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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jackie Diaz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Free Gves (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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174 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Good chin |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
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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
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jackie Diaz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Free Gves!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Marco Blurström and Tarja Halkonen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gves lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
It looks like Jackie Diaz has been cut.
Diaz takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
A jab lands there for Gves.
Gves connects with a body shot.
Free Gves seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gves lands with a straight right. Diaz didn't see that one coming.
Gves tests Diaz's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Gves lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Gves throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Diaz.
Diaz on the wrong end of a nice jab.
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!
Diaz bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Gves is looking to regain half guard here but Diaz keeps moving and retains side control.
Sloppy strikes there by Diaz.
Gves is looking for a sweep.
Gves is trying to escape the position but Diaz is controlling the position.
Diaz 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.
Diaz lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Gves is trying to get back to half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Diaz sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Gves is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Gves is trying to get back to half guard.
Diaz wants to stand but Gves is controlling his arm.
Diaz looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Gves is avoiding damage well.
Diaz controls the position.
Diaz tries to stand but Gves is controlling his head.
Gves prevents Diaz from moving into mount.
Diaz controls the position.
Gves is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Diaz is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Gves sees it coming and defends easily.
Gves is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Diaz pulls his head out easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gves is looking to improve his position.
Diaz is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Gves works his way to full guard. Good work.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gves has an active guard here but Diaz has managed to pass into half guard.
Gves is trying to get back to full guard.
Gves looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gves slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Diaz is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Gves has his foot on Diaz's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Diaz works his way back into a safe position though.
Diaz wants to control from the top but Gves keeps moving.
Diaz postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Diaz wanted to stand there but Gves had control of the position.
Gves is looking for a triangle here but Diaz uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
Diaz just content to control the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The ground and pound from Diaz seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Gves is looking to reverse the position.
Gves manages to work his way to half guard, despite Diaz's best efforts.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Diaz wants to stand but Gves has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now.
Gves wants to improve his position but Diaz is controlling well.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Diaz lands a nice short elbow.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Gves looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Gves looks winded!
Gves gets full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Free Gves will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Jackie Diaz's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Diaz decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Diaz content to control rather than advance.
Diaz tries to stand but his hand is stuck under Gves.
Diaz moves into full mount! Gves won't be happy about that!
Gves is looking to get to half guard.
Gves sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
Diaz wants to work for an arm triangle but Gves is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Gves is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Diaz pulls his head out easily.
The fighters are battling for position here. Gves manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gves looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Gves is breathing heavily.
Gves has an active guard here but Diaz has managed to pass into half guard.
Diaz wants to stand up but Gves has a hold of him and won't allow it.
Diaz takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Diaz works his way into full mount!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Gves is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Diaz content just to control the position here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gves keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Diaz has control of Gves's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Gves regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Gves is looking to improve his position but Diaz isn't that keen on the idea.
Diaz trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Gves wants to improve position but instead he's given up his back.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diaz working for the choke.
Diaz patiently working for the choke. Which fighter will keep their nerve here?
Gves can't escape the position.
Gves turns into Diaz and is now in his guard.
Diaz had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Gves defends it easily.
Gves 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.
Diaz keeping full guard, as Gves tries to pass.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gves drops back, looking for a kneebar! Diaz looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Diaz looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Diaz!
Gves tries to slip a leg under to move to half guard but Diaz presses down on the leg and jumps into full mount!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gves is trying desperately to improve position.
Diaz takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Diaz trying to control but Gves is having none of it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Diaz pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jackie Diaz dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Jackie Diaz's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! And we move into the final round!
Gves scores with a nice right hand.
Jackie Diaz is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Diaz scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Diaz controls the position.
Gves sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Diaz tries to stand but his arm is trapped.
Diaz moves into side control, avoiding a weak kimura attempt from Gves.
Diaz is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Gves knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Gves is trying to get back to half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Diaz wants to stand but Gves has his arm trapped.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Gves manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Gves keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Diaz throwing shots but Gves is blocking nicely.
Gves trying to get back to full guard but Diaz takes advantage of the position and moves to full mount!
Diaz looking to finish Gves with some ground and pound. This is bad for Gves!
Diaz controlling from mount.
Diaz looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Gves is working to get back to half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diaz trying to control but Gves is having none of it.
Gves is looking to improve his position but Diaz isn't that keen on the idea.
Gves sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gves looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Diaz has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Diaz looking to finish Gves with some ground and pound. This is bad for Gves!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diaz controlling the position easily from mount.
Diaz pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Gves looking to escape from mount but he's given up his back!
Gves is in bad spot here.
Diaz lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Gves is being controlled on the ground here - he must escape this position otherwise surely the end is near.
Diaz has his opponent trapped and is landing shots. Not a good position for Gves.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Diaz punishes Gves with strikes from the back mount.
Diaz keeps control of the position as Gves tries to break free.
Gves rolls and manages to get back to half guard. Nicely done.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Diaz is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Gves sees it coming and defends easily.
Gves tries to roll over but Diaz keeps him under control.
Gves blocking the ground and pound attempt from Diaz.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Diaz with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Gves is looking to regain full guard. He's left an arm up in the air though and Diaz has latched onto it... Big trouble! Diaz pivots for an armbar - it's in tight and it Gves is tapping in no time flat! Great counter grappling there from Diaz!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Jackie Diaz!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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