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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Alberto Diagana (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cole Mitchell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Diagana comes to the cage accompanied by Judas Priest - Painkiller. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.
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133 lbs
2 - 3 - 0 |
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170 cm
23
130 lbs
2 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
Cuts easily |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Alberto Diagana!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Cole Mitchell!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Sam Margolis and Daniel Bishop.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mitchell looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Mitchell misses with a few strikes there.
Mitchell misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Mitchell tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
The fight stays on the outside here - Diagana looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Diagana wants to clinch up but Mitchell keeps it at a distance.
Mitchell throws a right and a left that Diagana avoids nicely.
Diagana throws a sloppy head kick and Mitchell moves out of range easily.
Diagana slips under a jab from Mitchell.
Mitchell avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Cole Mitchell seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mitchell ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Diagana moves away.
Diagana is looking to clinch but Mitchell is avoiding it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mitchell throws a big shot that misses.
Mitchell misses with a few strikes there.
Diagana tries to clinch but Mitchell is having none of it.
Diagana takes the fight into the clinch.
Diagana lands an elbow that stopped Mitchell in his tracks for a moment.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Mitchell.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Diagana lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Mitchell works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Diagana misses with an elbow over the top.
Mitchell landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Diagana takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Mitchell trying to land knees to the body.
Mitchell unloads a knee to the mid-section. Diagana lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Mitchell misses with a hook to the ribs.
Mitchell wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Mitchell takes an elbow to the forehead.
Mitchell manages to break the clinch.
Diagana pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Mitchell throws a right and a left that both miss.
Mitchell scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
It looks like Alberto Diagana has been cut.
Mitchell misses with a head kick.
Mitchell misses with a two punch combination.
Diagana instigates a clinch.
Diagana with an attempt at a knee that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mitchell has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Knees in the clinch landing for Diagana.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Diagana effectively controlling the action here.
Diagana is looking to control Mitchell's arms but Mitchell gets an underhook and turns him. Now Diagana has his back to the cage.
Come on Diagana - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Mitchell blocks an elbow strike.
Mitchell has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Diagana on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Diagana pressing his opponent against the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Alberto Diagana.
Diagana throws a nice head kick!
Mitchell lands a high kick!
Mitchell throws a head kick that misses
and Diagana counters by moving into the clinch.
Mitchell looks gassed!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diagana managing to block the knees to the body from Mitchell.
Diagana scores a nice knee to the body.
Mitchell can't break the clinch.
Mitchell trying to land knees to the body.
Diagana creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Mitchell's defenses.
A hook to the body from Mitchell.
Diagana stalling in the clinch.
Diagana lands an elbow just above Mitchell 's eye.
Mitchell throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Diagana blocks it with crossed arms.
Mitchell is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Diagana is keeping busy.
Mitchell wants to break the clinch but can't.
Diagana comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Diagana will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Mitchell up against the cage.
Mitchell avoids a wild elbow strike from Diagana.
Diagana is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Mitchell tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Diagana avoids it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Mitchell wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Diagana holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Mitchell looking to throw knees to the head but Diagana is blocking nicely.
Diagana just leaning against Mitchell, taking a breather.
Diagana scores a nice knee to the body.
A bit of stalling here from Diagana.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Alberto Diagana.
Diagana is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Diagana moves in looking to clinch but Mitchell pushes him off.
Diagana instigates a clinch.
Diagana stalling against the cage.
Diagana crunches a lovely knee into Mitchell's ribcage.
Diagana working Mitchell over with knees to the body.
Diagana keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Mitchell's efforts to push away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Cole Mitchell will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Alberto Diagana'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.
Diagana scores with a spinning back kick!
Diagana moves into range and clinches up with Mitchell.
Mitchell tries to land a knee to the head but Diagana blocks with his arms.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Diagana is trying to maintain a safe position but Mitchell gets an underhook and turns Diagana into the cage.
Mitchell throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Diagana blocks it with crossed arms.
Mitchell breaks from the clinch.
Diagana has Mitchell up against the cage in a clinch.
Mitchell tries to land knees in the clinch but Diagana avoids the damage to the body.
Mitchell lands a shot to the body.
Diagana lands an elbow just above Mitchell 's eye.
Diagana creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Mitchell breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Mitchell is breathing heavily.
Mitchell connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Mitchell throws a left and a right that both miss
and Diagana holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Diagana comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Mitchell tries a knee to the head but Diagana blocks it.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Diagana effectively controlling the action here.
Diagana gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Mitchell obliges.
Diagana lands a nice elbow.
Diagana keeps control of Mitchell as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Diagana comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Diagana lands an elbow that stopped Mitchell in his tracks for a moment.
