Play by Play - Fighter's Fight Commentary

Event: CEC 634
Date: Dec 21, 2018

#R1#
Diehard uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Camacho.
Diehard thows a left - swing and a miss!
Camacho quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
Camacho throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Diehard scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Diehard misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Camacho.
A head kick misses from Diehard.
Diehard throws a lazy uppercut #TD#
so Camacho counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Camacho trying to control the position from guard on top but Diehard is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Diehard working a defensive guard here.
Diehard looking to hit a scissor sweep but Camacho is one step ahead there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Diehard is still trying to improve position.#T1#
Camacho not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Diehard is trying to control the position but Camacho postures up.
Camacho is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions. #REF3#
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Camacho displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Diehard throws out the jab.
Camacho dives in for a single leg takedown but Diehard sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Camacho lands a right hook to the body.
Camacho uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Diehard.
Camacho throws a hook to the side of Diehard's head but Diehard sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Camacho looks to land a right hand but Diehard moved out of range.
Camacho ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A good leg kick by Diehard.
Diehard walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Diehard checks a low kick from Camacho.#T2#
Camacho checks a leg kick.
Diehard loads up on a big right hand but Camacho slips the punch.
Diehard ducks under a wild hook from Camacho.
Diehard keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Diehard throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Diehard lands a right hook to the body.
Camacho throws a body shot but no joy.
Diehard changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Camacho just misses with a punch to the body.
Camacho moves out of range of the strikes.
Diehard tries a low kick but Camacho avoids it.
Camacho looks for the body kick but Diehard saw that one coming.
Diehard misses with a hook. Camacho ducked under it nicely.
Camacho lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Camacho thuds his right hand into Diehard's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Camacho misses with an uppercut
and Diehard counters with a left to the body.
Diehard scores with a leg kick. #T3#
Camacho scores with a nice strike.
Camacho lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Diehard ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Camacho lands a nice hook to Diehard's body. Diehard takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Camacho moves out of range as Diehard strikes.
Camacho looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Diehard stuns Camacho with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Diehard moves away from the strike by Camacho.
Diehard lands with a right hand.
Camacho tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Diehard was well out of range. Poor timing from Camacho.
Camacho lunges at Diehard with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Diehard's hand.
Camacho takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Diehard lands a right hook to the body.
Diehard on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Diehard throws a wild body kick that Camacho sees coming a mile off.
A little feinted left hand from Camacho on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Diehard lands with a good body shot.
Diehard jabs Camacho right on the nose. Camacho blinks but takes it well.
Diehard slaps away a takedown attempt from Camacho, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Hector Camacho seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.#T4#
Diehard bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Diehard lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Diehard throws the kick towards the body but Camacho avoids it.
Diehard walks into a stiff left hand from Camacho.
Diehard fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Camacho manages to avoid it.
Camacho misses with an uppercut.
Camacho fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Diehard is out of range.
Diehard swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
letting Camacho counter with a right hand.
Diehard throws a right and a left that both miss.
Diehard uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Camacho.
Camacho takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Diehard throws a quick inside leg kick.
Camacho defending well as Diehard loads up on a big left hand.
Diehard uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Camacho.
Camacho slips a straight right by Diehard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Bruce Diehard will probably get the nod.
That's time! Camacho's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
#R2#
Diehard swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A punch combination from Diehard misses.
Camacho misses the shot to the body.
Diehard misses with a looping right.
Diehard lands a jab to the head.
Camacho misses with a few strikes there.
A looping hook to the body misses from Camacho. Diehard does a little dance to reset his feet.
Diehard takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Camacho throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Diehard's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Diehard duly obliges.
Diehard with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Diehard throws a hook but Camacho avoids it easily.
Camacho with a jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Camacho blocks the body kick.
A decent looking cross lands there for Camacho.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Diehard.
Diehard keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Camacho.
Diehard throws out a loose jab but Camacho uses good head movement to avoid it. #T1#
Camacho misses with a body shot.
Camacho moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Diehard blocks a jab.
Camacho looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Diehard with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Diehard throws a sloppy head kick #TD#
so Camacho counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Diehard is trying to control the position but Camacho postures up.
Camacho preventing the sweep.
Camacho stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Diehard swivels though and keeps the full guard. #SUB2#
Diehard looks to be working for a triangle here. Oh, it looks like he might have it! Camacho has picked Diehard up and slammed him! Diehard can't keep hold of the triangle and Camacho manages to pass to side control!
Diehard is looking for a sweep.#T2#
Diehard takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Camacho working the head and body with strikes.
Diehard is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Camacho lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Diehard down.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Diehard is trying to get back to half guard.
Camacho in the domination position with Diehard hanging on.
A lull in the action here.#T3#
Diehard manages to get back to half guard.
Camacho is taking a breather. Diehard says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Diehard is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Camacho is thwarting Diehard's attempts to control the position.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.#T4#
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Camacho keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.#REF3#
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Diehard throws a big shot that misses.
Camacho tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Diehard was well out of range. Poor timing from Camacho.
Camacho scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Diehard cracks Camacho with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Diehard throws a body punch but Camacho moves out of range.
Bruce Diehard seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Camacho lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Diehard lands a body shot.
A solid leg kick lands there for Camacho.
Diehard avoids the body shot from Camacho.
Camacho uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Diehard.
Camacho scores with a body shot.
Camacho with a hook.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hector Camacho dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
#R3#
Diehard looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Diehard swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Diehard misses with a straight right.
Camacho feinted with a counter takedown.
Nice defenses there by Camacho.
Diehard ducks under a wild hook from Camacho.#CL#
Camacho gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Camacho lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Diehard backwards.
Camacho taking a breather.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Camacho.
Camacho looking for a takedown.
Camacho holding his opponent close, against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Camacho goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Diehard blocking some punches. #BC2#
Diehard pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.#T1#
Diehard lands a nice looking body shot.
Camacho goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Diehard throws a body kick that misses.
Diehard misses with an uppercut
and Camacho counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Camacho cracks the inside of Diehard's front leg.
Diehard lands a really nice looking cross but Camacho seems unphased.
Camacho swings for the body but Diehard moves out of range.
Diehard keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Camacho.
Diehard throws out a counter right but Camacho avoids it with no problem.
Camacho misses with a body kick.
Camacho takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Camacho feints and then cracks Diehard's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Diehard down.
Diehard uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Camacho.
Camacho swings for the body but Diehard moves out of range.
Camacho misses the shot to the body.
Camacho jabs Diehard right on the nose. Diehard blinks but takes it well.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Camacho.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Diehard throws a hook but Camacho blocks it.#T2#
Camacho uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Diehard.
A big left from Diehard misses.
Camacho lands a slapping body shot.
Diehard misses with a lunging right hand
and Camacho counters with a stiff right hand.
A jab from Diehard misses.
Diehard misses with a hook.
Camacho swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Camacho pivots, looking for a leg kick but Diehard is out of range and Camacho settles back down.
Camacho misses with a low kick as Diehard jumps back.
Camacho lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Diehard punishes Camacho's body with a nice straight punch.
Diehard throws a wild body kick that Camacho sees coming a mile off.
Diehard scores with a jab to the jaw.
Diehard jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Camacho lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Diehard at a distance.
Diehard digs a good body shot into Camacho's ribs.
Diehard steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Camacho.
Diehard swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.#T3#
Camacho connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Diehard's hands.
A big left from Diehard misses.
Diehard lands with a cross.
Diehard throws a predictable looking body shot
and Camacho counters with a head kick. That will keep Diehard thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Camacho misses the jab.
Camacho looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Diehard throws out a counter right but Camacho avoids it with no problem.
Camacho misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Diehard.
A little jabbing left from Diehard on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Diehard cracks Camacho with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Camacho throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Diehard looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Diehard stuns Camacho with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Diehard misses with a low kick.
Diehard will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Diehard slips under a jab.
Camacho avoids the body shot from Diehard. #T4#
Camacho throws a low kick but Diehard avoids it.
Camacho digs a good body shot into Diehard's ribs.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Camacho slips under a jab from Diehard.
Camacho walks into a jab.
Diehard on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Diehard ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Camacho moves away.
Camacho jabs Diehard to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Diehard misses the shot to the body.
Camacho attempts a counter takedown but Diehard avoids it well and moves away.
Camacho misses with a body kick.
Diehard has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Camacho misses with an uppercut.
Camacho misses with a hook
and Diehard counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Diehard misses with a straight right.
Diehard throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Camacho sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Diehard avoids the body shot from Camacho.
Diehard works over Camacho's head and body with a nice combination.
Camacho misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Hector Camacho.
I think Camacho has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 29:28
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 29:29
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Hector Camacho!

Event: CEC 631
Date: Dec 05, 2018

#R1#
Diehard misses the body punch
and Ajax connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Ajax misses the shot to the body.
It seemed like Diehard was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Diehard will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Ajax scores with a leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Diehard. Ajax does a little dance to reset his feet.
Diehard keeps the fight on the outside.
Diehard throws a leg kick but Ajax moved away.
Ajax feinted with a counter takedown.
Diehard missing with a left hand there. Ajax was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Ajax fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Ajax throws a lazy uppercut
and Diehard counters with a straight right hand.
Ajax throws an ugly left hook that misses
letting Diehard counter with a right hand.
Diehard looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Ajax half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
We've been hearing reports that Ajax has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
A telegraphed right hand from Ajax misses the target.
Diehard ducks under a wild hook from Ajax.
Ajax bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ajax slips a jab from Diehard.
Diehard throws a nice inside leg kick.
Ajax connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there. #T1#
A nice inside leg kick there by Diehard. That's going to slow Ajax down.
Bruce Diehard is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Ajax tries to work over Diehard's front leg with a kick but Diehard checks it.
Diehard misses with a body shot.
Diehard misses with a head kick.
Diehard dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Ajax throws a quick inside leg kick. #TD#
Ajax gets the takedown into side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Diehard tries to improve position but can't.
Diehard is still trying to improve position.
Ajax connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Diehard some visible discomfort.
Diehard is trying to work for a sweep but Ajax has mounted him!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Diehard slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Ajax trying to control the action but Diehard is working from the bottom.
Diehard on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound. #T2#
Ajax working Diehard over with strikes.
Diehard is looking to control Ajax's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Diehard avoid being mounted?
Diehard avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Ajax.
Diehard regains full guard. Nicely done.
Ajax content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Ajax 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.
Ajax wants to control from the top but Diehard keeps moving.
Diehard wants to sweep but no luck.
Diehard keeps trying to improve his position.
Ajax postures up in Diehard's guard and throws a big left but Diehard blocks it.
Diehard controls Ajax momentarily but Ajax frees himself.
Diehard pulls Ajax in close to his closed guard and prevents Ajax from doing any damage or advancing position.#T3#
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Ajax scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Diehard working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Ajax.
Ajax trying to control the position from guard on top but Diehard is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Diehard is pulling down on Ajax's head to control his posture.
Ajax with a flurry of punches that miss.
Diehard not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Diehard looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Ajax postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Diehard not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Ajax postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Diehard lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.#REVB#
Diehard wants to control from the top but Ajax keeps moving. #T4##SUB#
Ajax throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Diehard looking to pass the guard.
Ajax might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.#SUB#
Ajax working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Diehard doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Diehard manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Diehard slips nicely into half guard.
Diehard looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
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 Marco Ajax will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
#R2#
Ajax throws a leg kick but Diehard sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Diehard misses the jab.
A slow jab from Ajax misses its intended target.
Diehard takes one on the button.
Diehard throws a body punch but Ajax moves out of range.
As Diehard backs away, Ajax returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Diehard lands with a thumping leg kick.
An inside leg kick from Ajax misses.
A little jabbing left from Diehard on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Ajax cracks Diehard with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Marco Ajax seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Diehard ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ajax moves away.
Ajax lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Diehard defending well as Ajax loads up on a big left hand.
Diehard checks a leg kick.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Diehard! But no joy.
Bruce Diehard seems to be getting the better of the standup.#TD#
Ajax looking to score a takedown here. Diehard is defending well but Ajax drives through and ends up in Diehard's guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Diehard 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.
Diehard is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Marco Ajax overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Ajax chips away with some ground and pound.#T1#
Diehard looking to hit a scissor sweep but Ajax is one step ahead there. #SUB2#
Diehard looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Ajax in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Diehard has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Ajax won't allow Diehard to sweep him here.
Ajax throwing strikes from guard but Diehard blocks nicely.
Diehard bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Ajax's guard. #REVB#
Ajax looking to sweep here. No luck so far. #T2#
Ajax manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Diehard manages to get himself to full guard. #REVR#
Ajax is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Ajax trying to control but Diehard is working from the bottom.
Diehard looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Ajax lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Ajax preventing the sweep.
Ajax is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Diehard can do to turn this around?
Ajax postures up.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Ajax's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Ajax is in close to Diehard's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Ajax is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Ajax stands up over Diehard, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head. #T3#
Ajax working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Ajax throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Ajax chips away with some ground and pound.
Ajax working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Ajax slips nicely into half guard.
Ajax lands strikes from half guard.
Ajax looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Diehard gets full guard.
Diehard is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move. #REVB#
Diehard is trying to control the action in half guard but Ajax is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Ajax is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Ajax regains full guard. Nicely done. #T4##SUB#
Ajax looking for a guillotine here but Diehard defends easily.
Ajax tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Ajax trying to keep a closed guard but Diehard is proving a slippery customer. #SUB#
Ajax had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Diehard defends it easily.
Diehard trying to move into half guard but instead Ajax has managed to sweep!#REVR#
Ajax trying to control the position from guard on top but Diehard is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ajax lands a couple of elbows.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marco Ajax dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
#R3#
Diehard just misses with a punch to the body.
Ajax looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Ajax with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row. #TD#
Ajax is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Diehard's half guard.
Ajax trying to control the action but Diehard is working from the bottom.
Diehard wants to control but Ajax is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Ajax not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Ajax is keen to just control but Diehard is a slippery customer.
Diehard makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Diehard.
Ajax looking to pass the guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Diehard wants to sweep here but Ajax controlling him for the moment.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Ajax accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand. #T1##SUB#
Ajax has gone for a leg lock! Diehard slips out almost immediately though and dives into Ajax's guard.#REVB#
Diehard trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Ajax looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Diehard puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Ajax tries to get to full guard but Diehard has control of the leg.
Ajax works his way to full guard. Good work.
Diehard controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling. #SUB#
Ajax isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Diehard stacks Ajax on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Diehard!#SUB2#
Diehard tries for a kimura but Ajax is defending well. #T2#
Diehard tries to advance to mount but Ajax denies him.
Ajax is looking for a sweep.
Ajax prevents Diehard from improving position.
Ajax tries to bench press Diehard off him but Diehard keeps the position.
Diehard trying to control the position but Ajax is working away.
Ajax is looking for a sweep.#T3##SUB2#
Diehard tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Diehard has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Diehard working away.
Ajax is looking to reverse the position.
Diehard tries to advance to mount but can't.
Ajax tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Diehard wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control. #SUB2#
Diehard is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Ajax has escaped the position, nice work there.
Diehard tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
Ajax is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Diehard's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.#T4#
Ajax tries to get to full guard but Diehard has control of the leg.
Diehard moves into full mount! Ajax won't be happy about that!
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Diehard can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Ajax is looking to escape.
Diehard is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close third round but Bruce Diehard just about did enough to take it.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
#R4#
Ajax shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Ajax looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Ajax moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Ajax throws a body punch but Diehard moves out of range.
A low kick from Ajax misses
enabling Diehard to counter with a crisp jab.
Diehard throws a jab but it's blocked by Ajax.
Ajax will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Diehard lands a head shot.
Ajax connects with a leg kick. Diehard looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Ajax uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Diehard.
Ajax jabs at Diehard's body.
Diehard has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Ajax.#TD#
Ajax closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Diehard to the mat! Diehard manages to get full guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.#SUB2#
Ajax stands up over his opponent, looking to dive in with a big punch. Here he comes, superman style! Oh, the punch misses and Diehard has got him in a triangle choke for good measure! Oh no! Ajax manages to get his head free but now Diehard has transitioned to an armbar! Ajax grimaces and is forced to tap! Beautiful Jiu Jitsu from Diehard! I'd be surprised if that didn't end up as submission of the night!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:59 of round 4, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Bruce Diehard!
Bruce Diehard was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.

Event: CEC 626
Date: Nov 07, 2018

#R1#
Zackrisson slips under a jab from Diehard.
Zackrisson appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Zackrisson looks to land a left hand but Diehard moved out of range nicely.
Zackrisson misses with a low kick as Diehard jumps back.
Zackrisson closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Crunch! Zackrisson slams his shin into Diehard's torso.
Zackrisson throws a poor cross that misses
and Diehard counters with a nice uppercut.
Zackrisson fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Nice body kick from Zackrisson.
Diehard throws a looping overhand right but Zackrisson ducks down to avoid it.
Zackrisson looks to throw the jab but Diehard is out of range.
Zackrisson throws a lazy right hand but Diehard sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Zackrisson uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Diehard.
Zackrisson swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Diehard jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Diehard keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Diehard misses with a straight left.
Diehard scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Zackrisson doesn't seem bothered though.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Diehard misses with a straight left.
Zackrisson connects with a nice looking jab. #T1#
Diehard scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Diehard swings for the body but Zackrisson moves out of range.
As Diehard backs off Zackrisson throws a huge counter combo but Diehard manages to avoid it all.
Diehard misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Zackrisson.
Jab, jab by Diehard - just one landing.
A swing and a miss from Zackrisson.
Diehard blocks a low kick nicely.
Zackrisson blocks a jab.
Zackrisson scores with a leg kick.
Zackrisson fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
A bone on bone clash there as Diehard blocks the leg kick.
Zackrisson throws a low kick but it's checked well by Diehard.
Zackrisson chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Diehard can pounce on him.
Diehard throws an off balance right hand
and Diehard takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Diehard fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Zackrisson manages to avoid it.
Zackrisson throws a hook but Diehard blocks it.
Zackrisson throws a body shot but no joy. #T2#
Diehard throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Diehard takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Zackrisson fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Diehard with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Decent striking displayed by Diehard there.
Diehard connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
A slapping leg kick lands for Diehard.
Diehard misses with a hook. Zackrisson ducked under it nicely.
Diehard throws a half hearted mid kick.
Zackrisson with a hook.
A shot to the body from Diehard misses
and Zackrisson counters with a thumping low kick.
Zackrisson lands with a cross.
Diehard looks to land a right hand but Zackrisson moved out of range.
Zackrisson throws a hook but Diehard avoids it easily.
Zackrisson cracks Diehard with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Diehard lands with a cross.
Diehard fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Zackrisson manages to avoid it.#T3#
Diehard cracks Zackrisson with an open hand slap.
A low kick from Diehard misses
and Diehard takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Diehard lands with a good body shot.
Diehard throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Diehard moves out of range as Zackrisson strikes.
Diehard throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Zackrisson ducks under a wild hook from Diehard.
Zackrisson takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Diehard ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Zackrisson moves away.
Zackrisson doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Zackrisson misses with a looping left.
Zackrisson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Diehard.
Diehard ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Diehard went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
The fighters circling - Diehard throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Diehard misses with a straight left.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Diehard throws a hook but Zackrisson blocks it.
Diehard misses with a series of wild punches. #T4#
Zackrisson waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Diehard.
Diehard fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Zackrisson looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
A low kick from Zackrisson misses
and Diehard counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Diehard waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Zackrisson.
Zackrisson fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Diehard pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Zackrisson back to the cage. Diehard follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Zackrisson takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Diehard looks to score with a jab to the body but Zackrisson is just out of range.
Zackrisson connects with a good right hand that stumbles Diehard. Diehard circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Zackrisson lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Zackrisson staying out of range there.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Diehard misses with a low kick.
Zackrisson swings for the body but Diehard moves out of range.
Diehard throws a lazy right hand but Zackrisson sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Diehard steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Zackrisson.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bruce Diehard dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
#R2#
Diehard misses with an uppercut.
Diehard connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Diehard misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Zackrisson.
Diehard lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Zackrisson at a distance.
Diehard is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Zackrisson can do to turn this around?
Diehard moves away from the strike by Zackrisson.
Diehard lands with a nice body punch.
Zackrisson feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Diehard's calf.
Zackrisson throws a hook but Diehard blocks it.
Zackrisson with a jab.
Zackrisson checks a low kick from Diehard.
Diehard fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Good leg kick by Zackrisson there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Zackrisson fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Diehard.
Diehard lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Diehard throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Zackrisson stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Diehard looks to score with a jab to the body but Zackrisson is just out of range.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Zackrisson might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Diehard has got the better of the exchanges.
Zackrisson throws out a token jab with nothing on it.#T1#
Diehard thows a left - swing and a miss!
Diehard misses with a low kick as Zackrisson jumps back.
Diehard scores with a nice strike.
Diehard throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Diehard pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Zackrisson takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Zackrisson avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Diehard keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Zackrisson takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Zackrisson on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Diehard bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Zackrisson's head.
Zackrisson slips a straight right by Diehard.
Zackrisson connects with a right hand. Diehard shakes it off.
Diehard throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Zackrisson appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Zackrisson works Diehard's body with a nice hook.
Diehard throws a lazy uppercut
and Zackrisson counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.#T2#
Diehard throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Zackrisson waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Diehard.
Diehard tries a head kick but it misses.
Diehard misses with a looping left.
Zackrisson swings for the body but Diehard moves out of range.
Diehard scores with a punch to the head.
Diehard misses the jab.
Zackrisson tries a quick counter leg kick but Diehard is wise to it.
Zackrisson thows a left - swing and a miss!
Diehard takes a swing at Zackrisson's ribcage but misses.
Diehard scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Zackrisson fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Diehard checks it well.
Zackrisson cracks Diehard with a right hand to the side of the head.
Zackrisson lands a nice hook to Diehard's body. Diehard takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Diehard checks the leg kick nicely there.
Diehard uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Zackrisson.
A swing and a miss from Zackrisson.#T3#
Zackrisson swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Diehard.
Diehard ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Bruce Diehard is winning the standup battle so far.
Diehard throws a body kick that misses.
A big right from Zackrisson misses.
Diehard connects with a body shot that sends Zackrisson's belly button to the back.
Diehard throws a jab when Zackrisson was well out of range.
Zackrisson throws out a loose jab but Diehard uses good head movement to avoid it.
Diehard misses with a looping left.
Zackrisson throws out a powerful jab.
Zackrisson lands an overhand right.
Diehard swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Zackrisson.
Zackrisson takes a swing at Diehard's ribcage but misses.
A clash of legs there as Diehard blocks the low kick.
Diehard throws a series of punches but Zackrisson moves out of range.
Zackrisson ducks right into an uppercut from Diehard. #T4#
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Diehard looks to land a left hand but Zackrisson moved out of range nicely.
Zackrisson ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Zackrisson looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Diehard misses with a leg kick.
Zackrisson throws a hook but Diehard avoids it easily.
Diehard steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Zackrisson.
Zackrisson digs a good hook to Diehard's body.
Diehard just misses with a punch to the body.
Zackrisson takes one to the side of the head.
Zackrisson with a jab.
Diehard stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Zackrisson.
Zackrisson throws a leg kick but Diehard checks it.
Diehard fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Zackrisson manages to avoid it.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Zackrisson throws a nice outside leg kick.
Zackrisson throws a hook to the side of Diehard's head but Diehard sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Diehard throws a hook but Zackrisson avoids it easily.
Zackrisson's jab looks to have found its range, popping Diehard under the eye.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Bruce Diehard will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
#R3#
Diehard swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Diehard throws a push kick but Zackrisson slaps the foot to one side.
Zackrisson scores with a crisp jab that stopped Diehard in his tracks.
Nice uppercut there from Zackrisson.
A jab from Diehard finds it's way through Zackrisson's defenses.
Zackrisson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Diehard.
Sloppy strikes from Diehard. Those never looked like landing.
Diehard takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Zackrisson, right into the meat.
Zackrisson has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Diehard works Zackrisson's body with a nice hook.
Zackrisson is looking to land body kicks.
Zackrisson's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Diehard connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Zackrisson scrambles back to his feet.
Diehard is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Diehard throws a lazy right hand but Zackrisson sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Zackrisson uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Diehard.
Diehard avoids a kick to the body.
Diehard is looking to land body kicks.#T1#
A telegraphed right hand from Zackrisson misses the target.
Diehard moves out of range of the strikes.
A leg kick checked by Zackrisson.
Zackrisson misses with a body punch
and Diehard counters with a leg kick.
Diehard looks to score with a jab to the body but Zackrisson is just out of range.
Diehard bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Diehard lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Jab from Zackrisson.
Diehard swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Zackrisson digs a good hook to Diehard's body.
Zackrisson misses the jab.
Zackrisson looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
The fighters circling - Diehard throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Diehard connects with a jab.
Zackrisson swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Gabriel Zackrisson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!#T2#
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Diehard throws a wild body kick that Zackrisson sees coming a mile off.
The fighters circling - Zackrisson throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Zackrisson slips a straight right by Diehard.
Diehard fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Zackrisson on the side of the head.
Zackrisson defending well as Diehard loads up on a big left hand.
Diehard throws a looping overhand right but Zackrisson ducks down to avoid it.
Diehard misses with a hook to the body
and Zackrisson counters with a nice leg kick.
Bruce Diehard is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Zackrisson misses with a low kick.
Diehard swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Zackrisson connects with a single shot there.
Nice defenses there by Diehard.
Diehard lands a lovely overhand right.
Diehard swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Zackrisson.
A jab from Zackrisson finds it's way through Diehard's defenses.
Zackrisson swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Diehard misses with a lunging right hand
and Zackrisson cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.#ROC2#
Diehard is rocked!
Zackrisson walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Oh Diehard is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!#T3#
Diehard throws a quick inside leg kick.
Zackrisson throws the kick towards the body but Diehard avoids it.
Diehard comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Diehard seems to have got his legs back now.
Diehard keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Zackrisson.
Zackrisson wants to slow Diehard down by chopping away at his legs.
A counter left hand to the body from Diehard misses its target.
Diehard digs a good hook to Zackrisson's body.
An inside leg kick from Zackrisson misses.
Diehard throws a body punch but Zackrisson moves out of range.
Diehard digs a good body shot into Zackrisson's ribs.
Zackrisson moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Zackrisson throws a hook but Diehard avoids it easily.
Diehard darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Zackrisson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Diehard staying out of range there.
A low kick from Zackrisson is predictable there
letting Diehard counter with a right hand. #T4#
Diehard misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Diehard fails to land with a series of punches.
Zackrisson moves forwards but Diehard connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Diehard misses with a wild combination.
A big right from Zackrisson misses.
Diehard moves out of range of the body kick.
Zackrisson blocks a jab.
Zackrisson only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Diehard throws a right hand that Zackrisson ducks under and follows up with a left that Zackrisson also avoids with ease.
Zackrisson throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Diehard sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Zackrisson changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Zackrisson scores with a punch to the head.#CUT2#
It looks like Bruce Diehard has been cut.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Zackrisson bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Diehard's head.
Diehard ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Zackrisson moves away.
A slapping leg kick lands for Zackrisson.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Bruce Diehard.
Well Diehard has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:27
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bruce Diehard!
Bruce Diehard was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.

Event: CEC 623
Date: Oct 24, 2018

#R1#
Diehard buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Small keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Diehard.
Small looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Diehard defending well as Small loads up on a big left hand.
Small connects with a jab.
Diehard throws a body shot but no joy.
Small is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Diehard with a body shot.
Small looks to land a right hand but Diehard moved out of range.
Nice defenses there by Small.
Small swinging wildly here.
Small ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Diehard moves away.
Diehard misses with a straight left.
Small has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Small there as he acknowledges the shot.
Small closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Small ducks under a wild hook from Diehard.
Diehard misses with a looping left.
Small misses with a double jab.
Diehard looks to score with a jab to the body but Small is just out of range.
Small is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Diehard misses with a hook. Small ducked under it nicely. #T1#
Small throws a body shot but no joy.
Small misses the shot to the body.
Small dodges the punch combination from Diehard.
Small swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Diehard throws a lazy right hand but Small sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Small has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Small misses with an uppercut. Diehard saw that one coming.
Small moves into range and connects with a jab.
Diehard is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Small.
The fighters circling - Diehard throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Small changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Diehard is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Small lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Diehard circles away quickly and effectively.
Bruce Diehard is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Small uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Diehard.
Diehard throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Diehard looks to score with a jab to the body but Small is just out of range.
Small jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Diehard has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Small throws a body shot but no joy.
It looked like Diehard wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Small moves into range and connects with a jab.
Diehard misses the shot to the body. #T2#
Diehard throws a jab when Small was well out of range.
Diehard lands a nice looking kick to the body. Small takes a step back to recover.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Diehard lands a leg kick that knocks Small off balance momentarily.
Good standup being displayed there by Diehard as he connects with a hook.
Diehard throws a leg kick which misses Small's front leg but catches the back leg as Small tries to avoid it. #TD2#
Diehard tries to sprawl but Small drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Small missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Diehard is looking for a sweep. Small is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Small is just content to waste time from the top position. Diehard takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
Small postures up and lands a big shot to Diehard's brow.
Diehard looking for a sweep. Not yet Diehard, not yet.
Small throwing strikes but missing.
Diehard looking for a sweep. Not yet Diehard, not yet. #T3#
Diehard is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Small works a leg free and moves into half guard.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Small connects with a nice short shot to Diehard's temple.
Diehard wants to get back to full guard.
Diehard is working hard here to advance position.
Diehard has hold of Small's hands but Small slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Small working the head and body with strikes.
Small working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that. #SUB2#
Diehard is defending against the submission attempts here by Small.
Diehard is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Small's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Small's back!#T4#
Small trying to control but not successfully.
Small breaks Diehard's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
Small with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Small missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Diehard will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Diehard trying to control the position.
Small landing with the ground and pound.
Diehard working a defensive guard here.
Diehard wants to sweep but no luck.
Small working some strikes from top position.
Small postures up in Diehard's guard and throws a big left but Diehard blocks it.
Small landing some decent shots from guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Dixie Small will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
#R2#
Diehard throws a body shot but no joy.
Diehard scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Diehard jabs Small right on the nose. Small blinks but takes it well.
Diehard cracks Small with an open hand slap.
Diehard bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Small's head backwards.
Bruce Diehard seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Diehard moves away from the strike by Small.
Small misses with a hook. Diehard ducked under it nicely.
Small throws a shot to the body.
Diehard scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
No joy there for Diehard, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Diehard takes a swing at Small's ribcage but misses.
Small wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
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!
Diehard misses with the combination.
Small misses with a hook to the body
and Diehard counters with a right hand to the body.
Diehard on the wrong end of a nice hook.#T1#
Small misses the shot to the body.
Small avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Diehard paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Diehard throws a jab when Small was well out of range.
Small steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Diehard.
Diehard swings for the body but Small moves out of range.
Diehard misses with an uppercut.
Small misses with a wild body shot.
Diehard walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Diehard listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Small takes a jab right on the kisser.
Small throws a series of punches but Diehard moves out of range.
Small misses with a double jab
and Diehard counters with a right hand to the body.
Diehard throws a body shot but no joy.
Small throws a predictable looking body shot
letting Diehard counter with a right hand. #T2#
This has been an exciting period of action!
Diehard missing with a left hand there. Small was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Small uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Diehard.
Diehard jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Small looks to score with a jab to the body but Diehard is just out of range.
Small blocks a jab.
Diehard connects with a body shot that sends Small's belly button to the back.
Small closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Diehard throws a right hand that misses #TD2#
and Small counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Diehard is looking for a sweep. Small is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Diehard won't allow Small to pass to mount.
Diehard is looking to improve his position.
Small lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt. #T3#
Small trying to control from half guard but Diehard is working away. #SUB2#
Small is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Diehard is trying to get back to full guard.
Diehard trying to hold on to Small's head to control him but Small postures up.
Small thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Small has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Diehard desperately trying to maintain half guard. #T4#
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Small scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Small landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
The fighters are battling for position here. Diehard manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Diehard looking to hit a scissor sweep but Small is one step ahead there.
Diehard bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Small's guard. #REVR##SUB2#
Small has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Diehard can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself. #SUB2#
Small working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Diehard doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Diehard manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Diehard trying to control but Small is working from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bruce Diehard dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
#R3#
Small fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Diehard manages to avoid it.
Small misses with an uppercut. Diehard saw that one coming.
A little feinted left hand from Diehard on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Small ducks under a wild hook from Diehard.
Small ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Diehard lands a jab to the head.
A punch combination from Small misses.
Diehard moves away from the strike by Small.
A little feinted left hand from Diehard on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Small misses with a few strikes there.
Diehard cracks Small with a right hand to the side of the head.
Nice jab there from Diehard.
Diehard just misses with a punch to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Diehard throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Small sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Diehard is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Diehard swings away with a leg kick that misses.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Diehard.
Small misses with a wild body shot.
Diehard takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.#T1#
Small moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Diehard throws a shot from downtown. Small moves away and avoids it.
Small misses with the combination.
Small looks to score with a jab to the body but Diehard is just out of range.
Small throws a sloppy body shot
and Small takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Small takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Diehard thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Small if he has to take too many more of those.
Diehard just misses with a punch to the body.
Small throws a looping overhand right but Diehard ducks down to avoid it.
Diehard is looking to counter punch.
Diehard throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect. #TD2#
Small shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Small showed some decent athleticism there.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Diehard is staying active underneath Small, who seems content to just control the action from this position. #T2#
Diehard wants to improve his position but Small is controlling well.
Small takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Diehard is looking to improve his position.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Small connects with a nice short shot to Diehard's temple.
Small has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Diehard is looking to get to half guard.
Small putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Small lands a heavy elbow.
Diehard tries to get back to half guard but can't. #T3#
Diehard in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Dixie Small has got the better of the ground game so far.
Diehard 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.#SUB#
Diehard is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Small pulls his head out easily. #SUB2#
Small is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Small not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Small drops an elbow to the side of Diehard's head.
Small thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Diehard's head.
Small working over Diehard with some ground and pound. Diehard looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Small scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Diehard tries to roll over but Small keeps him under control.
Diehard moves into full guard. #T4#
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Diehard is on top in guard. #REVR#
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Small is on top in guard. #REVB##SUB2#
Small thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Small is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Small stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Diehard swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Small is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.#SUB#
Diehard is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Small defends well.

And that's the end of the fight!
Dixie Small comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Small 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 Frank Antenori scores the fight 28:29
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 28:29
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dixie Small!
A victorious Dixie Small thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.

Event: CEC 618
Date: Oct 03, 2018

#R1#
Diehard scores with a sloppy right hand. Nikolaev should have avoided that one.
Nikolaev lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross. #CL#
Nikolaev has Diehard up against the cage in a clinch.
Nikolaev wants to take the fight to the mat but Diehard manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Nikolaev wants a takedown but no success here.
Nikolaev tries to pull guard but Diehard forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Volya Nikolaev. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Nikolaev is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Diehard is defending well.
Nikolaev is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Diehard gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Nikolaev goes for a takedown in the clinch but Diehard prevents it.
Diehard keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Nikolaev's efforts to push away.
Nikolaev tries to break free but Diehard pushes him back against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.#TD#
Nikolaev is trying to trip Diehard. He has hold of a leg but Diehard is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Nikolaev persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
Diehard looking to control.
Nikolaev won't allow Diehard to sweep him here. #T1#
Nikolaev lands a couple of elbows.#SUB2#
Diehard is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Nikolaev defends well.
Diehard 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.
Nikolaev is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Nikolaev working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Diehard's head.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Nikolaev trying to control the position from guard on top but Diehard is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Diehard trying to control the position here.
Diehard looking to control. #T2#
Diehard tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Diehard is controlling Nikolaev's posture.
Nikolaev throws a big elbow that misses.
Diehard can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Nikolaev controls the pace.
Nikolaev trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Nikolaev being controlled here momentarily. #REF3#
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Nikolaev fails with an attempt to clinch.
A countering left hand to the body from Diehard misses.
A decent looking cross lands there for Diehard.#TD#
Nikolaev gets a double leg takedown into Diehard's guard.
Nikolaev is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.#SUB2#
Diehard looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar. #T3##SUB2#
Diehard is looking for a triangle but Nikolaev pushes his legs off easily.
Diehard looking to hit a scissor sweep but Nikolaev is one step ahead there.
Nikolaev looking to sit in guard and control but Diehard gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top. #REVB#
Nikolaev keeping full guard, as Diehard tries to pass. #SUB#
Nikolaev is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Diehard defends well.
Diehard trying to control but Nikolaev is working from the bottom. #T4##SUB#
Nikolaev throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Diehard pushes down on Nikolaev's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Nikolaev manages to get to full guard.
Diehard looking to pass the guard. #SUB#
Nikolaev is looking for a triangle but Diehard pushes his legs off easily.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Diehard pushes down on Nikolaev's leg and manages to get into half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Volya Nikolaev dominated that 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.
#R2#
Nikolaev tries to clinch there but Diehard circles away.
Diehard moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Diehard lands a right hook to the body.
Nikolaev has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Diehard.
Diehard swings and misses with a hook to the body.
It looked like Nikolaev wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Diehard throws a lazy uppercut
letting Nikolaev counter with a right hand.
Diehard throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
An attempted straight right counter from Nikolaev misses the target.
Diehard throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Diehard throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Diehard blocks a jab.
Nikolaev slips a jab from Diehard.
Nikolaev is trying hard to land a takedown here. Diehard sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Diehard cracks Nikolaev with a right hand to the side of the head.
Bruce Diehard seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Nikolaev digs a good hook to Diehard's body.
Diehard misses with a wild body shot.
Nikolaev throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Diehard's waist but Diehard gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Nikolaev off to one side.
Nikolaev's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Diehard connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Nikolaev scrambles back to his feet.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nikolaev slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Diehard throws a body punch but Nikolaev moves out of range. #T1#
Diehard lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.#TD#
Nikolaev shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Nikolaev showed some decent athleticism there.
Diehard wants to control but Nikolaev is keeping busy.
Diehard is staying active underneath Nikolaev, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Ground and pound from Nikolaev.
Diehard has hold of Nikolaev's hands but Nikolaev slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Nikolaev drops an elbow to the side of Diehard's head.
Diehard manages to get to full guard.
Diehard bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Nikolaev's guard. #REVB#
Diehard is pushing down on Nikolaev's leg trying to pass to half guard. Nikolaev is fighting to maintain full guard but Diehard has managed to sneak the leg through.#T2##SUB2#
Diehard is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nikolaev is pressing down on Diehard's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
We've been informed that Diehard has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Diehard wants to pass the guard but Nikolaev is keeping the position.
Diehard postures up.
Nikolaev is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move. #REVR#
Diehard moves into full guard.
Diehard keeping moving, preventing Nikolaev from controlling successfully.
Diehard looking to hit a scissor sweep but Nikolaev is one step ahead there. #T3#
Nikolaev makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Nikolaev controlling from the top position.
Diehard lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.#REVB#
Diehard looking to pass the guard.
Nikolaev is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Diehard wants to control from the top but Nikolaev keeps moving. #SUB#
Nikolaev looking for subs off his back but Diehard has passed one foot through into half guard. #T4#
Nikolaev is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Diehard's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Diehard's back!
Nikolaev 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.
Diehard is defending well here and trying to improve his position.
Nikolaev scores with punches to the body.
Diehard is keeping busy.
Nikolaev scores with some strikes to the side of the head there. Good, points scoring shots.
Diehard breaks Nikolaev's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Diehard tries to free his leg and advance position but Nikolaev is retaining full guard.
Nikolaev seems to have improved his submission grappling technique since last time we saw him. Let's see if he can pull off a submission.
Volya Nikolaev overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.#SUB#
Nikolaev is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Diehard defends well.
Nikolaev is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move. #REVR#
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Volya Nikolaev will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
#R3#
Diehard misses with a body shot.
Diehard tries a head kick but it misses.
Diehard misses with a looping left.
Nikolaev scores with a jab to the jaw.#CL#
Nikolaev closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Nikolaev tries to break the clinch but Diehard is controlling the position.
Nikolaev is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Diehard gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Diehard lands a nice uppercut.#TD2#
Diehard has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Nikolaev regains guard immediately.
Diehard trying to control but Nikolaev is working from the bottom.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.#SUB#
Nikolaev escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Diehard gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Diehard stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Nikolaev swivels though and keeps the full guard. #T1##SUB#
Nikolaev escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Diehard gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Diehard seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Nikolaev wants to sweep here but Diehard controlling him for the moment.
Diehard wants to control from the top but Nikolaev keeps moving. #SUB#
Diehard has a momentary lapse of concentration, allowing Nikolaev to throw up a leg and lock on what appears to be a pretty tight triangle! Diehard is fighting it off but it's all too little too late - Nikolaev pulls down on the head and he's put Diehard to sleep! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Volya Nikolaev!
After the fight, Volya Nikolaev was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.

