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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Bardia Farrokhzad (ranked 237 p4p, 134 weight class) and Diogo Jimenez (ranked 31 p4p, 20 weight class). Farrokhzad comes to the cage accompanied by Rastak - Hele Mali (Iranian Fisherman Folk Song). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 23 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bardia Farrokhzad!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 24 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Diogo Jimenez!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Hogan, Darius Henderson and Chris Dean.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jimenez thumps Farrokhzad with a low kick.
Farrokhzad looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Farrokhzad tries to clinch there but Jimenez circles away.
Farrokhzad fails with an attempt to clinch.
A telegraphed right hand from Farrokhzad misses the target.
Jimenez throws out a counter right but Farrokhzad avoids it with no problem.
Farrokhzad connects with a nice looking jab.
Jimenez scores with a jab. Farrokhzad acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Jimenez lands a two punch combo.
Farrokhzad gets caught flat footed, as Jimenez shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Farrokhzad pulls Jimenez in close to his closed guard and prevents Jimenez from doing any damage or advancing position.
Farrokhzad is trying to keep Jimenez in close.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Farrokhzad is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Jimenez wants to pass the guard but Farrokhzad is keeping the position.
Farrokhzad tries to land a sweep but no joy.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Farrokhzad pulls Jimenez in close to his closed guard and prevents Jimenez from doing any damage or advancing position.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.
Diogo Jimenez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Farrokhzad lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Farrokhzad misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Jimenez.
Jimenez throws a hook to the side of Farrokhzad's head but Farrokhzad sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jimenez misses the shot to the body.
Jab from Jimenez.
Farrokhzad on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Jimenez moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Jimenez jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Farrokhzad uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Jimenez.
Farrokhzad misses with a wild body shot.
Jimenez misses with a hook. Farrokhzad ducked under it nicely.
Farrokhzad misses the shot to the body.
Farrokhzad misses with an uppercut.
Nice uppercut lands for Jimenez. That snapped Farrokhzad's head back.
Jimenez throws a body punch but Farrokhzad moves out of range.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Farrokhzad uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Jimenez.
Farrokhzad misses with a body shot
and Jimenez connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Jimenez goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Farrokhzad misses with a looping left.
Jimenez swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Jimenez is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Farrokhzad.
Farrokhzad is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Farrokhzad displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Jimenez throws out the jab.
Nice defenses there by Farrokhzad.
Jimenez wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Jimenez scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Jimenez lands with a shot to the body.
Jimenez slips a straight right by Farrokhzad.
Jimenez jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Jimenez throws a body shot but no joy.
Bardia Farrokhzad is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Farrokhzad moves into the clinch.
Jimenez prevents a body shot from Farrokhzad.
Farrokhzad lands a left hand that snaps the head of Jimenez backwards.
Jimenez misses with a body punch.
Jimenez blocking some punches.
Jimenez gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Farrokhzad gets back to full guard.
Farrokhzad wants to sweep but no luck.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Farrokhzad is working hard here to advance position.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Farrokhzad wants to control but instead he gets his guard passed and Jimenez is now in half guard.
Farrokhzad tries to roll over but Jimenez keeps him under control.
Jimenez looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Farrokhzad is trying is best to control the position here.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Diogo Jimenez dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Jimenez throws the left hand but Farrokhzad avoids the punch easily.
A good leg kick by Jimenez.
Jimenez shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Jimenez is pressing down on Farrokhzad's thigh, looking to free his foot. Farrokhzad is holding on for now.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jimenez seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Farrokhzad does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Farrokhzad is looking to get back to full guard here but Jimenez has managed to pass to side control instead.
You can see the frustration on Farrokhzad's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Farrokhzad is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Jimenez is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Jimenez tries to move into full mount but can't pass Farrokhzad's legs.
Farrokhzad tries to improve position but can't.
You can see the frustration on Farrokhzad's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Jimenez is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Jimenez tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Farrokhzad is trying to control Jimenez's posture but Jimenez avoids it.
Jimenez wants to lay and pray for a moment but Farrokhzad keeps working.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Jimenez throws a lazy right hand but Farrokhzad sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Diogo Jimenez seems to be getting the better of the standup.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Farrokhzad tries to bum rush Jimenez with a series of wild strikes but Jimenez uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Jimenez will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Farrokhzad misses with a hook. Jimenez ducked under it nicely.
Farrokhzad on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Jimenez just misses with a punch to the body.
Farrokhzad swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Farrokhzad takes a swing at Jimenez's ribcage but misses.
Jimenez fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Farrokhzad looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Jimenez.
Farrokhzad cracks Jimenez with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Jimenez lands with an overhand left.
Farrokhzad on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Jimenez walks into a jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Farrokhzad throws a body punch but Jimenez moves out of range.
Jimenez fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Farrokhzad manages to avoid it.
Farrokhzad swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Farrokhzad digs a good body shot into Jimenez's ribs.
