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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Reuben Allison (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nick Diz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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217 cm
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177 lbs
2 - 2 - 0 |
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183 cm
20
170 lbs
0 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Determined |
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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
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Reuben Allison! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Nick Diz! The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Alan Glass and Frank Dennis.
 The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Some wild striking there from Diz.
Allison forces Diz back against the cage and clinches. Diz wants to get back to striking at distance but Allison won't allow it.
A frustrated look appears on Diz's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Allison lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup. Allison winds up and cracks Diz with a swinging punch to the side of the head. Allison is controlling the pace.
Allison is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position. Allison is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Diz looking for submissions off his back. Allison throwing shots but Diz is blocking nicely.
 That's one minute gone in the round. Allison scores with a couple of good hammerfists. Allison lands with a punch from half guard.
Diz is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Allison pulls his head out easily. Diz looks winded! Allison controlling the pace. Allison looks to score some points with some ground and pound. Allison is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound. Allison really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape. The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Allison lands a nice short elbow. Allison working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that. Allison slips a nice elbow through Diz's hands, connecting with Diz's forehead. Allison will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions. Allison working over Diz with some ground and pound. Diz looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Allison connects with a nice short shot to Diz's temple. Diz has hold of Allison's hands but Allison slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow. Allison controlling the pace. The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
 That's two minutes gone in the round.
Allison stands up out of the half guard.
Allison gets in close and instigates a clinch. Allison lands an elbow inside that Diz shrugs off.
Allison manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back. Allison is pulling down on Diz's head to control his posture.
 The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Reuben Allison. Sloppy strikes from Diz. Those never looked like landing. Diz misses with a wild combination.
Nick Diz seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
 That's three minutes gone in the round. Diz thuds a left hand into Allison's body. Diz rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Allison moves out of range and avoids them all easily. Diz tries to bum rush Allison with a series of wild strikes but Allison uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Allison drives through with a takedown into Diz's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position. Allison scoring with punches to the head and body.
Allison stands up from Diz's guard - Allison perhaps looking for a knockout.
Allison drives through with a takedown into guard. Allison landing some decent shots from guard. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Diz keeping moving, preventing Allison from controlling successfully. Allison landing some decent shots from guard.
 That's four minutes gone in the round. Allison is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long. Allison lands a couple of digs. Allison has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player. Allison wants to stand and escape but instead Diz has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Allison has scooted to the edge of the canvas and used the cage to get back to his feet. Diz has stuck on his opponent and is forcing him back against the cage.
Allison lands a takedown into guard.
Diz looks to be working for a triangle here. Oh, it looks like he might have it! Allison has picked Diz up and slammed him! Diz can't keep hold of the triangle and Allison manages to pass to side control! The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Allison stands up and beckons Diz to his feet. Diz misses with a wild combination.
Nick Diz is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs. Diz fails to land with a series of punches.
And that�s the end of the round � the fighters go back to their corners.
Reuben Allison dominated that round. That's time! Allison's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Allison instigates a clinch.
Allison turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Allison manages to end up in side control. Diz taking punishment in the form of punches.
Allison working the ground and pound. Allison cracks Diz with a big right hand but Diz just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Allison is chipping away with strikes.
Allison lands a nice forearm strike. Diz wants to get back to his feet. Allison lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Diz down.
Reuben Allison overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far. We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Allison trying to control the position but Diz is working away. Diz is positioning himself to get back to half guard. Diz taking punishment in the form of punches.
Diz is breathing heavily.
 That's one minute gone in the round. Diz takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Allison is working Diz over with some ground and pound from side control. Allison in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows. Allison is chipping away with strikes.
Allison connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Diz some visible discomfort.

Diz is rocked! Allison scores with a couple of short elbows. Diz is still in real trouble! Can Allison finish him? The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. Allison landing strikes. Allison looks up at the clock and then as Diz takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Allison smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Allison lands a nice forearm strike. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Allison cracks Diz with a big right hand but Diz just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Allison is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Diz can do to turn this around? Allison working the ground and pound.
 That's two minutes gone in the round. Allison controlling the position. Allison cracks Diz with a big elbow. Allison scores with a big shot from side control... and another... and another! Oh Diz is done here - save him referee! More strikes land and eventually the ref does step in and Allison can finally stop beating on his defenseless opponent!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:37 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Reuben Allison!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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