PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between JoJo Diaz (ranked 1622 p4p, 22404 weight class) and Carlotos Spiteri (ranked 74 p4p, 228 weight class). Spiteri has chosen Day to day basis as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Carlotos Spiteri has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Diaz
vs
Spiteri

177 cm
39
137
17 - 11 - 1

186 cm
38
218
34 - 20 - 1

World class boxer
Insanely flexible

World class MT
Heavy handed

Phoenix

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 11 - 1, fighting out of New York, JoJo Diaz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 34 - 20 - 1, fighting out of New York, Carlotos Spiteri!
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, Lou da Vinci and Russell Pearce.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A clash of legs there as Spiteri blocks the low kick.
A left lands for Diaz.
Spiteri takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Spiteri throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Diaz on the side of the head.
Spiteri misses with a low kick.
Spiteri throws a body shot but no joy.
Spiteri avoids the body shot from Diaz.
Diaz gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Spiteri throws out a loose jab but Diaz uses good head movement to avoid it.
Diaz has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Punch Fit in the buildup to the fight.
Spiteri blocks a head kick by Diaz.
A looping hook to the body misses from Spiteri. Diaz does a little dance to reset his feet.
Spiteri throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Diaz blocks a head kick by Spiteri.
Diaz throws a front kick that sends Spiteri stumbling back into the ropes.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Diaz scores with a leg kick.
Spiteri takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Diaz lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Spiteri wants to slow Diaz down by chopping away at his legs.
Diaz cracks a nice hook into Spiteri's ribs.
Diaz wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Diaz really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Diaz misses with a double jab.
Spiteri is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Diaz.
As Spiteri tries to get set, Diaz tries to push him back and clinch up but Spiteri manages to avoid the attempt.
Spiteri throws a front kick aimed at Diaz's knee but Diaz avoids it well.
Spiteri has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
A low kick from Diaz misses
and Spiteri counters with a nice leg kick.
Diaz pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Spiteri tries to counter by closing the distance.
Diaz throws a sloppy head kick and Spiteri moves out of range easily.
Diaz lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.

Spiteri instigates a clinch.
Diaz takes an elbow to the temple.
The referee calls for Diaz to work.
Spiteri pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Diaz lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Spiteri misses with a hook to the ribs.
Spiteri doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Spiteri throws an elbow but it misses.
Spiteri throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Diaz working aggressively here.
Diaz tries to stall but Spiteri uses the opportunity to gain a better position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Spiteri blocks an uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Diaz digs a right hand underneath Spiteri's ribcage. Spiteri let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Diaz has a couple of punches blocked by Spiteri.
Spiteri misses with a punch to the body.
Spiteri lands a left hand that snaps the head of Diaz backwards.
Spiteri lands an elbow that stopped Diaz in his tracks for a moment.
Spiteri tries to throw a body punch but Diaz avoids it by throwing Spiteri back against the ropes.
Spiteri pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Diaz swings wildly with an uppercut but Spiteri uses good head movement to avoid it.
Spiteri looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Diaz doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Spiteri tries to throw a body punch but Diaz avoids it by throwing Spiteri back against the ropes.
Diaz lands a body punch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Diaz.
Diaz lands with a right to the head.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Spiteri.

It looks like JoJo Diaz has been cut.
Diaz dodges an elbow strike from Spiteri.
Diaz scores with a shot to the side of Spiteri's head.
Diaz works on Spiteri's body with a couple of short punches.
Spiteri tries to work over Diaz's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Spiteri misses with a punch on the inside.
Diaz lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Spiteri fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Diaz lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Spiteri backwards.
A nice right hand lands inside from Diaz.
Diaz lands with a short shot to the head.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Spiteri just misses with a elbow thrown towards Diaz's brow.
Diaz lands with a short shot to the head.
Diaz misses with a hook from the clinch.
Diaz swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Nice elbow from Spiteri.
Diaz tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Spiteri looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Diaz fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Spiteri misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A nice right hand lands inside from Diaz.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Diaz avoids a wild elbow strike from Spiteri.
Diaz wants to stall.
Diaz looking to slow down the pace here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Diaz prevents a body shot from Spiteri.
Spiteri goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Nice body punch from Spiteri - that landed with a thud.
Spiteri blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A short right from Diaz.
Diaz lands a nice uppercut.
Diaz misses with a hook from the clinch.
Diaz blocks an uppercut.
Diaz throws a head punch that misses.
Spiteri is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Diaz is defending well for now.
Diaz lands a right hand.
Spiteri misses with a body punch.
Diaz is trying to stall.
Spiteri doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Spiteri's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Spiteri creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Spiteri's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A quick uppercut on the inside from Spiteri.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Spiteri lands an elbow just above Diaz 's eye.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

JoJo Diaz dominated that round.
The cut man is working on JoJo Diaz's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Spiteri throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Diaz throws a quick inside leg kick.
Diaz is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Spiteri can do to turn this around?
Diaz misses with a jab, cross combination.
Nice body punch from Diaz.
Carlotos Spiteri seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Diaz avoids the head kick by Spiteri.
Spiteri checks a low kick from Diaz.
An inside leg kick from Spiteri misses.
Diaz ducks under a wild hook from Spiteri.
Spiteri is looking to chop away at Diaz's legs.
Diaz lands a body shot.
Spiteri misses with a jab to the body
and Diaz cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Spiteri throws a head kick but Diaz moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Diaz misses with a body shot.
Spiteri is looking for the big counter here.
Spiteri misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Diaz counters with a big head kick but Spiteri shrugs it off.
Diaz lands a jab to Spiteri's midsection.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Diaz buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Spiteri takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Diaz throws a nice head kick!

Spiteri is rocked!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Spiteri walks straight into devastating uppercut and drops to the floor, clearly wobbled! Can he beat the count? 4,5,6,7... he's up! And he's down again! The ref steps in and calls an end to the fight! What a punch that was!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:06 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). JoJo Diaz!