Event: CEC 614
Date: Sep 12, 2018

#R1#
Diehard misses the jab.
Diehard throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Zackrisson sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Zackrisson is looking to counter punch.
Diehard fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Good leg kick by Diehard there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
We've been informed that Diehard has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Zackrisson throws out a loose jab but Diehard uses good head movement to avoid it.
Zackrisson ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Zackrisson was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Diehard throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Diehard misses the body punch
and Zackrisson counters with a nice leg kick.
Diehard lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Diehard smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Diehard looks to land a right hand but Zackrisson moved out of range.
Diehard jabs at Zackrisson's body.
Diehard tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Zackrisson was well out of range. Poor timing from Diehard.
Diehard checks a leg kick nicely.
A bone on bone clash there as Diehard blocks the leg kick.
Zackrisson dodges the punch combination from Diehard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Diehard attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Zackrisson lands with an uppercut that bounces Diehard off the cage and back into range.#T1#
Diehard with a hook.
A slow jab from Diehard misses its intended target.
Diehard scores with a sloppy right hand. Zackrisson should have avoided that one.
Bruce Diehard seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Diehard is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Zackrisson.
Diehard throws a hook to the side of Zackrisson's head but Zackrisson sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Zackrisson lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Zackrisson fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Zackrisson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Zackrisson digs a good hook to Diehard's body.
Diehard connects with a solid leg kick.
Diehard on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Zackrisson throws a nice outside leg kick.
Diehard dips to his left and cracks Zackrisson with an uppercut!
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!
Zackrisson lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Diehard at a distance.
Diehard checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Diehard throws the left hand but Zackrisson avoids the punch easily.
Zackrisson moves out of range as Diehard strikes.#T2#
Zackrisson fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Nice body punch from Diehard.
Diehard tries to work over Zackrisson's front leg with a kick but Zackrisson checks it.
A slow jab from Diehard misses its intended target.
Diehard throws a hook but Zackrisson blocks it.
Diehard connects with a single shot there.
Diehard throws a big shot that misses.
Diehard keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Zackrisson.
Diehard lands a body shot.
Zackrisson throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Diehard counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Zackrisson lands with a good body shot.
Zackrisson avoids the body shot from Diehard.
A big left from Diehard misses.
Diehard is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Zackrisson had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Zackrisson's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Diehard connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Zackrisson scrambles back to his feet.
Zackrisson takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Diehard misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Zackrisson.
Diehard fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.#T3#
Zackrisson checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Diehard moves out of range of the leg kick from Zackrisson.
Zackrisson thows a leg kick but Diehard checks it
and Zackrisson takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Zackrisson feints and then cracks Diehard's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Diehard down.
Diehard throws a hook but Zackrisson blocks it.
Diehard blocks a low kick nicely.
Good shot there by Zackrisson.
Diehard misses with a straight left.
Diehard with a jab.
Zackrisson takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Zackrisson throws out a loose jab but Diehard uses good head movement to avoid it.
Zackrisson misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Diehard counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Zackrisson takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Zackrisson showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Diehard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Zackrisson waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Diehard.
Diehard is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Zackrisson with a body shot.
Zackrisson misses with a low kick.#T4#
Zackrisson doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Diehard misses with a straight right.
Zackrisson lands a nice hook to Diehard's body. Diehard takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Zackrisson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Diehard avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A big right from Diehard misses.
Diehard connects with a jab.
Diehard missing with a left hand there. Zackrisson was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Zackrisson feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Diehard misses with a looping right.
Zackrisson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Diehard swings for the body but Zackrisson moves out of range.
Zackrisson misses with a wild body shot.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Diehard! But no joy.
A punch combination from Diehard misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Zackrisson throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Diehard's head.
Diehard drops his hands momentarily and Zackrisson takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
A looping hook to the body misses from Diehard. Zackrisson does a little dance to reset his feet.
A jab from Zackrisson does it's job there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bruce Diehard dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
#R2#
Diehard misses with an uppercut.
Zackrisson keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Diehard.
Bruce Diehard seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Diehard dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
A good leg kick by Zackrisson.
Diehard turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Diehard swings for the body but Zackrisson moves out of range.
Zackrisson is looking to slow Diehard down with leg kicks.
Zackrisson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Diehard.
Diehard takes a swing at Zackrisson's ribcage but misses.
Zackrisson throws a low kick but Diehard avoids it.
A little jabbing left from Diehard on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Diehard looks to land a left hand but Zackrisson moved out of range nicely.
Zackrisson avoids a punch combination nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Zackrisson on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Diehard. Diehard obviously looking to wear him down.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Zackrisson might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
A looping hook to the body misses from Diehard. Zackrisson does a little dance to reset his feet.
Diehard swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Nice defenses there by Zackrisson.
A little feinted left hand from Zackrisson on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.#T1#
Diehard throws a right hand that misses
and Zackrisson counters with a thumping low kick.
Diehard throws an overhand right that lands on Zackrisson's shoulder, as Zackrisson tries to avoid the shot.
An attempted straight right counter from Zackrisson misses the target.
A low kick from Diehard is predictable there
and Zackrisson counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Diehard lands a glancing blow to the side of Zackrisson's head.
Diehard scores with a jab.
Zackrisson bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Diehard scores with a hook to the body. Zackrisson takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
A punch lands to the side of Diehard 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Diehard throws out a loose jab but Zackrisson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Diehard defending well as Zackrisson loads up on a big left hand.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Diehard! But no joy.
Zackrisson lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Zackrisson throws a low kick but it's checked well by Diehard.
Zackrisson fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Diehard checks it well.
Diehard jabs at Zackrisson's body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Diehard tries to work over Zackrisson's front leg with a kick but Zackrisson checks it.
Zackrisson feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Diehards jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!#T2#
A solid body kick from Diehard.
Diehard fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Zackrisson looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Zackrisson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Diehard throws out a loose jab but Zackrisson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Diehard keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A little jabbing left from Diehard on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Zackrisson misses with a straight right.
Zackrisson fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Diehard is out of range.
Diehard let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Diehard scores with a jab to the body.
The crowd cheers as Diehard lands an impressive looking overhand right. Zackrisson doesn't seem phased though.
Zackrisson uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Diehard.
Zackrisson swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Diehard throws a big shot that misses.
Zackrisson fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Diehard has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Zackrisson misses with a straight left.
Zackrisson throws a front kick aimed at Diehard's knee but Diehard avoids it well.
Zackrisson misses with a body shot.
Zackrisson slips a jab from Diehard.
Zackrisson misses with a straight right. #T3#
Zackrisson takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Diehard misses with an uppercut. Zackrisson saw that one coming.
Zackrisson with a jab.
A looping hook to the body misses from Diehard. Zackrisson does a little dance to reset his feet.
Zackrisson misses with a straight left.
Zackrisson takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Diehard gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Zackrisson.
Diehard throws a front kick aimed at Zackrisson's knee but Zackrisson avoids it well.
Zackrisson wants to land a leg kick but Diehard is out of range.
Diehard is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Diehard checks a low kick from Zackrisson.
The crowd cheers as Diehard lands an impressive looking overhand right. Zackrisson doesn't seem phased though.
Diehard misses with an uppercut
enabling Zackrisson to counter with a crisp jab.
A looping hook to the body misses from Zackrisson. Diehard does a little dance to reset his feet.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Diehard.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Zackrisson.
A countering left hand to the body from Diehard misses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Diehard misses with the combination.
It looked like Zackrisson wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.#T4#
Zackrisson paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Diehard looks to land a left hand but Zackrisson moved out of range nicely.
Diehard rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Zackrisson counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Diehard throws a series of punches but Zackrisson moves out of range.
Diehard staying out of range there.
Diehard jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A bone on bone clash there as Diehard blocks the leg kick.
Zackrisson pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Diehard connects with the punch.
Diehard's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Diehard jabs Zackrisson to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Diehard connects with a nice looking jab.
Diehard cracks a nice hook into Zackrisson's ribs.
Diehard rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Zackrisson moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Zackrisson fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bruce Diehard showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
#R3#
Diehard digs a good body shot into Zackrisson's ribs.
Diehard throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Zackrisson sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Zackrisson jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
Diehard on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Zackrisson thows a leg kick but Diehard checks it
and Diehard counters with a one-two to the body.
That kick from Zackrisson tenderised Diehard's leg. Diehard is trying to keep his angry face on.
Diehard misses with a body shot.
Zackrisson looks to score with a jab to the body but Diehard is just out of range.
Zackrisson listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Diehard turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Diehard misses with an uppercut.
An attempted straight right counter from Zackrisson misses the target.
Diehard misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Zackrisson.
The fighters circling - Zackrisson throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Zackrisson slips a straight right by Diehard.
Diehard blocks a leg kick.
Zackrisson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Diehard moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A slow jab from Zackrisson misses its intended target. #T1#
Zackrisson ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Zackrisson looks to score with a jab to the body but Diehard is just out of range.
A countering left hand to the body from Diehard misses.
Diehard checks a leg kick.
Diehard throws a one two combo.
Diehard steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Zackrisson.
Zackrisson throws a front kick aimed at Diehard's knee but Diehard avoids it well.
Diehard misses with a leg kick
and Zackrisson makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Zackrisson looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Diehard throws a body shot but no joy.
Diehard tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Zackrisson was well out of range. Poor timing from Diehard.
Diehard keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Zackrisson on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Diehard fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Zackrisson manages to avoid it.
Diehard on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Zackrisson scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Diehard connects with the punch.
Gabriel Zackrisson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!#T2#
Zackrisson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Diehard.
Zackrisson ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Zackrisson misses with a wild body shot.
Zackrisson scores with a hook.
Zackrisson with a nice cross.
Zackrisson looks to land a left hand but Diehard moved out of range nicely.
Diehard misses with a double jab.
Bruce Diehard is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Diehard moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Diehard takes a head kick and shrugs it off. #CUT#
It looks like Bruce Diehard has been cut.
Nice defenses there by Zackrisson.
A little feinted left hand from Zackrisson on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Diehard misses with a straight left.
Zackrisson takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Zackrisson throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Jab, jab by Diehard - just one landing.
Diehard throws a hook to the side of Zackrisson's head but Zackrisson sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Zackrisson appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Diehard misses with a hook
and Zackrisson counters with a straight right hand.#ROC#
Diehard is rocked!#T3#
Zackrisson misses with a combination
letting Diehard counter with a right hand.
Zackrisson looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Zackrisson misses with a kick to the body.
Zackrisson will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Diehard scores with a sloppy right hand. Zackrisson should have avoided that one.
Diehard lands a head kick!
Diehard throws a low kick but it's checked well by Zackrisson.
Diehard slips a straight right by Zackrisson.
A slow jab from Zackrisson misses its intended target.
Zackrisson ducks under a wild hook from Diehard.
Zackrisson shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Diehard moves out of range of the strikes.
A shot to the liver by Zackrisson. Beautiful body shot.
The fighters circling - Zackrisson throws out the jab but it was never going to land. #T4#
Diehard lands with a good body shot.
Diehard ducks under a wild hook from Zackrisson.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Zackrisson tries a head kick but it misses.
Diehard flicks out a counter leg kick but Zackrisson steps away.
Diehard avoids the body shot from Zackrisson.
Diehard throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Zackrisson sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Diehard misses with a hook.
Zackrisson misses with a looping right.
Diehard ducks under a wild hook from Zackrisson.
Zackrisson walks into a stiff left hand from Diehard.
Diehard misses with a body shot.
Diehard pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Zackrisson back to the cage. Diehard follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Diehard fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Zackrisson on the side of the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Diehard ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Zackrisson moves away.
Diehard lands with a straight right. Zackrisson didn't see that one coming.
Diehard moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Diehard cracks Zackrisson with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.

And that's the end of the fight!
Bruce Diehard comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Diehard has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Frank Antenori scores the fight 27:30
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 27:30
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bruce Diehard!
Bruce Diehard 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.

Event: CEC 610
Date: Aug 24, 2018

#R1#
Diehard defending well as Dall loads up on a big left hand.
Diehard steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Dall. That one must have hurt.
Diehard steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Dall.
Dall darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Jab by Diehard.
Dall defending well as Diehard loads up on a big left hand.
Diehard keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Dall throws a leg kick but Diehard sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Diehard went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Diehard looks to land a left hand but Dall moved out of range nicely.
Dall avoids a punch combination nicely.
Diehard throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Diehard looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Diehard avoids a kick to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Diehard connects with a good right hand that stumbles Dall. Dall circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Diehard misses with a series of wild punches.
Diehard throws a hook to the side of Dall's head but Dall sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Nice uppercut lands for Diehard. That snapped Dall's head back.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dall slips a jab from Diehard.#T1#
Dall connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Dall throws a push kick but Diehard slaps the foot to one side.
Diehard swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Diehard moves out of range as Dall throws a body kick.
Dall throws out a leg kick but Diehard moves out of range and Dall only half commits.
Diehard chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Dall misses with a hook
and Diehard cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Diehard slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Diehard connects with a good right hand that stumbles Dall. Dall circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Diehard misses with a hook. Dall ducked under it nicely.
Diehard swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Dall avoids the body shot from Diehard.
Dall scores with a push kick.
Diehard throws a big shot that misses.
Diehard looks to land a left hand but Dall moved out of range nicely.
Bruce Diehard is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Dall throws a hook but Diehard avoids it easily.
Diehard bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Diehard is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Diehard keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Dall swings for the body but Diehard moves out of range.
Diehard looks to land a left hand but Dall moved out of range nicely.#T2#
Diehard misses with an uppercut.
Diehard uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Dall.
Dall moves out of range of the strikes.
Diehard lands a nice leg kick that just misses Dall's sensitive parts.
Dall moves away from the strike by Diehard.
Diehard misses with an uppercut.
Diehard scores with a sloppy right hand. Dall should have avoided that one.
Diehard uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Dall.
Dall misses with an uppercut. Diehard saw that one coming.
Dall throws the left hand but Diehard avoids the punch easily.
Diehard misses with a jab, cross combination.
Dall throws the left hand but Diehard avoids the punch easily.
Diehard pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Dall throws a push kick but Diehard slaps the foot to one side.
Dall avoids the head kick by Diehard.
Dall uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Diehard.
Diehard just misses with a punch to the body.
Dall is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Diehard tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Diehard takes a swing at Dall's ribcage but misses. #T3#
Diehard keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Diehard fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Dall is out of range.
Dall has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Dall there as he acknowledges the shot.
Dall scores with a nice body kick.
Dall looks to score with a jab to the body but Diehard is just out of range.
It looked like Diehard wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Diehard checks the leg kick nicely there.
Diehard jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Diehard keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Dall.
Nice defenses there by Dall.
And Dall tries to counter it with a takedown but Diehard pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Diehard is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Diehard checks a leg kick.
Diehard is looking to slow Dall down with leg kicks.
Diehard tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Dall was well out of range. Poor timing from Diehard.
Dall misses with an uppercut. Diehard saw that one coming.
Dall scores with a nice strike.
Diehard looks to throw the jab but Dall is out of range.
Diehard lands a head kick. Dall smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Diehard throws the left hand but Dall avoids the punch easily.
Dall swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Diehard counters with a lovely straight right hand!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A swing and a miss from Diehard.#T4#
Dall throws a quick inside leg kick.
Diehard throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Dall.
Dall ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Diehard misses with a few strikes there.
Diehard feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Dalls jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Dall keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Diehard.
Dall throws a body shot but no joy. #TD2#
Dall is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Diehard's half guard.
Dall is keen to just control but Diehard is a slippery customer.
Dall prevents Diehard from improving his position.
Dall trying to control from half guard but Diehard is working away.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Diehard is looking to improve his position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bruce Diehard dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
#R2#
Diehard throws a lazy right hand but Dall sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Diehard checks a low kick from Dall.#TD2#
Diehard gets caught flat footed, as Dall shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Diehard working a defensive guard here.
Dall trying to control the position from guard on top but Diehard is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Diehard not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Dall looking to pass the guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dall pushing down on Diehard's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Dall passes to full mount!
Diehard 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.#T1#
Still in half guard, Dall seems content to control.
Diehard wants to get back to full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Diehard is looking to get back to full guard here but Dall has managed to pass to side control instead.
Dall wants to control but Diehard is keeping him busy. #SUB2#
Dall is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Diehard is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Diehard manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Dall manages to get to full guard. #T2#
Diehard passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Dall is positioning himself to get back to half guard. #SUB#
Diehard is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Dall knows the correct defense though, so he's OK. #SUB#
Diehard tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Diehard has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought! #T3#
Dall is looking for a sweep.
Dall struggling a bit here.
Diehard tries to move to mount but Dall blocks the move with his legs.
Diehard has knee on belly momentarily but Dall bucks him off and regains half guard. #SUB2#
Dall looking for submissions off his back.
Diehard is thwarting Dall's attempts to control the position.#T4#
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.#SUB2#
Dall looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.#SUB#
Diehard seems to be looking for submissions. #SUB2#
Dall looking for submissions off his back.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!#SUB#
Diehard is working for a submission of some sort.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Galen Dall will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
#R3#
Dall misses with a leg kick
and Diehard counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Dall moves out of range as Diehard strikes.
Dall is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Diehard digs a good body shot into Dall's ribs.
Dall scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Diehard takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Jab from Dall.
Bruce Diehard is winning the standup battle so far.
Dall misses with a wild body shot.
Diehard throws a one two combo.
Dall lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Dall ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Diehard moves away.
Dall slips a jab from Diehard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Diehard lands a nice leg kick that just misses Dall's sensitive parts.
Diehard keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Dall paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Diehard tries to work over Dall's front leg with a kick but Dall checks it.
The fighters circling - Diehard throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Dall throws a jab when Diehard was well out of range.
Diehard misses with a straight right. #T1#
Diehard moves out of range as Dall strikes.
Diehard was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Diehard looks to land a left hand but Dall moved out of range nicely.
Diehard throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Dall lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Dall slips a jab from Diehard.
Diehard steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Dall.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Diehard lands a glancing blow to the side of Dall's head.#TD2#
Dall changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Diehard looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Dall working away.
Dall gets to mount! Diehard was on the offensive and wasn't defending properly.
Diehard working to try and regain half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dall works his way to his opponent's back. #T2##SUB2#
Diehard preventing the rear naked choke attempt from Dall.
Diehard looks to control his opponent's hands but he's not mananging it at the moment.
Dall doesn't have the hooks in and Diehard manages to turn into his guard.
Dall keeping moving, preventing Diehard from controlling successfully.
Diehard stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Dall swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Diehard postures up. #T3#
Dall looking to hit a scissor sweep but Diehard is one step ahead there. #SUB2#
Dall is looking for a triangle but Diehard pushes his legs off easily.
Diehard pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Dall is keeping the position for now.
Dall controls Diehard momentarily but Diehard frees himself.
Diehard looking to pass the guard. #T4#
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Dall is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Diehard prevents Dall from getting back to his feet.
Diehard trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet. #REF3#
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Diehard lands a leg kick that knocks Dall off balance momentarily.
Diehard throws a right hand that Dall ducks under and follows up with a left that Dall also avoids with ease.
Diehard displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Dall throws out the jab.
Dall lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Dall misses with a left hand
and Diehard counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Dall throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Diehard stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Diehard checks a leg kick nicely.
Donk. Diehard catches Dall right on the button with a cross.
Dall jabbing away but nothing is landing.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Galen Dall.
I think Dall 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 Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 28:29
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 29:29
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Galen Dall!
In his post fight interview, Galen Dall started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.

Event: CEC 607
Date: Aug 10, 2018

#R1#
Diehard jabs Sackett right on the nose. Sackett blinks but takes it well.
Bruce Diehard seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Diehard lands a right hook to the body.
Diehard works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Sackett takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Sackett connects with a solid leg kick.
Sackett takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Diehard steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Sackett.
Sackett uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Diehard.
Sackett throwing a counter right hand but Diehard manages to avoid it.
Diehard walks into a stiff left hand from Sackett.
Sackett scores with a nice right hand.
Diehard throws a jab but it's blocked by Sackett.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Diehard jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Diehard slips a jab from Sackett.
A nice side step and Diehard releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Sackett misses with a straight right.
Sackett misses with a low kick.
Sackett misses with a hook.
A jab from Sackett misses.
Diehard missing with a left hand there. Sackett was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Diehard misses with a two punch combination. #T1#
Diehard lands a nice looking body shot.
Diehard smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
A big right from Diehard misses.
Sackett fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Diehard pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Diehard scores with a jab. Sackett acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Sackett throws a jab but it's blocked by Diehard.
Diehard throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Diehard scores with a shot to the body.
Sackett on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Diehard throws a looping overhand right but Sackett ducks down to avoid it.
A big right from Diehard misses.
Sackett has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Elite in the buildup to the fight.
Donk. Diehard catches Sackett right on the button with a cross.
Sackett tests Diehard's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Diehard lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.#T2#
Diehard cracks Sackett with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
A solid leg kick lands there for Diehard.
Sackett uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Diehard.
Sackett digs a good hook to Diehard's body.
A shot to the body from Diehard misses
and Sackett counters with a straight right hand.
Sackett catches Diehard with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Diehard connects with a looping right hand.
A head kick by Diehard misses #CL#
and Sackett counters by moving into the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Diehard.
Sackett lands a body punch in the clinch.
Sackett swings wildly with an uppercut but Diehard uses good head movement to avoid it.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Diehard blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
The referee is keeping an eye on Diehard - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Sackett stops a takedown attempt from Diehard. #T3#
Diehard struggles to land a body shot inside as Sackett controls his hands.
Sackett gets through Diehard's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Sackett misses with a body punch.
Diehard lands a nice uppercut.
Diehard drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Sackett gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Sackett fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Sackett misses with a punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Diehard.
Sackett doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Sackett misses with a punch to the body.
Sackett lands a nice uppercut.
Diehard blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Diehard lands a right hand. #T4#
A head punch blocked on the inside by Diehard.
Diehard blocking some punches.
Sackett misses with the head strike.
Sackett misses with a punch on the inside.
Sackett misses with a short punch on the inside.
Diehard blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Diehard can't find room to land a body shot as Sackett controls the action.
Sackett prevents a body shot from Diehard.
Diehard blocking some punches.
The referee calls for Diehard to work.
Diehard working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Diehard lands a left hand that snaps the head of Sackett backwards. #BC2#
Diehard breaks the clinch.
Diehard connects with the punch.
Diehard misses with a two punch combination.
Diehard waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Sackett.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bruce Diehard dominated that round.
That's time! Sackett's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
#R2#
Sackett misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Sackett misses with a two punch combination.
Diehard appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Diehard ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Diehard jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Sackett moves away from the strike by Diehard.
Diehard tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sackett was well out of range. Poor timing from Diehard.
Diehard needs to keep his hands up - Sackett had a free shot at his head there.
Diehard moves out of range of the body kick.
Sackett slips under a jab from Diehard.
Diehard lands a nice hook to Sackett's body. Sackett takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Sackett avoids a punch combination nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sackett scoring well with a low kick there.
Diehard misses with a wild body shot.
Sackett misses with a hook.
Diehard moves into range and connects with a jab. #T1#
Diehard misses with a body shot.
A little feinted left hand from Sackett on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Diehard cracks the inside of Sackett's front leg.
A shot to the liver by Sackett. Beautiful body shot.
Diehard misses with a body shot
and Sackett counters with a nice uppercut.
Diehard looks to throw the jab but Sackett is out of range.
Diehard throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Sackett avoids a punch combination nicely.
Diehard throws a solid leg kick but Sackett takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Diehard.
Sackett lands a jab.
Sackett uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Diehard.
Diehard swings for the body but Sackett moves out of range.
Bruce Diehard seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Diehard misses with a hook.
Diehard misses with a lunging right hand
letting Sackett counter with a right hand.
Diehard throws the left hand but Sackett avoids the punch easily.#T2#
Diehard throws a body punch but Sackett moves out of range.
A big right from Diehard misses.
Diehard tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Diehard throws a predictable looking body shot
and Sackett cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Diehard misses with a shot to the body
and Diehard takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Diehard throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Diehard throws out a loose jab but Sackett uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sackett fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Diehard has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Sackett takes a jab right on the kisser.
Diehard darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Sloppy strikes from Diehard. Those never looked like landing.
Diehard misses the shot to the body.
Sackett throwing a counter right hand but Diehard manages to avoid it.
Sackett throws a shot to the body.
Diehard fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Sackett ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Sackett swings widly with a right hand
and Diehard counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head. #T3#
A swing and a miss from Sackett.
Diehard looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Diehard throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Diehard displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Sackett misses with a leg kick
enabling Diehard to counter with a crisp jab.
Sackett misses with a looping right.
Diehard connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Sackett's hands.
Diehard throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Diehard throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Sackett counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Sackett scores with a jab to the body.
Sackett throws a shot from downtown. Diehard moves away and avoids it.
Diehard missing with a left hand there. Sackett was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Sackett swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Diehard is trying hard to land a takedown here. Sackett sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
A little feinted left hand from Sackett on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Sackett takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sackett displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Diehard throws out the jab.
Sackett ducks under a wild hook from Diehard.#T4#
Sackett connects with a solid leg kick.
Diehard looks to score with a jab to the body but Sackett is just out of range.
Diehard comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Diehard will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Diehard throws an overhand right that lands on Sackett's shoulder, as Sackett tries to avoid the shot.
Diehard swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Sackett.
Sackett fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Diehard misses with an uppercut
and Sackett counters with a stiff right hand.
Diehard throws a lazy right hand but Sackett sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Diehard shoots in for a takedown but Sackett shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Sackett avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Sackett looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
The fighters circle momentarily. Sackett darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Sackett looks to land a left hand but Diehard moved out of range nicely.
Diehard blocks a low kick nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Bruce Diehard will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
#R3#
Diehard slips under a jab.
Diehard lands a two punch combo.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Sackett lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Diehard has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Diehard and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Diehard swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Sackett lands with a cross.
Diehard gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Sackett keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
It looked like Sackett wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Diehard throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Diehard scores with a hook to the body. Sackett takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Diehard throws a shot from downtown. Sackett moves away and avoids it.
Sackett misses with a hook. Diehard ducked under it nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Diehard throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
An attempted straight right counter from Sackett misses the target.
Sackett looks to score with a jab to the body but Diehard is just out of range.
Diehard fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sackett manages to avoid it.
Diehard looks to throw the jab but Sackett is out of range.
Diehard looks to land a left hand but Sackett moved out of range nicely.
It looked like Sackett was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Diehard.#T1#
Diehard moves out of range of the strikes.
Diehard shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Sackett eats them both and turns towards Diehard to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Sackett tests Diehard's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Sackett ducks under a wild hook from Diehard.
Sackett throws a sloppy head kick and Diehard moves out of range easily.
Sackett throws a quick inside leg kick.
Diehard uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Diehard throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Sackett bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Diehard takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Diehard waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Sackett.
Diehard scores with a crisp jab that stopped Sackett in his tracks.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Diehard misses with a looping right.
Diehard listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.#T2#
Diehard misses with a body shot.
Diehard throws a poor cross that misses
and Sackett counters with a thumping low kick.
Diehard scores with a nice right hand.
Nice sprawl there from Sackett as Diehard shoots in.
Diehard throws a wild body kick that Sackett sees coming a mile off.
Diehard misses with a hook.
Sackett looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Diehard uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Sackett.
Bruce Diehard is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Diehard checks a leg kick.
Sackett jabs at Diehard's body.
Diehard misses with a straight right.
Sackett staying out of range there.
Diehard jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Sackett looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Diehard throws a hook but Sackett blocks it.
Diehard misses with a looping left.
A telegraphed right hand from Diehard misses the target. #T3#
A lazy left from Diehard finds it's target.
Sackett uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Diehard.
A big left from Diehard misses.
Diehard moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Sackett cracks Diehard with a good jab.
Diehard scores with a three punch combo!
Sackett feints and then cracks Diehard's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Diehard down.
Sackett scores with the left hand. Diehard knows he should have avoided that one.
A nice combination there by Diehard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Diehard throws an off balance right hand
and Sackett counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Diehard misses with a looping right.
Diehard keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Sackett ducks under a wild hook from Diehard.
Sackett scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Sackett throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.#T4#
Diehard shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Sackett eats them both and turns towards Diehard to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Sackett defending well as Diehard loads up on a big left hand.
Sackett checks a low kick from Diehard.
Diehard scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Diehard looks for the body kick but Sackett saw that one coming.
Diehard scoring well with a low kick there.
Diehard throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Sackett fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Diehard on the side of the head.
Diehard throws a lazy uppercut
and Sackett counters with a nice uppercut.
Diehard tries to bum rush Sackett with a series of wild strikes but Sackett uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Diehard misses with a few strikes there.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Diehard misses with a hook to the body
and Sackett counters with a straight right hand.
Sackett takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Mordecai Sackett has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Sackett lands with a hook. Diehard tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head. #KD#
Sackett lands a big right hand that sends Diehard crashing to the mat! Sackett stays standing though and waves Diehard back to his feet!#ROC#
Diehard is rocked!

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Bruce Diehard.
I've got Diehard 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 Frank Antenori scores the fight 27:30
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 27:30
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bruce Diehard!
In his post fight interview, Bruce Diehard started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.

Event: GAMMA#709 Laine v Doubdtfire
Date: May 19, 2018

#R1#
Malenko throws a body punch but Diehard moves out of range.
Malenko scores with a jab to the jaw.
Good standup being displayed there by Diehard as he connects with a hook.
Malenko lands a lovely overhand right.
Malenko just misses with a punch to the body.
Malenko throws a sloppy body shot
and Diehard cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Malenko avoids the body shot from Diehard.
Malenko walks into a straight right hand from Diehard.
Malenko throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Diehard jabs Malenko right on the nose. Malenko blinks but takes it well.
Diehard fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Malenko manages to avoid it.
Diehard looks to land a left hand but Malenko moved out of range nicely.
Malenko fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Diehard manages to avoid it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Diehard throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Malenko uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Diehard.
A little jabbing left from Malenko on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Diehard misses with a right hand
and Malenko counters with a stiff right hand.
Malenko swings for the body but Diehard moves out of range.
Diehard lands with a right hand.
Diehard throws a body shot but no joy. #T1#
Malenko wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Diehard uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Malenko has time to react.
Malenko avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Malenko lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Diehard throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Malenko avoids the body shot from Diehard.
Diehard throws a good cross that connects.
Malenko throws a body shot but no joy.
Diehard misses with a straight left.
Nice uppercut there from Diehard.
Diehard ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Malenko moves away.
Malenko uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Diehard.
Diehard throws a lazy right hand but Malenko sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Malenko! But no joy.
Diehard is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Diehard keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Malenko.
Diehard has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Blake Phoenix's Champion Factory in the buildup to the fight.
Diehard tests Malenko's chin there with a solid looking shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Malenko uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Diehard.
Diehard lands with a nice body punch.
Malenko just misses with a punch to the body. #T2#
Diehard keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Malenko swings for the body but Diehard moves out of range.
A lazy left from Diehard finds it's target.
Malenko thuds a left hand into Diehard's body.
Diehard attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Malenko throws a hook but Diehard avoids it easily.
It looked like Diehard wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Malenko ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Diehard blocks a jab.
Malenko takes a swing at Diehard's ribcage but misses.
Diehard throwing a counter right hand but Malenko manages to avoid it.
Diehard avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Diehard is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Diehard scores with a sloppy right hand. Malenko should have avoided that one.
A shot to the liver by Malenko. Beautiful body shot.
Diehard works the jab nicely.
Diehard is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Malenko.
Malenko throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Diehard stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Malenko takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Diehard scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Diehard misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Malenko. #T3#
Diehard throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Malenko fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Diehard slips under a jab from Malenko.
Malenko takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Malenko on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Malenko looks to score with a jab to the body but Diehard is just out of range.
A counter left hand to the body from Diehard misses its target.
Malenko slips a straight right by Diehard.
Malenko takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
The fighters circling - Malenko throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Malenko fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Diehard manages to avoid it.#TD2#
Malenko closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Diehard to the mat! Diehard manages to get full guard.
Diehard looking for a sweep. Not yet Diehard, not yet.
Malenko wants to control from the top but Diehard keeps moving.
Diehard trying to keep a closed guard but Malenko is proving a slippery customer. #T4#
Malenko trying to control but Diehard is working from the bottom.
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!
Malenko controlling from the top position.
Malenko trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Malenko being controlled here momentarily.
Malenko wants to control from the top but Diehard keeps moving. #REF3#
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
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 Bruce Diehard will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
#R2#
Malenko throws a shot from downtown. Diehard moves away and avoids it.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Malenko throws an overhand right that lands on Diehard's shoulder, as Diehard tries to avoid the shot.
Diehard takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Malenko ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Malenko misses the shot to the body.
Malenko throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Diehard sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Malenko takes a swing at Diehard's ribcage but misses.
Diehard misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Malenko.
Diehard scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Malenko clobbers Diehard with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Malenko looks to score with a jab to the body but Diehard is just out of range.
Diehard throws a body shot but no joy.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Malenko takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Diehard stuffs the takedown attempt from Malenko. Malenko gets slowly back to his feet.
Malenko throws a body punch but Diehard moves out of range.
Malenko swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Diehard tests Malenko's chin there with a solid looking shot.#T1#
Malenko takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Malenko staying out of range there.
Diehard swings and misses with a hook to the body.
The fighters circling - Diehard throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Diehard comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Diehard lands a nice looking body shot.
Diehard looks to land a right hand but Malenko moved out of range.
Malenko misses with a hook. Diehard ducked under it nicely.
Malenko thuds a left hand into Diehard's body.
Bruce Diehard is winning the standup battle so far.
Diehard slips under a jab.
Malenko looks to score with a jab to the body but Diehard is just out of range.
Malenko staying out of range there.
Malenko pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Diehard misses with an uppercut
and Malenko counters with a right hand to the body.
Malenko waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Diehard.
A punch lands to the side of Diehard 's head but he takes it in his stride.#T2#
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nice defenses there by Diehard.
Malenko uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Diehard.
Malenko tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Diehard was well out of range. Poor timing from Malenko.
Malenko is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Diehard rather than just go for the knockout.
Malenko throws a sloppy body shot
and Diehard connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Diehard throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Diehard jabs Malenko to the body, keeping him at a distance.#TD2#
Malenko closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Malenko lands in his opponent's guard.
Diehard looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Malenko controls from within his opponent's guard. #T3#
Malenko sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Diehard's guard.
Malenko is stalling here. Diehard is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Malenko seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Diehard has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
You can see the frustration on Malenko's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Malenko has found himself in a tricky position here. He's been working his transitions in training so let's see if he can work his way out of it.#SUB#
Diehard is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Malenko is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Malenko regains half guard.#T4#
Malenko is looking to get back to full guard here but Diehard has managed to pass to side control instead.#SUB#
Diehard is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Malenko knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.#SUB#
Diehard tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Malenko gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Malenko is positioning himself well to prevent Diehard advancing to mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Ray Malenko will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
#R3##TD2#
Diehard gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Diehard controlling the position.
Diehard looking to control.
Diehard keeping moving, preventing Malenko from controlling successfully. #SUB#
Diehard looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Ray Malenko has got the better of the ground game so far.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Malenko looking to pass the guard.
Malenko is working Diehard over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes. #T1#
Diehard wants to sweep here but Malenko controlling him for the moment.
Malenko trying to control the position from guard on top but Diehard is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Diehard lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.#REVR##SUB#
Diehard has gone for a leg lock! Malenko slips out almost immediately though and dives into Diehard's guard.#REVB#
Malenko stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Diehard swivels though and keeps the full guard. #T2#
Malenko postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Diehard keeping moving, preventing Malenko from controlling successfully.
Malenko postures up.
Malenko trying to control the position from guard on top but Diehard is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Malenko slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Malenko trying to control the position from guard on top but Diehard is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can. #T3#
Malenko stopping the sweep attempt from Diehard.
Malenko pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Diehard is keeping the position for now. #REF3#
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Bruce Diehard is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A swing and a miss from Diehard.
Diehard lands a lovely overhand right.
Diehard lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Diehard fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Malenko waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Diehard.
Diehard misses the shot to the body.
Diehard misses with a wild body shot.
Malenko misses with the combination.
Diehard misses the shot to the body.
Malenko appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.#T4#
Diehard tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Malenko was well out of range. Poor timing from Diehard.
Malenko takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Malenko drops his hands momentarily and Diehard takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Diehard throws an off balance right hand
and Malenko counters with a right hand to the body.
Diehard steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Malenko.
A left lands for Diehard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.#TD2#
Diehard gets caught flat footed, as Malenko shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Diehard 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.
Diehard keeping full guard, as Malenko tries to pass.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Malenko trying to control but Diehard is working from the bottom.
Malenko passes Diehard's left leg - he's now in half guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Ray Malenko.
I think Malenko 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 28:29
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 28:29
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 29:29

In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Ray Malenko!
During a confident post fight interview, Ray Malenko thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.

Event: GAMMA#705 Springs v Malenko
Date: Apr 28, 2018

#R1#
Kapaldi lands with a cross.
Diehard throws out a loose jab but Kapaldi uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kapaldi let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Kapaldi tries to land a body kick
and Kapaldi takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Kapaldi scores with a jab to the body.
Kapaldi walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Diehard lands a jab to the head.
Diehard works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.#TD#
Diehard bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.#SUB#
Diehard working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Diehard wants to control but Kapaldi is keeping him busy.
Diehard happy to just control the position for now.
Kapaldi is looking for a sweep.#T1#
Diehard trying to control the action but Kapaldi is working from the bottom.
Diehard tries to advance to mount but Kapaldi denies him.
Diehard is looking to take a break and control but Kapaldi is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom. #SUB#
Diehard swings around for an armbar but Kapaldi sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into Diehard's guard.
Diehard wants to sweep here but Kapaldi controlling him for the moment. #SUB#
Kapaldi got a little sloppy there for a moment and Diehard has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Kapaldi has managed to get both his arms back between Diehard's legs - danger averted.#T2#
Diehard looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Kapaldi's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Diehard looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Diehard will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.#SUB#
Diehard is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Kapaldi defends well.
Kapaldi seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Kapaldi wants to pass the guard but Diehard is keeping the position.#T3#
Diehard looking to control.
Diehard is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move. #REVR#
Diehard trying to pass the guard but Kapaldi defending well.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Kapaldi is refusing to be controlled, as Diehard sits in half guard. #T4#
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.#SUB#
Diehard is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Kapaldi has managed to free his arm - good work. #SUB#
Diehard is trying to work for a kimura but Kapaldi is defending well.
Kapaldi is in trouble now - Diehard has advanced to mount! #SUB#
Diehard goes for an armbar but Kapaldi turns quickly into his guard - lovely anticipation from Kapaldi.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Diehard wants to sweep but no luck.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bruce Diehard 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.
#R2#
Diehard throws out a loose jab but Kapaldi uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kapaldi ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Diehard moves away.
Kapaldi steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Diehard.
Kapaldi ducks under a wild hook from Diehard.
Kapaldi throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Diehard looks to land a right hand but Kapaldi moved out of range.
Kapaldi moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Kapaldi pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Diehard looks to land a left hand but Kapaldi moved out of range nicely.
Nice defenses there by Kapaldi.
A jab from Diehard misses.
Kapaldi misses the shot to the body.
Diehard defending well as Kapaldi loads up on a big left hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Diehard slips a straight right by Kapaldi.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
A shot to the liver by Kapaldi. Beautiful body shot.
Nice defenses there by Diehard.
Diehard swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Diehard scores with a jab. Kapaldi acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Kapaldi misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Diehard.
Diehard loads up on a big right hand but Kapaldi slips the punch.
Diehard checks the leg kick.#T1#
Kapaldi staying out of range there.
Diehard waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Kapaldi.
Diehard catches Kapaldi with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Diehard thows a left - swing and a miss!
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Diehard.
Kapaldi uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Diehard.
Kapaldi misses with a body kick.
Diehard is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Kapaldi can do to turn this around?
Diehard misses with a straight right.
Kapaldi displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Diehard throws out the jab.
Diehard looks to land a left hand but Kapaldi moved out of range nicely.
Diehard misses with a straight right.
Diehard throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Kapaldi sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Kapaldi fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Diehard has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Kapaldi misses with a hook.
Kapaldi missing with a left hand there. Diehard was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Diehard takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
A big right from Diehard misses.
Diehard is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Kapaldi defending well as Diehard loads up on a big left hand. #T2#
Kapaldi throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Kapaldi scores with a push kick.
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!
Kapaldi takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Kapaldi takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Diehard is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Kapaldi.
Diehard misses with a hook.
Kapaldi with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Diehard to score with a decent uppercut.
Kapaldi slips under a jab from Diehard.
Kapaldi scores with a hook.
Kapaldi throws a wild body kick that Diehard sees coming a mile off.
Kapaldi is looking to land body kicks.
Kapaldi slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Diehard uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kapaldi.
Diehard misses with a hook. Kapaldi ducked under it nicely.
Diehard ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Diehard takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Diehard looks to score with a jab to the body but Kapaldi is just out of range.
Kapaldi missing with a left hand there. Diehard was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Diehard throwing a counter right hand but Kapaldi manages to avoid it.
Diehard checks a low kick from Kapaldi.#T3#
Diehard throws a low kick, looking for Kapaldi's leg but Kapaldi calmly moves out of range.
A nice side step and Kapaldi releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
A telegraphed right hand from Diehard misses the target.
Kapaldi misses with a low kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kapaldi. Diehard does a little dance to reset his feet.
Kapaldi blocks a jab.
Diehard has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Kapaldi.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kapaldi. Diehard does a little dance to reset his feet.
Kapaldi looks to throw a body kick
enabling Diehard to counter with a crisp jab.
Bruce Diehard is winning the standup battle so far.
Kapaldi swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Kapaldi looks for the body kick but Diehard saw that one coming.
A telegraphed right hand from Diehard misses the target.
Kapaldi is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Diehard rather than just go for the knockout.
Kapaldi connects with a single shot there.
Kapaldi fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Diehard takes one to the chin there.
Kapaldi ducks under a wild hook from Diehard.
Diehard keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Diehard misses with a wild body shot.
Kapaldi throws a leg kick
and Diehard counters with a lovely shot to the body.#T4#
Kapaldi swings and misses with a hook to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kapaldi slips a straight right by Diehard.
Kapaldi tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Diehard was well out of range. Poor timing from Kapaldi.
Diehard was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Kapaldi misses the shot to the body.
Kapaldi throws a low kick but Diehard moves out of range easily.
Kapaldi moves away from the strike by Diehard.
Kapaldi steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
Diehard misses with an uppercut.
Diehard's jab looks to have found its range, popping Kapaldi under the eye.
Diehard throws a hook to the side of Kapaldi's head but Kapaldi sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Kapaldi now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Kapaldi slips under a jab from Diehard.
Kapaldi misses with a body kick.
Diehard has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Diehard there as he acknowledges the shot.
Diehard tests Kapaldi's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Kapaldi misses the body punch
and Diehard counters with a nice uppercut.
Diehard tries to move into range but Kapaldi moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Diehard moves into range and connects with a jab.
Kapaldi misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Diehard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Bruce Diehard will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
#R3#
Kapaldi pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Kapaldi throws a shot to the body.
Diehard scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Diehard throws out a loose jab but Kapaldi uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kapaldi throws a body shot but no joy.
Nice shot by Diehard.
Kapaldi steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Diehard.
Diehard swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Diehard is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Diehard throws a jab but it's blocked by Kapaldi.
Kapaldi tries to land a front kick but Diehard steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Diehard tries to score a power double leg takedown but Kapaldi sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Diehard somewhat.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kapaldi tries to land a front kick but Diehard steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Diehard ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Kapaldi displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Diehard throws out the jab.
Diehard blocks the body kick.
Diehard blocks a head kick by Kapaldi.
Diehard defending well as Kapaldi loads up on a big left hand. #T1#
Diehard swings for the body but Kapaldi moves out of range.
Kapaldi looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Diehard on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Kapaldi throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Diehard on the side of the head.
Kapaldi misses with a kick to the body.
It looked like Diehard wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Diehard cracks Kapaldi with an open hand slap.
Kapaldi moves out of range of the strikes.
Kapaldi takes a swing at Diehard's ribcage but misses.
Kapaldi steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Diehard.
Kapaldi fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
A big right from Diehard misses.
Diehard misses with an uppercut. Kapaldi saw that one coming.
Kapaldi throws a lazy right hand but Diehard sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Kapaldi misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Diehard.
Kapaldi blocks a jab.#TD#
Diehard throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Kapaldi tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Diehard is in Kapaldi's guard.
Bruce Diehard overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kapaldi keeping full guard, as Diehard tries to pass.
Pedro Kapaldi has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!#T2#
Kapaldi has his hands on Diehard's head, controlling the position.
Diehard passes Kapaldi's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Bruce Diehard is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Diehard trying to control the pace.
Diehard seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Kapaldi does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Diehard takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.#T3#
Diehard has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.#REF3#
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Diehard throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Diehard thuds his right hand into Kapaldi's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
A looping hook to the body misses from Diehard. Kapaldi does a little dance to reset his feet.
Kapaldi scores with a hook to the body. Diehard takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Kapaldi lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Diehard has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Diehard and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Kapaldi throws a leg kick but Diehard moved away.
Diehard steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Kapaldi. That one must have hurt.
Kapaldi lands a nice hook to Diehard's body. Diehard takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes. #T4#
Diehard punishes Kapaldi's body with a nice straight punch.
Kapaldi blocks a jab.
Diehard stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Kapaldi.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kapaldi. Diehard does a little dance to reset his feet.
Diehard misses with a looping left.
Diehard keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Kapaldi ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Diehard moves away.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kapaldi. Diehard does a little dance to reset his feet.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kapaldi goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Diehard ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Kapaldi throws the kick towards the body but Diehard avoids it.
A slow jab from Diehard misses its intended target.
Kapaldi takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Kapaldi goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Diehard rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Kapaldi cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
The fighters circling - Kapaldi throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A little feinted left hand from Diehard on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Kapaldi throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Pedro Kapaldi.
Well Diehard has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Frank Antenori scores the fight 29:28
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:27
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 29:29

In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Bruce Diehard!
In his post fight interview, Bruce Diehard started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.

