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Coming up we have a featherweight kickboxing rules bout between Juan Diaz (ranked 19492 p4p, 21570 weight class) and Tom Baker (ranked 501 p4p, 499 weight class). Baker comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Steve Blackman WWE theme kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Juan Diaz has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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World class boxer
Insanely flexible
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Granite chin
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Juan Diaz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Tom Baker!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Shigeki Sano.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Diaz looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Baker throws a series of punches but Diaz avoids them all with ease.
Baker takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Sloppy strikes from Baker. Those never looked like landing.
Diaz scores with a spinning back kick!
Baker on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Diaz. Diaz obviously looking to wear him down.
Diaz seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Baker tries to close the distance and clinch but Diaz swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Diaz is looking to slow Baker down with leg kicks.
Diaz lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Baker lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Diaz at a distance.
A solid leg kick lands there for Diaz.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Baker takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Diaz clobbers Baker with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Diaz takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Baker darts in and clinches Diaz up against the cage.
Diaz breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Diaz just misses with a punch to the body.
Baker looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Sloppy strikes from Baker. Those never looked like landing.
Diaz keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Baker.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Baker has Diaz up against the cage in a clinch.
Baker prevents a body shot from Diaz.
Diaz goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Diaz working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Baker breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Diaz lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Diaz pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Baker fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Diaz goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Diaz misses the jab.
Baker throws a hook but Diaz avoids it easily.
Baker misses with a wild combination.
Diaz connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Baker tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Diaz manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Baker moves into the clinch successfully.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Diaz makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Baker is pushing Diaz up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Baker blocks an uppercut.
Good body shot from Diaz.
Baker blocking some punches.
Come on Baker - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Baker goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Baker breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Baker throws a right hand that Diaz ducks under and follows up with a left that Diaz also avoids with ease.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Baker checks a low kick from Diaz.
Baker takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Baker checks a leg kick.
Diaz digs a good body shot into Baker's ribs.
Diaz fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Baker looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Juan Diaz dominated that round.
That's time! Diaz's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
A nice inside leg kick there by Diaz. That's going to slow Baker down.
Baker fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Tom Baker is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Diaz lands with a kick to the temple. Baker shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
It looks like Tom Baker has been cut.
Diaz attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Baker will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Diaz was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Juan Diaz is winning the standup battle so far.
Baker on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Diaz scores with a leg kick.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Diaz, as that shot connected.
Baker throws a hook to the side of Diaz's head but Diaz sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Baker throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Baker stalks Diaz and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Diaz's face. Diaz staggers backwards, shaken.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Diaz lands with a good body shot.
Baker ducks under a wild hook from Diaz.
Baker is looking for the big counter here.
Baker closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Diaz misses with a hook to the ribs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Diaz lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Diaz swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Diaz misses with a hook from the clinch.
Diaz lands an uppercut.
Diaz lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A right handed body shot lands from Diaz.
Baker lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Diaz backwards.
Diaz misses with a hook from the clinch.
Baker manages to break the clinch.
A lazy left from Diaz finds it's target.
Diaz throws a right hand that Baker ducks under and follows up with a left that Baker also avoids with ease.
Baker moves out of range of the leg kick from Diaz.
Diaz is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Baker wants to clinch.
Diaz scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Baker tries to clinch but Diaz moves out of range.
Baker shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Diaz eats them both and turns towards Baker to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
The fighters circling - Baker throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Diaz thumps Baker with a low kick.
Diaz connects with an inside leg kick.
Diaz with the inside leg kick.
Baker takes one to the side of the head.
Baker misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Diaz.
Baker just manages to avoid a counter high kick fromDiaz.
Diaz misses with a leg kick.
Diaz throws out a loose jab but Baker uses good head movement to avoid it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Baker. Diaz does a little dance to reset his feet.
Diaz looks to score with a jab to the body but Baker is just out of range.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Diaz scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Diaz loads up on a big right hand but Baker slips the punch.
Diaz lands a nice looking body shot.
Diaz is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Juan Diaz dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Tom Baker'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.
Diaz misses with the body kick
and Baker connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Diaz lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Baker fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Diaz, pushing him back against the cage.
Baker is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Diaz misses with some punches.
Diaz throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Baker breaks the clinch.
Diaz takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Diaz moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Diaz loads up on a big right hand but Baker slips the punch.
A nice side step and Baker releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Nice jab there from Diaz.
A big right from Baker misses.
Diaz is looking to counter with a body kick.
Diaz misses with a wild body shot.
Baker tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Diaz paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Diaz looks for the body kick but Baker saw that one coming.
Baker on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Diaz. Diaz obviously looking to wear him down.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Diaz swings for the body but Baker moves out of range.
Baker 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.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Baker tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Diaz manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Baker closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Baker manages to break the clinch.
