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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Dooho Diaz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Carles Bronson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Diaz comes to the ring accompanied by In My Spirit - Shiro Sagisu. Bronson has chosen It's A Man's Man's Man's World - James Brown as his entrance music. Dooho Diaz has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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BJJ White Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Dooho Diaz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Carles Bronson!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Yuuki Gou and Yasuomi Hirokawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bronson dodges the punch combination from Diaz.
Bronson stuns Diaz with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Bronson scores with a body shot.
Diaz clinches up against the ropes.
Bronson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Diaz is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Bronson is keeping busy.
Bronson working hard to break the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Diaz tries to stall but Bronson uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
I was talking to Diaz's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Diaz prevents Bronson from breaking the clinch.
Diaz stalling the fight.
A frustrated look appears on Bronson's face as he tries to break the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bronson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Diaz avoiding damage.
Bronson has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Diaz avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Diaz trying to control the position but instead, Bronson has worked for underhooks and has pushed Diaz into the ropes.
A bit of stalling here from Diaz.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Dooho Diaz.
Diaz misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Bronson throws out a counter right but Diaz avoids it with no problem.
Diaz looks to score with a jab to the body but Bronson is just out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bronson. Diaz does a little dance to reset his feet.
No luck for Bronson with that takedown attempt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diaz moves into the clinch.
Bronson avoiding damage as Diaz throws knees to the body.
Diaz breaks from the clinch.
Jab from Diaz.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Diaz is stalling here.
Bronson is trying to force a seperation but Diaz has the dominant position.
Diaz lands a knee to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bronson stalls.
Diaz is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Bronson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Diaz misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Bronson.
Bronson wants to get back to striking at distance but Diaz won't allow it.
Diaz with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
It looks like Carles Bronson has been cut.
Bronson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Diaz managing to block the knees to the body from Bronson.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Diaz misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Bronson.
Diaz misses with an elbow strike.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Bronson as Diaz tries to tie him up.
Diaz comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Bronson managing to block the knees to the body from Diaz.
Diaz with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Bronson blocking some punches.
Bronson tries to break the clinch but Diaz is controlling the position.
Bronson stalling in the clinch.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Diaz throws a head punch that misses.
Diaz is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Diaz keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Bronson's efforts to push away.
Diaz wants to stall.
Diaz lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Bronson is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Diaz is trying to maintain a safe position but Bronson gets an underhook and turns Diaz into the ropes.
Diaz prevents Bronson from breaking the clinch.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Diaz scores with a shot to the side of Bronson's head.
Diaz trying to land knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Diaz.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Diaz.
Diaz stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Bronson looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Diaz connects with a nasty looking knee right to Bronson's face.
Bronson wants to get back to striking at distance but Diaz won't allow it.
Bronson wants to break free but Diaz has control.
Bronson wants to break free but Diaz has control.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Diaz controlling the action here for a moment.
Diaz breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Bronson lands with a straight right. Diaz didn't see that one coming.
Diaz lands with a thumping leg kick.
Diaz lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Dooho Diaz is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Diaz throws a nice looking combination but Bronson bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Diaz drops his hands momentarily and Bronson takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Bronson shoots for a double leg takedown but Diaz sprawls well. He's pushed Bronson's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Dooho Diaz has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Carles Bronson.
Diaz showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Bronson.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Diaz throws a leg kick
letting Bronson counter with a right hand.
Diaz tries to clinch up
and Bronson makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Bronson darts in looking for a takedown but Diaz gets double underhooks and turns Bronson into the ropes.
Diaz looks to land a combination. Bronson sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Diaz takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Diaz moves into the clinch.
Diaz manages to break the clinch.
Diaz lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Bronson circles away quickly and effectively.
Diaz scores with a jab to the body.
Diaz tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Bronson paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Bronson throws out a counter right but Diaz avoids it with no problem.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Bronson lands a slapping body shot.
Diaz throws a series of strikes that have Bronson backpedaling.
Diaz has closed the distance and engaged Bronson in a clinch.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Diaz manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Diaz seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Bronson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dooho Diaz dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Carles Bronson's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. And we move into the final round!
Nice sprawl there from Diaz as Bronson shoots in.
Diaz takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Diaz is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Bronson can do to turn this around?
Diaz throws a leg kick
and Bronson makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Bronson keeps the fight on the outside.
Dooho Diaz is winning the standup battle so far.
Bronson fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
No luck for Bronson with that takedown attempt.