Event: GAMMA#700 Goodman v Obama 3
Date: Mar 31, 2018

#R1#
Diehard ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Braun connects with a leg kick. Diehard looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
A leg kick checked by Diehard.
Braun slips a jab from Diehard.
Diehard throws a one two combo.
Diehard tries to close the distance and clinch but Braun swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Braun fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Diehard.
Diehard scores with a shot to the body.
Diehard wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Braun has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Nemesis Gym in the buildup to the fight.
Braun throws a leg kick that misses.
Diehard works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Diehard uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Braun.
Braun walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Braun fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Diehard is out of range.
A telegraphed right hand from Diehard misses the target.
Diehard uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Braun.
Diehard looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Diehard scores with a decent looking hook.
Diehard misses with a straight right. #T1#
Some bone on bone action there as Diehard checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Diehard lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Diehard misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Braun counters with a nice leg kick.
Braun throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Braun misses with a left hand
and Diehard connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Diehard throws a lazy uppercut
and Braun counters with a stiff right hand.
Braun throws a jab when Diehard was well out of range.
Diehard misses with a body shot. #CL2#
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Braun lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Diehard backwards.
Braun scores with a nice hook to the head.
Braun lands with a short shot to the head.
Diehard lands a left hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Braun lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Diehard misses with a punch on the inside.
Braun is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Diehard's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Diehard creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Braun gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Diehard.
Diehard tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Braun's elbow. #T2#
Diehard lands a shoulder strike.
Braun stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Diehard misses with a punch on the inside.
Braun tries to throw a body punch but Diehard avoids it by throwing Braun back against the cage.
Braun fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Braun swings wildly with an uppercut but Diehard uses good head movement to avoid it.
Braun tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Diehard scores with a shoulder strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Diehard.
Braun blocking some punches.
Diehard works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Braun lands an uppercut.#BC#
Braun pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Diehard missing with a left hand there. Braun was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Diehard scores with a jab to the body.
Braun cracks Diehard with a right hand to the side of the head.
Diehard takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.#T3#
Diehard with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Diehard avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Braun takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Braun swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Diehard counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Diehard scores with a jab to the jaw.
Diehard has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Braun misses with a leg kick.
Diehard tries to clinch up.
Diehard throws a shot to the body.
Braun connects with an inside leg kick.
Diehard checks the leg kick nicely there.
A jab from Braun misses.
Braun slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Braun defending well as Diehard loads up on a big left hand. #TD2#
Diehard drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Braun manages to get back to half guard.
Diehard is looking to advance position but Braun won't allow it. #T4#
Braun is looking for a sweep. Diehard is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Diehard is trying to control the action in half guard but Braun is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Braun wants to get back to full guard.#SUB2#
Diehard is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Braun doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Diehard.
The fighters are battling for position here. Braun manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Diehard trying to control but Braun is working from the bottom.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.#SUB#
Braun has his foot on Diehard's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Diehard works his way back into a safe position though.
Diehard trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Diehard trying to control but Braun is working from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Bruce Diehard will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!
#R2#
Braun misses with a head kick.
Bruce Diehard seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Diehard avoids a kick to the body.
Braun slips under a jab from Diehard.
Diehard connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Diehard feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Brauns jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
A telegraphed right hand from Braun misses the target.
Braun moves forwards but Diehard connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Diehard moves away from the strike by Braun.
Diehard misses with a hook.
Diehard lands a jab to the head.
A slow jab from Diehard misses its intended target.
Diehard keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Braun.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Braun takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Braun looks to throw the jab but Diehard is out of range.
A big left from Braun misses.
Diehard is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Braun throws a low kick but Diehard moves out of range easily.
Diehard jabbing away but nothing is landing.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Diehard dips down and scores with a jab to the body.#T1#
Braun moves out of range of the body kick.
Bluto Braun is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Braun tries a head kick but it misses.
Braun tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Diehard was well out of range. Poor timing from Braun.
A clash of legs there as Diehard blocks the low kick.
Diehard lands with a cross.
Diehard misses with an uppercut
and Diehard takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Diehard comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Diehard wants to clinch up but Braun keeps it at a distance.
Braun lands a jab to Diehard's midsection.
Braun throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Diehard sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Braun takes a swing at Diehard's ribcage but misses.
Braun throws a looping overhand right but Diehard ducks down to avoid it.
Braun misses with a wild body shot.
Braun avoids the body shot from Diehard.
Diehard missing with a left hand there. Braun was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Braun ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Braun gets cracked there but stands up to it. #T2#
Braun blocks a jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Braun misses with a looping right.
Braun throws a head kick but Diehard moves out of range.
Braun wants to clinch.
Diehard throws an overhand right that lands on Braun's shoulder, as Braun tries to avoid the shot.
Diehard scores with a sloppy right hand. Braun should have avoided that one.
Diehard keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Braun turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.#TD2#
Diehard throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Braun was covering up waiting for the punch and Diehard finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Braun wants to sweep here but Diehard controlling him for the moment. #SUB#
Braun is active off his back here, looking for submissions. #T3##SUB#
Braun looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Diehard passes Braun's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Diehard is looking to advance position but Braun won't allow it.
Diehard is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Diehard sitting and controlling from the half guard.
The fighters are battling for position here. Braun manages to regain full guard. Nice work. #SUB#
Braun escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Diehard gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance. #SUB#
Braun looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar. #T4#
Diehard passes into half guard.
Diehard wants to pass to mount but Braun is defending the position.
Braun works his way to full guard. Good work.
Diehard wants to pass the guard but Braun is keeping the position.
Diehard passes Braun's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Diehard wants to pass the guard but Braun is defending well.
Diehard passes into side control, despite Braun's attempt to control the position.
Braun tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Diehard wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bruce Diehard showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
#R3#
Diehard moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Braun throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Diehard has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
A swing and a miss from Diehard.
Diehard just misses with a punch to the body.
Braun thows a left - swing and a miss!
Diehard throws a jab when Braun was well out of range.
Braun tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Braun avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Braun misses the shot to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Braun. Diehard does a little dance to reset his feet.
Diehard doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Diehard connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Diehard connects with a nice looking jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A cross from Diehard lands.
Braun is looking to chop away at Diehard's legs.
Braun throws a leg kick but Diehard moved away.
Diehard throws a body shot but no joy.
Braun throwing a counter right hand but Diehard manages to avoid it.
Diehard lands with a hook. Braun tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head. #T1#
Braun takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Braun is looking to clinch.
Good exchange - Diehard coming out on top.
Braun looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Diehard throws a jab but it's blocked by Braun.
Diehard connects with a jab.
Decent striking displayed by Diehard there.
Braun throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Diehard.
Diehard works the jab nicely.
Braun scores with a crisp jab that stopped Diehard in his tracks.
Braun looks to land a body kick but Diehard moved away.
Diehard throws the left hand but Braun avoids the punch easily.
Braun appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Braun misses with a body punch
and Diehard counters with a nice uppercut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Braun walks into a straight right hand from Diehard.
Braun keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
An attempted straight right counter from Braun misses the target.
Braun looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Braun throws a hook to the side of Diehard's head but Diehard sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Braun defending well as Diehard loads up on a big left hand.
Bluto Braun has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!#T2#
Diehard loads up on a big right hand but Braun slips the punch.
Braun throwing a counter right hand but Diehard manages to avoid it.
Braun defending well as Diehard loads up on a big left hand.
Diehard lands the left hand.
Diehard tests Braun's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Diehard uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Braun.
Braun throws a low kick but it's checked well by Diehard.
Diehard misses with a hook.
Bruce Diehard is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Diehard lands a right hook to the body.
Diehard wants to clinch.
Braun moves away from the strike by Diehard.
Diehard looks to land a body kick but Braun moved away.
Braun takes a jab right on the kisser.
Diehard scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
The crowd cheers as Diehard lands an impressive looking overhand right. Braun doesn't seem phased though.#T3#
Braun tries to clinch up.
Braun throws a low kick but Diehard avoids it.
Braun walks into a left hand.
Braun drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Diehard catches Braun with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Good standup being displayed there by Braun as he connects with a hook.#TD2#
Diehard closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Braun quickly recovers to half guard.
Braun punching from the bottom. #SUB#
Braun looking for submissions off his back.
Braun is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Diehard controlling the action here.
Braun tries to get to full guard but Diehard has control of the leg.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.#T4#
Diehard sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Diehard is continuing to stall.
Let's hope that Diehard has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Braun tries to roll over but Diehard keeps him under control.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Diehard is looking to advance position but Braun won't allow it.
Braun is trying to stand.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.

And that's the end of the fight!
Bruce Diehard comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Diehard has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Jack Bonds scores the fight 27:30
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 27:30
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bruce Diehard!
Bruce Diehard decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
Bluto Braun was interviewed post fight and said 'I'll get em' next time.'.

Event: GAMMA#696 Goodman v Asai 2
Date: Mar 10, 2018

#R1#
Emelienko throws a head kick that misses
and Diehard counters with a nice uppercut.
A jab from Emelienko misses.
It looked like Diehard wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Diehard cracks Emelienko with an open hand slap.
Diehard throws a lazy right hand but Emelienko sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.#TD#
Diehard fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Emelienko to the ground. Diehard is now in Emelienko's guard.#ES2#
Emelienko pushes Diehard off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
A jab from Emelienko misses.
Diehard avoids the body shot from Emelienko.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Emelienko waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Diehard.
Emelienko avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Diehard swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Emelienko is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Diehard with a body shot.
Emelienko cracks Diehard with an open hand slap.
Diehard lands a nice shot that snaps Emelienko's head back.
Nice jab there from Diehard.
Diehard takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Diehard jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Emelienko throws a hook but Diehard avoids it easily.
Good work by Diehard as he checks the leg kick.
Diehard thows a left - swing and a miss!
Diehard avoids a lazy jab quite easily.#T1#
Emelienko lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Emelienko comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Emelienko throws a series of punches but Diehard moves out of range.
Emelienko waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Diehard.
Emelienko misses with a low kick.
Diehard is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
A looping hook to the body misses from Diehard. Emelienko does a little dance to reset his feet.
Emelienko throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Diehard misses with a hook.#CL#
Diehard clinches up against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Diehard.
Emelienko misses with a punch to the body.
Emelienko blocking some punches.
Emelienko tries a body shot but Diehard blocks it.
Diehard fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Emelienko tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Diehard blocks an uppercut.
Diehard throws a head punch that misses.
A bit of stalling here from Diehard. #T2#
Emelienko lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Diehard or not.
Diehard working aggressively here.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Emelienko throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Diehards head.
Emelienko tries to work over Diehard's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
We've been informed that Emelienko has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Diehard misses with a short punch on the inside.
Emelienko can't find room to land a body shot as Diehard controls the action.
Emelienko tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Diehard's elbow.
Emelienko looking to stall.
Diehard working aggressively here.
Emelienko struggles to land a body shot inside as Diehard controls his hands.
Emelienko slows down the pace here.
Diehard lands a right hand that snaps the head of Emelienko backwards. #BC2#
Emelienko breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Emelienko uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Diehard.
Diehard swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Diehard throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Emelienko moves out of range of the strikes.#T3#
Emelienko tries to land a leg kick but Diehard saw it coming and moves away.
Diehard thows a left - swing and a miss!
Emelienko fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Diehard manages to avoid it.
A shot to the liver by Diehard. Beautiful body shot.
Diehard cracks Emelienko with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
A slow jab from Emelienko misses its intended target.
Emelienko misses with a looping right.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Diehard steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Emelienko.
Diehard misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Emelienko.
Emelienko is looking to chop away at Diehard's legs.
A little feinted left hand from Diehard on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Diehard uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Emelienko.
Emelienko lands a nice hook to Diehard's body. Diehard takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
No joy there for Emelienko, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Emelienko swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Emelienko defending well as Diehard loads up on a big left hand.
Emelienko lands a jab.
Emelienko throws a hook but Diehard blocks it.
The fighters circle momentarily. Diehard darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Emelienko throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Diehard is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.#T4#
Emelienko misses the shot to the body.
Vladimir Emelienko seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Emelienko throws a front kick aimed at Diehard's knee but Diehard avoids it well.
Emelienko connects with a solid leg kick.
Emelienko jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Emelienko attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Diehard was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Diehard throws a lazy right hand but Emelienko sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Diehard scores with a nice strike.
A telegraphed right hand from Diehard misses the target.
Diehard waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Emelienko.
Diehard throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Diehard jabs at Emelienko's body.
A low kick from Emelienko misses
enabling Diehard to counter with a crisp jab.
Diehard defending well as Emelienko loads up on a big left hand.
Diehard lunges at Emelienko with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Emelienko's hand.
Vladimir Emelienko is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Diehard bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Emelienko throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Diehard.
Emelienko throws a body shot but no joy. #CL#
Diehard closes the distance and clinches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Vladimir Emelienko will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
#R2#
A bone on bone clash there as Diehard blocks the leg kick.
Emelienko wants to land a leg kick but Diehard is out of range.
Diehard dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Emelienko ducks under a wild hook from Diehard.
Emelienko throws a leg kick but Diehard checks it.
Diehard went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Diehard throws a right hand that misses
and Emelienko counters with a slapping leg kick.
Diehard checks a leg kick.
Diehard wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
A swing and a miss from Emelienko.
Emelienko closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Emelienko staying out of range there.
Diehard ducks under a wild hook from Emelienko.
A little feinted left hand from Diehard on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Diehard waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Emelienko.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Emelienko lands a leg kick that knocks Diehard off balance momentarily.
Diehard shoots in for a takedown but Emelienko shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Emelienko wants to land a leg kick but Diehard is out of range.
Diehard takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Diehard throws a hook but Emelienko avoids it easily.
Emelienko walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Diehard checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side. #T1#
Emelienko throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Diehard throwing a counter right hand but Emelienko manages to avoid it.
Diehard tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Emelienko changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Good work by Diehard as he checks the leg kick.
Diehard throws a shot from downtown. Emelienko moves away and avoids it.#CL#
Diehard instigates a clinch.
Emelienko lands with a light punch inside.
Emelienko swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Emelienko lands a left hand.
Emelienko lands with a right to the head.
A right handed body shot lands from Diehard.
Diehard tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Diehard tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Diehard swings wildly with an uppercut but Emelienko uses good head movement to avoid it. #BC2#
Emelienko's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Emelienko throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Emelienko connects with an inside leg kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Emelienko lands a nice hook to Diehard's body. Diehard takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes. #T2#
Diehard connects with a single shot there.
Emelienko takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Diehard lands a slapping body shot.
Diehard misses with a wild body shot.
An inside leg kick from Emelienko misses.
Emelienko throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
letting Diehard counter with a right hand.
Emelienko lands with a nice body punch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Diehard looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Diehard lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Emelienko uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Diehard.
Emelienko throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Emelienko throws a body punch but Diehard moves out of range.
Good leg kick by Emelienko there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Diehard uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Emelienko.
Emelienko misses with a leg kick.
A big right from Emelienko misses. #T3##CL#
Diehard gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Emelienko misses with a body punch.
Diehard lands a body shot.
Diehard misses with a hook from the clinch. #BC#
Diehard breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance. #CL#
Diehard closes the distance and clinches.
Diehard swings wildly with an uppercut but Emelienko uses good head movement to avoid it.
Emelienko lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Diehard backwards.
Diehard scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Emelienko tries a body shot but Diehard blocks it.
Emelienko working hard to break the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Diehard fails to land.
Diehard softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Diehard tries for a takedown but Emelienko manages to get underhooks.
Emelienko misses with a body punch.
Emelienko misses with a hook from the clinch.
Emelienko stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Diehard goes for a takedown attempt but Emelienko pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bruce Diehard. That's going to take a lot out of him.#T4#
Emelienko throws an overhand right that lands on Diehard's shoulder, as Diehard tries to avoid the shot.
Emelienko throws a low kick but it's checked well by Diehard.
Diehard half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Diehard throws a poor cross that misses
and Emelienko counters with a left to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!#CL#
Emelienko gets tackled into the cage by Diehard. Diehard maintains the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Diehard fails to land.
A head punch on the inside from Emelienko fails to land.
Emelienko blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Emelienko lands a hook to the side of the head.
Diehard misses with a short punch on the inside. #BC2#
Emelienko's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Emelienko misses with a low kick.
Diehard was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Vladimir Emelienko seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A punch lands to the side of Diehard 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Diehard connects with a body shot.
A big right from Emelienko misses.
Emelienko tries to score with a low kick but Diehard moves his leg out of the way.
Emelienko fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Emelienko throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Vladimir Emelienko will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's time! Back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
#R3#
Emelienko throws a jab but it's blocked by Diehard.
Diehard takes a swing at Emelienko's ribcage but misses.
Emelienko throws a right hand that Diehard ducks under and follows up with a left that Diehard also avoids with ease.
Emelienko throws out a leg kick but Diehard moves out of range and Emelienko only half commits.
Diehard is looking to counter punch.
Emelienko uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Diehard.
A swing and a miss from Emelienko.
Diehard checks the leg kick nicely there.
Diehard throws an overhand right that lands on Emelienko's shoulder, as Emelienko tries to avoid the shot.
Emelienko fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Diehard uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Emelienko.
Diehard ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Diehard misses with a looping left.
Emelienko misses with a body punch #CL#
and Diehard counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Diehard scores with a shoulder strike.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Diehard.
Emelienko takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Diehard misses with the head strike.
Diehard tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Emelienko's elbow.
Diehard lands an uppercut.
Diehard digs a right hand into Emelienko's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Emelienko's gas tank. #T1#
Diehard pushes Emelienko back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Diehard lands a hook that snaps the head of Emelienko backwards.
Diehard lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Emelienko.
Bruce Diehard has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Diehard working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Diehard lands a hook that snaps the head of Emelienko backwards.
Diehard pushes Emelienko back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Emelienko misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Emelienko blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Emelienko misses with some punches.
Emelienko wants to get back to striking at distance but Diehard won't allow it.
Diehard tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Diehard digs a right hand into Emelienko's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Emelienko's gas tank.
Diehard digs a right hand underneath Emelienko's ribcage. Emelienko let out a lung full of air as it connected.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Diehard.
Diehard lands a body shot in the clinch.
A short right from Diehard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Diehard throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Emelienkos head.
Diehard working aggressively here. #T2#
Diehard is pushing Emelienko up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Emelienko tries a body shot but Diehard blocks it.
Emelienko misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Emelienko misses with a punch to the body.
Diehard blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Diehard misses with the head strike.
Diehard lands a shoulder strike.
A right hand to the body from Emelienko.
Emelienko blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Diehard tries to work over Emelienko's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Diehard misses with a punch on the inside.
Emelienko misses with a hook from the clinch.
Diehard scores with a nice hook to the head.
Diehard lands a shoulder strike.
Diehard misses with some punches.
Diehard being controlled against the cage.#T3#
Diehard working aggressively here.
Diehard goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Diehard lands with a right to the head.
Emelienko lands a body shot in the clinch.
Emelienko misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Diehard struggles to land a body shot inside as Emelienko controls his hands.
Emelienko tries to work over Diehard's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Emelienko throws a head punch that misses.
Vladimir Emelienko is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Emelienko is looking to break free of the clinch but Diehard has double underhooks.
A short right from Diehard on the inside.
Diehard scores with a shot to the side of Emelienko's head.
Diehard tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Emelienko's elbow.
Diehard makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Emelienko working aggressively here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Diehard.
Emelienko tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Diehard's elbow.
Diehard tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Bruce Diehard has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!#T4#
Emelienko doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Diehard swings wildly with an uppercut but Emelienko uses good head movement to avoid it.
Emelienko taking a breather.
Emelienko tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Diehard's elbow.
Emelienko has a couple of punches blocked by Diehard.
Emelienko blocking some punches.
Emelienko tries to throw a body punch but Diehard avoids it by throwing Emelienko back against the cage.
Diehard lands a shoulder strike.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Diehard jumps guard but Emelienko stands there with Diehard around his waist. Diehard gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Diehard throws a punch but it's blocked by Emelienko.
Emelienko tries to throw a body punch but Diehard avoids it by throwing Emelienko back against the cage. #BC2#
Emelienko breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Emelienko goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Diehard throws an overhand right that lands on Emelienko's shoulder, as Emelienko tries to avoid the shot.
Emelienko just misses with a punch to the body.
Diehard seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Emelienko moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.

And that's the end of the fight!
Bruce Diehard showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Emelienko 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 Jack Bonds scores the fight 28:29
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Vladimir Emelienko!
A very excited looking Vladimir Emelienko rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.

Event: GAMMA#692 Ridgeway v Diehard
Date: Feb 17, 2018

#R1#
Ridgeway throws a big shot that misses.
Diehard swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Diehard throws a jab when Ridgeway was well out of range.
Diehard swings widly with a right hand
and Ridgeway counters with a nice kick to the body.
Ridgeway does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Ridgeway moves out of range of the strikes.
Ridgeway throws a wild body kick that Diehard sees coming a mile off.
Ridgeway uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Diehard.
An attempted straight right counter from Ridgeway misses the target.
Diehard throws a shot from downtown. Ridgeway moves away and avoids it.
Ridgeway stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Diehard lands with a good body shot.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Diehard has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Ridgeway scores with a nice right hand.
Diehard throws a right and a left that Ridgeway avoids nicely.
Ridgeway throws a leg kick that misses.
Ridgeway's corner calls for a 1-2. Ridgeway obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Diehard defending well as Ridgeway loads up on a big left hand.
Ridgeway moves out of range as Diehard strikes.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ridgeway displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Diehard throws out the jab.
Ridgeway throws a body shot but no joy.
Ridgeway misses with a straight right.
Ridgeway walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Diehard checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side. #T1#
Ridgeway takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Ridgeway looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Diehard checks a leg kick.
Ridgeway throws the kick towards the body but Diehard avoids it.
Diehard misses with a looping left.
Ridgeway ducks under a wild hook from Diehard.
Diehard changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Ridgeway tries to avoid it but Diehard manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Ridgeway to the ground. Ridgeway escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Diehard lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Diehard lands a jab to Ridgeway's midsection.
Diehard moves out of range of the body kick from Ridgeway.
Ridgeway throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Diehard takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Mathew Ridgeway seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ridgeway just misses with a punch to the body.
Ridgeway with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Ridgeway needs to keep his hands up - Diehard had a free shot at his head there.
Diehard slips under a jab from Ridgeway.
A big left from Diehard misses.
Diehard fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Ridgeway manages to avoid it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nice body punch from Diehard. #T2#
Ridgeway slips a straight right by Diehard.
Ridgeway scores with a leg kick.
Diehard takes a swing at Ridgeway's ribcage but misses.
Ridgeway on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Ridgeway takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Ridgeway delivers a nice body kick.
Ridgeway misses with a low kick as Diehard jumps back.
A lazy left from Ridgeway finds it's target.
Diehard misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Ridgeway.
Ridgeway takes one to the chin there.
Ridgeway scores with a jab. Diehard acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Ridgeway misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Diehard.
Ridgeway looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Ridgeway buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by Ridgeway.
Ridgeway misses with a kick to the body
and Diehard counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Ridgeway takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Ridgeway misses with a hook.
Diehard throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Ridgeway sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Ridgeway moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Diehard cracks Ridgeway with a good jab.#T3#
Diehard misses with an uppercut.
Diehard misses with a wild body shot.
Diehard throws out a loose jab but Ridgeway uses good head movement to avoid it.
Diehard is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Ridgeway had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Diehard thuds a left hand into Ridgeway's body.
Mathew Ridgeway is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Diehard connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Ridgeway fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Diehard looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Diehard with a lazy takedown attempt
and Ridgeway counters with a leg kick.
Diehard misses with a low kick.
Diehard takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Diehard takes a swing at Ridgeway's ribcage but misses.
Diehard checks the leg kick nicely there.
Ridgeway bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Ridgeway goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Ridgeway moves out of range as Diehard strikes.
Ridgeway feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Ridgeway displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Diehard throws out the jab.
Ridgeway connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Ridgeway is looking to slow Diehard down with leg kicks.
Ridgeway looks to land a left hand but Diehard moved out of range nicely.
Ridgeway wants to land a leg kick but Diehard is out of range.
Diehard looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.#T4#
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ridgeway tried to score with a low kick but Diehard checks it.
Diehard drops his hands momentarily and Ridgeway takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Ridgeway tries to score with a low kick but Diehard moves his leg out of the way.
Ridgeway throws a low kick but it's checked well by Diehard.
Ridgeway throws a leg kick that misses.
A nice side step and Diehard releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
A clash of legs there as Diehard blocks the low kick.
Diehard doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Diehard takes a swing at Ridgeway's ribcage but misses.
Ridgeway thows a left - swing and a miss!
Ridgeway misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Diehard counters with a nice uppercut.
Ridgeway throws a hook to the side of Diehard's head but Diehard sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Diehard checks a low kick from Ridgeway.
A punch lands to the side of Diehard 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Ridgeway throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Diehard cracks Ridgeway with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Diehard missing with a left hand there. Ridgeway was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Ridgeway uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Diehard.
A telegraphed right hand from Diehard misses the target.
Diehard misses with a few strikes there.
Ridgeway swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Diehard misses with a looping left.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Bruce Diehard will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
#R2#
A decent looking cross lands there for Ridgeway.
Ridgeway does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Diehard takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Ridgeway throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Ridgeway moves out of range of the strikes.
Ridgeway cracks Diehard with a right hand to the side of the head.
Diehard slips under a jab.
Ridgeway walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Diehard checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Ridgeway avoids the body shot from Diehard.
Ridgeway throws a leg kick that misses.
A bone on bone clash there as Diehard blocks the leg kick.
Ridgeway lands a nice looking body shot.
Ridgeway connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Diehard checks a low kick from Ridgeway.
Diehard doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Diehard throws a big shot that misses.
A slow jab from Diehard misses its intended target.
Ridgeway lands a jab to the head.
Diehard's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Ridgeway connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
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!
Ridgeway feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Diehard's calf.
Mathew Ridgeway is winning the standup battle so far.
Ridgeway misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Diehard. #T1#
Ridgeway misses with a left hand
and Diehard counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Diehard connects with the punch.
Ridgeway uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Diehard.
Ridgeway throws a leg kick but Diehard sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Ridgeway misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Diehard.
Ridgeway moves forwards but Diehard connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Ridgeway uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Diehard.
Diehard gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Ridgeway.
Diehard lands with an overhand left.
Ridgeway throws a leg kick but Diehard sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Diehard throws a nice outside leg kick.
Diehard stuns Ridgeway with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Diehard keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Ridgeway pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Ridgeway dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Diehard. That did some damage!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Diehard avoids a kick to the body.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Diehard! But no joy.
Ridgeway throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Ridgeway pivots, looking for a leg kick but Diehard is out of range and Ridgeway settles back down.
Ridgeway chopping away at his opponent's legs. #T2#
Diehard throws a good cross that connects.
Ridgeway tries to land a leg kick but Diehard saw it coming and moves away.
Ridgeway misses with an attempted mid kick.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Ridgeway tests Diehard's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Diehard checks a low kick from Ridgeway.
Ridgeway scores with a leg kick.
Diehard wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Diehard fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Ridgeway manages to avoid it.
Diehard throws a jab but it's blocked by Ridgeway.
Diehard bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Ridgeway's head backwards.
Diehard scores with a nice strike.
The fighters circling - Ridgeway throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Diehard appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Diehard, as that shot connected.
Ridgeway checks a leg kick nicely.
A big left from Ridgeway misses.
Ridgeway throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Diehard misses with an uppercut. Ridgeway saw that one coming.
Diehard takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.#T3#
Diehard looks to score with a jab to the body but Ridgeway is just out of range.
Diehard uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ridgeway.
Ridgeway throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Diehard swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Ridgeway lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Diehard throws out a loose jab but Ridgeway uses good head movement to avoid it.
Diehard checks a leg kick.
Diehard throws an overhand right that lands on Ridgeway's shoulder, as Ridgeway tries to avoid the shot.
Diehard's jab looks to have found its range, popping Ridgeway under the eye.
Diehard looks to throw the jab but Ridgeway is out of range.
Diehard's corner calls for a 1-2. Diehard obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Diehard missing with a left hand there. Ridgeway was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one. #TD2#
Diehard manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Ridgeway on his heels. He'll look to pass Ridgeway's guard now, I'm sure.
Diehard tries to free his leg and advance position but Ridgeway is retaining full guard.
Ridgeway controls Diehard momentarily but Diehard frees himself. #ES#
Ridgeway is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Diehard blocks a couple of punches on the inside. #T4#
Diehard prevents a body shot from Ridgeway.
Diehard's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Ridgeway lands with a left to the head.
Ridgeway blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Diehard has a couple of punches blocked by Ridgeway.
Ridgeway misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Diehard makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Nice body punch from Diehard.
Diehard pushes Ridgeway back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Ridgeway.
Diehard fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Ridgeway lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Diehard or not.
Ridgeway lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage. #TD2#
Diehard pulls guard effortlessly.
Ridgeway has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ridgeway looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Diehard looking for a sweep. Not yet Diehard, not yet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Mathew Ridgeway will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
#R3#
Ridgeway motions for Diehard to come forward. Ridgeway throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Ridgeway throws out a powerful jab.
Diehard with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Ridgeway fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Diehard manages to avoid it.
Ridgeway throws a leg kick that misses.
Diehard looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Ridgeway buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Diehard misses with a two punch combination.
Diehard shoots for a takedown but Ridgeway saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Ridgeway thinks about countering with a body kick.
A slow jab from Ridgeway misses its intended target.
Diehard looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Diehard misses with an uppercut.
A jab from Diehard misses.
Diehard misses with a straight left.
Ridgeway seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Ridgeway defending well as Diehard loads up on a big left hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nice uppercut lands for Ridgeway. That snapped Diehard's head back.
Diehard throws a hook to the side of Ridgeway's head but Ridgeway sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Ridgeway lands a glancing blow to the side of Diehard's head.
Ridgeway misses with a shot to the body
and Diehard counters with a lovely straight right hand!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Diehard jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Ridgeway slips a straight right by Diehard.#T1#
Ridgeway tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Diehard was well out of range. Poor timing from Ridgeway.
It seemed like Diehard was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Nice defenses there by Ridgeway.
Ridgeway throws a leg kick that misses.
Ridgeway looks to score with a jab to the body but Diehard is just out of range.
A chopping leg kick lands by Ridgeway.
Ridgeway misses with a wild body shot.
Diehard slips a straight right by Ridgeway.
Diehard misses with an uppercut.
Diehard just misses with a punch to the body.
Diehard misses with a wild body shot.
Ridgeway jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Ridgeway fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Diehard checks it well.
Diehard walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Ridgeway looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Diehard takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Ridgeway ducks under a wild hook from Diehard.
Diehard throws an overhand right that lands on Ridgeway's shoulder, as Ridgeway tries to avoid the shot.
Diehard looks to score with a jab to the body but Ridgeway is just out of range.
Diehard takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.#T2#
Ridgeway does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Diehard swings for the body but Ridgeway moves out of range.
Diehard throws a lazy right hand but Ridgeway sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Diehard throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Ridgeway counters with a body kick that stops Diehard in his tracks momentarily.
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!
Diehard throws out a powerful jab.
Ridgeway keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Ridgeway tried to counter with a leg kick but Diehard avoided it.
A good leg kick by Ridgeway.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Ridgeway.
Ridgeway avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Ridgeway looks to score with a jab to the body but Diehard is just out of range.
Ridgeway swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Diehard looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Ridgeway uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Diehard.
A little feinted left hand from Ridgeway on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Diehard throws a big shot that misses.
Diehard stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Diehard misses with a body shot.
A swing and a miss from Diehard.
Ridgeway dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Diehard. That did some damage!
A low kick from Ridgeway is predictable there
and Diehard counters with a lovely straight right hand!#T3#
Diehard takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Ridgeway walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Diehard checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Diehard unleashes a big counter combination but Ridgeway bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Diehard jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Diehard takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Ridgeway looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Ridgeway, as that shot connected.
Diehard tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ridgeway was well out of range. Poor timing from Diehard.
Diehard misses the jab.
Ridgeway appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Ridgeway misses with an uppercut.
Ridgeway avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Diehard throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Ridgeway defending well as Diehard loads up on a big left hand.
Ridgeway scores with a shot to the body.
Diehard takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Ridgeway throws a body kick that misses.
Ridgeway misses with a low kick.
Good shot there by Ridgeway.#T4#
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Diehard throws a jab but it's blocked by Ridgeway.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Ridgeway.
A big left from Diehard misses.
Ridgeway dodges the punch combination from Diehard.
Ridgeway misses with a hook. Diehard ducked under it nicely.
Ridgeway connects with a body shot.
Ridgeway slips under a jab from Diehard.
Diehard just misses with a punch to the body.
Ridgeway connects with a looping right hand.
Diehard throws a jab when Ridgeway was well out of range.
Ridgeway ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Diehard moves away.
Ridgeway lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Diehard avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Ridgeway avoids the body shot from Diehard.
A counter left hand to the body from Ridgeway misses its target.
Ridgeway tries to score with a low kick but Diehard moves his leg out of the way.
Ridgeway takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Ridgeway has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Ridgeway there as he acknowledges the shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but Mathew Ridgeway did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
#R4#
Diehard throws a looping overhand right but Ridgeway ducks down to avoid it.
Diehard shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Ridgeway looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Ridgeway looks to throw the jab but Diehard is out of range.
Ridgeway cracks Diehard with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Diehard misses with a body shot.
Diehard walks into a left hand.
Diehard ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ridgeway moves away.
Diehard misses with a looping left.
Ridgeway misses with a leg kick.
Diehard looks to score with a jab to the body but Ridgeway is just out of range.
Ridgeway blocks a jab.
Diehard throws a poor cross that misses
and Ridgeway counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ridgeway throws a leg kick but Diehard moved away.
Diehard avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Diehard throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Diehard misses with an uppercut.
Ridgeway throws a big shot that misses.
Diehard throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Ridgeway sees it coming and avoids it easily.#T1#
Diehard avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Diehard dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Ridgeway tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Diehard ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ridgeway moves away.
Ridgeway bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Diehard dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Ridgeway slips a jab from Diehard.
Diehard checks the leg kick nicely there.
Diehard scores with a nice head shot.
Ridgeway drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Ridgeway uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Diehard.
Ridgeway scoring well with a low kick there.
Ridgeway tries to land a leg kick but Diehard saw it coming and moves away.
Ridgeway slips under a jab.
Diehard connects with a crisp jab.
Ridgeway just misses with a punch to the body.
Ridgeway lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Diehard misses with a body shot. #T2#
Diehard throws the left hand but Ridgeway avoids the punch easily.
Diehard takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Ridgeway keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Ridgeway looks to score with a jab to the body but Diehard is just out of range.
Ridgeway connects with a solid leg kick.
Diehard misses with an uppercut.
Ridgeway cracks the inside of Diehard's front leg.
A jab from Diehard finds it's way through Ridgeway's defenses.
Ridgeway fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Diehard manages to avoid it.
Ridgeway steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Diehard.
Ridgeway will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Diehard connects with the punch.
Ridgeway scores with a kick to the midsection.
Ridgeway fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Diehard manages to avoid it.
Ridgeway finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Ridgeway uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Diehard.
Ridgeway takes a swing at Diehard's ribcage but misses. #T3#
Ridgeway checks a low kick from Diehard.
Diehard bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Ridgeway's head backwards.
Ridgeway scores with a nice strike.
Nice straight punches there by Diehard. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Diehard.
Ridgeway stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Diehard.
Diehard avoids the body shot from Ridgeway.
Diehard feints the counter takedown.
Diehard ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ridgeway moves away.
Ridgeway misses with an uppercut.
Diehard misses with a wild body shot.
Ridgeway misses with a body kick.
Diehard takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Diehard walks into a stiff left hand from Ridgeway.
The fighters circling - Diehard throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Ridgeway walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Ridgeway misses with a body shot.
Diehard throws a hook but Ridgeway blocks it.
Diehard misses with a left hand
and Ridgeway counters with an inside leg kick. #T4#
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Diehard moves in looking to clinch but Ridgeway pushes him off.
Ridgeway connects with an inside leg kick.
Ridgeway connects with a crisp jab.
Ridgeway works Diehard's body with a nice hook.
Diehard misses with a hook. Ridgeway ducked under it nicely.
Diehard looks to score with a jab to the body but Ridgeway is just out of range.
Diehard avoids a kick to the body.
Ridgeway misses with a wild body shot.
Ridgeway fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Diehard manages to avoid it.
Ridgeway walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Diehard checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Ridgeway fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Diehard on the side of the head.
Ridgeway ducks under a wild hook from Diehard.
Ridgeway ducks under a wild hook from Diehard.
Ridgeway misses the shot to the body.
A lazy left from Ridgeway finds it's target.
Diehard takes a swing at Ridgeway's ribcage but misses.
Ridgeway fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Diehard manages to avoid it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close fourth round but I would say that Mathew Ridgeway will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
#R5#
Ridgeway bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Ridgeway wants to slow Diehard down by chopping away at his legs.
Diehard walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Ridgeway checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Ridgeway scores with a shot to the body.
Ridgeway on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Ridgeway lands a slapping body shot.
Ridgeway lands a really nice looking cross but Diehard seems unphased.
Diehard scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Diehard lands a nice hook to Ridgeway's body. Ridgeway takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
A left lands for Ridgeway.
Diehard misses with a looping right.
Ridgeway displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Diehard.
Ridgeway looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Ridgeway waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Diehard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Diehard looks to land a left hand but Ridgeway moved out of range nicely.
Diehard ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.#T1#
Diehard misses with a hook.
Diehard thuds a left hand into Ridgeway's body.
Ridgeway feints and then cracks Diehard's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Diehard down.
Ridgeway misses the jab.
Ridgeway misses with an attempted mid kick.
Ridgeway misses with a hook to the body
and Diehard cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Ridgeway throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Diehard lunges at Ridgeway with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Ridgeway's hand.
Diehard lands with a good body shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Ridgeway. Diehard does a little dance to reset his feet.
An inside leg kick lands from Ridgeway.
Diehard uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ridgeway.
Diehard appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Ridgeway swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A looping hook to the body misses from Ridgeway. Diehard does a little dance to reset his feet.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Diehard crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Ridgeway - the referee stops the clock and Diehard gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Ridgeway. Diehard manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Ridgeway dips to his left and cracks Diehard with an uppercut!#T2#
A looping hook to the body misses from Diehard. Ridgeway does a little dance to reset his feet.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A jab from Diehard does it's job there.
Ridgeway blocks a jab.
Diehard throws out a loose jab but Ridgeway uses good head movement to avoid it.
Diehard misses with a hook. Ridgeway ducked under it nicely.
Ridgeway appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Diehard thows a left - swing and a miss!
Diehard changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Diehard ducks under a wild hook from Ridgeway.
A looping hook to the body misses from Diehard. Ridgeway does a little dance to reset his feet.
Ridgeway is looking to counter the offense by Diehard and move into the clinch.
Ridgeway tries to score with a low kick but Diehard moves his leg out of the way.
Diehard has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Ridgeway.
Ridgeway throws a nice inside leg kick.
Decent striking displayed by Ridgeway there.
Diehard looks to score with a jab to the body but Ridgeway is just out of range.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Ridgeway.
Ridgeway staying out of range there.
Diehard throws a series of punches but Ridgeway moves out of range.
Ridgeway feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Diehard's calf.#T3#
Ridgeway gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Ridgeway lands with a thumping leg kick.
Ridgeway throws a body kick that misses
and Diehard cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Ridgeway digs a good hook to Diehard's body.
Ridgeway misses with a straight left.
Diehard shoots in for a takedown but Ridgeway shows good takedown defense.
Ridgeway ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Diehard throws a good cross that connects.
Ridgeway lands a nice hook to Diehard's body. Diehard takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Ridgeway, right into the meat.
Diehard on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Diehard throws a body shot but no joy.
Ridgeway throws a big shot that misses.
Diehard throws a looping overhand right but Ridgeway ducks down to avoid it.
Ridgeway takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ridgeway avoids the body shot from Diehard.
Ridgeway has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Diehard finds it's way round the side to connect with Ridgeway's head.
Bruce Diehard has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!#T4#
A shot to the liver by Ridgeway. Beautiful body shot.
Diehard blocks a leg kick.
Diehard fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Mathew Ridgeway is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
A lazy left from Ridgeway finds it's target.
Diehard takes one to the chin there.
Ridgeway with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Ridgeway slips a straight right by Diehard.
Nice cross by Ridgeway.
Diehard looks to score with a jab to the body but Ridgeway is just out of range.
Diehard takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Diehard misses with a straight left.
Ridgeway fires out a quick counter leg kick but Diehard just manages to avoid it.
Diehard on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Ridgeway. Ridgeway obviously looking to wear him down.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ridgeway looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Ridgeway blocks a jab.
Ridgeway with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Ridgeway misses with a telegraphed body shot
enabling Diehard to counter with a crisp jab.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Mathew Ridgeway.
I think Ridgeway has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 50:45
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 50:45
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 50:45

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mathew Ridgeway!
Mathew Ridgeway retains his lightweight title!
Mathew Ridgeway thanked the fans post fight for their support.

