PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Wanderlei Vovchanchyn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Moses Diggs (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Vovchanchyn comes to the cage accompanied by the game. Diggs has chosen KOMRADZ as his entrance music. Moses Diggs has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Vovchanchyn
vs
Diggs

177 cm
34
208 lbs
25 - 9 - 0

181 cm
27
218 lbs
23 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

TFP Graphics - Pit Inc

Convicted Trap House
Conviction

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 25 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Wanderlei Vovchanchyn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Moses Diggs!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Jack Bonds and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Diggs tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Diggs takes a swing at Vovchanchyn's ribcage but misses.
Diggs fakes the leg kick and cracks Vovchanchyn in the body.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Diggs.
Diggs misses with a looping right.
Diggs throws an off balance right hand
and Vovchanchyn counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Diggs moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Diggs throws a sloppy head kick and Vovchanchyn moves out of range easily.
Diggs lands with a shot to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Diggs pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Vovchanchyn back to the cage. Diggs follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Diggs scores with a nice head shot.
Vovchanchyn throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Vovchanchyn swings for the body but Diggs moves out of range.
Diggs stuns Vovchanchyn with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Diggs throws a lazy right hand but Vovchanchyn sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Diggs lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Vovchanchyn is breathing heavily.
Diggs throws a chopping leg kick but Vovchanchyn manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Moses Diggs is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Vovchanchyn will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Vovchanchyn lands with a shot to the body.
Diggs cracks the inside of Vovchanchyn's front leg.
Diggs throws a body kick that misses.
Diggs tries a head kick but it misses.
Diggs thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Vovchanchyn if he has to take too many more of those.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Diggs is looking to land body kicks.
Diggs pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Diggs misses with a kick to the body.

Vovchanchyn feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diggs wants to stand up but Vovchanchyn is controlling him.
Vovchanchyn postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

Diggs has his feet on Vovchanchyn's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Vovchanchyn keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Vovchanchyn gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Diggs.

Vovchanchyn shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Diggs is trying to defend but Vovchanchyn finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Diggs is not content to let Vovchanchyn control the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vovchanchyn content to control rather than advance.
Diggs pushes Vovchanchyn off looking to stand but Vovchanchyn dives back in and keeps control.
Vovchanchyn throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Vovchanchyn 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.
Vovchanchyn wants to control but Diggs is keeping him busy.
Diggs desperately trying to maintain half guard.
Vovchanchyn thows a huge punch but Diggs dodges it nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vovchanchyn wants to free his trapped foot but Diggs is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Vovchanchyn looks to land a strike but Diggs avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Vovchanchyn throwing strikes from guard but Diggs blocks nicely.
Vovchanchyn throws a strike but Diggs rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Vovchanchyn looking for a sweep. Not yet Vovchanchyn, not yet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Moses Diggs dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Vovchanchyn throws a front kick aimed at Diggs's knee but Diggs avoids it well.
Vovchanchyn scores with a punch to the head.
Diggs lands a head kick!
Diggs pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Vovchanchyn staying out of range there.
Vovchanchyn throws a lazy right hand but Diggs sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Diggs takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Vovchanchyn moves out of range of the strikes.
Vovchanchyn scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Diggs steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Vovchanchyn.
Diggs throws a low kick but Vovchanchyn moves out of range easily.
Diggs throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Diggs cracks Vovchanchyn with a good jab.
Moses Diggs seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Diggs looks to land a body kick but Vovchanchyn moved away.
Moses Diggs seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Diggs looks to land a left hand but Vovchanchyn moved out of range nicely.
Diggs uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Vovchanchyn.
Vovchanchyn ducks under a wild hook from Diggs.
Diggs cracks Vovchanchyn with an open hand slap.
Vovchanchyn scores with a nice head shot.
Diggs lands a right hook to the body.
Diggs connects with a body shot.
Diggs fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Vovchanchyn.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Diggs lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Vovchanchyn uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Diggs.
Diggs throws the kick towards the body but Vovchanchyn avoids it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diggs looks to throw the jab but Vovchanchyn is out of range.
Diggs scores with a push kick.
Diggs throws a hook to the side of Vovchanchyn's head but Vovchanchyn sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Diggs throws out a leg kick but Vovchanchyn moves out of range and Diggs only half commits.
Diggs thows a body kick. Vovchanchyn tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Diggs throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Vovchanchyn looks to land a right hand but Diggs moved out of range.
The fighters circling - Diggs throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Diggs lands a leg kick that knocks Vovchanchyn off balance momentarily.
A nice leg kick lands there from Diggs.
Diggs throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Diggs throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Vovchanchyn.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diggs swings for the body but Vovchanchyn moves out of range.
Diggs looks to land a body kick but Vovchanchyn moved away.
Good shot there by Diggs.
Vovchanchyn tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Diggs swivels and escapes.

