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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Robert Diggs (ranked 1194 p4p, 138 weight class) and Tiny Ali Jaffa (ranked 2167 p4p, 246 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Excellent boxer
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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
13 - 8 - 0, fighting out of London, Robert Diggs!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Tiny Ali Jaffa!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Yukihiro Shimada and Shigeki Fujiwara.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jaffa throws a good cross that connects.
Jaffa throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Diggs takes one to the side of the head.
Tiny Ali Jaffa seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jaffa misses with a right hand
and Diggs counters with a stiff right hand.
It looks like Tiny Ali Jaffa has been cut.
Diggs takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Diggs looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Jaffa throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Diggs moves into the clinch.
Diggs stalling in the clinch but Jaffa improves position.
Jaffa misses with some punches.
Diggs misses with a hook to the ribs.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Jaffa.
Diggs fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Still in the clinch, Jaffa scores with a nice short uppercut.
Diggs looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Diggs throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Jaffas head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jaffa trying to land knees to the body.
Jaffa keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Diggs's efforts to push away.
A nice left hand lands by Diggs.
Jaffa breaks the clinch.
Jaffa throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Jaffa lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jaffa throws a sloppy body shot
so Diggs counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Jaffa being controlled here, momentarily.
Diggs stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Jaffa swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Jaffa looking to hit a scissor sweep but Diggs is one step ahead there.
Jaffa looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Jaffa looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Diggs is fighting to break Jaffa's control of his arms but Jaffa is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Jaffa looking to hit a scissor sweep but Diggs is one step ahead there.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Diggs trying to control the position from guard on top but Jaffa is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diggs advances position into side control!
Jaffa dodges the ground and pound from Diggs.
Jaffa is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Diggs's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Jaffa is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Diggs trying to control the action but Jaffa is working from the bottom.
Jaffa felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
Jaffa is doing well to avoid being mounted. He's controlling the position at the moment.
Jaffa wants to get back to full guard.
Diggs slips a nice elbow through Jaffa's hands, connecting with Jaffa's forehead.
Diggs prevents Jaffa from improving his position.
Diggs slows the pace down in half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jaffa blocking the ground and pound attempt from Diggs.
Jaffa controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.
Jaffa gets full guard.
Diggs trying to control but Jaffa is working from the bottom.
Jaffa is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Jaffa pulls Diggs in close to prevent any damage.
Jaffa is trying to hold Diggs in close to prevent damage but Diggs has managed to pass into half guard.
Diggs thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Jaffa's head.
Jaffa trying to control but Diggs postures up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Diggs is keen to just control but Jaffa is a slippery customer.
Jaffa trying to control but Diggs postures up.
Diggs throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Diggs has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Jaffa on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Jaffa is looking for a sweep. Diggs is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Jaffa keeps trying to improve his position.
Diggs controlling the action here.
Jaffa controlling the position well.
Jaffa trying to control from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Robert Diggs will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Tiny Ali Jaffa's cut.
That's time! Diggs's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Diggs throws a shot to the body.
Diggs bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A swing and a miss from Jaffa.
Diggs cracks a nice hook into Jaffa's ribs.
Diggs uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Jaffa.
Jaffa throws a leg kick
and Diggs counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Jaffa is looking to stand back up but Diggs counters by passing into half guard. Oops... bit sloppy there by Jaffa.
The fighters are battling for position here. Jaffa manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Jaffa looking to hit a scissor sweep but Diggs is one step ahead there.
Diggs stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Jaffa swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Robert Diggs overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Jaffa pulls Diggs in close to prevent any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Diggs wants to control from the top but Jaffa keeps moving.
Jaffa is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Jaffa looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Diggs keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Jaffa's head.
Jaffa is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Diggs advances position into side control!
Diggs tries to move to mount but Jaffa blocks the move with his legs.
Diggs landing strikes.
Diggs throws a strike aimed at the side of Jaffa's head but Jaffa avoids it well.
Jaffa is looking for a sweep.
