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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Stephaun Spanky (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Noah Diaz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Spanky comes to the cage accompanied by Point of No Return - Immortal Technique. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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170 lbs
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177 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
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BJJ Purple Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Stephaun Spanky!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Noah Diaz!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Alexandre Firmino and Edson Gomes.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Diaz shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Diaz throws a right and a left that Spanky avoids nicely.
Diaz misses with an uppercut.
Diaz looks for a takedown but Spanky sprawls well.
Diaz throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Spanky's waist but Spanky gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Diaz off to one side.
Stephaun Spanky has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Noah Diaz.
Diaz gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Spanky has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Spanky trying to control but Diaz is working from the bottom.
Spanky drops back looking for a leg! Diaz is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Diaz manages to kick Spanky off! Spanky jumps back into Diaz's guard.
Spanky is breathing heavily.
Diaz manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Spanky manages to get himself to full guard.
Diaz works over Spanky with some ground and pound from guard.
Spanky tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Diaz lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Diaz distracts Spanky with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Spanky has momentary wrist control but Diaz slips an elbow through the middle.
Diaz trying to control but Spanky is working from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Diaz advances to half guard.
Diaz scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Diaz throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Diaz prevents Spanky from improving his position.
Diaz frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Spanky tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Diaz has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Spanky's face.
Spanky wants to control but Diaz is having none of it.
Diaz working for a guillotine from mount but Spanky is in no mood to give up.
Spanky tries to reverse the position but Diaz maintains control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Spanky sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Diaz not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Spanky is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Diaz lands strikes from half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Diaz scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Spanky is rocked!
Diaz passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Spanky!
Oh Spanky is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Diaz with a couple of short strikes.
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!
Diaz scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Spanky?
Diaz working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Diaz with good strikes from the mount here!
Diaz scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Diaz cracks Spanky with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Diaz landing shots from mount.
Diaz working Spanky over with strikes here.
Diaz scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Diaz landing punches.
Diaz has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Diaz cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Diaz working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Diaz looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Spanky in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Diaz raining down shots from the mount!
Spanky really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diaz dominating with strikes here.
Spanky regains half guard.
Spanky is looking to control Diaz's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Spanky avoid being mounted?
Spanky is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Diaz's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Diaz's back!
Spanky doesn't have the hooks in and Diaz manages to turn into his guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Diaz won't allow Spanky to sweep him here.
Diaz postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Diaz preventing the sweep.
Spanky can't keep his opponent in guard - Diaz advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Diaz scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Diaz passes to side control.
Diaz scores with a couple of short elbows.
Diaz working the ground and pound.
Diaz lands a nice forearm strike.
Spanky is looking for a sweep.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Diaz in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Diaz working the head with strikes.
Spanky is looking to regain half guard here but Diaz keeps moving and retains side control.
Diaz working the ground and pound.
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!
Check out the look on Diaz's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Diaz wants to control but Spanky is keeping him busy.
Diaz grinds an elbow into Spanky's temple.
Spanky regains half guard.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Diaz connects with a nice short shot to Spanky's temple.
Diaz looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Spanky with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Diaz landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Diaz scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Diaz works his way into full mount!
Diaz lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Spanky hang on?
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Spanky manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Spanky has hold of Diaz's hands but Diaz slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Spanky taking some punishment here, with Diaz in his half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Noah Diaz dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Diaz misses with a takedown
and Spanky counters with a straight right hand.
Diaz tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Spanky swivels and escapes.
Diaz fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Stephaun Spanky has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Noah Diaz.
Diaz misses with a takedown attempt - Spanky sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Stephaun Spanky is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Nice sprawl there from Spanky as Diaz shoots in.
Diaz shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Spanky but Spanky pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Horrible takedown by Diaz or perhaps it was just good defense by Spanky which made him look bad.
Diaz has a takedown stuffed.
Diaz shoots in and drives through. Spanky sprawls well.
Diaz fails with the takedown.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Diaz misses with a takedown attempt - Spanky sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Diaz shoots in but no luck this time.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice takedown defense from Spanky. No joy for Diaz on that attempt.
