Konstantinos Katakalon Euphorbenos was shadowing the Cuman armies on the instructions of Alexios. When he realised that "Diogenes" had been captured at Poutza, he went and made camp in the neighbourhood. Even so, in a countryside overrun by Cumans, Alakaseus was unable to tell Alexios of his success, so he quickly took the prisoner to Tzouroulos on his way to Constantinople. When Anna Dalassene heard that "Diogenes" had been captured and brought to Tzouroulos, she sent Eustathios Kymineianos to take over the prisoner there and bring him to Constantinople. Kymineianos used a Turk called Kamyres to blind the prisoner