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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Gareth Fawkes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and King Diamond (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be a great matchup!
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158 lbs
5 - 1 - 0 |
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165 lbs
12 - 11 - 1 |
BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Granite chin |
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Gareth Fawkes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 11 - 1, fighting out of New York, King Diamond!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Matti Vanhoillinen and Roosa Järviläinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Diamond takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
We've been told by Fawkes's head coaches at Holding Cell that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
A looping hook to the body misses from Fawkes. Diamond does a little dance to reset his feet.
Diamond fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Fawkes throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Diamond misses with a jab, cross combination.
Fawkes fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Fawkes connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Fawkes, as that shot connected.
Diamond takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Fawkes moves out of range of the leg kick from Diamond.
Diamond misses with a jab, cross combination.
Diamond lands a jab to Fawkes's midsection.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Fawkes throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Diamond moves into the clinch.
Fawkes's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Fawkes ducks under a wild hook from Diamond.
Diamond cracks Fawkes with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
A jab lands there for Diamond.
Diamond has taken the fight to the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Diamond's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Diamond has picked Fawkes up - he's going for a ride! Diamond dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Fawkes is holding on to half guard well.
Diamond wants to stand up but Fawkes is controlling the position.
Fawkes preventing any damage for now, controlling his opponent's head.
Fawkes trying to control here.
Diamond wants to take a breather but Fawkes is having none of it.
Fawkes looks like he's trying to stand up.
Fawkes is doing well to avoid being mounted. He's controlling the position at the moment.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fawkes trying to control here.
Fawkes wants to improve his position but Diamond is controlling well.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Diamond lands a nice short elbow.
Fawkes is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Diamond trying to mount his opponent but Fawkes defends it.
Fawkes is concentrating on defense, preventing Diamond from advancing position.
Fawkes is trying to get back to full guard.
Diamond is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Fawkes is controlling Diamond's position as best he can from this difficult position.
Diamond prevents Fawkes from improving his position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diamond trying to control from half guard but Fawkes is working away.
Diamond throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Fawkes blocking the ground and pound attempt from Diamond.
Diamond wants to work for an arm triangle but Fawkes is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Diamond thows a huge punch but Fawkes dodges it nicely.
Fawkes avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Diamond.
Fawkes is trying to stand up here but Diamond is controlling him well.
Diamond is just content to waste time from the top position. Fawkes takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
Diamond working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Diamond throws a strike but Fawkes rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Diamond being controlled here, momentarily.
Diamond tries to land a sweep but no joy.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fawkes is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Diamond is trying to control the position but Fawkes postures up.
Fawkes seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Diamond wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but King Diamond will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Fawkes takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Diamond is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Fawkes.
Fawkes is looking to counter punch.
Diamond keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Fawkes lands a nice looking body shot.
Fawkes connects with a crisp jab.
Fawkes connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
It looks like King Diamond has been cut.
King Diamond seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Diamond keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Diamond throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A looping hook to the body misses from Fawkes. Diamond does a little dance to reset his feet.
Diamond lands a right hook to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Diamond uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Fawkes.
Diamond keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Fawkes.
Fawkes on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
A big right from Fawkes misses.
Diamond throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Fawkes counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Diamond rushes Fawkes and presses him up against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Diamond trying to control the position but instead, Fawkes has worked for underhooks and has pushed Diamond into the cage.
Diamond trying to stall but Fawkes improves his position.
A right handed body shot lands from Fawkes.
Fawkes lands a right hand.
Diamond is trying to drag Fawkes to the mat but Fawkes just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Fawkes gets through Diamond's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Fawkes holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Fawkes trying to control the position but instead, Diamond has worked for underhooks and has pushed Fawkes into the cage.
Fawkes breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Fawkes connects with a crisp jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diamond takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Fawkes takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Diamond shoots in but no luck this time.
A little feinted left hand from Fawkes on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Fawkes misses the jab.
Diamond is looking to clinch but Fawkes is avoiding it.
Diamond misses with a few strikes there.
Fawkes tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Diamond was well out of range. Poor timing from Fawkes.
Good standup being displayed there by Fawkes as he connects with a hook.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Diamond moves in looking to clinch but Fawkes pushes him off.
Fawkes misses the jab.
Fawkes throws a looping overhand right but Diamond ducks down to avoid it.
Fawkes moves out of range as Diamond strikes.
Fawkes throws an overhand right that lands on Diamond's shoulder, as Diamond tries to avoid the shot.
Diamond looks to land a right hand but Fawkes moved out of range.
Diamond fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Fawkes, pushing him back against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diamond breaks from the clinch.
Fawkes misses with a looping right.
Diamond misses the jab.
Diamond tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Fawkes paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Gareth Fawkes is winning the standup battle so far.
Fawkes misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Diamond.
Fawkes throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Diamond looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Fawkes tries to move into range but Diamond moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Fawkes throws out a powerful jab.
Fawkes throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Diamond misses the body punch
and Fawkes counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Fawkes moves out of range as Diamond strikes.
Diamond takes a swing at Fawkes's ribcage but misses.
Fawkes misses with a hook.
Diamond avoids the body shot from Fawkes.
Diamond cracks Fawkes with an open hand slap.
Fawkes lands with an overhand left.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Fawkes thuds his right hand into Diamond's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
A big right from Fawkes misses.
Fawkes jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Fawkes ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Diamond throws a right and a left that both miss.
Diamond rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Fawkes counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Diamond shoots in but Fawkes avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Gareth Fawkes has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of King Diamond.
A swing and a miss from Fawkes.
Diamond takes one on the button.
Fawkes scores with a jab.
Diamond misses with a straight right.
A decent looking cross lands there for Diamond.
Fawkes avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Fawkes throws a jab but it's blocked by Diamond.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gareth Fawkes dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on King Diamond's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
Fawkes connects with the punch.
Diamond slips a jab and a cross from Fawkes.
Diamond is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
A slow jab from Diamond misses its intended target.
Fawkes throwing a counter right hand but Diamond manages to avoid it.
Diamond takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Diamond is rocked!
Diamond finds himself stumbling back on wobbly legs after being clipped by a right hand. He's up against the cage, ducking and weaving under Fawkes's strikes but an uppercut finds it's way through and Diamond falls! - He's completely out of it and the ref jumps in to save him!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:25 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Gareth Fawkes!
In defeat, King Diamond stepped up to the mic, saying 'Thanks to all the fans, I'll be back!!'.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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