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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Diego Bustamante (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Derfel Cadarn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bustamante comes to the cage accompanied by Here Comes The Boom!. Cadarn is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: The Saxon. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!
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280 lbs
18 - 7 - 0 |
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199 cm
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265 lbs
13 - 2 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class MT
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
18 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, Diego Bustamante!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Derfel Cadarn!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Steven Brown and James Atkins.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cadarn takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Bustamante takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Bustamante shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Cadarn is looking to chop away at Bustamante's legs.
Bustamante missing with a left hand there. Cadarn was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Cadarn looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Bustamante seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Cadarn connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Bustamante fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Cadarn has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Cadarn ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Cadarn just misses with a punch to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A punch combination from Bustamante misses.
Bustamante stalks Cadarn and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Cadarn's face. Cadarn staggers backwards, shaken.
It looks like Derfel Cadarn has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cadarn just misses with a punch to the body.
Cadarn takes a swing at Bustamante's ribcage but misses.
Bustamante misses with a low kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bustamante ducks under a wild hook from Cadarn.
Bustamante throws a big shot that misses.
Cadarn swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Bustamante misses the jab.
Cadarn moves into the clinch successfully.
Cadarn goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A short uppercut from Cadarn.
Bustamante tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Cadarn avoids it.
Bustamante goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Bustamante blocking some punches.
Bustamante misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Cadarn.
Bustamante works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Cadarn blocking some punches.
Cadarn pushes Bustamante back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Bustamante tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Bustamante stalling against the cage.
Bustamante trying to land knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cadarn lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Bustamante unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Cadarn looks winded!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A right hand to the body from Bustamante.
Bustamante throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Cadarns head.
Cadarn blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Cadarn misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Bustamante lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Cadarn working aggressively here.
Cadarn has a couple of punches blocked by Bustamante.
Bustamante lands a hook that snaps the head of Cadarn backwards.
Bustamante stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Bustamante throws a knee to the head but misses.
A short right from Bustamante.
Bustamante connects with a knee to the head.
Good body shot from Bustamante.
Bustamante lands a left hand.
Cadarn blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Bustamante with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Bustamante utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Cadarn has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Bustamante seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Cadarn can turn it around.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bustamante scores with a shot to the side of Cadarn's head.
Bustamante digs a right hand underneath Cadarn's ribcage. Cadarn let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Cadarn blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Bustamante with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Cadarn managing to block the knees to the body from Bustamante.
Bustamante breaks the clinch.
Bustamante throws a nice head kick!
Bustamante blocks the body kick.
Cadarn moves out of range as Bustamante throws a body kick.
Bustamante lands a head kick!
Cadarn misses with a low kick.
Bustamante misses with a leg kick
and Cadarn counters with a stiff right hand.
Bustamante avoids the body shot from Cadarn.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A shot to the body from Cadarn misses
and Bustamante counters with a nice body kick.
Cadarn throws a body shot but no joy.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Cadarn has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Bustamante.
Cadarn throws a poor cross that misses
and Bustamante counters with a crisp right hand that drops Cadarn! Bustamante lets Cadarn back up to his feet, looking for a finish!
Bustamante throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Bustamante misses with a body kick.
Cadarn moves out of range of the leg kick from Bustamante.
Cadarn misses with a lunging right hand
and Bustamante counters with a nice right hand that sends Cadarn toppling to the canvas! Cadarn scrambles and gets back to his feet - can Bustamante finish him?!
Bustamante fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Good standup being displayed there by Cadarn as he connects with a hook.
Bustamante sends Cadarn crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Bustamante is motioning to the referee to let Cadarn up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!
Cadarn is rocked!
A shot to the body from Cadarn misses
and Bustamante counters with a massive hook, right on the button! He's out cold! Damn, that was naaaaaasty! Hopefully he'll be OK.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Diego Bustamante!
Diego Bustamante retains his heavyweight title!
In his post fight interview, Diego Bustamante gave a big smile as he said 'Keep running Rocky McColgan.'.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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