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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Via Dios (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fernando Diaz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dios comes to the cage accompanied by Sandstorm. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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141 lbs
12 - 2 - 0 |
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145 lbs
4 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed |
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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
12 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Via Dios!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Fernando Diaz!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Edson Gomes and Thiago Cunha.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dios fails to land the takedown.
Diaz misses the jab.
Dios closes the distance and pushes Diaz back into the cage.
Dios trying to stall but Diaz improves his position.
Dios missing with knees to the body.
Diaz letting Dios take a breather here.
Knees in the clinch landing for Dios.
Diaz looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Dios throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Dios comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Dios missing with knees to the body.
Dios really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Dios putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Diaz in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Diaz wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Dios has him pressed against the cage.
Dios scores a nice knee to the body.
Dios misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Diaz.
Dios keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Diaz's efforts to push away.
Diaz tries to break free but Dios pushes him back against the cage.
Dios trying to land knees to the body.
Dios has Diaz pressed against the cage, preventing Diaz from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Diaz wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Dios has him pressed against the cage.
Dios lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Dios missing with knees to the body.
Diaz wants to get back to striking at distance but Dios won't allow it.
Dios is stalling here.
Diaz gets underhooks to prevent Dios's takedown attempt.
Dios is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Diaz being controlled against the cage.
Dios tries to land knees in the clinch but Diaz avoids the damage to the body.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Diaz as Dios tries to tie him up.
Diaz is trying to break the clinch but Dios has him pressed against the cage.
Dios with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Diaz takes a shot to the head.
Dios has Diaz pressed against the cage, preventing Diaz from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Diaz wants to break the clinch but can't.
Dios throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Dios trying to land knees to the body.
Dios lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Diaz lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Diaz is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Knees to the body from Dios.
Dios landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Diaz manages to break the clinch.
Dios lands a nice looking body shot.
Diaz throws a shot from downtown. Dios moves away and avoids it.
Dios swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Diaz.
Fernando Diaz seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Diaz moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Diaz bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Dios's head backwards.
Dios keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Diaz.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diaz slips a jab and a cross from Dios.
Dios shoots for a takedown but Diaz saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Via Dios. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Dios ducks under a wild hook from Diaz.
Dios moves into the clinch successfully.
Dios misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Diaz.
Dios keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Diaz's efforts to push away.
Dios lands an elbow that stopped Diaz in his tracks for a moment.
Dios landing knees to the head.
Diaz misses with a punch on the inside.
Diaz being controlled against the cage.
Diaz working hard to break the clinch.
Dios trying to land knees to the body.
Diaz tries to circle away but Dios has him pinned against the cage.
Diaz has had enough of the clinch but Dios keeps him there for the moment.
Dios misses with a knee to the head.
Diaz is looking to break free of the clinch but Dios has double underhooks.
Diaz scores with a shot to the side of Dios's head.
Dios effectively controlling the action here.
Diaz wants to get back to striking at distance but Dios won't allow it.
Diaz tries to circle away but Dios has him pinned against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Dios blocking some punches.
Dios keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Diaz's efforts to push away.
Dios tries for a takedown but Diaz manages to get underhooks.
Dios looking to slow down the pace here.
Diaz tries to break free but Dios pushes him back against the cage.
Dios lands a damaging elbow.
Dios dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Diaz wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Dios has him pressed against the cage.
Diaz wants to get back to striking at distance but Dios won't allow it.
Dios tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Diaz avoids it.
Diaz tries to circle away but Dios has him pinned against the cage.
Diaz working hard to break the clinch.
Diaz blocks the elbow strike.
Dios leaning his opponent against the cage.
Dios taking a breather.
Dios leaning against his opponent.
A left hand lands to the body for Dios.
Dios tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Diaz avoids it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Diaz tries to circle away but Dios has him pinned against the cage.
Diaz avoiding damage as Dios throws knees to the body.
Diaz wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Dios tries to land knees in the clinch but Diaz avoids the damage to the body.
Diaz looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Dios tries for a takedown. No joy.
Dios is breathing heavily.
Dios pressing his opponent against the cage.
Diaz tries to break the clinch but Dios is controlling the position.
Dios's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Dios tries to stall but Diaz uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Diaz lands a hook that snaps the head of Dios backwards.
Diaz is trying to break the clinch but Dios has him pressed against the cage.
Diaz manages to break the clinch.
Dios cracks a nice hook into Diaz's ribs.
Dios throws a right hand that Diaz ducks under and follows up with a left that Diaz also avoids with ease.
Dios uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Diaz.
Dios works over Diaz's head and body with a nice combination.
Dios misses the shot to the body.
Dios bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Via Dios dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Dios misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Diaz getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Diaz misses with a double jab.
Diaz takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Dios looks to land a combination. Diaz sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Dios scores with a nice strike.
Diaz is rocked!
Diaz misses with a hook.
Nice defenses there by Dios.
Diaz avoids the body shot from Dios.
