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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between JoJo Diaz (ranked 170 p4p, 535 weight class) and Takashi Yoshida (ranked 13 p4p, 33 weight class). Yoshida comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Boogeyman by Motörhead kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Takashi Yoshida has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with JoJo Diaz's chin.
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Abu Dhabi Champ
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Good wrestler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 16 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, JoJo Diaz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 29 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Takashi Yoshida!
The judges for this bout are Percy O'Donnell, Don Winkell and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yoshida takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Yoshida blocks a leg kick.
Diaz misses with a wild body shot.
Yoshida feints a counter leg kick.
Yoshida moves out of range of the body kick.
Yoshida closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Yoshida looks to score with a jab to the body but Diaz is just out of range.
Yoshida fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Diaz.
Diaz lands with a shot to the body.
Yoshida throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Diaz missing with a left hand there. Yoshida was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Diaz misses with a low kick as Yoshida jumps back.
Yoshida throws out a leg kick but Diaz moves out of range and Yoshida only half commits.
Yoshida does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Nice jab there from Yoshida.
Diaz throws a nice inside leg kick.
Diaz pivots, looking for a leg kick but Yoshida is out of range and Diaz settles back down.
Diaz buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Yoshida throws out a leg kick but Diaz moves out of range and Yoshida only half commits.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Good leg kick by Diaz.
Yoshida misses with a body kick.
Yoshida takes a swing at Diaz's ribcage but misses.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Diaz keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Diaz scores with the left hand. Yoshida knows he should have avoided that one.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yoshida misses with a wild body shot.
Yoshida lands with a shot to the body.
Diaz throws a leg kick but Yoshida checks it.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Diaz lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Yoshida has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Yoshida and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Diaz looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Diaz throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Diaz checks the leg kick.
Diaz lands with an overhand left.
Diaz tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Yoshida was well out of range. Poor timing from Diaz.
Yoshida connects with a crisp jab.
A slow jab from Diaz misses its intended target.
Yoshida stuns Diaz with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Yoshida misses the shot to the body.
Diaz lands a glancing blow to the side of Yoshida's head.
Yoshida checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
A bone on bone clash there as Diaz blocks the leg kick.
Yoshida throws a low kick but it's checked well by Diaz.
Yoshida avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Yoshida swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Diaz moves out of range of the strikes.
Diaz moves out of range of the body kick from Yoshida.
Diaz throws a jab but it's blocked by Yoshida.
A little jabbing left from Yoshida on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Yoshida takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yoshida throws a leg kick but Diaz moved away.
Diaz misses with a wild body shot.
Yoshida misses with a body kick.
Yoshida needs to keep his hands up - Diaz had a free shot at his head there.
A nice inside leg kick there by Yoshida. That's going to slow Diaz down.
Diaz is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Yoshida chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Diaz misses with a straight left.
Yoshida lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Diaz ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Yoshida moves away.
Good shot there by Yoshida.
Yoshida fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Diaz manages to avoid it.
Good standup being displayed there by Diaz as he connects with a hook.
Yoshida dodges the punch combination from Diaz.
Diaz tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Yoshida is able to avoid easily.
Yoshida throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Diaz ducks under a wild hook from Yoshida.
Diaz uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Yoshida.
Good leg kick by Yoshida.
Diaz is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Diaz dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Diaz throws a right hand that misses
and Diaz takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yoshida throws a shot from downtown. Diaz moves away and avoids it.
Diaz tried to counter with a leg kick but Yoshida avoided it.
Diaz slips a jab from Yoshida.
Yoshida tries to bum rush Diaz with a series of wild strikes but Diaz uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Yoshida misses the shot to the body.
Yoshida digs a good body shot into Diaz's ribs.
Diaz swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Diaz walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
A slow jab from Diaz misses its intended target.
Yoshida lands with a kick to the ribs.
Diaz lands with a right hand.
Yoshida connects with a body shot that sends Diaz's belly button to the back.
Diaz scores with a nice head shot.
Diaz blocks the body kick.
Diaz fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Yoshida manages to avoid it.
Yoshida lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Diaz scores with a nice right hand.
Diaz blocks the body kick.
Yoshida misses with a looping right.
Yoshida connects with an inside leg kick.
Diaz swings for the body but Yoshida moves out of range.
Yoshida throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Diaz attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Diaz throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Diaz misses with a wild body shot.
Yoshida takes a swing at Diaz's ribcage but misses.
Yoshida takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Yoshida throws a leg kick
letting Diaz counter with a right hand.
Diaz works Yoshida's body with a nice hook.
A chopping leg kick lands by Diaz.
Diaz throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Diaz throws out a powerful jab.
Diaz is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Diaz looks to land a right hand but Yoshida moved out of range.
An inside leg kick from Diaz misses.
Diaz misses with a leg kick.
