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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between James Diaz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marc Du Vale (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!
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BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin |
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BJJ White Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, James Diaz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Marc Du Vale!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Mauricio Rocha and Luis Engracia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Du Vale throws a body shot but no joy.
That kick from Du Vale tenderised Diaz's leg. Diaz is trying to keep his angry face on.
Diaz moves into the clinch successfully.
Du Vale is trying to break the clinch but Diaz is controlling him.
Diaz trying to land knees to the body.
Du Vale is trying to force a seperation but Diaz has the dominant position.
Du Vale wants to break free but Diaz has control.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Du Vale pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Diaz takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Du Vale ducks under a wild hook from Diaz.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Du Vale scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Du Vale misses with a wild combination.
Diaz feinted with a counter takedown.
Diaz misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Diaz on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Du Vale. Du Vale obviously looking to wear him down.
Diaz uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Du Vale.
Marc Du Vale is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Du Vale.
Diaz tries to counter by clinching up but Du Vale breaks away and moves out of range.
Du Vale throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Diaz counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Diaz.
A frustrated look appears on Du Vale's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Diaz keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Du Vale's efforts to push away.
Diaz with an attempt at a knee that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diaz has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Du Vale uses from the top position.
Diaz has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Diaz working for a triangle but Du Vale defends it easily.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diaz has control of Du Vale's left arm, preventing Du Vale from doing any damage.
Diaz's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Du Vale lands a body shot.
Du Vale throws a nice outside leg kick.
Diaz has managed to clinch.
Diaz crunches a lovely knee into Du Vale's ribcage.
Diaz jumps guard and drags Du Vale to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Du Vale must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Diaz striking off his back but it's not causing Du Vale any problems.
Diaz is adopting a defensive guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that James Diaz will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Diaz takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Du Vale throws a body kick that misses.
A nice leg kick lands there from Du Vale.
Diaz instigates a clinch.
Diaz has hold of one of Du Vale's legs. Du Vale is fighting the takedown attempt but Diaz gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
Diaz might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Diaz is stalling in the full guard.
Diaz makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Diaz is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Diaz stands up from guard. Let's bang!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Diaz takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Marc Du Vale seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Du Vale misses with a head kick.
Du Vale misses with a jab, cross combination.
The crowd cheers as Du Vale lands an impressive looking overhand right. Diaz doesn't seem phased though.
Du Vale throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
A cross from Du Vale lands.
Du Vale misses with a combination
and Diaz counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Diaz.
Du Vale is breathing heavily.
Diaz jumps guard.
Diaz seems to have improved his submission grappling technique since last time we saw him. Let's see if he can pull off a submission.
Diaz throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Du Vale stopping the sweep attempt from Diaz.
Diaz has his hands on Du Vale's head, controlling the position.
Diaz is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Du Vale avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Du Vale stopping the sweep attempt from Diaz.
Diaz is controlling Du Vale's posture.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Diaz moves into range and clinches up with Du Vale.
Diaz taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Diaz slows down the pace here.
Du Vale is trying to force a seperation but Diaz has the dominant position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that James Diaz will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Du Vale wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Diaz stalling the fight.
Diaz's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Du Vale tries to bum rush Diaz with a series of wild strikes but Diaz uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Du Vale takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Du Vale is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Du Vale misses with a few strikes there.
Diaz missing with a left hand there. Du Vale was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Du Vale throws a fast counter high kick but Diaz manages to duck under it in time.
Du Vale chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Diaz closes the distance and pushes Du Vale back into the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A frustrated look appears on Du Vale's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Diaz lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Diaz has picked Du Vale up - he's going for a ride! Diaz dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Du Vale is looking to escape.
Diaz trying to control the pace.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
James Diaz overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Du Vale throws a low kick but Diaz avoids it.
Du Vale scores with a head kick. Diaz tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Diaz clinches.
The referee is keeping an eye on Diaz - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Du Vale wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Diaz has him pressed against the cage.
Diaz tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Du Vale is trying to break the clinch but Diaz is controlling him.
Du Vale is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Diaz jumps guard but Du Vale turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Diaz manages to pull guard.
Diaz tries to land a sweep but no joy.
James Diaz is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Diaz pulls Du Vale in close to prevent any damage.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
And that's the end of the fight!
James Diaz showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Diaz, 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 Seu Braga scores the fight 29:28
Judge Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 29:28
Judge Luis Engracia scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... James Diaz!
James Diaz tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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