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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Toby Diaby (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Antonio Nogueira (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nogueira has chosen Gimmie Shelter as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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185 cm
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201 lbs
2 - 0 - 0 |
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187 cm
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205 lbs
3 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Cardio machine |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Determined |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Toby Diaby! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Antonio Nogueira! The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Diaby misses with a jab, cross combination.
Nogueira fails with an attempt to clinch.
Diaby takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
It looks like Antonio Nogueira has been cut. Diaby pushing out the jab but it's not landing. Diaby misses with the combination.
Diaby throws a right hand that Nogueira ducks under and follows up with a left that Nogueira also avoids with ease. Diaby fails to land the takedown. A left and a right from Nogueira both land. Nice combination. Diaby lands a head shot. Diaby throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Nogueira. Diaby pushing out the jab but it's not landing. Nice straight punches there by Nogueira. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Nogueira. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Nogueira wants to clinch. Diaby keeps the fight on the outside. Nogueira scores with a hook to the body. Diaby takes a step back and tries to catch his breath. Nogueira lands a lovely overhand right. Diaby with a nice cross.
That's one minute gone in the round. Diaby is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Nogueira. Nogueira scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction. Diaby is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Nogueira. Diaby takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him. Diaby circles away from the clinch attempt.
Nogueira changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Diaby tries to avoid it but Nogueira manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Diaby to the ground. Diaby escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet. Diaby circles away from the clinch attempt.
A left and a right from Diaby both land. Nice combination. Nogueira fails in his attempt to clinch. Nogueira works over Diaby's head and body with a nice combination. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Diaby scores with a hook.
That has opened up Antonio Nogueira's cut even more. A jab-cross combination lands for Diaby and sends Nogueira crashing to the mat! Diaby follows him down to the mat - Nogueira regains half guard but he's not out of trouble yet!
Nogueira is rocked!
The cut above Antonio Nogueira's eye is starting to cause him problems now. Diaby wants to lay and pray for a moment but Nogueira keeps working. Nogueira is still in real trouble! Can Diaby finish him? Nogueira wants to improve his position but Diaby is controlling well.
Nogueira seems to have recovered his senses. Diaby escapes and gets back to his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Nogueira uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Diaby. Nogueira doesn't manage to clinch there - Diaby circles away.
Diaby throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Nogueira counters with a series of strikes. Diaby will be more careful next time no doubt. Nogueira ducks under a wild hook from Diaby. Nogueira fails to land the takedown. Nogueira dodges the punch combination from Diaby.
Diaby throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Nogueira counters with a left to the body. Nogueira tries a low kick but Diaby avoids it. Diaby throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Nogueira counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work. Diaby digs a good hook to Nogueira's body.
Nogueira looks gassed! Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Diaby, as that shot connected.
Nogueira staying out of range there. Diaby lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Antonio Nogueira's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters. Diaby is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all. Diaby drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard. Nogueira working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Diaby.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Diaby missing there with some ground and pound from the guard. Diaby is stalling in the full guard. Nogueira keeping moving, preventing Diaby from controlling successfully. Diaby 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. Diaby is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control. Diaby drops back, looking for a kneebar! Nogueira looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Nogueira looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Nogueira! Diaby tries to bench press Nogueira off him but Nogueira keeps the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round. The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena. Diaby struggling a bit here. Nogueira trying to control the action but Diaby is working from the bottom. Diaby regains half guard. Nogueira wants to take a breather but Diaby is having none of it. Diaby tries to get to full guard but Nogueira has control of the leg. Nogueira stops Diaby from getting back to his feet.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action! Diaby works his way to full guard. Good work. Diaby has his feet on Nogueira's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work. Nogueira drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Toby Diaby dominated that round. The cut man is working on Antonio Nogueira's cut. The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Diaby throws a big shot that misses. Horrible takedown by Nogueira or perhaps it was just good defense by Diaby which made him look bad. Diaby scores with a jab. Nogueira acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Antonio Nogueira's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:20 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Toby Diaby!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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