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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jamikah Toney (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cebeza Diamant (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 welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jamikah Toney!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Cebeza Diamant!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Igor Prikhodko and Aleksandr Martynov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Diamant tries to close the distance and clinch up but Toney swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A head kick misses from Toney.
Toney slips a straight right by Diamant.
Toney forces Diamant back against the cage and clinches.
Toney breaks the clinch.
Toney gets a clinch.
Diamant with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Toney throws a head punch that misses.
Toney is trying to pull guard but Diamant turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Diamant lands a damaging elbow.
Toney breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Toney avoids a punch combination nicely.
Toney slips under a jab from Diamant.
Toney doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Diamant counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Diamant gets in close and instigates a clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Toney is looking to break free of the clinch but Diamant has double underhooks.
Toney blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Diamant using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Toney has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Diamant stalling.
Toney is trying to pull guard but Diamant turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jamikah Toney. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Toney tries to pull guard but Diamant holds him up against the cage and eventually Toney drops back down to his feet.
Toney displaying some good clinch control by pressing Diamant up against the cage.
Diamant is trying to maintain a safe position but Toney gets an underhook and turns Diamant into the cage.
Toney breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Diamant closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Toney wants a takedown but no success here.
Toney jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Diamant walks away with a smile on his face. Toney gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Toney finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Toney tries to score a power double leg takedown but Diamant sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Toney somewhat.
Diamant tries to close the distance and clinch but Toney swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Toney avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Toney dives in and grabs Diamant's left leg, looking for a takedown. Diamant pushes down on Toney's head and hops out.
Toney moves out of range of the body kick from Diamant.
Diamant gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Diamant has Toney pressed against the cage.
Diamant is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Toney is breathing heavily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Toney tries to pull guard but Diamant won't allow it.
Diamant tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Toney is trying to break the clinch but Diamant is controlling him.
Diamant stalling.
Toney on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Toney wants to take the fight to the mat but Diamant manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Diamant has Toney pressed against the cage.
Diamant lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Toney goes for a takedown in the clinch but Diamant prevents it.
Diamant tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Toney avoids it.
Toney managing to block the knees to the body from Diamant.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Diamant misses with a knee to the head.
Diamant connects with a knee to the head.
Diamant has Toney pushed against the cage.
Diamant continues to stall. The referee tells him to work or he's going to break them up.
Diamant tries to land a knee to the head but Toney blocks with his arms.
Toney working hard to break the clinch.
Toney tries to pull guard but Diamant won't allow it.
Toney avoiding damage as Diamant throws knees to the body.
Diamant landing knees to the head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Come on Diamant - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Toney is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Diamant pulls him back up using the underhooks.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Cebeza Diamant dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Diamant tries to clinch up.
Diamant shoots in for a takedown but Toney shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Toney is trying hard to land a takedown here. Diamant sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Diamant tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Toney paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Cebeza Diamant seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The fight stays on the outside here - Diamant looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Diamant displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Toney.
Diamant doesn't manage to clinch there - Toney circles away.
Toney lands a high kick!
Diamant tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Diamant fails with an attempt to clinch.
Jamikah Toney is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Diamant moves into the clinch.
Diamant lands an elbow just above Toney 's eye.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Diamant unloads a knee to the mid-section. Toney lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
With the fighters up against the cage, Diamant throws an elbow but misses.
Diamant trying to land knees to the body.
Toney tries to pull guard but Diamant forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jamikah Toney. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Diamant tries a knee to the head but Toney blocks it.
Diamant trying to land knees to the body.
Toney blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Diamant throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Toney blocks it with crossed arms.
Diamant misses with a knee to the head.
Diamant tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Toney trying to land knees to the body.
Diamant prevents Toney from breaking the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diamant lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Diamant throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Toney blocks it with crossed arms.
Diamant is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Diamant stalling in the clinch.
Toney wants a takedown.
Toney breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Toney misses with a straight right.
Diamant fails with a takedown attempt.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Toney shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Diamant sprawls well. Diamant wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Toney gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diamant tries to clinch but Toney is having none of it.
Toney shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Diamant pinned against the cage. Diamant gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Toney misses with a two punch combination.
Diamant moves into range and clinches up with Toney.
Diamant taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Toney can't get the takedown.
Diamant taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Diamant prevents Toney from breaking the clinch.
Cebeza Diamant seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Diamant landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Diamant lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Diamant lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Diamant lands a knee to the head.
Diamant tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Diamant is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Toney wants to stall.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Diamant throws a knee to the head but misses.
Diamant's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Cebeza Diamant showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Diamant gets a clinch.
Toney tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Diamant just stands there and leans against the cage.
Toney is looking to control Diamant's arms but Diamant gets an underhook and turns him. Now Toney has his back to the cage.
Diamant creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Diamant blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Diamant using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Diamant is stalling here.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Toney is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Diamant to keep the fight standing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Toney breaks from the clinch.
Diamant scores with a three punch combo!
Diamant throws a right hand that Toney ducks under and follows up with a left that Toney also avoids with ease.
Diamant displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Toney.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jamikah Toney. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Diamant tries to close the distance and clinch but Toney swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Diamant misses with a jab, cross combination.
Diamant fails with a takedown attempt.
Diamant darts in and clinches Toney up against the cage.
Diamant stalling.
Toney has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Diamant avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diamant throws a knee to the head but misses.
Diamant throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Toney blocks it with crossed arms.
Diamant avoiding damage.
Toney wants a takedown but no success here.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Diamant using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Toney has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Toney is trying to pull guard but Diamant turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Toney jumps guard but Diamant stands there with Toney around his waist. Toney gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Diamant will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Toney up against the cage.
Diamant lands an elbow inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Toney misses with a short punch on the inside.
Diamant using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Toney has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Toney breaks the clinch.
Diamant wants to clinch.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Toney.
Diamant moves into range and clinches up with Toney.
Knees to the body from Diamant.
Diamant throws a knee to the head but misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Diamant lands a knee to the head.
Toney tries to pull guard but Diamant won't allow it.
Diamant with a knee to the head.
Diamant lands a knee to the head.
Toney tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Diamant smiles and moves away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Diamant looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Diamant leaves Toney with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Diamant connects with a crisp jab.
And that's the end of the fight!
Cebeza Diamant comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Diamant 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 Sergei Dronov scores the fight for Cebeza Diamant!
Judge Igor Prikhodko scores the fight for Cebeza Diamant!
Judge Aleksandr Martynov scores the fight for Cebeza Diamant!
Cebeza Diamant wins by unanimous decision!
Our winner, Cebeza Diamant, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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