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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Brian Payne (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Willy Diaz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Diaz comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Ricky Martins Living the Vida Loca kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! The key to victory for Brian Payne has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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180 lbs
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185 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Big right hand |
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Basic striking
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Brian Payne!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Willy Diaz!
The judges for this bout are Igor Prikhodko, Sergei Dronov and Fedor Mirinova.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Payne looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Diaz scores with a leg kick.
Payne fails to land with a series of punches.
Payne gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Diaz loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Diaz keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Payne's head.
Diaz trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Diaz passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Payne is not content to let Diaz control the position.
Diaz postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Payne parries the strikes from Diaz easily there. Diaz is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Payne to escape.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Diaz throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Diaz goes for an armbar here - this could be all over! But no, Payne has escaped beautifully and is now on top in side control! Oh, that's unlucky for Diaz but great work by Payne.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Payne is breathing heavily.
Diaz is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Diaz slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Diaz trying to keep a closed guard but Payne is proving a slippery customer.
Diaz will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Diaz has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Payne has passed into side control.
Diaz is trying to work for a sweep but Payne has mounted him!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diaz is in all sorts of trouble here.
Diaz tries to hold on but Payne postures up.
Diaz is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Diaz slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Diaz tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Diaz slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Diaz trying to strike off his back.
Diaz has an omoplata and is looking to use it perhaps as a submission or perhaps to transition. Payne is in a bit of discomfort here, but he's managed to free himself and has dived into side control! That didn't work out too well for Diaz.
Payne decides to take the fight back to the feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Payne misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Payne misses with a series of wild punches.
Brian Payne is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Diaz wants to slow Payne down by chopping away at his legs.
Diaz lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Payne misses with a two punch combination.
Diaz feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Diaz wants to pass the guard but Payne is keeping the position.
Diaz trying to control but Payne is working from the bottom.
Diaz prevents Payne from getting back to his feet.
Diaz working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Diaz looking to pass the guard.
Diaz missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Payne utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Diaz content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Payne utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Diaz stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Payne swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Diaz working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Diaz trying to control the position from guard on top but Payne is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Diaz drops back, looking for a kneebar! Payne looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Payne looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Payne!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Willy Diaz dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Payne misses with the combination.
Diaz with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Payne throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Payne fails to land with a series of punches.
A nice leg kick lands there from Diaz.
Diaz bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Diaz throwing strikes but Payne manages to buck up and roll into a nice reversal - now he's on top in side control!
Diaz is looking to reverse the position.
Diaz sneaks back into half guard.
Diaz tries to roll over but Payne keeps him under control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Diaz is trying to control but Payne manages to pass to mount!
Diaz keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Diaz is mounted and he's throwing punches. Is that wise?
Diaz is in all sorts of trouble here.
Diaz regains half guard.
Diaz missing with punches from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Payne wants to stand up but Diaz is controlling the position.
Diaz has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Payne is working away from the top position though.
Diaz tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Payne gets to his feet - back to striking we go!
Payne fails to land with a series of punches.
Brian Payne is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
No joy there for Payne, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Payne takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Diaz showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Payne.
Diaz lands with a kick to the ribs.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diaz connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Diaz drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Willy Diaz has got the better of the ground game so far.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Diaz accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Diaz throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Diaz postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Diaz is looking to work some ground and pound but Payne has wrist control.
Diaz is looking to work some ground and pound but Payne has wrist control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Payne wants to stand but Diaz is controlling the position.
Diaz throws a big right hand that misses.
Diaz trying to control but Payne is working from the bottom.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Diaz avoids a punch combination nicely.
Payne fails to land with a series of punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Payne misses with the combination.
Some wild striking there from Diaz.
Payne falls off balance throwing a combination
and Diaz makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Payne throws a series of punches but Diaz moves out of range.
Diaz slips a jab and a cross from Payne.
Diaz pushes Payne up against the cage in a clinch.
Payne wants to get back to striking at distance but Diaz won't allow it.
Payne wants to break the clinch but can't.
Payne wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Diaz breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Diaz connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
A head kick from Diaz lands but Payne takes it in his stride.
Diaz buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
No joy there for Payne, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Diaz feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Payne's calf.
Payne misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Diaz connects with a high kick.
Payne throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Diaz.
Payne misses with a series of wild punches.
Payne misses with a combination
and Diaz counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Payne!
Diaz unloads with some shots from mount but Payne bucks and avoids them well.
Diaz throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Willy Diaz showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Payne misses with a two punch combination.
Diaz drives through with a takedown into guard.
Diaz passes into half guard.
Diaz lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Diaz is trying to control the action in half guard but Payne is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Diaz is stalling here. Payne is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Diaz seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Payne has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Diaz sneaks back into half guard.
Diaz wants to get back to full guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Diaz gets back to full guard.
Diaz looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Payne stands up and waves to Diaz to follow him.
Diaz misses with a wild combination.
Diaz gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Payne wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Diaz wants to break the clinch but can't.
Payne is looking to break free of the clinch but Diaz has double underhooks.
Payne escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Payne misses with a wild combination.
Payne throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Diaz.
Payne fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Payne throws a right hand that Diaz ducks under and follows up with a left that Diaz also avoids with ease.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Payne!
Payne connects with a jab and follows up with a big overhand right! Oh that's hurt Diaz! He's out on his feet! Payne rushes in and drops Diaz with another big right hand, forcing the referee to stop the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:59 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Brian Payne!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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