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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Nick Diaz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ceaser Sarney (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Diaz's entrance music is Been to Hell. A fine choice. Ceaser Sarney is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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175 lbs
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190 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
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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 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Nick Diaz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ceaser Sarney!
The judges for this bout are , Frank Antenori and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Diaz tries to bum rush Sarney with a series of wild strikes but Sarney uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Diaz displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Sarney throws out the jab.
Diaz slips a jab from Sarney.
Diaz misses with a jab, cross combination.
Diaz darts in and clinches Sarney up against the cage.
Sarney makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Sarney lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Sarney tries to land a knee to the head but Diaz blocks with his arms.
Sarney lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
A knee to the head by Sarney.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Sarney.
Sarney connects with a nasty looking knee right to Diaz's face.
Diaz is breathing heavily.
Sarney scores a nice knee to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sarney is stalling here.
Sarney works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Sarney tries to throw a body punch but Diaz avoids it by throwing Sarney back against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sarney tries to land a knee to the head but Diaz blocks with his arms.
Sarney lands a nice knee to the body.
Sarney lands a shoulder strike.
Sarney lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Diaz backwards.
Sarney landing knees to the head.
Sarney tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Diaz's elbow.
Sarney scores with a knee to the head.
A right handed body shot lands from Sarney.
Sarney with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Sarney connects with a nasty looking knee right to Diaz's face.
Come on Sarney - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Sarney throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Diaz blocks it with crossed arms.
Come on Sarney - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Sarney landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Sarney landing knees to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Diaz is trying to break free.
Diaz lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Sarney or not.
Diaz avoiding damage.
Sarney lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Diaz backwards.
Diaz manages to pull guard.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Diaz has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sarney got a little sloppy there for a moment and Diaz has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Sarney has managed to get both his arms back between Diaz's legs - danger averted.
Diaz managing to control the position.
Diaz trying to keep a closed guard but Sarney is proving a slippery customer.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Diaz holds on and takes a little breather.
We're going to have a standup here because Nick Diaz wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Diaz misses with a straight left.
Ceaser Sarney seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sarney tries to keep at a distance but Diaz has taken the fight into the clinch.
Sarney stalling in the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Sarney creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Diaz is trying to break the clinch but Sarney has him pressed against the cage.
Sarney pushes Diaz back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Sarney misses with a hook to the ribs.
Sarney misses with a knee strike.
Diaz takes a knee right on the jaw!
Sarney using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Diaz blocks a body shot from Sarney.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sarney scores a nice knee to the body.
Diaz wants to break free but Sarney has control.
Sarney stalling the fight.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ceaser Sarney dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Sarney walks into a left hand.
Nick Diaz is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Sarney tries to close the distance and clinch but Diaz swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Sarney throws a shot from downtown. Diaz moves away and avoids it.
Diaz looks to land a combination. Sarney sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Diaz fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Sarney wants to clinch up but Diaz keeps it at a distance.
Good standup being displayed there by Sarney as he connects with a hook.
Good standup being displayed there by Sarney as he connects with a hook.
Diaz misses with a two punch combination.
Sarney tries to clinch but Diaz moves away
and Diaz counters with a left and a right that stings Sarney.
Diaz scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Sarney wants to clinch up but Diaz keeps it at a distance.
Diaz tries to keep at a distance but Sarney has taken the fight into the clinch.
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!
Sarney unloads a knee to the mid-section. Diaz lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A nice right hand lands inside from Sarney.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sarney scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Sarney struggles to land a body shot inside as Diaz controls his hands.
Sarney blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Sarney leaning his opponent against the cage.
A knee to the head by Sarney.
Sarney lands a hook that snaps the head of Diaz backwards.
Sarney lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Sarney putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Diaz in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Sarney misses with a punch to the body.
Sarney tries to land a knee to the head but Diaz blocks with his arms.
Sarney landing knees to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sarney is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Diaz pulls Sarney into guard.
Diaz looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Sarney throwing strikes but missing.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sarney postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Diaz pushes Sarney off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sarney fails in his attempt to clinch.
Diaz circles away from the clinch attempt.
Sarney avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Sarney misses with a hook.
Diaz lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Diaz.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sarney throws a series of punches but Diaz moves out of range.
Sarney tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
No luck for Diaz with that takedown attempt.
Sarney is looking to clinch.
Diaz fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Sarney to the ground. Diaz is now in Sarney's guard.
Sarney keeping moving, preventing Diaz from controlling successfully.
Sarney really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Diaz. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Diaz advances position into side control!
Sarney is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Diaz passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Sarney!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sarney is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Diaz controlling from mount.
Diaz trying to control but he's not successful this time.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Diaz is landing with some decent strikes but Sarney is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Diaz raining down hammerfists from mount.
Sarney is looking to improve his position but Diaz isn't that keen on the idea.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sarney manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Diaz trying to control the pace.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Ceaser Sarney will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Sarney takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Diaz walks into a left hand.
Diaz dodges the punch combination from Sarney.
Diaz throws a right and a left that both miss.
Sarney throws a hook to the side of Diaz's head but Diaz sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Diaz slips a straight right by Sarney.
Sarney thows a body shot but no joy.
Sarney catches Diaz with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Sarney misses with an uppercut. Diaz saw that one coming.
Diaz tries to score a power double leg takedown but Sarney sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Diaz somewhat.
Diaz avoids the body shot from Sarney.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Sarney.
Ceaser Sarney seems to be getting the better of the standup.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Diaz wants to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Sarney looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Diaz tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Sarney swivels and escapes.
Sarney is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Diaz.
Diaz takes a swing at Sarney's ribcage but misses.
Sarney wants to clinch.
Sarney wants to clinch up but Diaz keeps it at a distance.
Sarney doesn't manage to clinch there - Diaz circles away.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sarney. Diaz does a little dance to reset his feet.
Diaz tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Sarney tries to clinch up.
Diaz gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sarney keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Diaz fails to land with a series of punches.
Sarney wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Sarney slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Diaz avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Diaz avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Diaz tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Sarney holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Sarney stalling in the clinch but Diaz improves position.
Sarney with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Sarney with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Ceaser Sarney seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A short right from Diaz on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Diaz fails to land.
Sarney throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Diaz blocks it with crossed arms.
Sarney tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Diaz's elbow.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diaz jumps guard.
Diaz pulls Sarney in to control the position.
Sarney working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Sarney drops back looking for a leg! Diaz is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Diaz manages to kick Sarney off! Sarney jumps back into Diaz's guard.
Diaz is controlling Sarney's posture.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Diaz avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Diaz utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Diaz has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Diaz has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Nick Diaz.
Sarney missing with a left hand there. Diaz was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Diaz scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Diaz slips under a jab.
Sarney tries to clinch up but Diaz circles away and keeps his distance.
Diaz shoots in for a takedown but Sarney shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Nick Diaz has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Nick Diaz. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Sarney darts in and clinches Diaz up against the cage.
Sarney throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Diaz blocks it with crossed arms.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Diaz fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Diaz tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Ceaser Sarney is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Sarney tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ceaser Sarney comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Sarney winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Suge Night scores the fight 27:30
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 28:30
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ceaser Sarney!
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