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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Don Diego (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Simon Kanitz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Diego's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Tupac - I'm a Soldier. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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195 lbs
27 - 12 - 2 |
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187 lbs
32 - 3 - 0 |
Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
27 - 12 - 2, fighting out of Montreal, Don Diego!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
32 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Simon Kanitz!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, Richard Clark and William Gold.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Diego darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Kanitz lands a jab.
It looks like Don Diego has been cut.
Diego ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Diego has taken the fight to the clinch.
Kanitz keeps control of Diego as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Kanitz lands a right hand that snaps the head of Diego backwards.
I was talking to Diego's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
A short body shot lands from Kanitz as the two fighters clinch.
A right hook to the body lands for Kanitz.
Diego is trying to break the clinch but Kanitz has him pressed against the cage.
Diego's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Diego takes a swing at Kanitz's ribcage but misses.
Diego tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Kanitz counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Kanitz fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Diego looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Diego moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Diego keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Diego throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A bone on bone clash there as Diego blocks the leg kick.
Kanitz misses with a body kick.
A decent looking cross lands there for Diego.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Diego throws a low kick but it's checked well by Kanitz.
Diego slips a straight right by Kanitz.
Kanitz throws a leg kick
and Diego moves into the clinch.
Kanitz scores with a shot to the side of Diego's head.
Diego wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Diego is trying to break the clinch but Kanitz has him pressed against the cage.
Diego escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Diego swinging wildly here.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Kanitz. Diego shrugs it off though.
Kanitz lands with a nice body kick.
Kanitz misses with a body shot
and Diego counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Kanitz digs a right hand into Diego's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Diego's gas tank.
Diego is breathing heavily.
Diego wants to break the clinch but can't.
Nice body punch from Kanitz - that landed with a thud.
Kanitz swings wildly with an uppercut but Diego uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kanitz misses with a punch on the inside.
Diego wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Kanitz has him pressed against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short body shot lands from Kanitz as the two fighters clinch.
Diego blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kanitz working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kanitz keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Diego's efforts to push away.
Kanitz lands a body shot.
A short right from Kanitz on the inside.
Kanitz scores with a shot to the side of Diego's head.
Diego tries to break free but Kanitz pushes him back against the cage.
Diego tries to break free but Kanitz pushes him back against the cage.
Kanitz doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Diego is trying to break the clinch but Kanitz is controlling him.
Diego blocks a body shot from Kanitz.
Diego has had enough of the clinch but Kanitz keeps him there for the moment.
Kanitz lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Kanitz throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Diegos head.
Kanitz lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Diego backwards.
A short left from Kanitz.
Kanitz goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Kanitz misses with a punch to the body.
Kanitz tries a body shot but Diego blocks it.
Kanitz lands a right hand that snaps the head of Diego backwards.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A frustrated look appears on Diego's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Diego wants to break the clinch but can't.
Diego breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Kanitz connects with an inside leg kick.
Kanitz moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kanitz. Diego does a little dance to reset his feet.
Kanitz slips under a jab from Diego.
Diego tries to land a leg kick but Kanitz saw it coming and moves away.
Kanitz looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Diego misses with the body kick
and Kanitz counters with a stiff right hand.
Kanitz throws a jab but it's blocked by Diego.
Diego displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Kanitz throws out the jab.
Kanitz slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Diego moves in looking to clinch but Kanitz pushes him off.
Diego throws a jab when Kanitz was well out of range.
Kanitz checks a leg kick.
Kanitz jabs at Diego's body.
Kanitz moves out of range of the body kick.
Kanitz goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Don Diego seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Diego tries to clinch there but Kanitz circles away.
Diego gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Diego breaks from the clinch.
Diego loads up on a big right hand but Kanitz slips the punch.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Kanitz.
Diego walks into a stiff left hand from Kanitz.
Diego slips a jab from Kanitz.
An attempted straight right counter from Diego misses the target.
Diego tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Kanitz is able to avoid easily.
Kanitz buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
A left lands for Kanitz.
Diego on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Diego swings widly with a right hand
and Kanitz counters with an inside leg kick.
Diego thows a left - swing and a miss!
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Diego will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Kanitz appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Kanitz fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Diego manages to avoid it.
Kanitz ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Simon Kanitz dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Don Diego's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Diego loads up on a big right hand but Kanitz slips the punch.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Kanitz! But no joy.
Kanitz lands a jab to the head.
Jab from Kanitz.
Diego throws the kick towards the body but Kanitz avoids it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Diego looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Diego slips under a jab from Kanitz.
Diego is looking to land body kicks.
Nice defenses there by Kanitz.
Kanitz is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Diego with a body shot.
Kanitz misses with a kick to the body.
Diego scores with a nice right hand.
Kanitz misses with a low kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kanitz's jab looks to have found its range, popping Diego under the eye.
Kanitz tries to land a front kick but Diego steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Kanitz throws a leg kick that misses.
Diego looks to clinch
and Kanitz counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Diego thinking.
Diego closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Diego takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kanitz lands with a shot to the body.
Diego closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Diego 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.
Kanitz misses the shot to the body.
Diego moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Diego lands a leg kick that knocks Kanitz off balance momentarily.
A solid leg kick lands there for Diego.
Kanitz misses with a straight right.
Kanitz is looking to score with low kicks.
Diego tries to counter by clinching up but Kanitz breaks away and moves out of range.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Diego.
Kanitz connects with a right hand. Diego shakes it off.
Kanitz lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Kanitz checks a low kick from Diego.
Kanitz looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Kanitz has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Kanitz fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Diego throws a low kick but it's checked well by Kanitz.
Kanitz flicks out a counter leg kick but Diego steps away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kanitz buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Kanitz connects with a crisp jab.
Diego throws a lazy uppercut
and Kanitz counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Diego throws a leg kick
and Kanitz counters with a stiff right hand.
Kanitz lands a nice leg kick that just misses Diego's sensitive parts.
Diego has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Diego throws a wild body kick that Kanitz sees coming a mile off.
Jab, jab by Kanitz - just one landing.
Diego buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Kanitz has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Kanitz scores with a nice body kick.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Kanitz throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Kanitz is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Diego takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Diego tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Kanitz manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
A punch lands to the side of Diego 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Kanitz clinches.
Diego working aggressively here.
Diego is trying to break the clinch but Kanitz has him pressed against the cage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Kanitz.
Diego tries to circle away but Kanitz has him pinned against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kanitz misses with a punch on the inside.
Diego tries to circle away but Kanitz has him pinned against the cage.
Diego doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Kanitz stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Kanitz pushes Diego back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Kanitz softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Diego prevents a body shot from Kanitz.
Kanitz fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Kanitz cracks Diego with a nice body shot.
A right hook to the body lands for Kanitz.
Diego prevents a body shot from Kanitz.
A short uppercut from Kanitz.
A hook to the body from Kanitz.
Diego is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Kanitz lands a hook to the side of the head.
Diego is rocked!
Kanitz lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Oh Diego is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Kanitz dips a shoulder and cracks Diego with a mighty uppercut! Diego falls back against the cage and Kanitz unloads with a barrage of strikes! Diego is completely out with his eyes open, only supported by the cage! Save him ref! Eventually the ref decides to do his job and jumps in - Kanitz screams abuse at the incompetent official before going over to celebrate with his corner. Brutal stuff!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Simon Kanitz!
Don Diego was interviewed post fight and said 'WOW, rematch please.'.
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energy
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hype
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