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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Brandon Spears (ranked 25316 p4p, 4863 weight class) and Vincent Diaz (ranked 538 p4p, 458 weight class). Diaz has chosen Tantric Buddhist Chants as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Brandon Spears has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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BJJ White Belt
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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 1 - 7 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Brandon Spears!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Vincent Diaz!
The judges for this bout are Peter Branson, Daniel Franklin and Sandra Marshall.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Spears misses with a body kick.
Spears looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Diaz throws a big shot that misses.
Diaz misses with a straight right.
Diaz has closed the distance and engaged Spears in a clinch.
Diaz stalling.
Spears tries to land a knee to the head but Diaz blocks with his arms.
Diaz blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Diaz is trying to drag Spears to the mat but Spears just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Diaz wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Spears has him pressed against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Spears lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Spears leaning against his opponent.
Spears working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Diaz blocks an elbow strike.
Spears tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Diaz takes a shot to the head.
With the fighters up against the cage, Spears throws an elbow but misses.
Spears scores with a nice hook to the head.
Spears is leaning against Diaz and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Spears comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Diaz takes an elbow to the temple.
It looks like Vincent Diaz has been cut.
Spears lands an elbow just above Diaz 's eye.
Diaz is rocked!
Diaz avoids a wild elbow strike from Spears.
Diaz avoids the elbow strike from Spears, against the cage.
Spears misses with a body punch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Spears throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Diaz goes for a takedown in the clinch but Spears prevents it.
Spears looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Spears creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Spears.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Spears throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Spears is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Brandon Spears has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Vincent Diaz.
Spears comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Spears lands a damaging elbow.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Diaz takes an elbow to the temple.
Diaz is still on wobbly legs! Can Spears finish him?
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Spears lands an elbow that stopped Diaz in his tracks for a moment.
Spears stalling.
Clinched against the cage, Spears lands a big elbow that drops Diaz! The ref dives in to save him from more shots - Diaz is complaining that he's OK but he was done.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:20 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Brandon Spears!
In his post fight interview, Brandon Spears started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.
The defeated Vincent Diaz had this to say: 'Aaaaaugh! Blaagha-blah, yecch!, ARRUGGHH!'.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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