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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jose Dimagiba (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Daniel Hart (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hart is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Hide Your Tears. Jose Dimagiba has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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186 cm
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175 lbs
7 - 9 - 0 |
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180 cm
32
177 lbs
9 - 12 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Decent elbows
Good chin |
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BJJ Brown Belt
Good kicks
Good gas tank |
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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
7 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Jose Dimagiba! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
9 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Daniel Hart! The judges for this bout are Ryoma Takatsuka, Micheangelo Fripello and Colin Fray.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Dimagiba closes the distance and clinches. Hart pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat. Dimagiba wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection. Dimagiba thumps Hart with a low kick. Dimagiba avoids the head kick by Hart.
Dimagiba closes the distance and clinches. A short right from Dimagiba on the inside. Dimagiba lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
It looks like Daniel Hart has been cut. Hart with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Hart gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground. This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace. Hart trying to control the position from guard on top but Dimagiba is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can. Dimagiba knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Hart on the ground. Dimagiba is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move. Dimagiba wants to pass the guard but Hart is defending well. Hart is not content to let Dimagiba control the position. Hart wants to get back to full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round. Hart keeps trying to improve his position. Dimagiba has decided to stand back up but his arm is trapped. Whilst he's worrying about his arm, Hart works to full guard. Hart looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Dimagiba slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard. Dimagiba trying to stand up but can't free himself from Hart's guard. Hart controlling Dimagiba's posture. The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work. Dimagiba trying to control the position from guard on top but Hart is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Jose Dimagiba. A left and a right from Dimagiba both land. Nice combination. Dimagiba fails in his attempt to clinch. Dimagiba lands a front kick. This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! A telegraphed takedown attempt from Hart is defended easily by Dimagiba. Hart throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Dimagiba. Hart misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Dimagiba lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Hart circles away quickly and effectively. Hart throws the kick towards the body but Dimagiba avoids it. Dimagiba forces Hart back against the cage and clinches. Hart wants a takedown but no success here.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Dimagiba scores with a shoulder strike. Dimagiba is pressed up against the cage. Hart has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Dimagiba down to the mat. Dimagiba avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance. Jose Dimagiba has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Daniel Hart. Dimagiba tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hart swats him away and circles back towards the center. Dimagiba pushes Hart up against the cage in a clinch. Dimagiba lands a glancing elbow in the clinch. Hart throws a knee to the head but misses.
Hart has Dimagiba pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Dimagiba manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing. Hart has Dimagiba pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Dimagiba manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing. Hart is trying to pull guard but Dimagiba has him pressed against the cage. Good body shot from Dimagiba.
Dimagiba lands a nice elbow. Dimagiba has Hart pressed against the cage, preventing Hart from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now. Dimagiba breaks the clinch.
Hart throws a body kick but he wasn't in range. Dimagiba forces Hart back against the cage and clinches. Dimagiba lands a left hand that snaps the head of Hart backwards. Dimagiba tries a body shot but Hart blocks it.
Dimagiba lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Hart wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee. Dimagiba putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Hart in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body. Hart looks winded! A nice glancing elbow lands by Dimagiba. Dimagiba lands a right hand. Dimagiba throws an elbow but it misses.
Dimagiba lands a damaging elbow. Hart goes for a takedown in the clinch but Dimagiba prevents it.
Hart takes an elbow to the forehead. Hart is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Dimagiba is defending well for now. Dimagiba lands with a short head shot on the inside. Dimagiba lands an elbow just above Hart 's eye. Dimagiba breaks from the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action! Dimagiba darts in and clinches Hart up against the cage. Dimagiba breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Dimagiba scores with a jab. Dimagiba fails in his attempt to clinch. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jose Dimagiba dominated that round. The cut man is working on Daniel Hart's cut. The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Dimagiba lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook. Dimagiba scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Dimagiba fakes a head shot and lands one to the body. Hart shoots in for a takedown but Dimagiba shows good takedown defense. Dimagiba doesn't manage to clinch there - Hart circles away.
Dimagiba closes the distance and clinches. Dimagiba breaks from the clinch.
Dimagiba fails in his attempt to clinch. Dimagiba lands with an overhand left. Hart misses with an attempted mid kick.
Hart changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Dimagiba tries to avoid it but Hart manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Dimagiba to the ground. Dimagiba escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet. Jose Dimagiba seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Hart looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it. Dimagiba closes the distance looking to clinch and Hart counters with a nice double leg into side control. Dimagiba won't be happy with that. We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Dimagiba throws his opponent off and manages to get back to his feet! Nicely done!
That's one minute gone in the round. Dimagiba jabs Hart to the body, keeping him at a distance. Hart goes for a high kick. It partially lands. Dimagiba doesn't manage to clinch there - Hart circles away.
Jose Dimagiba is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things. Dimagiba is looking to slow Hart down with leg kicks. Hart thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Dimagiba if he has to take too many more of those.
Dimagiba scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction. Dimagiba tries to clinch but Hart is having none of it. Dimagiba pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Hart back to the cage. Dimagiba follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Hart is rocked! The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Hart keeps the fight on the outside. Hart keeps the fight on the outside. Jose Dimagiba is winning the standup battle so far. Nice takedown defense from Dimagiba. No joy for Hart on that attempt. Jose Dimagiba has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Daniel Hart. Hart shoots in looking for a takedown. Dimagiba tries to sprawl out of it but Hart keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Dimagiba manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing. Hart is breathing heavily. Dimagiba lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Hart clinches up against the cage. Nice elbow from Dimagiba. Hart tries a knee to the head but Dimagiba blocks it.
