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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Joe Pring (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Romy Diaz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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190 lbs
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190 lbs
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Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
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Decent boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Joe Pring!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 11 - 0, fighting out of London, Romy Diaz!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Donald Grub and Steven Brown.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pring is looking to clinch.
Pring slips under a jab.
Pring blocks a leg kick.
Diaz looks to land a right hand but Pring moved out of range.
Diaz throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Diaz moves into range and connects with a jab.
Pring throws a body punch but Diaz moves out of range.
Diaz motions for Pring to come forward. Diaz throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Diaz throws a jab but it's blocked by Pring.
Pring moves into range and clinches up with Diaz.
Pring landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Diaz wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Pring scores a nice knee to the body.
Pring landing some nice looking knees to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Pring taking a breather.
Pring scores with a knee to the head.
Pring with a knee to the head.
Pring landing knees to the head.
Diaz takes a knee right on the jaw!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Diaz wants to get back to striking at distance but Pring won't allow it.
Diaz has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Pring working Diaz over with knees to the body.
Pring putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Diaz in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Diaz looks gassed!
Pring connects with a knee to the head.
Pring scores a nice knee to the body.
Pring utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Pring holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Pring lands a good knee to the midsection. Diaz won't want to take too many of those.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Pring scores with a knee to the head.
Pring landing knees to the body.
Pring lands a knee to the head.
Pring landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Pring lands a knee to the body.
Pring crunches a lovely knee into Diaz's ribcage.
Pring lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Pring landing knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Pring.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pring lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Diaz is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Pring landing knees to the head.
Diaz wants to break the clinch but can't.
Pring lands a knee to the head.
Pring keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Diaz's efforts to push away.
Diaz wants to get back to striking at distance but Pring won't allow it.
A knee to the head by Pring.
Pring lands a knee to the head.
Diaz is rocked!
Pring connects with a knee to the head.
Diaz is still on wobbly legs! Can Pring finish him?
Diaz takes a knee right on the jaw!
Pring connects with a nasty looking knee right to Diaz's face.
Diaz wants to break free but Pring has control.
Diaz has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Diaz seems to have recovered his senses.
Pring lands a knee to the head.
Pring keeps control of Diaz as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Pring taking a breather.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Pring obliges.
Diaz is trying to break free.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diaz wants to break the clinch but can't.
Pring landing knees to the head.
Diaz working hard to break the clinch.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Pring obliges.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Pring obliges.
Diaz wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Pring landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Pring is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Diaz takes a knee right on the jaw!
Diaz takes a knee right on the jaw!
Pring scores with a knee to the head.
Diaz can't break the clinch.
Pring landing knees to the body.
Pring connects with a knee to the head.
Pring unloads a knee to the mid-section.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Diaz tries to circle away but Pring has him pinned against the cage.
Pring working Diaz over with knees to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Pring obliges.
Diaz wants to break free but Pring has control.
Pring lands a good knee to the midsection. Diaz won't want to take too many of those.
Pring lands a nice knee to the body.
Pring connects with a nasty looking knee right to Diaz's face.
Diaz wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Pring crunches a lovely knee into Diaz's ribcage.
Pring connects with a nasty looking knee right to Diaz's face.
Pring lands a knee to the body.
Diaz takes a knee to the side of the body.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Pring scores a nice knee to the body.
Pring unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Pring tries a knee to the head but Diaz blocks it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Pring wants to stall.
Knees to the body from Pring.
Diaz is looking to break free of the clinch but Pring has double underhooks.
Pring connects with a knee to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Joe Pring dominated that round.
That's time! Pring's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Diaz swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Pring uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Diaz.
Diaz lands with an uppercut that bounces Pring off the cage and back into range.
Diaz takes a swing at Pring's ribcage but misses.
Diaz lands an overhand right.
Romy Diaz seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pring moves in looking to clinch but Diaz pushes him off.
Diaz lands the left hand.
Diaz circles away from the clinch attempt.
Diaz throws a right and a left that Pring avoids nicely.
Diaz misses with an uppercut.
Diaz connects with a body shot that sends Pring's belly button to the back.
Diaz missing with a left hand there. Pring was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Diaz throws a hook but Pring blocks it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pring fails with an attempt to clinch.
Diaz misses with a straight right.
Pring steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Diaz.
Diaz lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Diaz.
Diaz misses with the combination.
Diaz swinging wildly here.
Pring ducks under a wild hook from Diaz.
Pring tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Diaz paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Diaz pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Pring clinches up with Diaz and pushes him back against the cage.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Pring obliges.
Diaz is breathing heavily.
Pring prevents Diaz from breaking the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knees in the clinch landing for Pring.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Pring landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Pring with a knee to the head.
Pring lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Knees in the clinch landing for Pring.
