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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Nickk Diazz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Royce Gracer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nickk Diazz has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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155 lbs
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155 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Big heart |
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BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
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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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Nickk Diazz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Royce Gracer!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Saam Ante and Paulsen Ambrosius.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Diazz looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Diazz not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Gracer tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Gracer is pressing down on Diazz's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Diazz trying to stand up but can't free himself from Gracer's guard.
Gracer striking off his back but it's not causing Diazz any problems.
Gracer thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Gracer doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Gracer throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Diazz has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Gracer thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Diazz throws a big right hand that misses.
Gracer trying to strike off his back.
Gracer throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Gracer trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Diazz trying to stand up but can't free himself from Gracer's guard.
Diazz missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Gracer trying to strike off his back.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Gracer looking for a sweep. Not yet Gracer, not yet.
Gracer trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Gracer lands a good elbow from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracer looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Gracer trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Diazz postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Diazz throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Gracer thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Diazz throws a big elbow that misses.
Diazz in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Gracer throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Diazz throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Gracer will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Gracer will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Gracer avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Diazz knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Gracer on the ground.
Gracer tries to strike from the bottom.
Diazz throwing strikes but missing.
Diazz is looking to work some ground and pound but Gracer has wrist control.
Gracer tries to strike from the bottom.
Gracer trying to strike off his back.
Gracer throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Diazz working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gracer throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gracer tries to strike from the bottom.
Diazz loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Gracer looking to hit a scissor sweep but Diazz is one step ahead there.
Gracer looks winded!
Diazz missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Gracer throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Diazz in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Gracer throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Diazz throwing strikes from guard but Gracer blocks nicely.
Gracer throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Gracer has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Diazz stopping the sweep attempt from Gracer.
Gracer thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Diazz would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diazz loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Gracer trying to strike off his back.
Gracer trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Gracer lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Diazz!
Gracer has hold of Diazz's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Diazz manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Diazz swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Diazz throwing hammer fists to the chest of Gracer. What's that going to do exactly?
Gracer wants to finish this one by submission but Diazz is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Gracer.
Gracer working for a guillotine from mount but Diazz is in no mood to give up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Diazz regains half guard.
Diazz pushes Gracer off looking to stand but Gracer dives back in and keeps control.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gracer is working for a submission of some sort.
Gracer looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Diazz is defending against the submission attempts here by Gracer.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Royce Gracer dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Diazz darts in and clinches Gracer up against the cage.
Gracer jumps guard.
Gracer throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Gracer will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Gracer manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Diazz manages to get himself to full guard.
Gracer drops back looking for a leg! Diazz is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Diazz manages to kick Gracer off! Gracer jumps back into Diazz's guard.
Gracer drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Gracer jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Gracer is breathing heavily.
Diazz striking off his back but it's not causing Gracer any problems.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Diazz is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Gracer is controlling him.
Diazz throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Gracer is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Royce Gracer has got the better of the ground game so far.
Gracer thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Diazz manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Gracer is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Diazz thowing shots but they're missing.
Gracer throwing punches from his back. He's mounted here but still fighting back.
Gracer is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Diazz misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diazz looking to finish with strikes here!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Gracer is in all sorts of trouble here.
Diazz looking to finish with strikes here!
Gracer is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Diazz blocks Gracer's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Diazz throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Diazz unloads with some shots from mount but Gracer bucks and avoids them well.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gracer gets back to half guard.
Diazz thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Gracer punching from the bottom.
Gracer blocking the ground and pound attempt from Diazz.
Gracer gets full guard.
Diazz throwing strikes from guard but Gracer blocks nicely.
Diazz throws a big right hand that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diazz throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Gracer works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Gracer tries to strike from the bottom.
Diazz postures up in Gracer's guard and throws a big left but Gracer blocks it.
Gracer throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Gracer doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Diazz is looking to work some ground and pound but Gracer has wrist control.
Gracer trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Diazz won't allow Gracer to sweep him here.
Diazz trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Gracer striking off his back but it's not causing Diazz any problems.
Gracer throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Gracer trying to strike off his back.
Gracer throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Gracer looking for a sweep. Not yet Gracer, not yet.
Gracer striking off his back but it's not causing Diazz any problems.
Diazz in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Diazz preventing the sweep.
Diazz throws a big right hand that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gracer throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Gracer striking off his back but it's not causing Diazz any problems.
Gracer trying to strike off his back.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gracer wants to sweep but no luck.
Diazz throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Gracer works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Gracer wants to sweep here but Diazz controlling him for the moment.
Gracer trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Gracer throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Diazz trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Gracer tries to strike from the bottom.
Diazz postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Diazz stands and throws Gracer's legs to the side, diving into side control.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Diazz wants to stand but Gracer is controlling his arm.
Gracer sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Diazz thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Royce Gracer will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. And we move into the final round!
Diazz moves into range and clinches up with Gracer.
Diazz gets control of Gracer's arms and successfully pulls guard. Diazz will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Gracer is pushing down on Diazz's leg trying to pass to half guard. Diazz is fighting to maintain full guard but Gracer has managed to sneak the leg through.
Diazz flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Gracer is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Diazz tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Diazz flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Gracer is looking for a kimura but Diazz is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Gracer to get the leverage.
Gracer is trying for a kimura here. Diazz looks like he's in a lot of pain... and he's tapping out! Gracer wins by kimura!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Royce Gracer!
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energy
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