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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Nick Diaz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and The Hulk (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hulk has chosen Hulkamania! as his entrance music. The Hulk is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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146 lbs
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170 cm
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145 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Big heart |
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Good takedowns
Basic striking
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Nick Diaz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, The Hulk!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Kenichi Hosakawa and Sosuke Kotani.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hulk swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Diaz looks to land a right hand but Hulk moved out of range.
Hulk tries to clinch up.
Hulk takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Diaz lands a really nice looking cross but Hulk seems unphased.
Diaz cracks Hulk with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
The Hulk seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The fight stays on the outside here - Hulk looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Hulk moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Diaz connects with a good right hand that stumbles Hulk. Hulk circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Nice uppercut lands for Diaz. That snapped Hulk's head back.
Hulk shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Diaz napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Hulk tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Hulk has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Hulk is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Diaz knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
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!
Diaz is trying to improve his position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hulk is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Diaz has escaped the position, nice work there.
Hulk content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
Hulk tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Hulk has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diaz tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Hulk wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
A bit of a lull in the action here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The ground and pound from Hulk seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Hulk tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Hulk wants to control but Diaz is keeping him busy.
Hulk thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Diaz on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Diaz tries to get out of the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hulk is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Diaz is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Diaz wants to get back to his feet but Hulk drags him back down.
Hulk thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Diaz tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Hulk wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hulk looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Diaz is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Hulk lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Hulk throws a strike aimed at the side of Diaz's head but Diaz avoids it well.
Hulk is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Diaz has escaped the position, nice work there.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Diaz avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Hulk.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hulk is trying to get an arm triangle but Diaz is defending well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
The Hulk dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Hulk tries to move into range but Diaz moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Diaz's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Diaz duly obliges.
A left and a right from Diaz both land. Nice combination.
Hulk closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Diaz is looking for a sweep.
Hulk throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Hulk throws a strike aimed at the side of Diaz's head but Diaz avoids it well.
Sloppy strikes there by Hulk.
Hulk trying to control the action but Diaz is working from the bottom.
Hulk is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
The Hulk has got the better of the ground game so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hulk creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Diaz sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
The ground and pound from Hulk seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Diaz taking punishment in the form of punches.
Hulk looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Hulk trying to control the position but Diaz is working away.
Hulk is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Diaz is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hulk tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Diaz struggling a bit here.
Hulk looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Diaz keeping his opponent close.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
An elbow from Hulk crashes against the mat.
Hulk thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Hulk thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Diaz knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Hulk on the ground.
Hulk tries to advance to mount but Diaz denies him.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hulk tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Hulk has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Diaz looks to move to half guard but instead Hulk has passed into mount! Damn!
Hulk punching from mount but Diaz doing a good job of avoiding damage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hulk with good strikes from the mount here!
Hulk can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Diaz is looking to escape.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
The Hulk showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Hulk misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Diaz.
Diaz misses with a looping left.
Diaz misses with a straight left.
Diaz looks to throw the jab but Hulk is out of range.
Diaz throws a series of punches but Hulk moves out of range.
Hulk misses with a wild body shot.
Diaz swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Diaz uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hulk.
Hulk slips a jab and a cross from Diaz.
Hulk ducks under a wild hook from Diaz.
Diaz looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Diaz stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Hulk uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Diaz.
Hulk looks to clinch
enabling Diaz to counter with a crisp jab.
Diaz is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Hulk slips under a jab.
Hulk takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Hulk shoots in and drives through. Diaz sprawls well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hulk tries to close the distance and clinch up but Diaz swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Hulk has managed to clinch.
Diaz throws a head punch that misses.
Diaz wants to get back to striking at distance but Hulk won't allow it.
A head punch on the inside from Diaz fails to land.
Come on Hulk - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Diaz lands a shoulder strike.
Diaz lands with a right to the head.
Hulk blocks an uppercut.
Diaz misses with some punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hulk leaning his opponent against the cage.
Diaz working aggressively here.
Diaz scores with a nice hook to the head.
Hulk pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Diaz misses with an uppercut.
Diaz lands a nice shot that snaps Hulk's head back.
Diaz sizes up Hulk with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Diaz misses with an uppercut.
Hulk closes this distance looking for a takedown but Diaz circles away.
A jab from Diaz finds it's way through Hulk's defenses.
Hulk tries to close the distance and clinch but Diaz swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Hulk slips a straight right by Diaz.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hulk takes one to the chin there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hulk fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Diaz avoids it really well and circles away.
Nick Diaz has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of The Hulk.
Diaz throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Hulk ducks right into an uppercut from Diaz.
Hulk wants to clinch.
Hulk pushes Diaz up against the cage in a clinch.
Diaz lands with a light punch inside.
Diaz lands a hook that snaps the head of Hulk backwards.
Diaz lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Hulk backwards.
Diaz wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Diaz lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Hulk is rocked!
Hulk has Diaz pressed against the cage, preventing Diaz from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Nick Diaz has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Hulk is still on wobbly legs! Can Diaz finish him?
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Diaz working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Diaz swings wildly with an uppercut but Hulk uses good head movement to avoid it.
Diaz softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Diaz lands a hook to the side of the head.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
A nice left hand lands by Diaz.
Diaz misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hulk tries to throw a body punch but Diaz avoids it by throwing Hulk back against the cage.
Diaz wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Hulk has him pressed against the cage.
Diaz creates a bit of space for himself and rocks Hulk with a big uppercut! Hulk tries to clinch up but Diaz pushes him back against the cage and lands another monster strike that crumples Hulk to the mat! Hulk covers up and Diaz unloads with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:30 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Nick 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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