Event: GAMMA#688 Diehard v Bryune
Date: Jan 27, 2018

#R1##CL#
Diehard closes the distance and pushes Bruyne back into the cage.
Diehard misses with a punch to the body.
Diehard throws a head punch that misses.
Bruyne misses with the head strike.
Bruyne throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Diehards head.
Diehard tries a body shot but Bruyne blocks it.
Bruyne manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Diehard works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
We've been hearing reports that Diehard has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Diehard blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Good body shot from Bruyne.
Diehard swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Diehard cracks Bruyne with a nice body shot.
Diehard misses with a short punch on the inside.
Diehard tries to work over Bruyne's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Diehard lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Diehard blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Diehard scores with a shot to the side of Bruyne's head.
Bruyne misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Diehard misses with some punches.
Bruyne is working Diehard over against the cage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bruyne scores with a shoulder strike.
Diehard lands with a good tight uppercut to the head. #T1#
Bruyne scores with a nice hook to the head.
Diehard misses with a hook from the clinch.
Diehard lands a right hand.
Bruyne tries to work over Diehard's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A nice right hand lands inside from Bruyne.
Diehard scores with a nice hook to the head.
Bruyne blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A body shot lands from Diehard.
Bruyne tries to work over Diehard's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Bruyne lands a nice shot to the body.
Diehard lands a body punch in the clinch.
Bruyne blocks an uppercut.
A shot in the inside from Bruyne.
Diehard misses with the head strike.
Diehard prevents a body shot from Bruyne.
Diehard tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bruyne's elbow.
Diehard gets through Bruyne's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bruyne lands a left hand.
Diehard throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Bruynes head.
Bruyne has a couple of punches blocked by Diehard. #T2#
Bruyne misses with a hook from the clinch.
Diehard wants a takedown but no success here.
Diehard throws a head punch that misses.
Diehard lands a right hand that snaps the head of Bruyne backwards.
Diehard swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Diehard has Bruyne pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Bruyne manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Diehard throws a head punch that misses.
Bruyne misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bruyne.
Diehard has Bruyne pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Bruyne manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bruce Diehard. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Diehard misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Diehard working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Bruyne lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Diehard swings wildly with an uppercut but Bruyne uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bruyne tries to work over Diehard's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Diehard blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Bruyne blocking some punches.
Diehard lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Bruyne backwards.
Diehard blocks an uppercut.
Bruyne throws a punch but it's blocked by Diehard. #T3#
Bruyne tries to work over Diehard's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Bruyne misses with a body punch.
Diehard throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Bruynes head.
Diehard misses with a short punch on the inside.
Diehard lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Bruyne working aggressively here.
Bruyne lands a shoulder strike.
Diehard throws a head punch that misses.
Bruyne tries to throw a body punch but Diehard avoids it by throwing Bruyne back against the cage.
Diehard blocks an uppercut.
Bruyne misses with some punches.
Diehard blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Diehard blocks a punch to the side of the head. #BC#
Diehard breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Bruyne throws a lazy head kick
and Diehard counters with a nice uppercut.
Diehard keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Bruyne tries to land a leg kick but Diehard saw it coming and moves away.
De Bruyne seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bruyne throws a good cross that connects.
Diehard scores with a shot to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Diehard throws out a token jab with nothing on it.#T4#
Diehard keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Bruyne displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Diehard throws out the jab.
Bruyne appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
The fighters circling - Bruyne throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A leg kick checked by Diehard.
Diehard throws a body punch but Bruyne moves out of range.
Bruyne lands a glancing blow to the side of Diehard's head.
Bruyne circles away from the clinch attempt.
Bruyne uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Diehard.
De Bruyne is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Bruyne defending well as Diehard loads up on a big left hand.
Bruyne throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Bruyne throws an overhand right that lands on Diehard's shoulder, as Diehard tries to avoid the shot.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Bruyne cracks Diehard with a right hand to the side of the head.
Diehard misses with a straight right.
Diehard darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Bruyne tries to work over Diehard's front leg with a kick but Diehard checks it.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Diehard throws a body shot but no joy.
A countering left hand to the body from Bruyne misses.
Bruyne pivots, looking for a leg kick but Diehard is out of range and Bruyne settles back down.
Bruyne misses with a double jab.
Bruyne wants to land a leg kick but Diehard is out of range.
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 Bruce Diehard will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
#R2#
Bruyne takes a jab right on the kisser.
Bruyne misses with a low kick.
Diehard went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Diehard blocks a head kick by Bruyne.
Bruyne tried to score with a low kick but Diehard checks it.
Diehard swings for the body but Bruyne moves out of range.
Diehard swings widly with a right hand
and Diehard takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Diehard throws an overhand right that lands on Bruyne's shoulder, as Bruyne tries to avoid the shot.
Diehard throws a big shot that misses.
Diehard lands a jab to the head.
Bruyne misses the jab.
De Bruyne seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Diehard avoids a punch combination nicely.
Diehard checks the leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Diehard gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.#TD#
Diehard decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Diehard is trying to advance to mount but he's lost his balance and Bruyne reverses the position - he's now on top in Diehard's guard.
Bruyne preventing the sweep. #T1#
Bruyne trying to control the position from guard on top but Diehard is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Diehard is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move. #REVR#
Diehard seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Bruyne does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Diehard is pressing down on Bruyne's thigh, looking to free his foot. Bruyne is holding on for now.
Diehard is just content to waste time from the top position. Bruyne takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard. #T2#
Diehard stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Bruyne swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Bruyne can't keep his opponent in guard - Diehard advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount. #SUB#
Diehard seems to be working for a kimura but Bruyne defends the submission attempt.#SUB#
Diehard is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Bruyne doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Diehard.
Diehard is trying to control the action in half guard but Bruyne is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard. #T3#
Diehard wants to pass the guard but Bruyne is defending well.
Diehard works his way into side control.
Diehard tries to move to mount but Bruyne blocks the move with his legs.
Bruyne tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Diehard wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Bruyne regains half guard.
Bruyne won't allow Diehard to pass to mount.
Diehard is trying to control. Bruyne wants to improve his position but can't escape this time. #SUB#
Diehard is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Diehard in particular looking to stall.#T4#
Diehard moves into full mount! Bruyne won't be happy about that!
Diehard wants to take his opponent's back but instead Bruyne manages to regain half guard. #SUB#
Diehard is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Bruyne defends it well.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Bruyne has his hands clasped together around Diehard's back. He's all about the action.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bruce Diehard dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
#R3#
Bruyne throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Bruyne scoring well with a low kick there.
Diehard throws a body punch but Bruyne moves out of range.
Bruyne buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Diehard connects with the punch.
Diehard's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Bruyne connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Diehard scrambles back to his feet.
Bruyne takes a swing at Diehard's ribcage but misses.
Diehard just misses with a punch to the body.
Bruyne keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bruyne. Diehard does a little dance to reset his feet.
Diehard takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Diehard takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Bruyne misses with a head kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bruyne throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Bruyne staying out of range there.
Diehard fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Diehard scores with a jab to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Diehard's jab looks to have found its range, popping Bruyne under the eye.
Bruyne looks to throw the jab but Diehard is out of range. #T1#
Diehard connects with a looping right hand.
Bruyne cracks the inside of Diehard's front leg.
Bruyne scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Diehard doesn't seem bothered though.
Diehard checks a low kick from Bruyne.
Bruyne jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
An inside leg kick from Bruyne misses.
Bruyne lands a nice hook to Diehard's body. Diehard takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Nice body kick there by Diehard.
Bruyne throws a big shot that misses.
Diehard connects with a single shot there.
Bruyne on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Bruyne needs to keep his hands up - Diehard had a free shot at his head there.
Diehard misses with an uppercut.
Bruyne feints a counter leg kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bruyne connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
A jab from Bruyne misses.
Bruyne jabs Diehard to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Bruyne throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Diehard ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Bruyne moves away.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!#T2#
Diehard takes a swing at Bruyne's ribcage but misses.
Bruyne keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Diehard.
Diehard throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Bruyne throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Diehard.
Bruyne slips under a jab from Diehard.
Bruyne throws a lazy right hand but Diehard sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Bruyne blocks a jab.
A cross from Diehard lands.
Diehard takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
A left lands for Bruyne.
A telegraphed right hand from Diehard misses the target.
Bruyne bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Diehard misses with an uppercut.
Diehard misses with a wild body shot.
Bruyne displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Diehard.
Donk. Bruyne catches Diehard right on the button with a cross.#T3#
Bruyne ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.#CL#
Diehard moves into the clinch successfully.
Bruyne goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Diehard lands a left hand.
Diehard throws a punch but it's blocked by Bruyne.
Diehard lands a left hand.
Bruyne blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Diehard blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Diehard tries to throw a body punch but Bruyne avoids it by throwing Diehard back against the cage.
Bruyne misses with a short punch on the inside.
Bruyne throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Diehards head.
Bruyne misses with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Bruyne fails to land.
Bruyne working aggressively here.
A right hook to the body lands for Bruyne.
Bruyne lands a body shot in the clinch.
Bruyne blocks a body shot from Diehard.
Bruyne misses with a punch to the body. #T4#
Bruyne misses with a punch on the inside. #BC#
Diehard pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Bruyne tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
It looked like Diehard wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
A jab from Diehard misses.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A bone on bone clash there as Diehard blocks the leg kick.
Bruyne has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Diehard thows a left - swing and a miss!
Bruyne throws a big shot that misses.
Bruyne throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Diehard takes a shot to the body in his stride.
A slapping leg kick lands for Bruyne.
Diehard shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
A big right from Diehard misses.
Diehard backing away here, and Bruyne unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Diehard just misses with a punch to the body.
The fighters circling - Diehard throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Diehard jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Diehard looks to land a left hand but Bruyne moved out of range nicely.
Bruyne was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Diehard throws a hook but Bruyne avoids it easily.
Diehard moves out of the way of the counter high kick fromBruyne.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Diehard takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close third round but De Bruyne just about did enough to take it.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
#R4#
Diehard misses with an uppercut.
Diehard misses with a hook
letting Bruyne counter with a right hand.
Bruyne walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Diehard checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Bruyne misses with a hook. Diehard ducked under it nicely.
Diehard scores with a shot to the body.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Bruyne.
Bruyne pivots, looking for a leg kick but Diehard is out of range and Bruyne settles back down.
A big left from Diehard misses.
Diehard jabbing away but nothing is landing.
That kick from Bruyne tenderised Diehard's leg. Diehard is trying to keep his angry face on.
Bruyne fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Diehard has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Diehard works the jab nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Diehard will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Diehard scores with a hook.
Diehard throws out a loose jab but Bruyne uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bruyne throws a big shot that misses.
A big right from Diehard misses.
Diehard misses with a right hand
and Bruyne counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena. #T1#
Bruyne scores with a jab. Diehard acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Diehard takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Diehard scores with a hook to the body. Bruyne takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Diehard rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Bruyne moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Bruyne blocks a jab.
Bruyne is looking to score with low kicks.
Bruyne looks to throw the jab but Diehard is out of range.
Diehard swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Bruyne thuds a left hand into Diehard's body.
Diehard misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Bruyne throws a nice outside leg kick.
Diehard misses the jab.
Nice body punch from Diehard.
Bruyne misses with a body shot.
Bruyne lands a leg kick that knocks Diehard off balance momentarily.
Diehard jabs Bruyne to the body, keeping him at a distance.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bruyne keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Bruyne lands with a hook. Diehard tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head. #T2#
Diehard throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Bruyne sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Bruyne replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Diehard blocks it well.
Bruyne digs a good hook to Diehard's body.
Bruyne takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it. #TD#
Diehard changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Bruyne looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Diehard in the domination position with Bruyne hanging on.#SUB#
Diehard is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Bruyne knows the correct defense though, so he's OK. #SUB#
Diehard working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
You can see the frustration on Bruyne's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.#T3#
Bruyne is looking for a sweep.
Diehard taking a break here but Bruyne is having none of it and regains half guard.
Diehard moves nicely into side control.
Bruyne prevents Diehard from improving position.
You can see the frustration on Bruyne's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.#T4#
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Bruyne prevents Diehard from moving into mount.
Diehard wants to control but Bruyne is keeping him busy.
Bruyne has one of Diehard's arms on lockdown, trying to prevent him from doing any damage.
Diehard trying to control the position but Bruyne is working away.
Diehard is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Bruyne is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Bruyne struggling a bit here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close fourth round but I would say that Bruce Diehard will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
#R5#
Bruyne fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Diehard manages to avoid it.
De Bruyne has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Bruyne misses with a looping right.
Bruyne throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Diehard throws a body shot but no joy.
Bruyne throws a leg kick but Diehard checks it.
Diehard connects with a body shot.
Diehard checks a low kick from Bruyne.
Nice jab there from Diehard.
Bruyne misses with a jab, cross combination.
Nice shot lands for Diehard.#CL#
Diehard moves into the clinch successfully.
Diehard scores with a nice hook to the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bruyne misses with a body punch.
Diehard blocking some punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bruyne.
Bruyne prevents a body shot from Diehard.
Bruce Diehard has scored more points in the clinch so far.
A short body shot lands from Diehard as the two fighters clinch.
Still in the clinch, Diehard scores with a nice short uppercut.#T1#
A nice left hand lands by Diehard.
Bruyne blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Bruyne struggles to land a body shot inside as Diehard controls his hands.
Diehard misses with some punches.
Diehard tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Nice body punch from Bruyne - that landed with a thud.
Diehard is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Diehard lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Bruyne lands a right hand.
Bruyne goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Bruyne blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Bruyne blocking some punches.
Diehard is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Bruyne is defending well.
Bruyne blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Bruyne lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Diehard backwards.
Diehard misses with a hook to the ribs.
Diehard misses with a body punch.
Bruyne tries a body shot but Diehard blocks it.
Bruyne working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Diehard tries a body shot but Bruyne blocks it. #T2#
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Diehard.
Bruyne swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Bruyne blocks an uppercut.
Bruyne misses with some punches.
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!
Bruyne throws a head punch that misses.
Diehard misses with a punch on the inside.
Diehard throws a head punch that misses.
Bruyne tries to throw a body punch but Diehard avoids it by throwing Bruyne back against the cage.
Bruce Diehard is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Bruyne lands a shoulder strike.
Bruyne lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Bruyne pressing his opponent against the cage.
Bruyne blocks an uppercut.
Diehard wants to take the fight to the mat but Bruyne manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.#T3#
Bruyne struggles to land a body shot inside as Diehard controls his hands.
Bruyne tries to work over Diehard's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Bruyne misses with a hook from the clinch.
Bruyne trying to stall but Diehard improves his position.
Bruyne goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Bruyne lands a body punch in the clinch.
Diehard doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Bruyne lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Bruyne misses with the head strike.
Bruyne struggles to land a body shot inside as Diehard controls his hands.
Bruyne swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A short left from Bruyne. #T4#
Bruyne fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Bruyne lands with a left to the head.
Bruyne scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Bruyne gets through Diehard's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Bruyne prevents a body shot from Diehard.
Diehard blocks an uppercut.
Bruyne scores with a shoulder strike.
Bruyne misses with a short punch on the inside.
Diehard blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Bruyne fails to land.
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!
Bruyne misses with a punch on the inside.

And that's the end of the fight!
De Bruyne comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Diehard has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 47:49
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 48:48
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 48:48

The fight is ruled a majority draw!

Event: GAMMA#684 DaCoca v Bubba
Date: Jan 06, 2018

#R1#
A looping hook to the body misses from Diehard. Shamrock does a little dance to reset his feet.
Nice straight punches there by Diehard. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Diehard.
Shamrock displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Diehard throws out the jab.
Diehard throws a jab but it's blocked by Shamrock.
A swing and a miss from Diehard.
Shamrock looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Shamrock tries to move into range but Diehard moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Bruce Diehard seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Diehard fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Diehard's corner calls for a 1-2. Diehard obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Diehard just misses with a punch to the body.
Diehard throws a hook to the side of Shamrock's head but Shamrock sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Shamrock on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Diehard throws a jab but it's blocked by Shamrock. #T1#
Diehard misses the body punch
and Diehard takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Diehard scores with a sloppy right hand. Shamrock should have avoided that one.
Diehard throws a jab but it's blocked by Shamrock.
Shamrock moves away from the strike by Diehard.
Diehard throws a hook to the side of Shamrock's head but Shamrock sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A looping hook to the body misses from Diehard. Shamrock does a little dance to reset his feet.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Shamrock! But no joy.
Bobby Shamrock is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Diehard changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Diehard throws an overhand right that lands on Shamrock's shoulder, as Shamrock tries to avoid the shot.
Shamrock looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Diehard misses with a wild body shot.
Shamrock throws a counter combo.
Diehard fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Shamrock manages to avoid it.
Shamrock throws a counter combo.
We've been hearing reports that Diehard has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Diehard lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Shamrock ducks under a wild hook from Diehard.#T2#
Shamrock avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Diehard throws the left hand but Shamrock avoids the punch easily.
Shamrock looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Shamrock walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Diehard stuns Shamrock with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Diehard ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Shamrock moves away.
Shamrock is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Diehard with a body shot.
Diehard throws an off balance right hand
and Shamrock connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Diehard connects with the punch.
Diehard connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Diehard lands with a right hand.
Diehard is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Diehard lands a glancing blow to the side of Shamrock's head.#TD#
Diehard shoots in and gets a takedown into Shamrock's guard.#T3#
Diehard pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Shamrock is keeping the position for now.
Shamrock wants to stand up but Diehard is controlling him. #ES2#
Shamrock is scooting his butt against the cage and has managed to get back to his feet. Diehard presses him back against the cage, presumably looking to take the fight back to the mat.
Diehard lands a left hand that snaps the head of Shamrock backwards.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Shamrock.
A short right from Diehard.
Shamrock lands a left hand that snaps the head of Diehard backwards.
A head punch on the inside from Diehard fails to land.
Diehard tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Shamrock's elbow.
Diehard blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Shamrock fails to land.
Shamrock lands a shoulder strike.
Diehard misses with a punch on the inside.
Shamrock makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Diehard blocks a body shot from Shamrock. #T4#
A left hand lands to the body for Diehard. #TD#
Diehard gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground. #ES2#
Shamrock has scooted to the edge of the canvas and used the cage to get back to his feet. Diehard has stuck on his opponent and is forcing him back against the cage.
Shamrock blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Diehard blocks an uppercut.
A short right from Diehard.
Shamrock works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Diehard blocking some punches.
Shamrock blocking some punches.
Shamrock misses with a punch on the inside.
Diehard working aggressively here.
Shamrock misses with a body punch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Shamrock.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Diehard creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Diehard struggles to land a body shot inside as Shamrock controls his hands.
Diehard stalling in the clinch but Shamrock improves position.
Diehard lands a left hand that snaps the head of Shamrock backwards.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Shamrock throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Shamrock softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Diehard 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.

Bruce Diehard dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
#R2#
Diehard pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Diehard connects with a body shot.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Diehard.
Diehard misses with the combination.
It seemed like Shamrock was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Shamrock uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Diehard.
Shamrock let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Diehard misses with a body shot
and Diehard takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Diehard gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Shamrock counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Shamrock moves out of range as Diehard strikes.
Shamrock looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Diehard rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Shamrock counters with a stiff right hand. #T1#
Diehard throws a big shot that misses.
Diehard throws a right hand that misses
and Shamrock counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Diehard jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Diehard tests Shamrock's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Shamrock takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Shamrock moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Diehard misses with a hook
and Shamrock counters with a three punch combo that has Diehard backing up. Diehard nods at Shamrock to acknowledge the strikes.
Diehard lands with a hook. Shamrock tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
A jab from Diehard misses.
A countering left hand to the body from Shamrock misses.
Shamrock feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Diehards jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!#T2#
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Diehard scores with a body shot.
Diehard displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Shamrock throws out the jab.
Diehard ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Shamrock moves away.
It seemed like Shamrock was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Shamrock gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Diehard throws a shot from downtown. Shamrock moves away and avoids it.
Diehard swings for the body but Shamrock moves out of range.
Shamrock is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
A good leg kick by Diehard.
Diehard misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Shamrock.
Diehard misses with a hook.
Shamrock slips under a jab from Diehard.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Shamrock! But no joy.
A slow jab from Diehard misses its intended target.
Shamrock throws out a counter right but Diehard avoids it with no problem.#T3#
Diehard misses with a straight right.
Diehard scores with a punch to the head.
A big left from Shamrock misses.
Diehard missing with a left hand there. Shamrock was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Shamrock looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Diehard takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Shamrock ducks under a wild hook from Diehard.
As Diehard backs off Shamrock throws a huge counter combo but Diehard manages to avoid it all.
Diehard throws a looping overhand right but Shamrock ducks down to avoid it.
Shamrock displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Diehard throws out the jab.
Diehard just misses with a punch to the body.
Shamrock swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Good standup being displayed there by Diehard as he connects with a hook.#T4#
Diehard shoots for a takedown but Shamrock saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Shamrock displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Diehard throws out the jab.
Shamrock lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Diehard stuns Shamrock with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Diehard stuns Shamrock with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Shamrock gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Diehard.
Diehard connects with a looping right hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Shamrock ducks under a wild hook from Diehard.
Shamrock looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Diehard misses with a looping right.
Diehard lands a jab to Shamrock's midsection.
Diehard tests Shamrock's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Shamrock loads up on a big right hand but Diehard slips the punch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bruce Diehard dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
#R3#
Diehard swings for the body but Shamrock moves out of range.
Diehard just misses with a punch to the body.
Shamrock looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Diehard swings for the body but Shamrock moves out of range.
Shamrock is looking for the big counter here.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Shamrock walks into a straight right hand from Diehard.
Shamrock showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Diehard.
Shamrock now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Shamrock might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Shamrock moves forwards but Diehard connects with a nice, crisp jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Diehard clobbers Shamrock with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Diehard throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Shamrock on the side of the head.
Shamrock slips a jab from Diehard.
Shamrock throws out a counter right but Diehard avoids it with no problem.
Bruce Diehard is winning the standup battle so far.#T1#
Diehard swings widly with a right hand
and Shamrock counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Diehard avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
An attempted straight right counter from Diehard misses the target.
Shamrock ducks under a wild hook from Diehard.
Diehard fails with the takedown.
Diehard misses with a body shot.
Diehard swings widly with a right hand
and Shamrock counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Diehard throws a jab when Shamrock was well out of range.
A little jabbing left from Shamrock on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Diehard fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Shamrock manages to avoid it.
Shamrock moves forwards but Diehard connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Shamrock lands with an overhand left.
Bobby Shamrock has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!#T2#
Diehard jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Diehard sets himself, and Shamrock steps forward looking for the clinch! Diehard avoids it this time.
Diehard swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Shamrock tries to counter with a clinch but Diehard shakes him off and moves away.
Shamrock bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Diehard clobbers Shamrock with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Bruce Diehard is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.#TD#
Diehard shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Shamrock napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The referee asks Diehard politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Diehard prefers to stall for the moment though.
Diehard seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Shamrock for as long as he can get away with.
Shamrock is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Diehard asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Diehard wants to control but Shamrock is keeping him busy. #T3#
Shamrock wants to get back to his feet.
Shamrock is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
Diehard controlling from side mount.
Diehard tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
Diehard slows the pace down. #T4#
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Shamrock is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.#REF3#
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
A big left from Diehard misses.
Shamrock on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Shamrock displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Diehard throws out the jab.
Shamrock swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Shamrock digs a good hook to Diehard's body.
Nice jab there from Diehard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Diehard's corner calls for a 1-2. Diehard obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Shamrock uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Diehard.
Shamrock walks into a left hand.

And that's the end of the fight!
Bruce Diehard showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Diehard, 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 Richard Clark scores the fight 30:27
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 30:27
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bruce Diehard!
A very excited looking Bruce Diehard rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.

Event: GAMMA#680 Diehard v Lane
Date: Dec 23, 2017

#R1#
Diehard throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Laine is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
Diehard connects with a right hand. Laine shakes it off.
Laine takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Laine throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Laine ducks under a wild hook from Diehard.
Laine lands a nice looking body kick.
Laine misses with a low kick.
Laine keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Diehard.
Laine tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Diehard misses with an uppercut.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
A big right from Diehard misses.
Diehard throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Laine sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Laine misses with a wild body shot.
Laine misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Diehard lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
A big left from Diehard misses.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Laine has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Laine throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Musta Laine seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nice shot lands for Diehard.
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!
Diehard throws a hook to the side of Laine's head but Laine sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Laine looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Diehard misses with a looping left.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Laine! But no joy.
Laine misses with a straight right.
Diehard is looking to counter punch.
Bruce Diehard is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.#T1#
A telegraphed right hand from Laine misses the target.
Laine throws a sloppy head kick and Diehard moves out of range easily.
Laine ducks under a wild hook from Diehard.
Laine misses with a takedown attempt - Diehard sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Diehard misses with a hook. Laine ducked under it nicely.
Laine swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Diehard checks a leg kick.
Diehard uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Laine.
Laine throws an overhand right that lands on Diehard's shoulder, as Diehard tries to avoid the shot.
Diehard misses with an uppercut
and Laine counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Diehard looks to land a right hand but Laine moved out of range.
Laine throws out a loose jab but Diehard uses good head movement to avoid it.
Diehard swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Diehard is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Laine misses the jab.
No luck for Laine with that takedown attempt.
Diehard misses with a straight right.
We've been hearing reports that Diehard has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Laine uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Diehard.
Diehard lands a lovely overhand right.#T2#
Laine staying out of range there.
Laine misses with an attempted mid kick.
Laine throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Diehard counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Diehard goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Laine bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Diehard's head backwards.
Laine misses with a double jab.
An attempted straight right counter from Diehard misses the target.
Laine swings and misses with a shot to the body
enabling Diehard to counter with a crisp jab.
Laine avoids the body shot from Diehard.
Diehard lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Laine rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
enabling Diehard to counter with a crisp jab.
Diehard misses with a low kick.
The fighters circling - Diehard throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Laine slips a jab from Diehard.
Laine throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Laine tries for a takedown but Diehard circles away easily
and Diehard counters with a series of strikes. Laine will be more careful next time no doubt.
Bruce Diehard has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Musta Laine.
Laine connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Diehard momentarily.
Laine keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Laine misses with a looping left.#T3#
Laine throws a poor cross that misses
and Diehard counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Laine misses the jab.
Laine ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Laine throws a half hearted mid kick.
Diehard throws a looping overhand right but Laine ducks down to avoid it.
Laine goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Diehard looks to land a left hand but Laine moved out of range nicely.
Diehard takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Laine misses with a looping left.
Laine throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Good exchange - Diehard coming out on top.
Diehard throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Laine sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Laine uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Diehard.
Laine is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Diehard takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Diehard takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Laine looks to land a left hand but Diehard moved out of range nicely.
Diehard throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Diehard showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Laine. #T4#
Laine tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Diehard swivels and escapes.
Diehard punishes Laine's body with a nice straight punch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Diehard throws a body punch but Laine moves out of range.
Laine slips a straight right by Diehard.
Diehard swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Laine uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Diehard.
Diehard throws a jab when Laine was well out of range.
Laine tries a low kick but Diehard avoids it.
Diehard is looking to counter punch.
Diehard throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Diehard loads up on a big right hand but Laine slips the punch.
Laine waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Diehard.
Diehard throws an overhand right that lands on Laine's shoulder, as Laine tries to avoid the shot.
Donk. Laine catches Diehard right on the button with a cross.
Laine throws a shot from downtown. Diehard moves away and avoids it.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Laine throws a low kick but it's checked well by Diehard.
Laine does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Diehard drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Laine just misses with a punch to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bruce Diehard dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
#R2#
Laine throws a right hand that misses
and Diehard counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Laine swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Laine looks to land a right hand but Diehard moved out of range.
Laine tries to land a front kick but Diehard steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Laine swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Laine waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Diehard.
Diehard has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Laine.
Laine slips a jab and a cross from Diehard.
Laine throws out a loose jab but Diehard uses good head movement to avoid it.
Laine listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Diehard throws a jab but it's blocked by Laine.
Diehard looks to land a right hand but Laine moved out of range.
Diehard checks the leg kick nicely there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Diehard ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Diehard slips under a jab.
Laine lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Laine throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Diehard checks a leg kick.
Laine misses with a looping right.#T1#
Laine works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
A swing and a miss from Laine.
Diehard moves into range and connects with a jab.
Laine has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Diehard finds it's way round the side to connect with Laine's head.
Laine misses the shot to the body.
Laine on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Diehard throws a lazy right hand but Laine sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Laine misses with a hook.
Laine throws a combination that misses
and Diehard counters with a nice uppercut.
Laine throws a leg kick but Diehard sees it coming and moves out of range.
Laine bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Laine steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Diehard.
Diehard wants to slow Laine down by chopping away at his legs.
Diehard thows a left - swing and a miss!
Diehard misses with a looping right.
Diehard slips a jab from Laine.
Nice cross by Diehard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Diehard blocks a jab.
Laine clobbers Diehard with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise. #T2#
A slow jab from Laine misses its intended target.
Diehard slips under a jab.
Laine scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Diehard pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Laine drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Diehard defends it well.
Bruce Diehard is winning the standup battle so far.
Diehard ducks under a wild hook from Laine.
Laine throws a jab when Diehard was well out of range.
Diehard ducks under a wild hook from Laine.
Diehard slips a jab from Laine.
Diehard misses with a hook.
Diehard misses the shot to the body.
Diehard ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Diehard stuffs the takedown.
Diehard loads up on a big right hand but Laine slips the punch.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Laine! But no joy.
Laine throws a hook but Diehard avoids it easily.
A jab from Laine misses.
Laine tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Diehard defends well and Laine ends up having to push Diehard into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Laine misses with a left hand
and Diehard counters with a stiff right hand.
Diehard stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.#T3#
Laine works Diehard's body with a nice hook.
Laine misses with a hook
and Diehard cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Laine lands with an overhand left.
Diehard throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Diehard takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Laine has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Diehard finds it's way round the side to connect with Laine's head.
Laine takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Diehard misses with a wild body shot.
Laine changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Diehard fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Laine manages to avoid it.
Laine misses with a straight right.
Laine shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Diehard counters with a nice uppercut.
Bruce Diehard has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Musta Laine.
Laine pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Diehard cracks Laine with a good jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Diehard fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Diehard closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Laine misses the shot to the body.
Laine slips under a jab from Diehard.#T4#
Laine throws a leg kick but Diehard moved away.
Laine walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Diehard checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
An attempted straight right counter from Diehard misses the target.
Laine throws a series of strikes that have Diehard backpedaling.
Diehard lands a lovely overhand right.
Diehard slips a jab from Laine.
Laine swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Laine misses with an uppercut.
Laine misses with the body kick
and Diehard counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Diehard lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Diehard uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Laine.
Laine walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Diehard checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Diehard jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Diehard walks forward, straight into a front kick from Laine.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Laine scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Diehard throws a hook to the side of Laine's head but Laine sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A cross from Laine lands.
Laine moves out of range of the strikes.
A big right from Laine misses.
Diehard is looking to counter punch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Bruce Diehard will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
#R3#
Laine looks to throw the jab but Diehard is out of range.
Jab, jab by Diehard - just one landing.
Laine misses with a straight right.
Laine misses with a hook. Diehard ducked under it nicely.
A left lands for Laine.
Laine shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Diehard as he avoids it easily.
An attempted straight right counter from Diehard misses the target.
Laine throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
A low kick from Laine is predictable there
and Diehard counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
An inside leg kick from Laine misses.
Laine blocks a jab.
Laine keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A big right from Diehard misses.
Laine throws a jab but it's blocked by Diehard.
It looked like Diehard wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A swing and a miss from Diehard.
Laine gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Diehard.
Diehard getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Laine has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Diehard throws a hook to the side of Laine's head but Laine sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Diehard scores with a shot to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A telegraphed right hand from Diehard misses the target. #T1#
A jab from Diehard misses.
Diehard ducks under a wild hook from Laine.
Diehard uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Laine.
Laine misses with a hook. Diehard ducked under it nicely.
Diehard throws a body punch but Laine moves out of range.
Laine uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Diehard.
Laine throws an overhand right that lands on Diehard's shoulder, as Diehard tries to avoid the shot.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Laine might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Diehard has got the better of the exchanges.
Diehard bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Laine uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Diehard.
A jab from Diehard misses.
Diehard connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Laine dodges the punch combination from Diehard.
Diehard throws a front kick aimed at Laine's knee but Laine avoids it well.
Diehard moves forwards but Laine connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Diehard connects with a single shot there.
Laine throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Musta Laine has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!#T2#
Laine avoids the body shot from Diehard.
Diehard misses the shot to the body.
Laine throws a right and a left that both miss.
A head kick by Laine misses
and Diehard counters with a straight right hand.
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!
Diehard looks to land a left hand but Laine moved out of range nicely.
Laine misses with a body kick.
Diehard cracks Laine with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Bruce Diehard is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Laine on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Laine slips under a jab.
Laine is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Diehard looks to land a right hand but Laine moved out of range.
Laine throws a jab but it's blocked by Diehard.
Laine tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Diehard was well out of range. Poor timing from Laine.
Laine looks to land a body kick but Diehard moved away.
Laine throws a shot from downtown. Diehard moves away and avoids it.
Laine throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Laine throws a half hearted mid kick.#T3#
Laine scores with a head kick. #CUT2#
It looks like Bruce Diehard has been cut.
Laine takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Jab, jab by Diehard - just one landing.
Laine is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Diehard.
Laine rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Laine takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Laine on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Laine walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Diehard checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Laine swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Diehard throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Laine on the side of the head.
Laine misses with a low kick as Diehard jumps back.
Laine tries to land a leg kick but Diehard saw it coming and moves away.
Diehard keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Laine blocks a jab.
Laine throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Laine takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Nice shot lands for Diehard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Laine throws an off balance right hand
and Diehard cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Diehard avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Laine takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders. #T4#
Laine takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Laine fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Diehard lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Diehard lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Laine throws out a leg kick but Diehard moves out of range and Laine only half commits.
Laine takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Laine on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
A big left from Laine misses.
Laine misses with a body shot.
Diehard lands with a hook. Laine tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Diehard goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Laine tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Diehard was well out of range. Poor timing from Laine.
Laine on the wrong end of a nice hook.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nice sprawl there from Diehard as Laine shoots in.
Diehard is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Bruce Diehard has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Musta Laine.
Laine misses with a double jab.
Diehard scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Diehard lands with an uppercut that bounces Laine off the cage and back into range.

And that's the end of the fight!
Bruce Diehard showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Diehard has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 30:28
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bruce Diehard!
In his post fight interview, Bruce Diehard started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.

Event: GAMMA#676 Defoe v Ericsson
Date: Dec 02, 2017

#R1#
Diehard steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Mosby.
Diehard misses with a straight left.
Diehard swings for the body but Mosby moves out of range.
A countering left hand to the body from Mosby misses.
Mosby looks to land a right hand but Diehard moved out of range.
We've been informed that Mosby has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Diehard scores with a nice right hand.
Mosby steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Diehard.
Mosby misses with an uppercut.
Diehard punishes Mosby's body with a nice straight punch.
Diehard thows a left - swing and a miss!
We've been hearing reports that Diehard has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Mosby slips under a jab.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Mosby! But no joy.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mosby moves away from the strike by Diehard.
Mosby now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Diehard listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Mosby misses with an uppercut.
Diehard takes a swing at Mosby's ribcage but misses.
Mosby swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.#T1#
Diehard lands a glancing blow to the side of Mosby's head.
Mosby misses with a lunging right hand
and Diehard counters with a stiff right hand.
Mosby keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Diehard misses with an uppercut. Mosby saw that one coming.
Diehard misses with an uppercut. Mosby saw that one coming.
Mosby on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Diehard throws a lazy right hand but Mosby sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Mosby only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Diehard throws a push kick but Mosby slaps the foot to one side.
Mosby looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Diehard looks to throw the jab but Mosby is out of range.
Diehard throws a good cross that connects.
Diehard cracks Mosby with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Diehard scores with a jab.
Diehard lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Diehard swings and misses with a hook to the body. #T2#
Diehard throws a jab but it's blocked by Mosby.
Mosby keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Diehard.
Mosby swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
The fighters circling - Mosby throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Diehard.
Diehard throws a hook but Mosby avoids it easily.
Mosby throws a body shot but no joy.
Diehard swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Diehard lands with an overhand left.
Mosby on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Mosby uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Diehard has time to react.
Diehard catches Mosby with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Mosby misses the jab.
Mosby's corner calls for a 1-2. Mosby obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Diehard lands an overhand right.#T3#
Diehard scores with a nice right hand.
Diehard scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Diehard throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Mosby counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Diehard scores with a jab to the head.
Mosby slips under a jab.
Diehard lands a glancing blow to the side of Mosby's head.
Mosby lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Diehard swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Diehard takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Mosby throws a looping overhand right but Diehard ducks down to avoid it.
An attempted straight right counter from Diehard misses the target.
Mosby lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Diehard jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Mosby looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Diehard takes a swing at Mosby's ribcage but misses.
Mosby uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Diehard.
Mosby tries a quick counter leg kick but Diehard is wise to it.#T4#
A big left from Diehard misses.
Mosby looks to land a left hand but Diehard moved out of range nicely.
Diehard fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Mosby manages to avoid it.
Diehard looks to score with a jab to the body but Mosby is just out of range.
Diehard works Mosby's body with a nice hook.
Diehard connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Diehard takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Diehard is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Diehard throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Mosby lands a nice looking body shot.
Diehard is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Mosby.
Mosby looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Diehard works the jab nicely.
Diehard misses with a hook. Mosby ducked under it nicely.
Diehard misses with a right hand
and Mosby connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bruce Diehard dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
#R2#
Diehard loads up on a big right hand but Mosby slips the punch.
Diehard backing away here, and Mosby unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Diehard comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Diehard misses with an uppercut.
Mosby defending well as Diehard loads up on a big left hand.
Diehard takes a swing at Mosby's ribcage but misses.
No joy there for Diehard, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Mosby was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Mosby uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Diehard.
Diehard lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
The crowd cheers as Diehard lands an impressive looking overhand right. Mosby doesn't seem phased though.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Diehard jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Mosby looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Diehard misses with a lunging right hand
and Mosby counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Bruce Diehard is winning the standup battle so far.
A punch lands to the side of Mosby 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Diehard thows a left - swing and a miss!
Diehard punishes Mosby's body with a nice straight punch.#T1#
Diehard misses with a straight right.
Diehard throws a body punch but Mosby moves out of range.
Mosby doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Mosby slips under a jab from Diehard.
Diehard lands with a right hand.
A swing and a miss from Diehard.
A little jabbing left from Mosby on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Mosby misses with a straight left.
Mosby has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Diehard throws a right hand that misses
and Mosby counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
A bone on bone clash there as Diehard blocks the leg kick.
Diehard connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Diehard throws an overhand right that lands on Mosby's shoulder, as Mosby tries to avoid the shot.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Mosby might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Diehard has got the better of the exchanges.
Mosby lands a slapping body shot.
Bruce Diehard seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jab by Diehard.
Diehard misses with a straight right. #T2#
Mosby uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Diehard.
Diehard misses the shot to the body.
It seemed like Mosby was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Mosby connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
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!
Diehard misses with a hook.
It seemed like Mosby was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Diehard just misses with a punch to the body.
Mosby is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Diehard with a body shot.
Mosby uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Diehard.
Diehard misses with a body shot.
Diehard ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Mosby moves away.
Diehard throws a looping overhand right but Mosby ducks down to avoid it.
Mosby on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Diehard lands with an uppercut that bounces Mosby off the cage and back into range.
Diehard misses with a right hand
and Mosby counters with a nice uppercut.
Diehard thows a left - swing and a miss! #T3#
Diehard waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Mosby.
Mosby now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Diehard scores with a jab to the jaw.
Diehard lands a glancing blow to the side of Mosby's head.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Diehard.
Mosby uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Diehard.
Diehard throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Diehard feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Mosby's calf.
Some bone on bone action there as Diehard checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Diehard misses with an uppercut.
A decent looking cross lands there for Diehard.
Diehard uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Mosby.
Nice defenses there by Diehard.
Mosby throws out a loose jab but Diehard uses good head movement to avoid it. #T4#
Mosby takes a swing at Diehard's ribcage but misses.
Mosby displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Diehard throws out the jab.
It seemed like Mosby was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Mosby shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Mosby throws a leg kick that misses.
A little feinted left hand from Diehard on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Diehard jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Diehard, right into the meat.
Diehard drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Diehard cracks Mosby with a right hand to the side of the head.
Diehard lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Mosby circles away quickly and effectively.
Diehard misses with a wild body shot.
Mosby looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Diehard slips under a jab.
Nice straight punches there by Diehard. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Diehard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bruce Diehard dominated that second 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. This is the final round!
#R3#
Mosby on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Diehard looks to throw the jab but Mosby is out of range.
Mosby takes a swing at Diehard's ribcage but misses.
It looked like Diehard was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Mosby.
Diehard throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Mosby looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Diehard misses the shot to the body.
Diehard throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Mosby on the side of the head.
Mosby takes one to the side of the head.
Diehard throws the left hand but Mosby avoids the punch easily.
Diehard lands a right hook to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mosby tries to work over Diehard's front leg with a kick but Diehard checks it.
Mosby pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Mosby checks a leg kick nicely.
Diehard avoids the body shot from Mosby. #T1#
Diehard takes a swing at Mosby's ribcage but misses.
Mosby throws an off balance right hand
and Mosby takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
A shot to the liver by Diehard. Beautiful body shot.
Diehard throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Mosby was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
A solid leg kick lands there for Diehard.
Diehard misses with a hook.
Mosby slips a jab from Diehard.
Diehard lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
A big left from Diehard misses.
Diehard avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Diehard swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Mosby makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Mosby's jab looks to have found its range, popping Diehard under the eye.
Diehard throws a leg kick which misses Mosby's front leg but catches the back leg as Mosby tries to avoid it. #T2#
Mosby dips to his left and cracks Diehard with an uppercut!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Diehard swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Diehard throws a jab when Mosby was well out of range.
Mosby tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Diehard throws an overhand right that lands on Mosby's shoulder, as Mosby tries to avoid the shot.
Mosby only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Bruce Diehard is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Mosby uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Diehard.
Diehard on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Diehard takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Mosby throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Diehard sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Mosby walks into a straight right hand from Diehard.
Mosby fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Diehard connects with a single shot there.#T3#
Diehard checks a leg kick.
Diehard connects with a single shot there.
Diehard throws a shot to the body.
Diehard throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Mosby scoring well with a low kick there.
Diehard misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Mosby.
Daniel Mosby has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Nice defenses there by Mosby.
Mosby moves out of range of the strikes.
A little jabbing left from Mosby on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Diehard cracks a nice hook into Mosby's ribs.
Diehard misses the shot to the body.
Diehard backing away here, and Mosby unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Nice uppercut lands for Diehard. That snapped Mosby's head back.
Diehard bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Mosby's head.#T4#
Mosby slips a jab and a cross from Diehard.
Diehard backing away here, and Mosby unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Mosby blocks a jab.
Diehard is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Mosby can do to turn this around?
Diehard digs a good body shot into Mosby's ribs.
Mosby throws out a loose jab but Diehard uses good head movement to avoid it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A swing and a miss from Diehard.
Diehard lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Mosby at a distance.
Diehard throws a hook but Mosby blocks it.
Diehard blocks a jab.
Diehard throws a jab when Mosby was well out of range.
Mosby throws out a counter right but Diehard avoids it with no problem.
Mosby takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Diehard's jab looks to have found its range, popping Mosby under the eye.
Diehard gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Diehard throws a chopping leg kick but Mosby manages to avoid taking any serious damage.