Pring lands a knee to the head.
Pring landing knees to the body.
Pring lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Pring using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Pring landing knees to the body.
Pring lands a good knee to the midsection. Diaz won't want to take too many of those.
Pring crunches a lovely knee into Diaz's ribcage.
Pring with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
A knee to the head by Pring.
Pring lands a knee to the head.
Pring working Diaz over with knees to the body.
Diaz tries to break the clinch but Pring is controlling the position.
Pring has Diaz pressed against the cage, preventing Diaz from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pring lands a knee to the body.
Joe Pring has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Diaz managing to block the knees to the body from Pring.
Diaz tries to circle away but Pring has him pinned against the cage.
Diaz wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Pring landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Pring lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Pring using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Diaz has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Pring missing with knees to the body.
Diaz escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Diaz throws a hook to the side of Pring's head but Pring sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Diaz with a nice cross.
Pring is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Diaz can do to turn this around?
Diaz misses with a looping right.
Diaz wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Diaz loads up on a big right hand but Pring slips the punch.
Diaz just misses with a punch to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A bone on bone clash there as Pring blocks the leg kick.
Diaz misses with a looping left.
Pring tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Some wild striking there from Diaz.
Pring is looking to clinch.
Diaz moves into range and connects with a jab.
Diaz misses with a hook. Pring ducked under it nicely.
A looping hook to the body misses from Diaz. Pring does a little dance to reset his feet.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Diaz tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Pring is able to avoid easily.
Diaz tries to keep at a distance but Pring has taken the fight into the clinch.
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!
Pring landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Joe Pring dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Pring moves in looking to clinch but Diaz pushes him off.
Diaz missing with a left hand there. Pring was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Diaz throws a right and a left that Pring avoids nicely.
Pring misses the shot to the body.
Diaz cracks Pring with a right hand to the side of the head.
Diaz tests Pring's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Diaz throws the left hand but Pring avoids the punch easily.
Pring drives through and clinches with Diaz against the cage.
Pring putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Diaz in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Pring putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Diaz in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Pring lands a knee to the head.
Diaz takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Diaz takes a knee to the side of the body.
Pring landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Pring using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pring using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Diaz takes a knee right on the jaw!
Pring using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Pring scores a nice knee to the body.
Pring lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Diaz takes a knee to the side of the body.
Diaz is trying to break the clinch but Pring has him pressed against the cage.
Diaz takes a knee to the side of the body.
Pring lands a knee to the head.
Pring with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Diaz working hard to break the clinch.
Pring crunches a lovely knee into Diaz's ribcage.
Diaz looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Pring scores with a knee to the head.
Pring keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Diaz's efforts to push away.
Pring connects with a nasty looking knee right to Diaz's face.
Diaz is trying to break the clinch but Pring has him pressed against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pring landing knees to the body.
Pring working Diaz over with knees to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A frustrated look appears on Diaz's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Diaz wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Pring tries a knee to the head but Diaz blocks it.
Diaz has had enough of the clinch but Pring keeps him there for the moment.
Diaz wants to break free but Pring has control.
Diaz wants to break the clinch but can't.
Pring lands a knee to the head.
Diaz has had enough of the clinch but Pring keeps him there for the moment.
Diaz is trying to break free.
Knees to the body from Pring.
Pring putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Diaz in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Diaz tries to circle away but Pring has him pinned against the cage.
Diaz wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Pring lands a nice knee to the body.
Pring scores a nice knee to the body.
Pring lands a nice knee to the body.
Pring lands a nice knee to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pring lands a nice knee to the body.
Pring lands a nice knee to the body.
Diaz is trying to force a seperation but Pring has the dominant position.
Pring using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Pring using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Pring using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
A frustrated look appears on Diaz's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Diaz tries to break the clinch but Pring is controlling the position.
Pring lands a knee to the body.
Knees to the body from Pring.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Pring has Diaz pressed against the cage, preventing Diaz from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Pring putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Diaz in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Diaz has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Pring lands a nice knee to the body.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pring landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
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!
Pring lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Pring scores with a knee to the head.
Pring working Diaz over with knees to the body.
Diaz is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Pring prevents Diaz from breaking the clinch.
Pring lands a nice knee to the body.
Pring working Diaz over with knees to the body.
Pring scores a nice knee to the body.
Pring scores a nice knee to the body.
Pring landing knees to the head.
Diaz is trying to break the clinch but Pring is controlling him.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Knees to the body from Pring.
Diaz on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Diaz is trying to break free.
Romy Diaz has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Pring stalling in the clinch but Diaz improves position.
Pring misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Diaz.
And that's the end of the fight!
Joe Pring showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Pring, 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 William Gold scores the fight 30:27
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 30:27
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Joe Pring!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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