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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jeremy Durden (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Drew Diaz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jeremy Durden!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Drew Diaz!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Dillan Fox and Gregory Folan.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Durden fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Diaz to the ground. Durden is now in Diaz's guard.
Durden won't allow Diaz to sweep him here.
Diaz wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Diaz working a defensive guard here.
Diaz can't keep his opponent in guard - Durden advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Durden is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Diaz is looking for a sweep. Durden is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Durden is nestled in close to Diaz, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Diaz keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Diaz makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Diaz.
Durden with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Diaz is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Durden works over Diaz with some ground and pound from guard.
Diaz looking to hit a scissor sweep but Durden is one step ahead there.
Durden throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Durden wants to control from the top but Diaz keeps moving.
Durden stands up over Diaz, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Durden stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Diaz swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Durden postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Durden wants to control from the top but Diaz keeps moving.
Durden throws a big right hand that misses.
Durden scoring with some ground and pound.
Durden trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Durden looking to pass the guard.
Diaz striking off his back, scoring a few points.
Durden stopping the sweep attempt from Diaz.
Durden knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Diaz on the ground.
Durden has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Diaz is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Durden is looking to work some ground and pound but Diaz has wrist control.
Diaz keeping moving, preventing Durden from controlling successfully.
Durden slips nicely into half guard.
Durden is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Durden is breathing heavily.
Diaz trying to control but Durden postures up.
Durden looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Durden missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Diaz wants to control but Durden is keeping busy and won't allow it.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Durden lands a nice short elbow.
Durden is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Durden is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Diaz moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Diaz looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Diaz looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Diaz tries to strike from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jeremy Durden dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Durden clinches with his opponent.
Diaz lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Diaz obliges.
Durden tries to stall but Diaz uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Durden tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Diaz breaks from the clinch.
Durden walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Durden closes the distance and clinches.
Durden lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Durden throws an elbow but it misses.
Diaz digs a right hand underneath Durden's ribcage. Durden let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Diaz lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Diaz wants a takedown but no success here.
Durden tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Diaz using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Durden misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Diaz.
Durden creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Diaz breaks from the clinch.
Diaz shoots in but no luck this time.
Diaz fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Jeremy Durden has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Drew Diaz.
Durden darts in and clinches Diaz up against the ropes.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Diaz breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Diaz looks to score with a jab to the body but Durden is just out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Durden clinches up against the ropes.
Diaz tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Durden's elbow.
Diaz looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Diaz pulls guard effortlessly.
Durden throwing strikes but missing.
Diaz lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Durden!
Durden is squirming around, avoiding Diaz's attempts to control the action.
Durden blocking the ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diaz thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Diaz tries to control but Durden wriggling away.
Durden wants to control but Diaz is having none of it.
Durden is looking to get to half guard.
Diaz thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diaz thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Diaz landing strikes from the mount.
Diaz looking to secure an arm triangle but Durden defends it well.
Diaz throws some wild stikes that Durden manages to avoid easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Diaz trying to control but Durden is having none of it.
Durden in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Diaz with the ground and pound from mount.
Diaz landing strikes from the mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Drew Diaz showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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. And we move into the final round!
Durden misses with a double jab
and Diaz holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Good body shot from Durden.
Durden lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Stalling in the clinch from Diaz.
Diaz breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Durden moves into the clinch.
Diaz goes for a takedown attempt but Durden pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Durden clinches up against the ropes.
Durden tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Durden tries to pull guard but Diaz won't allow it.
Durden manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Diaz advances position into side control!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Diaz tries to advance to mount but can't.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Diaz works to advance to full mount. Durden defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
Diaz trying to control but Durden is having none of it.
Poor strikes thrown by Diaz there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Durden wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Diaz.
Diaz looking to finish with strikes here!
Durden blocking the ground and pound.
Durden holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Diaz tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diaz throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Diaz has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Diaz is landing with some decent strikes but Durden is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Diaz tries to control but Durden wriggling away.
Diaz unloads with some shots from mount but Durden bucks and avoids them well.
Diaz wants to control the pace but Durden is squirming around nicely.
Diaz is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Durden wants to hold on but Diaz pushes him away.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Diaz wants to control the pace but Durden is squirming around nicely.
Diaz sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
And that's the end of the fight!
Drew Diaz comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Diaz has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 William Peck scores the fight 28:29
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 28:29
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Drew Diaz!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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