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Event:
LH15: Hackett vs Schmo II
Date: Nov 30, 2016 |
#R1##CL#
Hopo rushes Diaz and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Hopo avoiding damage as Diaz throws knees to the body.
Hopo makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Diaz controlling the action here for a moment.
Hopo pushes Diaz back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Diaz stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Hopo lands a left hand that snaps the head of Diaz backwards.
Diaz takes a shot to the head.
Hopo is stalling here.
Hopo is working Diaz over against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A shot in the inside from Hopo.
Diaz lands an uppercut.
Diaz pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Diaz is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Hopo is defending well for now.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hopo managing to block the knees to the body from Diaz.
#T1#
Diaz swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Hopo holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Hopo stalls.
Diaz is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Hopo is defending well for now.
Hopo pushes Diaz back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Diaz lands with a left to the head.
Hopo blocks a body shot from Diaz.
Hopo lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A nice right hand lands inside from Hopo.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Diaz just misses with a elbow thrown towards Hopo's brow.
Diaz takes a shot to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hopo.
Diaz is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Hopo is defending well for now.
Diaz misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hopo.
Hopo blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Hopo definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.#T2#
Diaz tries to work over Hopo's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Diaz tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Hopo misses with a punch on the inside.
A short right from Hopo on the inside.
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!
Hopo lands with a left to the head.
Diaz prevents a body shot from Hopo.
Diaz wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Hopo is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Hopo lands with a light punch inside.
Diaz is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Hopo lands a shot to the body.
Hopo blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Diaz is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Hopo is defending well for now.#T3#
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hopo.
Diaz effectively controlling the action here.
Hopo stalling in the clinch.
Diaz swings wildly with an uppercut but Hopo uses good head movement to avoid it.
A nice left hand lands by Hopo.
A shot in the inside from Hopo.
Diaz fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Diaz fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Hopo stalling the fight.
Hopo lands a right hand that snaps the head of Diaz backwards.
Good body shot from Hopo.
Hopo lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Diaz looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Diaz lands a left hand that snaps the head of Hopo backwards.
Hopo gets through Diaz's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Diaz tries to land knees in the clinch but Hopo avoids the damage to the body. #T4#
Diaz takes a shot to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hopo displaying some good clinch control by pressing Diaz up against the cage.
Hopo lands a right hand.
Diaz misses with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Diaz.
Diaz stalling in the clinch but Hopo improves position.
Diaz letting Hopo take a breather here.
Hopo taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Hopo stalling the fight.
Hopo lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Diaz tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Hopo lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Diaz looking to stall.
Diaz has a couple of punches blocked by Hopo.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Hessu Hopo dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
#R2#
Diaz avoids the body shot from Hopo.
Donk. Diaz catches Hopo right on the button with a cross.
Diaz gets cracked there but stands up to it.
#CL#
Hopo darts in and clinches Diaz up against the cage.
Hopo is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Diaz can do to turn this around?
A shot in the inside from Hopo. #ROC#
Diaz is rocked!
Hopo pushes Diaz back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Diaz is still on wobbly legs! Can Hopo finish him?
Hopo misses with some punches.
Hopo is working Diaz over against the cage.
Hopo misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hopo stalling.
A head punch on the inside from Hopo fails to land.
Hopo throws a head punch that misses.
Diaz wants to get back to striking at distance but Hopo won't allow it.
Hopo working aggressively here.
Diaz seems to have recovered his senses.
Hopo lands a body shot.
Diaz swings wildly with an uppercut but Hopo uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hopo slows down the pace here.
Hopo lands a hook that snaps the head of Diaz backwards.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Diaz trying to land knees to the body.
#T1#
Diaz scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A nice right hand lands inside from Hopo.
Diaz is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Hopo is defending well for now.
A nice right hand lands inside from Diaz.
Hopo throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Diazs head.
Hopo is leaning against Diaz and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Hopo avoiding damage as Diaz throws knees to the body.
Hopo working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Hopo is working Diaz over against the cage.
The referee calls for Hopo to work.
#BC2#
Diaz breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Hopo throws a big shot that misses.#CL#
Hopo clinches.
Hopo gets through Diaz's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Diaz swings away with an uppercut that misses.
#T2#
Diaz has a couple of punches blocked by Hopo.
Hopo lands with a light punch inside.
A bit of stalling here from Hopo.
Hopo working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Hopo dodges an elbow strike from Diaz.
Hopo will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Diaz up against the cage.
Diaz throws a head punch that misses.
Hessu Hopo has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Diaz is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Diaz tries to stall but Hopo uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Hopo stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Diaz looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Diaz being controlled against the cage.
Diaz throws a punch but it's blocked by Hopo. #T3#
Hopo scores with a hook to the body.
Hopo avoiding damage as Diaz throws knees to the body.
Diaz is trying to stall.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Diaz.
Hopo is pushing Diaz up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word. #BC2#
Diaz manages to break the clinch.
Hopo walks forward and throws a big overhand right! Diaz drops to the floor like a sack of potatoes! Hopo swarms on him with more punches until the referee wrestles him away from Diaz's unconscious body! Wow, that was brutal!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:42 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Hessu Hopo!
