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Event:
Quick Fight Championship
Date: Apr 25, 2016 |
#R1#
Abdul Rahman walks into a left hand. #CUT2#
It looks like Hayder Abdul Rahman has been cut.#KD2#
Diaz bobbing and weaving well here. And he's unloaded with a massive right hand that drops Abdul Rahman! He dives into his guard looking to finish!
#ROC2#
Abdul Rahman is rocked!
Diaz trying to control but Abdul Rahman is working from the bottom.
Oh Abdul Rahman is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!#SUB#
Abdul Rahman pushes a forearm under Diaz's chin to create some space. He's escaped his hips and pivoted quickly for an armbar! Can he extend the arm? Yes, Diaz is tapping out! Damn, that was fast!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:30 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Hayder Abdul Rahman!
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Event:
Quick Fight Championship
Date: Apr 02, 2016 |
#R1##CL2#
The fight moves into the clinch position.
A short left from Wright.
The referee calls for Wright to work.
Diaz misses with a hook from the clinch.
Diaz doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A head punch on the inside from Wright fails to land.
Wright has a couple of punches blocked by Diaz.
A head punch on the inside from Diaz fails to land.
Wright blocking some punches.
Diaz tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Wright's elbow.
Wright misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Diaz's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Wright doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Diaz misses with the head strike.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wright dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Wright lands a hook that snaps the head of Diaz backwards.
Diaz fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Diaz lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Wright blocks an uppercut.
Wright softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.#CUT#
It looks like Neal Diaz has been cut.#T1#
Wright stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Wright stalling.
A head punch on the inside from Diaz fails to land.
Diaz misses with some punches.
Wright lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Diaz lands a body punch.
Diaz swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Wright misses with some punches.
Wright throws a head punch that misses.
Wright blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Wright tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A short right from Wright.
Diaz misses with a punch on the inside.
Diaz blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Wright lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Diaz.
Wright working aggressively here.
Wright misses with a short punch on the inside.
Diaz misses with some punches.
Diaz misses with a shot to the kidneys.
#T2#
Wright scores with a nice hook to the head.
Wright lands a left hand that snaps the head of Diaz backwards.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Wright can't find room to land a body shot as Diaz controls the action.
Wright blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Wright misses with a body punch.
Diaz tries to throw a body punch but Wright avoids it by throwing Diaz back against the cage.
Diaz looking to slow down the pace here.
Wright stalling.
A head punch on the inside from Diaz fails to land.
Diaz lands a body punch in the clinch.
Diaz blocks an uppercut.
Diaz blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Diaz swings wildly with an uppercut but Wright uses good head movement to avoid it.
Diaz misses with a short punch on the inside.
Diaz effectively controlling the action here.
Diaz misses with a punch on the inside.
Wright blocks a body shot from Diaz. #T3#
Diaz blocking some punches.
Wright blocks an uppercut.
Diaz tries to circle away but Wright has him pinned against the cage.
Diaz working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Wright takes a shot to the head.
A short left from Wright.
Diaz can't break the clinch.
Diaz fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Diaz misses with a hook from the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Diaz.
Wright misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Diaz goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
We've been informed that Diaz has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Diaz pushes Wright back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Diaz blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Diaz misses with some punches.
Wright lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Diaz misses with a hook from the clinch.
Diaz misses with a punch on the inside.
Wright works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Diaz is trying to maintain a safe position but Wright gets an underhook and turns Diaz into the cage.#T4#
Diaz working aggressively here.
Diaz throws a head punch that misses.
Diaz is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Diaz presses Wright against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Wright blocks a body shot from Diaz.
Diaz swings away with an uppercut that misses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Wright prevents a body shot from Diaz.
Wright working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Wright stalling the fight.
Diaz misses with a hook to the ribs.
Still in the clinch, Wright scores with a nice short uppercut.#ROC#
Diaz is rocked!
Wright fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Diaz taking a breather.
Diaz tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A head punch on the inside from Wright fails to land.
Diaz misses with a short punch on the inside.
Wright fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ira Wright dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Neal Diaz's cut.
That's time! Wright's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
#R2#
Wright circles away from the clinch attempt.
Diaz is looking to clinch but Wright is avoiding it.
It looked like Wright was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Diaz.
Diaz swings for the body but Wright moves out of range.
Diaz takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Wright tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Diaz was well out of range. Poor timing from Wright.
Wright keeps the fight on the outside.
Diaz moves in looking to clinch but Wright pushes him off.#CL#
Wright clinches with his opponent.
Wright scores with a hook to the body.
Wright presses Diaz against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
A left hand lands to the body for Wright.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Wright.
Wright lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wright lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Diaz is still on wobbly legs! Can Wright finish him?
