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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Ted Diaz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Soul Evans (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ted Diaz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Soul Evans!
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, Anthony Taglia and Dean Styles.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Evans pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Evans misses with a jab, cross combination.
Diaz fails with an attempt to clinch.
Diaz misses with a low kick.
Diaz tries to clinch
and Evans counters with a two punch combo.
Evans swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Diaz misses with a head kick.
Evans tries to bum rush Diaz with a series of wild strikes but Diaz uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Evans throws a body kick that misses.
Diaz dives in and scores a takedown into Evans's guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Diaz being controlled here momentarily.
Diaz trying to control but Evans is working from the bottom.
Evans has control of Diaz's left arm, preventing Diaz from doing any damage.
Diaz pushes down on Evans's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Evans throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Diaz has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Evans regains half guard.
Evans moves into full guard.
Diaz drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Diaz jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Evans has a closed guard, preventing Diaz from standing up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Evans wants to sweep here but Diaz controlling him for the moment.
Evans is controlling Diaz's posture.
Diaz won't allow Evans to sweep him here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diaz wants to control from the top but Evans keeps moving.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Diaz is really struggling to control Evans but he's trying to hold on to the position.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Ted Diaz wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Diaz fails in his attempt to clinch.
Evans closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Evans lands in his opponent's guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Evans landing with the ground and pound.
Diaz looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Diaz is breathing heavily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diaz looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Evans lands a couple of elbows.
Evans is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Evans throws an elbow that misses. Diaz uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Evans's guard. Nice move by Diaz!
Evans bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Diaz's guard.
Diaz being controlled here, momentarily.
Evans tries to free his leg and advance position but Diaz is retaining full guard.
Evans with a nice head shot there.
Evans in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Diaz not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Evans lands a couple of elbows.
Evans makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Evans working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Diaz's head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Evans stands up over Diaz, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Diaz wants to stand but Evans is controlling the position.
Evans working some strikes from top position.
Evans distracts Diaz with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Evans postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Evans slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Diaz is trying to control the position but Evans postures up.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Evans content to stall in guard here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Soul Evans dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Diaz shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Evans sprawls well. Evans wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Diaz gets slowly back to his feet.
Evans lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Evans.
It looks like Ted Diaz has been cut.
Evans throws a right and a left that both miss.
An inside leg kick from Evans misses.
Diaz misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Diaz blocks a low kick nicely.
Evans moves into the clinch.
Diaz wants a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ted Diaz. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Evans scores with a shot to the side of Diaz's head.
Diaz is trying to push Evans away but Evans has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Evans lands an uppercut.
Evans tightens his grip and picks Diaz up, before dumping him to the ground. Diaz manages to land in guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Evans pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Diaz is keeping the position for now.
Soul Evans has got the better of the ground game so far.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Diaz keeping moving, preventing Evans from controlling successfully.
Evans lands a couple of elbows.
Evans is stalling in the full guard.
Evans stops Diaz from standing up.
Evans sitting in guard, not really doing much.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Soul Evans was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Diaz shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Evans as he jumps to the side.
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.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Evans avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Evans throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Evans feints a jab promting Diaz to slip. Evans then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Diaz slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Soul Evans seems to be getting the better of the standup.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Evans throws out a leg kick but Diaz moves out of range and Evans only half commits.
Evans drops Diaz with a right and a left! Evans comes rushing in but Diaz regains his composure and manages to keep Evans in guard.
Diaz is rocked!
Evans postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Oh Diaz is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Evans lands a couple of elbows.
Evans stays in close to Diaz's body and controls the position.
Evans postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Evans lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Diaz seems to have got his legs back now.
Evans is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Evans postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Evans postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diaz is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Evans is aware though and is defending well.
Evans postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Evans content to stall in guard here.
Evans lands a couple of digs.
Evans content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Evans scoring with punches to the head and body.
Evans lands a couple of elbows.
Evans seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Evans connects with a couple of short punches.
Evans makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Evans is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Evans landing some decent shots from guard.
Evans lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Evans looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Diaz wants to get back to his feet but Evans is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Evans lands a couple of decent looking shots.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Evans trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Evans working some strikes from top position.
Diaz is looking for a triangle but Evans pushes his legs off easily.
Evans lands a couple of decent looking shots.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Soul Evans showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Ted Diaz's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! 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 is looking to clinch but Evans is avoiding it.
Evans misses with the combination.
Diaz blocks the body kick.
Evans gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Evans taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Evans lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Diaz or not.
Evans breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Diaz tries to clinch but Evans moves out of range.
Evans closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Diaz wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Evans landing strikes.
Diaz is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Evans has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Evans working the head and body with strikes.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Diaz is trying to escape the position but Evans is controlling the position.
Diaz wants to get back to his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Evans cracks Diaz with a big right hand but Diaz just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
A lull in the action here.
Diaz is working to avoid the ground and pound but Evans connects with a decent elbow.
Evans in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Evans working away.
Evans controls the position.
You can see the frustration on Diaz's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Evans scores with a couple of short elbows.
Diaz is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Evans has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Evans lands a nice forearm strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Evans scoring with punches and elbows.
Evans lands some shots froms side control.
Evans has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Evans wants to lay and pray for a moment but Diaz keeps working.
Evans controls the position from side control.
Evans working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Evans in side control, just content to control the action for now.
Evans's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Soul Evans is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Evans working the head with strikes.
Evans tries to advance to mount but can't.
Evans staying calm.
You can see the frustration on Diaz's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee asks Evans politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Evans prefers to stall for the moment though.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Diaz walks into a straight right hand from Evans.
Diaz shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Evans but Evans pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Evans throws a low kick but Diaz moves out of range easily.
Evans buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Ted Diaz has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Evans throws a chopping leg kick but Diaz manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Evans gets a takedown into half guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Diaz tries to roll over but Evans keeps him under control.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Evans drops an elbow to the side of Diaz's head.
And that's the end of the fight!
Soul Evans comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Evans has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 John Roberts scores the fight 27:30
Judge Anthony Taglia scores the fight 27:30
Judge Dean Styles scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Soul Evans!
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