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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Paul Thomas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alberto Diagana (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Diagana has chosen Judas Priest - Painkiller as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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135 lbs
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133 lbs
6 - 9 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
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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
12 - 11 - 0, fighting out of London, Paul Thomas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 9 - 0, fighting out of London, Alberto Diagana!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, James Glass and Andrew Berry.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Diagana closes the distance and pushes Thomas back into the cage.
Thomas working hard to break the clinch.
Thomas tries to break free but Diagana pushes him back against the cage.
Diagana missing with knees to the body.
Diagana breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Thomas is trying hard to land a takedown here. Diagana sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Diagana lands a two punch combo.
Diagana is looking to clinch but Thomas is avoiding it.
Diagana is looking to land body kicks.
Diagana wants to clinch up but Thomas keeps it at a distance.
Diagana wants to clinch.
Diagana moves into the clinch.
Diagana unloads a knee to the mid-section. Thomas lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Diagana breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Thomas shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Diagana as he avoids it easily.
Thomas tries to keep at a distance but Diagana has taken the fight into the clinch.
Diagana breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Thomas fails with an attempt to clinch.
Diagana gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Thomas is looking to control Diagana's arms but Diagana gets an underhook and turns him. Now Thomas has his back to the cage.
Thomas dodges an elbow strike from Diagana.
Diagana utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Diagana stalls.
Diagana is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Diagana leaning his opponent against the cage.
Diagana working hard to break the clinch.
Diagana breaks from the clinch.
Diagana is looking to clinch.
Diagana clinches.
Diagana gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Thomas.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Paul Thomas. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Thomas has had enough of the clinch but Diagana keeps him there for the moment.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diagana prevents Thomas from breaking the clinch.
Diagana using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Diagana missing with knees to the body.
Diagana gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Diagana has Thomas pressed against the cage.
Thomas misses with a punch to the body.
Thomas is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. Diagana can't fight it off and eventually Thomas manages to take the fight to the floor. Diagana looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Thomas stays in close to Diagana's body and controls the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Thomas throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Diagana works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Thomas stopping the sweep attempt from Diagana.
Diagana is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diagana manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Thomas manages to get himself to full guard.
Thomas looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Thomas preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Diagana gets to his feet. Thomas looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Diagana fails with an attempt to clinch.
Thomas misses with a few strikes there.
Diagana is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Thomas swats away the attempt to clinch by Diagana.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thomas drives through and clinches with Diagana against the cage.
Diagana utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Diagana avoiding damage as Thomas throws knees to the body.
Diagana stalling against the cage.
Diagana is trying to force a seperation but Thomas has the dominant position.
Nice elbow from Diagana.
Thomas managing to block the knees to the body from Diagana.
Knees in the clinch landing for Diagana.
Diagana lands a good knee to the midsection. Thomas won't want to take too many of those.
Thomas pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Thomas is breathing heavily.
Thomas throws a series of punches but Diagana avoids them all with ease.
Diagana stuffs the takedown attempt from Thomas. Thomas gets slowly back to his feet.
Diagana lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Thomas on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alberto Diagana dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Thomas scoring well with a low kick there.
Diagana tries to clinch but Thomas is having none of it.
Thomas tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Diagana paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Thomas really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Diagana shoots in but Thomas avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Thomas clinches.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Diagana lands a nice knee to the body.
Diagana is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Thomas is keeping busy.
Diagana lands a good knee to the midsection. Thomas won't want to take too many of those.
Thomas breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Thomas tries for a takedown but Diagana sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Diagana wants to clinch up but Thomas keeps it at a distance.
Diagana forces Thomas back against the cage and clinches.
Thomas has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Diagana avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Diagana lands a body punch.
Diagana landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Diagana taking a breather.
Diagana throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Thomas blocks it with crossed arms.
Diagana is trying to force a seperation but Thomas has the dominant position.
Diagana unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Diagana lands an elbow inside.
Diagana lands a knee to the body.
Diagana leaning his opponent against the cage.
Thomas gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Diagana kicks Thomas off and gets to his feet.
Thomas misses with a few strikes there.
Diagana scores a takedown into full mount!
Diagana content just to control the position here.
Diagana tries to control but Thomas wriggling away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diagana takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Diagana goes for an armbar but he's not got it… Thomas turns into him and now he's in Diagana's guard.
Diagana throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Thomas trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Thomas thows a big elbow that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thomas missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Thomas's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Diagana looking for a sweep. Not yet Diagana, not yet.
Thomas sitting in guard, not really doing much.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Thomas trying to control the position from guard on top but Diagana is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Thomas closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Diagana to the mat! Diagana manages to get full guard.
Diagana wants to sweep but no luck.
Thomas gets to his feet - Diagana follows without any prompting.
Thomas shoots for a takedown but Diagana saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Paul Thomas. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Diagana shoots in and drives through. Thomas sprawls well.
Diagana drives through and clinches with Thomas against the cage.
Diagana is leaning against Thomas and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Diagana lands a good knee to the midsection. Thomas won't want to take too many of those.
Diagana utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Diagana is trying to break the clinch but Thomas is controlling him.
Diagana lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Thomas or not.
Thomas jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Diagana walks away with a smile on his face. Thomas gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Thomas shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Diagana but Diagana pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Diagana shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Thomas manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Thomas utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Thomas wants to stand up but Diagana is controlling him.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alberto Diagana showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Diagana closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Diagana lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Diagana escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Thomas misses with a few strikes there.
Thomas avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Diagana wants to clinch.
Diagana tries to clinch up but Thomas circles away and keeps his distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Diagana misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Thomas fails with the takedown.
Diagana is looking to clinch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Diagana tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice sprawl there from Diagana as Thomas shoots in.
Diagana fails in his attempt to clinch.
Diagana slaps away a takedown attempt from Thomas, before circling back to the center of the mat.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Paul Thomas. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Horrible takedown by Diagana or perhaps it was just good defense by Thomas which made him look bad.
Diagana lands with a cross.
Diagana misses with a body kick.
Diagana has closed the distance and engaged Thomas in a clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Thomas.
Diagana breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Diagana tries to clinch but Thomas is having none of it.
Thomas looks for a takedown but Diagana sprawls well.
Thomas is looking to clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thomas blocks a head kick by Diagana.
Diagana tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Thomas gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Diagana missing with knees to the body.
Thomas blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Thomas escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Thomas shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Diagana manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Thomas wants to pass the guard but Diagana is keeping the position.
Diagana is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Diagana wants to get back to his feet but Thomas is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diagana throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Diagana wants to stand and escape but Thomas is having none of it.
Thomas is working Diagana over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Diagana keeping moving, preventing Thomas from controlling successfully.
Alberto Diagana is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Thomas landing with the ground and pound.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Thomas tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Diagana paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Diagana fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Thomas avoids it really well and circles away.
Thomas shoots in but Diagana avoids the takedown attempt easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Diagana closes the distance and clinches.
Diagana gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Thomas.
Thomas being controlled against the cage.
Diagana blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Diagana lands an elbow inside that Thomas shrugs off.
Paul Thomas has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Thomas lands an elbow that stopped Diagana in his tracks for a moment.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Alberto Diagana.
I've got Diagana winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Atkins scores the fight 27:30
Judge James Glass scores the fight 27:30
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Alberto Diagana!
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