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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Insano Baino (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nate Diaz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Insano Baino looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.
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170 cm
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145 lbs
2 - 8 - 0 |
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183 cm
18
150 lbs
0 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Good chin |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Intelligent |
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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
2 - 8 - 0, fighting out of London, Insano Baino! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Nate Diaz! The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Daniel Bishop and Chris Edwards.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Baino throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Baino looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this! Baino throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Diaz. Diaz will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts. Diaz misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out. Baino swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Baino fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Diaz, pushing him back against the cage. Baino manages to break the clinch.
Baino will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Diaz's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Diaz duly obliges. 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 missing there with some ground and pound from the guard. Diaz slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard. Diaz forces his way into half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round. Diaz scores with a couple of good hammerfists. Diaz missing with the ground and pound from half guard. Diaz stalling.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it. Diaz's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige. Diaz escapes and gets back to his feet. Insano Baino seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Diaz misses with a low kick. Diaz tries to clinch up. Diaz throws a head kick but Baino moves out of range.
Diaz throws a head kick but Baino moves out of range.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Diaz is defended easily by Baino. Insano Baino has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Nate Diaz. Diaz throws a series of punches but Baino moves out of range. Diaz scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice. Diaz decides to take the fight back to the feet. Diaz gets a takedown into half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Diaz trying to control the pace. The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. Diaz is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
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. Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Diaz in particular looking to stall. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Nate Diaz dominated that round. That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Diaz throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Baino's waist but Baino gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Diaz off to one side. Excellent takedown into side control there by Diaz. Diaz has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand. Diaz throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Baino was covering up waiting for the punch and Diaz finishes the takedown easily into guard. Baino is working an open guard so Diaz takes the opportunity to get back to his feet. Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round. Diaz scores with a takedown into Baino's guard. Baino on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Baino tries to get out of the position. Diaz works a leg free and moves into half guard. Diaz stands up from half guard. Diaz tried to score with a low kick but Baino checks it. Diaz fails miserably with a takedown attempt. Baino fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Baino gets caught flat footed, as Diaz shoots in with a quick takedown into guard. Diaz stands up from guard. Let's bang!
That's two minutes gone in the round. Diaz shoots in for a double leg but Baino sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy. Insano Baino has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Nate Diaz. Diaz tries to close the distance and clinch up but Baino swats him away and circles back towards the center. Diaz fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt. Baino throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Diaz shoots in for a double leg but Baino sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy. Diaz dives in and grabs Baino's left leg, looking for a takedown. Baino pushes down on Diaz's head and hops out. Baino scores to the head and body with a nice combination! Baino darts in trying to clinch and Diaz counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Baino! Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Diaz tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position. Baino knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Diaz on the ground. Diaz in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Diaz controlling from the full mount. Diaz is working close to his opponent, looking to work a submission by the looks of things. Oh, he's managed to get a guillotine from mount as his opponent reached up! That looks tiiiiight! Will he tap? YES, he's tapped! Impressive submission by Diaz!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:37 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Nate Diaz!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
36% |
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