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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Joel Diaz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mark Bahaghari (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Diaz comes to the cage accompanied by BLANK - Take Your Crown. Bahaghari is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Broken . Mark Bahaghari has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
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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
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Joel Diaz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Mark Bahaghari!
The judges for this bout are Winston Howard, Donatello Bradman and Francis DeMontford.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Diaz swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Bahaghari slips a jab and a cross from Diaz.
Bahaghari tries to counter by closing the distance.
Bahaghari slips a jab and a cross from Diaz.
A right-left combo lands from Diaz.
It looks like Mark Bahaghari has been cut.
Diaz throws the left hand but Bahaghari avoids the punch easily.
Diaz misses the shot to the body.
Bahaghari shoots in looking for a takedown but Diaz manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Bahaghari's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Diaz misses with a double jab
and Bahaghari counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Bahaghari.
Bahaghari lands an elbow inside that Diaz shrugs off.
Diaz wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Bahaghari has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Diaz after a bit of a struggle.
Diaz is trying to push Bahaghari away but Bahaghari has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Diaz looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Diaz has had enough of the clinch but Bahaghari keeps him there for the moment.
Diaz tries to break free but Bahaghari pushes him back against the cage.
Bahaghari prevents Diaz from breaking the clinch.
Bahaghari digs a right hand into Diaz's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Diaz's gas tank.
Diaz lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Bahaghari slows down the pace here.
Diaz breaks the clinch.
Decent striking displayed by Diaz there.
Bahaghari thuds his shin into the meat of Diaz's side.
Bahaghari takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Bahaghari clinches up against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bahaghari manages to break the clinch.
Bahaghari shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Diaz napping and manages to drive through into side control!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bahaghari grinds an elbow into Diaz's temple.
Bahaghari cracks Diaz with a big elbow.
Bahaghari is putting a hurting on Diaz here, landing some big shots from side control.
Bahaghari working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Bahaghari wants to lay and pray for a moment but Diaz keeps working.
Bahaghari lands a decent elbow from side control.
Diaz is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Diaz is not content to let Bahaghari control the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bahaghari is chipping away with strikes.
Bahaghari is working Diaz over with some ground and pound from side control.
Bahaghari wants to lay and pray for a moment but Diaz keeps working.
Bahaghari lands a decent elbow from side control.
Bahaghari scoring with punches and elbows.
Diaz is rocked!
Bahaghari works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Oh Diaz is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Bahaghari is working for what looks like an arm triangle here. Diaz is trying to escape and Bahaghari transitions quickly into an armbar! He's slapped it on tight and Diaz is forced to tap! Nice work there by Bahaghari! Very nice indeed!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Mark Bahaghari!
A very excited looking Mark Bahaghari made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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hype
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