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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between James Diamond (ranked 1134 p4p, 2376 weight class) and Renaldo Young (ranked 156 p4p, 296 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Young's choice of entrance music: Champagne Supernova- Oasis. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!
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BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
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Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, James Diamond!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Renaldo Young!
The judges for this bout are Columbo Gatti, Anthony Taglia and John Roberts.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Young avoids a punch combination nicely.
Young throws a sloppy body shot
and Diamond counters with a nice uppercut.
Diamond scores with a nice strike.
Young misses with an uppercut
and Diamond counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Diamond has his takedown stuffed
and Young counters with a straight right hand.
It looks like James Diamond has been cut.
Jab from Diamond.
Young on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Diamond shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Young sprawls well. Young wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Diamond gets slowly back to his feet.
Diamond tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Young manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Young throws a shot from downtown. Diamond moves away and avoids it.
Diamond has been working on his boxing with his coaches at 3Band MMA in the buildup to the fight.
Diamond throws the left hand but Young avoids the punch easily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Diamond takes one to the side of the head.
Young has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Diamond takes a shot right to the bread basket.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Diamond throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Young counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Sloppy strikes from Diamond. Those never looked like landing.
Diamond misses with an uppercut
and Diamond takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Young listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
A cross from Young lands.
James Diamond's cut is getting worse.
Young tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Diamond was well out of range. Poor timing from Young.
Diamond tries to clinch but Young is having none of it.
Young swings widly with a right hand
and Diamond cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
A nice combination there by Diamond.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Diamond uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Young.
Young jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Diamond has a takedown stuffed.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for James Diamond. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Diamond scores with a nice strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diamond closes the distance looking to clinch
and Young counters with a nice uppercut.
Diamond 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.
Good work by Young as he checks the leg kick.
Young lands with an overhand left.
Diamond throws a series of punches but Young avoids them all with ease.
Renaldo Young is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
No luck for Diamond with that takedown attempt.
Young lands a big right hand that sends Diamond crashing to the mat! Young stays standing though and waves Diamond back to his feet!
The fight stays on the outside here - Diamond looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Diamond tries to clinch but Young is having none of it.
Young misses with an uppercut.
Young misses with a few strikes there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Young scores with a nice right hand.
James Diamond's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Diamond pushes Young up against the cage in a clinch.
Diamond's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Diamond fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Young avoids it really well and circles away.
A jab from Young misses.
Young moves out of range of the leg kick from Diamond.
A big right from Young misses.
Young is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Diamond had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Young scores with a jab to the body.
Young gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Diamond.
Diamond fails with an attempt to clinch.
Diamond tries to move into range but Young moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Young throws a hook to the side of Diamond's head but Diamond sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Young throws a body punch but Diamond moves out of range.
Diamond misses with a combination
and Young counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Jeez, James Diamond's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
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!
Young throws a jab when Diamond was well out of range.
Diamond is looking to counter punch.
Diamond dives in and grabs Young's left leg, looking for a takedown. Young pushes down on Diamond's head and hops out.
Diamond misses with a series of wild punches.
Diamond throws a right and a left that Young avoids nicely.
Diamond moves into the clinch.
Young escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Young throws the left hand but Diamond avoids the punch easily.
Diamond wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Young jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Diamond takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at James Diamond's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Renaldo Young!
An out of breath Renaldo Young thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
James Diamond was interviewed post fight and said 'Well shit I’m going to get my ass back to the gym but don’t worry I’ll be back with some big knock outs '.
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hype
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RATING
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