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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Farkhad Olga (ranked 4638 p4p, 5288 weight class) and Ethen Diaz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Farkhad Olga could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Ethen Diaz's chin.
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BJJ White Belt
Brawler
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BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
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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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Farkhad Olga!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Ethen Diaz!
The judges for this bout are Santiago Holmes, Sandra Marshall and Winston Alpacca.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Olga shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Olga showed some decent athleticism there.
Diaz is doing well to control the position and prevent Olga from advancing to side control.
Olga stands up from half guard.
Olga feints and as Diaz raises his hands in defense, Olga changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Diaz looking to control.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Diaz is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Olga slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Diaz has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Olga can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Diaz looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Olga throws an elbow that misses. Diaz uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Olga's guard. Nice move by Diaz!
Diaz pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Olga is keeping the position for now.
Olga avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Olga looking for a guillotine here but Diaz defends easily.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Diaz slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Olga keeping moving, preventing Diaz from controlling successfully.
Olga knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Diaz on the ground.
Diaz trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Olga wants to get back to his feet but Diaz is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Olga throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! Diaz escapes and throws Olga's legs to the side, diving into side control!
Olga can't do much from the bottom here.
Olga is trying to get back to half guard.
Diaz throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Olga tries to slip a leg under to move to half guard but Diaz presses down on the leg and jumps into full mount!
Olga tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Diaz controlling his opponent.
Diaz landing punches.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Diaz controlling the position easily from mount.
Diaz thowing shots but they're missing.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Ethen Diaz dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Olga dives in and scores a takedown into Diaz's guard.
Diaz is working actively from the bottom, looking for submissions. He's escaped his hips to the side and he's going for an armbar! Olga has his hands clasped together but Diaz extends and breaks Olga's desperate grasp, forcing a tap out due to armbar! Nice BJJ displayed there by Diaz.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:28 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Ethen Diaz!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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