Spanky stuffs the takedown attempt from Diaz. Diaz gets slowly back to his feet.
Diaz fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Diaz looks for a takedown but Spanky sprawls well.
Diaz shoots in and drives through. Spanky sprawls well.
Diaz shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Diaz shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Spanky as he jumps to the side.
Horrible takedown by Diaz or perhaps it was just good defense by Spanky which made him look bad.
Diaz shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Spanky but Spanky pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Diaz shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Spanky as he avoids it easily.
Diaz fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Diaz shoots in for a takedown but Spanky shows good takedown defense.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Spanky stuffs the takedown attempt from Diaz. Diaz gets slowly back to his feet.
Spanky seems to have got his legs back now.
Spanky shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Diaz but Diaz pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Spanky feints and as Diaz raises his hands in defense, Spanky changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Diaz manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Spanky manages to get himself to full guard.
Spanky working for a triangle but Diaz defends it easily.
Spanky working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Diaz.
Spanky is looking for a triangle but Diaz pushes his legs off easily.
Spanky looking to control.
Diaz wants to pass the guard but Spanky is keeping the position.
Spanky working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Diaz.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diaz working some strikes from top position.
Diaz working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Spanky's head.
Spanky working for a triangle but Diaz defends it easily.
Diaz is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Diaz throwing strikes but missing.
Spanky bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Diaz's guard.
Spanky passes Diaz's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Diaz is staying active underneath Spanky, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Spanky is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Diaz!
Spanky prevents Diaz from getting the reversal.
Diaz is squirming around, avoiding Spanky's attempts to control the action.
Diaz really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Spanky looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Diaz is desperately trying to improve his position but Spanky has a good base and remains in mount.
Diaz regains half guard.
Diaz looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Diaz trying to control but Spanky postures up.
Diaz moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Diaz wants to sweep here but Spanky controlling him for the moment.
Spanky stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Diaz swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Diaz is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Spanky looking for submissions off his back.
Diaz working Spanky over with strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Stephaun Spanky dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Diaz misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Diaz looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Diaz lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Spanky keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Diaz scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Diaz thows a huge punch but Spanky dodges it nicely.
Diaz looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Diaz is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Spanky is looking to sinch up a gullotine here but Diaz pulls his head out easily.
Spanky is trying to get back to full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Spanky regains full guard. Nicely done.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Spanky looking for a sweep. Not yet Spanky, not yet.
Spanky working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Diaz doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Diaz manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Diaz working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Spanky's head.
Spanky looking for a guillotine here but Diaz defends easily.
Diaz scoring with punches to the head and body.
Diaz drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Diaz jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Diaz lands a couple of elbows.
Spanky looking to hit a scissor sweep but Diaz is one step ahead there.
Diaz pushing down on Spanky's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Diaz wants to free his trapped foot but Spanky is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Spanky is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diaz throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Diaz missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Spanky keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Spanky is looking to improve his position.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Diaz shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Spanky counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Spanky pushes down on Diaz's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Diaz is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Spanky's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Spanky's back!
Can Spanky hold on?! Diaz is landing more strikes to his hapless foe.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Diaz lands a couple of good shots to his opponent's body and a final shot to the head. Good little attack there by Diaz.
Diaz lands with a nice looking elbow that stuns Spanky.
Spanky is in bad spot here.
Spanky trying to control the position but Diaz manages to sink in the hooks.
Watch the back of the head! Comes the shout from the referee towards Diaz.
Diaz is throwing strikes from the back here. Oh that last one was to the back of the head. Diaz gets a warning from the referee. He throws another strike to the back of the head straight away though and the referee has seen enough. He breaks up the two fighters and stands them back up. Diaz gets a real talking to here and is lucky not to get a point deducted. Diaz apologises and we restart here on the feet.
Diaz fakes the leg kick and throws a superman punch. It's knocked Spanky out cold! Brutal finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:05 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Superman Punch). Noah Diaz!
Noah Diaz is the new welterweight champion!
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hype
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