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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Cian Cartwright (ranked 4489 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nick Diaz (ranked 4981 p4p, 515 weight class). Cian Cartwright has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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183 lbs
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180 lbs
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Great wrestler
World class boxer
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Decent boxing
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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
8 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Cian Cartwright!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Nick Diaz!
The judges for this bout are Jeff Smith, Micheangelo Fripello and Roger Salmon.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cartwright is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Cartwright has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Diaz uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Cartwright.
Diaz swinging wildly here.
Crunch! Diaz slams his shin into Cartwright's torso.
Cartwright gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Cartwright lands with a light punch inside.
Cartwright taking a breather.
Diaz tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
A right hand to the body from Cartwright.
Cartwright scores with a shoulder strike.
Cartwright manages to break the clinch.
Diaz tries to clinch there but Cartwright circles away.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Cartwright.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Diaz misses with a two punch combination.
Diaz throws a sloppy head kick and Cartwright moves out of range easily.
Diaz throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Cartwright paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cartwright has Diaz up against the cage in a clinch.
Diaz tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Cartwright lands with a short shot to the head.
Diaz tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Cian Cartwright has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Nick Diaz.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Cartwright creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Cartwright stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Diaz looks winded!
Cartwright pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Cartwright closes the distance and clinches.
Diaz is trying to pull guard but Cartwright turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Cartwright escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Cartwright pushes Diaz up against the cage in a clinch.
Cartwright manages to break the clinch.
Cartwright clinches with his opponent.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Cartwright takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Cartwright taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Cartwright seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cartwright breaks the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A momentary lapse in concentration from Diaz enables Cartwright to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Diaz manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Cartwright accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Cartwright pushes down on Diaz's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Diaz is defending against the submission attempts here by Cartwright.
Diaz is looking to improve his position.
Cartwright is thwarting Diaz's attempts to control the position.
Cartwright takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Cartwright is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Cartwright lands with a punch from half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diaz trying to control from the bottom.
Diaz tries to get to full guard but Cartwright has control of the leg.
Cartwright 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.
Cartwright slips a nice elbow through Diaz's hands, connecting with Diaz's forehead.
Diaz is rocked!
Diaz desperately trying to maintain half guard.
Diaz is still in real trouble! Can Cartwright finish him?
Diaz won't allow Cartwright to pass to mount.
Cartwright lands a massive shot from half guard that has rocked Diaz! More strikes land and this one is all over! Cartwright jumps to his feet and is applauded loudly by the crowd!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Cian Cartwright!
A relieved looking Cian Cartwright thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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