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Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Cain Diaz (ranked 5459 p4p, 447 weight class) and Aaron Lowell (ranked 4711 p4p, 415 weight class). Lowell has chosen The Qemists - Run You as his entrance music. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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174 lbs
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Excellent boxer
Good chin
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Excellent MT
Granite 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
5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Cain Diaz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Aaron Lowell!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Robert Douchet and Gregory Folan.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Diaz lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Lowell circles away quickly and effectively.
Diaz defending well as Lowell loads up on a big left hand.
A slow jab from Diaz misses its intended target.
Diaz slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
A telegraphed right hand from Lowell misses the target.
Diaz closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Diaz throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Diaz's jab looks to have found its range, popping Lowell under the eye.
Lowell looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Lowell rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Diaz moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Diaz has been working on his boxing with his coaches at 3Band MMA ($800/week) in the buildup to the fight.
Diaz missing with a left hand there. Lowell was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Diaz misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Lowell misses with a hook.
A swing and a miss from Diaz.
Diaz throws a series of punches but Lowell avoids them all with ease.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Diaz thows a left - swing and a miss!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice uppercut there from Diaz.
Some wild striking there from Diaz.
Diaz connects with a good right hand that stumbles Lowell. Lowell circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
A combination from Diaz does no damage.
Lowell ducks under a wild hook from Diaz.
Lowell throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Diaz tries to bum rush Lowell with a series of wild strikes but Lowell uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Diaz lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Lowell circles away quickly and effectively.
Diaz rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Lowell moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Diaz lands a nice looking body shot.
Lowell keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Cain Diaz seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Diaz throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Diaz throws a series of punches but Lowell avoids them all with ease.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lowell misses with a wild combination.
Diaz ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Lowell moves away.
Lowell is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Diaz with a body shot.
Sloppy strikes from Diaz. Those never looked like landing.
Diaz fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Diaz has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Diaz there as he acknowledges the shot.
Lowell takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Diaz takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Lowell uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Diaz.
Diaz falls off balance throwing a combination
and Lowell counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Diaz thinking.
Diaz is breathing heavily.
Lowell displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Diaz throws out the jab.
Lowell dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Lowell throws a right hand that Diaz ducks under and follows up with a left that Diaz also avoids with ease.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Cain Diaz dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Nice jab there from Lowell.
The fighters circle momentarily. Lowell darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Diaz throws an off balance right hand
and Lowell counters with a big uppercut that nearly lifts Diaz off his feet! Diaz crashes to the mat in all kinds of trouble! The referee starts the count but I'm not sure it's necessary - Diaz isn't going to make it! The count reaches 10 and this fight is all over! Lowell screams and throws his mouthpiece into the crowd. Mmmmm spit, everywhere. Lovely.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:14 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Aaron Lowell!
Aaron Lowell spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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