Diaz gets tackled into the cage by Baker. Baker maintains the clinch.
Baker is pushing Diaz up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Diaz lands with a short shot to the head.
Baker lands a shot to the body.
Baker breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Diaz scores with a jab. Baker acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Baker drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Diaz is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Diaz misses the shot to the body.
Diaz explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Baker closes the distance and clinches.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Baker blocking some punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diaz tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Diaz lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Diaz tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Juan Diaz has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Diaz tries to work over Baker's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Diaz.
Baker is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Diaz breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Baker walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Diaz swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Baker lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Diaz with a nice calf kick.
A jab from Diaz misses.
Baker missing with a left hand there. Diaz was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Diaz throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Diaz ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Juan Diaz clearly takes that round.
The cut man is working on Tom Baker'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.
Diaz drops his hands momentarily and Baker takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Baker wants to clinch up but Diaz keeps it at a distance.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Diaz.
A little jabbing left from Baker on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
A looping hook to the body misses from Diaz. Baker does a little dance to reset his feet.
Baker rushes Diaz and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Diaz breaks the clinch.
Baker fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Diaz manages to avoid it.
Baker scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
A jab from Diaz does it's job there.
Baker has taken the fight to the clinch.
Diaz lands a body punch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Diaz.
Baker's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Baker lands with a short punch from the clinch.
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!
A head punch on the inside from Diaz fails to land.
Diaz presses Baker against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Diaz gets through Baker's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A short left from Baker.
Diaz throws a punch but it's blocked by Baker.
Baker's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Diaz throws a punch but it's blocked by Baker.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Baker's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Diaz misses with a punch on the inside.
Diaz tries a body shot but Baker blocks it.
Baker makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Diaz throws a punch but it's blocked by Baker.
Diaz controlling the action here for a moment.
Diaz tries a body shot but Baker blocks it.
Diaz lands a left hand.
Diaz doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Nice body punch from Diaz - that landed with a thud.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diaz scores with a shot to the side of Baker's head.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Diaz manages to break the clinch.
Diaz lands with a good body shot.
Diaz thumps Baker with a low kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Baker tries to clinch up.
It looked like Diaz wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Diaz keeps the fight on the outside.
The fight stays on the outside here - Baker looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Baker forces Diaz back against the cage and clinches.
Diaz misses with a punch on the inside.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Diaz as Baker tries to tie him up.
Baker breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A looping hook to the body misses from Baker. Diaz does a little dance to reset his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Juan Diaz had his way with Tom Baker in that round.
The cut man is working on Tom Baker's cut.
That's time! Diaz's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Diaz throws a front kick aimed at Baker's knee but Baker avoids it well.
Diaz lands a nice leg kick that just misses Baker's sensitive parts.
Diaz scoring well with a low kick there.
Baker wants to clinch.
Diaz thinks about countering with a head kick.
A big left from Diaz misses.
Diaz throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Baker lands a slapping body shot.
Baker takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Baker avoids a kick to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Baker lands a body shot.
Sloppy strikes from Baker. Those never looked like landing.
A little feinted left hand from Diaz on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Baker's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Diaz connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Baker scrambles back to his feet.
Baker ducks under a wild hook from Diaz.
Baker clinches.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Baker is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Diaz misses with a body punch.
Diaz swings wildly with an uppercut but Baker uses good head movement to avoid it.
Diaz is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Baker can do to turn this around?
Diaz working aggressively here.
The referee is keeping an eye on Baker - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Diaz misses with a body punch.
Diaz lands a hook to the side of the head.
Diaz tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Baker looking to slow down the pace here.
Diaz manages to break the clinch.
Baker is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Diaz.
Diaz scores with a hook to the body. Baker takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Diaz moves out of range of the strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diaz cracks a nice hook into Baker's ribs.
Baker moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Baker takes a jab right on the kisser.
Baker scores with the left hand. Diaz knows he should have avoided that one.
Baker sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Baker moves into the clinch.
Diaz can't find room to land a body shot as Baker controls the action.
Tom Baker has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Baker lands a left hand that snaps the head of Diaz backwards.
Diaz misses with a short punch on the inside.
Diaz avoiding damage as Baker throws knees to the body.
Baker has a couple of punches blocked by Diaz.
Diaz goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Diaz makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Diaz scores with a shoulder strike.
Baker manages to break the clinch.
Baker tries to move into range but Diaz moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Diaz moves into range and connects with a jab.
And that's the end of the fight!
Juan Diaz showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Diaz 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight for Juan Diaz!
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight for Juan Diaz!
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight for Juan Diaz!
Juan Diaz wins by unanimous decision!
The defeated Tom Baker had this to say: 'When I was 11 I turned 13, cos fuck 12, remember that'.
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energy
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hype
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