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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Wanderlei Silva Jr (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Toby Diaby (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Silva Jr comes to the cage accompanied by Pendulum - Blood Sugar. Diaby has chosen Trying'da hold me down as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
20 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Wanderlei Silva Jr!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
21 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Toby Diaby!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, William Peck and Trevor Gratis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva Jr swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Diaby cracks Silva Jr with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Diaby throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Silva Jr sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Silva Jr scores with a jab to the head.
Silva Jr lands a head shot.
Silva Jr blocks a jab.
Silva Jr on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
An inside leg kick from Silva Jr misses.
Diaby avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Diaby ducks under a wild hook from Silva Jr.
Diaby staying out of range there.
Diaby connects with a body shot that sends Silva Jr's belly button to the back.
Silva Jr lands a really nice looking cross but Diaby seems unphased.
Silva Jr tries to move into range but Diaby moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Diaby lands with a good body shot.
Silva Jr throws a jab when Diaby was well out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Diaby darts in and clinches Silva Jr up against the cage.
Diaby is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Silva Jr gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Diaby blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Diaby.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Diaby.
Diaby tries for a takedown. No joy.
Diaby has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Silva Jr avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Wanderlei Silva Jr has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Toby Diaby.
A short right from Diaby.
A head punch on the inside from Silva Jr fails to land.
Silva Jr misses with the head strike.
Silva Jr lands a right hand that snaps the head of Diaby backwards.
Silva Jr is trying to push Diaby away but Diaby has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Diaby's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Wanderlei Silva Jr seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Diaby keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Diaby closes the distance and pushes Silva Jr back into the cage.
Silva Jr swings wildly with an uppercut but Diaby uses good head movement to avoid it.
Diaby breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Silva Jr. Diaby does a little dance to reset his feet.
Silva Jr misses with a straight left.
Wanderlei Silva Jr is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Silva Jr ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
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!
Silva Jr slips under a jab.
Diaby keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Silva Jr.
Silva Jr doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Silva Jr throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Diaby is looking to clinch.
Silva Jr misses with a right hand
and Diaby counters with a nice uppercut.
Silva Jr misses with a looping right.
Diaby fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Silva Jr throws a hook but Diaby blocks it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva Jr tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Diaby was well out of range. Poor timing from Silva Jr.
Diaby moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
A big right from Silva Jr misses.
Diaby blocks a jab.
Diaby punishes Silva Jr's body with a nice straight punch.
Silva Jr misses with a hook.
Diaby is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Silva Jr.
Silva Jr dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Diaby. That did some damage!
Diaby fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Diaby misses with a wild body shot.
A nice combination there by Silva Jr.
Silva Jr uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Diaby.
Silva Jr throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Diaby misses with an uppercut
and Silva Jr counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Silva Jr misses with a body kick.
Diaby fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Silva Jr cracks Diaby with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Diaby misses with a hook. Silva Jr ducked under it nicely.
Diaby swings for the body but Silva Jr moves out of range.
Silva Jr lands a jab to Diaby's midsection.
Silva Jr throws a one two combo.
Diaby lands with a good body shot.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Diaby blocks a jab.
Silva Jr misses with a body shot.
Diaby uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Silva Jr.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Wanderlei Silva Jr dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Diaby pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Diaby tries to bum rush Silva Jr with a series of wild strikes but Silva Jr uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Silva Jr misses with a body kick.
Silva Jr tries to bum rush Diaby with a series of wild strikes but Diaby uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Diaby misses with an uppercut. Silva Jr saw that one coming.
The fighters circling - Diaby throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A jab from Diaby misses.
Diaby ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Diaby takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Silva Jr misses with a wild body shot.
Diaby misses with a lunging right hand
and Silva Jr counters with a good, hard body kick but Diaby shrugs it off.
Diaby jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Diaby gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Silva Jr scores with an uppercut up the middle.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva Jr throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Diabys head.
Diaby lands a body punch.
Diaby turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Diaby manages to end up in side control.
Silva Jr is looking for a sweep.
Silva Jr is not content to let Diaby control the position.
Silva Jr tries to buck Diaby off but Diaby is having none of it.
Silva Jr is working hard here to advance position.
An elbow from Diaby crashes against the mat.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva Jr struggling a bit here.
Diaby tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Diaby has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Diaby tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Diaby tries to score with some ground and pound. Silva Jr controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Silva Jr knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Diaby on the ground.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva Jr is trying to get back to his feet.
Silva Jr is trying to improve his position.
Diaby wants to lay and pray for a moment but Silva Jr keeps working.
Diaby lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Silva Jr down.
Diaby advances to full mount.
Diaby goes for an armbar but he's fallen flat on his backside there and now Silva Jr is on top in guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Diaby is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Silva Jr is aware though and is defending well.
Silva Jr has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Diaby looking for a triangle here. Silva Jr is fighting it but it looks tight! Diaby pulls the arm across and this one won't last much longer! Nope, Silva Jr is tapping out - this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:47 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Toby Diaby!
Toby Diaby is the new middleweight champion!
After winning the bout, Toby Diaby thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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