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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between JoJo Diaz (ranked 2819 p4p, 237 weight class) and Sulayman Jihad (ranked 1751 p4p, 164 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the ring.
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142 lbs
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154 lbs
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BJJ Brown Belt
Lethal high kicks
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
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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
3 - 1 - 1, fighting out of New York, JoJo Diaz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Sulayman Jihad!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Yukihiro Shimada and Yasuomi Hirokawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jihad avoids the head kick by Diaz.
It seemed like Jihad was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Diaz. Jihad shrugs it off though.
Jihad jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Jihad throws a combination that misses
and Diaz counters with a head kick. That will keep Jihad thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Jihad throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Jihad avoids the head kick by Diaz.
Jihad tries to bum rush Diaz with a series of wild strikes but Diaz uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Jihad takes a jab right on the kisser.
Jihad throws a right hand that Diaz ducks under and follows up with a left that Diaz also avoids with ease.
Jab from Diaz.
Jihad scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jihad takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Diaz throws a nice head kick!
Jihad's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Diaz connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Jihad scrambles back to his feet.
Diaz fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Jihad throws the left hand but Diaz avoids the punch easily.
Jihad falls off balance throwing a combination
and Diaz makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Jihad avoids the head kick by Diaz.
Despite the aggression on Jihad's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
A telegraphed right hand from Diaz misses the target.
Jihad misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Diaz loads up on a big right hand but Jihad slips the punch.
Diaz showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Jihad.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jihad looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Jihad misses with a leg kick
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Jihad misses with a series of wild punches.
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!
Jihad throws a nice looking combination but Diaz bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Diaz is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Jihad.
Jihad swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Sloppy strikes from Jihad. Those never looked like landing.
Diaz misses with a head kick.
Jihad throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Diaz counters with a good low kick that Jihad was not able to check.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Diaz, right into the meat.
Diaz throws a nice outside leg kick.
JoJo Diaz seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diaz dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Jihad. That did some damage!
Diaz throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Diaz connects with a leg kick. Jihad looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Diaz looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Diaz lands a head shot.
A big left from Diaz misses.
Diaz dodges the punch combination from Jihad.
Jihad misses with a low kick.
Jihad blocks a head kick by Diaz.
Diaz lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
A slapping body kick lands there for Diaz.
Diaz chopping away at his opponent's legs.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Diaz, right into the meat.
Jihad throws a series of punches but Diaz avoids them all with ease.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Good leg kick by Diaz there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Jihad slips under a jab from Diaz.
A head kick misses from Diaz.
Jihad throws a nice looking combination but Diaz bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Jihad throws a low kick but Diaz moves out of range easily.
Diaz slips under a jab.
Diaz fires out a quick counter leg kick but Jihad just manages to avoid it.
Jihad rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Diaz moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Jihad misses with the combination.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Diaz.
Diaz darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Jihad misses with a jab to the body
and Diaz counters with a big head kick but Jihad shrugs it off.
Diaz takes a swing at Jihad's ribcage but misses.
A leg kick checked by Jihad.
Diaz connects with the punch.
Jihad misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Diaz looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Jihad takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Jihad swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Diaz counters with a head kick that drops Jihad to the mat! Jihad scrambles across the canvas and gets back to his feet, still wobbly!
Jihad is rocked!
That's six minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Diaz misses with a few strikes there.
Jihad is still on wobbly legs! Can Diaz finish him?
Jihad misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Jihad seems to have recovered his senses.
Diaz throws a leg kick but Jihad moved away.
Jihad throws a right and a left that both miss.
Diaz throws a quick inside leg kick.
Diaz is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Jihad avoids the head kick by Diaz.
Jihad moves into range and connects with a jab.
Diaz feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Jihad's calf.
Diaz misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
As Diaz backs off Jihad throws a huge counter combo but Diaz manages to avoid it all.
Jihad slips under a jab.
Jihad avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Jihad tests Diaz's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Diaz falls off balance throwing a combination
and Jihad counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Jihad throws a series of punches but Diaz avoids them all with ease.
Diaz looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Jihad tries to move into range but Diaz moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Diaz throws a leg kick that is checked
and Jihad counters with a two punch combo.
Jihad looks to throw the jab but Diaz is out of range.
Diaz throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Jihad.
Jihad defending well as Diaz loads up on a big left hand.
Jihad looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Diaz throws a head kick that misses.
Diaz throws a jab but it's blocked by Jihad.
Despite the aggression on Jihad's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Diaz throws out a loose jab but Jihad uses good head movement to avoid it.
The crowd cheers as Jihad lands an impressive looking overhand right. Diaz doesn't seem phased though.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jihad misses with a straight right.
Jihad misses with a few strikes there.
Jihad lands a nice hook to Diaz's body. Diaz takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Diaz throws a head kick that misses
and Jihad counters with a three punch combo that has Diaz backing up. Diaz nods at Jihad to acknowledge the strikes.
