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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ira Wright (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Neal Diaz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Wright comes to the cage accompanied by Carolina In My Mind. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ira Wright!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Neal Diaz!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Alan Glass and Robert Twigg.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fight moves into the clinch position.
A short left from Wright.
The referee calls for Wright to work.
Diaz misses with a hook from the clinch.
Diaz doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A head punch on the inside from Wright fails to land.
Wright has a couple of punches blocked by Diaz.
A head punch on the inside from Diaz fails to land.
Wright blocking some punches.
Diaz tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Wright's elbow.
Wright misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Diaz's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Wright doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Diaz misses with the head strike.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wright dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Wright lands a hook that snaps the head of Diaz backwards.
Diaz fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Diaz lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Wright blocks an uppercut.
Wright softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
It looks like Neal Diaz has been cut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wright stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Wright stalling.
A head punch on the inside from Diaz fails to land.
Diaz misses with some punches.
Wright lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Diaz lands a body punch.
Diaz swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Wright misses with some punches.
Wright throws a head punch that misses.
Wright blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Wright tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A short right from Wright.
Diaz misses with a punch on the inside.
Diaz blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Wright lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Diaz.
Wright working aggressively here.
Wright misses with a short punch on the inside.
Diaz misses with some punches.
Diaz misses with a shot to the kidneys.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wright scores with a nice hook to the head.
Wright lands a left hand that snaps the head of Diaz backwards.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Wright can't find room to land a body shot as Diaz controls the action.
Wright blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Wright misses with a body punch.
Diaz tries to throw a body punch but Wright avoids it by throwing Diaz back against the cage.
Diaz looking to slow down the pace here.
Wright stalling.
A head punch on the inside from Diaz fails to land.
Diaz lands a body punch in the clinch.
Diaz blocks an uppercut.
Diaz blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Diaz swings wildly with an uppercut but Wright uses good head movement to avoid it.
Diaz misses with a short punch on the inside.
Diaz effectively controlling the action here.
Diaz misses with a punch on the inside.
Wright blocks a body shot from Diaz.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diaz blocking some punches.
Wright blocks an uppercut.
Diaz tries to circle away but Wright has him pinned against the cage.
Diaz working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Wright takes a shot to the head.
A short left from Wright.
Diaz can't break the clinch.
Diaz fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Diaz misses with a hook from the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Diaz.
Wright misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Diaz goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
We've been informed that Diaz has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Diaz pushes Wright back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Diaz blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Diaz misses with some punches.
Wright lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Diaz misses with a hook from the clinch.
Diaz misses with a punch on the inside.
Wright works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Diaz is trying to maintain a safe position but Wright gets an underhook and turns Diaz into the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Diaz working aggressively here.
Diaz throws a head punch that misses.
Diaz is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Diaz presses Wright against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Wright blocks a body shot from Diaz.
Diaz swings away with an uppercut that misses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Wright prevents a body shot from Diaz.
Wright working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Wright stalling the fight.
Diaz misses with a hook to the ribs.
Still in the clinch, Wright scores with a nice short uppercut.
Diaz is rocked!
Wright fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Diaz taking a breather.
Diaz tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A head punch on the inside from Wright fails to land.
Diaz misses with a short punch on the inside.
Wright fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ira Wright dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Neal Diaz's cut.
That's time! Wright's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Wright circles away from the clinch attempt.
Diaz is looking to clinch but Wright is avoiding it.
It looked like Wright was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Diaz.
Diaz swings for the body but Wright moves out of range.
Diaz takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Wright tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Diaz was well out of range. Poor timing from Wright.
Wright keeps the fight on the outside.
Diaz moves in looking to clinch but Wright pushes him off.
Wright clinches with his opponent.
Wright scores with a hook to the body.
Wright presses Diaz against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
A left hand lands to the body for Wright.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Wright.
Wright lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wright lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Diaz is still on wobbly legs! Can Wright finish him?
Diaz is breathing heavily.
Wright lands with a short shot to the head.
Wright pushes Diaz against the cage. Wright is working some dirty boxing. Wright pushes off with a quick right hook! Diaz goes down! Diaz tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! Wright moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ira Wright!
An out of breath Ira Wright thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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