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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Bob Blunt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jason Diamond (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Blunt kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Danzig - Mother. This should be a great matchup!
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198 lbs
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203 lbs
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Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
Granite chin |
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World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
20 - 22 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Bob Blunt!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
19 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jason Diamond!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Don Winkell and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Diamond takes one to the chin there.
It looks like Jason Diamond has been cut.
Diamond swats away the attempt to clinch by Blunt.
A slapping leg kick lands for Blunt.
Blunt blocks the body kick.
Diamond fakes the leg kick and cracks Blunt in the body.
Diamond throws an off balance right hand
and Blunt counters with a right hand to the body.
Blunt misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Diamond cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Blunt misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Diamond throws the left hand but Blunt avoids the punch easily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Blunt dodges the punch combination from Diamond.
Diamond keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Blunt throws a leg kick but Diamond sees it coming and moves out of range.
Diamond bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Blunt's head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Blunt staying out of range there.
Diamond thuds his right hand into Blunt's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Blunt misses with the combination.
Diamond throws a right and a left that Blunt avoids nicely.
Blunt throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Blunt throws a hook to the side of Diamond's head but Diamond sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Blunt moves out of range of the body kick from Diamond.
Blunt scores with a nice strike.
Diamond swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Blunt throws a jab when Diamond was well out of range.
Blunt takes a jab right on the kisser.
Blunt goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
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!
Blunt takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blunt on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Blunt tries to clinch but Diamond moves out of range.
Diamond tries a head kick but it misses.
Blunt is looking to clinch but Diamond is avoiding it.
Blunt takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Blunt swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Diamond wants to slow Blunt down by chopping away at his legs.
Diamond connects with a right hand. Blunt shakes it off.
Diamond uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Diamond attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Diamond swings and misses with a shot to the body
enabling Blunt to counter with a crisp jab.
Blunt wants to clinch up but Diamond keeps it at a distance.
Jason Diamond is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Blunt throws a jab when Diamond was well out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diamond on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Diamond punishes Blunt's body with a nice straight punch.
Blunt connects with a single shot there.
Diamond throws a push kick but Blunt slaps the foot to one side.
Diamond staying out of range there.
Diamond throws the left hand but Blunt avoids the punch easily.
Diamond looks to score with a jab to the body but Blunt is just out of range.
Diamond is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Blunt had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Diamond blocks a head kick by Blunt.
Blunt looks to score with a jab to the body but Diamond is just out of range.
A left and a right from Diamond both land. Nice combination.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Diamond scores with a jab to the jaw.
Diamond scores with a jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Diamond.
Blunt pivots, looking for a leg kick but Diamond is out of range and Blunt settles back down.
Diamond misses the shot to the body.
An inside leg kick from Diamond misses.
Diamond avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Diamond lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Blunt has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Blunt and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Jason Diamond seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Blunt defending well as Diamond loads up on a big left hand.
Diamond bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Diamond lands a glancing blow to the side of Blunt's head.
Diamond bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Diamond lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Blunt thows a left - swing and a miss!
Blunt checks a leg kick.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Diamond.
Diamond misses the jab.
Diamond tries to bum rush Blunt with a series of wild strikes but Blunt uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Diamond looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
A head kick misses from Blunt.
Diamond misses with a body shot.
Diamond throws the left hand but Blunt avoids the punch easily.
Nice body punch from Diamond.
Diamond misses with a head kick.
Both fighters circling a little - Diamond finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Diamond ducks under a wild hook from Blunt.
Blunt avoids a kick to the body.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Diamond throws a leg kick but Blunt moved away.
Blunt ducks right into an uppercut from Diamond.
Diamond throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Blunt lands a leg kick that knocks Diamond off balance momentarily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Diamond lets loose with a powerful body kick. Blunt will feel that in the morning.
Diamond thows a leg kick but Blunt checks it
and Blunt makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Blunt tries to move into range but Diamond moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Blunt throws a right and a left that both miss.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Diamond, right into the meat.
Blunt lands a nice looking body shot.
Blunt misses with the combination.
Diamond has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Blunt finds it's way round the side to connect with Diamond's head.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Diamond avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Diamond. Blunt shrugs it off though.
Diamond swats away the attempt to clinch by Blunt.
Diamond throws a leg kick that misses.
Blunt slips under a jab from Diamond.
Diamond throws a body kick that misses.
Blunt shoots in but Diamond avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Diamond looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Blunt tries a head kick but it misses.
Blunt bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Diamond walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Blunt misses with a body shot.
Blunt throws a big shot that misses.
Diamond jabs Blunt right on the nose. Blunt blinks but takes it well.
Diamond throws a nice outside leg kick.
Diamond moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Diamond connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
A good leg kick by Diamond.
Diamond on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Diamond connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Blunt is breathing heavily.
Diamond throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Blunt is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Blunt ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Diamond misses with a low kick.
Diamond fails to land with a series of punches.
Blunt ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Diamond moves away.
Diamond keeps Blunt at a distance using the push kick.
Diamond displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Blunt throws out the jab.
Diamond misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Diamond connects with a solid leg kick.
