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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Psycho Vaughan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nick Diaz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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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
8 - 9 - 0, fighting out of New York, Psycho Vaughan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Nick Diaz!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Daniel Franklin and Wesley Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The crowd cheers as Vaughan lands an impressive looking overhand right. Diaz doesn't seem phased though.
Diaz scores with a hook to the body. Vaughan takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Vaughan throws a head kick that misses
and Diaz counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Diaz lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Diaz.
Diaz lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Vaughan walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Diaz checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Diaz misses the jab.
Diaz slips a straight right by Vaughan.
Diaz fails to land with a series of punches.
Vaughan appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
A slow jab from Diaz misses its intended target.
Diaz moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
It looks like Psycho Vaughan has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Diaz scores with a hook to the body. Vaughan takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Diaz cracks Vaughan with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Diaz scores with a crisp jab that stopped Vaughan in his tracks.
Vaughan misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Vaughan fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Diaz manages to avoid it.
Diaz avoids a kick to the body.
Diaz blocks a head kick by Vaughan.
Diaz scores with a sloppy right hand. Vaughan should have avoided that one.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vaughan throws a head kick that misses.
Vaughan lands a leg kick that knocks Diaz off balance momentarily.
Diaz misses with the combination.
Diaz throws a shot from downtown. Vaughan moves away and avoids it.
Diaz misses the shot to the body.
Vaughan misses with a leg kick
letting Diaz counter with a right hand.
Vaughan rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Diaz moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Vaughan gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Diaz scores with a body shot.
Vaughan misses with a series of wild punches.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Diaz! But no joy.
Vaughan takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Diaz takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Diaz goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Diaz checks a leg kick nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diaz cracks Vaughan with a good jab.
Diaz is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Vaughan takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Vaughan throws a sloppy head kick
and Diaz counters with a stiff right hand.
Diaz moves out of range of the leg kick from Vaughan.
Vaughan misses with a series of wild punches.
Diaz throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Vaughan tried to counter with a leg kick but Diaz avoided it.
Diaz looks to land a combination. Vaughan sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Vaughan on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Nick Diaz seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Vaughan misses with a low kick as Diaz jumps back.
A shot to the liver by Diaz. Beautiful body shot.
Diaz scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Diaz scores with a nice right hand.
Diaz works Vaughan's body with a nice hook.
Vaughan drops his hands momentarily and Diaz takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Vaughan pulls out of a head kick attempt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diaz slips under a jab.
Diaz works Vaughan's body with a nice hook.
Diaz throws out a loose jab but Vaughan uses good head movement to avoid it.
Vaughan misses with a low kick as Diaz jumps back.
Diaz now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Diaz scores with a punch to the head.
Vaughan on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
A looping hook to the body misses from Diaz. Vaughan does a little dance to reset his feet.
Vaughan moves forwards but Diaz connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Diaz cracks Vaughan with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Vaughan on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Vaughan throws a sloppy head kick and Diaz moves out of range easily.
Diaz lands a glancing blow to the side of Vaughan's head.
Diaz misses with a lunging right hand
and Vaughan counters with a straight right hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Diaz lands a lovely overhand right.
Vaughan gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Vaughan connects with a jab.
Diaz rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Vaughan counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Diaz takes a swing at Vaughan's ribcage but misses.
Vaughan is looking to counter with head kicks.
Vaughan misses with a looping right.
Vaughan throws a lazy right hand but Diaz sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Diaz steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Vaughan.
Vaughan throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Diaz's head.
It looks like Nick Diaz has been cut.
Vaughan uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Diaz.
Diaz throws a lazy right hand but Vaughan sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
The crowd cheers as Diaz lands an impressive looking overhand right. Vaughan doesn't seem phased though.
Vaughan looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Vaughan avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Vaughan fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Vaughan misses with a head kick.
Vaughan looks to score with a jab to the body but Diaz is just out of range.
Diaz works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Vaughan lands a head shot.
Vaughan swings widly with a right hand
and Diaz counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Vaughan thinking.
Decent striking displayed by Diaz there.
Diaz clobbers Vaughan with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Nick Diaz dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Diaz misses with a few strikes there.
Vaughan pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Vaughan fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Nick Diaz is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Vaughan pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Diaz throws out a counter right but Vaughan avoids it with no problem.
Diaz moves out of range as Vaughan strikes.
Vaughan lands with a straight right. Diaz didn't see that one coming.
Diaz throws a jab but it's blocked by Vaughan.
Diaz staying out of range there.
A combination from Vaughan does no damage.
A jab from Diaz finds it's way through Vaughan's defenses.
Diaz throws a shot to the body.
Diaz cracks Vaughan with a right hand to the side of the head.
Diaz looks to score with a jab to the body but Vaughan is just out of range.
Diaz connects with a crisp jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Diaz misses with a looping left.
A combination from Diaz does no damage.
Vaughan thuds his right hand into Diaz's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Diaz moves into range and connects with a jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Diaz swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Nick Diaz seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Vaughan thows a left - swing and a miss!
Despite the aggression on Diaz's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Diaz lands a right hook to the body.
Vaughan drops his hands momentarily and Diaz takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Vaughan misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Diaz misses with a double jab
and Vaughan cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
A slow jab from Vaughan misses its intended target.
The fighters circle momentarily. Diaz darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Vaughan cracks Diaz with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Diaz is rocked!
Vaughan throws a sloppy head kick
enabling Diaz to counter with a crisp jab.