Dimagiba lands an elbow inside. Dimagiba lands with a light punch inside. Hart wants a takedown but no success here.
Hart taking a breather. Hart pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage. Still in the clinch, Dimagiba scores with a nice short uppercut. A nice left hand lands by Dimagiba.
Dimagiba works on Hart's body with a couple of short punches. Hart takes an elbow to the temple. Dimagiba lands with a short shot to the head. Dimagiba scores with an uppercut up the middle. Hart avoids the elbow strike from Dimagiba, against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Dimagiba escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Hart throws a head kick but Dimagiba moves out of range.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Dimagiba checks a leg kick. Dimagiba moves into the clinch. Dimagiba breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat. Dimagiba avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Dimagiba tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion. Hart looks for a takedown but Dimagiba sprawls well. Dimagiba is looking to clinch. Dimagiba scores to the head and body with a nice combination! Hart gets the takedown into side control. The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. Dimagiba is trying to improve his position. Dimagiba parries the strikes from Hart easily there. Hart is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Dimagiba to escape.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. Dimagiba is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Hart off and has taken his back!
That's four minutes gone in the round. Dimagiba is not going to allow Hart to sit and survive in this position. You know, I was talking to some of our celebrities at ringside tonight and they were split right down the middle on who was going to win this fight.
Dimagiba keeps control of the position as Hart tries to break free.
Dimagiba just keeping the dominant position. He can't wait too long though, otherwise the referee will stand them back up.
A lull in the action here.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action! Hart is being controlled on the ground here - he must escape this position otherwise surely the end is near.
Hart tries to escape but Dimagiba has the hooks in and won't let him break free. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jose Dimagiba dominated that second round. The cut man is working on Daniel Hart's cut. 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. This is the final round!
Dimagiba moves in looking to clinch but Hart pushes him off. Dimagiba closes the distance and pushes Hart back into the cage. Dimagiba breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Hart tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Dimagiba paws at him with a jab and circles away. Dimagiba dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Hart. That did some damage! The fight stays on the outside here - Hart looks like he's thinking about clinching though. A swing and a miss from Hart. A combination from Dimagiba does no damage. No luck for Hart with that takedown attempt. Hart takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh. Dimagiba fails in his attempt to clinch. Nice jab there from Dimagiba. Dimagiba fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Hart, pushing him back against the cage. Dimagiba throws an elbow but it's blocked.
That's one minute gone in the round. Hart lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Dimagiba wants to get back to full guard. Dimagiba won't allow Hart to pass to mount. Hart sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Dimagiba defending well though. Hart wants to pass the guard but Dimagiba is defending well. Hart takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired. Hart wants to control but Dimagiba is keeping him busy. Hart sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Dimagiba defending well though. Dimagiba makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Dimagiba. Dimagiba keeping full guard, as Hart tries to pass. Dimagiba manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Hart shoots for a takedown but Dimagiba saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily. Dimagiba feints and then cracks Hart's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Hart down.
That's two minutes gone in the round. We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Dimagiba throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Hart. Jose Dimagiba is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs. Dimagiba throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Hart. Dimagiba lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
The fight stays on the outside here - Dimagiba looks like he's thinking about clinching though. Dimagiba tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion. Dimagiba moves into the clinch. Dimagiba breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Dimagiba cracks the inside of Hart's front leg. Dimagiba avoids the head kick by Hart.
A head kick misses from Hart. Dimagiba moves in looking to clinch but Hart pushes him off. Hart takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Hart avoids the head kick by Dimagiba.
Hart stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Dimagiba.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Dimagiba closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage. Hart avoids the elbow strike from Dimagiba, against the cage.
Hart changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Dimagiba fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Jose Dimagiba has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Daniel Hart. Dimagiba scores with a shot to the body.
Dimagiba tries to clinch there but Hart circles away.
Daniel Hart has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here! Dimagiba moves in looking to clinch but Hart pushes him off. Hart closes this distance looking for a takedown but Dimagiba circles away. Dimagiba wants to clinch. Hart gets tackled into the cage by Dimagiba. Dimagiba maintains the clinch. Hart blocks an elbow strike. Jose Dimagiba has scored more points in the clinch so far.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Dimagiba pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat. Dimagiba scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business. Hart swats away the attempt to clinch by Dimagiba. Hart finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
A slapping leg kick lands for Dimagiba.
Hart's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down. Dimagiba misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Hart shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Dimagiba as he avoids it easily. Dimagiba pushes Hart up against the cage in a clinch. Jose Dimagiba is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Hart missing with knees to the body.
A short uppercut from Dimagiba. As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action. Hart is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Dimagiba is keeping busy. Dimagiba breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat. Dimagiba is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Hart can do to turn this around? Dimagiba instigates a clinch.
And that's the end of the fight! Jose Dimagiba showed his dominance in that final round. Well I reckon that's a shut out for Dimagiba, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Ryoma Takatsuka scores the fight for Jose Dimagiba! Judge Micheangelo Fripello scores the fight for Jose Dimagiba! Judge Colin Fray scores the fight for Jose Dimagiba!
Jose Dimagiba wins by unanimous decision! Jose Dimagiba was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.
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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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