ryusuke Kitano has been cut.
Diesel tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Diesel lands with a short shot to the head.
Diesel misses with a short punch on the inside.
Kitano wants to break the clinch but can't.
Diesel scores with a nice hook to the head.
Diesel lands with a short head shot on the inside.

Kitano is rocked!
Kitano misses with the head strike.
Oh Kitano is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
A short right from Diesel.
Diesel lands a right hand.
A head punch on the inside from Kitano fails to land.
Diesel creates a bit of space for himself and rocks Kitano with a big uppercut! Kitano tries to clinch up but Diesel pushes him back against the cage and lands another monster strike that crumples Kitano to the mat! Kitano covers up and Diesel unloads with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:45 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Voltsz Diesel!
During a confident post fight interview, Voltsz Diesel thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.