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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Diego Lopez (ranked 1090 p4p, 817 weight class) and Demyan Pulaski (ranked 131 p4p, 99 weight class). Lopez comes to the cage accompanied by 2PAC - All Eyez on Me. The crowd seem to be enjoying Pulaski's choice of entrance music: Dan Farber - "Don't Touch". 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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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
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Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Diego Lopez!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Demyan Pulaski!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, Daniel Bishop and Steven Brown.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lopez connects with the punch.
It looks like Demyan Pulaski has been cut.
Pulaski gets a clinch.
Lopez looking to stall.
Pulaski blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Pulaski presses Lopez against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Lopez is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Pulaski stalling the fight.
Lopez blocks a body shot from Pulaski.
Pulaski swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Lopez misses with a hook to the ribs.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Lopez.
Pulaski breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pulaski tests Lopez's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Lopez throws an overhand right that lands on Pulaski's shoulder, as Pulaski tries to avoid the shot.
Pulaski closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Pulaski moves out of range as Lopez strikes.
Pulaski looks like he wants to counter punch here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pulaski misses with a hook
and Lopez counters with a left and a right that stings Pulaski.
Pulaski throws a combination that misses
and Lopez counters with a straight right hand.
Lopez takes a swing at Pulaski's ribcage but misses.
Lopez misses with a wild body shot.
Lopez seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Lopez throws a nice looking combination but Pulaski bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Lopez misses with a double jab.
Pulaski looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Pulaski displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Lopez throws out the jab.
Pulaski tests Lopez's chin there with a solid looking shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pulaski is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Lopez misses with a looping left.
A slow jab from Lopez misses its intended target.
Pulaski steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Lopez.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lopez on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Lopez lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Lopez.
Lopez misses with a two punch combination.
Pulaski loads up on a big right hand but Lopez slips the punch.
Pulaski misses with a lunging right hand
and Lopez cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pulaski jabs at Lopez's body.
Pulaski missing with a left hand there. Lopez was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Lopez throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
A big right from Lopez misses.
Lopez scores with a nice head shot.
Lopez uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Pulaski.
Lopez misses with the combination.
Pulaski steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Lopez.
Lopez has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Lopez there as he acknowledges the shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pulaski misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Lopez.
Lopez scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Pulaski tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Lopez was well out of range. Poor timing from Pulaski.
Pulaski throws a right and a left that both miss.
An attempted straight right counter from Lopez misses the target.
Pulaski defending well as Lopez loads up on a big left hand.
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!
Pulaski works the jab nicely.
Lopez is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Pulaski rushes Lopez and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Lopez lands with a right to the head.
Lopez blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Diego Lopez will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Demyan Pulaski's cut.
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.
Pulaski misses with a straight left.
It looked like Lopez was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Pulaski.
Pulaski has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
Jab from Pulaski.
Lopez with a jab.
Pulaski throws a looping overhand right but Lopez ducks down to avoid it.
Lopez throwing a counter right hand but Pulaski manages to avoid it.
Pulaski slips a straight right by Lopez.
Pulaski uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Lopez.
Lopez misses with a two punch combination.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lopez listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Lopez lands with a right hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pulaski misses with a straight right.
Lopez swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Pulaski! But no joy.
Lopez showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Pulaski.
Nice shot by Lopez.
Pulaski looks to clinch
and Lopez connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Lopez misses with a right hand
and Pulaski counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Pulaski on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Pulaski is rocked!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pulaski is holding his hands too far apart here. Lopez throws a hard, straight punch right down the pipe and BOOM! Pulaski is out! That punch landed square on the jaw - what a shot!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:07 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Diego Lopez!
Diego Lopez is the new middleweight champion!
After the fight, Diego Lopez was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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