Jab, jab by Diamond - just one landing.
Blunt slips a jab from Diamond.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Diamond lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Diamond chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Blunt is looking to clinch but Diamond is avoiding it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jason Diamond dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jason Diamond's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Diamond feints and then cracks Blunt's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Blunt down.
Diamond lands a nice shot to the body.
Blunt takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Diamond scores with a jab. Blunt acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Blunt takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Blunt might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Some wild striking there from Diamond.
Blunt connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Blunt tries to close the distance and clinch but Diamond swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Diamond misses with a body shot.
Diamond avoids the head kick by Blunt.
Diamond scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Diamond tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Diamond with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Diamond avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Blunt just misses with a punch to the body.
Blunt fails in his attempt to clinch.
Blunt is looking to clinch.
Diamond bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Blunt clinches up against the ropes.
Blunt is trying to break free.
Diamond stalling in the clinch but Blunt improves position.
Blunt is trying to stall.
Blunt lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Diamond is working Blunt over against the ropes.
Blunt takes an elbow to the forehead.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diamond breaks from the clinch.
Blunt swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Diamond counters with an inside leg kick.
Diamond's corner calls for a 1-2. Diamond obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Blunt misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Diamond pulls out of a head kick attempt.
No joy there for Diamond, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Diamond tries to land a leg kick but Blunt saw it coming and moves away.
Diamond has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Diamond keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Diamond throws a low kick but it's checked well by Blunt.
Blunt goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Diamond scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Diamond throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blunt misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Blunt tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Diamond digs a good hook to Blunt's body.
Blunt takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Sloppy strikes from Blunt. Those never looked like landing.
Blunt takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Diamond cracks Blunt with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the ropes.
Jason Diamond seems to be getting the better of the standup.
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!
Blunt throws a sloppy head kick
and Diamond counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Diamond fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Diamond fakes the leg kick and cracks Blunt in the body.
A solid leg kick lands there for Diamond.
Diamond scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Blunt doesn't seem bothered though.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Diamond throws out a powerful jab.
Diamond digs a good body shot into Blunt's ribs.
Nice uppercut lands for Diamond. That snapped Blunt's head back.
Diamond with a nice cross.
Good standup being displayed there by Diamond as he connects with a hook.
Diamond ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Blunt misses with the combination.
Blunt chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Diamond can pounce on him.
Blunt will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Diamond throws a head kick that misses.
Diamond throws a hook but Blunt avoids it easily.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Diamond lands with a nice body punch.
Diamond connects with an inside leg kick.
Blunt on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Blunt loads up on a big right hand but Diamond slips the punch.
Diamond is looking to chop away at Blunt's legs.
Blunt clinches with his opponent.
Diamond manages to break the clinch.
Diamond lands a head kick. Blunt smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
A head kick misses from Blunt.
Diamond lands a nice hook to Blunt's body. Blunt takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Diamond scores with a nice strike.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Diamond throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Diamond avoids the head kick by Blunt.
Diamond misses with a wild body shot.
Blunt throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Nice body kick from Diamond.
Blunt has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Diamond finds it's way round the side to connect with Blunt's head.
Diamond tries a head kick but it misses.
Diamond tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Blunt was well out of range. Poor timing from Diamond.
Diamond misses with a combination
and Blunt counters with a right hand to the body.
Blunt looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Diamond lands a front kick.
Diamond lunges at Blunt with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Blunt's hand.
Jason Diamond is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Blunt avoids the body shot from Diamond.
Diamond misses with a kick to the body.
Diamond moves out of range of the leg kick from Blunt.
Well,Blunt is on his way to losing a decision here. Can he use his experience to pull something off in the closing minutes?
Diamond thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Blunt if he has to take too many more of those.
The fight stays on the outside here - Blunt looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Diamond swings for the body but Blunt moves out of range.
Blunt with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Diamond to score with a decent uppercut.
Diamond ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Blunt moves away.
Blunt throws the left hand but Diamond avoids the punch easily.
Diamond throws out a powerful jab.
A lazy body kick from Blunt
and Diamond counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Diamond avoids the head kick by Blunt.
Blunt tries to close the distance and clinch but Diamond swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Diamond scores with a hook to the body. Blunt takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Diamond lands a leg kick that knocks Blunt off balance momentarily.
Blunt throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Diamond.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Diamond, right into the meat.
Diamond lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Blunt throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Diamond stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Diamond avoids the head kick by Blunt.
Blunt takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Bob Blunt has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Diamond dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Blunt. That did some damage!
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Blunt connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Diamond is looking to land body kicks.
Blunt's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Diamond connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Blunt scrambles back to his feet.
Diamond scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Diamond getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Diamond lands with a cross.
Diamond moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Diamond misses with a wild body shot.
A head kick misses from Diamond.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Diamond avoids the head kick by Blunt.
A head kick misses from Diamond.
Blunt on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jason Diamond comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Diamond 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 2 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight for Jason Diamond!
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight for Jason Diamond!
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight for Jason Diamond!
Jason Diamond wins by unanimous decision!
A relieved looking Jason Diamond thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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