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Coming up we have a featherweight kickboxing rules bout between Clark Zapata (ranked 4619 p4p, 25110 weight class) and Ricardo Diaz (ranked 317 p4p, 366 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Zapata might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Alab ng Puso. Diaz has chosen Green Goblin Mode as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Solid boxing
Granite chin
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Knockout power
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Clark Zapata!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 13 - 0, fighting out of London, Ricardo Diaz!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, Sam Margolis and Richard Clark.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Diaz thumps Zapata with a low kick.
Zapata misses with a few strikes there.
Diaz lands a nice shot that snaps Zapata's head back.
Diaz moves into the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Zapata's face as he tries to break the clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Diaz.
Zapata takes an elbow to the temple.
Zapata wants to get back to striking at distance but Diaz won't allow it.
Zapata working hard to break the clinch.
Diaz looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Diaz creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Zapata's defenses.
A frustrated look appears on Zapata's face as he tries to break the clinch.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Diaz keeps control of Zapata as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Diaz slows down the pace here.
Diaz lands an elbow that stopped Zapata in his tracks for a moment.
Diaz lands an elbow inside.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Diaz lands an elbow that stopped Zapata in his tracks for a moment.
Diaz prevents Zapata from breaking the clinch.
Zapata's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Zapata throws a head kick but Diaz moves out of range.
Zapata scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
That's one minute gone in the round.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Diaz comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Zapata wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Diaz comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Diaz.
Zapata tries to break the clinch but Diaz is controlling the position.
Diaz wants to stall.
Zapata wants to break free but Diaz has control.
Diaz lands an elbow just above Zapata 's eye.
Diaz has Zapata pressed against the ropes, preventing Zapata from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Diaz avoiding damage.
Diaz prevents Zapata from breaking the clinch.
Zapata takes an elbow to the forehead.
Diaz lands an elbow that stopped Zapata in his tracks for a moment.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Nice elbow from Diaz.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zapata takes an elbow to the temple.
It looks like Clark Zapata has been cut.
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!
Diaz lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Nice elbow from Diaz.
Diaz lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Zapata misses with a punch to the body.
Zapata wants to break free but Diaz has control.
Zapata wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Diaz lands a nice elbow.
Diaz keeps control of Zapata as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Diaz lands an elbow that stopped Zapata in his tracks for a moment.
Zapata takes an elbow to the temple.
Diaz is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Diaz.
Diaz lands a damaging elbow.
Zapata is rocked!
Zapata blocks an elbow strike from Diaz.
Oh Zapata is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Diaz pushes off an throws an elbow but Zapata leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Zapata seems to have got his legs back now.
Diaz is pushing Zapata up against the ropes, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Diaz lands an elbow inside that Zapata shrugs off.
Diaz lands an elbow that stopped Zapata in his tracks for a moment.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Ricardo Diaz dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Clark Zapata's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Zapata rushes Diaz and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Diaz comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Diaz comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Zapata is trying to break free.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Diaz.
Diaz smacks Zapata right on the bridge of the nose with a massive elbow! Another one lands and Zapata goes down! He's clearly dazed - will he beat the count? 3,4,5,6,7... up to one knee... 8,9,10! He's not made it! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:26 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Elbows). Ricardo Diaz!
Ricardo Diaz is the new featherweight champion!
Ricardo Diaz took some time post fight to say the following; 'I just smoked that guy, wow. Dios, por favor salva el alma de este hombre.'.
The defeated Clark Zapata had this to say: 'I will learn from this.'.
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hype
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