Diaz is breathing heavily.
Wright lands with a short shot to the head.
Wright pushes Diaz against the cage. Wright is working some dirty boxing. Wright pushes off with a quick right hook! Diaz goes down! Diaz tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! Wright moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ira Wright!
An out of breath Ira Wright thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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Event:
Quick Fight Championship
Date: Mar 14, 2016 |
#R1#
Diaz takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Diaz digs a good body shot into Nufir's ribs.#TD#
Nufir shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Diaz napping and manages to drive through into side control!
A lull in the action here.
Nufir has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Diaz!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Nufir sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Diaz tries to reverse the position but Nufir maintains control.
Nufir lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Diaz hang on?
Nufir controlling the pace for now.
Nufir lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.#T1#
Nufir raining down hammerfists from mount.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Diaz holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Nufir tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Nufir dominating with strikes here.
Nufir takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Nufir avoids the attempt from Diaz to control.#T2#
Nufir connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Nufir looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Nufir lands with some strikes.
Nufir throws some wild stikes that Diaz manages to avoid easily.
Nufir controlling the position easily from mount.
Diaz looks winded!
Diaz keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Nufir lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
BOOM! Nufir connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Nufir lands a nice shot to the head. #T3#
Nufir controlling the position easily from mount.
Nufir seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Diaz for as long as he can get away with.
Nufir continues to stall.
Nufir with shots to the head and body - Diaz looks very uncomfortable down there. #T4#
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Nufir landing strikes from the mount.
Nufir has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Nufir thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Nufir controlling from mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Max Nufir dominated that round.
That's time! Nufir's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
#R2##TD#
Diaz gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Nufir to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Nufir passes into half guard.
Nufir not doing much here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.#T1#
Nufir is thwarting Diaz's attempts to control the position.
Nufir perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Nufir is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Diaz can do to turn this around?
Nufir's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Diaz blocking the ground and pound attempt from Nufir.
Nufir keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.#T2#
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.#REF3#
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Diaz is breathing heavily.
Diaz slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.#TD#
Diaz tries to sprawl but Nufir drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Nufir trying to control the pace.
Nufir throwing shots but Diaz is blocking nicely.
Nufir takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Diaz wants to improve his position but Nufir is controlling well.
#T3#
Nufir is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Nufir winds up and cracks Diaz with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Nufir thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Nufir lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Nufir is taking a breather. Diaz says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.#T4#
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
More hug and hope from Nufir.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Nice strikes from Nufir there.
Nufir with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Diaz keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound. #REF3#
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Max Nufir 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!
#R3#
Horrible takedown attempt by Nufir or perhaps it was just good defense by Diaz, which made it look bad.
Diaz works Nufir's body with a nice hook.
Nufir shoots in for a takedown but Diaz shows good takedown defense.
Nufir on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Diaz swinging wildly here.
Neal Diaz seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nufir takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Diaz looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Nufir swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Diaz throws a hook but Nufir blocks it.
Nufir tries to score a power double leg takedown but Diaz sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Nufir somewhat.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Max Nufir. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Nufir gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.#T1#
Diaz catches Nufir with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Nufir looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Diaz is fending him off so far but Nufir persists. Nope, Diaz circles away and we're back to standing.
Nufir shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Diaz as he avoids it easily.
A little jabbing left from Diaz on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Diaz digs a good body shot into Nufir's ribs.
Diaz fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Nufir on the side of the head.
Diaz connects with a jab.
Nufir takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Nufir's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Diaz connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Nufir scrambles back to his feet.
Diaz comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Nufir takes one on the button.
Diaz thuds his right hand into Nufir's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Diaz.#T2#
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nufir throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Diaz's waist but Diaz gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Nufir off to one side.
Diaz works the jab nicely.
Diaz scores with a crisp jab that stopped Nufir in his tracks.
Nufir shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Diaz fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Nufir on the side of the head.
Diaz scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Diaz bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Neal Diaz seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Diaz throws a nice looking combination but Nufir bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Nufir throws a right and a left that both miss.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Diaz.
Nufir takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.#TD#
Nufir bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Nufir is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Diaz will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
Nufir misses with the ground and pound.#T3#
Diaz tries to improve position but can't.
Nufir controls the position from side control.
Max Nufir is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.#T4#
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Further stalling from Nufir.
Neal Diaz has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Nufir misses with the ground and pound.
Nufir takes a little break here. Diaz wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.#REF3#
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.#TD#
Nufir gets the takedown into side control.
Nufir in side control lands a decent elbow.
And that's the end of the fight!
Neal Diaz comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Nufir has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Tiny Johnson scores the fight 29:28
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 29:28
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Max Nufir!
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