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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Moses Diggs (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jake Orange (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Diggs comes to the cage accompanied by SHOT TO THE HEART. The crowd seem to be enjoying Orange's choice of entrance music: Bob Seger- Turn the Page. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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209 lbs
32 - 7 - 0 |
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200 cm
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214 lbs
29 - 11 - 0 |
Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
32 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Moses Diggs!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
29 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jake Orange!
The judges for this bout are Steve Erwin, Summer Carpenter and Winston Howard.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Orange ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A low kick from Orange misses
and Diggs counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Diggs misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Orange.
Diggs thows a body shot but no joy.
A low kick from Orange misses
and Diggs counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
A head kick misses from Orange.
Orange moves away from the strike by Diggs.
Diggs throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Orange's waist but Orange gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Diggs off to one side.
Diggs throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Diggs throws a body punch but Orange moves out of range.
A swing and a miss from Orange.
Nice body kick from Diggs.
Orange explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Orange throws a combination. Diggs tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
It looks like Moses Diggs has been cut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Diggs misses with an uppercut. Orange saw that one coming.
Orange listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Diggs fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Orange misses the jab.
Diggs shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Orange sprawls well. Orange wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Diggs gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Moses Diggs. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Diggs thows a body shot but no joy.
Orange tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Orange connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Orange tries to land a leg kick but Diggs saw it coming and moves away.
Diggs tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Orange was well out of range. Poor timing from Diggs.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Orange tests Diggs's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Diggs throws a body punch but Orange moves out of range.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Diggs thows a left - swing and a miss!
Diggs closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Orange to the mat! Orange manages to get full guard.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Orange looking to control.
Diggs postures up in Orange's guard and throws a big left but Orange blocks it.
Orange pulls Diggs in close to prevent any damage.
Orange manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Diggs manages to get himself to full guard.
Orange trying to control but Diggs is working from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Orange might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Diggs kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Jake Orange.
Orange tries to clinch up
and Diggs counters with a stiff right hand.
It looks like Jake Orange has been cut.
Diggs lands a two punch combo.
Diggs thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Orange if he has to take too many more of those.
Diggs lands a nice looking body kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Diggs walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Diggs digs a good hook to Orange's body.
Diggs is looking to wear down Orange with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Diggs thows a body shot but no joy.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Diggs lands a nice looking kick to the body. Orange takes a step back to recover.
Orange looks winded!
Diggs closes the distance and clinches up with Orange, looking for a takedown. Diggs pushes Orange against the cage but Orange circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Diggs just misses with a punch to the body.
Orange throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Orange misses with a hook
and Diggs counters with a body kick.
Diggs throws a body kick that misses
and Orange counters with an inside leg kick.
Orange takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Orange takes one to the side of the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Diggs misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Orange misses the shot to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Moses Diggs dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Diggs moves out of range as Orange throws a body kick.
Orange tries to close the distance and clinch but Diggs swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Diggs takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Orange thumps Diggs with a low kick.
Orange misses with a hook to the body
so Diggs counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Diggs throwing strikes from guard but Orange blocks nicely.
Orange keeping full guard, as Diggs tries to pass.
Orange managing to control the position.
Diggs working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Orange looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Diggs wants to control from the top but Orange keeps moving.
Diggs working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Diggs wants to control from the top but Orange keeps moving.
Diggs might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Diggs controls from within his opponent's guard.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Diggs throws a body punch but Orange moves out of range.
Orange lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Orange thows a leg kick but Diggs checks it
and Diggs counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Orange's guard now.
Orange tries to land a sweep but no joy.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Orange holds on and takes a little breather.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Diggs landing with the ground and pound.
Orange working a defensive guard here.
Orange is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Jake Orange was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Diggs scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Diggs decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Diggs throwing shots but Orange is blocking nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diggs seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Orange wants to control but Diggs is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Diggs wants to lay and pray for a moment but Orange keeps working.
Diggs is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Orange is looking for a sweep. Diggs is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Diggs uses his free foot to push down on Orange's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Orange.
Orange is desperately trying to improve his position but Diggs has a good base and remains in mount.
Diggs putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Diggs lands a nice shot to the head.
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!
Diggs unloads with some shots from mount but Orange bucks and avoids them well.
Orange is wriggling around trying to escape.
Diggs has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
A big strike lands for Diggs! That's really hurt Orange and he's turned his back - Diggs keeps firing away and the ref dives in to stop the fight! Diggs jumps to his feet to celebrate the victory!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:18 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Moses Diggs!
During a confident post fight interview, Moses Diggs thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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