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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Daniel Diaz (ranked 4516 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fernando Prado (ranked 5019 p4p, 0 weight class). 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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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
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Daniel Diaz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Fernando Prado!
The judges for this bout are Chris Saunders, Jeff Smith and Josh West.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Diaz scores with a body shot.
Diaz connects with the punch.
A decent looking cross lands there for Diaz.
Diaz lands with a hook. Prado tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Prado takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Prado takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Prado shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Diaz cracks Prado with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Prado tries to move into range but Diaz moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nice shot lands for Diaz.
Prado rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Diaz counters with a lovely shot to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Prado drops his hands momentarily and Diaz takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Diaz throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Prado on the side of the head.
Diaz lands with a shot to the body.
Prado takes one to the chin there.
Prado takes a jab right on the kisser.
Prado looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Diaz is fending him off so far but Prado persists. Nope, Diaz circles away and we're back to standing.
Diaz smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Diaz throws a good cross that connects.
Diaz scores with a hook to the body. Prado takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A jab lands there for Diaz.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Diaz connects with a jab.
Diaz scores with a punch to the head.
Diaz jabs Prado to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Nice body punch from Diaz.
Prado shoots in for a takedown but Diaz shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
It looked like Diaz wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Prado throws a jab when Diaz was well out of range.
Diaz changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diaz fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
A jab from Diaz finds it's way through Prado's defenses.
The fighters circle momentarily. Diaz darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Diaz scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Prado misses with an uppercut
and Diaz counters with a nice uppercut.
Prado takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Prado takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Diaz tests Prado's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Diaz scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Diaz scores with a jab to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Prado takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Diaz lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Prado misses with the body kick
enabling Diaz to counter with a crisp jab.
Diaz fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Prado lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Diaz circles away quickly and effectively.
Diaz ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Prado gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Diaz.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Daniel Diaz 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.
Prado shoots and misses
and Diaz counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Diaz scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Prado might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Diaz has got the better of the exchanges.
Diaz feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Prados jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Prado moves forwards but Diaz connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Prado takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Prado throws a jab when Diaz was well out of range.
It looked like Diaz was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Prado.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A shot to the liver by Diaz. Beautiful body shot.
Prado misses with a combination
and Diaz counters with a lovely straight right hand!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Prado takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Daniel Diaz is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A cross from Diaz lands.
Prado walks into a left hand.
Prado rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
letting Diaz counter with a right hand.
Daniel Diaz is winning the standup battle so far.
Diaz catches Prado with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Prado takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Prado misses with an uppercut.
It looked like Diaz wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Diaz throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Diaz scores with a jab to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diaz scores with a body shot.
Diaz lands a body shot.
Diaz is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Prado can do to turn this around?
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Diaz scores with a punch to the head.
Diaz slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Prado misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Diaz.
Diaz bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Diaz lands with a nice body punch.
Diaz tests Prado's chin there with a solid looking shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diaz slips under a jab.
Prado takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Diaz cracks a nice hook into Prado's ribs.
Prado takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Nice cross by Diaz.
Diaz works Prado's body with a nice hook.
Diaz lands with a right hand.
Prado has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Prado drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Diaz connects with the punch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Diaz scores with a nice strike.
A shot to the liver by Diaz. Beautiful body shot.
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!
Prado takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Prado swings widly with a right hand
letting Diaz counter with a right hand.
Diaz connects with a crisp jab.
Diaz lands a jab.
Prado with a lazy takedown attempt
and Prado takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
A jab lands there for Diaz.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Daniel Diaz dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Prado needs to keep his hands up - Diaz had a free shot at his head there.
Prado fails with the takedown
and Diaz counters with a stiff right hand.
Diaz smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
A punch lands to the side of Prado 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Diaz connects with a crisp jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Prado takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Diaz thuds a left hand into Prado's body.
Prado throws an off balance right hand
and Diaz counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Prado takes one to the chin there.
Diaz throws a shot to the body.
Diaz lands a nice looking body shot.
Diaz takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Diaz connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Prado misses with a hook
and Diaz counters with a straight right hand.
Prado swings widly with a right hand
and Diaz connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Diaz dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diaz lands with an overhand left.
Diaz scores with a nice strike.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Prado takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Prado takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Diaz bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Prado's head backwards.
Diaz listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Diaz swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Prado.
Prado tries to move into range but Diaz moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Diaz cracks Prado with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diaz scores with a hook.
Diaz bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Prado's head.
Diaz fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Diaz dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Prado throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Prado takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Prado takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Prado moves in looking to clinch but Diaz pushes him off.
Prado takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Diaz lands a lovely overhand right.
Diaz swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Prado.
Diaz throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Donk. Diaz catches Prado right on the button with a cross.
A jab from Diaz does it's job there.
Diaz ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Prado takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Prado throws a lazy uppercut
and Diaz counters with a right hand to the body.
And that's the end of the fight!
Daniel 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Chris Saunders scores the fight for Daniel Diaz!
Judge Jeff Smith scores the fight for Daniel Diaz!
Judge Josh West scores the fight for Daniel Diaz!
Daniel Diaz wins by unanimous decision!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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