In defeat, Anthony Diaz stepped up to the mic, saying 'Thanks for coming out tonight. Sorry I couldn't get the win. I'll be back again though, stronger than ever. '.
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Event:
LH11: Houghton vs Jackson
Date: Nov 16, 2016 |
#R1#
Wayne slips a straight right by Diaz.
Diaz throws a nice outside leg kick.
Diaz lands a nice looking body shot.
Diaz lands with a right hand.
Diaz's corner calls for a 1-2. Diaz obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Diaz works the jab nicely.
Diaz scores with a kick to the body.
Wayne takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Diaz's jab looks to have found its range, popping Wayne under the eye.
Diaz lets loose with a powerful body kick. Wayne will feel that in the morning.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Diaz cracks Wayne with a right hand to the side of the head.
Wayne's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Diaz connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Wayne scrambles back to his feet.#CUT#
It looks like Alfred Wayne has been cut.#T1#
Diaz scores with a punch to the head.
Diaz rushes Wayne with punches - Wayne moves straight backwards instead of circling and gets clipped by the second strike... and the third... and the fourth! Oh, Wayne goes down! Diaz follows up with more strikes and the ref steps in to end the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:15 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Anthony Diaz!
As Anthony Diaz got his breath back, he grabbed the microphone and managed to blurt out the following: Thanks for coming out tonight, all of you. Finally, I've won the belt! Shout out to the guys at Island Top Team. '.
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Event:
LH6: Schmo vs Diaz
Date: Oct 30, 2016 |
#R1#
Diaz swings for the body but Schmo moves out of range.
Diaz goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Schmo feinted with a counter takedown.
Diaz swinging wildly here.
Diaz swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Diaz has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.#TD#
Schmo feints and as Diaz raises his hands in defense, Schmo changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Schmo stops Diaz from standing up.
Schmo working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Diaz's head.
Schmo makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Diaz can do anything to dispel that myth.
Schmo missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Schmo postures up and lands a big shot to Diaz's brow.
Schmo lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Schmo scoring with punches to the head and body.
Schmo trying to control the position from guard on top but Diaz is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Schmo stopping the sweep attempt from Diaz.#T1#
Schmo is working Diaz over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Schmo postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Schmo is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound. #ROC#
Diaz is rocked!
Schmo arches his back and unloads with a massive left and a right! Diaz's eyes roll back into his head, he's out cold! The ref dives in to stop the fight - wow, they were hard shots!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:33 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Joe Schmo!
Joe Schmo retains his light heavyweight title!
Anthony Diaz was interviewed post fight and said 'Thanks for coming out tonight. Sorry I couldn't get the win. I'll be back again though, stronger than ever. '.
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Event:
Quick Fight Championship
Date: Oct 15, 2016 |
#R1#
Abruzzi shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it. #CUT#
It looks like Gianfranco Abruzzi has been cut.
Abruzzi throws a jab but it's blocked by Diaz.
Abruzzi throws out a loose jab but Diaz uses good head movement to avoid it.
Abruzzi throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Diaz throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Abruzzi on the side of the head.
Diaz lands a lovely overhand right.
Abruzzi misses the body punch
and Diaz counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Abruzzi misses with a straight left.
Diaz throws a body punch but Abruzzi moves out of range.
Abruzzi misses with a hook. Diaz ducked under it nicely.
A big right from Diaz misses.
Diaz lands with an uppercut that bounces Abruzzi off the cage and back into range.
The fighters circle momentarily. Diaz darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Diaz defending well as Abruzzi loads up on a big left hand.
Abruzzi misses the shot to the body.
Diaz bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Abruzzi misses with a straight left.
A jab from Abruzzi misses.
A telegraphed right hand from Diaz misses the target. #T1#
A telegraphed right hand from Abruzzi misses the target.
Abruzzi throws a nice looking combination but Diaz bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Diaz scores with a kick to the midsection.
Abruzzi misses with a body shot.
As Abruzzi backs away, Diaz returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Diaz dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Diaz lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Abruzzi at a distance.
Abruzzi wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Abruzzi rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
letting Diaz counter with a right hand.
Abruzzi shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Diaz eats them both and turns towards Abruzzi to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Diaz moves out of range as Abruzzi strikes.
Diaz swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Diaz lands a head kick. Abruzzi smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Diaz moves into range and connects with a jab.
Abruzzi looks to land a left hand but Diaz moved out of range nicely.
Abruzzi keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Diaz avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Decent striking displayed by Diaz there.
Diaz lands a body shot.
#T2#
Diaz lunges at Abruzzi with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Abruzzi's hand. #ROC#
Abruzzi is rocked!
Abruzzi gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Abruzzi is still on wobbly legs! Can Diaz finish him?#CUT#
That has opened up Gianfranco Abruzzi's cut even more.
Diaz fakes the body blow, causing Abruzzi to drop his hands! Left hook to the temple! Abruzzi goes stiff, and falls face first into the mat. Goodnight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:15 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Anthony Diaz!
As Anthony Diaz got his breath back, he grabbed the microphone and managed to blurt out the following: Thanks for coming out tonight, all of you. Life's hard, but I'll keep on going. Happy for the win! '.
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