Diaz swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Diaz gets cracked there but stands up to it.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Diaz throws out a leg kick but Yoshida moves out of range and Diaz only half commits.
Diaz misses with a leg kick.
Yoshida throws a low kick, looking for Diaz's leg but Diaz calmly moves out of range.
Yoshida lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Yoshida uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Diaz.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that JoJo Diaz will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
A low kick from Diaz misses
and Yoshida counters with a good low kick that Diaz was not able to check.
Yoshida throws a low kick, looking for Diaz's leg but Diaz calmly moves out of range.
Yoshida misses the jab.
Yoshida avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Diaz wants to land a leg kick but Yoshida is out of range.
Diaz throws a low kick but it's checked well by Yoshida.
Diaz cracks a nice hook into Yoshida's ribs.
Diaz swings for the body but Yoshida moves out of range.
Diaz thows a left - swing and a miss!
Yoshida throws a half hearted mid kick.
A thudding body kick lands there by Diaz!
Diaz keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Diaz throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A swing and a miss from Diaz.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Yoshida checks a leg kick.
A head kick misses from Diaz.
Diaz scores with a jab to the head.
Yoshida connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Yoshida lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Diaz tries a head kick but it misses.
Diaz throws the left hand but Yoshida avoids the punch easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Diaz attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
And Yoshida responds with a good body kick, but Diaz manages to step out the way in time.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Yoshida - that will leave a mark!
Yoshida throws a body kick that misses.
Yoshida misses with a right hand
and Diaz counters with an outside leg kick.
Nice body kick from Yoshida.
JoJo Diaz is winning the standup battle so far.
A jab from Diaz misses.
Diaz motions for Yoshida to come forward. Diaz throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Yoshida tries to land a leg kick but Diaz saw it coming and moves away.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Yoshida.
Yoshida lands a nice leg kick that just misses Diaz's sensitive parts.
Diaz lands an overhand right.
Nice cross by Yoshida.
Yoshida with the inside leg kick.
Diaz is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Yoshida checks a leg kick.
Diaz lands a nice hook to Yoshida's body. Yoshida takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Diaz avoids the body shot from Yoshida.
Yoshida looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Yoshida uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Diaz.
Diaz tries to score with a low kick but Yoshida moves his leg out of the way.
Diaz uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Yoshida.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diaz with a nice cross.
Diaz misses with a low kick.
Yoshida throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Diaz misses the shot to the body.
A clash of legs there as Yoshida blocks the low kick.
Yoshida is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Diaz with a body shot.
A slow jab from Diaz misses its intended target.
Diaz slips under a jab from Yoshida.
Yoshida lands a jab to the nose.
Yoshida scores with a body shot.
Yoshida misses with a low kick.
Yoshida throws a low kick but Diaz moves out of range easily.
Yoshida throws a quick inside leg kick.
Diaz loads up on a big right hand but Yoshida slips the punch.
Diaz blocks a head kick by Yoshida.
Yoshida uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Diaz.
Yoshida blocks a leg kick.
Yoshida throws the kick towards the body but Diaz avoids it.
A swing and a miss from Yoshida.
Diaz avoids a kick to the body.
Diaz blocks a jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yoshida swings for the body but Diaz moves out of range.
Diaz missing with a left hand there. Yoshida was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Diaz throws a chopping leg kick but Yoshida manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Yoshida was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Diaz lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Yoshida throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Yoshida throws a wild body kick that Diaz sees coming a mile off.
Diaz lands a nice hook to Yoshida's body. Yoshida takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Diaz throws a nice inside leg kick.
Yoshida scores with a nice body kick.
Diaz tried to score with a low kick but Yoshida checks it.
Diaz throws a looping overhand right but Yoshida ducks down to avoid it.
Yoshida throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Yoshida does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Diaz appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Diaz takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Diaz throws a right hand that misses
enabling Yoshida to counter with a crisp jab.
Nice cross by Diaz.
Diaz avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Yoshida waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Diaz.
Yoshida misses with a hook.
Diaz wants to land a leg kick but Yoshida is out of range.
Yoshida lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yoshida uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Diaz.
Yoshida takes a swing at Diaz's ribcage but misses.
Yoshida displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Diaz throws out the jab.
Yoshida takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Good shot there by Diaz.
Yoshida tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Diaz was well out of range. Poor timing from Yoshida.
Diaz throws a leg kick but Yoshida checks it.
Diaz lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Diaz walks into a stiff left hand from Yoshida.
Yoshida looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Yoshida misses with a hook. Diaz ducked under it nicely.
Yoshida throws a lazy right hand but Diaz sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Diaz ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Yoshida lands a body shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Diaz throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Yoshida is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Diaz with a body shot.
Yoshida thows a left - swing and a miss!
Diaz punishes Yoshida's body with a nice straight punch.
A swing and a miss from Diaz.