Diaz throws a body punch but Jihad moves out of range.
Jihad's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Jihad scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Diaz doesn't seem bothered though.
Jihad fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Diaz manages to avoid it.
Jihad on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Diaz tried to score with a low kick but Jihad checks it.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Diaz moves out of range of the body kick from Jihad.
Diaz appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Diaz lands a leg kick that knocks Jihad off balance momentarily.
Diaz thumps Jihad with a low kick.
Jihad rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Diaz counters with a leg kick.
Diaz buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Diaz throws out a loose jab but Jihad uses good head movement to avoid it.
Diaz thumps Jihad with a low kick.
Diaz looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Jihad throws a combination that misses
and Diaz counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Nice uppercut lands for Diaz. That snapped Jihad's head back.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
JoJo Diaz dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Diaz misses the shot to the body.
Jihad replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Diaz blocks it well.
Jihad avoids the head kick by Diaz.
Diaz moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Jihad misses with a double jab.
Jihad looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Jihad throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Diaz.
Sulayman Jihad is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Diaz uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Jihad misses with a hook.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jihad throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Diaz counters with a left and a right that stings Jihad.
Jihad sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Diaz lands with a nice body punch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Diaz lands with a thumping leg kick.
Jihad misses with a jab, cross combination.
Jihad rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Diaz moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Jihad throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Diaz.
Jihad is breathing heavily.
Diaz tries a head kick but it misses.
A solid leg kick lands there for Diaz.
Jihad slips a jab and a cross from Diaz.
Diaz misses with a head kick.
Diaz is looking to score with low kicks.
Jihad closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Diaz has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Jihad.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diaz scores with a jab to the body.
Jihad takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Diaz looks to land a right hand but Jihad moved out of range.
Diaz throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Diaz cracks Jihad with an open hand slap.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Jihad.
Diaz is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Jihad can do to turn this around?
Jihad slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Jihad keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Diaz.
Diaz scores with a leg kick.
Diaz throws a nice inside leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jihad swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Diaz lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Jihad throws a right and a left that both miss.
Diaz lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Diaz misses with a looping right.
Jihad looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Diaz throws a head kick but Jihad moves out of range.
Jab from Diaz.
Jihad throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Diaz counters with a one-two to the body.
Jihad takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Jihad misses with a series of wild punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jihad misses with a wild combination.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Diaz bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Good work by Diaz as he checks the leg kick.
Diaz went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Diaz lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Diaz throws a head kick that misses
and Jihad counters with a left and a right that stings Diaz.
Jihad displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Diaz jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Jihad looks to land a combination but Diaz avoids it well.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
No joy there for Jihad, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Jihad looks to land a right hand but Diaz moved out of range.
Jihad thows a left - swing and a miss!
Diaz lifts his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Diaz pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Jihad throws a counter combo.
Danga de danga de dang - Jihad scores with a four punch combination!
Diaz throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Jihad throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Diaz lands with a thumping leg kick.
Jihad misses with a low kick.
Jihad throws a low kick, looking for Diaz's leg but Diaz calmly moves out of range.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Diaz.
Jihad scores with a nice strike.
Diaz fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Jihad.
Diaz fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Jihad has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Good leg kick by Diaz there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Diaz throws a body shot but no joy.
Diaz misses with an uppercut. Jihad saw that one coming.
Diaz throws a head kick that half lands.
Jihad fails to land with a series of punches.
Some wild striking there from Jihad.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Diaz lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Jihad takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Diaz looks to land a left hand but Jihad moved out of range nicely.
Diaz throws a leg kick but Jihad sees it coming and moves out of range.
Jihad missing with a left hand there. Diaz was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Jihad looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
You can see that Jihad has visibly slowed down as a result of the leg kicks
Diaz throws a jab when Jihad was well out of range.
Diaz getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Diaz fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Jihad has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Diaz scores with a sloppy right hand. Jihad should have avoided that one.
Diaz misses with a lunging right hand
enabling Jihad to counter with a crisp jab.
Jihad misses with a series of wild punches.
Jihad gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Diaz.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jihad avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Diaz connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Jihad falls off balance throwing a combination
and Diaz connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Jihad swings for the body but Diaz moves out of range.
A little feinted left hand from Diaz on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Diaz throws a jab when Jihad was well out of range.
Good standup being displayed there by Diaz as he connects with a hook.
Jihad misses with a hook. Diaz ducked under it nicely.
Diaz with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
The fighters circle momentarily. Diaz darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Diaz throws a right and a left that Jihad avoids nicely.
Diaz goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
A head kick misses from Diaz.
Sulayman Jihad has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Diaz lands with a hook. Jihad tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
And that's the end of the fight!
JoJo Diaz showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Diaz has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Ren Mimura scores the fight for JoJo Diaz!
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight for JoJo Diaz!
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight for JoJo Diaz!
JoJo Diaz wins by unanimous decision!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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