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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Tommy Ward (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Zach Didion (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ward comes to the cage accompanied by Irigy Hónaljmirigy - Rúgj Chuck Norris (Chuck Norris parody by Hungarians) . Zach Didion has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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161 lbs
15 - 9 - 1 |
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173 lbs
12 - 16 - 1 |
Good wrestling
Good knees
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World class boxer
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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
15 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Tommy Ward!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 16 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Zach Didion!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Daniel Blasius and Wagner Zegers.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Didion gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Ward breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Didion misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A cross from Didion lands.
Ward scores with a jab. Didion acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Didion dips to his left and cracks Ward with an uppercut!
Ward closes the distance and pushes Didion back into the cage.
Didion is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Didion blocks a body shot from Ward.
Ward tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Ward misses with the head strike.
Ward missing with knees to the body.
Ward throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Ward with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ward tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Didion's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Ward has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Athletico Spizz MMA in the buildup to the fight.
Ward moves out of range of the body kick.
Didion lands with an uppercut that bounces Ward off the cage and back into range.
It looks like Tommy Ward has been cut.
Didion throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
The fight stays on the outside here - Ward looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ward tries to close the distance and clinch up but Didion swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Tommy Ward seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Didion avoids a kick to the body.
Didion takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Ward tries to close the distance and clinch up but Didion swats him away and circles back towards the center.
The fight stays on the outside here - Ward looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Didion moves into the clinch.
Ward missing with knees to the body.
Didion pulls guard effortlessly.
Ward looking to pass the guard.
Ward throws a big right hand that misses.
Ward won't allow Didion to sweep him here.
Ward in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Didion looking for a sweep. Not yet Didion, not yet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Ward accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Ward pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Didion is keeping the position for now.
Didion is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Ward wants to improve his position but Didion is controlling well.
Ward manages to get to full guard.
Didion trying to control but Ward is working from the bottom.
Didion slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Didion preventing the sweep.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Didion passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Didion is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Ward has escaped the position, nice work there.
Didion controlling the position.
Ward manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
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. Didion connects with a nice short shot to Ward's temple.
Ward is staying active underneath Didion, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Didion is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Ward is just riding it out for now. Didion eventually gives up the hold.
Ward is looking for a sweep. Didion is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Didion is trying to control the action in half guard but Ward is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Didion is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Didion is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Zach Didion dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Tommy Ward's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Ward tries to clinch but Didion is having none of it.
Ward stuffs the takedown.
Didion has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
A solid body kick from Didion.
Ward tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Didion manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Didion works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Didion closes the distance and clinches.
Ward using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Didion has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Ward has Didion pressed against the cage, preventing Didion from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
A short uppercut from Didion.
Didion breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Tommy Ward is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Ward tries to keep at a distance but Didion has taken the fight into the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ward misses with a knee to the head.
Didion avoiding damage as Ward throws knees to the body.
Didion breaks from the clinch.
Ward looks to land a body kick but Didion moved away.
Didion takes the fight into the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Didion jumps guard but Ward turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Didion has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Ward tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Didion avoids it.
Ward doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A short right from Ward.
Knees to the body from Ward.
Ward is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Didion is trying to push Ward away but Ward has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Ward scores a nice knee to the body.
Ward tries to work over Didion's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Ward tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Didion's elbow.
Didion avoiding damage as Ward throws knees to the body.
Didion's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Ward takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Ward moves away from the strike by Didion.
Didion scores with a punch to the head.
Ward looking to land some kicks to the body here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ward is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Ward tries to clinch there but Didion circles away.
Didion throws out a powerful jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Didion scores with a head kick.
Ward is rocked!
Ward darts in trying to clinch
and Didion counters with a big right hand! Oh Ward is in trouble here! Didion follows up with more strikes and that's it! The ref has stopped it!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:25 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Zach Didion!
Zach Didion took to the mic in his post fight interview and said 'I am wondering who i get next?'.
In defeat, Tommy Ward stepped up to the mic, saying 'best 2 of 3?'.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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