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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between John Wick (ranked 2119 p4p, 2540 weight class) and Diablo Oliveira (ranked 252 p4p, 290 weight class). Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Diablo Oliveira enters the cage!
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World class boxer
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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 17 - 15 - 1, fighting out of New York, John Wick!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Diablo Oliveira!
The judges for this bout are Winston Howard, John Mangel and Donatello Bradman.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wick lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Wick takes a swing at Oliveira's ribcage but misses.
Oliveira dives in and grabs Wick's left leg, looking for a takedown. Wick pushes down on Oliveira's head and hops out.
Oliveira shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Oliveira misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Wick swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Oliveira moves out of range of the strikes.
Wick lands with a good body shot.
Oliveira shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Wick's guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Wick is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Oliveira working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Oliveira throws a strike but Wick rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Wick tries to stand but Oliveira is controlling from the bottom.
Oliveira is pulling down on Wick's head. It's preventing any offense from Wick, at least for the moment.
Wick is stalling in the full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Oliveira controlling Wick's posture.
Oliveira looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Oliveira keeping moving, preventing Wick from controlling successfully.
Oliveira looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Oliveira pulls Wick in close to his closed guard and prevents Wick from doing any damage or advancing position.
Wick trying to control but Oliveira is working from the bottom.
Oliveira pulls Wick in to control the position.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Wick has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Wick wants to control from the top but Oliveira keeps moving.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Wick tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Oliveira was well out of range. Poor timing from Wick.
Wick tried to score with a low kick but Oliveira checks it.
Oliveira just misses with a punch to the body.
Wick swings for the body but Oliveira moves out of range.
Wick scores with a nice head shot.
Oliveira shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Wick but Wick pushes him off and we're back to square one.
John Wick has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Diablo Oliveira.
Wick lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Nice sprawl there from Wick as Oliveira shoots in.
Oliveira shoots in for a takedown but Wick shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Oliveira shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Oliveira showed some decent athleticism there.
Oliveira missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oliveira lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Oliveira working Wick over with strikes.
Oliveira drops an elbow to the side of Wick's head.
Oliveira throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Wick trying to control from the bottom.
Oliveira not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Oliveira thows a huge punch but Wick dodges it nicely.
Oliveira slips a nice elbow through Wick's hands, connecting with Wick's forehead.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Oliveira working his ground and pound in the gym.
Oliveira is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Oliveira working Wick over with strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Oliveira landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Oliveira not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Oliveira thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Wick's head.
Wick blocking the ground and pound attempt from Oliveira.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Oliveira lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Wick avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Oliveira.
Oliveira has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Oliveira missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
John Wick dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Oliveira with a poor takedown
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Nice defenses there by Oliveira.
Oliveira tries to score a power double leg takedown but Wick sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Oliveira somewhat.
Oliveira looks to throw the jab but Wick is out of range.
Wick stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Wick wants it to stay on the feet.
John Wick has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Diablo Oliveira.
Wick lands with a nice body punch.
Wick is looking to chop away at Oliveira's legs.
Wick connects with a looping right hand.
Oliveira is trying hard to land a takedown here. Wick sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Oliveira shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Wick as he avoids it easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Oliveira misses with a takedown attempt
and Wick counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Oliveira thinking.
Wick displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Oliveira throws out the jab.
Wick tried to counter with a leg kick but Oliveira avoided it.
Wick rushes Oliveira with punches - Oliveira moves straight backwards instead of circling and gets clipped by the second strike... and the third... and the fourth! Oh, Oliveira goes down! Wick follows up with more strikes and the ref steps in to end the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:53 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). John Wick!
A victorious John Wick thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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