Diaz throws a low kick but Yoshida moves out of range easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Takashi Yoshida will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
A telegraphed right hand from Diaz misses the target.
Yoshida looks to land a right hand but Diaz moved out of range.
Yoshida uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Diaz.
Yoshida flicks out a counter leg kick but Diaz steps away.
Good leg kick by Diaz.
Yoshida misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Diaz.
Diaz misses the jab.
Yoshida lands a front kick.
Yoshida goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Diaz lands a leg kick that knocks Yoshida off balance momentarily.
Diaz fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Yoshida checks it well.
Diaz throws a wild body kick that Yoshida sees coming a mile off.
Diaz drops his hands momentarily and Yoshida takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Diaz misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Yoshida.
Yoshida steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
Diaz waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Yoshida.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Diaz misses with an uppercut. Yoshida saw that one coming.
A leg kick checked by Yoshida.
Diaz looks to land a right hand but Yoshida moved out of range.
A telegraphed right hand from Yoshida misses the target.
Jab, jab by Yoshida - just one landing.
Yoshida swings and misses with a hook to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Diaz fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Yoshida manages to avoid it.
A swing and a miss from Yoshida.
Yoshida missing with a left hand there. Diaz was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Yoshida throws a sloppy head kick and Diaz moves out of range easily.
Yoshida misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Diaz.
Yoshida dodges the punch combination from Diaz.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Diaz lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Yoshida has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Yoshida and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
A low kick lands for Diaz.
Diaz scores with a nice right hand.
Diaz throws a looping overhand right but Yoshida ducks down to avoid it.
Diaz misses with a hook
and Yoshida counters with a straight right hand.
Yoshida misses with a looping right.
Good leg kick by Yoshida.
Yoshida lands a leg kick that knocks Diaz off balance momentarily.
A jab from Yoshida misses.
Diaz checks a leg kick.
Diaz throws a leg kick but Yoshida moved away.
Diaz misses with a right hand
and Yoshida counters with a straight right hand.
Yoshida takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Diaz closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Diaz takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Diaz throws a sloppy head kick and Yoshida moves out of range easily.
Diaz finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Yoshida throws a front kick aimed at Diaz's knee but Diaz avoids it well.
Yoshida lands an overhand right.
Diaz displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Yoshida throws out the jab.
Diaz misses with a hook.
Yoshida throws a leg kick which misses Diaz's front leg but catches the back leg as Diaz tries to avoid it.
Yoshida avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Yoshida looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Yoshida throws an off balance right hand
and Diaz counters with a lovely straight right hand!
A nice leg kick lands there from Yoshida.
A chopping leg kick lands by Diaz.
Yoshida tries to work over Diaz's front leg with a kick but Diaz checks it.
Yoshida connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Diaz misses with a looping left.
Yoshida has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Diaz.
Diaz punishes Yoshida's body with a nice straight punch.
Diaz throws a body kick that misses.
Yoshida doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diaz throws a nice outside leg kick.
Diaz uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Yoshida.
A chopping leg kick lands by Diaz.
Yoshida takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Diaz will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Nice body punch from Yoshida.
Yoshida fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Diaz is out of range.
Diaz throws a front kick aimed at Yoshida's knee but Yoshida avoids it well.
Yoshida misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Diaz.
A clash of legs there as Yoshida blocks the low kick.
Diaz throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Yoshida sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Diaz walks into a stiff left hand from Yoshida.
Diaz rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Yoshida counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Diaz lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Yoshida has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Yoshida and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Diaz misses with a head kick.
Yoshida has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Yoshida ducks under a wild hook from Diaz.
Diaz avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Diaz appears to be looking for a big counter.
Diaz throws a shot from downtown. Yoshida moves away and avoids it.
Yoshida fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Diaz on the side of the head.
Diaz throws a looping overhand right but Yoshida ducks down to avoid it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Diaz is looking to slow Yoshida down with leg kicks.
Yoshida swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Diaz jabs at Yoshida's body.
Yoshida tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Diaz is able to avoid easily.
Diaz misses the shot to the body.
Diaz just misses with a punch to the body.
Diaz walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Yoshida throws a body kick that misses.
Yoshida thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Diaz if he has to take too many more of those.
Yoshida slips a jab from Diaz.
Yoshida is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Diaz with a body shot.
Yoshida slips under a jab.
Despite the aggression on Yoshida's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
A slow jab from Yoshida misses its intended target.
The fighters circling - Yoshida throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Yoshida misses with a wild body shot.
Diaz feinted there with a counter leg kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Yoshida throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Yoshida moves forwards but Diaz connects with a nice, crisp jab.
A leg kick checked by Yoshida.
Yoshida takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Diaz pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to JoJo Diaz.
Well Diaz has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 29:28
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 28:30
In favor of your winner, by split decision... JoJo Diaz!
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