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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Noel Diaz (ranked 11 p4p, 73 weight class) and Maurice Tillet (ranked 2 p4p, 12 weight class). Diaz's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, The Stockton Slap Song. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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BJJ Brown Belt
Solid boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 19 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Noel Diaz!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Maurice Tillet!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, Colin Fotheringham and James Atkins.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Diaz throws a hook but Tillet avoids it easily.
Tillet unleashes a big counter combination but Diaz bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Diaz throws a hook but Tillet blocks it.
Tillet is looking for the big counter here.
Diaz lands with a straight right. Tillet didn't see that one coming.
Jab, jab by Diaz - just one landing.
Diaz throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Tillet sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Diaz looks to score with a jab to the body but Tillet is just out of range.
Diaz scores with a jab to the body.
Tillet lands with a straight right. Diaz didn't see that one coming.
Tillet misses with an uppercut. Diaz saw that one coming.
Noel Diaz seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tillet shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Diaz is trying to defend but Tillet finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tillet sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Diaz defending well though.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Tillet thows a huge punch but Diaz dodges it nicely.
Tillet has been taking part in the yoga sessions down at Icon Sport Laboratories. Presumably he's going to look for a slick submission... Or maybe he's looking to avoid one.
Diaz is trying to maintain the position but Tillet is very close to passing his half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tillet working the head and body with strikes.
Diaz has his hands clasped together around Tillet's back. He's all about the action.
Diaz wants to improve his position but Tillet is controlling well.
Tillet drops an elbow to the side of Diaz's head.
Diaz gets back to full guard.
Diaz keeping full guard, as Tillet tries to pass.
Tillet trying to control but Diaz is working from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diaz looking to control.
Diaz keeping moving, preventing Tillet from controlling successfully.
Diaz is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Diaz keeping moving, preventing Tillet from controlling successfully.
Diaz is trying to keep Tillet in close.
Diaz 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.
Diaz is working hard here to advance position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tillet scoring with punches to the head and body.
Tillet scoring with punches to the head and body.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Tillet wants to control from the top but Diaz keeps moving.
Diaz is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Tillet chips away with some ground and pound.
Diaz is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Tillet engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Diaz working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Tillet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Diaz keeping moving, preventing Tillet from controlling successfully.
Tillet throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Diaz works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Tillet landing some decent shots from guard.
Diaz 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.
Diaz working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Tillet.
Tillet 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.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Diaz is on top in guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Diaz stopping the sweep attempt from Tillet.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Maurice Tillet 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.
Tillet throws a poor cross that misses
letting Diaz counter with a right hand.
Diaz throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Tillet shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Diaz is controlling Tillet's trapped leg to prevent Tillet from advancing to side control.
Tillet seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Diaz does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Diaz is pressing down on Tillet's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tillet tries to free his leg and advance position but Diaz is retaining full guard.
Tillet trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Tillet wants to control from the top but Diaz keeps moving.
Maurice Tillet has got the better of the ground game so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Diaz is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Tillet works over Diaz with some ground and pound from guard.
Tillet must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Tillet working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Tillet throwing strikes from guard but Diaz blocks nicely.
Diaz utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Tillet won't allow Diaz to sweep him here.
Tillet wants to control from the top but Diaz keeps moving.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Tillet's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Diaz has momentary wrist control but Tillet slips an elbow through the middle.
Diaz utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Tillet wants to control from the top but Diaz keeps moving.
Tillet in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Tillet postures up in Diaz's guard and throws a big left but Diaz blocks it.
Diaz has momentary wrist control but Tillet slips an elbow through the middle.
Tillet working some strikes from top position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diaz avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Tillet working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Tillet wants to control from the top but Diaz keeps moving.
Tillet is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Diaz is trying to hold Tillet in close to prevent damage but Tillet has managed to pass into half guard.
Tillet is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Tillet 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.
Tillet scoring with strikes to the body and head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tillet landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Tillet missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Diaz is defending against the submission attempts here by Tillet.
Diaz on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Diaz is pressing down on Tillet's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Diaz looking to control.
Diaz is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Tillet throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Tillet postures up and lands a big shot to Diaz's brow.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Maurice Tillet showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Tillet gets the takedown into side control.
Diaz is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Diaz keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount.
Ground and pound from Tillet.
Diaz avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Tillet.
Diaz slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Diaz seems to have improved his submission grappling technique since last time we saw him. Let's see if he can pull off a submission.
Tillet throws an elbow that misses. Diaz uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Tillet's guard. Nice move by Diaz!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Diaz won't allow Tillet to sweep him here.
