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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Loco Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Christian Diaz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!
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161 lbs
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155 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Good chin |
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BJJ Brown Belt
Decent boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Loco Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Christian Diaz!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Mauricio Rocha and Luis Engracia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Diaz ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Silva has closed the distance and engaged Diaz in a clinch.
Diaz taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Diaz takes an elbow to the forehead.
It looks like Christian Diaz has been cut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Diaz.
Diaz swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Diaz swings wildly with an uppercut but Silva uses good head movement to avoid it.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Diaz lands a left hand that snaps the head of Silva backwards.
Diaz working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Diaz has had enough of the clinch but Silva keeps him there for the moment.
Diaz looking to stall.
Silva creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Silva tries to stall but Diaz uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Silva pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Silva tries a knee to the head but Diaz blocks it.
Diaz wants to get back to striking at distance but Silva won't allow it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Diaz can't break the clinch.
Silva prevents Diaz from breaking the clinch.
Silva being controlled against the cage.
Silva keeps control of Diaz as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Diaz lands a shot to the body.
Silva gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Diaz tries to break free but Silva pushes him back against the cage.
Diaz tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Diaz wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Diaz misses with a punch on the inside.
Diaz is stalling here.
Diaz misses with a body punch.
A head punch on the inside from Diaz fails to land.
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.
Silva throws a knee to the head but misses.
A frustrated look appears on Diaz's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Diaz looking to stall.
Nice body punch from Diaz.
Diaz working aggressively here.
Silva misses with an elbow over the top.
Diaz swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Diaz lands a left hand.
Silva tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Diaz just stands there and leans against the cage.
Diaz tries to break the clinch but Silva is controlling the position.
Diaz is looking to control Silva's arms but Silva gets an underhook and turns him. Now Diaz has his back to the cage.
Diaz will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Silva up against the cage.
Diaz wants to break free but Silva has control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diaz lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Silva backwards.
Silva looking to throw knees to the head but Diaz is blocking nicely.
Diaz is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Diaz has had enough of the clinch but Silva keeps him there for the moment.
Silva connects with a knee to the head.
Silva avoiding damage as Diaz throws knees to the body.
Silva tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Silva misses with a knee to the head.
Silva lands an elbow inside that Diaz shrugs off.
Silva leaning his opponent against the cage.
Diaz has had enough of the clinch but Silva keeps him there for the moment.
Diaz dodges an elbow strike from Silva.
Silva looking to throw knees to the head but Diaz is blocking nicely.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Diaz takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Diaz scores with a shot to the side of Silva's head.
A frustrated look appears on Diaz's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Silva throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Diaz throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Silvas head.
Silva blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Silva looking to throw knees to the head but Diaz is blocking nicely.
Silva misses with an elbow over the top.
Silva tries a knee to the head but Diaz blocks it.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Good body shot from Diaz.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Silva as Diaz tries to tie him up.
Silva prevents Diaz from breaking the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Christian Diaz dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Christian Diaz's cut.
That's time! Silva's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Diaz misses with the combination.
Diaz misses with a wild combination.
Diaz swats away the attempt to clinch by Silva.
Silva is looking to clinch.
Diaz connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Silva fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Diaz slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Silva tries to clinch but Diaz moves out of range.
Diaz swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Diaz circles away from the clinch attempt.
Diaz fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Silva looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
A punch combination from Diaz misses.
Silva slips a jab from Diaz.
The fight stays on the outside here - Silva looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Silva slips a jab and a cross from Diaz.
Silva is looking to clinch but Diaz is avoiding it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva is looking to clinch.
Christian Diaz is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Diaz rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Silva moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Silva tries to clinch there but Diaz circles away.
Diaz throws a right and a left that both miss.
Silva uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Diaz.
Silva is looking to clinch.
Diaz misses with a two punch combination.
Diaz is breathing heavily.
Silva moves into the clinch.
Silva slows down the pace here.
Silva throws a knee to the head but misses.
Diaz misses with a body punch.
Silva manages to break the clinch.
Diaz circles away from the clinch attempt.
Silva tries to clinch but Diaz moves out of range.
Silva steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Diaz.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Diaz misses with the combination.
Loco Silva is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Silva moves into the clinch.
Silva throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Diaz trying to control the position but instead, Silva has worked for underhooks and has pushed Diaz into the cage.
Diaz working hard to break the clinch.
Silva creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Diaz's defenses.
Diaz is trying to stall.
A frustrated look appears on Diaz's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Silva with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Silva throws an elbow that misses.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diaz takes an elbow to the forehead.
Diaz doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Silva has Diaz pushed against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Diaz's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Silva tries a knee to the head but Diaz blocks it.
Diaz wants to break the clinch but can't.
Diaz blocks an elbow strike from Silva.
Diaz tries to work over Silva's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Diaz blocks an elbow strike.
Diaz tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Silva's elbow.
Diaz looking to stall.
Silva lands an elbow inside.
That has opened up Christian Diaz's cut even more.
Silva gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
That's four 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.
Silva jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Diaz walks away with a smile on his face. Silva gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Diaz misses with an uppercut. Silva saw that one coming.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch but Diaz swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Diaz scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Diaz tries to bum rush Silva with a series of wild strikes but Silva uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Diaz lands a body shot.
Silva tries to clinch but Diaz is having none of it.
Silva is looking to clinch but Diaz is avoiding it.
Silva shoots in looking for a takedown. Diaz tries to sprawl out of it but Silva keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Diaz manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Loco Silva. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Silva tries to clinch but Diaz moves out of range.
Diaz slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
A telegraphed right hand from Diaz misses the target.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Diaz swinging wildly here.
Silva fails with an attempt to clinch.
Diaz keeps the fight on the outside.
Diaz throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Christian Diaz showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Christian Diaz's cut.
That's time! Silva's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Diaz keeps the fight on the outside.
Danga de danga de dang - Diaz scores with a four punch combination!
It looks like Loco Silva has been cut.
Silva throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Diaz was covering up waiting for the punch and Silva finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Diaz has managed to work for a loose triangle. I think Silva should be able to defend this one pretty easily though. Oh, Diaz has tightened it up now! Silva should have reacted faster there - he's in big trouble and yes, he's tapped out! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:28 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Christian Diaz!
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energy
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hype
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