Farrokhzad feints a jab promting Jimenez to slip. Farrokhzad then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Jimenez slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jimenez slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Farrokhzad moves to clinch but Jimenez breaks away
enabling Jimenez to counter with a crisp jab.
Farrokhzad looks to land a left hand but Jimenez moved out of range nicely.
Farrokhzad is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Jimenez.
Farrokhzad throws a lazy right hand but Jimenez sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Farrokhzad has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Farrokhzad there as he acknowledges the shot.
Jimenez misses with a right hand
letting Farrokhzad counter with a right hand.
Jimenez looks to score with a jab to the body but Farrokhzad is just out of range.
Farrokhzad has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Farrokhzad there as he acknowledges the shot.
Farrokhzad moves out of range as Jimenez strikes.
The fighters circling - Farrokhzad throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Jimenez now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Farrokhzad wants to clinch.
The fighters circling - Jimenez throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Farrokhzad throws the left hand but Jimenez avoids the punch easily.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Diogo Jimenez showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Farrokhzad takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Jimenez looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Farrokhzad is trying to maintain the position but Jimenez is very close to passing his half guard.
Farrokhzad is trying to get back to full guard.
Jimenez looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Farrokhzad keeping hold of Jimenez's head, controlling as best he can.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jimenez is working for a submission of some sort.
Jimenez is controlling the pace.
Diogo Jimenez has got the better of the ground game so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Farrokhzad has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Jimenez is working away from the top position though.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters, thinking about a standup.
Farrokhzad is doing well to avoid being mounted. He's controlling the position at the moment.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Farrokhzad takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Farrokhzad misses with a straight right.
A swing and a miss from Jimenez.
Jimenez ducks under a wild hook from Farrokhzad.
Farrokhzad takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Jimenez throws a lazy uppercut
and Farrokhzad connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Farrokhzad paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Jimenez takes a swing at Farrokhzad's ribcage but misses.
Jimenez getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Farrokhzad throws a hook to the side of Jimenez's head but Jimenez sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Farrokhzad misses with a hook
letting Jimenez counter with a right hand.
Farrokhzad looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
A punch lands to the side of Farrokhzad 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Farrokhzad listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Jimenez misses with an uppercut.
Farrokhzad displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Jimenez throws out the jab.
Farrokhzad throws a hook but Jimenez avoids it easily.
Jimenez has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Jimenez bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jimenez working away.
Farrokhzad is looking to slip a leg under and get half guard but Jimenez is one step ahead and moves to full mount!
Jimenez wants to take Farrokhzad's back but he can't do it this time.
Farrokhzad wants to control but Jimenez is having none of it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Farrokhzad is looking to improve his position but Jimenez isn't that keen on the idea.
Farrokhzad wants to improve position but instead he's given up his back.
Jimenez is staying calm and holding on to the back position, whilst working on a rear naked choke. Farrokhzad is defending well though. Jimenez let's go of the attempt for now.
Jimenez keeps control of the position as Farrokhzad tries to break free.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Diogo Jimenez really dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Farrokhzad staying out of range there.
Farrokhzad displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Jimenez throws out the jab.
Jimenez lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Farrokhzad backs up against the cage.
Farrokhzad misses with a few strikes there.
Farrokhzad ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Jimenez moves away.
Farrokhzad uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Jimenez.
Jimenez lands with a straight right. Farrokhzad didn't see that one coming.
Farrokhzad lands a nice shot to the body.
Jimenez uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Farrokhzad.
Jimenez misses with a right hand
and Farrokhzad cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
An inside leg kick from Jimenez misses.
Jimenez looks for the body kick but Farrokhzad saw that one coming.
Jimenez scores with a jab to the body.
Farrokhzad swinging wildly here.
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!
Jimenez misses with a body shot.
Jimenez fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Farrokhzad looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Farrokhzad takes a swing at Jimenez's ribcage but misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Farrokhzad throws a hook to the side of Jimenez's head but Jimenez sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Jimenez connects with a nice looking jab.
Farrokhzad fails to land with a series of punches.
Jimenez circles away from the clinch attempt.
Farrokhzad uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Jimenez.
Jimenez keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Farrokhzad.
Farrokhzad showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Jimenez.
Jimenez ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Jimenez throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Jimenez. Farrokhzad does a little dance to reset his feet.
Farrokhzad throws a body punch but Jimenez moves out of range.
Jimenez tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Farrokhzad was well out of range. Poor timing from Jimenez.
Farrokhzad scores with a shot to the body.
Farrokhzad throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Farrokhzad moves into the clinch successfully.
Farrokhzad trying to land knees to the body.
Still in the clinch, Jimenez scores with a nice short uppercut.
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!
Farrokhzad is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Jimenez is defending well for now.
Farrokhzad has a couple of punches blocked by Jimenez.
A head punch on the inside from Jimenez fails to land.
Farrokhzad looking to throw knees to the head but Jimenez is blocking nicely.
Farrokhzad lands a nice uppercut.