And that's the end of the fight!
Bruce Diehard showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Diehard has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:27
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:27
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bruce Diehard!
In his post fight interview, Bruce Diehard started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.

Event: GAMMA#673 Diehard v Shin
Date: Nov 11, 2017

#R1#
Shin sizes up Diehard with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Shin tries to bum rush Diehard with a series of wild strikes but Diehard uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Shin swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Shin displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Diehard throws out the jab.
A little jabbing left from Shin on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Diehard misses with a looping left.
Diehard tries a low kick but Shin avoids it.
A little jabbing left from Shin on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Shin with a hook.#CUT2#
It looks like Bruce Diehard has been cut.
Diehard uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Shin.
Diehard misses with a body shot
and Shin connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Diehard looks to land a right hand but Shin moved out of range.
Shin takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Shin takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Shin misses with a series of wild punches.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Shin lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Diehard has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Phoenix Fight Team in the buildup to the fight.#T1##CL#
Diehard closes the distance and pushes Shin back into the cage.
Diehard misses with a punch to the body.
A short left from Shin.
Diehard throws a punch but it's blocked by Shin.
A short right from Diehard.
Diehard lands a left hand.
A nice right hand lands inside from Diehard.
Shin scores with a nice hook to the head.
A short uppercut from Diehard.
Shin lands a right hand that snaps the head of Diehard backwards.
Diehard misses with a punch on the inside.
Diehard misses with a short punch on the inside. #BC2#
Shin manages to break the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Shin throws a shot to the body.
Nice body punch from Diehard.
A big right from Diehard misses.
Shin lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Diehard lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.#T2#
Shin's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Diehard connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Shin scrambles back to his feet.
Shin bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Diehard's head.
Shin misses with a wild body shot.
An attempted straight right counter from Diehard misses the target.
Shin bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Diehard misses with a shot to the body
and Shin connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Diehard takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Shin moves out of range as Diehard strikes.
Diehard throws out a loose jab but Shin uses good head movement to avoid it.
Shin shapes to counter with a head kick.
Jab, jab by Shin - just one landing.
Shin throws a body kick that misses.
Shin steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Diehard.
Diehard throws a predictable looking body shot
and Shin counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Diehard cracks Shin with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Diehard misses the shot to the body.
Shin is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.#T3#
Nice shot by Shin.
Shin has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Diehard finds it's way round the side to connect with Shin's head.
Shin tries to clinch but Diehard moves out of range.
Shin bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Diehard's head.#ROC2#
Diehard is rocked!
Diehard moves in looking to clinch but Shin pushes him off.
Diehard cracks Shin with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Diehard punishes Shin's body with a nice straight punch.
Diehard just misses with a punch to the body.
Diehard misses with an uppercut.
Bruce Diehard seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Shin is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Diehard.
Shin tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Diehard paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Shin ducks right into an uppercut from Diehard.
Shin scores with a hook.#T4#
Shin swings away with a body shot that misses
and Diehard counters with a lovely straight right hand!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Diehard throws an overhand right that lands on Shin's shoulder, as Shin tries to avoid the shot.
Shin was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Diehard takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Shin lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Diehard has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Diehard and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Diehard is looking to clinch.
Diehard throws a nice looking combination but Shin bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Diehard uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Diehard slips a jab from Shin.
Diehard throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Nice jab there from Shin.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Diehard swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Diehard fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Shin manages to avoid it.
Shin changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Diehard throws a big shot that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Lao Shin will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Bruce Diehard'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.
#R2#
A right-left combo lands from Shin.
Some wild striking there from Shin.
Diehard ducks under a wild hook from Shin.
Diehard misses the shot to the body.
Diehard scores with a jab. Shin acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Diehard looks to land a right hand but Shin moved out of range.
Shin misses with a hook
and Diehard counters with a nice uppercut.
Shin looks to score with a jab to the body but Diehard is just out of range.
Diehard tries to clinch up but Shin circles away and keeps his distance.
Shin throws out a counter right but Diehard avoids it with no problem.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Diehard looks to throw the jab but Shin is out of range.
Shin misses with a hook.
Diehard throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Diehard throws a body punch but Shin moves out of range. #T1#
Shin cracks the inside of Diehard's front leg.
Diehard scores with a crisp jab that stopped Shin in his tracks.
Diehard tries to clinch but Shin is having none of it.
Diehard misses with a lunging right hand
and Shin counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Diehard tries to clinch but Shin is having none of it.
Shin misses the jab.
Diehard throws a body shot but no joy.
A jab lands there for Shin.
Shin misses with a looping right.
Diehard dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Diehard waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Shin.
Shin now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
A jab from Diehard misses.
Diehard throws a big shot that misses.
Shin takes one to the side of the head. #T2#
Diehard works Shin's body with a nice hook.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Diehard.
Diehard looks to throw the jab but Shin is out of range.
Diehard throws out a loose jab but Shin uses good head movement to avoid it.
Shin wants to counter the offense by Diehard and move into the clinch position.
Diehard misses with a body shot.
Shin takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Diehard misses with a body shot.
And Shin responds with a good body kick, but Diehard manages to step out the way in time.
Shin keeps the fight on the outside.
Shin throws out a counter right but Diehard avoids it with no problem.
Diehard misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Shin.
Shin doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Diehard scores with a jab to the head.
Shin swings for the body but Diehard moves out of range.
Diehard avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Shin takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.#T3#
A swing and a miss from Diehard.
A left lands for Shin.#CL#
Diehard has closed the distance and engaged Shin in a clinch.
Diehard blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Shin tries to throw a body punch but Diehard avoids it by throwing Shin back against the cage.
Shin fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Diehard lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Diehard prevents a body shot from Shin.
Shin misses with a short punch on the inside.
Shin gets through Diehard's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Shin is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Diehard is defending well for now.
Diehard throws a head punch that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Shin.
Diehard misses with a short punch on the inside.
Diehard throws a head punch that misses.
Shin blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Shin swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Diehard managing to block the knees to the body from Shin. #T4#
Diehard swings wildly with an uppercut but Shin uses good head movement to avoid it.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Diehard blocks an elbow strike from Shin.
Shin misses with a punch on the inside.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Diehard lands a shoulder strike.
Shin makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A short body shot lands from Shin as the two fighters clinch.
Shin pushes Diehard back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Shin tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Shin.
Shin is pushing Diehard up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Diehard misses with a punch on the inside.
A body shot lands from Shin. #TD#
Diehard has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Shin is trying to keep an underhook but Diehard manages to get the takedown into half guard.
Shin is looking to control Diehard's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Shin avoid being mounted?
Shin is staying active underneath Diehard, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Bruce Diehard will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Bruce Diehard'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.
#R3#
Nice defenses there by Shin.
Diehard moves in looking to clinch but Shin pushes him off.
Diehard cracks a nice hook into Shin's ribs.
Shin just misses with a punch to the body.
Shin on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Diehard connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Bruce Diehard is winning the standup battle so far.
Shin gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Diehard throws a combination. Shin tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Diehard takes a swing at Shin's ribcage but misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Diehard on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Shin. Shin obviously looking to wear him down.
Shin takes one on the button.
Diehard takes a body punch but keeps moving.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
That kick from Shin tenderised Diehard's leg. Diehard is trying to keep his angry face on.
Shin ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.#T1#
Diehard moves out of range as Shin strikes.
Diehard tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Shin manages to circle out of the way.
A slapping leg kick lands for Shin.
Diehard scores with a hook to the body. Shin takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Shin swats away the attempt to clinch by Diehard.
Diehard lands with a good body shot.
Shin avoids the body shot from Diehard.
Shin just misses with a punch to the body.
Diehard misses the body punch
and Shin counters with a nice body shot.
Diehard ducks right into an uppercut from Shin.
Shin has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Diehard keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Shin feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Diehard's calf.#T2#
Shin tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Diehard was well out of range. Poor timing from Shin.
Shin lands with a kick to the ribs.
Diehard swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Shin swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Shin throws the kick towards the body but Diehard avoids it.
Shin fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Diehard manages to avoid it.
Shin throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Shin pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Diehard is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Shin.
Diehard scores with a decent looking hook.
A big left from Diehard misses.
Diehard swings widly with a right hand
and Shin connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Shin keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Shin waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Diehard.#T3#
Diehard throws a looping overhand right but Shin ducks down to avoid it. #CL#
Diehard has Shin up against the cage in a clinch.
Shin cracks Diehard with a nice body shot.
Diehard lands an uppercut.
Shin gets through Diehard's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Diehard swings wildly with an uppercut but Shin uses good head movement to avoid it.
Shin pushes Diehard back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Shin lands a shot to the body.
Shin lands a right hand.
Diehard prevents a body shot from Shin.
Shin misses with a short punch on the inside.
Shin misses with a short punch on the inside.
Diehard is trying to stall.
Shin swings wildly with an uppercut but Diehard uses good head movement to avoid it.
Diehard tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage. #T4#
Diehard lands a left hand.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Shin.
Diehard lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Shin or not.
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!
Shin tries to land knees in the clinch but Diehard avoids the damage to the body.
Diehard has a couple of punches blocked by Shin.
Diehard misses with a punch on the inside.
Diehard tries to work over Shin's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Shin tries to work over Diehard's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Shin misses with the head strike.
Diehard tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Shin doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Shin lands an elbow that stopped Diehard in his tracks for a moment.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Diehard misses with a hook from the clinch.
Shin lands with a left to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close third round but Lao Shin just about did enough to take it.
The cut man is working on Bruce Diehard's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
#R4#
Diehard throws a body punch but Shin moves out of range.
Diehard takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Shin swings for the body but Diehard moves out of range.
Diehard rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
enabling Shin to counter with a crisp jab.
Shin bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Shin takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Shin jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Diehard ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Diehard tries to close the distance and clinch up but Shin swats him away and circles back towards the center.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Shin needs to keep his hands up - Diehard had a free shot at his head there.
Shin takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Shin takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Shin attempts a low kick but it misses it's target. #T1#
Diehard changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Shin connects with a single shot there.
Shin connects with a crisp jab.
Oh Diehard is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Shin lands a body shot.
Diehard seems to have got his legs back now.
Diehard takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Diehard tries to clinch there but Shin circles away.
Diehard tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Shin was well out of range. Poor timing from Diehard.
Diehard pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A little jabbing left from Shin on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Diehard connects with a looping right hand.
Shin swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Diehard misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Shin.
It seemed like Shin was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Shin.
Diehard throwing a counter right hand but Shin manages to avoid it.
Diehard throws a jab when Shin was well out of range.#T2#
Shin defending well as Diehard loads up on a big left hand.
Shin moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Diehard misses with a series of wild punches. #CL#
Diehard closes the distance and clinches.
Diehard struggles to land a body shot inside as Shin controls his hands.
Shin works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Shin tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Diehard lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Shin or not.
Lao Shin seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Shin misses with a shot to the kidneys.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Shin creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Diehard throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Diehard misses with a punch to the body.
Shin misses with a punch to the body. #T3##BC2#
Shin breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Diehard throws a shot from downtown. Shin moves away and avoids it.
Diehard tries to close the distance and clinch but Shin swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Diehard staying out of range there.
Diehard misses with a straight left.
Diehard misses the shot to the body.
Shin looks to score with a jab to the body but Diehard is just out of range.
Diehard throws a sloppy body shot
and Shin counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Shin tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Diehard was well out of range. Poor timing from Shin.
Diehard takes a head kick and keeps coming. #CL#
Diehard pushes Shin up against the cage in a clinch.
Diehard tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Shin tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked. #T4#
Diehard tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Diehard misses with the head strike.
Shin scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Diehard stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Diehard misses with a short punch on the inside.
Diehard misses with some punches.
Shin lands a right hand that snaps the head of Diehard backwards.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Diehard working aggressively here.
Diehard misses with the head strike.
Shin scores a nice knee to the body.
Shin tries a body shot but Diehard blocks it.
Shin missing with knees to the body.
Shin lands an elbow inside that Diehard shrugs off.
Shin misses with a body punch.
A nice left hand lands by Diehard.
Shin misses with a hook to the ribs.
Diehard lands a right hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close fourth round but Lao Shin will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Bruce Diehard's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
#R5#
Diehard lands a really nice looking cross but Shin seems unphased.
Diehard moves away from the strike by Shin.
Shin displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Diehard throws out the jab.
A swing and a miss from Diehard.
Shin lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Diehard just misses with a punch to the body.
Shin fakes the leg kick and cracks Diehard in the body.
Diehard swings widly with a right hand
and Shin counters with a lovely straight right hand!
A solid leg kick lands there for Shin.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.#CL#
Diehard moves into the clinch successfully.
Shin looking to stall.
Shin has a couple of punches blocked by Diehard.
Diehard lands a shoulder strike. #T1#
Shin blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Diehard has a couple of punches blocked by Shin.
Shin misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A short right from Shin on the inside.
Shin misses with a punch on the inside.
Diehard is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Shin gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Diehard. #BC#
Diehard breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Shin waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Diehard.
Shin just misses with a punch to the body.
Diehard tries to clinch but Shin moves out of range.
Diehard throws a jab but it's blocked by Shin.
Shin slips under a jab from Diehard.
Shin swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Diehard has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Shin finds it's way round the side to connect with Diehard's head.
Diehard connects with a nice looking jab. #T2#
Diehard takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Diehard throws an off balance right hand
and Shin cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
A swing and a miss from Diehard.
Diehard throws a hook but Shin avoids it easily.
Diehard throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Diehard avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Diehard doesn't manage to clinch there - Shin circles away.
Nice straight punches there by Diehard. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Diehard.
Diehard swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Shin misses with a few strikes there.
Diehard swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Shin moves out of range as Diehard strikes.
Shin pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Diehard is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.#T3#
Diehard blocks the body kick.
Nice body punch from Shin.
Shin keeps the fight on the outside.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Shin! But no joy.
Shin connects with a right hand. Diehard shakes it off.
Shin moves away from the strike by Diehard.
Diehard paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Shin swats away the attempt to clinch by Diehard.
Shin slips a straight right by Diehard.
Shin thinks about the counter body kick.
Shin takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Diehard scores with a punch to the head.
Diehard with a hook.
Bruce Diehard has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!#T4#
Diehard scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Shin throws a half hearted mid kick.
Diehard seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Diehard swings widly with a right hand
and Shin counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Diehard scores with a jab. Shin acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Diehard tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Shin was well out of range. Poor timing from Diehard.
Diehard throws a body punch but Shin moves out of range.
A nice leg kick lands there from Shin.
Diehard throws a poor cross that misses
and Shin counters with a thumping low kick.
Diehard ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Shin feints and then cracks Diehard's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Diehard down.
Diehard throws a right hand that misses
and Shin counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Diehard swings and misses with a hook to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Lao Shin.
I think Shin 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 46:49
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 46:49
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 49:49

In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Lao Shin!
Lao Shin is the new welterweight champion!
Lao Shin seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.

Event: GAMMA#668 Diehard v Laine
Date: Oct 21, 2017

#R1#
Diehard takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Diehard has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Phoenix Fight Team in the buildup to the fight.
A low kick from Laine is predictable there #TD#
and Diehard counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Diehard won't allow Laine to sweep him here.
Laine working a defensive guard here.
Diehard showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Laine keeping full guard, as Diehard tries to pass.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Laine is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Diehard won't allow Laine to sweep him here.
Diehard stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Laine swivels though and keeps the full guard. #T1#
Diehard passes into half guard.
Diehard wants to take a breather but Laine is having none of it.
Diehard prevents Laine from improving his position.#SUB#
Diehard is working for a kimura but Laine is defending it quite comfortably.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Laine regains full guard. Nicely done.
Laine can't keep his opponent in guard - Diehard advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount. #T2#
Diehard is looking to advance position but Laine won't allow it. #SUB#
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Diehard is trying to work for a kimura but Laine is defending well. #SUB#
Laine is defending against the submission attempts here by Diehard.
Laine is refusing to be controlled, as Diehard sits in half guard.
Diehard works his way into side control. #T3#
Laine wants to control but Diehard postures up.#SUB#
Diehard wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Laine, who protects the arm well.
Laine sneaks back into half guard.
Diehard wants to advance to full mount but Laine doesn't think that's going to happen and regains full guard instead. #SUB2#
Laine looking for a guillotine here but Diehard defends easily.
Diehard passes into half guard. #T4#
Diehard wants to pass the guard but Laine is defending well.
Diehard is working hard here to advance position.
Laine makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Laine.
Diehard wants to control from the top but Laine keeps moving.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Diehard tries to free his leg and advance position but Laine is retaining full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bruce Diehard dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
#R2#
Laine has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Diehard finds it's way round the side to connect with Laine's head.
Laine misses with a low kick.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Laine - that will leave a mark!
Musta Laine seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Diehard keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Laine.
Diehard blocks a low kick nicely.
Diehard smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Laine throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Diehard ducks under a wild hook from Laine.
Laine gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Diehard dives in for a single leg takedown but Laine sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Laine misses with a series of wild punches.
Diehard was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Diehard dodges the punch combination from Laine.
Diehard scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Laine misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
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!
Diehard thows a left - swing and a miss!
Diehard takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section. #T1#
Laine throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Diehard scores with a body shot.
Laine drops his hands momentarily and Diehard takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Diehard looks to throw the jab but Laine is out of range.
Diehard blocks a leg kick.
Diehard thuds his right hand into Laine's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Laine throws a leg kick
and Diehard makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Diehard connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Laine's hands.
Diehard wants to clinch up but Laine keeps it at a distance.
Laine checks a leg kick.
Laine throws a solid leg kick but Diehard takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Laine.
Diehard just misses with a punch to the body.
Diehard tries to clinch up.
Diehard tries to clinch
and Laine counters with a nice uppercut.
Laine scores with a hook.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Diehard checks a leg kick.
Diehard swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Diehard has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Diehard there as he acknowledges the shot.#T2#
Diehard throws an overhand right that lands on Laine's shoulder, as Laine tries to avoid the shot.
Diehard fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Laine manages to avoid it.
Diehard is looking to slow Laine down with leg kicks. #TD#
Diehard shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Laine is trying to defend but Diehard finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Diehard is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Diehard is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Laine can do to turn this around?
Laine is refusing to be controlled, as Diehard sits in half guard.
Laine trying to control from the bottom. #SUB#
Diehard is trying to work for a kimura but Laine is defending well.
Diehard wants to take a breather but Laine is having none of it. #T3##SUB2#
Laine looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Diehard looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Laine is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though. #SUB2#
Laine looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Diehard tries to pass to full mount but Laine defends it.
Diehard stalling away here and it's allowed Laine to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard. #T4#
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Laine wants to sweep but no luck.
Diehard forces his way into half guard.
Diehard trying to mount his opponent but Laine defends it. #SUB#
Diehard is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Laine has managed to free his arm - good work.
Diehard trying to mount his opponent but Laine defends it.
Laine is looking to control Diehard's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Laine avoid being mounted?
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bruce Diehard dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
#R3#
Laine uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Diehard.
Diehard is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A jab from Diehard misses.
Diehard scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Laine buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
A jab from Diehard misses.
Laine is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Diehard.
Laine throws a leg kick but Diehard sees it coming and moves out of range.
Laine with a nice cross.
Laine moves out of range of the strikes.
Laine feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Diehards jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Laine with a body punch. A glancing blow.
A punch lands to the side of Diehard 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Laine drops his hands momentarily and Diehard takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Laine uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Diehard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Laine misses the shot to the body.
Laine throws a lazy right hand but Diehard sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Diehard appears to be looking for a counter takedown.#T1#
Laine thows a left - swing and a miss!
Laine blocks a jab.#TD#
Diehard looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Laine trying to hold on to Diehard's head to control him but Diehard postures up. #SUB#
Diehard is working for a submission of some sort.
Diehard working to pass to mount. He's got his hand pressing down on Laine's thigh. Laine counters though and makes it back to full guard.
Diehard stands and throws Laine's legs to the side, diving into side control. #T2#
Laine prevents Diehard from moving into mount.
Laine sneaks back into half guard.#SUB#
Diehard is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Laine defends it well.
Laine is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Diehard's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Diehard's back!
Diehard rolls and manages to get back to half guard. Nicely done.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Diehard manages to get to full guard.
Diehard looking to sweep here. No luck so far. #T3#
Laine missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Laine with a nice head shot there.
Laine preventing the sweep.
Laine postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Laine with a nice head shot there.#SUB#
Diehard looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Laine postures up and lands a big shot to Diehard's brow. #T4#
Laine lands a couple of elbows.#SUB#
Diehard is looking for a triangle here but Laine uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
Laine grinds an elbow into Diehard's temple.
Laine scores with a couple of short elbows.
Laine trying to control the action but Diehard is working from the bottom.
Laine lands some shots froms side control.
Laine landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Diehard manages to get back to half guard.
Laine wants to control but Diehard is keeping him busy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Musta Laine really dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
#R4#
A solid leg kick lands there for Laine.
Diehard lands an overhand right.
A leg kick checked by Diehard.
Diehard lands with a nice body punch.
A slow jab from Laine misses its intended target.
Laine steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Diehard.
The fighters circling - Laine throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Diehard tests Laine's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Laine lands an overhand right.
Laine throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Diehard.
Diehard changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Laine throws a lazy right hand but Diehard sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Diehard throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Laine fails with a takedown attempt.
Laine defending well as Diehard loads up on a big left hand.
A little jabbing left from Laine on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Diehard takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.#T1#
Diehard throws a big shot that misses.
Diehard lands a jab to Laine's midsection.
Diehard moves away from the strike by Laine.
Laine throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Laine moves forwards but Diehard connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Laine lands a leg kick that knocks Diehard off balance momentarily.
Laine misses with a hook. Diehard ducked under it nicely.
Diehard shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Laine eats them both and turns towards Diehard to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Laine swats away the attempt to clinch by Diehard.
Diehard misses with a takedown
and Laine counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Diehard takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Laine takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Diehard drops his hands momentarily and Laine takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Laine misses the jab.
A decent looking cross lands there for Diehard.#T2#
Laine tries to land a body kick
and Diehard connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Diehard steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Laine.
Laine scores with the left hand. Diehard knows he should have avoided that one.
Diehard fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Laine manages to avoid it.
Diehard throws a hook but Laine avoids it easily.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Laine.
Good standup being displayed there by Laine as he connects with a hook.
Diehard slips a jab from Laine.
Diehard throws the left hand but Laine avoids the punch easily.
Laine lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Laine looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Diehard blocks a low kick nicely.
Diehard scores with a nice right hand.
Musta Laine seems to be getting the better of the standup.#TD#
Diehard bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Diehard trying to control the action but Laine is working from the bottom.
Laine is trying to control Diehard's posture but Diehard avoids it. #T3#
Laine is positioning himself to get back to half guard. #SUB#
Diehard tries for a kimura but Laine is defending well.
Laine has found himself in a tricky position here. He's been working his transitions in training so let's see if he can work his way out of it.
Diehard tries to move into full mount but can't pass Laine's legs.
Diehard advances to full mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.#T4#
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.#SUB#
Diehard is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Laine is surviving well by controlling Diehard's body position as best he can.
Laine sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Laine tries to roll over but Diehard keeps him under control.
Laine manages to get to full guard.
Diehard stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Laine swivels though and keeps the full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close fourth round but I would say that Bruce Diehard will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
#R5#
Laine looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Diehard drops down looking for a counter takedown but Laine sprawls and moves away.
A swing and a miss from Diehard.
Laine throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Laine looks to land a left hand but Diehard moved out of range nicely.
A telegraphed right hand from Laine misses the target.
Diehard fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Laine gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Diehard slips under a jab.
Diehard throwing a counter right hand but Laine manages to avoid it.
Diehard misses with the combination.
Laine tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Diehard takes a swing at Laine's ribcage but misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Diehard slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Diehard takes one to the side of the head.
Diehard ducks under a wild hook from Laine.
Diehard appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Diehard on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Diehard uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Laine.
Diehard was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.#T1#
Laine lands an overhand right.
Diehard slips a straight right by Laine.
Diehard tries to counter by clinching up but Laine breaks away and moves out of range.
Diehard defending well as Laine loads up on a big left hand. #CL#
Diehard has managed to clinch.
Laine fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Laine misses with the head strike.
Good body shot from Laine.
Diehard fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Diehard tries to stall but Laine uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Laine swings wildly with an uppercut but Diehard uses good head movement to avoid it.
Diehard makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Laine tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A head punch on the inside from Diehard fails to land.
Laine has a couple of punches blocked by Diehard.
Diehard fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Diehard misses with a body punch.
Musta Laine has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!#T2#
A head punch on the inside from Laine fails to land.
Laine scores with an uppercut up the middle.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Diehard.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Laine.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Diehard.
Diehard lands with a right to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Diehard swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Diehard prevents a takedown attempt there.
Bruce Diehard is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Laine working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Laine misses with a hook from the clinch.
Diehard lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Laine misses with a hook from the clinch.
Laine tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage. #T3##BC2#
Laine breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Laine moves out of range of the strikes.
Diehard avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Diehard displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Laine throws out the jab.
Laine motions for Diehard to come forward. Laine throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Diehard fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Laine throws a quick inside leg kick.
Laine throws a shot from downtown. Diehard moves away and avoids it.
Diehard misses with a body shot.
Laine steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Diehard.
Diehard throws a hook but Laine blocks it.
Good standup being displayed there by Laine as he connects with a hook.
Diehard moves away from the strike by Laine.
Diehard misses the shot to the body.
Laine just misses with a punch to the body.
Laine ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Diehard moves away.#T4#
Diehard avoids a kick to the body.
Diehard lands with a cross.
Laine on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Diehard with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Laine to score with a decent uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Laine uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Diehard.
Diehard lands with a cross.
A big right from Laine misses.
Diehard connects with a nice looking jab.
Diehard misses with a straight left.
Laine drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Diehard lands with a cross.
Diehard throws out a loose jab but Laine uses good head movement to avoid it.
Laine looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Laine gets cracked there but stands up to it.
A telegraphed right hand from Diehard misses the target.
Diehard keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Laine throws a shot from downtown. Diehard moves away and avoids it.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Bruce Diehard.
I think Diehard has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 49:46
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 49:46
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 49:46

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bruce Diehard!
Bruce Diehard is the new welterweight champion!
Bruce Diehard was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.

Event: GAMMA#661 Keenan v Citizen
Date: Sep 09, 2017

#R1#
Diehard throws a shot from downtown. Hanolla moves away and avoids it.
Hanolla follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Good standup being displayed there by Hanolla as he connects with a hook.
Diehard takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Diehard misses with a leg kick.
Hanolla tried to score with a low kick but Diehard checks it.
Diehard was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Diehard misses with a hook. Hanolla ducked under it nicely.
Diehard lands with a shot to the body.
Diehard looks to throw the jab but Hanolla is out of range.
Hanolla is trying to counter with his kicks.
Diehard tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Hanolla swivels and escapes.
Diehard throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Hanolla stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Bruce Diehard seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Diehard jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A slow jab from Diehard misses its intended target.
Diehard keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Hanolla.
Hanolla pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Hanolla misses with a low kick.
Diehard feinted with a counter takedown.
Hanolla lands with a kick to the temple. Diehard shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?" #CUT2#
It looks like Bruce Diehard has been cut.#T1#
Hanolla looks for the body kick but Diehard saw that one coming.
It looked like Diehard wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Diehard missing with a left hand there. Hanolla was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Diehard fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Hanolla looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Diehard throws a jab but it's blocked by Hanolla.
Diehard scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Diehard throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Hanolla sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Hanolla steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
Hanolla throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Diehard looks to throw the jab but Hanolla is out of range.
Hanolla throws a nice head kick!
Jutta Hanolla is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Hanolla lets loose with a powerful body kick. Diehard will feel that in the morning.
Diehard connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Diehard has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Hanolla.
Diehard keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Diehard swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Diehard misses with a looping left.
Hanolla throws the left hand but Diehard avoids the punch easily.#T2#
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Diehard missing with a left hand there. Hanolla was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Hanolla rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Diehard moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Hanolla swings for the body but Diehard moves out of range.
Diehard sizes up Hanolla with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Hanolla uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Diehard.
Hanolla misses with a body kick.
Diehard tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hanolla was well out of range. Poor timing from Diehard.
Hanolla takes one to the chin there.
Diehard waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Hanolla.
Diehard is looking to clinch but Hanolla is avoiding it.
Diehard checks a low kick from Hanolla.
Diehard has been working on his balance at Phoenix Fight Team, so perhaps that has help him stuff some of the takedown attempts by Hanolla.
Diehard comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Diehard lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Diehard throws a hook but Hanolla blocks it.
Hanolla clobbers Diehard with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise. #T3#
Diehard fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Hanolla ducks under a wild hook from Diehard.
Hanolla counters with a body kick.
Diehard throws an overhand right that lands on Hanolla's shoulder, as Hanolla tries to avoid the shot.
Diehard misses with an uppercut.
Diehard on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Hanolla throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Diehard.
Diehard throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Hanolla sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Hanolla let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Hanolla thows a left - swing and a miss!
The fighters circle momentarily. Diehard darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Diehard scores with a hook to the body. Hanolla takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Diehard rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Hanolla makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Diehard throws a body shot but no joy.
Hanolla misses with a body shot.
Diehard looks to land a left hand but Hanolla moved out of range nicely.#T4#
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hanolla takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Diehard thuds a left hand into Hanolla's body.
Hanolla throws a head kick but Diehard moves out of range.
Diehard swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Hanolla throws an off balance right hand
and Diehard connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Diehard throws a lazy uppercut
and Diehard takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Hanolla misses with an uppercut
and Diehard counters with a straight right hand.
Diehard takes a swing at Hanolla's ribcage but misses.
Hanolla steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
Diehard misses with a straight left.
Hanolla uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Diehard.
It seemed like Hanolla was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Hanolla throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Diehard lands an overhand right.
Diehard has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Hanolla.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Diehard is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Hanolla lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
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 Bruce Diehard will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Bruce Diehard's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
#R2#
Hanolla gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Diehard.
Diehard tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Hanolla swivels and escapes.
Diehard pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Diehard looks for the body kick but Hanolla saw that one coming.
Diehard misses with a lunging right hand
and Hanolla makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Nice sprawl there from Hanolla as Diehard shoots in.
Hanolla pivots, looking for a leg kick but Diehard is out of range and Hanolla settles back down.
Hanolla throws a wild body kick that Diehard sees coming a mile off.
Nice body kick there by Hanolla.
Diehard lands with a good body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Diehard misses with an uppercut.
Diehard throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Hanolla thinks about the counter body kick.
Diehard swinging wildly here.
Diehard tries to close the distance and clinch but Hanolla swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away. #T1#
Hanolla tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Diehard is looking to clinch but Hanolla is avoiding it.
Diehard shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bruce Diehard. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hanolla waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Diehard.
Hanolla misses with a jab, cross combination.
Diehard clobbers Hanolla with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Hanolla moves away from the strike by Diehard.
Diehard sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Hanolla goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Diehard is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Diehard uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Hanolla.
Diehard throws a lazy right hand but Hanolla sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Hanolla misses with an uppercut. #T2#
Hanolla with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Hanolla looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Hanolla keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hanolla moves away from the strike by Diehard.
A little jabbing left from Hanolla on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Diehard uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hanolla.
Hanolla thuds his shin into the meat of Diehard's side.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Good shot there by Diehard.
Diehard blocks the body kick.
Diehard will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Hanolla cracks Diehard with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Diehard feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Hanollas jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Hanolla has worked on his takedown defense in the runup to this fight and it is paying off so far.
Diehard misses the jab.
Hanolla defending well as Diehard loads up on a big left hand.
Hanolla fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Diehard on the side of the head.
A telegraphed right hand from Hanolla misses the target. #T3#
Diehard connects with a body shot that sends Hanolla's belly button to the back.
Hanolla scores with a nice right hand.
Diehard throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Hanolla stuns Diehard with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Diehard tries to clinch but Hanolla is having none of it.
Hanolla waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Diehard.
Diehard jabs Hanolla right on the nose. Hanolla blinks but takes it well.
Hanolla misses with a wild body shot.
Hanolla throws a lazy right hand but Diehard sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Hanolla walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Hanolla moves away from the strike by Diehard.
Diehard connects with a body shot.
Diehard avoids the body shot from Hanolla.
Diehard swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Hanolla throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Diehard.#T4#
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hanolla takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Hanolla avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Hanolla keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Diehard.
Hanolla misses with a body kick.
Hanolla takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Diehard lands a body shot.
Hanolla tries to land a leg kick but Diehard saw it coming and moves away.
Diehard throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Hanolla stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Hanolla throws a head kick that misses.
Hanolla circles away from the clinch attempt.
Hanolla throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Hanolla ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Diehard moves away.
Diehard moves in looking to clinch but Hanolla pushes him off.
Hanolla appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Diehard moves in looking to clinch but Hanolla pushes him off.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Jutta Hanolla will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Bruce Diehard's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
#R3#
Hanolla defending well as Diehard loads up on a big left hand.
Diehard swings away with a body shot that misses
and Hanolla connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Diehard looks to land a left hand but Hanolla moved out of range nicely.
Diehard bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Hanolla's head.
Diehard throws a body punch but Hanolla moves out of range.
Hanolla takes one on the button.
Diehard dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Hanolla misses with a right hand
and Diehard counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head. #CL#
Diehard gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Diehard misses with a body punch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Diehard working aggressively here.
Diehard misses with a hook from the clinch.
Diehard lands a body shot in the clinch.
Diehard lands a right hand that snaps the head of Hanolla backwards.
Hanolla misses with a body punch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hanolla has a couple of punches blocked by Diehard. #T1##TD#
Diehard has hold of one of Hanolla's legs. Hanolla is fighting the takedown attempt but Diehard gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
Diehard trying to control the position from guard on top but Hanolla is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Diehard trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Hanolla controlling Diehard's posture. #SUB2#
Hanolla has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Diehard can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Hanolla wants to sweep but no luck. #SUB2#
Hanolla looking for a guillotine here but Diehard defends easily. #T2#
Diehard wants to control from the top but Hanolla keeps moving. #SUB2#
Hanolla is looking for a triangle but Diehard pushes his legs off easily. #SUB#
Diehard drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Hanolla manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Diehard has Hanolla in his guard.#REVB#
Diehard is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move. #REVR##T3#
Hanolla works his way to full guard. Good work.#SUB2#
Hanolla is looking for a triangle but Diehard pushes his legs off easily.
Diehard looking to sit in guard and control but Hanolla gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top. #REVB#
Hanolla preventing the sweep. #SUB#
Diehard is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle. #SUB#
Diehard working for a triangle but Hanolla defends it easily. #T4#
Hanolla wants to control from the top but Diehard keeps moving.
Hanolla must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.#SUB#
Diehard is active off his back here, looking for submissions. #SUB#
Diehard is working actively from the bottom, looking for submissions. He's escaped his hips to the side and he's going for an armbar! Hanolla has his hands clasped together but Diehard extends and breaks Hanolla's desperate grasp, forcing a tap out due to armbar! Nice BJJ displayed there by Diehard.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Bruce Diehard!
Bruce Diehard decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.

Event: GAMMA#656 Goodman v Diehard
Date: Aug 19, 2017

#R1#
Goodman looks to land a left hand but Diehard moved out of range nicely.
Goodman loads up on a big right hand but Diehard slips the punch.
Diehard looks to score with a jab to the body but Goodman is just out of range.
Goodman waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Diehard.
Diehard shoots in but no luck this time.
Goodman digs a good body shot into Diehard's ribs.
Jab from Diehard.
Goodman misses with an uppercut
and Diehard counters with a nice body shot.
Goodman fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Diehard has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Diehard looks to score with a jab to the body but Goodman is just out of range.
Goodman takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Diehard throws a body shot but no joy.
Diehard swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Diehard tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Goodman avoids the body shot from Diehard.
Goodman looks to land a body kick but Diehard moved away.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Goodman fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.#T1#
A shot to the liver by Diehard. Beautiful body shot.
Diehard has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Goodman.
Goodman cracks Diehard with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Diehard tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Diehard lands with a shot to the body.
Diehard uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Goodman.
Diehard swings and misses with a hook to the body.
An attempted straight right counter from Goodman misses the target.
Goodman pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Goodman jabs at Diehard's body.
Goodman misses with a hook. Diehard ducked under it nicely.
A big right from Diehard misses.
Goodman cracks Diehard with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Goodman throws a good cross that connects.
Goodman throws an overhand right that lands on Diehard's shoulder, as Diehard tries to avoid the shot.
Goodman throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Diehard sees it coming and avoids it easily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Goodman connects with an inside leg kick.
Goodman lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.#T2#
Diehard blocks a jab.
Diehard throws a hook but Goodman blocks it.
Diehard moves out of range of the body kick.
Despite the aggression on Diehard's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Diehard throws a lazy uppercut
and Goodman counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Goodman with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Goodman ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Diehard changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Diehard throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Diehard is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Goodman rather than just go for the knockout.
Diehard fails with an attempt to clinch.
Goodman takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.#CL2#
Diehard gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Diehard tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Diehard drops down looking for an ankle pick but Goodman pulls his leg out and moves away. #TD2#
Diehard shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Diehard was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!#T3#
Goodman is trying to control Diehard's posture but Diehard avoids it. #SUB2#
Diehard is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Goodman is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Diehard tries to move into full mount but can't pass Goodman's legs.
Goodman is in a tricky position but he's been working on his transitions down at Globo Gym, so we'll see if he gets out of it.
Diehard is looking to take a break and control but Goodman is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom. #SUB2#
Diehard is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Goodman knows the correct defense though, so he's OK. #T4#
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
You can see the frustration on Goodman's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Diehard advances nicely into full mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Diehard wants to control the pace but Goodman is squirming around nicely.
Goodman prevents Diehard from taking his back.
Goodman is squirming around, avoiding Diehard's attempts to control the action.
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 Saul Goodman will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!
#R2#
Goodman connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Goodman with a jab.
Goodman scores with a nice head shot.
Goodman throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Diehard swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Diehard lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Diehard cracks Goodman with a good jab.
Diehard ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Diehard with a lazy takedown attempt
and Goodman counters with a left to the body.
Goodman tries to score with a low kick but Diehard moves his leg out of the way.
Diehard lands a body shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Diehard gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Goodman.#CL2#
Goodman tries to keep at a distance but Diehard has taken the fight into the clinch.
Goodman swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Diehard lands on the inside with an uppercut. #T1#
Diehard lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage. #BC#
Goodman breaks from the clinch.
Goodman misses the body punch #TD2#
and Diehard counters with a shoot takedown. Goodman fights it but they end up in guard.
Diehard controlling from the top position.
Diehard trying to control but Goodman is working from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Diehard passes Goodman's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Diehard stalling away here and it's allowed Goodman to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
Diehard wants to control from the top but Goodman keeps moving. #T2#
Diehard wants to pass the guard but Goodman is keeping the position.
Diehard wants to control from the top but Goodman keeps moving.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Goodman is on top in guard. #REVR##SUB2#
Diehard looking for a guillotine here but Goodman defends easily.
Diehard has been taking part in the yoga sessions down at Phoenix Fight Team. Presumably he's going to look for a slick submission... Or maybe he's looking to avoid one.
Bruce Diehard has got the better of the ground game so far.#T3#
Diehard trying to control the position.
Goodman looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Diehard is trying to hold Goodman in close to prevent damage but Goodman has managed to pass into half guard. #SUB2#
Goodman moves into side control, avoiding a weak kimura attempt from Diehard.#T4#
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Diehard struggling a bit here.
Diehard is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Diehard trying to hold on to Goodman's head to control him but Goodman postures up.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Diehard tries to get to full guard but Goodman has control of the leg.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Bruce Diehard will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's time! Back to the action!
#R3#
Goodman delivers a nice body kick.
Diehard misses with a wild body shot.
Goodman scores with a punch to the head.
Diehard uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Goodman.
Diehard takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Diehard tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Goodman tries to land a front kick but Diehard steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Diehard misses the shot to the body.
Diehard looks to score with a jab to the body but Goodman is just out of range.
An attempted straight right counter from Goodman misses the target.
Donk. Goodman catches Diehard right on the button with a cross.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Goodman avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Diehard takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Diehard throws a jab when Goodman was well out of range.
Diehard swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Goodman counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Goodman cracks Diehard with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.#T1##TD2#
Diehard gets a takedown into half guard.
Diehard is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Goodman!
Goodman is squirming around, avoiding Diehard's attempts to control the action.
Diehard wants to control but Goodman has made it back to half guard. Nice work.
Diehard works his way into full mount!
Diehard seems to be looking to move to his opponent's back but Goodman is holding on tight. #T2#
Goodman is squirming around, avoiding Diehard's attempts to control the action. #SUB2#
Diehard goes for an armbar but he's fallen flat on his backside there and now Goodman is on top in guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Diehard is trying to keep Goodman in close. #T3##SUB2#
Diehard working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Goodman has passed into half guard!
Diehard tries to get to full guard but Goodman has control of the leg.
Goodman keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.#SUB2#
Diehard looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Diehard wants to get back to full guard.
Goodman missing with some ground and pound from the half guard. #T4#
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Diehard slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Goodman has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Diehard has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Goodman has passed into side control.
Diehard tries to buck Goodman off but Goodman is having none of it.
Goodman advances nicely into full mount.
Diehard can't escape the position.
Goodman looking to control and managing it successfully.
Diehard is looking to get to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Saul Goodman clearly takes that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
#R4#
Goodman throws a push kick but Diehard slaps the foot to one side.
Goodman scores with a punch to the head.
Goodman throws an overhand right that lands on Diehard's shoulder, as Diehard tries to avoid the shot.
And Diehard tries to counter it with a takedown but Goodman pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Diehard bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Diehard lands a nice shot to the body.
Diehard scores with a jab to the jaw.
Diehard throws a looping overhand right but Goodman ducks down to avoid it.
Diehard checks a low kick from Goodman.
Diehard jabs Goodman right on the nose. Goodman blinks but takes it well.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Goodman.
Goodman moves into range and connects with a jab.
Diehard listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Diehard will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Goodman lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
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!
Goodman throws out a loose jab but Diehard uses good head movement to avoid it. #T1#
Diehard takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Diehard misses the shot to the body.
Diehard misses with a hook to the body
and Goodman counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Diehard fails in his attempt to clinch.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Goodman.
Diehard throws a shot from downtown. Goodman moves away and avoids it.
Diehard moves forwards but Goodman connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Diehard throws a hook but Goodman avoids it easily.
Goodman throws a lazy right hand but Diehard sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Goodman avoids the body shot from Diehard.
Diehard chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Goodman can pounce on him.
Goodman is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Diehard throws a body punch but Goodman moves out of range.
Diehard uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Goodman.
Goodman throws the left hand but Diehard avoids the punch easily.
Goodman throws a hook but Diehard avoids it easily.#T2#
Diehard shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Diehard moves out of range as Goodman strikes.
Goodman shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Diehard defending well as Goodman loads up on a big left hand.
Diehard shoots in for a takedown but Goodman shows good takedown defense.
Saul Goodman has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bruce Diehard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Goodman attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Diehard is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Goodman with a body shot.
Goodman takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Diehard takes a swing at Goodman's ribcage but misses.
Diehard tries to clinch but Goodman moves out of range.
Diehard fails with an attempt to clinch.
Diehard moves forwards but Goodman connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Saul Goodman is winning the standup battle so far.
Goodman is looking to slow Diehard down with leg kicks.
Goodman connects with the punch.#TD2#
A momentary lapse in concentration from Goodman enables Diehard to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Goodman manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.#ES#
Goodman pushes Diehard off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there. #T3#
Diehard throws a body shot but no joy.
A counter left hand to the body from Goodman misses its target.
Goodman fakes the leg kick and cracks Diehard in the body. #TD2#
Diehard bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Diehard is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
I wouldn't like to be where Goodman is right now.
Diehard trying to control the position but Goodman is working away. #SUB2#
Diehard goes for an armbar here - this could be all over! But no, Goodman has escaped beautifully and is now on top in side control! Oh, that's unlucky for Diehard but great work by Goodman.
Diehard tries to control but end up mounted... ooooh, that's bad.
Diehard is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Diehard regains half guard.#T4#
Goodman trying to control the action but Diehard is working from the bottom.
Goodman content to control rather than advance.
Diehard manages to get to full guard.
Diehard is trying to control the position from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Saul Goodman had his way with Bruce Diehard in that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
#R5#
Diehard misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Goodman.
Goodman throws a right hand that Diehard ducks under and follows up with a left that Diehard also avoids with ease.
Diehard misses the shot to the body.
The fighters circling - Goodman throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A big left from Goodman misses.
Diehard misses the shot to the body.
Diehard scores with a three punch combo!
Goodman swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Diehard.
Diehard slips under a jab.
Diehard misses the shot to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A big left from Goodman misses.
Diehard looks to score with a jab to the body but Goodman is just out of range.
Goodman scores with a crisp jab that stopped Diehard in his tracks.
A jab from Goodman does it's job there.
Diehard has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Goodman fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Diehard is out of range. #T1#
Diehard swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Goodman lands a nice shot that snaps Diehard's head back.
Diehard misses with a body shot.
Diehard blocks a jab.
Diehard misses with a body shot.
Goodman swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Goodman lands with a thumping leg kick.
Diehard looks for a takedown but Goodman sprawls well.
Goodman lands a nice hook to Diehard's body. Diehard takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Goodman swats away the attempt to clinch by Diehard.
A looping hook to the body misses from Diehard. Goodman does a little dance to reset his feet.
Goodman throws a front kick that sends Diehard stumbling back into the cage.#T2#
Goodman throws a jab when Diehard was well out of range.
Goodman misses with a hook
and Diehard counters with a right hand to the body.
Diehard looks to throw the jab but Goodman is out of range.
A little feinted left hand from Goodman on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Saul Goodman is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Goodman misses with a looping left.
Goodman tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Diehard was well out of range. Poor timing from Goodman.
Diehard on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Goodman is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Diehard can do to turn this around?
Diehard takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Goodman dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Diehard. That did some damage!
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!
Goodman lands with a nice body punch.
Goodman takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Diehard staying out of range there.
A looping hook to the body misses from Diehard. Goodman does a little dance to reset his feet.
Goodman misses with a looping left.
Goodman looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks. #T3#
Diehard moves out of range of the strikes.
Diehard let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Diehard takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Goodman fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Diehard manages to avoid it.
Diehard fails with a takedown attempt.
Diehard lands a glancing blow to the side of Goodman's head.
Diehard scores with a jab to the body.
Diehard tries a low kick but Goodman avoids it.
Diehard shoots for a double leg takedown but Goodman sprawls well. He's pushed Diehard's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Saul Goodman has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bruce Diehard.
Diehard goes for a double leg but Goodman avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Goodman continues to drive forward.
Diehard fails with an attempt to clinch.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Goodman.
Bruce Diehard has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!#T4#
Diehard misses the shot to the body.
Diehard jabs Goodman to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Diehard takes a swing at Goodman's ribcage but misses.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Goodman.
Diehard throws a big shot that misses.
Goodman with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Diehard throws a jab when Goodman was well out of range.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A nice inside leg kick there by Goodman. That's going to slow Diehard down.
Diehard takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Diehard's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Diehard takes a swing at Goodman's ribcage but misses.
Diehard ducks right into an uppercut from Goodman.
Goodman misses with a body kick.
Diehard swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Goodman misses with a hook. Diehard ducked under it nicely.

