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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Maxim Diamond (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Yumbo Yack (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Diamond comes to the cage accompanied by Hells Bells. Yumbo Yack will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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194 lbs
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190 lbs
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Good wrestling
Good kicks
Big heart |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
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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
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Maxim Diamond!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Yumbo Yack!
The judges for this bout are , Timothy Bukovac and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Diamond fails in his attempt to clinch.
Yack swats away the attempt to clinch by Diamond.
Yack misses with a looping left.
Yack shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Diamond defends it nicely.
Yack moves into the clinch.
Yack pulls guard successfully.
Yack is pulling down on Diamond's head. It's preventing any offense from Diamond, at least for the moment.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Yack doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Diamond got a little sloppy there for a moment and Yack has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Diamond has managed to get both his arms back between Yack's legs - danger averted.
Yack tries to strike from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Diamond pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Yack is keeping the position for now.
Yack is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Diamond is aware though and is defending well.
Yack is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Yack is trying to control. Diamond wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Diamond trying to control from the bottom.
Yack not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Yack thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Diamond's head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Yack looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Yack has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Diamond is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Yack controlling from the full mount.
Yack trying to control but Diamond is having none of it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yack has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Yack looking to ground and pound but Diamond is blocking nicely.
Yack putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Yack sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Yack wants to control the pace but Diamond is squirming around nicely.
Diamond might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yack throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Diamond because Yack loaded up on that one.
Diamond is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Yack has isolated one of Diamond's arms. Diamond looking to fight him off but Yack twists into an armbar. It's tight... Will he tap?? YES, he's tapped! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Yumbo Yack!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
29% |
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