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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Dan Diego (ranked 25004 p4p, 3716 weight class) and Terrell Yates (ranked 412 p4p, 312 weight class). Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!
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Solid boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Dan Diego!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Terrell Yates!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Aleksandr Martynov and Fedor Mirinova.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Diego throws a hook to the side of Yates's head but Yates sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Diego moves into the clinch successfully.
A right hand to the body from Yates.
Yates has a couple of punches blocked by Diego.
Yates misses with some punches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Diego.
Diego prevents a body shot from Yates.
A head punch on the inside from Diego fails to land.
Yates can't find room to land a body shot as Diego controls the action.
Diego lands a right hand.
Yates breaks from the clinch.
Yates ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Diego moves away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Yates looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Diego looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Diego walks into a straight right hand from Yates.
Diego throws a poor cross that misses
and Yates counters with a nice kick to the body.
Diego avoids the body shot from Yates.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes from Diego. Those never looked like landing.
Yates lands a nice leg kick that just misses Diego's sensitive parts.
Yates scores with a nice right hand.
Diego fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Yates manages to avoid it.
Yates moves out of range of the strikes.
Diego tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Yates misses with a body kick.
Diego misses with a hook to the body
and Yates counters with a nice low kick that buckles Diego's knee momentarily.
A big left from Diego misses.
Yates lands a jab to the nose.
Yates cracks Diego with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Diego throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Diego walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Yates looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Diego connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diego misses with a looping left.
Yates avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Yates pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Diego tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Yates manages to circle out of the way.
Diego ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Yates scores with a head kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from Yates.
Yates lands with a right hand.
Diego keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Diego throws a big shot that misses.
Sloppy strikes from Diego. Those never looked like landing.
Diego throws out a loose jab but Yates uses good head movement to avoid it.
Both fighters circling a little - Yates finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Nice straight punches there by Yates. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Yates.
The fighters circling - Diego throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diego walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Diego is rocked!
Yates fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Diego looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Oh Diego is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Yates cracks Diego with an open hand slap.
Yates throws a head kick that misses.
Diego tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Diego seems to have got his legs back now.
Diego digs a good hook to Yates's body.
Yates misses with a straight right.
Diego rushes Yates and presses him up against the cage.
Yates taking a breather.
Diego throws a punch but it's blocked by Yates.
Diego misses with a hook from the clinch.
Diego is trying to force a seperation but Yates has the dominant position.
A nice right hand lands inside from Yates.
A nice right hand lands inside from Yates.
Yates has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Diego misses with a punch on the inside.
Diego struggles to land a body shot inside as Yates controls his hands.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Diego misses with some punches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Diego.
Yates lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Yates taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Diego lands an uppercut.
A shot in the inside from Diego.
Yates lands a nice shot to the body.
Yates misses with a body punch.
Diego tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Yates's elbow.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Yates.
Yates misses with the head strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Yates.
Yates breaks from the clinch.
Diego is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Yates's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Yates with a nice calf kick.
Yates swings widly with a right hand
and Diego holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Terrell Yates dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Yates cracks Diego with an open hand slap.
Diego takes one on the button.
Yates throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Yates swings for the body but Diego moves out of range.
Yates misses with a wild body shot.
Diego walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Yates swats away the attempt to clinch by Diego.
Yates ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Yates misses with a wild body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Yates looks to score with a jab to the body but Diego is just out of range.
Diego swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Yates throws out a counter right but Diego avoids it with no problem.
A head kick by Yates misses
and Diego holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Yates looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yates throws a punch but it's blocked by Diego.
Diego misses with a body punch.
Diego is trying to force a seperation but Yates has the dominant position.
Yates will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Diego up against the cage.
Diego tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Yates's elbow.
Diego blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Yates misses with some punches.
Yates has a couple of punches blocked by Diego.
Diego misses with a short punch on the inside.
Diego makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Diego lands a left hand.
Diego wants to break free but Yates has control.
Diego has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Diego working hard to break the clinch.
Diego breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yates cracks a nice hook into Diego's ribs.
Diego pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Yates throws a shot to the body.
