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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Diego Faustos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joey Zizzmen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Faustos's entrance music is Heartbeats. A fine choice. This should be fireworks!
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220 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
11 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Diego Faustos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
19 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Joey Zizzmen!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Robert Douchet and Steve Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zizzmen avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Faustos throws a low kick but it's checked well by Zizzmen.
Faustos throws a body punch but Zizzmen moves out of range.
A swing and a miss from Zizzmen.
Zizzmen pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Zizzmen uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Faustos.
Zizzmen fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Faustos manages to avoid it.
Zizzmen dodges the punch combination from Faustos.
A swing and a miss from Zizzmen.
Zizzmen throws a jab when Faustos was well out of range.
Zizzmen keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Good work by Zizzmen as he checks the leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Zizzmen swats away the attempt to clinch by Faustos.
Nice uppercut there from Faustos.
Faustos with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Faustos connects with a solid leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Zizzmen thows a left - swing and a miss!
Zizzmen lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Zizzmen takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Zizzmen ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Faustos has managed to clinch.
Zizzmen looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Faustos's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Faustos gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Faustos pushes Zizzmen back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Zizzmen lands with a short shot to the head.
Faustos prevents Zizzmen from breaking the clinch.
Faustos works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Faustos misses with the head strike.
Faustos misses with the head strike.
Zizzmen taking a breather.
Nice body punch from Zizzmen - that landed with a thud.
Zizzmen looking to slow down the pace here.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Faustos tries a body shot but Zizzmen blocks it.
Faustos lands a hook to the side of the head.
Faustos lands a body shot.
Zizzmen looks gassed!
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Zizzmen lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Faustos or not.
Faustos doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Faustos pushes Zizzmen back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice left hand lands by Faustos.
Faustos throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Zizzmens head.
Faustos scores with a nice hook to the head.
A right handed body shot lands from Faustos.
Faustos digs a right hand underneath Zizzmen's ribcage. Zizzmen let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Faustos's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Faustos paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
A shot to the liver by Faustos. Beautiful body shot.
Zizzmen on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Faustos lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Faustos misses with a body shot
and Zizzmen counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Faustos throws a body punch but Zizzmen moves out of range.
Zizzmen takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Faustos tries to clinch but Zizzmen moves out of range.
Diego Faustos seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Faustos closes the distance and clinches.
Faustos lands a right hand that snaps the head of Zizzmen backwards.
Faustos has a couple of punches blocked by Zizzmen.
Faustos wants to stall.
Faustos escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Faustos tries to clinch up but Zizzmen circles away and keeps his distance.
Nice cross by Faustos.
Faustos scores with a jab.
Faustos lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Zizzmen at a distance.
Faustos throws a right and a left that Zizzmen avoids nicely.
Faustos wants to clinch.
Faustos takes a swing at Zizzmen's ribcage but misses.
Faustos misses with a two punch combination.
Faustos tries to clinch up but Zizzmen circles away and keeps his distance.
Faustos wants to clinch up but Zizzmen keeps it at a distance.
Faustos thuds a left hand into Zizzmen's body.
Faustos tries to keep at a distance but Zizzmen has taken the fight into the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Faustos breaks from the clinch.
Faustos wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Zizzmen stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Faustos.
Faustos scores with a body shot.
Zizzmen gets tackled into the cage by Faustos. Faustos maintains the clinch.
Faustos lands a body shot in the clinch.
Faustos lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Zizzmen backwards.
Zizzmen goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Zizzmen wants to break free but Faustos has control.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Faustos makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Faustos lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
A short left from Faustos.
Faustos digs a right hand underneath Zizzmen's ribcage. Zizzmen let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Faustos scores with a shoulder strike.
Faustos lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
A shot in the inside from Faustos.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Faustos lands a hook that snaps the head of Zizzmen backwards.
Zizzmen goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A body shot lands from Faustos.
Faustos just leaning against Zizzmen, taking a breather.
Faustos scores with a hook to the body.
Faustos lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Zizzmen or not.
A short uppercut from Faustos.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Diego Faustos dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
The fighters circle momentarily. Faustos darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Faustos doesn't manage to clinch there - Zizzmen circles away.
Faustos lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Faustos will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Faustos!
Zizzmen throws a hook but Faustos blocks it.
Zizzmen wants to clinch up but Faustos keeps it at a distance.
Faustos attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Faustos lands an overhand right.
Faustos is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Zizzmen can do to turn this around?
Good exchange - Faustos coming out on top.
Zizzmen is breathing heavily.
Faustos darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Faustos swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Faustos lands a nice shot to the body.
Faustos moves into the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Faustos is working Zizzmen over against the cage.
Zizzmen blocking some punches.
Faustos lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Zizzmen backwards.
Zizzmen wants to get back to striking at distance but Faustos won't allow it.
Faustos breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Nice shot lands for Faustos.
Faustos just misses with a punch to the body.
Faustos scores with a crisp jab that stopped Zizzmen in his tracks.
Faustos with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Zizzmen avoids the body shot from Faustos.
