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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between James Quin (ranked 367 p4p, 495 weight class) and Kron Diego (ranked 48 p4p, 70 weight class). James Quin has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, James Quin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 9 - 1, fighting out of New York, Kron Diego!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, Colin Fotheringham and Daniel Bishop.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Quin lands with a hook. Diego tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Quin misses with a wild body shot.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Diego! But no joy.
Diego lands with an uppercut that bounces Quin off the cage and back into range.
Quin pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Diego looks like he wants to counter punch here.
The fighters circling - Quin throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Quin looks to throw the jab but Diego is out of range.
Diego doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Quin tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Diego was well out of range. Poor timing from Quin.
Diego throws a lazy uppercut
and Quin counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Diego swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Quin slips under a jab.
Diego misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Quin jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Diego tries a quick counter leg kick but Quin is wise to it.
Diego keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Diego only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Diego scores with a jab to the head.
Quin misses with an uppercut
and Diego counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Quin misses with a combination
enabling Diego to counter with a crisp jab.
The fighters circle momentarily. Quin darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Diego misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Quin.
Quin waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Diego.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Diego! But no joy.
Quin misses with an uppercut
enabling Diego to counter with a crisp jab.
Diego throws a nice outside leg kick.
Quin takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Diego ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Quin moves away.
Quin takes a swing at Diego's ribcage but misses.
Quin misses the jab.
Diego looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Quin takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Diego steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Quin.
Quin misses with a jab to the body
letting Diego counter with a right hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Quin is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Diego.
Diego scoring well with a low kick there.
Diego has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
James Quin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Quin lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Quin has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Outlier Martial Arts in the buildup to the fight.
Diego misses with a straight left.
Nice uppercut lands for Quin. That snapped Diego's head back.
Quin misses with a hook. Diego ducked under it nicely.
Quin looks to score with a jab to the body but Diego is just out of range.
Diego looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Diego clobbers Quin with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Diego slips a jab from Quin.
Diego throws out a counter right but Quin avoids it with no problem.
Quin misses with a right hand
and Diego counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Quin throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Diego stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Quin misses with a wild body shot.
Quin misses with a lunging right hand
enabling Diego to counter with a crisp jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diego keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Diego tries a quick counter leg kick but Quin is wise to it.
Quin scores with a jab. Diego acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Diego on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Quin checks a low kick from Diego.
Quin will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Diego is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Quin had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Quin throws a lazy uppercut
and Diego connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Diego on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Quin missing with a left hand there. Diego was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Diego swings widly with a right hand
and Quin counters with a nice uppercut.
Diego moves away from the strike by Quin.
A little jabbing left from Diego on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Quin throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Diego throws a jab when Quin was well out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Quin lands with a cross.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Diego keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Quin scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
A looping hook to the body misses from Quin. Diego does a little dance to reset his feet.
It seemed like Diego was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Diego looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Diego looks to land a left hand but Quin moved out of range nicely.
Diego thows a left - swing and a miss!
Quin swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Diego is looking to chop away at Quin's legs.
Diego scores with a hook to the body. Quin takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Quin ducks under a wild hook from Diego.
Diego bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
A nice leg kick lands there from Diego.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that James Quin will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!
Diego lands with a nice body punch.
Quin has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
A leg kick checked by Quin.
A jab from Diego does it's job there.
Quin throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Diego throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Quin throwing a counter right hand but Diego manages to avoid it.
Good leg kick by Diego.
Quin throws a poor cross that misses
and Diego counters with a straight right hand.
Diego throws a hook but Quin avoids it easily.
Diego throws a leg kick but Quin sees it coming and moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Diego misses with a looping right.
Diego throws an overhand right that lands on Quin's shoulder, as Quin tries to avoid the shot.
An attempted straight right counter from Quin misses the target.
Quin avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Diego connects with an inside leg kick.
Quin avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Diego misses with a low kick.
Quin throws a hook but Diego avoids it easily.
Quin lands a really nice looking cross but Diego seems unphased.
Diego ducks under a wild hook from Quin.
Diego only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Quin misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Diego.
Diego throws out a counter right but Quin avoids it with no problem.
Diego throws a jab but it's blocked by Quin.
Quin throws a big shot that misses.
Diego uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Quin.
Quin misses with a looping left.
Quin throws a big shot that misses.
