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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between LA twotwo star (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nick Diaz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Diaz is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Take My Hand. Nick Diaz will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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182 lbs
8 - 1 - 1 |
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188 cm
26
182 lbs
6 - 5 - 0 |
Powerful takedowns
Brawler
Very strong |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Knockout power |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, LA twotwo star!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Nick Diaz!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
star shoots in for a takedown but Diaz shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Diaz drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Diaz tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
star is looking to reverse the position.
star gets back to half guard.
star wants to control but Diaz is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Diaz is working for a kimura but star is defending it quite comfortably.
star makes his way to full guard. A much better position for star.
star working a defensive guard here.
Diaz must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
That's one minute gone in the round.
star had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Diaz defends it easily.
Diaz avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
star lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Diaz!
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Diaz is wriggling around trying to escape.
Diaz wants to control but star is having none of it.
star trying to control but Diaz is having none of it.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
star landing strikes from the mount.
star goes for an armbar but he's fallen flat on his backside there and now Diaz is on top in guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Diaz accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Diaz with a flurry of punches that miss.
star is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Diaz is striking from the bottom but he's now found himself mounted! Oh dear - not enough focus on defense there.
star looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Diaz throwing hammer fists to the chest of star. What's that going to do exactly?
star takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
star looking to control but Diaz is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Diaz is wriggling around trying to escape.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
star can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Diaz is looking to escape.
Diaz really doesn't want to stay on the ground with star. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Diaz is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
star tries to control but Diaz wriggling away.
Diaz tries to get back to half guard but can't.
star fails to move to back control.
Diaz has given up his back.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Diaz manages to reverse the position and now he's in star's guard. Nice work there by Diaz.
star looking for a triangle here. Diaz is fighting it but it looks tight! star pulls the arm across and this one won't last much longer! Nope, Diaz is tapping out - this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:31 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). LA twotwo star!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
48% |
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