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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Nikolajs Ognjen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sedar Diakhate (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Diakhate comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Enigma - Return To Innocence kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!
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215 lbs
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210 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Nikolajs Ognjen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Sedar Diakhate!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Paul Aken and Radbod Blank.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ognjen swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Ognjen blocks a head kick by Diakhate.
Diakhate closes the distance and clinches.
Ognjen takes a knee right on the jaw!
Ognjen lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Diakhate looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Ognjen looking to throw knees to the head but Diakhate is blocking nicely.
Diakhate misses with a knee to the head.
Diakhate tries to land knees in the clinch but Ognjen avoids the damage to the body.
Ognjen lands a nice knee to the body.
Diakhate tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Ognjen tries to land a knee to the head but Diakhate blocks with his arms.
Ognjen misses with a body punch.
Diakhate trying to land knees to the body.
Diakhate tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Ognjen breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Diakhate throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Diakhate takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Diakhate looks winded!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ognjen shoots in looking for a takedown but Diakhate manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Ognjen's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Ognjen is trying hard to land a takedown here. Diakhate sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Diakhate is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
Diakhate steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Ognjen. That one must have hurt.
Ognjen fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Diakhate, pushing him back against the cage.
Ognjen scores with a knee to the head.
Ognjen misses with an elbow over the top.
Ognjen misses with a knee strike.
Diakhate missing with knees to the body.
Diakhate is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Ognjen is defending well for now.
Ognjen manages to break the clinch.
Diakhate looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Ognjen throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Ognjen throws a lazy head kick
and Diakhate counters with a solid body kick.
Ognjen clinches up with Diakhate and pushes him back against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diakhate blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Ognjen misses with a knee to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Diakhate missing with knees to the body.
Diakhate trying to land knees to the body.
Ognjen manages to break the clinch.
Ognjen pushes Diakhate up against the cage in a clinch.
Diakhate tries to land knees in the clinch but Ognjen avoids the damage to the body.
Ognjen makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
With the fighters up against the cage, Ognjen throws an elbow but misses.
Diakhate throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Ognjen blocks it with crossed arms.
Ognjen trying to land knees to the body.
Diakhate using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Ognjen has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Ognjen's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Diakhate throws a body kick that misses.
Ognjen delivers a nice body kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ognjen misses with a body kick.
Diakhate stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Diakhate wants it to stay on the feet.
Diakhate replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Ognjen blocks it well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Nikolajs Ognjen. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Diakhate tries to keep at a distance but Ognjen has taken the fight into the clinch.
Diakhate lands a nice knee to the body.
Diakhate tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Diakhate obliges.
Diakhate on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Ognjen breaks the clinch.
Diakhate stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Diakhate wants it to stay on the feet.
Diakhate throws a body kick that misses.
A head kick from Diakhate lands but Ognjen takes it in his stride.
Ognjen closes this distance looking for a takedown but Diakhate circles away.
Diakhate feints a counter leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ognjen takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Diakhate dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Ognjen. That did some damage!
Diakhate avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ognjen sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Diakhate scores with a head kick. Ognjen tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Crunch! Diakhate slams his shin into Ognjen's torso.
Ognjen wants to clinch.
Diakhate closes the distance and clinches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Sedar Diakhate will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Ognjen misses with a body kick.
Ognjen misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Ognjen takes the fight into the clinch.
Ognjen breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Diakhate has Ognjen up against the cage in a clinch.
Diakhate tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Ognjen avoids it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Diakhate obliges.
Diakhate throws a knee to the head but misses.
Diakhate misses with a knee to the head.
Ognjen missing with knees to the body.
Ognjen on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Diakhate looking to throw knees to the head but Ognjen is blocking nicely.
Diakhate is trying to stall.
Ognjen can't find room to land a body shot as Diakhate controls the action.
Ognjen softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Diakhate tries to land a knee to the head but Ognjen blocks with his arms.
Diakhate is breathing heavily.
Diakhate throws a knee to the head but misses.
Ognjen lands a nice elbow.
Ognjen throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Diakhate blocks it with crossed arms.
Ognjen doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Ognjen breaks the clinch.
Diakhate throws a sloppy head kick and Ognjen moves out of range easily.
Ognjen has a takedown stuffed.
Diakhate follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diakhate finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Ognjen fails with an attempt to clinch.
Diakhate thinks about the counter body kick.
A good leg kick by Diakhate.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Diakhate.
