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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Shinya Mishima (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Caesar Diaz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mishima comes to the ring accompanied by Super Troopers German Techno. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the ring.
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187 cm
22
175 lbs
8 - 3 - 0 |
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193 cm
26
176 lbs
9 - 1 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
Solid boxing
Very quick |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Powerful |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world! Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Shinya Mishima! And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
9 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Caesar Diaz! The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Shigeki Fujiwara and Sosuke Kotani.
![](https://www.mmatycoon.com/images/fight/round1.jpg) The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Diaz throws a half hearted mid kick. Diaz misses with a body kick. Mishima displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Diaz throws out the jab. Diaz misses with a right hand
and Mishima counters with a nice double leg into side control. Diaz won't be happy with that. Diaz manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu! Mishima avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Diaz. Mishima wants to control but Diaz is keeping busy and won't allow it. Mishima is looking for a sweep. Diaz is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position. Mishima trying to hold on to Diaz's head to control him but Diaz postures up.
Diaz wants to control but Mishima is keeping him busy. The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Mishima looking to work for a kimura from the bottom. Mishima wants to control but Diaz passes into side.
![](https://www.mmatycoon.com/images/fight/1.gif) That's one minute gone in the round. Mishima is trying to control Diaz's posture but Diaz avoids it. Mishima tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Diaz wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control. Mishima wants to control but Diaz postures up. Mishima tries to improve position but can't. Mishima looking for a sweep but Diaz has passed into full mount! Oh no! Mishima in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head. Mishima is squirming around, avoiding Diaz's attempts to control the action.
![](https://www.mmatycoon.com/images/fight/2.gif) That's two minutes gone in the round. Mishima looking to escape from mount but he's given up his back!
Diaz is persistently looking for the submission but Mishima is defending it well.
Mishima trying to control the hands but Diaz breaks the grip. Mishima tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell! Mishima is looking to improve his position but Diaz isn't that keen on the idea. The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult. Diaz tries to control but Mishima wriggling away.
Diaz is looking to secure an arm. He's managed it! He's pivoting for an armbar - that looks tight! But Mishima has managed to get out of it and now he's in a dominant position. Nice work from Mishima!
![](https://www.mmatycoon.com/images/fight/3.gif) That's three minutes gone in the round. Mishima wants to control from the top but Diaz keeps moving.
Diaz is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Mishima is aware though and is defending well. Diaz is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two. Diaz preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Mishima thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position. Mishima passes easily into side control. Nice work. The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring. You can see the frustration on Diaz's face, being in this tough position on the bottom. Mishima tries to move into full mount but can't pass Diaz's legs.
Mishima is trying to get an arm triangle but Diaz is defending well.
![](https://www.mmatycoon.com/images/fight/4.gif) That's four minutes gone in the round. Diaz sneaks back into half guard. Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Diaz looking to work for a kimura from the bottom. Diaz trying to control but Mishima postures up.
Diaz gets back to full guard.
Mishima passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Mishima thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Mishima tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
![](https://www.mmatycoon.com/images/fight/5.gif) That's five minutes gone in the round. Mishima trying to control the position but Diaz is working away.
Mishima is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Diaz is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now. Mishima working away. Diaz really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Mishima. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out. Diaz trying his best to control but Mishima has mounted him. Mishima prevents Diaz from getting the reversal.
Mishima looking for a guillotine from mount but Diaz is having none of it. Mishima tries to control but Diaz wriggling away.
Mishima has control of Diaz's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Diaz regains control of the situation pretty easily.
![](https://www.mmatycoon.com/images/fight/6.gif) That's six minutes gone in the round. Mishima fails to move to back control. Mishima moves to take his opponent's back. Mishima not allowing Diaz to control his hands. I really don't envy Diaz right now.
Mishima is working really hard to secure the rear naked choke. Diaz defends successfully for a significant amount of time. Both fighters are looking very determined. Diaz breaks Mishima's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
Mishima is working actively from the bottom, looking for submissions. He's escaped his hips to the side and he's going for an armbar! Diaz has his hands clasped together but Mishima extends an breaks Diaz's desperate grasp, forcing a tap out due to armbar! Nice BJJ displayed there by Mishima.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 7:01 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Shinya Mishima! Shinya Mishima retains his welterweight title!
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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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