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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Nate Diaz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vince Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nate Diaz had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business
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151 lbs
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145 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
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BJJ Blue Belt
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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
6 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Nate Diaz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 8 - 0, fighting out of London, Vince Jones!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, Richard Clark and James Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A head kick misses from Diaz.
Jones instigates a clinch.
Jones breaks the clinch.
Diaz misses with a head kick.
Diaz shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Diaz showed some decent athleticism there.
Jones is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Diaz scores with a couple of nice shots.
Jones keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Diaz really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Diaz not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Jones tries to get to full guard but Diaz has control of the leg.
Diaz thows a big elbow that misses, also allowing Jones to regain full guard.
Diaz throwing strikes but missing.
Jones is controlling Diaz's posture.
Diaz distracts Jones with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Diaz connects with a couple of short punches.
Jones trying to control the position.
Diaz content to stall in guard here.
Diaz won't allow Jones to get back to his feet.
Jones has control of Diaz's left arm, preventing Diaz from doing any damage.
Diaz throwing strikes but missing.
Diaz postures up in Jones's guard and throws a big left but Jones blocks it.
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 scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Diaz postures up in Jones's guard and throws a big left but Jones blocks it.
Diaz chips away with some ground and pound.
Jones looks gassed!
Diaz throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Jones is trying to keep Diaz in close.
Diaz throws a big right hand that misses.
Jones preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Diaz with a flurry of punches that miss.
Diaz postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Diaz is in close to Jones's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Diaz wants to control from the top but Jones keeps moving.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Diaz throwing strikes from guard but Jones blocks nicely.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Diaz controls from within his opponent's guard.
Diaz stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Diaz fails to land with a series of punches.
Diaz looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Jones!
Diaz raining down shots from the mount!
Diaz lands a nice shot to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Diaz cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Diaz will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Diaz scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Jones?
Diaz working Jones over with strikes here.
Jones is squirming around, avoiding Diaz's attempts to control the action.
Diaz landing shots from mount.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Diaz cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Diaz fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Diaz looking to secure an arm triangle but Jones defends it well.
Diaz working the ground and pound effectively.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Nate Diaz dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Diaz clinches with his opponent.
Jones lands a shot to the body.
Diaz tries to break the clinch but Jones is controlling the position.
Diaz misses with a punch on the inside.
Diaz misses with a short punch on the inside.
Diaz looking for a takedown.
Diaz tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Diaz throws a head punch that misses.
Jones prevents a body shot from Diaz.
Diaz doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Jones escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Diaz darts in trying to clinch
and Jones counters with a nice double leg into side control. Diaz won't be happy with that.
Jones wants to control but Diaz is keeping him busy.
Jones lands a decent elbow from side control.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Diaz sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Diaz slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Diaz is looking for a triangle but Jones pushes his legs off easily.
Diaz has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Diaz looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Jones passes into half guard.
Diaz is trying to maintain the position but Jones is very close to passing his half guard.
Jones looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Diaz is refusing to be controlled, as Jones sits in half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones is looking to stall here but Diaz recovers full guard.
Diaz looking to control.
Jones avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Diaz throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! Jones escapes and throws Diaz's legs to the side, diving into side control!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones stands up and beckons Diaz to his feet.
Diaz listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Jones gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Jones preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Diaz looking to pass the guard.
Jones is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Diaz wants to pass the guard but Jones is keeping the position.
Diaz in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Jones is looking for a triangle but Diaz pushes his legs off easily.
Diaz trying to move into half guard but instead Jones has managed to sweep!
Jones wants to stand but Diaz is controlling his posture from full guard.
Jones postures up in Diaz's guard and throws a big left but Diaz blocks it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Nate Diaz will probably get the nod.
That's time! Diaz's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Diaz avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Diaz throws a left and a right that both miss
and Jones moves into the clinch.
Diaz lands a hook that snaps the head of Jones backwards.
Jones tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Diaz smiles and moves away.
Jones tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Diaz throws a combination that misses
and Jones counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Diaz not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Jones trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Diaz is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Jones defends well.
Jones trying to control the position from guard on top but Diaz is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Diaz is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones throwing strikes but missing.
Jones postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Nate Diaz overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Jones working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Diaz looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Diaz is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Jones defends well.
Diaz is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diaz looking for a guillotine here but Jones defends easily.
Diaz is looking for a triangle but Jones pushes his legs off easily.
Jones looking to pass the guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Jones accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Diaz is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Jones is aware though and is defending well.
Diaz has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Jones can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Diaz looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Jones throws a strike but Diaz rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Jones preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Diaz loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Diaz trying to control but Jones is working from the bottom.
Vince Jones has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Diaz is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Jones is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Diaz postures up in Jones's guard and throws a big left but Jones blocks it.
Diaz gets to his feet. Jones looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Diaz throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Jones throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Diaz.
The fight stays on the outside here - Diaz looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Nate Diaz is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Diaz misses with a series of wild punches.
And that's the end of the fight!
Nate Diaz showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Diaz, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 30:28
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 29:28
Judge James Glass scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... 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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RATING
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