Vovchanchyn shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Diggs napping and manages to drive through into side control!
What's Diggs going to do here then? He's in a bit of a pickle.
Diggs is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Vovchanchyn is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Diggs tries to slip a leg under to move to half guard but Vovchanchyn presses down on the leg and jumps into full mount!
Diggs manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Diggs is concentrating on defense, preventing Vovchanchyn from advancing position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Moses Diggs showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Diggs pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Vovchanchyn darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Vovchanchyn throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Diggs stuffs the takedown attempt from Vovchanchyn. Vovchanchyn gets slowly back to his feet.
Diggs throws a low kick, looking for Vovchanchyn's leg but Vovchanchyn calmly moves out of range.
Vovchanchyn throws a one two combo.
Diggs scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Nice body kick there by Diggs.
Both fighters circling a little - Diggs finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Vovchanchyn slips a straight right by Diggs.
Diggs takes a swing at Vovchanchyn's ribcage but misses.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Diggs lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Vovchanchyn circles away quickly and effectively.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Diggs bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Diggs throws a looping overhand right but Vovchanchyn ducks down to avoid it.
A telegraphed right hand from Vovchanchyn misses the target.
Diggs looks to score with a jab to the body but Vovchanchyn is just out of range.
Diggs throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Vovchanchyn tries for a takedown but Diggs sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Diggs throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Diggs throws a lazy uppercut

and Vovchanchyn counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Diggs's guard now.
Wanderlei Vovchanchyn overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Vovchanchyn working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Vovchanchyn throws an elbow that misses. Diggs uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Vovchanchyn's guard. Nice move by Diggs!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Diggs wants to control from the top but Vovchanchyn keeps moving.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vovchanchyn is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Vovchanchyn wants to sweep here but Diggs controlling him for the moment.
Diggs is working Vovchanchyn over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Vovchanchyn has Diggs pulled in close to control his posture.
Vovchanchyn keeping full guard, as Diggs tries to pass.
Diggs stopping the sweep attempt from Vovchanchyn.
Wanderlei Vovchanchyn has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diggs trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Diggs throwing strikes but missing.
Diggs postures up.
Diggs throws a big elbow that misses.
Diggs throws a big right hand that misses.
Diggs pushes down on Vovchanchyn's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Diggs lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Vovchanchyn looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Vovchanchyn is refusing to be controlled, as Diggs sits in half guard.
Diggs working the head and body with strikes.
Diggs thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Vovchanchyn is trying to maintain the position but Diggs is very close to passing his half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Diggs not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Diggs missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Vovchanchyn is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Diggs scores with a couple of nice shots.

And that's the end of the fight!
Moses Diggs comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Diggs has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Don Winkell scores the fight 27:30
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 27:30
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Moses Diggs!
Moses Diggs took to the mic in his post fight interview and said 'Stats + Sliders = Easy Victory. Old n busted aint hangin with the new hotness. I am a baaaaaaad man!'.