Diego moves away from the strike by Quin.
A swing and a miss from Quin.
Diego lands a nice shot to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Quin takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Diego uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Quin.
Diego appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Kron Diego seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Diego scores with a hook to the body. Quin takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Diego thuds his shin into the meat of Quin's side.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Diego keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Quin misses with a looping left.
Diego will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Quin keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Diego.
Quin throws out a loose jab but Diego uses good head movement to avoid it.
Diego looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Quin throws a shot from downtown. Diego moves away and avoids it.
Quin throws a shot from downtown. Diego moves away and avoids it.
Quin takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Diego ducks right into an uppercut from Quin.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A chopping leg kick lands by Diego.
Quin misses with a wild body shot.
Quin throws a body punch but Diego moves out of range.
Quin lands with a straight right. Diego didn't see that one coming.
Quin throws a body punch but Diego moves out of range.
Diego looks to land a right hand but Quin moved out of range.
Diego bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Quin's head backwards.
Diego takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Diego with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Diego misses with a hook. Quin ducked under it nicely.
Quin misses with a straight right.
Quin misses with a left hand
and Diego cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Quin fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Diego manages to avoid it.
Diego looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Decent striking displayed by Quin there.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Donk. Diego catches Quin right on the button with a cross.
Quin looks to land a left hand but Diego moved out of range nicely.
Quin throws a poor cross that misses
and Diego counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Quin bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Diego's head backwards.
Diego catches Quin with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Quin avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
It looked like Quin wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Quin rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Quin takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Diego throws out a leg kick but Quin moves out of range and Diego only half commits.
Quin misses with a lunging right hand
and Diego connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Quin throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Diego now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Quin throws a jab but it's blocked by Diego.
The fighters circling - Quin throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A little jabbing left from Diego on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Kron Diego showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Quin's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Diego bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Quin misses with a wild body shot.
Quin takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Diego moves out of range of the strikes.
Quin misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Diego.
Quin looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Diego throws a hook but Quin blocks it.
Diego slips a straight right by Quin.
Diego looks like he wants to counter punch here.
The fighters circle momentarily. Quin darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Quin throws a shot from downtown. Diego moves away and avoids it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Quin throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Diego sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Quin misses with a low kick as Diego jumps back.
Diego cracks Quin with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Diego lands a really nice looking cross but Quin seems unphased.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Quin takes a swing at Diego's ribcage but misses.
Diego misses with an uppercut.
Diego connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Diego takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Quin lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Quin has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Quin there as he acknowledges the shot.
Quin swings widly with a right hand
and Diego counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Quin takes one on the button.
Quin misses with a right hand
and Diego counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Diego scores with a jab. Quin acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
A jab from Diego misses.
Quin was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Quin tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Quin takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Quin is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Quin moves away from the strike by Diego.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Quin might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Quin smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Diego misses with an uppercut.
Quin takes a swing at Diego's ribcage but misses.
A little jabbing left from Diego on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Diego lunges at Quin with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Quin's hand.
Quin misses the jab.
Diego throws a hook to the side of Quin's head but Quin sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Quin throwing a counter right hand but Diego manages to avoid it.
Diego misses with a left hand
and Quin counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Quin swings widly with a right hand
and Diego counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Quin throws a lazy right hand but Diego sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Diego 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 Quin has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Quin and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Quin swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Diego shapes to counter with a head kick.
Diego misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Quin.
A little feinted left hand from Quin on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diego slips a straight right by Quin.
Quin is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Diego.
Diego lands a head shot.
Good leg kick by Diego.
Diego takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Quin's jab looks to have found its range, popping Diego under the eye.
Diego scores with a hook.
Diego misses with a looping left.
Diego steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Quin.
A slow jab from Quin misses its intended target.
Diego takes one on the button.
Quin throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Diego follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Diego with a nice calf kick.
Quin on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Quin rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Diego counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Quin throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Diego! But no joy.
Quin misses with a looping right.
Diego will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Diego displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Quin throws out the jab.
Quin throws a shot from downtown. Diego moves away and avoids it.
Diego let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Quin throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Diego sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Quin looks to land a right hand but Diego moved out of range.
Quin ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
And that's the end of the fight!
Kron Diego comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Diego has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Donald Grub scores the fight 28:29
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 28:30
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kron Diego!
Kron Diego decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.
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