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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Chuck Diaz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Charles RIck (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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160 lbs
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160 lbs
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Good wrestling
Counter fighter
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Chuck Diaz!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Charles RIck!
The judges for this bout are Franklyn Lucas, Dean Styles and Reed Andrews.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
RIck with a poor takedown
and Diaz counters by moving into the clinch.
Diaz working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Diaz lands a left hand.
Diaz pushes RIck back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
RIck tries for a takedown but Diaz manages to get underhooks.
Diaz scores with a shoulder strike.
Diaz working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Diaz lands with a short punch from the clinch.
RIck takes a shot to the head.
Still in the clinch, Diaz scores with a nice short uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
RIck tries to pull guard but Diaz won't allow it.
Chuck Diaz has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Charles RIck.
Diaz lands a hook to the side of the head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Diaz.
RIck goes for a takedown in the clinch but Diaz prevents it.
Diaz lands with a short shot to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Diaz scores with a shot to the side of RIck's head.
Diaz working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Diaz digs a right hand into RIck's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on RIck's gas tank.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Diaz creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Diaz lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Diaz cracks RIck with a nice body shot.
RIck looks winded!
RIck changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Diaz fights it off and pushes away nicely.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Diaz lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
RIck jumps guard but Diaz stands there with RIck around his waist. RIck gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Diaz lands with a right to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diaz lands a left hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Diaz has RIck pressed against the cage.
RIck takes a shot to the head.
Diaz is leaning against RIck and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Diaz lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of RIck backwards.
Diaz lands an uppercut.
Diaz lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A left hand lands to the body for Diaz.
Nice body punch from Diaz - that landed with a thud.
Diaz is leaning against RIck and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Diaz scores with a shot to the side of RIck's head.
Diaz makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Diaz lands with a light punch inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diaz lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of RIck backwards.
Diaz scores with a nice hook to the head.
RIck takes a shot to the head.
Diaz lands with a left to the head.
Diaz lands a right hand.
Diaz lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Diaz lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Diaz is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Diaz lands with a short shot to the head.
Diaz is working RIck over against the cage.
Diaz lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Diaz scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A short uppercut from Diaz.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Diaz lands a left hand.
Diaz softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Diaz working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
RIck takes a shot to the head.
Diaz lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of RIck backwards.
A right hook to the body lands for Diaz.
Diaz scores with a shot to the side of RIck's head.
Diaz lands a hook to the side of the head.
Diaz lands a nice shot to the body.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Diaz.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Diaz lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Diaz lands with a short shot to the head.
Still in the clinch, Diaz scores with a nice short uppercut.
Diaz lands a right hand that snaps the head of RIck backwards.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Chuck Diaz dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Diaz has closed the distance and engaged RIck in a clinch.
Diaz is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that RIck can do to turn this around?
Diaz lands a right hand.
RIck is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Diaz scores with a nice hook to the head.
A shot in the inside from Diaz.
Chuck Diaz has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Diaz lands a nice uppercut.
Diaz lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Diaz lands with a light punch inside.
RIck wants to take the fight to the mat but Diaz manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Diaz scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Diaz lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of RIck backwards.
Diaz lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
RIck is breathing heavily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Diaz lands with a short shot to the head.
Diaz throws a blind hook that connects with the side of RIcks head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Diaz.
Diaz lands a left hand that snaps the head of RIck backwards.
Diaz scores with an uppercut up the middle.
RIck's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Diaz scores with a shot to the side of RIck's head.
Diaz lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Diaz lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of RIck backwards.
Diaz lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Nice body punch from Diaz - that landed with a thud.
Diaz scores with a shoulder strike.
A short right from Diaz on the inside.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Diaz lands a shot to the body.
Diaz lands a nice uppercut.
Diaz scores with a shoulder strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diaz scores with a nice hook to the head.
Diaz working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Still in the clinch, Diaz scores with a nice short uppercut.
A short right from Diaz on the inside.
Still in the clinch, Diaz scores with a nice short uppercut.
Diaz gets through RIck's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Diaz.
Diaz lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Diaz lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Diaz lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A short right from Diaz.
Diaz lands a nice uppercut.
Diaz lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of RIck backwards.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diaz lands a shoulder strike.
Diaz working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A short right from Diaz on the inside.
Diaz softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Diaz lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Diaz avoiding damage.
A shot in the inside from Diaz.
RIck is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Chuck Diaz has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Charles RIck.
Diaz scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Diaz presses RIck against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
RIck's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Diaz lands a left hand that snaps the head of RIck backwards.
A shot in the inside from Diaz.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Diaz lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Diaz lands a nice uppercut.
A nice right hand lands inside from Diaz.
A short uppercut from Diaz.
A right handed body shot lands from Diaz.
A short left from Diaz.
Diaz lands an uppercut.
RIck's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A nice left hand lands by Diaz.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Diaz lands a right hand.
Diaz scores with a shot to the side of RIck's head.
Diaz throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Diaz pushes RIck back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Chuck Diaz dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
RIck takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Diaz fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with RIck, pushing him back against the cage.
Diaz lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Diaz lands with a right to the head.
Diaz lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Diaz lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down RIck.
Diaz lands a body shot.
