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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Vince Dixon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Barney Diamond (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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276 lbs
10 - 11 - 0 |
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270 lbs
4 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Decent elbows
Granite chin |
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Decent wrestler
Lethal high kicks
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
10 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Vince Dixon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Barney Diamond!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, George Francis and Chris Downing.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Diamond avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Dixon lands a nice shot to the body.
Dixon clinches.
Dixon swings wildly with an uppercut but Diamond uses good head movement to avoid it.
Diamond looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Diamond breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Dixon is looking to land body kicks.
Dixon misses with an uppercut
and Diamond counters with a lovely straight right hand!
It looks like Vince Dixon has been cut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dixon looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Dixon prevents Diamond from getting back to his feet.
Dixon wants to control from the top but Diamond keeps moving.
Dixon is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Dixon looking to sit in guard and control but Diamond gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dixon is adopting a defensive guard.
Dixon might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Dixon is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Vince Dixon.
Diamond tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Diamond jabs Dixon to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Diamond swinging wildly here.
No joy there for Diamond, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Dixon takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Diamond misses with a head kick.
Dixon tries to clinch but Diamond is having none of it.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Dixon takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Dixon scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
It looks like Barney Diamond has been cut.
Dixon tries to close the distance and clinch up but Diamond swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Dixon wants to clinch up but Diamond keeps it at a distance.
A slapping leg kick lands for Diamond.
Dixon will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Dixon closes the distance and clinches.
Dixon comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Dixon misses with a hook to the ribs.
Dixon leaning against his opponent.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dixon with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Dixon lands an elbow that stopped Diamond in his tracks for a moment.
Dixon gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Diamond prevents a body shot from Dixon.
Dixon slows down the pace here.
Dixon pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Diamond looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Diamond escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Dixon throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Diamond.
Diamond looks to land a combination but Dixon avoids it well.
Vince Dixon seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Diamond scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Diamond tries to bum rush Dixon with a series of wild strikes but Dixon uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Diamond takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Diamond lands a jab to the nose.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Left hook, right uppercut from Diamond.
Vince Dixon's cut is getting worse.
Dixon connects with a jab.
That has opened up Barney Diamond's cut even more.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dixon pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Diamond lands with a straight right. Dixon didn't see that one coming.
Dixon will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Dixon dives in and grabs Diamond's left leg, looking for a takedown. Diamond pushes down on Dixon's head and hops out.
The fight stays on the outside here - Dixon looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Dixon closes the distance and clinches up with Diamond, looking for a takedown. Dixon pushes Diamond against the cage but Diamond circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Diamond lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Vince Dixon's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Diamond scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Jeez, Vince Dixon's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Diamond misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Diamond is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Dixon thuds his shin into the meat of Diamond's side.
Diamond looks gassed!
Diamond connects with a crisp jab.
Diamond tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Dixon was well out of range. Poor timing from Diamond.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Dixon fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Vince Dixon. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Dixon takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Dixon throws a head kick but Diamond moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Barney Diamond dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
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.
Diamond lands with a good body shot.
Dixon is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A left lands for Diamond.
Dixon pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Barney Diamond seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Dixon on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Diamond staying out of range there.
Diamond throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dixon walks forward, straight into a front kick from Diamond.
Diamond drops Dixon with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but Dixon looks back up at him and smiles so Diamond waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.
Dixon is rocked!
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Vince Dixon's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:37 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Barney Diamond!
Barney Diamond spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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