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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Diogo Jimenez (ranked 718 p4p, 1025 weight class) and Patrick Mahomes (ranked 68 p4p, 101 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin |
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Good wrestler
World class MT
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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 45 - 25 - 3, fighting out of Sydney, Diogo Jimenez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 26 - 17 - 4, fighting out of New York, Patrick Mahomes!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Trevor Gratis and Robert Douchet.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Jimenez is defended easily by Mahomes.
Jimenez throws a shot from downtown. Mahomes moves away and avoids it.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Mahomes throws a shot from downtown. Jimenez moves away and avoids it.
Mahomes misses with an uppercut
and Jimenez cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Mahomes throws a chopping leg kick but Jimenez manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Mahomes has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Mahomes there as he acknowledges the shot.
Mahomes with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Mahomes misses with a low kick.
Mahomes moves into range and connects with a jab.
Jimenez throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Mahomes stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Jimenez misses with a head kick.
Mahomes takes one to the chin there.
Mahomes scores with a body shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mahomes lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Jimenez moves out of range as Mahomes throws a body kick.
Mahomes scores with a decent looking hook.
Jimenez fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Mahomes throws a solid leg kick but Jimenez takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Mahomes.
Mahomes gets a clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jimenez fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Mahomes blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Stalling in the clinch from Mahomes.
Jimenez has a couple of punches blocked by Mahomes.
Jimenez lands with a short shot to the head.
Mahomes misses with a hook to the ribs.
Mahomes prevents a body shot from Jimenez.
Jimenez lands with a left to the head.
Jimenez working aggressively here.
Jimenez scores with a shot to the side of Mahomes's head.
Come on Jimenez - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Jimenez wants to stall.
Jimenez taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Jimenez swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Mahomes goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Mahomes prevents a body shot from Jimenez.
Mahomes makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Jimenez.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mahomes lands a hook that snaps the head of Jimenez backwards.
Mahomes tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Jimenez's elbow.
Mahomes cracks Jimenez with a nice body shot.
Mahomes tries to work over Jimenez's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mahomes can't find room to land a body shot as Jimenez controls the action.
Jimenez has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Mahomes is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Mahomes breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Jimenez checks the leg kick.
Patrick Mahomes is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Jimenez connects with a body shot that sends Mahomes's belly button to the back.
Jimenez keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Mahomes.
Mahomes ducks under a wild hook from Jimenez.
Jimenez listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Jimenez punishes Mahomes's body with a nice straight punch.
Jimenez blocks a low kick nicely.
Mahomes lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Jimenez ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Mahomes avoids the body shot from Jimenez.
Mahomes tries to counter with a clinch but Jimenez shakes him off and moves away.
Good work by Mahomes as he checks the leg kick.
Jab from Mahomes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mahomes circles away from the clinch attempt.
Mahomes moves out of range of the strikes.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Mahomes! But no joy.
Mahomes keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Jimenez.
Mahomes looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Both fighters circling a little - Mahomes finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Jimenez is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Jimenez slips a jab and a cross from Mahomes.
Jimenez fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Diogo Jimenez. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Mahomes throws a leg kick but Jimenez moved away.
Jimenez defending well as Mahomes loads up on a big left hand.
Jimenez takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Jimenez fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Mahomes avoids it really well and circles away.
Mahomes looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Mahomes moves out of range as Jimenez strikes.
Mahomes throws a body punch but Jimenez moves out of range.
A jab from Mahomes misses.
Mahomes avoids the body shot from Jimenez.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jimenez thuds a left hand into Mahomes's body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Mahomes misses with an uppercut. Jimenez saw that one coming.
Mahomes throws a head kick that Jimenez semi-blocks.
Mahomes lands with a thumping leg kick.
Mahomes checks the leg kick.
Mahomes lands with a nice body kick.
Jimenez staying out of range there.
Jimenez punishes Mahomes's body with a nice straight punch.
Jimenez uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Mahomes.
Mahomes tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Mahomes bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Jimenez with a jab.
Mahomes tries to land a front kick but Jimenez steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jimenez throws a looping overhand right but Mahomes ducks down to avoid it.
Mahomes looks to land a body kick but Jimenez moved away.
Mahomes connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Mahomes throws a sloppy body shot
enabling Jimenez to counter with a crisp jab.
Jimenez takes a swing at Mahomes's ribcage but misses.
Mahomes looks like he wants to counter punch here.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Patrick Mahomes dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
A jab from Mahomes does it's job there.
Jimenez uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Mahomes.
Mahomes throws a big shot that misses.
Mahomes tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Jimenez is able to avoid easily.
A little feinted left hand from Jimenez on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Jimenez misses with a wild body shot.
Mahomes scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Jimenez checks a leg kick.
Jimenez is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Jimenez throws a body shot but no joy.
Jimenez rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
enabling Mahomes to counter with a crisp jab.
Jimenez defending well as Mahomes loads up on a big left hand.
Jimenez uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Mahomes.
A bone on bone clash there as Jimenez blocks the leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jimenez rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Mahomes moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Mahomes does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Mahomes on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Mahomes swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mahomes tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Jimenez manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Jimenez blocks a head kick by Mahomes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mahomes misses the body punch
and Jimenez counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Jimenez tries to clinch up.
A jab from Jimenez does it's job there.
Mahomes tries to move into range but Jimenez moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Jimenez moves out of range of the body kick from Mahomes.
Mahomes defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Jimenez.
Mahomes moves into range and clinches up with Jimenez.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Jimenez misses with a short punch on the inside.
Jimenez scores with a shot to the side of Mahomes's head.
Mahomes lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Jimenez backwards.
Jimenez tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Mahomes's elbow.
Jimenez lands a right hand.
Mahomes escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Jimenez shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Mahomes's guard.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Mahomes can do anything to dispel that myth.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mahomes keeping moving, preventing Jimenez from controlling successfully.
Jimenez looking to sit in guard and control but Mahomes gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jimenez is working for submissions here. He's thrown up his legs looking for a triangle but Mahomes frees his head nicely. Oh but Jimenez has switched to an armbar! Mahomes is tapping furiously! Lovely submission there!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:28 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Armbar). Diogo Jimenez!
Diogo Jimenez decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
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energy
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hype
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RATING
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