Faustos connects with an inside leg kick.
Faustos clinches.
Nice body punch from Faustos - that landed with a thud.
A right hand to the body from Faustos.
Faustos pushes Zizzmen back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A short right from Faustos on the inside.
Faustos fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Faustos misses with a short punch on the inside.
Zizzmen takes a shot to the head.
Faustos lands a body shot in the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Faustos escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Faustos darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Faustos tries to clinch but Zizzmen moves out of range.
Faustos with a hook.
Faustos misses with a wild body shot.
Zizzmen doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Faustos dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Faustos listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Faustos ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Zizzmen moves away.
Faustos throws a jab but it's blocked by Zizzmen.
Zizzmen gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Faustos connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Faustos uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Zizzmen.
Zizzmen on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A shot to the body from Faustos misses
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
and Zizzmen counters with a one-two to the body.
Faustos lands the left hand.
Faustos tries to clinch up but Zizzmen circles away and keeps his distance.
Faustos tries to clinch up.
Zizzmen misses with a takedown attempt - Faustos sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
A big right from Faustos misses.
Faustos thuds his right hand into Zizzmen's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Diego Faustos is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Faustos moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Faustos lands a right hook to the body.
Faustos moves into the clinch.
Faustos throws a head punch that misses.
Faustos gets through Zizzmen's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Faustos lands with a light punch inside.
Faustos breaks the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Faustos throws a right hand that Zizzmen ducks under and follows up with a left that Zizzmen also avoids with ease.
Faustos throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Zizzmen checks a leg kick.
Zizzmen has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Faustos wants to clinch but Zizzmen slips to the side
so Zizzmen counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Faustos is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Zizzmen postures up.
Faustos wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Faustos on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Faustos tries to get out of the position.
Faustos not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Faustos bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Zizzmen's guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Zizzmen can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Faustos controls the pace.
Faustos wants to control from the top but Zizzmen keeps moving.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Diego Faustos dominated that second 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. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
A clash of legs there as Zizzmen blocks the low kick.
Zizzmen throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Faustos misses the shot to the body.
Sloppy strikes from Zizzmen. Those never looked like landing.
Faustos throws a low kick but it's checked well by Zizzmen.
Faustos gets a clinch.
Faustos tries to work over Zizzmen's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Zizzmen is trying to break free.
Zizzmen is trying to break free.
A head punch on the inside from Faustos fails to land.
Faustos lands with a left to the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Zizzmen throws a head punch that misses.
Faustos lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Diego Faustos has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Faustos is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Faustos lands with a short shot to the head.
Zizzmen takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
A hook to the body from Faustos.
Faustos lands with a light punch inside.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Faustos takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Faustos lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Faustos lands a nice uppercut.
Faustos pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Faustos tries to clinch up.
A looping hook to the body misses from Faustos. Zizzmen does a little dance to reset his feet.
Zizzmen drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Faustos digs a good body shot into Zizzmen's ribs.
Zizzmen is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Faustos.
Faustos misses the body punch
and Zizzmen counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Faustos doesn't manage to clinch there - Zizzmen circles away.
Diego Faustos is winning the standup battle so far.
Faustos throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Faustos throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Faustos instigates a clinch.
Faustos scores with a shoulder strike.
Zizzmen misses with the head strike.
Joey Zizzmen has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zizzmen fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Faustos breaks from the clinch.
Faustos tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Zizzmen manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Zizzmen misses the body punch
and Faustos counters with a thumping low kick.
Faustos tries to clinch there but Zizzmen circles away.
Zizzmen throws a hook but Faustos avoids it easily.
Zizzmen slips a straight right by Faustos.
Faustos fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Faustos tries to close the distance and clinch up but Zizzmen swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Diego Faustos is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Faustos tries to clinch up.
Faustos tries to clinch up.
Faustos is looking to wear down Zizzmen with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Zizzmen circles away from the clinch attempt.
Faustos lands with a thumping leg kick.
Zizzmen throws out a loose jab but Faustos uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Faustos looks to score with a jab to the body but Zizzmen is just out of range.
Zizzmen throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Faustos's waist but Faustos gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Zizzmen off to one side.
Faustos takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Faustos swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Zizzmen counters with a right hand to the body.
Faustos is looking to clinch.
Zizzmen moves forwards but Faustos connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Faustos tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Zizzmen counters with a takedown into side control.
Faustos manages to work his way to half guard, despite Zizzmen's best efforts.
Faustos tries to get to full guard but Zizzmen has control of the leg.
Faustos wants to control but Zizzmen is keeping busy.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Faustos wants to improve his position but Zizzmen is controlling well.
Faustos trying to control but Zizzmen postures up.
Diego Faustos has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Faustos connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Faustos just misses with a punch to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Faustos is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Zizzmen.
Faustos displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Zizzmen.
Faustos looks to clinch
and Zizzmen counters with a straight right hand.
And that's the end of the fight!
Diego Faustos showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Faustos, 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 Dillan Fox scores the fight 30:27
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 30:27
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Diego Faustos!
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