Diaz looks to land a right hand but Vaughan moved out of range.
Vaughan just misses with a punch to the body.
Vaughan misses with a body shot.
Vaughan misses with a kick to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Vaughan walks into a stiff left hand from Diaz.
Vaughan throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Vaughan might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vaughan ducks under a wild hook from Diaz.
Vaughan does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Diaz checks a low kick from Vaughan.
Vaughan scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Good exchange - Diaz coming out on top.
Vaughan takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Diaz connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Vaughan's hands.
Diaz connects with a body shot.
Diaz ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Diaz jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Diaz misses the shot to the body.
Vaughan ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Diaz moves away.
Diaz scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Vaughan throws the left hand but Diaz avoids the punch easily.
Diaz throws a hook to the side of Vaughan's head but Vaughan sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Diaz throws a hook but Vaughan avoids it easily.
Vaughan lifts his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vaughan misses with a head kick.
Diaz connects with a jab.
Diaz lands a body shot.
Vaughan takes a swing at Diaz's ribcage but misses.
Diaz uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Vaughan.
Vaughan ducks under a wild hook from Diaz.
Vaughan throws a quick counter head kick but Diaz was just out of range.
Nice uppercut there from Diaz.
Nice jab there from Diaz.
Vaughan misses with a low kick.
Vaughan throws a nice outside leg kick.
Vaughan on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Diaz throws a series of punches but Vaughan avoids them all with ease.
Diaz misses with a double jab.
A head kick misses from Vaughan.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Diaz.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Vaughan moves forwards but Diaz connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Diaz takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Diaz throws a right and a left that both miss.
Vaughan pivots, looking for a leg kick but Diaz is out of range and Vaughan settles back down.
Diaz jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Diaz throws a good cross that connects.
Vaughan misses with a body kick.
Diaz fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Vaughan manages to avoid it.
Vaughan has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Vaughan there as he acknowledges the shot.
Diaz jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Vaughan swings away with a leg kick that misses.
The fighters circle momentarily. Diaz darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Vaughan swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A telegraphed right hand from Diaz misses the target.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Diaz takes one to the chin there.
Vaughan looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Vaughan throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Vaughan misses with a leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Nick Diaz showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Vaughan on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Diaz misses with the combination.
Vaughan lands with a slapping head kick.
Diaz bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Vaughan's head backwards.
Vaughan ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Vaughan misses with a low kick.
Vaughan drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Diaz stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Vaughan on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Vaughan uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Diaz has time to react.
Diaz has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Diaz swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Vaughan thows a left - swing and a miss!
Vaughan misses with a wild body shot.
Diaz moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Diaz throws the left hand but Vaughan avoids the punch easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vaughan thows a left - swing and a miss!
Diaz throws a right and a left that both miss.
Diaz goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Diaz misses with a wild combination.
A big left from Vaughan misses.
Diaz checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Diaz throws a jab when Vaughan was well out of range.
Diaz goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Vaughan feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Diaz's calf.
A looping hook to the body misses from Vaughan. Diaz does a little dance to reset his feet.
Diaz scores with a nice right hand.
Diaz takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jab, jab by Diaz - just one landing.
A jab from Diaz does it's job there.
Vaughan throws a head kick but Diaz moves out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diaz connects with a nice looking jab.
Diaz throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Vaughan.
Diaz scores with a shot to the body.
Diaz moves out of range of the body kick from Vaughan.
A nice side step and Diaz releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Vaughan misses with a two punch combination.
It seemed like Diaz was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
A head kick by Vaughan misses
and Diaz counters with a straight right hand.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Vaughan moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
A combination from Vaughan does no damage.
A lazy body kick from Vaughan
and Vaughan takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Diaz connects with a nice looking jab.
Vaughan lands a right hook to the body.
Vaughan lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Diaz at a distance.
Vaughan takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Vaughan drops his hands momentarily and Diaz takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
The fighters circling - Vaughan throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Nice uppercut there from Diaz.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diaz fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Vaughan on the side of the head.
Diaz swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A left lands for Vaughan.
Vaughan pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Diaz fails to land with a series of punches.
Diaz thuds a left hand into Vaughan's body.
Diaz tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Vaughan was well out of range. Poor timing from Diaz.
Vaughan throws a big counter combination but Diaz scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Nice defenses there by Diaz.
Nice cross by Vaughan.
Diaz throws a series of punches but Vaughan moves out of range.
Vaughan is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Diaz scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Diaz connects with a jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Diaz is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Diaz throws a body shot but no joy.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vaughan throws a hook but Diaz avoids it easily.
Diaz throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Psycho Vaughan has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Diaz connects with a jab.
Vaughan connects with a high kick.
Diaz cracks Vaughan with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Vaughan pulls out of a head kick attempt.
It seemed like Diaz was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Decent striking displayed by Diaz there.
The fighters circling - Diaz throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Vaughan swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Vaughan tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Diaz connects with a nice looking jab.
Vaughan throws a leg kick but Diaz checks it.
Vaughan takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Vaughan throws a head kick that misses.
Diaz throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Vaughan.
Diaz lands with a nice combination. Vaughan backs away looking to recover.
Vaughan misses with a few strikes there.
And that's the end of the fight!
Nick Diaz comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Diaz 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 Cecil Peabody scores the fight 27:30
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 27:30
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Nick Diaz!
A victorious Nick Diaz thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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