Farrokhzad tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Jimenez's elbow.
Jimenez misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Farrokhzad throws a head punch that misses.
Farrokhzad with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Jimenez managing to block the knees to the body from Farrokhzad.
Farrokhzad fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Farrokhzad misses with a punch on the inside.
Farrokhzad scores with a shot to the side of Jimenez's head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Farrokhzad.
Jimenez misses with a punch on the inside.
Farrokhzad tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Jimenez avoids it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jimenez scores with a shot to the side of Farrokhzad's head.
Farrokhzad blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Bardia Farrokhzad has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Farrokhzad lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Jimenez.
Farrokhzad goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Jimenez.
Jimenez misses with a punch to the body.
Jimenez breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Jimenez throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Farrokhzad counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Farrokhzad slips a jab from Jimenez.
Farrokhzad on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Farrokhzad uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Farrokhzad closes the distance but Jimenez moves to the side
and Jimenez counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Jimenez fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Farrokhzad manages to avoid it.
Farrokhzad tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Jimenez was well out of range. Poor timing from Farrokhzad.
Farrokhzad staying out of range there.
Farrokhzad throws a jab but it's blocked by Jimenez.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jimenez circles away from the clinch attempt.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jimenez fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Farrokhzad manages to avoid it.
Jimenez slips a jab from Farrokhzad.
Jimenez walks into a stiff left hand from Farrokhzad.
Farrokhzad misses with a wild combination.
Jimenez loads up on a big right hand but Farrokhzad slips the punch.
Farrokhzad closes the distance and pushes Jimenez back into the cage.
Jimenez prevents a body shot from Farrokhzad.
Farrokhzad tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Jimenez stalling against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Jimenez.
Farrokhzad lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Jimenez lands a nice shot to the body.
A right handed body shot lands from Farrokhzad.
A head punch on the inside from Farrokhzad fails to land.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Bardia Farrokhzad had his way with Diogo Jimenez in that round.
That's time! Back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Farrokhzad tries to clinch there but Jimenez circles away.
Jimenez clinches up with Farrokhzad and pushes him back against the cage.
Jimenez manages to break the clinch.
Farrokhzad misses with a looping right.
Jimenez throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Farrokhzad.
A looping hook to the body misses from Jimenez. Farrokhzad does a little dance to reset his feet.
A jab from Farrokhzad misses.
Farrokhzad lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Jimenez throws a series of punches but Farrokhzad moves out of range.
Farrokhzad lands with a hook. Jimenez tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Farrokhzad lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Jimenez backs up against the cage.
Farrokhzad lands with a good body shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A jab from Jimenez misses.
Jimenez throws a body shot but no joy.
Farrokhzad just misses with a punch to the body.
Farrokhzad lands a jab.
Jimenez jabbing away but nothing is landing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Farrokhzad takes a swing at Jimenez's ribcage but misses.
Jimenez wants to counter the offense by Farrokhzad and move into the clinch position.
Farrokhzad wants to clinch up but Jimenez keeps it at a distance.
Farrokhzad is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Jimenez looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Jimenez misses with a hook. Farrokhzad ducked under it nicely.
Jimenez scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Farrokhzad staying out of range there.
Farrokhzad throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Jimenez throws a predictable looking body shot
and Farrokhzad counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Farrokhzad lands with a right to the head.
Jimenez pulls guard.
Jimenez is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Farrokhzad is aware though and is defending well.
Farrokhzad postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Farrokhzad lands a couple of elbows.
Jimenez utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Farrokhzad working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Farrokhzad throws a big elbow that misses.
Farrokhzad throws a strike but Jimenez rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Farrokhzad looking for a sweep. Not yet Farrokhzad, not yet.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Farrokhzad is on top in guard.
Farrokhzad postures up in Jimenez's guard and throws a big left but Jimenez blocks it.
Farrokhzad works over Jimenez with some ground and pound from guard.
Farrokhzad postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Farrokhzad postures up in Jimenez's guard and throws a big left but Jimenez blocks it.
Farrokhzad makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Farrokhzad throws an elbow that misses. Jimenez uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Farrokhzad's guard. Nice move by Jimenez!
Farrokhzad trying to control the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jimenez controls from within his opponent's guard.
Farrokhzad looking to hit a scissor sweep but Jimenez is one step ahead there.
Bardia Farrokhzad has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Farrokhzad is trying to hold Jimenez in close to prevent damage but Jimenez has managed to pass into half guard.
Farrokhzad is trying to maintain the position but Jimenez is very close to passing his half guard.
Jimenez is looking for the mount but instead finds himself back in full guard.
Farrokhzad wants to control position but Jimenez is using a can opener to pass guard... He's turned it into a full on guillotine from mount now! Big trouble for Farrokhzad here! He's turning a lovely shade of purple and yep! He's tapping out! I would say world class Jiu Jitsu but is it really? It was nice but let's not get silly about it.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 5, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Diogo Jimenez!
Diogo Jimenez tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.
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