Dooho Diaz has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Carles Bronson.
Bronson scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Diaz doesn't seem bothered though.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bronson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Diaz has taken the fight to the clinch.
Diaz keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Bronson's efforts to push away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bronson is trying to break the clinch but Diaz has him pressed against the ropes.
Diaz working aggressively here.
Diaz is trying to stall.
Bronson wants to get back to striking at distance but Diaz won't allow it.
Bronson being controlled against the ropes.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Bronson is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Bronson wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
The referee calls for Diaz to work.
Diaz stalling in the clinch but Bronson improves position.
Diaz is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Dooho Diaz.
Bronson dodges the punch combination from Diaz.
We've been informed that Bronson has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Diaz throws a left and a right that both miss
and Bronson counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Bronson scores with a body shot.
Bronson checks a low kick from Diaz.
Bronson bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Diaz's head backwards.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diaz tries to clinch up but Bronson circles away and keeps his distance.
Diaz lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Bronson throws a right hand that misses
and Diaz counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Diaz defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Bronson.
Diaz swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Diaz fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Diaz wants to clinch up but Bronson keeps it at a distance.
Diaz uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Bronson.
Diaz lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Bronson circles away quickly and effectively.
Diaz throws a combination that misses
and Bronson counters with a nice uppercut.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Diaz closes the distance looking to clinch
and Bronson counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Diaz tries to clinch up but Bronson circles away and keeps his distance.
Bronson lands with a shot to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bronson fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Diaz misses with a double jab.
Bronson changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Bronson misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Diaz tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Bronson manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
A nice side step and Bronson releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Bronson throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Diaz.
Diaz tries to clinch up
and Bronson counters with a left to the body.
Nice takedown defense from Diaz. No joy for Bronson on that attempt.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Diaz tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
It seemed like Bronson was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Diaz misses with the combination.
Diaz just misses with a punch to the body.
Bronson will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Diaz throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Bronson throws out a counter right but Diaz avoids it with no problem.
Diaz moves in looking to clinch but Bronson pushes him off.
Diaz misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Diaz throws a nice looking combination but Bronson bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Bronson throws out a counter right but Diaz avoids it with no problem.
Diaz fails to land with a series of punches.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Bronson shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Bronson was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Diaz struggling a bit here.
Bronson decides to take the fight back to the feet.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bronson dodges the punch combination from Diaz.
Diaz wants to land a leg kick but Bronson is out of range.
Bronson throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Diaz's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Bronson connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Diaz scrambles back to his feet.
Left hook, right uppercut from Diaz.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Diaz has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Bronson finds it's way round the side to connect with Diaz's head.
Bronson fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Diaz appears to be looking for a big counter.
Diaz throws a leg kick but Bronson sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Bronson doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Bronson tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Diaz defends well and Bronson ends up having to push Diaz into the ropes where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Bronson is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Diaz.
Diaz thows a leg kick but Bronson checks it
and Bronson connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Diaz misses with a low kick.
Bronson bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Diaz's head.
Diaz misses with a jab, cross combination.
Diaz walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Bronson checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Bronson is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Diaz lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Bronson backs up against the ropes.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Diaz throws a chopping leg kick but Bronson manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Bronson lands a jab to Diaz's midsection.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Bronson.
Bronson dives in and grabs Diaz's left leg, looking for a takedown. Diaz pushes down on Bronson's head and hops out.
Diaz throws a low kick, looking for Bronson's leg but Bronson calmly moves out of range.
Diaz wants to clinch up but Bronson keeps it at a distance.
Diaz misses with a wild combination.
Diaz attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
No joy there for Diaz, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Bronson is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Diaz with a body shot.
Bronson closes this distance looking for a takedown but Diaz circles away.
Bronson takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Bronson is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Diaz rather than just go for the knockout.
Diaz tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Bronson paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Carles Bronson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Diaz throws a nice looking combination but Bronson bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Bronson checks the leg kick.
Diaz finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Diaz scores with a leg kick.
Bronson is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Diaz.
Bronson scores with a shot to the body.
Dooho Diaz is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Bronson throws a body punch but Diaz moves out of range.
And that's the end of the fight!
Dooho Diaz showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Diaz has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight for Dooho Diaz!
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight for Dooho Diaz!
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight for Dooho Diaz!
Dooho Diaz wins by unanimous decision!
A relieved looking Dooho Diaz thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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energy
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hype
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