A nice right hand lands inside from Diaz.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Diaz prevents the takedown attempt.
A hook to the body from Diaz.
RIck takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Diaz pushes RIck back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Diaz makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Diaz throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Diaz lands a left hand that snaps the head of RIck backwards.
Diaz stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Diaz lands a hook to the side of the head.
Diaz lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Diaz scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Diaz lands with a left to the head.
Diaz softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Diaz gets through RIck's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Diaz scores with a shoulder strike.
Diaz lands an uppercut.
Diaz lands a hook that snaps the head of RIck backwards.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Diaz avoiding damage.
RIck's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diaz lands a right hand.
Diaz pushes RIck back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Diaz working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Diaz pushes RIck back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Diaz is pushing RIck up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Diaz digs a right hand underneath RIck's ribcage. RIck let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Diaz lands a right hand that snaps the head of RIck backwards.
A short uppercut from Diaz.
A short uppercut from Diaz.
Diaz lands a hook that snaps the head of RIck backwards.
RIck's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diaz lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of RIck backwards.
Diaz scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Diaz scores with a nice hook to the head.
Diaz softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Diaz lands an uppercut.
A shot in the inside from Diaz.
A short body shot lands from Diaz as the two fighters clinch.
Diaz lands a body punch in the clinch.
A hook to the body from Diaz.
Nice body punch from Diaz.
Diaz lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A short uppercut from Diaz.
Diaz lands a shot to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A short left from Diaz.
Diaz lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Diaz scores with an uppercut up the middle.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Diaz.
Diaz lands with a right to the head.
Diaz stalling against the cage.
Diaz lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A body shot lands from Diaz.
RIck is trying to pull guard but Diaz turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Diaz working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A short right from Diaz.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Chuck Diaz clearly takes that round.
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.
Diaz fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with RIck, pushing him back against the cage.
A short right from Diaz on the inside.
A hook to the body from Diaz.
RIck is trying to pull guard but Diaz has him pressed against the cage.
Good body shot from Diaz.
Diaz lands a shoulder strike.
Diaz lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Diaz leaning his opponent against the cage.
RIck's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Diaz throws a blind hook that connects with the side of RIcks head.
RIck is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
Diaz lands a shoulder strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A right hand to the body from Diaz.
Diaz lands a right hand.
Diaz makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Diaz throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
A right hand to the body from Diaz.
Diaz scores with a shoulder strike.
Diaz taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Diaz pushes RIck back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
RIck wants a takedown but no success here.
Diaz lands a left hand.
Diaz lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
RIck's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Diaz throws a blind hook that connects with the side of RIcks head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Diaz creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Diaz lands with a light punch inside.
A nice right hand lands inside from Diaz.
RIck's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Diaz lands a left hand.
Diaz lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
RIck's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Diaz lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Diaz scores with a shoulder strike.
A short uppercut from Diaz.
A short right from Diaz on the inside.
Diaz pushes RIck back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Diaz lands an uppercut.
Diaz scores with a shoulder strike.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diaz lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Diaz lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Diaz lands a shoulder strike.
A nice left hand lands by Diaz.
Diaz lands a nice uppercut.
Diaz lands a body shot.
Diaz working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Diaz pushes RIck back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Diaz prevents a takedown attempt there.
Chuck Diaz has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Charles RIck.
RIck takes a shot to the head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Diaz.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Diaz scores with a shot to the side of RIck's head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Diaz lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of RIck backwards.
Diaz lands with a short shot to the head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Diaz.
Diaz gets through RIck's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Diaz lands a body shot in the clinch.
Diaz taking a breather.
Diaz throws a head punch that misses.
Diaz tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
RIck blocks a body shot from Diaz.
Diaz swings wildly with an uppercut but RIck uses good head movement to avoid it.
Diaz misses with a punch on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Chuck Diaz had his way with Charles RIck in that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
RIck throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Diaz tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. RIck is in Diaz's guard.
RIck wants to control from the top but Diaz keeps moving.
RIck drops back looking for a leg! Diaz is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Diaz manages to kick RIck off! RIck jumps back into Diaz's guard.
Diaz on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Diaz tries to get out of the position.
RIck 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.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Diaz controlling RIck's posture.
That's one minute gone in the round.
RIck won't allow Diaz to sweep him here.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - a gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
RIck trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
RIck trying to control the position from guard on top but Diaz is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
RIck forces his way into half guard.
RIck is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
RIck is looking for a kimura here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
RIck is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
RIck looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
RIck is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
RIck wants to take a breather but Diaz is having none of it.
RIck seems to be working for a kimura but Diaz defends the submission attempt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Diaz has his hands clasped together around RIck's back. He's all about the action.
RIck wants to control but Diaz is keeping him busy.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Charles RIck has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
RIck is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Diaz is just riding it out for now. RIck eventually gives up the hold.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Diaz has managed to clinch.
And that's the end of the fight!
Charles RIck comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Diaz has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Franklyn Lucas scores the fight for Chuck Diaz!
Judge Dean Styles scores the fight for Chuck Diaz!
Judge Reed Andrews scores the fight for Chuck Diaz!
Chuck Diaz wins by unanimous decision!
Chuck Diaz is the new lightweight champion!
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