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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Egzavea Madden (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nick Diaz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Madden comes to the cage accompanied by Breackdown. Diaz comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Take My Hand kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Egzavea Madden has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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175 lbs
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182 lbs
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BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
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BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Egzavea Madden!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Nick Diaz!
The judges for this bout are , Frank Antenori and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Diaz tries to clinch there but Madden circles away.
Madden moves forwards but Diaz connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Nick Diaz seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Madden looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Diaz shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Diaz throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Diaz missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Madden regains full guard. Nicely done.
Madden is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Madden looking for a guillotine here but Diaz defends easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Madden throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Madden might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Diaz wants to stand but Madden is controlling his posture from full guard.
Madden trying to control the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Diaz in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Diaz missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Diaz looking to pass the guard.
Diaz postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Madden keeping full guard, as Diaz tries to pass.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Diaz shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Diaz showed some decent athleticism there.
Madden wants to get back to his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Madden looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Diaz moves nicely into side control.
Diaz wants to control but Madden is keeping him busy.
Diaz works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Diaz postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
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.
Madden can't do much from the bottom here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The ground and pound from Diaz seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Madden regains half guard, as Diaz was trying to land strikes.
Diaz is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Diaz looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Madden with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Madden is doing well to control the position and prevent Diaz from advancing to side control.
Madden slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Nick Diaz dominated that round.
That's time! Madden's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Diaz misses with a takedown
and Madden decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Diaz's guard.
Madden drops back, looking for a kneebar! Diaz looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Diaz looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Diaz!
Madden is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Madden is trying to control Diaz's posture but Diaz avoids it.
Diaz in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Madden wants to control but Diaz postures up.
Diaz with the ground and pound but Madden regains half guard under the barage of strikes.
Madden is trying to control but can't.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Madden looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Diaz sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Madden defending well though.
Diaz is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Diaz is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Madden is just riding it out for now. Diaz eventually gives up the hold.
Diaz is breathing heavily.
Madden blocking the ground and pound attempt from Diaz.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Diaz trying to work for an americana but Madden has managed to regain full guard.
Madden working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Diaz doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Diaz manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Diaz stands over his opponent and dives in with a flying punch! Madden throws up his legs and catches Diaz in a triangle! Oh this looks tight! Diaz tries to escape but he's forced to tap! Wow, fantastic work there by Madden! That came out of nowhere!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:42 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Egzavea Madden!
Egzavea Madden is the new welterweight champion!
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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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