And that's the end of the fight!
Saul Goodman showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Goodman has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 50:45
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 49:46
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 49:46

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Saul Goodman!
Saul Goodman retains his middleweight title!
Saul Goodman thanked the fans post fight for their support.

Event: KOFC 58 - Diehard vs Sobis
Date: Jul 29, 2017

#R1#
Sobis throws a front kick that sends Diehard stumbling back into the cage.
Diehard gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Sobis counters with a stiff right hand. #CUT2#
It looks like Bruce Diehard has been cut.
Diehard misses with an uppercut.
Diehard slips under a jab.
Diehard throwing a counter right hand but Sobis manages to avoid it.
Sobis pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A shot to the liver by Diehard. Beautiful body shot.
Sobis misses the shot to the body.
It looked like Diehard wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Diehard avoids the body shot from Sobis.
Diehard throws a predictable looking body shot
and Sobis counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Diehard scores with a decent looking hook.
Tito Sobis seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Diehard takes a swing at Sobis's ribcage but misses.
Sobis throws a sloppy head kick and Diehard moves out of range easily.
We've been hearing reports that Diehard has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Sobis throws a leg kick but Diehard checks it.
Sobis fails to land with a series of punches.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sobis paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Diehard looks for a takedown but Sobis sprawls well.#T1##CL#
Diehard fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Sobis, pushing him back against the cage.
A shot in the inside from Diehard.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Diehard.
Sobis avoiding damage.
Sobis blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Diehard misses with a hook from the clinch.
Sobis is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Diehard fails to land.
Diehard lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Sobis.
Sobis is trying to stall.
A right hook to the body lands for Diehard.
A left hand lands to the body for Diehard.
Sobis looks winded!#T2#
Diehard working aggressively here.
Diehard swings wildly with an uppercut but Sobis uses good head movement to avoid it.
Diehard misses with the head strike. #TD#
Diehard drags the fight down to the ground. #SUB#
Diehard working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Sobis doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Oh but Diehard is tightening it up a little... Sobis has to be careful here... He's got his foot tucked under now, this looks tight! Sobis reacted too slowly and this one could be over in a matter of seconds! YES! Sobis taps out! Nice BJJ there by Diehard!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:37 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Bruce Diehard!
Our winner, Bruce Diehard, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.

Event: Midget KT Tourney Rd 3
Date: Jun 28, 2017

#R1#
Karelin moves away from the strike by Diehard.
Diehard waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Karelin.
The crowd cheers as Diehard lands an impressive looking overhand right. Karelin doesn't seem phased though.
Diehard misses the shot to the body.
Diehard connects with a looping right hand.
Diehard connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Karelin's hands.
Diehard throws a shot to the body.
Diehard looks to score with a jab to the body but Karelin is just out of range.
Karelin takes a swing at Diehard's ribcage but misses.
Karelin avoids a kick to the body.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Karelin! But no joy.
Karelin looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Karelin's jab looks to have found its range, popping Diehard under the eye.
Karelin throws a shot from downtown. Diehard moves away and avoids it.
Karelin takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
We've been hearing reports that Diehard has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Diehard lands with a right hand.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Diehard fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Diehard lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Karelin looks to score with a jab to the body but Diehard is just out of range.
Karelin pushing out the jab but it's not landing. #T1#
Nice body punch from Diehard.
Karelin loads up on a big right hand but Diehard slips the punch.
Karelin misses with a hook.
Diehard's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Karelin connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Diehard scrambles back to his feet.
Diehard feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Karelins jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Karelin jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Diehard drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Diehard is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Karelin.
Karelin keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Diehard bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Karelin's head backwards.
Diehard closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Karelin lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Diehard cracks Karelin with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A telegraphed right hand from Diehard misses the target.
Diehard buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Diehard throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Diehard throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Karelin sees it coming and avoids it easily.#T2#
Karelin waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Diehard.
Diehard takes one to the side of the head.
Karelin might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Diehard connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Diehard misses the jab.
Karelin steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Diehard.
Karelin fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Diehard manages to avoid it.
Diehard throwing a counter right hand but Karelin manages to avoid it.
Diehard tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Karelin was well out of range. Poor timing from Diehard.
Diehard is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Karelin.
Diehard misses with an uppercut. Karelin saw that one coming.
A jab from Karelin misses.
A jab from Diehard misses.
Diehard lands a head shot.
Diehard avoids the body shot from Karelin.
Karelin on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Karelin avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Diehard sets himself, and Karelin steps forward looking for the clinch! Diehard avoids it this time.
Diehard throws a lazy uppercut
and Karelin counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Diehard connects with a body shot.
A jab from Diehard misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bruce Diehard dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
#R2#
Karelin misses with a straight right.
Diehard slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Karelin misses with a looping right.
Diehard throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Karelin avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Karelin throws the left hand but Diehard avoids the punch easily.
Diehard looks to throw the jab but Karelin is out of range.
Karelin slips a jab from Diehard.
Diehard fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Karelin looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Diehard is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Karelin.
A telegraphed right hand from Diehard misses the target.
Diehard throws a big shot that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Diehard scores with a hook to the body. Karelin takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
A looping hook to the body misses from Diehard. Karelin does a little dance to reset his feet.
Karelin uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Diehard.
Karelin thows a left - swing and a miss!
A looping hook to the body misses from Karelin. Diehard does a little dance to reset his feet.#T1#
Diehard misses with a body shot.
Karelin on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Karelin fails to land with a series of punches.
Diehard is looking to clinch.
Diehard misses with a body shot
and Karelin cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Karelin looks to land a left hand but Diehard moved out of range nicely.
A slow jab from Diehard misses its intended target.
Karelin doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Karelin misses with a hook.
Karelin avoids a punch combination nicely.
Bruce Diehard is winning the standup battle so far.
Karelin with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Diehard to score with a decent uppercut.
Diehard thows a left - swing and a miss!
Karelin with a body punch. A glancing blow. #CL#
Diehard gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Karelin swings away with an uppercut that misses. #T2#
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Karelin prevents a body shot from Diehard.
Diehard throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Karelins head.
Karelin lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Karelin misses with some punches.
Diehard lands a right hand that snaps the head of Karelin backwards.
Karelin blocks an uppercut.
Diehard tries to work over Karelin's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Karelin misses with the head strike.
Karelin fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Karelin tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Diehard lands a shoulder strike.
A head punch on the inside from Karelin fails to land.
A shot in the inside from Karelin.
Diehard can't find room to land a body shot as Karelin controls the action.
Diehard misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Karelin throws a head punch that misses.
Karelin can't find room to land a body shot as Diehard controls the action.
Diehard blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bruce Diehard dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
#R3#
Diehard misses with a body shot.
Bruce Diehard is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Karelin misses with a body shot.
Diehard appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Diehard scores with a nice right hand.
Diehard looks to score with a jab to the body but Karelin is just out of range.
Karelin doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Diehard dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Diehard misses with a looping right.
A looping hook to the body misses from Karelin. Diehard does a little dance to reset his feet.
Karelin takes one to the side of the head.
Karelin throws a lazy right hand but Diehard sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Diehard is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Karelin can do to turn this around?
Diehard fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Karelin is pinned up against the ropes taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Diehard misses with a hook.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Karelin misses with a straight right.
Diehard misses with an uppercut.
It seemed like Karelin was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Karelin defending well as Diehard loads up on a big left hand.
Diehard swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Karelin throws a hard body shot but it just misses. #T1#
Karelin walks into a left hand.
Diehard looks to land a left hand but Karelin moved out of range nicely.
Karelin ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Diehard moves away.
Karelin gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Diehard throws a body punch but Karelin moves out of range.
A countering left hand to the body from Karelin misses.
Diehard avoids the body shot from Karelin.
Karelin throws a shot from downtown. Diehard moves away and avoids it.
Karelin lands with an overhand left.
Karelin bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Karelin! But no joy.
Diehard darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Karelin looks to throw the jab but Diehard is out of range.
Diehard throws out a loose jab but Karelin uses good head movement to avoid it.
Karelin moves out of range as Diehard strikes.
Diehard avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Karelin closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Diehard swats away the attempt to clinch by Karelin.
Vitaly Karelin has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!#T2#
Diehard misses with an uppercut.
Karelin looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Diehard lands with a nice body punch.
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!
Karelin jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Karelin on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Nice straight punches there by Diehard. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Diehard.
Karelin takes one to the side of the head.
A left lands for Diehard.
Diehard getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Karelin misses with an uppercut.
Diehard listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Diehard throws a shot from downtown. Karelin moves away and avoids it.
Karelin slips a jab from Diehard.
Diehard lands the left hand.
Diehard dips to his left and cracks Karelin with an uppercut!
Diehard misses the jab.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Diehard throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Karelin stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.

And that's the end of the fight!
Bruce Diehard showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Diehard, 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 Gwen Towbar scores the fight 30:27
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bruce Diehard!
A victorious Bruce Diehard thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.

Event: KOFC 49 - Diehard vs Abbott
Date: Jun 10, 2017

#R1##CL#
Diehard gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Abbott scores with a nice hook to the head.
Abbott tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Diehard's elbow.
Diehard tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Abbott's elbow.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Diehard.
Diehard throws a punch but it's blocked by Abbott.
Abbott pushes Diehard back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Diehard has a couple of punches blocked by Abbott.
Diehard fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Abbott blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Diehard gets through Abbott's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Diehard.
We've been hearing reports that Diehard has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Abbott tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Abbott tries for a takedown. No joy.
A head punch on the inside from Abbott fails to land.
Diehard swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Diehard misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Abbott fails to land.
Diehard is looking to take this one to the mat.
Diehard misses with the head strike. #T1#
Abbott misses with a punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Diehard.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Diehard.
Diehard prevents a body shot from Abbott.
Abbott tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Diehard swings wildly with an uppercut but Abbott uses good head movement to avoid it.
Abbott misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Diehard drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Abbott gets the underhooks and prevents it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bruce Diehard. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Abbott tries to throw a body punch but Diehard avoids it by throwing Abbott back against the cage.
Diehard misses with a punch on the inside.
Abbott blocks an uppercut.
Diehard lands a nice shot to the body.
Diehard softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Diehard tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Abbott throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.#T2#
Abbott misses with the head strike.
Abbott fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Diehard is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Abbott pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Diehard blocks a body shot from Abbott.
Abbott blocks an uppercut.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Abbott.
Abbott lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Abbott misses with a punch to the body.
Abbott lands a body shot in the clinch.
A shot in the inside from Abbott.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A short right from Abbott.
Abbott swings wildly with an uppercut but Diehard uses good head movement to avoid it.
Abbott cracks Diehard with a nice body shot.
Diehard fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Diehard goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A short right from Abbott on the inside.
Abbott tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Diehard lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Abbott backwards. #T3#
Abbott blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Diehard.
Abbott lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Abbott works on Diehard's body with a couple of short punches.
Diehard lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Abbott throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Diehards head.
A head punch on the inside from Abbott fails to land.
A short right from Abbott.
Diehard stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Diehard has a couple of punches blocked by Abbott.
Diehard swings wildly with an uppercut but Abbott uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nice body punch from Abbott - that landed with a thud.
Diehard jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Abbott walks away with a smile on his face. Diehard gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Diehard misses the jab.
Abbott throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.#T4#
Diehard swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Abbott.
Good work by Diehard as he checks the leg kick.
Abbott throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A jab lands there for Abbott.
Diehard misses with a body shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Diehard. Abbott does a little dance to reset his feet.
Abbott walks into a straight right hand from Diehard.
Abbott keeps the fight on the outside.
Abbott is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Abbott's jab looks to have found its range, popping Diehard under the eye.
Abbott scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Diehard doesn't seem bothered though.
Abbott throws a head kick but Diehard moves out of range.
Diehard throws the left hand but Abbott avoids the punch easily.
Diehard looks to land a left hand but Abbott moved out of range nicely.
Abbott steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
Diehard takes a swing at Abbott's ribcage but misses.
Abbott wants to clinch up but Diehard keeps it at a distance.
Abbott throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Diehard sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Abbott cracks the inside of Diehard's front leg.
Diehard moves out of range of the body kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brenden Abbott dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
#R2#
Abbott goes for a double leg but Diehard avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Diehard continues to drive forward.
Abbott fails with an attempt to clinch.
Diehard is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A punch lands to the side of Abbott 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Abbott takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Diehard misses with a straight left.
Abbott throws a good cross that connects.
Abbott slaps away a takedown attempt from Diehard, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Abbott swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Abbott stuffs the takedown.
Abbott feints a counter leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A jab from Abbott misses.
Abbott looking to land some kicks to the body here.
A shot to the liver by Diehard. Beautiful body shot.
Abbott wants to land a leg kick but Diehard is out of range.
Abbott misses with an uppercut. Diehard saw that one coming.#T1#
Diehard wants to clinch.
Diehard keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Diehard throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Abbott sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Some wild striking there from Abbott. #CL2#
Abbott gets a clinch.
Diehard lands a shoulder strike.
Diehard blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Diehard prevents a takedown attempt there.
Bruce Diehard has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Brenden Abbott.
Abbott tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Abbott blocks a body shot from Diehard.
A short left from Diehard. #T2#
Abbott pushes Diehard back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Diehard tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Abbott's elbow.
Abbott misses with a punch on the inside.
A nice left hand lands by Abbott.
Abbott has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Abbott lands a left hand that snaps the head of Diehard backwards.
Diehard lands a hook that snaps the head of Abbott backwards. #CUT#
It looks like Brenden Abbott has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Diehard blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Abbott lands a left hand.
Abbott swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Diehard swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Diehard softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Abbott.
Abbott tries to work over Diehard's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Diehard scores with a shoulder strike.
Abbott presses Diehard against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Abbott swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Abbott misses with the head strike. #T3#
Abbott working aggressively here.
Abbott lands a left hand that snaps the head of Diehard backwards.
Abbott struggles to land a body shot inside as Diehard controls his hands.
Diehard fails to pull guard.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Abbott.
Abbott tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Diehard's elbow.
Diehard lands with a left to the head.
Diehard has a couple of punches blocked by Abbott.
Diehard misses with a punch to the body.
Diehard scores with a shot to the side of Abbott's head.
Diehard tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Abbott's elbow.
Diehard misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Diehard misses with some punches.
A nice right hand lands inside from Diehard.
Diehard lands an uppercut.
Diehard tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Abbott's elbow.
Diehard is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Abbott is defending well.#T4#
Diehard scores with a nice hook to the head.
Abbott throws a head punch that misses.
Diehard blocks an uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Abbott throws a punch but it's blocked by Diehard.
Abbott lands a body punch.
A head punch on the inside from Diehard fails to land.
Diehard throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Abbotts head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Abbott.
Abbott misses with a hook to the ribs.
A short right from Diehard on the inside.
Abbott misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Diehard scores with a shot to the side of Abbott's head.
Abbott blocking some punches.
Abbott blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Diehard prevents a body shot from Abbott.
Abbott throws a punch but it's blocked by Diehard.
Diehard blocks a body shot from Abbott.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Bruce Diehard will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Brenden Abbott'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. And we move into the final round!
#R3#
Abbott tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Abbott lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Diehard has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Diehard and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Diehard moves into range and connects with a jab.
Abbott throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Diehard avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Diehard tries to clinch there but Abbott circles away.
Abbott on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Abbott tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Diehard paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Good shot there by Abbott.
Abbott slips a straight right by Diehard.
Diehard scores with a nice head shot.
Diehard lands a slapping body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Abbott throws a nice inside leg kick.
Diehard has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Abbott.
Abbott walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
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!
Abbott tries to clinch up but Diehard circles away and keeps his distance.
Diehard looks to throw the jab but Abbott is out of range.
Brenden Abbott seems to be getting the better of the standup.#T1#
A jab from Abbott does it's job there.
Abbott connects with the punch.
Abbott connects with a body shot that sends Diehard's belly button to the back.
Abbott takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Abbott avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Abbott ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Abbott shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Diehard but Diehard pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Abbott tried to score with a low kick but Diehard checks it.
Diehard misses with an uppercut.
Diehard throws an overhand right that lands on Abbott's shoulder, as Abbott tries to avoid the shot.
Abbott keeps the fight on the outside.
A swing and a miss from Diehard.
Diehard misses with a hook. Abbott ducked under it nicely.
Abbott uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Diehard.
Diehard swings for the body but Abbott moves out of range. #T2#
Abbott walks into a jab.
Abbott throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect. #CL#
Diehard forces Abbott back against the cage and clinches.
Bruce Diehard has scored more points in the clinch so far.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Diehard tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Abbott tries a body shot but Diehard blocks it.
Abbott tries for a takedown. No joy.
Diehard misses with some punches.
A head punch on the inside from Diehard fails to land.
Abbott misses with the head strike.
Diehard fails to pull guard.
Diehard takes a shot to the head.
Abbott fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Abbott misses with a hook to the ribs. #TD#
Diehard gets control of Abbott's arms and successfully pulls guard. Diehard will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Diehard manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Abbott manages to get himself to full guard. #REVR#
Diehard trying to control but Abbott is working from the bottom. #T3#
Abbott tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Abbott keeping full guard, as Diehard tries to pass.
Abbott looking to control. #SUB#
Diehard has gone for a leg lock! Abbott slips out almost immediately though and dives into Diehard's guard.#REVB#
Abbott stands up over Diehard, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Abbott keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Diehard's head.
Diehard looking to sweep here. No luck so far. #T4#
Abbott sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Diehard's guard.
Abbott looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Ground and pound from Abbott.
Diehard trying to hold on to Abbott's head to control him but Abbott postures up.
Abbott sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Diehard defending well though.
Abbott looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Abbott lands with a punch from half guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Abbott lands a nice short elbow.
Diehard trying to control here.
Abbott with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Bruce Diehard.
I think Diehard has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Gwen Towbar scores the fight 29:28
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 29:28
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 29:29

In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Bruce Diehard!
After winning the bout, Bruce Diehard thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.

Event: KOFC 47 - Karelin vs Obama 3
Date: May 27, 2017

#R1#
Diehard with a nice cross.
Jones throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Diehard sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Diehard tries to counter with a takedown but Jones is quick to defend against it.#TD#
Diehard shoots in and bounces Jones off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Jones can do anything to dispel that myth.
Diehard tries to free his leg and advance position but Jones is retaining full guard. #ES2#
Jones scrambles and gets back to his feet.
A jab from Jones misses.
Jones missing with a left hand there. Diehard was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Diehard avoids the body shot from Jones. #TD#
Diehard shoots in and bounces Jones off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.#ES2#
Jones wriggles free and stands up.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jones misses with a straight left.
A little feinted left hand from Diehard on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Diehard bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Jones misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Jones has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Jones throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Jones throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Diehard avoids a punch combination nicely. #CL#
Diehard takes the fight into the clinch. #T1#
Jones can't break the clinch.
Diehard throws a head punch that misses.
Diehard working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Diehard digs a right hand into Jones's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Jones's gas tank.
Jones blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Diehard lands a right hand. #BC2#
Jones pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Diehard uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Jones has time to react.
Diehard uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Jones.
Diehard changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Diehard uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Jones has time to react.
Jones lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Diehard circles away quickly and effectively.
Diehard displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Jones throws out the jab.
Diehard appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Jones misses with a body punch #CL#
and Diehard moves into the clinch.#BC2#
Jones breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Diehard lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Diehard looks to land a left hand but Jones moved out of range nicely.
Jones throws a body shot but no joy.
Diehard was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Jones smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.#T2#
Diehard connects with a body shot.
Tom Jones seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.#TD#
Diehard shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Jones napping and manages to drive through into side control!#ES2#
Jones throws his opponent off and manages to get back to his feet! Nicely done!
Diehard moves out of range of the strikes.
Diehard moves out of range of the strikes.
Jones throws a jab but it's blocked by Diehard.
Jones is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Diehard.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Jones.
Tom Jones is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Diehard defending well as Jones loads up on a big left hand. #TD#
Diehard darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.#ES2#
Jones makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Jones throws a combination that misses
and Diehard counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Jones throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Diehard.
Diehard connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.#TD#
Diehard closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Diehard works his way into full mount!
Jones has given up his back - I don’t know if this is a deliberate ploy to try and escape or if he is just struggling down there. #T3##ES2#
Jones manages to get to his feet, escaping the difficult position.
A jab from Jones finds it's way through Diehard's defenses. #CUT2#
It looks like Bruce Diehard has been cut.#TD#
Diehard decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.#ES2#
Jones pushes Diehard off and gets back to his feet.
Diehard uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Jones.#CL#
Diehard gets in close and instigates a clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jones is looking to break free of the clinch but Diehard has double underhooks.
Jones working hard to break the clinch.
Jones tries a body shot but Diehard blocks it.
A head punch on the inside from Diehard fails to land.
Jones has had enough of the clinch but Diehard keeps him there for the moment.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Jones.
Diehard throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Joness head.
Diehard misses with a short punch on the inside. #TD#
Diehard has clasped his hands together around Jones's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done. #T4#
Jones is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Diehard 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.
Diehard is looking to take a break and control but Jones is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom. #SUB#
Diehard has hold of Jones's arm. He's looking for a kimura. Jones seems comfortable defending it but Diehard has shifted his position slighty and is cranking on the arm! Jones is real pain and he's forced to tap out! Jones is disgusted with himself for not defending it better but Diehard couldn't care less - he's delighted!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:26 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Bruce Diehard!
An out of breath Bruce Diehard thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.

Event: KOFC 43 - Obama vs Diehard
Date: May 03, 2017

#R1#
Diehard fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Obama on the side of the head.
Diehard lands with a straight right. Obama didn't see that one coming.
Obama misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Diehard.
Diehard looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Obama is fending him off so far but Diehard persists. Nope, Obama circles away and we're back to standing.
Obama lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Obama tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Diehard manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Diehard swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Obama was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Obama swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.#CL2#
Diehard moves into range and clinches up with Obama.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Obama.
A short uppercut from Diehard.
I was talking to Obama's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Obama tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Diehard's elbow.
Diehard swings wildly with an uppercut but Obama uses good head movement to avoid it.
A right hook to the body lands for Obama.
Obama lands with a short shot to the head. #CUT#
It looks like Bruce Diehard has been cut.
Obama is pressed up against the cage. Diehard has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Obama down to the mat. Obama avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A lazy left from Diehard finds it's target.#T1#
Obama waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Diehard.
Obama uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Diehard.
Obama avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
As Diehard tries to get set, Obama tries to push him back and clinch up but Diehard manages to avoid the attempt.
Diehard misses with a body shot.
Obama lands with a thumping leg kick.
Diehard comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Diehard throws a body punch but Obama moves out of range. #CL2#
Diehard has Obama up against the cage in a clinch.
Diehard swings away with an uppercut that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Diehard.
Diehard works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Diehard tries to throw a body punch but Obama avoids it by throwing Diehard back against the cage.
Diehard misses with a hook to the ribs.
Obama working aggressively here.
Diehard tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Diehard looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.#T2#
Obama working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Obama lands with a short shot to the head.
Obama digs a right hand into Diehard's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Diehard's gas tank.
Obama has a couple of punches blocked by Diehard.
Obama working aggressively here.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Obama is pressed up against the cage. Diehard has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Obama down to the mat. Obama avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Russian Obama has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bruce Diehard.
Diehard lands an overhand right.
Obama misses with a straight right.
Diehard fails with the takedown.
Diehard looks to throw the jab but Obama is out of range.
Obama swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Diehard is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Obama.
Diehard fails with an attempt to clinch.
Obama walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.#TD2#
Diehard feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.#T3#
Diehard wants to control from the top but Obama keeps moving.
Obama wants to sweep but no luck.
Diehard trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Diehard trying to control but Obama is working from the bottom.
Obama keeping full guard, as Diehard tries to pass.
Diehard trying to control but Obama is working from the bottom.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Obama seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Diehard trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet. #REF3#
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.#T4#
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.#CL2#
Diehard clinches.
Diehard is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Obama is keeping busy.
Obama lands with a short shot to the head.
Obama tries to work over Diehard's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Obama lands with a left to the head.
Obama tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Diehard's elbow.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Diehard.
Diehard misses with a hook from the clinch.
A body shot lands from Obama.
Diehard swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Obama swings wildly with an uppercut but Diehard uses good head movement to avoid it.
Diehard swings wildly with an uppercut but Obama uses good head movement to avoid it.
Diehard swings away with an uppercut that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Bruce Diehard will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Bruce Diehard's cut.
That's time! Obama's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
#R2#
Obama stuffs the takedown attempt from Diehard. Diehard gets slowly back to his feet.
Diehard misses the shot to the body.
Diehard cracks Obama with a good jab.
Obama jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Obama fails in his attempt to clinch. #CL2#
Diehard gets a clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Obama fails to land.
Russian Obama has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Diehard tries to score a body lock takedown but Obama shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Obama swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Obama fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Diehard throws a punch but it's blocked by Obama.
Obama tries a body shot but Diehard blocks it.
Diehard fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A hook to the body from Diehard.
Obama tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Diehard's elbow.
Diehard misses with a short punch on the inside. #T1#
Obama misses with a hook to the ribs.
Obama prevents a takedown attempt there.
Russian Obama has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bruce Diehard.
Obama misses with a hook to the ribs.
Diehard scores with a nice hook to the head.
Obama blocks an uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Diehard.
Obama misses with a punch on the inside.
Diehard swings wildly with an uppercut but Obama uses good head movement to avoid it.
Obama blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Diehard prevents a body shot from Obama.
A head punch on the inside from Diehard fails to land.
Obama cracks Diehard with a nice body shot.
Obama blocks an uppercut.
Obama tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Obama fails to land with a short punch on the inside. #T2#
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Obama.
Obama throws a punch but it's blocked by Diehard.
Diehard drops down looking for an ankle pick but Obama pulls his leg out and moves away.
Diehard throws a jab but it's blocked by Obama.
Obama swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Diehard counters with a nice uppercut.
Obama moves out of range of the body kick.#CL2#
Diehard moves into the clinch.
Obama tries a body shot but Diehard blocks it.
Obama doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Obama has a couple of punches blocked by Diehard.
Diehard swings wildly with an uppercut but Obama uses good head movement to avoid it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Obama lands with a left to the head.
Diehard drops down looking for an ankle pick but Obama pulls his leg out and moves away.
Diehard throws a shot to the body. #T3#
Diehard loads up on a big right hand but Obama slips the punch.
Diehard loads up on a big right hand but Obama slips the punch.
Good exchange - Diehard coming out on top.
Obama takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Obama pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Bruce Diehard seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Diehard throws an off balance right hand
and Obama counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Diehard missing with a left hand there. Obama was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Obama misses with a jab, cross combination.
Russian Obama is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Obama.
Obama lands a right hook to the body.
Diehard connects with a body shot.
Obama throws a lazy right hand but Diehard sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Nice uppercut there from Diehard.#T4#
Obama scoring well with a low kick there.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Diehard fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Diehard misses the shot to the body.
Diehard bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Diehard on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Diehard missing with a left hand there. Obama was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Obama misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Diehard.
Obama uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Diehard.
Bruce Diehard seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Diehard fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Obama.
Diehard fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Obama tried to score with a low kick but Diehard checks it.
A big right from Diehard misses.
A counter left hand to the body from Obama misses its target.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bruce Diehard showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Bruce Diehard's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
#R3#
Diehard avoids the body shot from Obama.
Diehard wants to clinch.
A telegraphed right hand from Diehard misses the target.
Diehard lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Diehard misses with a straight right.
Obama misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Diehard counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Diehard lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Diehard wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.#CL#
Obama moves into the clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Obama.
Obama tries to work over Diehard's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Diehard lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Diehard has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Obama is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.#T1#
Obama blocks an uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Diehard.
Diehard is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Obama gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Obama misses with some punches.
Diehard misses with a short punch on the inside.
Diehard misses with a body punch.
Diehard misses with a hook to the ribs.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Obama.
Obama swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Obama misses with a hook from the clinch.
Diehard is working for takedown but Obama is calmly controlling the position for now.
Russian Obama has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bruce Diehard.
A head punch on the inside from Diehard fails to land.
Obama tries a body shot but Diehard blocks it.
Obama prevents a body shot from Diehard.
Diehard lands a left hand that snaps the head of Obama backwards.
Diehard doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Good body shot from Obama.
Diehard takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.#T2#
A head punch blocked on the inside by Diehard.
Obama working aggressively here.
Diehard is looking for a takedown.
A left hand lands to the body for Obama.
Obama lands a left hand.
Obama gets through Diehard's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Obama lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Obama misses with a hook to the ribs.
Obama misses with the head strike.
Diehard's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Diehard can't find room to land a body shot as Obama controls the action.
Obama has a couple of punches blocked by Diehard.
Obama has a couple of punches blocked by Diehard.
Obama gets underhooks to prevent Diehard's takedown attempt.
Diehard misses with some punches.
Obama tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Obama tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked. #T3#
Obama works on Diehard's body with a couple of short punches.
A head punch on the inside from Diehard fails to land.
Obama prevents a takedown attempt there.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Diehard.
Obama lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Diehard backwards. #BC#
Obama escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Diehard scores with a jab.
Diehard wants to clinch up but Obama keeps it at a distance.
Obama defending well as Diehard loads up on a big left hand.
A counter left hand to the body from Obama misses its target.
Obama is looking to slow Diehard down with leg kicks.
Diehard is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Obama was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Diehard scores with a decent looking hook.#T4#
Obama throws a body punch but Diehard moves out of range.
Obama throws a lazy right hand but Diehard sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Diehard! But no joy.
Diehard misses with a shot to the body
and Obama counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Obama misses with a body shot.
Obama is looking to wear down Diehard with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Diehard throws a poor cross that misses
and Obama makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Obama throws a leg kick but Diehard checks it.
A nice side step and Diehard releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Obama ducks right into an uppercut from Diehard.
Diehard misses with a hook to the body
and Obama counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Diehard is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Diehard tries to clinch
and Obama cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Obama is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Diehard throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A little feinted left hand from Obama on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Russian Obama clearly takes that round.
The cut man is working on Bruce Diehard's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
#R4#
Diehard throws a looping overhand right but Obama ducks down to avoid it.
Obama throws a big shot that misses.
Diehard connects with a crisp jab.
Diehard throws a poor cross that misses
and Obama counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.#ROC#
Diehard is rocked!
A jab from Diehard does it's job there.
Diehard is still on wobbly legs! Can Obama finish him?
Obama throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Diehard seems to have recovered his senses.
Obama fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Diehard checks it well.
Diehard swats away the attempt to clinch by Obama.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Diehard misses with a hook.
Obama uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Diehard.
Obama looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Diehard bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Diehard checks a leg kick.
Diehard misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Obama. #T1#
Diehard misses with a jab, cross combination.
Obama with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Diehard to score with a decent uppercut.
Obama throws a body shot but no joy.
Obama's corner calls for a 1-2. Obama obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Obama lands a really nice looking cross but Diehard seems unphased.
Diehard is looking to clinch.
Diehard uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Obama.
Diehard fails with an attempt to clinch.
Diehard moves into range and connects with a jab. #KD#
Oooooh!!! Obama has knocked Diehard down with a huge combo! Obama steps away and waves a wobbly Diehard back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Diehard with a jab.#TD2#
Diehard fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Obama sprawls well initially but Diehard persists and gets the takedown into half guard. #T2##SUB2#
Diehard is looking for a kimura but Obama is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Diehard to get the leverage.
Obama trying to control here.
The fighters are battling for position here. Obama manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Diehard tries to free his leg and advance position but Obama is retaining full guard.
Diehard wants to control from the top but Obama keeps moving.
Obama trying to keep a closed guard but Diehard is proving a slippery customer.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Diehard wants to control from the top but Obama keeps moving.
Obama manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Diehard manages to get himself to full guard. #REVR##T3#
Obama preventing the sweep.
Obama looking to sit in guard and control but Diehard gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top. #REVB#
Diehard looking to pass the guard.
Obama pulls Diehard in to control the position.
Diehard wants to control from the top but Obama keeps moving.
Diehard pushes down on Obama's leg and manages to get into half guard.#SUB2#
Obama makes his way to full guard, as Diehard worked for a kimura. #T4#
Obama is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Diehard trying to control the position from guard on top but Obama is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Obama can't keep his opponent in guard - Diehard advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Obama is concentrating on defense, preventing Diehard from advancing position.
Obama wants to control but Diehard is keeping busy and won't allow it. #SUB2#
Diehard is trying to work for a kimura but Obama is defending well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close fourth round but I would say that Russian Obama will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Bruce Diehard's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
#R5#
Obama tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Diehard was well out of range. Poor timing from Obama.
Diehard looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Obama tries to clinch but Diehard moves out of range.
A slow jab from Diehard misses its intended target.
Diehard lands a jab to the nose.
Diehard waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Obama.
Obama seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Obama takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Obama ducks under a wild hook from Diehard.
Obama displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Diehard throws out the jab.
Diehard looks to land a left hand but Obama moved out of range nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Obama connects with a crisp jab.
Diehard throws a body shot but no joy.
Obama fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Diehard on the side of the head.
Diehard tries to clinch but Obama is having none of it. #T1#
Obama tries to clinch but Diehard is having none of it.
Obama cracks Diehard with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Diehard tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Obama paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Obama doesn't manage to clinch there - Diehard circles away.
Diehard catches Obama with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Obama bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
An attempted straight right counter from Obama misses the target.
Diehard lands with an uppercut that bounces Obama off the cage and back into range.
Diehard throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
It looked like Obama wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Obama looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.#KD#
Obama drops Diehard with a beautiful combination! Diehard stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Obama is looking for the KO!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Diehard scores with a punch to the head.
BOOM! Obama lands a beautiful left hook that drops Diehard. Diehard tries to recover but Obama is having none of it, landing more punishing shots from mount. One final crushing shot and Diehard lies motionless on the canvas. The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:55 of round 5, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Russian Obama!
Russian Obama retains his super heavyweight title!
An out of breath Russian Obama thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.