Tillet throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Tillet has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tillet wants to sweep but no luck.
Tillet is looking to sweep but instead, Diaz has passed into half guard.
Tillet trying to control here.
Tillet wants to get back to full guard.
Tillet gets full guard.
Tillet looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Diaz trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Tillet wants to hit a sweep here but Diaz passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Tillet there!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tillet is squirming around, avoiding Diaz's attempts to control the action.
Tillet bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Tillet throwing strikes but missing.
Tillet in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Diaz is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Diaz 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.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tillet throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Diaz works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Diaz keeping moving, preventing Tillet from controlling successfully.
Tillet looking to sit in guard and control but Diaz gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Diaz preventing the sweep.
Tillet throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Tillet throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Diaz is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Tillet wants to sweep here but Diaz controlling him for the moment.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Diaz passes Tillet's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Tillet wants to improve his position but Diaz is controlling well.
Tillet moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Diaz preventing the sweep.
Diaz trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Tillet being controlled here, momentarily.
Tillet throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close third round but Maurice Tillet just about did enough to take it.
That's time! Back to the action!
Tillet fails with a takedown attempt.
Diaz scores with a nice right hand.
Tillet with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Diaz to score with a decent uppercut.
Diaz lands an overhand right.
Diaz defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Tillet.
Diaz misses with a hook
and Tillet cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Diaz scores with a jab to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Diaz throws a hook but Tillet avoids it easily.
Tillet is looking for the big counter here.
Diaz bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Tillet's head.
Diaz getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Diaz thows a left - swing and a miss!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Diaz defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Tillet.
Noel Diaz has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Maurice Tillet.
Diaz fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Tillet manages to avoid it.
It seemed like Tillet was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
A big left from Diaz misses.
Diaz throws an overhand right that lands on Tillet's shoulder, as Tillet tries to avoid the shot.
Maurice Tillet is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Tillet slips a straight right by Diaz.
Tillet throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
An attempted straight right counter from Diaz misses the target.
Tillet uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Diaz.
A jab from Tillet misses.
Tillet missing with a left hand there. Diaz was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Tillet displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Diaz throws out the jab.
Tillet swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Tillet tries to bum rush Diaz with a series of wild strikes but Diaz uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Tillet tries to move into range but Diaz moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diaz scores with a nice strike.
Tillet steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Diaz.
Diaz gets caught flat footed, as Tillet shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tillet throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Tillet is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Tillet trying to control the position from guard on top but Diaz is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Tillet landing some decent shots from guard.
Tillet working some strikes from top position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tillet landing with the ground and pound.
Diaz is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Tillet is aware though and is defending well.
Tillet with a nice head shot there.
Diaz looking for a guillotine here but Tillet defends easily.
Tillet looking to pass the guard.
Diaz is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tillet slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Diaz stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Tillet swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Tillet manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Diaz manages to get himself to full guard.
Diaz looking to hit a scissor sweep but Tillet is one step ahead there.
Tillet is looking to work some ground and pound but Diaz has wrist control.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Noel Diaz had his way with Maurice Tillet in that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Diaz misses the shot to the body.
Diaz takes the fight into the clinch.
Diaz swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Tillet prevents a body shot from Diaz.
Diaz is trying to stall.
Tillet scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Diaz lands a hook that snaps the head of Tillet backwards.
Still in the clinch, Diaz scores with a nice short uppercut.
Tillet wants a takedown but no success here.
Tillet drops down looking for an ankle pick but Diaz pulls his leg out and moves away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nice takedown defense from Diaz. No joy for Tillet on that attempt.
Diaz swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Noel Diaz has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Maurice Tillet.
Good shot there by Diaz.
Tillet takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Diaz is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Tillet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tillet shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Diaz sprawls well. Diaz wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Tillet gets slowly back to his feet.
Tillet is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
Nice straight punches there by Diaz. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Diaz.
Tillet throws a big shot that misses.
Diaz lands an overhand right.
Diaz misses with a wild combination.
Tillet shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Diaz as he avoids it easily.
Tillet takes one on the button.
Noel Diaz has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tillet gets tackled into the cage by Diaz. Diaz maintains the clinch.
Diaz is leaning against Tillet and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Diaz lands a nice uppercut.
Tillet is rocked!
Tillet is trying to break the clinch but Diaz is controlling him.
Tillet is still on wobbly legs! Can Diaz finish him?
Diaz lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Diaz lands on the inside with an uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Diaz lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Tillet to his knees! Diaz keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:29 of round 5, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Noel Diaz!
Noel Diaz is the new welterweight champion!
Noel Diaz 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.
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