Diaz throws a hook to the side of Dios's head but Dios sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Diaz lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Dios circles away quickly and effectively.
Dios is looking to wear down Diaz with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Dios connects with a crisp jab.
Dios takes the fight into the clinch.
Diaz prevents the takedown attempt.
Diaz looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Diaz is breathing heavily.
Dios keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Diaz's efforts to push away.
Dios displaying some good clinch control by pressing Diaz up against the cage.
Dios misses with an elbow over the top.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dios taking a breather.
Diaz wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Dios scores with a shoulder strike.
Diaz looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Dios connects with a nasty looking knee right to Diaz's face.
Diaz pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Diaz throws a hook but Dios avoids it easily.
Dios uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Diaz.
A slapping body kick lands there for Dios.
Dios gets the takedown into side control.
Dios decides to stand up, so the ref orders Diaz to his feet.
Diaz is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Dios clinches up against the cage.
Diaz breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Diaz will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Dios shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Dios decides he's had enough of the ground and stands up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dios closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Dios lands in his opponent's guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dios stands up and waves to Diaz to follow him.
A jab from Diaz does it's job there.
Diaz takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diaz looks to land a left hand but Dios moved out of range nicely.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Diaz tries to break free but Dios pushes him back against the cage.
Diaz has had enough of the clinch but Dios keeps him there for the moment.
Dios is struggling to control the position.
Dios can't get the takedown.
Diaz wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Dios has him pressed against the cage.
Diaz can't break the clinch.
Dios unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Dios manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Diaz working hard to break the clinch.
Dios lands an elbow just above Diaz 's eye.
Nice elbow from Dios.
Diaz blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Dios stalling.
Dios using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Dios prevents Diaz from breaking the clinch.
Dios goes for a takedown attempt but Diaz pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Via Dios. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Dios looks to land a combination but Diaz avoids it well.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Diaz misses with an uppercut.
Diaz falls off balance throwing a combination
and Dios counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Dios uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Diaz.
Dios throws a nice outside leg kick.
Dios dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Diaz. That did some damage!
Dios clinches.
Diaz wants to break the clinch but can't.
Diaz is trying to break the clinch but Dios has him pressed against the cage.
Dios landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Dios tries to land a knee to the head but Diaz blocks with his arms.
Dios dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Dios wants the takedown. Diaz is fighting it off but Dios persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Diaz's guard against the cage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Diaz has his feet on Dios's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Dios scores with a nice head shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Via Dios dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Diaz throws an overhand right that lands on Dios's shoulder, as Dios tries to avoid the shot.
Dios moves in looking to clinch but Diaz pushes him off.
Diaz throws a lazy right hand but Dios sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Diaz goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Diaz might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Dios keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Diaz.
Dios rushes Diaz and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Dios scores a nice knee to the body.
Dios gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Diaz tries to break the clinch but Dios is controlling the position.
Diaz tries to break free but Dios pushes him back against the cage.
Dios lands a knee to the head.
Diaz tries to circle away but Dios has him pinned against the cage.
Dios avoiding damage.
Dios is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Dios stalling in the clinch.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Dios obliges.
Dios lands a knee to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Dios lands an elbow inside.
Dios lands a knee to the head.
Dios lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Dios landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Nice body punch from Dios - that landed with a thud.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dios slows down the pace here.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Dios obliges.
Dios taking a breather.
Diaz takes a knee to the side of the body.
Diaz is trying to break the clinch but Dios has him pressed against the cage.
Dios is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Diaz is defending well for now.
Dios landing knees to the body.
Diaz is trying to force a seperation but Dios has the dominant position.
Dios lands a takedown into guard.
Diaz is looking to stand up but Dios isn't so interested in that idea.
Dios gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Via Dios is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diaz throws an overhand right that lands on Dios's shoulder, as Dios tries to avoid the shot.
Dios fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Diaz, pushing him back against the cage.
Diaz wants to get back to striking at distance but Dios won't allow it.
Diaz wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Diaz blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Dios has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Diaz clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
Dios thows a huge left but connects with the canvas and not his opponent.
Diaz covering up well and avoiding damage.
Dios throwing wild punches that miss their target.
Dios looking to break Diaz's wrist control so he can sink in the choke. Diaz remaining controlled and patient though - he really has to keep calm otherwise Dios will wrap this one up with the rear naked choke!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diaz is trying to stand back up.
Dios scores with strikes from the back.
Dios punches the canvas rather than the man.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Diaz looking very determined here, making life difficult for Dios.
Dios throwing sloppy strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Diaz covering up well under a barage of strikes.
Via Dios is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Dios lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Dios lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Fernando Diaz has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Dios is working the ground and pound. Can Diaz escape?
Diaz is having to fend off submission attempts from Dios, who is looking to sink in the choke. Dios doesn't have the hooks in though and Diaz manages to reverse position! He's now on top, in his opponent's guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
Via Dios showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Dios 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 Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 30:27
Judge Edson Gomes scores the fight 30:27
Judge Thiago Cunha scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Via Dios!
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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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