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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Randal Payne (ranked 4687 p4p, 0 weight class) and Zac Diamandi (ranked 4106 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Randal Payne has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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215 lbs
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210 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
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Decent wrestler
Counter fighter
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Randal Payne!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Zac Diamandi!
The judges for this bout are Ron Honeybunn, Eliza Hachem and Summer Carpenter.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Diamandi scores with a takedown into Payne's guard.
Payne throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Diamandi stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Payne swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Diamandi avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Diamandi's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Diamandi working some strikes from top position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Diamandi showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Payne is on top in guard.
Diamandi looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Payne throwing strikes from guard but Diamandi blocks nicely.
Payne preventing the sweep.
Diamandi has Payne pulled in close to control his posture.
Payne stands up and waves to Diamandi to follow him.
Payne tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Diamandi tries to counter by closing the distance.
Diamandi swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Payne was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Diamandi looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Payne!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diamandi lands some shots froms side control.
Diamandi controlling the position from side mount.
Payne tries to bench press Diamandi off him but Diamandi keeps the position.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Diamandi is working Payne over with some ground and pound from side control.
Diamandi happy to just control the position for now.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diamandi trying to control the action but Payne is working from the bottom.
Diamandi tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Diamandi looks up at the clock and then as Payne takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Diamandi smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Payne is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Payne tries to get back to his feet but has found himself mounted instead. Damn, that's gotta suck.
Payne throwing hammer fists to the chest of Diamandi. What's that going to do exactly?
Payne bucks up and throws Diamandi to the side - he's got back to his feet. Great escape!
Diamandi shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Diamandi showed some decent athleticism there.
Payne is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Diamandi pulls his head out easily.
Payne is breathing heavily.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Diamandi is nestled in close to Payne, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Zac Diamandi dominated that round.
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.
Payne tries to clinch but Diamandi moves away
and Diamandi counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Payne wants to get back to his feet but he's too absorbed in his own little project and Diamandi manages to pass to side control.
Diamandi working Payne over with strikes.
Payne is rocked!
Payne is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Diamandi scores with a couple of nice shots.
Oh Payne is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Diamandi working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Payne is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Diamandi perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Diamandi lands a big elbow from half guard. That looks like it's hurt Payne quite badly. Payne pulls Diamandi in close trying to recover. Diamandi postures up and lands two really hard shots that put Payne on queer street! The ref takes a look and decides to call an end to the fight! Possibly an early stoppage but Payne doesn't seem to be complaining too much.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Zac Diamandi!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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