Diggs looks up at the clock and then as Jaffa takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Diggs smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Jaffa parries the strikes from Diggs easily there. Diggs is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Jaffa to escape.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jaffa holding on.
Jaffa sneaks back into half guard.
Diggs wants to take a breather but Jaffa is having none of it.
Jaffa trying to hold on to Diggs's head to control him but Diggs postures up.
Diggs prevents Jaffa from improving his position.
Diggs trying to control the action but Jaffa is working from the bottom.
Jaffa is looking to improve his position.
Diggs not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Diggs slips a nice elbow through Jaffa's hands, connecting with Jaffa's forehead.
Diggs is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Jaffa can do to turn this around?
Diggs wants to control but Jaffa is keeping him busy.
Diggs prevents Jaffa from improving his position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jaffa is trying is best to control the position here.
Jaffa wants to get back to his feet.
Diggs takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Jaffa blocking the ground and pound attempt from Diggs.
Jaffa trying to control from the bottom.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Diggs lands a nice short elbow.
Diggs seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Jaffa does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Diggs throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Diggs looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Jaffa keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount.
Jaffa wants to control but Diggs passes into side.
Jaffa struggling a bit here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Diggs is looking to take a break and control but Jaffa is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Jaffa struggling a bit here.
Diggs working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Diggs working away.
Diggs remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
Jaffa is not content to let Diggs control the position.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Diggs throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Jaffa tries to control the position but he's not in luck - Diggs easily slips into full mount!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Robert Diggs dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Tiny Ali Jaffa's cut.
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!
Nice shot by Jaffa.
Diggs looks to land a right hand but Jaffa moved out of range.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Diggs checks a leg kick.
Jaffa misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Jaffa throws a predictable looking body shot
and Diggs connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Jaffa misses with a hook. Diggs ducked under it nicely.
Jaffa misses with a hook to the body
and Diggs counters with a left and a right that hurts Jaffa! He wobbles and falls to the floor - he's in big trouble! Diggs jumps into full mount!
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!
Jaffa is squirming around, avoiding Diggs's attempts to control the action.
Jaffa is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Diggs trying to control but Jaffa is having none of it.
Jaffa is trying desperately to improve position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jaffa in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Diggs trying to control but Jaffa is having none of it.
Jaffa is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Diggs controlling his opponent.
Diggs throwing strikes here but Jaffa is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Diggs can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Jaffa is looking to escape.
Jaffa tries to hold on but Diggs pushes him away.
Diggs prevents Jaffa from getting the reversal.
Jaffa tries to hold on but Diggs postures up.
Diggs throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Jaffa tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Tiny Ali Jaffa has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diggs lands a nice shot to the head.
Jaffa is squirming around, avoiding Diggs's attempts to control the action.
Jaffa avoids a series of strikes thrown by Diggs.
Jaffa blocking the ground and pound.
Jaffa is squirming around, avoiding Diggs's attempts to control the action.
Diggs throws some wild stikes that Jaffa manages to avoid easily.
Jaffa wants to control but Diggs is having none of it.
Diggs trying to control but Jaffa is having none of it.
Jaffa blocking the ground and pound.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jaffa tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Diggs lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Jaffa hang on?
Jaffa bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Robert Diggs is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jaffa won't allow Diggs to sweep him here.
Jaffa sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Jaffa stands and throws Diggs's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Diggs tries to control the position but he's not in luck - Jaffa easily slips into full mount!
Diggs prevents Jaffa from taking his back.
Diggs keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jaffa wants to control the pace but Diggs is squirming around nicely.
Diggs tries to reverse the position but Jaffa maintains control.
Diggs is working hard here to advance position.
Diggs sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
Diggs makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Diggs.
Diggs working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Jaffa.
Jaffa postures up.
Jaffa stopping the sweep attempt from Diggs.
And that's the end of the fight!
Robert Diggs showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Diggs, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 30:27
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 30:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Robert Diggs!
A very excited looking Robert Diggs made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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