Yates uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Diego.
Diego throws a jab when Yates was well out of range.
Yates ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Diego moves away.
Diego avoids the head kick by Yates.
Diego looks to land a right hand but Yates moved out of range.
Yates lands with a thumping leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Diego lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Diego.
Yates looks to land a right hand but Diego moved out of range.
Diego walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Yates looks to score with a jab to the body but Diego is just out of range.
Diego takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yates scores with a nice body kick.
Diego misses with an uppercut.
Yates uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Diego.
As Diego backs off Yates throws a huge counter combo but Diego manages to avoid it all.
Diego clobbers Yates with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Yates wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Yates connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Diego momentarily.
Diego just misses with a punch to the body.
Yates uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Diego.
Yates bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Diego's head.
Yates fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Diego.
Yates cracks Diego with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Diego takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Diego throws a hook but Yates avoids it easily.
Yates only half commits to the counter leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yates scores with a nice right hand.
Diego throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Terrell Yates seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Yates pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Yates scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Diego ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Yates moves away.
Yates throws a hook but Diego avoids it easily.
Yates keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Diego tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Yates lands with a nice body punch.
Yates moves out of range of the strikes.
Yates missing with a left hand there. Diego was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A big right from Diego misses.
Diego throws out a loose jab but Yates uses good head movement to avoid it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Terrell Yates showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Diego's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Yates displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Diego throws out the jab.
Yates uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Diego.
Diego takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Yates lands a nice leg kick that just misses Diego's sensitive parts.
An inside leg kick lands from Yates.
Diego staying out of range there.
Diego fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Yates looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Yates loads up on a big right hand but Diego slips the punch.
A looping hook to the body misses from Yates. Diego does a little dance to reset his feet.
Diego is looking to counter the offense by Yates and move into the clinch.
Yates has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Diego wants to clinch up but Yates keeps it at a distance.
Yates waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Diego.
Diego throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Yates counters with an inside leg kick.
Yates slips a jab from Diego.
Yates throws a nice inside leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Diego moves out of range as Yates throws a body kick.
Diego seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Yates staying out of range there.
Diego takes one to the side of the head.
Diego drops his hands momentarily and Yates takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
A telegraphed right hand from Diego misses the target.
A swing and a miss from Diego.
Yates doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Yates has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Yates there as he acknowledges the shot.
Yates turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Diego tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Yates counters with a straight right hand.
Diego misses with a lunging right hand
and Yates counters with a left to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Yates. Diego does a little dance to reset his feet.
Diego uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Diego moves away from the strike by Yates.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Diego takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Yates blocks a jab.
Yates takes a swing at Diego's ribcage but misses.
Yates swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Diego throws a sloppy body shot
and Yates connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
A jab lands there for Yates.
The fighters circling - Diego throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Yates moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Diego ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Yates uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Diego.
Yates misses with a double jab.
Yates lands a head shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diego misses the shot to the body.
Yates dodges the punch combination from Diego.
Nice defenses there by Yates.
Yates throws a shot to the body.
Yates throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Diego stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Diego cracks Yates with a good jab.
A looping hook to the body misses from Diego. Yates does a little dance to reset his feet.
Diego swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Yates only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Diego ducks right into an uppercut from Yates.
Diego throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Diego pushes Yates up against the cage in a clinch.
Yates lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Diego or not.
Diego looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Diego prevents a body shot from Yates.
Diego is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Diego blocks a body shot from Yates.
Diego scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A short body shot lands from Yates as the two fighters clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Yates looking to stall.
Yates misses with a short punch on the inside.
Diego prevents a body shot from Yates.
Diego throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Yatess head.
Diego wants to get back to striking at distance but Yates won't allow it.
Diego makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Yates.
Yates fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Dan Diego has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Terrell Yates is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Yates struggles to land a body shot inside as Diego controls his hands.
And that's the end of the fight!
Terrell Yates comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Yates winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Illya Tyunina scores the fight 27:30
Judge Aleksandr Martynov scores the fight 27:30
Judge Fedor Mirinova scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Terrell Yates!
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RATING
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