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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Nate Diaz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dan Faggio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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170 cm
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200 lbs
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180 cm
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192 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Good chin |
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Good wrestler
Brawler
Solid chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Nate Diaz! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Dan Faggio! The judges for this bout are Dirk Anderson, Winston Alpacca and Sandra Marshall.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Diaz scores with a head kick.
Diaz throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Diaz could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely. Faggio manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Diaz on his heels. He'll look to pass Diaz's guard now, I'm sure. Faggio controlling from the top position. Faggio keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Diaz's head. Faggio trying to control the position from guard on top but Diaz is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can. Faggio content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots. Faggio scores with a decent looking elbow strike. Faggio scoring with some ground and pound. The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. Faggio is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact. Faggio controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling. Diaz preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round. Faggio postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head. Faggio is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact. Faggio scoring with punches to the head and body. Faggio is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound. Faggio postures up and lands a big shot to Diaz's brow. Faggio with a nice head shot there.
Diaz is rocked! Diaz is breathing heavily. Faggio works over Diaz with some ground and pound from guard. Oh Diaz is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!! Faggio postures up from his opponent's guard, before exploding into some vicious ground and pound! Diaz covers up, he's hurt! Faggio keeps throwing the strikes, glancing at the referee... Will he stop it?? One more big shot from Faggio and the ref steps in to end the fight! Faggio can't hide his delight as he celebrates with his corner.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:52 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Dan Faggio!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
62% |
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