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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Dick Diaz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Frito Lei (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Diaz's entrance music is Calvin Harris - Feel So Close (Nero Remix). A fine choice. I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!
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185 lbs
5 - 5 - 0 |
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170 cm
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170 lbs
19 - 59 - 3 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
KO power |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Dick Diaz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
19 - 59 - 3, fighting out of Los Angeles, Frito Lei!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Timothy Bukovac and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice sprawl there from Lei as Diaz shoots in.
Lei looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Lei looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Lei stuffs the takedown attempt from Diaz. Diaz gets slowly back to his feet.
Lei misses with a double jab.
Lei slips a jab and a cross from Diaz.
Diaz shoots in but Lei avoids the takedown attempt easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dick Diaz. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Lei tries to clinch up but Diaz circles away and keeps his distance.
Frito Lei seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lei is looking to clinch.
Diaz fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Lei avoids it really well and circles away.
Diaz misses with a series of wild punches.
Diaz avoids the body shot from Lei.
Diaz darts in and clinches Lei up against the cage.
Lei landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Diaz is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lei's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Lei throws a nice outside leg kick.
Lei tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Lei wants to clinch.
Diaz circles away from the clinch attempt.
Lei clinches with his opponent.
Diaz gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Lei regains guard.
Diaz prevents Lei from getting back to his feet.
Lei keeping moving, preventing Diaz from controlling successfully.
Diaz won't allow Lei to get back to his feet.
Lei has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Diaz off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Diaz misses with a two punch combination.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Diaz.
Diaz wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Lei, who protects the arm well.
Lei is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Diaz has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Diaz decides to stand back up.
Diaz circles away from the clinch attempt.
Lei scoring well with a low kick there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diaz dodges the punch combination from Lei.
Lei doesn't manage to clinch there - Diaz circles away.
Lei tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Lei is looking to clinch but Diaz is avoiding it.
Lei throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Lei wants to clinch up but Diaz keeps it at a distance.
Lei tries to clinch there but Diaz circles away.
Diaz looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Diaz swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Lei darts in and clinches Diaz up against the cage.
Lei manages to break the clinch.
Lei misses with a wild combination.
Lei tries to clinch up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lei tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Diaz paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Lei misses with a leg kick.
Lei misses with a double jab
and Diaz holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Diaz is looking to break free of the clinch but Lei has double underhooks.
Diaz stalling in the clinch.
Lei trying to land knees to the body.
Lei breaks from the clinch.
Lei doesn't manage to clinch there - Diaz circles away.
Lei misses with a jab, cross combination.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Diaz will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Diaz really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Diaz misses with a low kick.
Lei pushes Diaz up against the cage in a clinch.
Diaz jumps guard but Lei stands there with Diaz around his waist. Diaz gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Frito Lei dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Diaz gets the takedown into side control.
Diaz scores with a couple of short elbows.
Diaz wants to lay and pray for a moment but Lei keeps working.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Diaz has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
Lei just misses with a punch to the body.
Lei throws a series of punches but Diaz moves out of range.
Lei fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Diaz, pushing him back against the cage.
Nice body punch from Lei.
Lei pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Diaz will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Diaz changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Lei looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lei is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Diaz has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Diaz will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Diaz looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Diaz decides to stand back up. Diaz steps back and let's Lei get back to his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diaz avoids the head kick by Lei.
Lei closes the distance looking to clinch
and Diaz counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Lei throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Good exchange - Diaz coming out on top.
Diaz avoids a punch combination nicely.
Lei throws a head kick but Diaz moves out of range.
Diaz shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Lei napping and manages to drive through into side control!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lei is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Diaz asserts his dominance and retains side control.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diaz lands a decent elbow from side control.
Lei is trying to escape the position but Diaz is controlling the position.
Diaz sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Lei is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Lei pushes Diaz away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Diaz gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Lei takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Diaz throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Diaz looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Diaz decides to stand back up. Diaz steps back and let's Lei get back to his feet.
Diaz blocks a head kick by Lei.
Lei wants to clinch.
Lei misses with a head kick.
Lei darts in and clinches Diaz up against the cage.
Lei escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Diaz circles away from the clinch attempt.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lei moves in looking to clinch but Diaz pushes him off.
Lei is looking to clinch but Diaz is avoiding it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dick Diaz dominated that second round.
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. This is the final round!
Diaz shoots for a takedown but Lei saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Lei displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Diaz.
Lei pivots, looking for a leg kick but Diaz is out of range and Lei settles back down.
Lei clinches.
Diaz breaks the clinch.
Diaz avoids the head kick by Lei.
Lei misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Lei tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Diaz was well out of range. Poor timing from Lei.
Nice takedown defense from Lei. No joy for Diaz on that attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dick Diaz. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Diaz shoots in looking for a takedown but Lei manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Diaz's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Lei tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Diaz doesn't manage to clinch there - Lei circles away.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Lei scores with a kick to the midsection.
Diaz shoots for a takedown but Lei saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Lei darts in and clinches Diaz up against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Diaz wants a takedown.
Lei breaks from the clinch.
Frito Lei seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Lei gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Lei prevents the takedown attempt.
Lei breaks the clinch.
Lei misses with the combination.
Lei tries to clinch but Diaz moves out of range.
Dick Diaz is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Lei scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Lei gets a clinch.
Lei stalling.
Lei breaks from the clinch.
Nice takedown defense from Lei. No joy for Diaz on that attempt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
No joy there for Diaz, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Lei tries to clinch there but Diaz circles away.
Diaz ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Lei throws a sloppy head kick and Diaz moves out of range easily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
No joy there for Lei, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Lei misses with a combination
enabling Diaz to counter with a crisp jab.
Lei just misses with a punch to the body.
Lei gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Lei lands a left hand that snaps the head of Diaz backwards.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Lei manages to break the clinch.
Diaz circles away from the clinch attempt
and Diaz counters by clinching up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diaz drops down looking for an ankle pick but Lei pulls his leg out and moves away.
Lei tries to clinch there but Diaz circles away.
Diaz swats away the attempt to clinch by Lei.
Lei pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Diaz closes the distance and clinches up with Lei, looking for a takedown. Diaz pushes Lei against the cage but Lei circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Lei tries to clinch but Diaz moves out of range.
A leg kick checked by Diaz.
Lei stuffs the takedown.
Lei tries to clinch up.
Lei feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Diaz's calf.
Diaz blocks a head kick by Lei.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lei is looking to clinch.
Lei tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Lei throws a sloppy head kick and Diaz moves out of range easily.
Lei misses with a two punch combination.
Lei moves in looking to clinch but Diaz pushes him off.
Lei moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Diaz moves out of range as Lei strikes.
Lei tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Diaz gets tackled into the cage by Lei. Lei maintains the clinch.
Diaz blocks a punch to the side of the head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Lei lands a right hand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lei is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Lei as Diaz tries to tie him up.
Diaz ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Diaz no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
Frito Lei comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Lei has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Don Winkell scores the fight 28:29
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 28:29
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Frito Lei!
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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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