Event: KOFC 40 - Diehard vs Mazzola 2
Date: Apr 22, 2017

#R1#
Mazzola fails in his attempt to clinch.
Nice straight punches there by Mazzola. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Mazzola.
Diehard scores with a crisp jab that stopped Mazzola in his tracks.
Mazzola pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Diehard misses the jab.
Mazzola looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Mazzola pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Mazzola lands a body shot.
Diehard loads up on a big right hand but Mazzola slips the punch.
Diehard throws a hook to the side of Mazzola's head but Mazzola sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Mazzola misses with a body shot.
Diehard throws an overhand right that lands on Mazzola's shoulder, as Mazzola tries to avoid the shot. #CL#
Diehard forces Mazzola back against the cage and clinches.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Mazzola.
Mazzola works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Diehard lands a nice uppercut.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Mazzola.
Mazzola lands a hook that snaps the head of Diehard backwards.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mazzola misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Diehard. #T1#
Diehard swings wildly with an uppercut but Mazzola uses good head movement to avoid it.
Mazzola can't find room to land a body shot as Diehard controls the action.
Diehard pushes Mazzola back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Mazzola swings wildly with an uppercut but Diehard uses good head movement to avoid it.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Diehard creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Diehard prevents a body shot from Mazzola.
Diehard softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Mazzola tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Diehard avoids it.
Mazzola swings wildly with an uppercut but Diehard uses good head movement to avoid it.
Diehard definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Mazzola misses with a punch to the body.
Diehard misses with a short punch on the inside.
Diehard throws a head punch that misses.
Diehard scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Mazzola swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Diehard blocks a couple of punches on the inside. #T2#
Diehard has a couple of punches blocked by Mazzola.
A nice right hand lands inside from Mazzola.
Mazzola struggles to land a body shot inside as Diehard controls his hands.
Mazzola swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Diehard tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mazzola lands a body punch.
Diehard misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Diehard on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Mazzola blocks an uppercut.
Diehard throws a punch but it's blocked by Mazzola.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Diehard.
Mazzola misses with a hook from the clinch.
Diehard lands a hook that snaps the head of Mazzola backwards. #BC#
Diehard breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A looping hook to the body misses from Diehard. Mazzola does a little dance to reset his feet.
Diehard moves into range and connects with a jab.
Diehard looks to land a right hand but Mazzola moved out of range.#T3#
Mazzola avoids the body shot from Diehard.
Mazzola does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
An attempted straight right counter from Diehard misses the target.
Mazzola connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Mazzola thumps Diehard with a low kick.
Mazzola looks to land a right hand but Diehard moved out of range.
Mazzola misses with an uppercut. Diehard saw that one coming.
It looked like Diehard wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
A looping hook to the body misses from Diehard. Mazzola does a little dance to reset his feet.
Mazzola slips a jab from Diehard.
Mazzola throws a good cross that connects.
Mazzola blocks a jab.
A little jabbing left from Mazzola on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Diehard loads up on a big right hand but Mazzola slips the punch.
Mazzola ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Mazzola throws a wild body kick that Diehard sees coming a mile off.
Mazzola steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Diehard.
Diehard loads up on a big right hand but Mazzola slips the punch.
Mazzola connects with a good right hand that stumbles Diehard. Diehard circles away out of range and recomposes himself.#T4#
Diehard throws a nice outside leg kick.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Mazzola lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Diehard has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Diehard and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Mazzola takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Diehard jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Diehard is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Diehard gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Diehard looks to score with a jab to the body but Mazzola is just out of range.
It seemed like Mazzola was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Diehard lands with an overhand left.
Diehard throws the left hand but Mazzola avoids the punch easily.
Good exchange - Mazzola coming out on top.
Diehard looks to land a right hand but Mazzola moved out of range.
Diehard throws a big shot that misses.
Diehard takes a swing at Mazzola's ribcage but misses.
A little jabbing left from Mazzola on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Mazzola throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Mazzola has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Diehard throws a jab when Mazzola was well out of range.
Diehard swings for the body but Mazzola moves out of range.
Mazzola misses with an uppercut.
Diehard scores with a punch to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bruce Diehard dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
#R2#
Mazzola throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Bruce Diehard is winning the standup battle so far.
Mazzola avoids the body shot from Diehard.
Nice uppercut there from Mazzola.
Mazzola lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Diehard throws a body kick that misses.
Mazzola connects with a looping right hand.
Diehard throws a looping overhand right but Mazzola ducks down to avoid it.
Diehard takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Mazzola looks to land a left hand but Diehard moved out of range nicely.
Mazzola throws out a loose jab but Diehard uses good head movement to avoid it.
Diehard ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Mazzola moves away.
Diehard lands a nice hook to Mazzola's body. Mazzola takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A low kick from Mazzola misses
and Diehard counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Diehard misses with a straight left.
Diehard misses with a straight left.
Mazzola connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Mazzola slips under a jab.#T1#
Mazzola throws a shot from downtown. Diehard moves away and avoids it.
Diehard appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Diehard looks to score with a jab to the body but Mazzola is just out of range.
Mazzola uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Diehard.
Mazzola flicks out a counter leg kick but Diehard steps away.
Diehard loads up on a big right hand but Mazzola slips the punch.
Diehard misses with an uppercut. Mazzola saw that one coming.
Diehard chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Mazzola can pounce on him.
A big left from Mazzola misses.
A jab from Mazzola misses.
Diehard thuds a left hand into Mazzola's body.
Mazzola misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Diehard.
Mazzola keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Mazzola throws a head kick but Diehard moves out of range.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Diehard lands with a nice body punch.
Mazzola lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Diehard at a distance.
A telegraphed right hand from Diehard misses the target.
Mazzola uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Diehard.
Mazzola misses with an uppercut.
Diehard was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.#T2#
An inside leg kick lands from Mazzola.
Mazzola fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Diehard checks it well.
Diehard swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Mazzola blocks a leg kick.
Mazzola looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
A big right from Diehard misses.
Diehard thows a left - swing and a miss!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mazzola slips under a jab.
Diehard misses with a hook. Mazzola ducked under it nicely.
Diehard takes a swing at Mazzola's ribcage but misses.
A jab from Diehard misses.
Diehard throws a big shot that misses.
Mazzola swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Mazzola is looking to score with low kicks.
Diehard throws a hook but Mazzola blocks it.
Diehard misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Mazzola.
A big right from Diehard misses.
Diehard takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Diehard scores with a sloppy right hand. Mazzola should have avoided that one. #T3#
Diehard misses with an uppercut.
Diehard just misses with a punch to the body.
Diehard works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Mazzola moves out of range of the strikes.
Diehard pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Diehard with a nice cross.
Diehard moves out of range as Mazzola strikes.
Nice shot by Diehard.
Diehard misses with an uppercut. Mazzola saw that one coming.
Mazzola doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Diehard ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Mazzola moves away.
Diehard throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Mazzola sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A little jabbing left from Mazzola on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Diehard scores with a sloppy right hand. Mazzola should have avoided that one.
Diehard misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Mazzola.
Diehard fails in his attempt to clinch.
Mazzola takes a swing at Diehard's ribcage but misses.
Diehard looks to land a right hand but Mazzola moved out of range.
A little jabbing left from Mazzola on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.#T4#
Diehard scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Diehard is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Mazzola can do to turn this around?
A shot to the liver by Mazzola. Beautiful body shot.
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!
Mazzola throws a hook but Diehard avoids it easily.
A combination from Diehard does no damage.
Diehard digs a good body shot into Mazzola's ribs.
Mazzola looks to score with a jab to the body but Diehard is just out of range.
Diehard appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Mazzola takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Diehard looks to land a right hand but Mazzola moved out of range.
Mazzola fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Diehard checks it well.
Diehard throws the left hand but Mazzola avoids the punch easily.
A telegraphed right hand from Mazzola misses the target.
Diehard keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Mazzola misses with a left hand
and Diehard counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Mazzola ducks under a wild hook from Diehard.
A little jabbing left from Mazzola on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Mazzola looks to land a right hand but Diehard moved out of range.
A chopping leg kick lands by Mazzola.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bruce Diehard dominated that second round.
That's time! Diehard's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
#R3#
Diehard scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Mazzola doesn't seem bothered though.
Diehard slips a jab from Mazzola.
Diehard swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Mazzola keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Mazzola takes one to the chin there.
Diehard keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Diehard takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Diehard throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A big left from Diehard misses.
Diehard misses with a looping left.
Mazzola throws a hook but Diehard blocks it.
Mazzola staying out of range there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Diehard ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
The fighters circling - Diehard throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Mazzola walks into a straight right hand from Diehard.
Mazzola keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Mazzola uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Diehard.
Diehard blocks a low kick nicely.#T1#
Diehard ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Mazzola throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Diehard blocks a leg kick.
Mazzola slips a jab from Diehard.
Diehard throws a body punch but Mazzola moves out of range.
Diehard lands a jab to the nose.
Diehard swings and misses with a hook to the body. #CL#
Diehard gets a clinch.
Mazzola misses with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Diehard fails to land.
Mazzola misses with a hook to the ribs.
Mazzola misses with a body punch.
A right handed body shot lands from Mazzola.
Mazzola blocks an uppercut.
Mazzola tries to throw a body punch but Diehard avoids it by throwing Mazzola back against the cage. #T2#
Diehard pushes Mazzola back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Mazzola misses with a punch on the inside.
Diehard misses with a hook from the clinch.
Diehard blocks an uppercut.
Mazzola can't find room to land a body shot as Diehard controls the action.
Diehard misses with a hook from the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Diehard.
Diehard wants to break free but Mazzola has control.
Mazzola blocks a body shot from Diehard.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Mazzola.
Mazzola lands with a short head shot on the inside.
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!
Diehard pushes Mazzola back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Mazzola lands with a short shot to the head.
Diehard has a couple of punches blocked by Mazzola.
Diehard lands a left hand that snaps the head of Mazzola backwards.
Diehard swings wildly with an uppercut but Mazzola uses good head movement to avoid it. #T3#
Still in the clinch, Diehard scores with a nice short uppercut.
Mazzola blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Diehard lands with a left to the head.
Mazzola tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Still in the clinch, Mazzola scores with a nice short uppercut.
Diehard tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A short uppercut from Diehard.
Laverne Mazzola has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Bruce Diehard is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Mazzola swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Mazzola makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Diehard blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Mazzola has a couple of punches blocked by Diehard.
Mazzola tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Diehard avoids it.#T4#
Mazzola fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Diehard misses with a hook from the clinch.
Mazzola tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Diehard's elbow.
Mazzola misses with a short punch on the inside.
Mazzola is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Diehard is defending well for now.
Mazzola lands a body punch.
Mazzola misses with a short punch on the inside.
Mazzola lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Diehard makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Mazzola tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A short body shot lands from Mazzola as the two fighters clinch.
Mazzola working aggressively here.

And that's the end of the fight!
Bruce Diehard showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Diehard has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Daniel Franklin scores the fight 30:27
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 30:27
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bruce Diehard!
An out of breath Bruce Diehard thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.

Event: KOFC 35 - Diehard vs Grice 2
Date: Mar 25, 2017

#R1#
Diehard swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Diehard uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Grice has time to react.
Diehard throws a shot from downtown. Grice moves away and avoids it.
Diehard swats away the attempt to clinch by Grice.
Diehard avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Grice scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Diehard doesn't seem bothered though.
Diehard tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Grice misses with a body shot.
Diehard jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
Diehard uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Grice.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Grice.
Grice avoids the body shot from Diehard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Grice throws a hook but Diehard blocks it.
Diehard dips to his left and cracks Grice with an uppercut!
Grice scores with a hook.
Grice takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Diehard paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
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!
Diehard stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Grice.#T1#
Diehard lands a slapping body shot.
Diehard keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Diehard cracks Grice with an open hand slap.
Grice throws the left hand but Diehard avoids the punch easily.
Diehard tries to land a front kick but Grice steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Diehard scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Diehard lands a body shot.
Diehard swings for the body but Grice moves out of range.
Grice misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Diehard.
Diehard uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Grice.
Diehard misses the shot to the body.
Grice throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Diehard sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Grice pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Grice needs to keep his hands up - Diehard had a free shot at his head there.
Grice misses with an uppercut. Diehard saw that one coming.
A telegraphed right hand from Grice misses the target.
Diehard missing with a left hand there. Grice was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
It looks like Diehard has been trying to sharpen up his punching technique, as it looks crisper than last time we saw him.#T2#
A clash of legs there as Diehard blocks the low kick.
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!
Grice walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Diehard waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Grice.
Grice feints a counter leg kick.
Grice keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Grice lands a front kick.
Diehard looks to land a body kick but Grice moved away.
Diehard misses with a wild body shot.
Diehard swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Grice. Diehard does a little dance to reset his feet.
Grice throws a poor cross that misses
and Diehard counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Grice defending well as Diehard loads up on a big left hand.
A bone on bone clash there as Diehard blocks the leg kick.
Grice swings for the body but Diehard moves out of range.
Diehard takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Diehard uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Grice.
Diehard swings for the body but Grice moves out of range.
Grice tries a quick counter leg kick but Diehard is wise to it.#T3#
Diehard lands with an uppercut that bounces Grice off the cage and back into range.
Nice cross by Diehard.
A swing and a miss from Diehard.
Grice throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Grice uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Diehard.
Grice bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
It seemed like Grice was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
A nice inside leg kick there by Grice. That's going to slow Diehard down.
Grice slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Grice takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Diehard misses the shot to the body.
Grice is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Diehard.
Grice takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Grice takes one to the chin there.
A jab from Grice misses.
Grice throws a body punch but Diehard moves out of range.
A telegraphed right hand from Grice misses the target. #T4#
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Grice throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Grice fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Diehard checks it well.
Diehard throws a hook to the side of Grice's head but Grice sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Nice shot by Grice.
Grice takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Grice avoids the body shot from Diehard.
Diehard avoids a kick to the body.
Grice throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Diehard appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Grice on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Grice moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Diehard tries to move into range but Grice moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Diehard throws a shot from downtown. Grice moves away and avoids it.
Diehard misses with a jab to the body
and Grice counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Grice takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Diehard lands with a shot to the body.
Diehard lands a really nice looking cross but Grice seems unphased.
Grice lands a nice looking body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bruce Diehard dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
#R2#
Diehard chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Grice can pounce on him.
Grice keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Diehard.
Diehard lands with a shot to the body.
Diehard lands a right hook to the body.
Grice missing with a left hand there. Diehard was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Grice ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Diehard moves away.
Grice looks to throw the jab but Diehard is out of range.
Diehard throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Grice counters with a nice low kick that buckles Diehard's knee momentarily.
Diehard throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Grice on the side of the head.
Diehard misses with a straight left.
Grice throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Diehard lands a really nice looking cross but Grice seems unphased.
Diehard is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Grice can do to turn this around?
Grice displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Diehard throws out the jab.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Diehard crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Grice - the referee stops the clock and Diehard gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Grice. Diehard manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Diehard misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Grice.
Grice keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Diehard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Diehard swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Grice.#T1#
Diehard scores with a nice strike.
Diehard misses with a body shot.
Grice throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Diehard throwing a counter right hand but Grice manages to avoid it.
Grice lands a leg kick that knocks Diehard off balance momentarily.
Diehard misses with a hook
and Grice counters with a leg kick.
Grice misses with a leg kick
and Diehard counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Bruce Diehard is winning the standup battle so far.
Diehard scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Grice's corner calls for a 1-2. Grice obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Diehard slips a jab from Grice.
Diehard scores with a hook.
Grice tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
A little feinted left hand from Diehard on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Grice slips a straight right by Diehard.
Grice jabbing away but nothing is landing.
It looked like Diehard was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Grice.
A jab from Diehard misses.
A little jabbing left from Grice on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Grice might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Diehard has got the better of the exchanges.
Grice displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Diehard throws out the jab. #T2#
Grice finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Grice pivots, looking for a leg kick but Diehard is out of range and Grice settles back down.
Diehard defending well as Grice loads up on a big left hand.
Diehard throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Grice sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A low kick from Grice misses
and Diehard counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Grice tries to land a leg kick but Diehard saw it coming and moves away.
Diehard throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Jab by Diehard.
Grice lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
A good leg kick by Grice.
Diehard is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Diehard takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Diehard bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Grice's head.
Diehard misses with a body kick.
Diehard throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Grice slips a straight right by Diehard.
Diehard gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Grice.#T3#
Diehard looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Diehard sets himself, and Grice steps forward looking for the clinch! Diehard avoids it this time.
Grice motions for Diehard to come forward. Grice throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
A jab from Grice misses.
Diehard scores with a body shot.
Diehard throws a quick inside leg kick.
Grice avoids the body shot from Diehard.
Diehard uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Grice.
Diehard seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Danga de danga de dang - Diehard scores with a four punch combination!
Grice tries a low kick but Diehard avoids it.
Grice takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
A looping hook to the body misses from Diehard. Grice does a little dance to reset his feet.
Grice takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
A big left from Grice misses.
And Diehard counters with a quick kick to the body but Grice blocks it.
Good standup being displayed there by Grice as he connects with a hook.
Grice throws a body kick that digs right into the meat. #T4#
Grice fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Diehard looks to score with a jab to the body but Grice is just out of range.
Diehard dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Grice keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Grice swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Grice throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Diehard misses the shot to the body.
Grice uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Diehard.
Grice scoring well with a low kick there.
Grice looks to clinch
and Diehard counters with a good, hard body kick but Grice shrugs it off.
Grice misses with a leg kick
letting Diehard counter with a right hand.
Diehard throws out a loose jab but Grice uses good head movement to avoid it.
Diehard throws a hook but Grice blocks it.
Diehard scores with a hook to the body. Grice takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Diehard misses with an attempted mid kick.
Grice blocks the body kick.
Diehard ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bruce Diehard dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
#R3#
Diehard walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Jab from Diehard.
Grice on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
A solid leg kick lands there for Grice.
The fighters circle momentarily. Grice darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Diehard tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Grice paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A little jabbing left from Grice on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Diehard connects with a nice looking jab.
Nice cross by Diehard.
Some bone on bone action there as Diehard checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Diehard is looking to counter punch.
Diehard digs a good hook to Grice's body.
Grice's jab looks to have found its range, popping Diehard under the eye.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Diehard misses the shot to the body.
Grice will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Diehard throws a looping overhand right but Grice ducks down to avoid it.
Good exchange - Grice coming out on top.
Grice takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure. #T1#
A big right from Diehard misses.
Diehard throws out a loose jab but Grice uses good head movement to avoid it.
Grice slips under a jab from Diehard.
Diehard connects with a single shot there.
Diehard lands with a nice body punch.
Grice slips a straight right by Diehard.
Diehard scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
A punch lands to the side of Diehard 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Diehard tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Diehard takes one on the button.
Grice clobbers Diehard with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Diehard.
Grice scores with a jab to the jaw.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A looping hook to the body misses from Diehard. Grice does a little dance to reset his feet.
Diehard throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Gary Grice has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!#T2#
Diehard swings for the body but Grice moves out of range.
Grice lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Diehard swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Grice throws a front kick aimed at Diehard's knee but Diehard avoids it well.
Grice throws a hook but Diehard avoids it easily.
Grice finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Grice tries to score with a low kick but Diehard moves his leg out of the way.
Jab, jab by Grice - just one landing.
Diehard lands a really nice looking cross but Grice seems unphased.
Diehard misses the shot to the body.
Diehard fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Grice looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Grice lands a nice hook to Diehard's body. Diehard takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Grice fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Diehard is out of range.
Grice wants to slow Diehard down by chopping away at his legs.
Grice has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Diehard finds it's way round the side to connect with Grice's head. #T3#
Grice misses with a low kick.
Grice throws a half hearted mid kick.
Grice lands with a straight right. Diehard didn't see that one coming.
Diehard looks to land a left hand but Grice moved out of range nicely.
Grice is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Diehard with a body shot.
Grice misses with a low kick.
Grice is looking to chop away at Diehard's legs.
Grice misses with a low kick.
Diehard takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Bruce Diehard is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Grice wants to land a leg kick but Diehard is out of range.
Diehard is looking to counter punch.
Grice looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Grice takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Diehard slips a straight right by Grice.
It looked like Diehard was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Grice.
Grice throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Diehard stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Grice takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Diehard lands a front kick.#T4#
Diehard scores with a punch to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Diehard lands with a nice body punch.
Grice will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Diehard misses with a body shot.
And Grice responds with a good body kick, but Diehard manages to step out the way in time.
Grice takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Grice shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Diehard was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Grice connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Diehard misses with a straight right.
Diehard throws a body shot but no joy.
Grice throws a poor cross that misses
and Diehard counters with a nice uppercut.
Diehard swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A decent looking cross lands there for Diehard.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Diehard jabs Grice to the body, keeping him at a distance.
A cross from Diehard lands.
Diehard uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Grice.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Bruce Diehard.
Well Diehard has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Frank Dennis scores the fight 30:27
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 30:27
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bruce Diehard!
A relieved looking Bruce Diehard thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.

Event: KOFC 32 - Diehard vs Mazzola
Date: Mar 15, 2017

#R1#
Mazzola dodges the punch combination from Diehard.
Mazzola fails to land with a series of punches.
Mazzola swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Diehard connects with a body shot that sends Mazzola's belly button to the back.
Diehard scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Diehard misses the shot to the body.
Mazzola fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Diehard manages to avoid it.
Mazzola throws a poor cross that misses #CL#
and Diehard counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Diehard.
Diehard definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Mazzola lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Diehard backwards.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A head punch on the inside from Mazzola fails to land.
Diehard lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Mazzola blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Mazzola is looking to take this one to the mat.
Diehard prevents a body shot from Mazzola.
Diehard drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Mazzola gets the underhooks and prevents it.
A hook to the body from Mazzola. #T1#
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Diehard.
Diehard doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Diehard tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Diehard struggles to land a body shot inside as Mazzola controls his hands. #TD#
Diehard lands a takedown into guard.
Mazzola controlling the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Mazzola is trying to control the position but Diehard postures up.
Mazzola has control of Diehard's left arm, preventing Diehard from doing any damage.
Mazzola wants to sweep here but Diehard controlling him for the moment.
Diehard looking to pass the guard.
Mazzola 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.#T2#
Diehard trying to control the position from guard on top but Mazzola is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Mazzola working a defensive guard here.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Diehard is pushing down on Mazzola's leg trying to pass to half guard. Mazzola is fighting to maintain full guard but Diehard has managed to sneak the leg through.
Mazzola is pressing down on Diehard's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Diehard stopping the sweep attempt from Mazzola.
Diehard looking to pass the guard.
Diehard is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions. #T3#
Mazzola wants to sweep here but Diehard controlling him for the moment.
Mazzola is trying to keep Diehard in close.
Diehard trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Diehard trying to control the position from guard on top but Mazzola is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can. #REF3#
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.#CL#
Mazzola tries to keep at a distance but Diehard has taken the fight into the clinch.
Diehard swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Diehard misses with a punch to the body.
Diehard throws a punch but it's blocked by Mazzola.
Mazzola blocks an uppercut.
Mazzola throws a punch but it's blocked by Diehard.
Diehard lands a left hand that snaps the head of Mazzola backwards. #T4#
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Mazzola.
Mazzola blocks an uppercut. #BC#
Diehard breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Diehard tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Mazzola defends well and Diehard ends up having to push Mazzola into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
It seemed like Mazzola was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Diehard lands a head shot.#CL2#
Mazzola closes the distance and clinches.
Mazzola misses with some punches.
Diehard works on Mazzola's body with a couple of short punches.
Mazzola misses with some punches.
Mazzola misses with a body punch.
Mazzola misses with a hook to the ribs.
Mazzola takes a shot to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mazzola lands a shoulder strike.
Mazzola misses with a body punch.
Mazzola goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Mazzola wants to get back to striking at distance but Diehard won't allow it.
Diehard lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Mazzola backwards.
Diehard throws a head punch that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bruce Diehard dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
#R2#
Mazzola lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Mazzola tries to clinch but Diehard moves out of range.
Mazzola takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Mazzola thumps Diehard with a low kick.
Diehard connects with a looping right hand.
Mazzola with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Diehard shoots in looking for a takedown but Mazzola manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Diehard's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Mazzola steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Diehard.
Mazzola misses with an uppercut. Diehard saw that one coming.#CL2#
Mazzola gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mazzola working aggressively here.
Diehard tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Diehard doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Diehard.
Bruce Diehard has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Mazzola blocks an uppercut.
Diehard misses with a short punch on the inside. #T1#
Mazzola doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Mazzola lands an uppercut.
Mazzola cracks Diehard with a nice body shot.
Mazzola lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Mazzola lands a shot to the body.
Mazzola is leaning against Diehard and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Mazzola doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Diehard blocks a body shot from Mazzola.
Mazzola misses with a body punch.
Diehard struggles to land a body shot inside as Mazzola controls his hands.
Diehard working aggressively here.
A head punch on the inside from Mazzola fails to land.
Mazzola misses with a body punch.
Diehard blocks a body shot from Mazzola.
Mazzola tries to throw a body punch but Diehard avoids it by throwing Mazzola back against the cage.
Mazzola misses with a punch to the body.
Diehard lands a right hand.
Diehard fails to land with a short punch on the inside. #T2#
Mazzola blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Diehard misses with a short punch on the inside.
Diehard has a couple of punches blocked by Mazzola.
Mazzola lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Diehard prevents a body shot from Mazzola.
Mazzola misses with a punch to the body.
Mazzola tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Diehard dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Mazzola misses with some punches.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Mazzola has a couple of punches blocked by Diehard.
Mazzola misses with a punch to the body.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Diehard creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Mazzola blocks an uppercut.
Diehard misses with some punches.
A head punch on the inside from Diehard fails to land.
A right hook to the body lands for Mazzola.
Diehard blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Diehard misses with a body punch. #T3#
Mazzola fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Diehard tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Diehard misses with a hook from the clinch.
Mazzola digs a right hand into Diehard's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Diehard's gas tank.
Mazzola misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Mazzola tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A head punch on the inside from Diehard fails to land.
Diehard working aggressively here.
Diehard struggles to land a body shot inside as Mazzola controls his hands.
Mazzola lands a body shot in the clinch.
Mazzola blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Mazzola blocking some punches.
Mazzola blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Mazzola.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Mazzola creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Mazzola blocking some punches.
Mazzola landing knees to the body.
Diehard goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Diehard struggles to land a body shot inside as Mazzola controls his hands. #T4#
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Diehard creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Diehard misses with a body punch.
Diehard has a couple of punches blocked by Mazzola.
A nice right hand lands inside from Diehard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mazzola lands with a left to the head.
Diehard tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Mazzola's elbow.
Diehard fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Mazzola unloads a knee to the mid-section.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Mazzola.
Diehard misses with the head strike.
Diehard has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Mazzola after a bit of a struggle.
Mazzola working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Diehard has a couple of punches blocked by Mazzola.
Mazzola tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Diehard throws a head punch that misses.
Mazzola tries to work over Diehard's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Diehard tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Mazzola swings wildly with an uppercut but Diehard uses good head movement to avoid it.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Mazzola.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Laverne Mazzola will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
#R3#
Mazzola doesn't manage to clinch there - Diehard circles away.
Laverne Mazzola seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mazzola lands a right hook to the body.
A swing and a miss from Mazzola.
Diehard slips a straight right by Mazzola.
Mazzola thuds his shin into the meat of Diehard's side.
Diehard takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Diehard avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Diehard lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Mazzola tries to clinch but Diehard moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A big right from Mazzola misses.
Diehard keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Mazzola walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Mazzola misses with an uppercut. Diehard saw that one coming.
Diehard attempts a counter takedown but Mazzola avoids it well and moves away.#T1#
Mazzola throws a hook but Diehard blocks it.
Mazzola looks for the body kick but Diehard saw that one coming. #CL2#
Mazzola clinches with his opponent.
Diehard has a couple of punches blocked by Mazzola.
Mazzola lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Diehard misses with a punch to the body.
A nice left hand lands by Mazzola.
Diehard misses with the head strike.
Mazzola softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Mazzola is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Mazzola lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Diehard backwards.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Mazzola.
Mazzola misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Diehard is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Diehard lands a nice uppercut.
Diehard misses with some punches.
Diehard blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Mazzola has a couple of punches blocked by Diehard.
Diehard misses with some punches. #T2#
Diehard working aggressively here.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Diehard swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Mazzola misses with a body punch.
A shot in the inside from Mazzola.
Diehard blocks a body shot from Mazzola.
Mazzola blocks an uppercut.
Diehard lands a hook to the side of the head.
Diehard throws a punch but it's blocked by Mazzola.
Diehard blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Mazzola goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Mazzola tries a body shot but Diehard blocks it.
Mazzola misses with a body punch.
Mazzola lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Mazzola tries to throw a body punch but Diehard avoids it by throwing Mazzola back against the cage.
Diehard throws a punch but it's blocked by Mazzola.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Mazzola.
Mazzola works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
A head punch on the inside from Diehard fails to land.
Diehard misses with a short punch on the inside. #T3#
A head punch on the inside from Mazzola fails to land.
Diehard misses with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Mazzola.
Mazzola misses with a hook to the ribs.
Mazzola misses with a hook from the clinch. #TD#
Diehard is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. Mazzola can't fight it off and eventually Diehard manages to take the fight to the floor. Mazzola looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Diehard tries to free his leg and advance position but Mazzola is retaining full guard.
Mazzola wants to hit a switch here but Diehard passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Mazzola there! #T4#
Diehard wants to take Mazzola's back here but Mazzola is holding on to an arm, himself looking to escape.
Mazzola swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Mazzola is looking to improve his position but Diehard isn't that keen on the idea.
Diehard tries to control but Mazzola wriggling away.
Mazzola is controlling an arm, preventing Diehard from taking his back. Although keeping him in mount is no better to be honest.
Mazzola is desperately trying to get back to half guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Laverne Mazzola.
I think Mazzola 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 Tiny Johnson scores the fight 28:29
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 29:29
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Laverne Mazzola!
A relieved looking Laverne Mazzola thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.

Event: KOFC 30 - Diehard vs Rackham 2
Date: Mar 04, 2017

#R1#
Rackham throws a quick inside leg kick.
Rackham misses with a right hand
and Diehard connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.#CL2#
Rackham rushes Diehard and presses him up against the cage.
Rackham misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Diehard.
We've been hearing reports that Diehard has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Diehard digs a right hand underneath Rackham's ribcage. Rackham let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Diehard is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Rackham throws a punch but it's blocked by Diehard.
Rackham throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Rackham prevents a body shot from Diehard.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Rackham.
Diehard is working Rackham over against the cage.
Diehard digs a right hand underneath Rackham's ribcage. Rackham let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Rackham looks winded!
Diehard throws a punch but it's blocked by Rackham.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Diehard drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Rackham gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Diehard lands with a light punch inside.
Diehard lands a shoulder strike.
Rackham comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
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!
Diehard tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage. #T1#
Diehard lands with a right to the head.
Diehard goes for a takedown attempt but Rackham pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bruce Diehard. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Diehard throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Rackham throws a big counter head kick but Diehard avoids it with no problem.
Rackham swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Rackham is looking to clinch but Diehard is avoiding it.
Diehard ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Rackham moves away.
Jack Rackham seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rackham misses with an uppercut. Diehard saw that one coming.
Rackham moves out of range as Diehard strikes.
Diehard scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
A head kick misses from Rackham.
Rackham misses with a wild body shot.
Diehard dives in and grabs Rackham's left leg, looking for a takedown. Rackham pushes down on Diehard's head and hops out.
Rackham is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Rackham loads up on a big right hand but Diehard slips the punch.
Diehard was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Diehard is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.#T2#
Diehard throws out a loose jab but Rackham uses good head movement to avoid it.
Diehard throws an overhand right that lands on Rackham's shoulder, as Rackham tries to avoid the shot.
Diehard throws a hook to the side of Rackham's head but Rackham sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Diehard misses with a straight left.
Diehard throws a jab but it's blocked by Rackham.
Diehard throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Diehard throws a jab but it's blocked by Rackham.
Diehard pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
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!
Diehard misses with a straight left.
Jack Rackham is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Diehard displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Rackham throws out the jab. #CL2#
Rackham moves into the clinch.
Rackham has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Diehard seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Rackham can turn it around.
Diehard pushes Rackham back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Rackham throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Rackham looking to throw knees to the head but Diehard is blocking nicely. #T3#
Diehard tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Diehard has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Rackham avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Rackham swings wildly with an uppercut but Diehard uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rackham lands an uppercut.
Diehard lands a right hand.
Diehard blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A short body shot lands from Diehard as the two fighters clinch.
Rackham blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A short left from Diehard.
Rackham tries to land knees in the clinch but Diehard avoids the damage to the body.
Diehard has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Rackham avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Diehard tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Rackham is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Diehard is defending well for now.
Diehard tries to work over Rackham's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Diehard blocks the elbow strike.
Rackham tries to circle away but Diehard has him pinned against the cage.#T4#
Diehard blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Diehard throws a head punch that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Diehard.
Rackham blocks a body shot from Diehard.
Rackham throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Diehard is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Rackham gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Diehard lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Rackham backwards.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A nice left hand lands by Diehard.
Diehard is looking to take this one to the mat.
Rackham blocks an uppercut.
Rackham prevents a takedown attempt there.
Diehard wants a takedown but no success here.
Rackham blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Rackham makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Rackham lands an elbow inside.
Diehard lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Rackham or not.
Rackham looks to throw an elbow but misses.
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 Bruce Diehard will probably get the nod.
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.
#R2#
Rackham tries a head kick but it misses.
Diehard scores with a sloppy right hand. Rackham should have avoided that one.
Diehard is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Diehard throws a looping overhand right but Rackham ducks down to avoid it.
Diehard misses with a hook
and Rackham counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Diehard avoids a kick to the body.
Diehard throwing a counter right hand but Rackham manages to avoid it.
Rackham tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Diehard is able to avoid easily.
Rackham misses with a low kick as Diehard jumps back.
Diehard scores with a nice right hand.
Rackham misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Diehard.
A quick step to the side and Diehard tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The fighters circling - Rackham throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Diehard tries to counter by clinching up but Rackham breaks away and moves out of range.
Rackham missing with a left hand there. Diehard was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Diehard is looking to counter punch.
Rackham throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Diehard sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Diehard moves out of range of the strikes.
Diehard changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Diehard ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Rackham moves away.#T1#
Diehard throws a jab but it's blocked by Rackham.
A jab from Diehard misses.
Diehard avoids the body shot from Rackham.
Rackham slips a straight right by Diehard.
Diehard shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
letting Rackham counter with a right hand. #CL2#
Rackham takes the fight into the clinch.
Diehard throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Rackhams head.
Diehard misses with a body punch.
Rackham tries to land knees in the clinch but Diehard avoids the damage to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Diehard fails to land.
Diehard drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Rackham gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Rackham creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses. #T2#
Rackham tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Rackham missing with knees to the body.
Rackham lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Diehard lands with a light punch inside.
Rackham blocking some punches.
Diehard lands with a right to the head.
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!
Diehard blocks a couple of punches on the inside. #TD#
Diehard has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Rackham regains guard immediately.
Diehard advances to half guard.
Diehard is controlling the pace.
Diehard seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Rackham for as long as he can get away with.#T3#
Diehard continues to stall.#SUB#
Rackham is defending against the submission attempts here by Diehard.
Diehard is trying to control the action in half guard but Rackham is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard. #T4#
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Diehard works his foot free and advances to mount.
Diehard looking to control but Rackham is working nicely, looking to advance position himself. #SUB#
Diehard has hold of Rackham's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Rackham manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Rackham tries to lock up and control but Diehard gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.#SUB#
Rackham defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Diehard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bruce Diehard dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
#R3#
Rackham thows a left - swing and a miss!
A slow jab from Rackham misses its intended target. #TD#
Diehard scores with a takedown into Rackham's guard.
Diehard tries to free his leg and advance position but Rackham is retaining full guard.
Diehard is working hard here to advance position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Diehard is pushing down on Rackham's leg trying to pass to half guard. Rackham is fighting to maintain full guard but Diehard has managed to sneak the leg through.#T1#
Rackham is refusing to be controlled, as Diehard sits in half guard.
Well, if Diehard is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Rackham really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Diehard. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.#SUB#
Diehard is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game. #SUB#
Rackham is defending against the submission attempts here by Diehard.
Jack Rackham has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!#T2#
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Rackham trying to control from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Diehard uses his free foot to push down on Rackham's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Rackham.
Rackham is trying to escape the mount but Diehard keeps good control and instead manages to take Rackham's back. #SUB#
Diehard patiently working for the choke. Which fighter will keep their nerve here?#SUB#
Rackham is staying cool under pressure, defending well against the rear naked choke attempt from his opponent.
Will Diehard go for the finish here or will he try and keep control of the position? #T3##SUB#
Diehard is working for the rear naked choke. He has one arm under the chin but Rackham has hold of the other arm. A bit of a stalemate here.
I would not like to be Rackham right now.
Bruce Diehard is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Rackham is in a world of trouble here. He's outmatched on the ground here and he'd better get Diehard off his back sharpish unless he wants to be submitted.
Diehard has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Diehard is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Rackham can do to turn this around?#T4#
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!

And that's the end of the fight!
Bruce Diehard showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Diehard has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 30:27
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 30:27
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bruce Diehard!
A relieved looking Bruce Diehard thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.

Event: KOFC 27 - Rackham vs Obama
Date: Feb 11, 2017

#R1#
Diehard wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Diehard.
Diehard tries to land a body kick
and Dren cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Dren swings widly with a right hand
and Diehard counters with a nice body shot.
A cross from Diehard lands.
A big right from Diehard misses.
Dren keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Diehard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jab, jab by Diehard - just one landing.
Bruce Diehard seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Diehard misses with a takedown
and Dren makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.#T1#
Diehard tries to bum rush Dren with a series of wild strikes but Dren uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Diehard shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Dren as he avoids it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bruce Diehard. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Diehard ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Dren moves away.
Diehard thuds his right hand into Dren's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Diehard misses with an uppercut
and Dren counters with a straight right hand.#CUT2#
It looks like Bruce Diehard has been cut.
Dren misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Dren throws a head kick that misses #TD#
and Diehard counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Dren tries to roll over but Diehard keeps him under control.
Dren won't allow Diehard to pass to mount.
Diehard is trying to control the action in half guard but Dren is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard. #T2#
Dren wants to improve his position but Diehard is controlling well. #SUB#
Diehard is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Dren defends it well.
Diehard is pressing down on Dren's thigh, looking to free his foot. Dren is holding on for now.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dren has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Diehard is working away from the top position though.
Dren wants to improve his position but Diehard is controlling well. #SUB#
Diehard seems to be looking for submissions.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Dren is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Diehard's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Diehard's back!#T3#
Diehard tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Dren controlling the pace for now.
Dren wants to control the pace but Diehard is squirming around nicely.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Dren looking to ground and pound but Diehard is blocking nicely.
Diehard wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Dren.
Dren really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Diehard. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Dren misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Dren misses with a head shot.
Diehard is looking to get to half guard.
Diehard avoids a series of strikes thrown by Dren.
Dren throws a strike there. Diehard manages to avoid it well and slips a leg under to get to half guard.
Diehard tries to get to full guard but Dren has control of the leg. #T4#
Diehard blocking the ground and pound attempt from Dren.
Diehard is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Dren's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Dren's back!#SUB#
Diehard looking for the choke but no joy.
Dren wants to escape the position. #SUB#
Diehard is staying calm and holding on to the back position, whilst working on a rear naked choke. Dren is defending well though. Diehard let's go of the attempt for now.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!#SUB#
Diehard has the hooks in and he's looking for a rear naked choke here. Dren is defending well but eventually Diehard manages to get an arm under the chin and he's locked on the RNC! Dren has no choice but to tap now! He does! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Bruce Diehard!
An out of breath Bruce Diehard thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.

Event: KOFC 22 - Diehard vs Gomez
Date: Jan 21, 2017

#R1#
The fight stays on the outside here - Gomez looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Nice shot by Diehard.
Gomez tries to clinch but Diehard moves out of range.
Gomez looks to land a combination but Diehard avoids it well.
Gomez lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Diehard circles away quickly and effectively.
Diehard changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Gomez swings for the body but Diehard moves out of range.
Gomez fails with an attempt to clinch.
Diehard cracks Gomez with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Gomez is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight. #CL#
Diehard drives through and clinches with Gomez against the cage.
A right hand to the body from Diehard.
Diehard scores with a shot to the side of Gomez's head.
Diehard scores with a shot to the side of Gomez's head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Diehard working aggressively here.
Diehard tries a body shot but Gomez blocks it. #T1#
Diehard throws a punch but it's blocked by Gomez.
A short right from Diehard.
Diehard fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Diehard tries to work over Gomez's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Diehard working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A right handed body shot lands from Diehard.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Gomez.
Diehard lands a body shot.
Diehard tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Diehard working aggressively here.
A head punch on the inside from Diehard fails to land.
Diehard lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Diehard throws a punch but it's blocked by Gomez. #T2#
Diehard misses with a hook to the ribs.
Gomez blocks a body shot from Diehard.
Gomez looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Diehard.
Diehard tries a body shot but Gomez blocks it.
Diehard lands a shoulder strike.
Diehard misses with some punches.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Diehard.
A head punch on the inside from Diehard fails to land.
A right handed body shot lands from Diehard.
Diehard misses with a body punch.
A short right from Diehard on the inside.
Diehard lands with a short head shot on the inside. #T3#
Diehard lands with a right to the head.
Diehard swings wildly with an uppercut but Gomez uses good head movement to avoid it.
Diehard throws a punch but it's blocked by Gomez. #TD2#
Gomez manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Diehard pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Gomez is keeping the position for now.
Diehard slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Diehard trying to control the position from guard on top but Gomez is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Gomez has Diehard pulled in close to control his posture. #T4#
Diehard wants to pass the guard but Gomez is keeping the position.
Diehard showing good wrestling skills to control the position. #SUB#
Diehard drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Diehard jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position. #REF3#
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Diehard shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Gomez as he jumps to the side.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Diehard lunges at Gomez with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Gomez's hand.
Gomez throws a right hand that Diehard ducks under and follows up with a left that Diehard also avoids with ease.
Diehard swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Gomez throws a sloppy head kick and Diehard moves out of range easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bruce Diehard dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
#R2##CL2#
Gomez has managed to clinch.
Diehard has a couple of punches blocked by Gomez.
Gomez blocking some punches.
A left hand lands to the body for Diehard.
Diehard working aggressively here.
Diehard misses with a hook from the clinch.
Gomez tries to circle away but Diehard has him pinned against the cage.
Bruce Diehard has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Gomez tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Diehard just stands there and leans against the cage.
Good body shot from Diehard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Diehard.
A hook to the body from Diehard.
Diehard lands a right hand.
Gomez is breathing heavily.
Diehard lands a hook that snaps the head of Gomez backwards.
Gomez has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Diehard seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Gomez can turn it around.
Diehard lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Diehard is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Gomez can do to turn this around?#T1#
A right hook to the body lands for Diehard.
Diehard scores with a nice hook to the head.
A hook to the body from Diehard.
Diehard misses with a punch to the body.
Diehard scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Diehard tries to work over Gomez's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Gomez can't break the clinch.
Diehard working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Gomez is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Diehard lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Diehard tries a body shot but Gomez blocks it.
Diehard lands a right hand. #T2#
Diehard misses with a hook from the clinch.
Diehard throws a punch but it's blocked by Gomez.
Diehard working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Diehard lands a shot to the body.
Diehard scores with a shoulder strike.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Diehard lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Gomez backwards.
Gomez blocks an uppercut.
Gomez tries to break the clinch but Diehard is controlling the position.
Diehard working aggressively here.
Gomez dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Diehard swings wildly with an uppercut but Gomez uses good head movement to avoid it.
Diehard working aggressively here. #T3#
Diehard misses with a hook from the clinch.
Gomez prevents a body shot from Diehard.
Diehard lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Diehard lands a left hand.
Diehard tries to throw a body punch but Gomez avoids it by throwing Diehard back against the cage.
Gomez wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
A short right from Diehard.
Gomez blocks a punch to the side of the head.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Diehard.
Diehard throws a punch but it's blocked by Gomez.
Diehard lands with a light punch inside. #T4#
A nice left hand lands by Diehard. #ROC#
Gomez is rocked!
Diehard lands a huge punch on the inside that knocks Gomez senseless! Wow, what a way to end the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:13 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Bruce Diehard!
A victorious Bruce Diehard thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.

