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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Diego Del Fuegos (ranked 1003 p4p, 1067 weight class) and Minoari Amida (ranked 154 p4p, 167 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick |
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World class MT
Good gas tank |
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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 8 - 3 - 1, 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 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Minoari Amida!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, Chris Edwards and Paul Tew.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Del Fuegos throws a lazy right hand but Amida sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Amida throws a head kick but Del Fuegos moves out of range.
A shot to the body from Del Fuegos misses
and Amida counters with a nice body shot.
Nice defenses there by Amida.
Amida throws out a counter right but Del Fuegos avoids it with no problem.
Del Fuegos has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Tran MMA Gym in the buildup to the fight.
Del Fuegos throws out a loose jab but Amida uses good head movement to avoid it.
Del Fuegos displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
It looks like Minoari Amida has been cut.
Amida gets tackled into the cage by Del Fuegos. Del Fuegos maintains the clinch.
Amida looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Amida lands a knee to the body.
Del Fuegos blocks an uppercut.
Del Fuegos changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Amida fights it off and pushes away nicely.
A shot to the body from Del Fuegos misses
and Amida makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Amida cracks Del Fuegos with a right hand to the side of the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Amida changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Amida throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Amida gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Del Fuegos.
Minoari Amida is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Jab, jab by Amida - just one landing.
Diego Del Fuegos seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Del Fuegos takes one to the chin there.
Del Fuegos moves into the clinch successfully.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Del Fuegos takes a knee right on the jaw!
Del Fuegos is rocked!
It looks like Diego Del Fuegos has been cut.
Amida is leaning against Del Fuegos and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Oh Del Fuegos is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Amida wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Del Fuegos has him pressed against the cage.
Del Fuegos seems to have got his legs back now.
Del Fuegos tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Amida misses with a knee strike.
Amida working hard to break the clinch.
Amida lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
A head punch on the inside from Amida fails to land.
Del Fuegos goes for a takedown in the clinch but Amida prevents it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Amida trying to land knees to the body.
Amida is struggling to control the position.
Amida is trying to force a seperation but Del Fuegos has the dominant position.
Amida missing with knees to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Amida working aggressively here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Amida.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Amida connects with a nasty looking knee right to Del Fuegos's face.
A nice left hand lands by Amida.
Del Fuegos tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Amida makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Del Fuegos pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Del Fuegos misses with a left hand
and Amida counters with a stiff right hand.
Del Fuegos throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Amida sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Del Fuegos misses with an uppercut.
Amida lands with a thumping leg kick.
Some wild striking there from Del Fuegos.
Amida circles away from the clinch attempt
and Amida counters with an inside leg kick.
Amida swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Del Fuegos fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Amida to the ground. Del Fuegos is now in Amida's guard.
Amida is pulling down on Del Fuegos's head. It's preventing any offense from Del Fuegos, at least for the moment.
Amida being controlled here, momentarily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Amida trying to control the position here.
Amida's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Amida tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Del Fuegos is fighting to break Amida's control of his arms but Amida is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Amida wants to stand but Del Fuegos is controlling the position.
Del Fuegos has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Amida looking for a sweep. Not yet Amida, not yet.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.
Del Fuegos closes the distance and pushes Amida back into the cage.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Minoari Amida dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
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.
Del Fuegos has Amida up against the cage in a clinch.
Amida looking to throw knees to the head but Del Fuegos is blocking nicely.
Del Fuegos leaning against his opponent.
Minoari Amida seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Amida tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Del Fuegos is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Amida's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Del Fuegos displaying some good clinch control by pressing Amida up against the cage.
Amida lands a shoulder strike.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Amida is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Amida misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Del Fuegos.
Amida has a couple of punches blocked by Del Fuegos.
Amida has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Del Fuegos is working Amida over against the cage.
Del Fuegos misses with an elbow over the top.
Del Fuegos breaks from the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Del Fuegos stuns Amida with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Del Fuegos avoids the head kick by Amida.
Del Fuegos closes the distance but Amida moves to the side
enabling Amida to counter with a crisp jab.
Del Fuegos bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Amida's head.
Del Fuegos digs a good hook to Amida's body.
Del Fuegos cracks Amida with a good jab.
Del Fuegos lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Amida uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Del Fuegos.
Amida loads up on a big right hand but Del Fuegos slips the punch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Amida connects with a solid leg kick.
Diego Del Fuegos is winning the standup battle so far.
Del Fuegos with the inside leg kick.
Amida goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Amida looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Del Fuegos scores with a sloppy right hand. Amida should have avoided that one.
Amida lands a body shot.
Del Fuegos swinging wildly here.
Del Fuegos throws a solid leg kick but Amida takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Del Fuegos.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Del Fuegos!
Amida is rocked!
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Del Fuegos.
Amida connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Del Fuegos falls off balance throwing a combination
and Amida counters with a big right hand! Oh Del Fuegos is in trouble here! Amida follows up with more strikes and that's it! The ref has stopped it!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Minoari Amida!
A relieved looking Minoari Amida thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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energy
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hype
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