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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Diego Del Fuegos (ranked 2706 p4p, 2296 weight class) and Za Beast (ranked 370 p4p, 317 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Diego Del Fuegos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Za Beast!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Don Winkell and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Beast tries to keep at a distance but Del Fuegos has taken the fight into the clinch.
Beast blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Del Fuegos misses with a short punch on the inside.
Beast is looking to take this one to the mat.
Beast has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Del Fuegos after a bit of a struggle.
Beast controlling the action here for a moment.
Del Fuegos breaks the clinch.
Beast uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Del Fuegos.
Beast feints the counter takedown.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Beast shoots in but Del Fuegos avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Diego Del Fuegos has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Za Beast.
Del Fuegos throws a lazy right hand but Beast sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Beast tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Del Fuegos clinches up with Beast and pushes him back against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Del Fuegos breaks the clinch.
Beast shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Del Fuegos defends it nicely.
Beast takes the fight into the clinch.
Del Fuegos throws a punch but it's blocked by Beast.
Beast has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Del Fuegos clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
Beast has the hooks in. Del Fuegos is trying to push off one leg but he has to do so cautiously to avoid being submitted.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Del Fuegos trying to control but not successfully.
Beast has the hooks in. Del Fuegos is trying to push off one leg but he has to do so cautiously to avoid being submitted.
Beast lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Beast not allowing Del Fuegos to control his hands.
Beast has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Beast somehow managing to miss with a strike from the back.
Beast lands shots from the back.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Del Fuegos covering up well under a barage of strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Beast thows a huge left but connects with the canvas and not his opponent.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Del Fuegos trying to control but not successfully.
Del Fuegos is in a tricky position but he's been working on his transitions down at The Proving Grounds, so we'll see if he gets out of it.
Del Fuegos is taking damage to the body and head.
Beast controlling well, preventing Del Fuegos from escaping the position.
Beast gets his hooks in and is throwing strikes.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Del Fuegos is keeping busy.
Del Fuegos breaks Beast's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
Beast controlling the position.
Beast controls Del Fuegos momentarily but Del Fuegos frees himself.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Del Fuegos trying to stand up but can't free himself from Beast's guard.
Beast manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Del Fuegos manages to get himself to full guard.
Beast keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Del Fuegos's head.
Beast missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Beast being controlled here momentarily.
Beast in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Beast postures up in Del Fuegos's guard and throws a big left but Del Fuegos blocks it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Za Beast dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.
Beast closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Del Fuegos quickly recovers to half guard.
Beast is trying to control the action in half guard but Del Fuegos is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Del Fuegos wants to improve his position but Beast is controlling well.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Beast in particular looking to stall.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Del Fuegos is trying to get back to full guard.
Beast throwing shots but Del Fuegos is blocking nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Del Fuegos is looking for a sweep. Beast is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Beast controlling the action here.
Beast not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Del Fuegos wants to improve his position but Beast is controlling well.
Beast missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Beast is thwarting Del Fuegos's attempts to control the position.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Del Fuegos looks to score with a jab to the body but Beast is just out of range.
And Beast tries to counter it with a takedown but Del Fuegos pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Del Fuegos tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Beast paws at him with a jab and circles away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
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.
Beast shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Del Fuegos connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Del Fuegos finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Beast fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Del Fuegos keeps the fight on the outside.
Del Fuegos bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Beast's head backwards.
Beast ducks under a wild hook from Del Fuegos.
Del Fuegos misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Beast feints and as Del Fuegos raises his hands in defense, Beast changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Del Fuegos has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Del Fuegos is trying to keep Beast in close.
Beast's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Beast landing with the ground and pound.
Del Fuegos is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Beast is trying to control but can't.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Del Fuegos prevents Beast from improving his position.
Beast tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Del Fuegos has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
Beast is wriggling around trying to escape.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Diego Del Fuegos 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!
Del Fuegos pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Beast tries to close the distance and clinch but Del Fuegos swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Del Fuegos is looking to counter punch.
Beast moves out of range of the strikes.
Del Fuegos misses with the combination.
Beast tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Del Fuegos defends well and Beast ends up having to push Del Fuegos into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Del Fuegos 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.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Del Fuegos lands a left and a right that send Beast crashing to the mat, dazed. Del Fuegos thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
Diego Del Fuegos is winning the standup battle so far.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Del Fuegos misses with a hook. Beast ducked under it nicely.
Del Fuegos swings widly with a right hand
and Beast counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Beast.
Del Fuegos is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Del Fuegos has momentary wrist control but Beast slips an elbow through the middle.
Del Fuegos trying to control the position.
Del Fuegos wants to sweep here but Beast controlling him for the moment.
Del Fuegos can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Beast controls the pace.
Del Fuegos is trying to control the position from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.
Beast forces Del Fuegos back against the cage and clinches.
Del Fuegos tries to break the clinch but Beast is controlling the position.
Del Fuegos looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Beast drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Del Fuegos misses with some punches.
Beast wants to take the fight to the mat but Del Fuegos manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Diego Del Fuegos has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Za Beast.
Del Fuegos throws a punch but it's blocked by Beast.
A short right from Del Fuegos.
Del Fuegos breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Del Fuegos scores with a body shot.
Del Fuegos moves in looking to clinch but Beast pushes him off.
Beast feints the counter takedown.
Diego Del Fuegos seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Beast blocks a jab.
Beast changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Beast.
Del Fuegos tries to clinch but Beast moves out of range.
Beast drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Del Fuegos defends it well.
Del Fuegos uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Beast has time to react.
Del Fuegos loads up on a big right hand but Beast slips the punch.
Del Fuegos moves into the clinch successfully.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Del Fuegos as Beast tries to tie him up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Beast has Del Fuegos pressed against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Del Fuegos fails to land.
Beast drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Del Fuegos swings wildly with an uppercut but Beast uses good head movement to avoid it.
Beast working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Del Fuegos throws a punch but it's blocked by Beast.
Beast keeps control of Del Fuegos as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Del Fuegos misses with a short punch on the inside.
And that's the end of the fight!
Diego Del Fuegos showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Del Fuegos 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 Don Winkell scores the fight 28:29
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 29:29
The fight is ruled a draw!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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