Diagana stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Diagana pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Diagana missing with knees to the body.
A right handed body shot lands from Mitchell.
Diagana managing to block the knees to the body from Mitchell.
Mitchell looking to slow down the pace here.
Mitchell on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Diagana lands an elbow inside that Mitchell shrugs off.
Diagana manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Diagana connects with a nasty looking knee right to Mitchell's face.
Diagana managing to block the knees to the body from Mitchell.
Mitchell breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Diagana clinches up against the cage.
Diagana gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Diagana keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Mitchell's efforts to push away.
Diagana creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Diagana stalling.
Diagana lands an elbow inside that Mitchell shrugs off.
Diagana lands an elbow that stopped Mitchell in his tracks for a moment.
Diagana is trying to stall.
Mitchell blocks an elbow strike from Diagana.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diagana has Mitchell pushed against the cage.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Mitchell lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Diagana stalls.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Alberto Diagana.
Mitchell falls off balance throwing a combination
and Diagana counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Mitchell is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Alberto Diagana is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Diagana fails with an attempt to clinch.
Diagana throws a body punch but Mitchell moves out of range.
Diagana throws a series of punches but Mitchell avoids them all with ease.
The fight stays on the outside here - Diagana looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Mitchell throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Diagana counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Mitchell is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Diagana turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Diagana swinging wilding here.
Mitchell throws a left and a right that both miss
and Diagana counters with an outside leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A thudding body kick lands there by Diagana!
Diagana tries to clinch but Mitchell moves out of range.
Mitchell blocks a head kick by Diagana.
Diagana fails to land with a series of punches.
Diagana throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Mitchell takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Diagana moves into the clinch.
Diagana misses with an elbow strike.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Mitchell pushes Diagana back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Mitchell wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Diagana has him pressed against the cage.
Mitchell is trying to break the clinch but Diagana is controlling him.
Diagana leaning his opponent against the cage.
Diagana working Mitchell over with knees to the body.
Mitchell wants to break free but Diagana has control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alberto Diagana dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Alberto Diagana's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Diagana avoids the body shot from Mitchell.
Mitchell throws a lazy head kick
and Diagana counters with a head kick.
Mitchell connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Mitchell takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Diagana tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Mitchell paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Diagana fails in his attempt to clinch.
Diagana ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Mitchell crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Diagana - the referee stops the clock and Mitchell gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Diagana. Mitchell manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Mitchell misses with a series of wild punches.
Diagana looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Diagana takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Mitchell fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Diagana manages to avoid it.
Mitchell takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Diagana is looking to clinch.
Diagana lunges at Mitchell with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Mitchell's hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Diagana tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Diagana rushes Mitchell and presses him up against the cage.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Diagana is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Nice elbow from Diagana.
Knees in the clinch landing for Diagana.
Mitchell takes a knee to the side of the body.
Diagana is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Mitchell is keeping busy.
Diagana lands an elbow inside.
Diagana landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Mitchell taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Mitchell tries to break free but Diagana pushes him back against the cage.
Mitchell is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Diagana is defending well for now.
Diagana gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Diagana lands an elbow just above Mitchell 's eye.
Mitchell can't break the clinch.
Diagana lands a damaging elbow.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Mitchell takes a knee to the side of the body.
Diagana manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Diagana creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Mitchell's defenses.
Mitchell looking to throw knees to the head but Diagana is blocking nicely.
Diagana taking a breather.
Diagana blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Diagana comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Diagana scores a nice knee to the body.
Diagana creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Mitchell's defenses.
Nice elbow from Diagana.
Diagana controlling the action here for a moment.
Diagana misses with a knee strike.
Mitchell on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Diagana has Mitchell pushed against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diagana missing with knees to the body.
Mitchell pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Mitchell misses with a double jab
and Diagana counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Diagana takes the fight into the clinch.
Diagana is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Mitchell looking to slow down the pace here.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Diagana pressing his opponent against the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Alberto Diagana.
Diagana throws a series of punches but Mitchell moves out of range.
Diagana looks to land a combination but Mitchell avoids it well.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
A head kick by Mitchell misses
and Diagana counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Mitchell throws a combination that misses
and Diagana counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Diagana.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Diagana tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Diagana lands a nice knee to the body.
Diagana will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Mitchell up against the cage.
Mitchell is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Diagana is defending well for now.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Diagana stalling.
Mitchell blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Mitchell is trying to break the clinch but Diagana is controlling him.
Mitchell looking to stall.
Diagana on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
And that's the end of the fight!
Alberto Diagana showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Diagana has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 James Ackerman scores the fight 30:27
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 30:27
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 30:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Alberto Diagana!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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