Ognjen throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Diakhate's waist but Diakhate gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Ognjen off to one side.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Nikolajs Ognjen. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Diakhate swats away the attempt to clinch by Ognjen.
Ognjen tries for a takedown but Diakhate circles away easily
and Diakhate counters with a head kick. That will keep Ognjen thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Ognjen throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Diakhate on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ognjen changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Diakhate tries to avoid it but Ognjen manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Diakhate to the ground. Diakhate escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Ognjen takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Sedar Diakhate seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Diakhate connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Ognjen fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Diakhate avoids it really well and circles away.
Diakhate scores with a kick to the body.
Ognjen on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Diakhate throws a body kick that misses
and Ognjen counters with a series of strikes. Diakhate will be more careful next time no doubt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ognjen takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Diakhate scoring well with a low kick there.
Ognjen tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Diakhate manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Diakhate rushes Ognjen and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Diakhate trying to land knees to the body.
Diakhate lands a good knee to the midsection. Ognjen won't want to take too many of those.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Diakhate landing knees to the body.
Diakhate misses with a knee strike.
Diakhate stalling the fight.
Ognjen misses with a knee strike.
Sedar Diakhate seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Diakhate obliges.
Diakhate utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Diakhate unloads a knee to the mid-section. Ognjen lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sedar Diakhate showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Ognjen sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Diakhate moves into the clinch.
Diakhate managing to block the knees to the body from Ognjen.
Diakhate has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Ognjen lands an elbow inside.
Ognjen breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Ognjen moves into the clinch.
Ognjen lands a good knee to the midsection. Diakhate won't want to take too many of those.
Ognjen throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Diakhate with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Diakhate is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Ognjen is defending well for now.
Diakhate takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Diakhate tries to land knees in the clinch but Ognjen avoids the damage to the body.
Ognjen lands with a short shot to the head.
Ognjen lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Diakhate or not.
Ognjen tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Diakhate tries to land knees in the clinch but Ognjen avoids the damage to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Diakhate with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Ognjen manages to break the clinch.
Left hook, right uppercut from Ognjen.
Ognjen shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Diakhate pinned against the cage. Diakhate gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Ognjen wants to clinch.
Nice takedown defense from Diakhate. No joy for Ognjen on that attempt.
Diakhate lands with a slapping head kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diakhate looks to throw a body kick
and Ognjen counters with a three punch combo that has Diakhate backing up. Diakhate nods at Ognjen to acknowledge the strikes.
Diakhate throws a push kick but Ognjen slaps the foot to one side.
Diakhate lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Diakhate keeps Ognjen at a distance using the push kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Diakhate tries a head kick but it misses.
Ognjen avoids the head kick by Diakhate.
Diakhate just manages to avoid a counter high kick fromOgnjen.
Diakhate throws a push kick but Ognjen slaps the foot to one side.
Ognjen shoots in looking for a takedown. Diakhate tries to sprawl out of it but Ognjen keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Diakhate manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Nikolajs Ognjen. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Ognjen throws a head kick that misses
and Diakhate moves into the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Diakhate obliges.
Ognjen blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Ognjen.
Ognjen lands a body punch in the clinch.
Ognjen misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Diakhate tries a knee to the head but Ognjen blocks it.
Diakhate landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Sedar Diakhate is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Diakhate connects with a nasty looking knee right to Ognjen's face.
Diakhate using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Ognjen has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Diakhate tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Ognjen avoids it.
Ognjen tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Diakhate's elbow.
Ognjen is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Diakhate is defending well for now.
Diakhate tries to land knees in the clinch but Ognjen avoids the damage to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Diakhate lands a nice knee to the body.
Ognjen tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Diakhate avoids it.
Ognjen tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Diakhate has Ognjen pressed against the cage, preventing Ognjen from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Diakhate tries to land a knee to the head but Ognjen blocks with his arms.
Diakhate misses with a knee to the head.
Diakhate throws a knee to the head but misses.
Diakhate looking to throw knees to the head but Ognjen is blocking nicely.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ognjen's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Diakhate scores with a spinning back kick!
Diakhate throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Nikolajs Ognjen has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Ognjen throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Sedar Diakhate.
Well Diakhate has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Aafke Stam scores the fight 27:30
Judge Paul Aken scores the fight 27:30
Judge Radbod Blank scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sedar Diakhate!
Sedar Diakhate seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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hype
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