Event: KOFC 18 - Christmas Chaos
Date: Dec 24, 2016

#R1##CL2#
Grice clinches up with Diehard and pushes him back against the cage.
Grice swings wildly with an uppercut but Diehard uses good head movement to avoid it.
Grice cracks Diehard with a nice body shot.
Grice lands with a short shot to the head.
Grice lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Diehard scores with a nice hook to the head.
Grice tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Grice misses with a hook from the clinch.
Diehard throws a punch but it's blocked by Grice.
Grice blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Grice struggles to land a body shot inside as Diehard controls his hands.
Grice cracks Diehard with a nice body shot.
Diehard has a couple of punches blocked by Grice.
Grice prevents a body shot from Diehard.
Diehard lands a body shot.
A short right from Grice.
Grice lands a hook that snaps the head of Diehard backwards.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Grice working aggressively here.
Diehard lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A short uppercut from Diehard.
We've been informed that Grice has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.#T1#
Diehard scores with a nice hook to the head.
Grice blocking some punches.
Diehard lands a nice shot to the body.
Grice blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Grice throws a head punch that misses.
Diehard swings wildly with an uppercut but Grice uses good head movement to avoid it.
Grice blocks a body shot from Diehard.
Grice throws a punch but it's blocked by Diehard.
Grice goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Diehard blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Diehard lands a left hand.
Diehard swings wildly with an uppercut but Grice uses good head movement to avoid it.
Grice swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Grice blocks a body shot from Diehard.
Diehard fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Grice lands a nice shot to the body.
Grice lands a nice uppercut.#T2#
Grice fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Grice lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Diehard misses with a short punch on the inside.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Grice throws a punch but it's blocked by Diehard.
Diehard throws a head punch that misses.
Grice fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Diehard struggles to land a body shot inside as Grice controls his hands.
Grice stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Grice has Diehard pressed against the cage, preventing Diehard from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Grice working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Diehard has a couple of punches blocked by Grice.
Diehard lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Diehard pushes Grice back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Grice working aggressively here.
Grice swings wildly with an uppercut but Diehard uses good head movement to avoid it.
Diehard lands a left hand that snaps the head of Grice backwards.
Grice swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Grice misses with the head strike. #T3#
Diehard is stalling here.
Diehard blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Grice blocking some punches.
Diehard tries to break the clinch but Grice is controlling the position.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Diehard.
Diehard lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Diehard doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Grice blocking some punches.
Diehard tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Grice taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Grice misses with a body punch.
Diehard misses with a punch to the body.
Grice tries a body shot but Diehard blocks it.
Diehard working aggressively here.
Grice blocks an uppercut.
Grice doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Diehard lands a body shot in the clinch.
Grice can't find room to land a body shot as Diehard controls the action. #T4#
Diehard misses with a short punch on the inside.
Still in the clinch, Diehard scores with a nice short uppercut.
Grice lands a right hand that snaps the head of Diehard backwards.
Grice misses with the head strike.
A short right from Diehard on the inside.
Diehard misses with a punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Diehard fails to land.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Diehard misses with the head strike.
Grice blocking some punches.
Grice working aggressively here.
Diehard working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.#BC2#
Grice breaks the clinch.
Grice fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Diehard clobbers Grice with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Grice lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Diehard has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Diehard and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
It looked like Diehard was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Grice.#CL2#
Grice closes the distance and clinches.
Grice misses with a hook to the ribs.
Grice blocks an uppercut.
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 Bruce Diehard will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
#R2#
Diehard lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Grice uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Diehard.
Diehard tries to close the distance and clinch up but Grice swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Grice swings for the body but Diehard moves out of range.
Diehard is looking to counter punch.
Grice throws a body punch but Diehard moves out of range.
Diehard gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Grice.
Diehard throws a right hand that misses
and Grice cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.#CL#
Grice tries to keep at a distance but Diehard has taken the fight into the clinch.
Grice throws a head punch that misses.
Diehard swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Diehard misses with a punch to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Grice.
Grice misses with the head strike.
Grice tries to throw a body punch but Diehard avoids it by throwing Grice back against the cage.
Diehard lands with a right to the head.
Diehard doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Diehard blocks a couple of punches on the inside. #T1#
Diehard misses with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Grice fails to land.
Grice struggles to land a body shot inside as Diehard controls his hands.
Diehard misses with a punch on the inside.
Grice misses with the head strike.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Grice.
Still in the clinch, Grice scores with a nice short uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Diehard.
A short body shot lands from Grice as the two fighters clinch.
Diehard tries to work over Grice's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Grice lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Diehard or not.
Grice lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Diehard backwards.
Grice scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Grice prevents a body shot from Diehard.
Grice tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Grice misses with some punches.
Grice swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Diehard blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Gary Grice seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Good body shot from Diehard. #T2#
Diehard misses with a punch on the inside.
Grice lands a right hand.
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!
Diehard digs a right hand underneath Grice's ribcage. Grice let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Grice lands a hook that snaps the head of Diehard backwards.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Diehard.
Diehard tries to throw a body punch but Grice avoids it by throwing Diehard back against the cage.
Diehard blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Grice swings wildly with an uppercut but Diehard uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head punch on the inside from Grice fails to land.
Grice swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Grice lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Diehard backwards.
Grice blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Diehard fails to land.
Grice scores with a shoulder strike.
A head punch on the inside from Diehard fails to land.
Grice lands with a short shot to the head.
Diehard lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards. #T3#
Diehard misses with a body punch.
Diehard swings wildly with an uppercut but Grice uses good head movement to avoid it.
Grice blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Grice tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Diehard's elbow.
Grice throws a punch but it's blocked by Diehard.
Diehard can't find room to land a body shot as Grice controls the action.
Diehard pushes Grice back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Grice misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Diehard lands a body shot in the clinch.
Diehard softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Diehard stalling in the clinch.
Diehard working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Grice misses with some punches.
Grice gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Diehard.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Grice.#T4#
Grice blocking some punches.
A short body shot lands from Grice as the two fighters clinch.
Grice tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Diehard's elbow.
Diehard blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Diehard fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Grice lands an uppercut.
Diehard blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Grice.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Diehard throws a punch but it's blocked by Grice.
A head punch on the inside from Diehard fails to land.
Grice blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Diehard scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Nice body punch from Diehard - that landed with a thud.
Grice lands a hook that snaps the head of Diehard backwards.
Grice blocks an uppercut.
Diehard lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Grice has a couple of punches blocked by Diehard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Gary Grice will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's time! Back to the action! And we move into the final round!
#R3#
Grice throws out a loose jab but Diehard uses good head movement to avoid it.
Diehard throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Grice sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Diehard throws a sloppy body shot
and Grice makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Diehard lands a slapping body shot.
Diehard defending well as Grice loads up on a big left hand.
A big right from Diehard misses.
Grice looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Grice lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Diehard has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Diehard and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Diehard wants to clinch up but Grice keeps it at a distance.
Grice throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Diehard feinted with a counter takedown.
Grice throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Grice misses with an uppercut.
A swing and a miss from Diehard.
Grice leaves Diehard with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Grice bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.#T1#
Grice fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Diehard dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Grice throws a hook but Diehard avoids it easily.
Grice scores with a body shot.
Grice defending well as Diehard loads up on a big left hand.
Diehard scores with a shot to the body.
Grice looks for the body kick but Diehard saw that one coming.
Grice tries to close the distance and clinch but Diehard swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Diehard misses with a wild body shot.
Diehard throws a shot from downtown. Grice moves away and avoids it.
Grice throws a leg kick but Diehard sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Diehard lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Diehard slips under a jab from Grice.
Grice tries to clinch up but Diehard circles away and keeps his distance.
Diehard was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.#T2#
Grice throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
A little feinted left hand from Diehard on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Diehard looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Grice connects with a right hand. Diehard shakes it off.
Grice lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A big left from Diehard misses.
Bruce Diehard seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Diehard checks a leg kick nicely.
Diehard misses with a body shot.
Diehard thuds his shin into the meat of Grice's side.
Diehard loads up on a big right hand but Grice slips the punch.
Diehard swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Grice turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Diehard feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Grices jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Grice has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Diehard finds it's way round the side to connect with Grice's head. #T3#
Grice walks into a left hand.
Nice shot lands for Grice.
Grice misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Diehard swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Diehard throws a right hand that Grice ducks under and follows up with a left that Grice also avoids with ease.
A looping hook to the body misses from Diehard. Grice does a little dance to reset his feet.
Bruce Diehard is winning the standup battle so far.
Diehard ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Diehard is looking to clinch but Grice is avoiding it. #TD2#
Grice closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Diehard to the mat! Diehard manages to get full guard.
Grice is stalling in the full guard.
Grice stopping the sweep attempt from Diehard.
Grice must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Grice accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Diehard wants to sweep here but Grice controlling him for the moment. #T4#
Diehard seems keen to control Grice's posture.
Diehard not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Grice passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Grice scoring with punches from side control.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Grice misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
Grice working away.
Diehard avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Grice.
Grice working away.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Gary Grice.
I think Grice 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 Wesley Smith scores the fight 28:29
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 28:29
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Gary Grice!
Our winner, Gary Grice, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.

Event: KOFC 15 - Diehard vs Rackham
Date: Dec 03, 2016

#R1#
Diehard throws an overhand right that lands on Rackham's shoulder, as Rackham tries to avoid the shot.
Diehard throws an overhand right that lands on Rackham's shoulder, as Rackham tries to avoid the shot.
Rackham walks into a stiff left hand from Diehard.#CL#
Diehard takes the fight into the clinch.
Diehard throws a punch but it's blocked by Rackham.
Diehard tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Rackham tries to land knees in the clinch but Diehard avoids the damage to the body.
Diehard definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
A head punch on the inside from Diehard fails to land.
Diehard tries for a takedown. No joy.
Diehard managing to block the knees to the body from Rackham.
Diehard lands a right hand.
Rackham comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush. #CUT2#
It looks like Bruce Diehard has been cut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rackham misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Diehard.
A short left from Rackham.
Diehard avoids a wild elbow strike from Rackham.
Rackham creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Diehard throws a head punch that misses.
Diehard working aggressively here. #T1#
Diehard digs a right hand into Rackham's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Rackham's gas tank.
Rackham misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Diehard.
A nice right hand lands inside from Diehard.
Diehard softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.#TD#
Diehard turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!#SUB#
Diehard working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Diehard is looking to take a break and control but Rackham is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Diehard has knee on belly momentarily but Rackham bucks him off and regains half guard. #SUB#
Diehard is looking for a kimura here. #T2#
Diehard wants to control but Rackham is keeping him busy. #SUB#
Diehard is looking for a kimura here.
Diehard wants to control but Rackham is keeping him busy. #T3#
Diehard looking to pass the half guard. Not this time. #SUB#
Diehard is trying for a kimura here. Rackham looks like he's in a lot of pain... and he's tapping out! Diehard wins by kimura!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:26 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Bruce Diehard!
Bruce Diehard seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.

Event: KOFC 12 - Grice vs Runkputte
Date: Nov 19, 2016

#R1#
Diehard misses the shot to the body.
Dos Santos lands with a nice body kick.
Diehard looks to score with a jab to the body but Dos Santos is just out of range.
Diehard throws a right hand that Dos Santos ducks under and follows up with a left that Dos Santos also avoids with ease.
Dos Santos thuds a left hand into Diehard's body.
Diehard closes the distance but Dos Santos moves to the side
and Dos Santos counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Diehard throws an off balance right hand
and Dos Santos counters with a right hand to the body.
Dos Santos throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Dos Santos walks into a jab.
Dos Santos has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Diehard misses with a hook
and Dos Santos counters with a solid body kick.
Diehard throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Dos Santos makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Diehard misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Dos Santos.
Diehard dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Diehard connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.#T1#
Dos Santos throws a shot from downtown. Diehard moves away and avoids it.
Diehard misses with a wild body shot.
Dos Santos tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Diehard is able to avoid easily.
Diehard swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A shot to the liver by Diehard. Beautiful body shot.#TD#
Diehard shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Dos Santos manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Diehard stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Dos Santos swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Diehard might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Dos Santos is on top in guard. #REVB##SU2#
Dos Santos gets to his feet. Diehard looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
A slow jab from Diehard misses its intended target.
Diehard is looking to wear down Dos Santos with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.#T2#
Diehard checks a leg kick.
Diehard swings widly with a right hand
enabling Dos Santos to counter with a crisp jab. #CUT2#
It looks like Bruce Diehard has been cut.
Dos Santos uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Diehard.
Dos Santos throws a counter combo.
Dos Santos lands with a good body shot.
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!
Diehard misses with a wild body shot.
Dos Santos throws a counter combo.
Diehard paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Dos Santos fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Diehard checks it well.
Dos Santos tried to score with a low kick but Diehard checks it.
Nice shot by Diehard.
A jab from Diehard misses.
Dos Santos goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Bruce Diehard seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dos Santos throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Dos Santos scores with a spinning back kick!
Diehard throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Dos Santos on the side of the head. #T3#
Dos Santos ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Dos Santos throws a fast counter high kick but Diehard manages to duck under it in time.
Dos Santos takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Diehard with a lazy takedown attempt
and Dos Santos counters with a good low kick that Diehard was not able to check.
Nice jab there from Dos Santos.
Diehard throws a looping overhand right but Dos Santos ducks down to avoid it.
Diehard fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Dos Santos manages to avoid it.
Dos Santos is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Diehard with a body shot.
Diehard ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Dos Santos moves away.
Dos Santos steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
Diehard feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Dos Santoss jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Diehard wants to clinch
and Dos Santos counters with a two punch combo.
Diehard misses the shot to the body.
Dos Santos throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Diehard stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Diehard misses the shot to the body. #T4#
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dos Santos scores with a push kick.
Diehard throws the left hand but Dos Santos avoids the punch easily.
Dos Santos lands a front kick.
Diehard is breathing heavily.
Dos Santos keeps Diehard at a distance using the push kick.
Diehard rushes in with a sloppy looking punch #KD2#
and Dos Santos counters with a combination of strikes to the head and body that crumple Diehard! #ROC2#
Diehard is rocked!
Dos Santos moves nicely into side control.
Diehard is looking for a sweep.#SUB2#
Dos Santos tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Dos Santos taking a breather here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Oscar Dos Santos dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Bruce Diehard's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
#R2#
Diehard looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Dos Santos throws a counter combo.
A nice leg kick lands there from Dos Santos.
Diehard avoids the head kick by Dos Santos.
Dos Santos thows a leg kick but Diehard checks it
and Diehard counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Diehard misses the shot to the body.
Dos Santos jabs Diehard to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Oscar Dos Santos is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Dos Santos throws a leg kick which misses Diehard's front leg but catches the back leg as Diehard tries to avoid it.
Oscar Dos Santos seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Diehard avoids the head kick by Dos Santos.
Dos Santos has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Dos Santos misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Diehard.
Diehard swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Diehard uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Dos Santos has time to react.#CL#
Diehard gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Still in the clinch, Dos Santos scores with a nice short uppercut.
Dos Santos avoiding damage.
The referee is keeping an eye on Dos Santos - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters. #T1#
Diehard misses with a short punch on the inside.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Dos Santos blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Diehard misses with some punches.
Diehard taking a breather.
Dos Santos tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Diehard just stands there and leans against the cage.
Dos Santos is looking to control Diehard's arms but Diehard gets an underhook and turns him. Now Dos Santos has his back to the cage.
Dos Santos stalls.
Dos Santos blocking some punches.
Dos Santos tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Diehard just stands there and leans against the cage.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Dos Santos leaning his opponent against the cage.#T2#
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Dos Santos just leaning against Diehard, taking a breather.
Diehard will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Oscar Dos Santos.
Dos Santos jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Diehard is trying hard to land a takedown here. Dos Santos sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet. #TD#
Diehard shoots in and bounces Dos Santos off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Diehard passes Dos Santos's right leg, so he's now in half guard. #SUB#
Diehard is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Dos Santos gets back to full guard. #SUB2#
Dos Santos looking for a guillotine here but Diehard defends easily. #T3#
Diehard trying to control but Dos Santos is working from the bottom.
Diehard pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Dos Santos is keeping the position for now.
Dos Santos keeping moving, preventing Diehard from controlling successfully.
Dos Santos is trying to control the position but Diehard postures up.
Dos Santos might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Diehard haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Dos Santos wants to sweep but no luck. #T4#
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Diehard wants to control from the top but Dos Santos keeps moving.
Dos Santos wants to control the position but Diehard says "no thanks buddy" and passes to half guard.
Diehard wants to control but Dos Santos is keeping him busy.
Dos Santos is looking to improve his position. #SUB#
Diehard is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Dos Santos is not content to let Diehard control the position.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Dos Santos is trying to maintain the position but Diehard is very close to passing his half guard.#SUB#
Diehard seems to be looking for submissions.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bruce Diehard dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Bruce Diehard's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
#R3#
Nice takedown defense from Dos Santos. No joy for Diehard on that attempt.
Diehard lands with a hook. Dos Santos tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Diehard is looking to clinch but Dos Santos is avoiding it.
Diehard throws a poor cross that misses
and Dos Santos makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Diehard misses with a hook.
Dos Santos uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Diehard.
Diehard uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Dos Santos has time to react.
Dos Santos misses with a head kick. #TD#
Diehard shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Dos Santos's guard.
Dos Santos manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Diehard manages to get himself to full guard. #REVB##SUB2#
Dos Santos postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Diehard is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Dos Santos, into his guard. #REVR#
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!
Dos Santos keeping moving, preventing Diehard from controlling successfully. #T1##SUB2#
Dos Santos is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Diehard sitting in guard here, content to control.
Diehard advances to half guard. #SUB2#
Dos Santos looking for submissions from an awkward position here.#SUB#
Diehard looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique. #SUB#
Diehard is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Dos Santos defends it well. #T2#
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Diehard trying to control from half guard but Dos Santos is working away.
Bruce Diehard overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Dos Santos is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Diehard's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Diehard's back!
Diehard is taking damage to the body and head.
Diehard breaks Dos Santos's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard. #SUB2#
Dos Santos has an active guard here but Diehard has managed to pass into half guard. #T3#
Dos Santos trying to hold on to Diehard's head to control him but Diehard postures up.
Diehard wants to pass the guard but Dos Santos is defending well.
Dos Santos trying to control but Diehard postures up. #SUB2#
Dos Santos looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Dos Santos slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.#T4#
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Dos Santos looking to hit a scissor sweep but Diehard is one step ahead there.
Diehard trying to control the position from guard on top but Dos Santos is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Diehard not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Dos Santos manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Diehard manages to get himself to full guard. #REVB##SUB2#
Dos Santos drops back, looking for a kneebar! Diehard looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Diehard looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Diehard! #REVR#
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.#SUB#
Diehard is in a dominant position here, looking for a kimura. Dos Santos looks calm but he's in trouble here. Diehard gets his leg over his opponent's head and yanks on the arm. Dos Santos is tapping like a morse code operator on the titanic! SOS! SOS! Diehard lets go of the hold and Dos Santos can pop his arm back in it's socket.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Bruce Diehard!
During a confident post fight interview, Bruce Diehard thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.

Event: KOFC 8 - Strangler vs Grice
Date: Oct 29, 2016

#R1#
Verhoeven misses with a left hand
and Diehard connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.#CL#
Diehard closes the distance and clinches.
Diehard lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Diehard lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Verhoeven doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Verhoeven working aggressively here.
Diehard lands a shoulder strike.
Verhoeven lands an uppercut.
A short uppercut from Diehard.
Diehard lands a right hand.
Verhoeven can't find room to land a body shot as Diehard controls the action.
Diehard misses with a punch to the body.
Verhoeven doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Still in the clinch, Verhoeven scores with a nice short uppercut.
Diehard blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Verhoeven throws a head punch that misses.
Verhoeven lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Diehard misses with a punch on the inside.
Diehard prevents a body shot from Verhoeven.
Verhoeven blocks a punch to the side of the head. #T1#
A head punch blocked on the inside by Verhoeven.
Diehard doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Verhoeven.
Verhoeven throws a punch but it's blocked by Diehard.
Diehard misses with a punch on the inside.
Diehard misses with the head strike.
Verhoeven tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Diehard misses with some punches.
I was talking to Diehard's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Verhoeven misses with a hook to the ribs.
Diehard lands a body shot in the clinch.
Verhoeven struggles to land a body shot inside as Diehard controls his hands.
Verhoeven blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Verhoeven throws a punch but it's blocked by Diehard.
A nice right hand lands inside from Diehard.
Diehard stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Diehard lands a nice uppercut.
Diehard working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Diehard working aggressively here.
Diehard lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Diehard stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.#T2#
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Diehard lands a body punch in the clinch.
Verhoeven blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Diehard swings wildly with an uppercut but Verhoeven uses good head movement to avoid it.
Diehard blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A short right from Diehard.
Diehard lands a shot to the body.
Verhoeven looks winded!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Diehard.
Diehard lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Verhoeven backwards.
Diehard fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Verhoeven takes a shot to the head.
Verhoeven misses with a short punch on the inside.
Diehard lands a nice uppercut.
Still in the clinch, Diehard scores with a nice short uppercut.
Verhoeven doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Verhoeven blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Verhoeven misses with a punch on the inside.
Diehard lands a hook that snaps the head of Verhoeven backwards.
Verhoeven misses with a body punch. #T3#
A right handed body shot lands from Diehard.
Diehard lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Verhoeven or not.
Diehard lands a left hand that snaps the head of Verhoeven backwards. #ROC#
Verhoeven is rocked!
Diehard scores with a nice hook to the head.
Verhoeven is still on wobbly legs! Can Diehard finish him?
Diehard creates some distance for himself and unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Verhoeven's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Verhoeven drops to his knees and Diehard pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:23 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bruce Diehard!
Our winner, Bruce Diehard, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.

Event: EVO 267: Alvado vs Kersikov
Date: Sep 10, 2016

#R1#
Hauki throws a wild body kick that Brady sees coming a mile off.#CL2#
Hauki rushes Brady and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Hauki is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Hauki tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Brady swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Brady working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Brady lands a right hand.
Brady lands with a left to the head.
Hauki looking to slow down the pace here.#TD#
Brady jumps guard and drags Hauki to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back. #SUB#
Brady looking for a guillotine here but Hauki defends easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.#SUB#
Brady looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Hauki passes into side control. #SU2#
Hauki decides to stand up, so the ref orders Brady to his feet. #T1#
Brady tries a head kick but it misses.
Hauki avoids the body shot from Brady.
Brady slips a straight right by Hauki.
Brady scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Hauki doesn't seem bothered though.
Nice uppercut lands for Brady. That snapped Hauki's head back.
The fighters circling - Hauki throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A bone on bone clash there as Hauki blocks the leg kick.
Brady misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hauki.
Brady darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Brady looks for the body kick but Hauki saw that one coming. #CL2#
Hauki closes the distance and clinches.
Hauki stalling in the clinch.
Hauki manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Hauki continues to stall. The referee tells him to work or he's going to break them up.
Brady misses with a hook from the clinch. #T2#
Brady lands a body shot.
Hauki tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Hauki lands a right hand.
Brady throws a head punch that misses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hauki is stalling here.
Brady tries to score a body lock takedown but Hauki shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Hauki prevents a body shot from Brady.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hauki.
A nice left hand lands by Hauki.
Brady blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hauki.
Brady blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A short right from Brady on the inside.
Hauki scores with a shoulder strike.
Brady misses with the head strike.
Hauki lands a hook to the side of the head.
Brady tries a body shot but Hauki blocks it. #T3#
Hauki blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Brady goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Hauki dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Brady takes a shot to the head.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Hauki throws a head punch that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Brady.
Brady lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Brady fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Brady tries to pull guard but Hauki holds him up against the cage and eventually Brady drops back down to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bruce Brady. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hauki tries a body shot but Brady blocks it.
Brady tries a body shot but Hauki blocks it.
Brady lands a body punch in the clinch.
Hauki lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Hauki can't find room to land a body shot as Brady controls the action.
Brady drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it. #T4#
Hauki is pushing Brady up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Brady tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Hauki's elbow.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Brady creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Hauki doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Hauki misses with a hook from the clinch.
Hauki lands a nice uppercut.
Hauki lands a left hand.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hauki misses with a hook to the ribs.
Hauki lands an uppercut.
Brady swings wildly with an uppercut but Hauki uses good head movement to avoid it.
Brady lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Hauki.
Hauki doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Hauki stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A short body shot lands from Hauki as the two fighters clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Taneli Hauki will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!
#R2#
Brady keeps Hauki at a distance using the push kick.
Hauki walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Hauki uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Brady.
As Brady backs off Hauki throws a huge counter combo but Brady manages to avoid it all.#KD2#
Hauki sends Brady crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Hauki is motioning to the referee to let Brady up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!#CUT2#
It looks like Bruce Brady has been cut.
Brady fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hauki manages to avoid it.
Hauki throws a sloppy head kick and Brady moves out of range easily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hauki fails in his attempt to clinch. #KD2#
Hauki lands a big right hand that sends Brady crashing to the mat! Hauki stays standing though and waves Brady back to his feet!#ROC2#
Brady is rocked!
Taneli Hauki seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Hauki walks forward and throws a big overhand right! Brady drops to the floor like a sack of potatoes! Hauki swarms on him with more punches until the referee wrestles him away from Brady's unconscious body! Wow, that was brutal!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:35 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Taneli Hauki!
After the fight, Taneli Hauki was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.

Event: ITFL 4.1
Date: Jun 15, 2016

#R1#
No joy there for Brady, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Brady misses the shot to the body.
Perry only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Perry looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Nice shot by Brady.
Perry staying out of range there.
Perry throws a nice inside leg kick.
Brady throws an ugly left hook that misses
letting Perry counter with a right hand.
Brady throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Perry ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Brady scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Brady misses the shot to the body.
Perry throws a front kick that sends Brady stumbling back into the cage.
A nice inside leg kick there by Perry. That's going to slow Brady down.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A jab from Brady misses.
Brady takes a swing at Perry's ribcage but misses.
Perry flicks out a counter leg kick but Brady steps away.
A left lands for Perry.
Brady misses with a hook
and Perry counters with a left to the body. #T1#
Brady misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Perry cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Brady misses with a jab to the body
and Perry counters with a stiff right hand.
A jab lands there for Perry.
Brady uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Perry.
Brady misses with a straight left.
Perry avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Perry lands with an uppercut that bounces Brady off the cage and back into range.
Brady has been working on his boxing with his coaches at R.A.D's Lads in the buildup to the fight.
Brady fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Perry manages to avoid it.
Perry takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders. #CL#
Brady rushes Perry and presses him up against the cage.#BC2#
Perry pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Brady keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Perry tries to work over Brady's front leg with a kick but Brady checks it.
Perry is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Brady throws a body punch but Perry moves out of range.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Brady keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Perry.
Brady misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Perry blocks a jab.#T2#
Perry throws a jab when Brady was well out of range.
Perry thows a left - swing and a miss!
Brady is looking for a counter combo.
Bruce Brady seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Brady throws the left hand but Perry avoids the punch easily.
Brady fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Brady rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Perry moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Perry is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Perry misses with a leg kick.
Brady misses with a straight right.
Brady waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Perry.
Brady is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Perry.
Brady misses with a hook. Perry ducked under it nicely.
Brady lands a head shot.
Brady loads up on a big right hand but Perry slips the punch.
A telegraphed right hand from Brady misses the target.
As Brady backs off Perry throws a huge counter combo but Brady manages to avoid it all.
Brady looks to land a combination but Perry avoids it well.
Brady throws a lazy uppercut
and Perry counters with a nice uppercut. #T3#
Brady throws the left hand but Perry avoids the punch easily.
Perry throws out a counter right but Brady avoids it with no problem.
Decent striking displayed by Perry there.
Perry avoids a punch combination nicely.
A little jabbing left from Perry on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Perry uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Brady.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Perry! But no joy.
Perry swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Nice defenses there by Perry.
Brady throws a combination that misses
and Perry counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.#CUT2#
It looks like Bruce Brady has been cut.
Brady is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Perry.
A little jabbing left from Perry on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Brady swings away with a body shot that misses
and Perry counters with a nice uppercut.
Brady throws a hook but Perry avoids it easily.
Brady jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Brady misses with a double jab.
Perry has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.#CL2#
Perry fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Brady, pushing him back against the cage.#BC#
Brady manages to break the clinch.
Perry is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Brady had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.#CL2#
Perry gets in close and instigates a clinch. #T4#
Brady can't break the clinch.
Brady looking to stall. #BC2#
Perry pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Perry goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Perry scores with a leg kick.
Brady swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Brady jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Perry bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A little jabbing left from Perry on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Perry throws a solid leg kick but Brady takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Perry.
Perry looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Brady misses with an uppercut. Perry saw that one coming.
Perry lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Brady misses with an uppercut
and Perry counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Brady moves forwards but Perry connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Brady misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Perry.
Perry uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Brady.
Brady backing away here, and Perry unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Duane Perry will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Bruce Brady's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
#R2#
Perry looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Brady lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Perry at a distance.
Perry avoids the body shot from Brady.
A little jabbing left from Perry on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Brady works the jab nicely.
Brady lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Perry circles away quickly and effectively.
Brady throws an overhand right that lands on Perry's shoulder, as Perry tries to avoid the shot.
Perry misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A punch lands to the side of Perry 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Brady thuds a left hand into Perry's body.#CL#
Brady clinches with his opponent.
Brady lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A right handed body shot lands from Perry.
A head punch on the inside from Brady fails to land.
Brady lands a left hand that snaps the head of Perry backwards.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Perry lands a shoulder strike.
Perry tries a body shot but Brady blocks it.
Perry blocking some punches. #T1#
Brady tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Brady's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Perry prevents a takedown attempt there.
Brady lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Perry backwards.
Brady blocks an elbow strike from Perry.
Perry swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Perry tries a body shot but Brady blocks it.
Perry digs a right hand underneath Brady's ribcage. Brady let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Brady struggles to land a body shot inside as Perry controls his hands.
Perry trying to control the position but instead, Brady has worked for underhooks and has pushed Perry into the cage.
Perry blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Perry.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Brady.
Brady content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Brady blocking some punches. #T2#
Perry lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Perry has a couple of punches blocked by Brady.
Brady wants to break free but Perry has control.
Duane Perry seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Perry lands with a left to the head.
Perry digs a right hand into Brady's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Brady's gas tank.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Perry works on Brady's body with a couple of short punches.
Perry doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A head punch on the inside from Perry fails to land.
Perry fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Perry prevents Brady from breaking the clinch.
Perry misses with some punches.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Perry creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Still in the clinch, Perry scores with a nice short uppercut.
Perry misses with the head strike.
Perry is working Brady over against the cage.
Perry lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Brady wants to get back to striking at distance but Perry won't allow it.
Perry lands a nice uppercut.
Perry tries to land knees in the clinch but Brady avoids the damage to the body. #T3##BC#
Brady breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A punch combination from Perry misses.
Brady misses the jab.
Brady misses with a body punch
and Perry counters with a slapping leg kick.
Perry connects with an inside leg kick.
Perry getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Brady looks to score with a jab to the body but Perry is just out of range.
Perry throws out a counter right but Brady avoids it with no problem.
An inside leg kick lands from Perry.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Perry.#ROC2#
Brady is rocked!
Perry looks to throw the jab but Brady is out of range.
Brady throws a series of punches but Perry moves out of range.
Brady tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Perry takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Perry looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Brady misses with a lunging right hand
and Perry counters with a left to the body. #T4#
Perry cracks the inside of Brady's front leg.
Brady scores with a jab.
Brady misses with an uppercut
and Perry counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Perry moves away from the strike by Brady.
Perry throws a low kick but Brady avoids it.
Brady slips a jab and a cross from Perry.
Brady is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Perry.
Perry moves into range and connects with a jab.
The crowd cheers as Perry lands an impressive looking overhand right. Brady doesn't seem phased though.
Perry blocks a jab.
Brady displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Perry throws out the jab.
Perry displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Brady throws out the jab.
Perry connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Brady misses with a jab, cross combination.
A little jabbing left from Perry on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Brady changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Brady lands with a nice body punch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Duane Perry showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Bruce Brady's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
#R3#
Brady jabs Perry right on the nose. Perry blinks but takes it well.
Brady throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Brady is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Perry uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Brady.
Perry lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.#KD2#
Perry lands a left and a right that send Brady crashing to the mat, dazed. Perry thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
Oh Brady is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Brady checks a leg kick nicely.
A telegraphed right hand from Brady misses the target.
Brady swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Brady just misses with a punch to the body.
Brady lands a nice shot to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.#KD2#
Perry feints and then winds up with a huge right hand that connects perfectly and sends Brady sprawling to the canvas! Brady rolls over backwards and springs off the cage and manages to regain his footing - how acrobatic! Oh, he's still wobbly - can Perry finish him?!
Today's fight clock is brought to you by... OOOH that's a huge shot by Perry! Brady is in big trouble here - the ref steps in to save him and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:39 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Duane Perry!
An intense looking Duane Perry took to the microphone post fight and gave a little speech: 'ROTFLMAO did you really think you could beat me? LOL hAhahahahah. STFU noob.'.

Event: ITFL 3.2
Date: Jun 01, 2016

#R1#
Aires closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Aires slips a jab from Brady.
A little feinted left hand from Aires on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Brady misses with an uppercut.
Aires defending well as Brady loads up on a big left hand.
Aires scores with a crisp jab that stopped Brady in his tracks.
Brady throws a hook to the side of Aires's head but Aires sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Brady ducks under a wild hook from Aires.
Brady just misses with a punch to the body.
Brady throws a series of punches but Aires moves out of range.
We've been informed that Brady has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Aires throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Brady misses with a looping left.
Aires's jab looks to have found its range, popping Brady under the eye.
Brady tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Aires was well out of range. Poor timing from Brady.
Aires looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Aires throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Aires dodges the punch combination from Brady.
Aires keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sloppy strikes from Brady. Those never looked like landing.
Brady waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Aires.#T1#
Brady thows a left - swing and a miss!
Brady works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Brady misses with a looping left.
Brady throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A big right from Brady misses.
Brady scores with a jab. Aires acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Aires looks to land a left hand but Brady moved out of range nicely.
Brady misses with a looping right.
It looked like Aires wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Brady lands a nice looking body shot.
Aires misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Brady.
Brady tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Aires was well out of range. Poor timing from Brady.
Aires on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Brady takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Brady throws a right hand that Aires ducks under and follows up with a left that Aires also avoids with ease.
Aires takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Aires slips a jab from Brady.
Brady swings for the body but Aires moves out of range. #T2#
Brady throws a looping overhand right but Aires ducks down to avoid it.
Aires staying out of range there.
A swing and a miss from Brady.
A looping hook to the body misses from Aires. Brady does a little dance to reset his feet.
Brady rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Aires moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Aires steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Brady.
Nice body punch from Brady.
Aires waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Brady.
Brady swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Brady lands a nice shot to the body.
Brady wants to clinch.
Brady swings for the body but Aires moves out of range.
Brady tries to clinch up but Aires circles away and keeps his distance.
Aires is looking to counter punch.
Brady paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.#T3#
A low kick from Aires is predictable there
and Brady counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Aires ducks under a wild hook from Brady.
Aires jabs at Brady's body.
The fighters circling - Brady throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Brady scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Aires gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Brady counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Brady scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Aires doesn't seem bothered though.
Aires is breathing heavily.
Brady misses with a straight left.
Brady defending well as Aires loads up on a big left hand.
Aires on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Brady loads up on a big right hand but Aires slips the punch.
Brady throws a right and a left that both miss.
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!
Jab from Brady.#ROC2#
Aires is rocked!
Brady is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Aires had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Brady closes the distance and lands a vicious right hand that drops Aires! Brady dives in looking to finish! Aires is still trying to defend himself but he's taking too many shots and the referee has no choice but to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bruce Brady!
Bruce Brady decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.

Event: ITFL 2.1
Date: May 18, 2016

#R1#
A punch combination from Brady misses.
Brady is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Brady jabs Lobo to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Lobo keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Brady moves out of range of the leg kick from Lobo.
Lobo moves in looking to clinch but Brady pushes him off.
An inside leg kick lands from Lobo.
Lobo throws a leg kick but Brady sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Brady is looking to counter punch.
Lobo connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Brady throws a body punch but Lobo moves out of range.
Lobo feints a counter leg kick.
Lobo on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Lobo on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Brady stuns Lobo with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
We've been informed that Lobo has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
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!
Brady swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Brady lands a jab to Lobo's midsection.
Brady digs a good hook to Lobo's body.
Lobo looks winded!
Brady scores with a nice strike.
Brady connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Lobo momentarily. #CUT#
It looks like Antonio Lobo has been cut.
Brady throws an overhand right that lands on Lobo's shoulder, as Lobo tries to avoid the shot.
Lobo fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Brady is out of range. #T1#
A bone on bone clash there as Brady blocks the leg kick.
Lobo gets clipped by a big right hand and goes down spinning to the canvas! Brady gets the back mount and begins to drop bombs on his rocked foe! Lobo is too out of it to defend against the strikes and the referee jumps in to save him from the beatdown!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:10 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bruce Brady!
Bruce Brady tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.

Event: ITFL 1.1
Date: May 04, 2016

#R1#
The fighters circling - Brady throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Brady's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Brady duly obliges.
Brady scores with a body shot. #TD2#
Brady scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.#SUB2#
Brady is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Ciprianni has escaped the position, nice work there.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ciprianni is looking to reverse the position.#SUB2#
Brady is trying to get an arm triangle but Ciprianni is defending well.
Ciprianni is trying to control Brady's posture but Brady avoids it.
Ciprianni is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Brady is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Brady wants to lay and pray for a moment but Ciprianni keeps working. #T1##SUB2#
Brady wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Ciprianni, who protects the arm well.
Brady wants to lay and pray for a moment but Ciprianni keeps working. #SUB2#
Brady wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Ciprianni, who protects the arm well.
Brady laying and praying for a moment but Ciprianni takes advantage and regains half guard.
Brady not doing much here. #T2#
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.#SUB2#
Brady is looking for a kimura here.
Brady stalling away here and it's allowed Ciprianni to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
Brady stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Ciprianni swivels though and keeps the full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Brady trying to control but Ciprianni is working from the bottom. #T3#
Brady trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Brady advances to half guard.
Ciprianni is not content to let Brady control the position.
Brady wants to advance to full mount but Ciprianni doesn't think that's going to happen and regains full guard instead. #SUB#
Brady got a little sloppy there for a moment and Ciprianni has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Brady has managed to get both his arms back between Ciprianni's legs - danger averted.
Brady tries to free his leg and advance position but Ciprianni is retaining full guard.
Brady preventing the sweep.
Brady trying to control but Ciprianni is working from the bottom. #T4#
Brady looking to control the position here, rather than advance. #SUB2#
Brady has gone for a leg lock! Ciprianni slips out almost immediately though and dives into Brady's guard.#REVR#
Ciprianni stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Brady swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Brady looking to control.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Brady keeping moving, preventing Ciprianni from controlling successfully.
Ciprianni stopping the sweep attempt from Brady.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bruce Brady dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
#R2#
Ciprianni checks a leg kick.
Ciprianni throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Ciprianni moves out of range of the body kick.
Ciprianni will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Ciprianni pushes Brady away with a front kick.
Brady throws the kick towards the body but Ciprianni avoids it.
Brady misses with a wild body shot.
Ciprianni chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Ciprianni looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Brady wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Bruce Brady seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Brady takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Brady steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Ciprianni.
Brady walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Ciprianni misses with a hook. Brady ducked under it nicely.
Brady cracks Ciprianni with an open hand slap.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ciprianni clobbers Brady with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Ciprianni is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Brady.
A little jabbing left from Brady on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Brady slips under a jab.#T1#
Brady fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Ciprianni seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Brady looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Brady looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Brady misses with a hook.
Brady throws a leg kick that is checked
and Ciprianni counters with a straight right hand.
Ciprianni is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Ciprianni throws a nice looking combination but Brady bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Ciprianni misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Brady scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Brady just misses with a punch to the body.
Brady scores with a crisp jab that stopped Ciprianni in his tracks.
Ciprianni throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Brady throws a counter combo.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Brady throws a jab when Ciprianni was well out of range.#TD2#
Brady scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.#T2##SUB2#
Brady goes for an armbar here - this could be all over! But no, Ciprianni has escaped beautifully and is now on top in side control! Oh, that's unlucky for Brady but great work by Ciprianni.#SUB#
Ciprianni is trying to get an arm triangle but Brady is defending well.
Brady tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Ciprianni wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Ciprianni trying to control the action but Brady is working from the bottom.
Brady manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Ciprianni will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Brady gets back to full guard.
Ciprianni is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.#T3#
Ciprianni passes Brady's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Ciprianni is pressing down on Brady's thigh, looking to free his foot. Brady is holding on for now. #SUB#
Ciprianni is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Ciprianni wants to pass the guard but Brady is defending well.
Brady controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.
Brady tries to get to full guard but Ciprianni has control of the leg. #T4#
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.#SUB#
Ciprianni is working for a kimura but Brady is defending it quite comfortably. #SUB#
Ciprianni seems to be working for a kimura but Brady defends the submission attempt.
Ciprianni stalling. #SUB#
Ciprianni seems to be working for a kimura but Brady defends the submission attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Danny Ciprianni dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
#R3#
Brady misses with a left hand
and Ciprianni counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Ciprianni scores with a jab to the body.
Ciprianni throws a hook to the side of Brady's head but Brady sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Brady throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Ciprianni misses with a hook. Brady ducked under it nicely.
Ciprianni defending well as Brady loads up on a big left hand.
Ciprianni slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Brady slips a jab from Ciprianni.
Brady shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Ciprianni sprawls well. Ciprianni wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Brady gets slowly back to his feet.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ciprianni keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Danny Ciprianni is winning the standup battle so far.
A leg kick checked by Brady.
Brady swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Ciprianni lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Brady misses the body punch
and Ciprianni counters with a lovely shot to the body.#T1#
Ciprianni tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Brady was well out of range. Poor timing from Ciprianni.
Ciprianni throws a push kick but Brady slaps the foot to one side.
Ciprianni lands a two punch combo. #CUT#
It looks like Bruce Brady has been cut.
Brady slips a jab from Ciprianni.
Ciprianni lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
A telegraphed right hand from Ciprianni misses the target.
Brady moves away from the strike by Ciprianni.
Brady defending well as Ciprianni loads up on a big left hand.
Brady is looking for the big counter here.
The fight stays on the outside here - Brady looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Ciprianni swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Brady loads up on a big right hand but Ciprianni slips the punch.
Brady lands a jab to Ciprianni's midsection.
Ciprianni stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Ciprianni wants it to stay on the feet.
Danny Ciprianni has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bruce Brady.
Brady fails with a takedown attempt. #T2#
Brady fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Brady misses with a wild body shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Brady jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Ciprianni throws out a loose jab but Brady uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ciprianni throws a jab when Brady was well out of range.
Sloppy strikes from Brady. Those never looked like landing.
A little feinted left hand from Ciprianni on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Ciprianni on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Brady ducks under a wild hook from Ciprianni.
As Ciprianni backs off Brady throws a huge counter combo but Ciprianni manages to avoid it all.
Ciprianni goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Brady fails with a takedown attempt.
Ciprianni steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Brady.
An attempted straight right counter from Ciprianni misses the target.
Brady throws out a token jab with nothing on it.#T3#
Brady swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Ciprianni swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Ciprianni looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Brady tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Ciprianni defends well and Brady ends up having to push Ciprianni into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Brady throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect. #TD2#
Brady feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Brady takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Brady trying to control but Ciprianni is working from the bottom. #SUB#
Ciprianni looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Ciprianni looking for a sweep. Not yet Ciprianni, not yet. #SUB#
Ciprianni working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Brady doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Brady manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Ciprianni keeping moving, preventing Brady from controlling successfully. #T4#
Brady trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Ciprianni keeping moving, preventing Brady from controlling successfully. #SUB#
Ciprianni is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Brady trying to control the position from guard on top but Ciprianni is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Brady stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Ciprianni swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Brady stopping the sweep attempt from Ciprianni.

And that's the end of the fight!
Danny Ciprianni showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Ciprianni has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Radbod Blank scores the fight 29:28
Judge Paul Aken scores the fight 29:28
Judge Wagner Zegers scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Danny Ciprianni!
Danny Ciprianni decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.

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