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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Tony Diaz (ranked 5263 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rob Roy (ranked 5447 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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BJJ Blue Belt
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Tony Diaz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Rob Roy!
The judges for this bout are Ben Hemmingworth, Winston Howard and John Mangel.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Roy tries to land a leg kick but Diaz saw it coming and moves away.
Diaz misses with a kick to the body.
Roy throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Diaz jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
An inside leg kick from Roy misses.
Diaz tries to clinch up.
Diaz tries to close the distance and clinch but Roy swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Diaz tries a head kick but it misses.
Rob Roy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Roy looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Diaz throws a head kick that misses.
Diaz tries to clinch but Roy moves out of range.
Roy steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Diaz.
Diaz blocks a head kick by Roy.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Roy throws a series of punches but Diaz moves out of range.
It looked like Diaz was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Decent striking displayed by Roy there.
A punch combination from Roy misses.
Diaz throws a head kick but Roy moves out of range.
Diaz lands a head kick!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Diaz lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Diaz blocks a head kick by Roy.
Diaz throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Roy's head.
Diaz scores with a kick to the body.
Roy throws a series of punches but Diaz moves out of range.
Roy looks to land a combination but Diaz avoids it well.
Diaz is looking to counter with head kicks.
Diaz scores with a head kick. Roy tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
It looks like Rob Roy has been cut.
Roy avoids the head kick by Diaz.
Roy tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Roy moves out of range as Diaz throws a body kick.
Roy tries to counter with a clinch but Diaz shakes him off and moves away.
Roy tries to bum rush Diaz with a series of wild strikes but Diaz uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Roy looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Roy swats away the attempt to clinch by Diaz.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A punch combination from Roy misses.
Diaz lifts his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Diaz slips under a jab.
A bone on bone clash there as Diaz blocks the leg kick.
Diaz quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
Roy blocks the body kick.
Diaz misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Diaz lands a nice looking kick to the body. Roy takes a step back to recover.
Roy looks to land a combination but Diaz avoids it well.
A slapping body kick lands there for Roy.
Diaz tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Roy looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Diaz went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Roy throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Diaz stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Roy darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Roy scores with a hook to the body. Diaz takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Roy throws a leg kick but Diaz checks it.
Diaz seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Roy tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Diaz was well out of range. Poor timing from Roy.
Roy tries to land a leg kick but Diaz saw it coming and moves away.
Diaz fails in his attempt to clinch.
Roy stuns Diaz with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Diaz throws a head kick that misses.
Diaz lands with a kick to the temple. Roy shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Roy has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Diaz.
Roy misses with a kick to the body.
Diaz tries to close the distance and clinch but Roy swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Diaz has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Diaz lands with a kick to the ribs.
Diaz misses with the combination.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Roy throws a leg kick but Diaz sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Diaz blocks a leg kick.
Roy throws a nice looking combination but Diaz bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Roy throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Diaz.
Diaz checks a leg kick.
Roy fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Diaz has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Diaz tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Roy paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Roy misses with a double jab
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Roy throws a series of punches but Diaz moves out of range.
Diaz moves in looking to clinch but Roy pushes him off.
Diaz doesn't manage to clinch there - Roy circles away.
Diaz sets himself, and Roy steps forward looking for the clinch! Diaz avoids it this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rob Roy dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Rob Roy's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Diaz buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Roy on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Diaz. Diaz obviously looking to wear him down.
Tony Diaz is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Roy avoids the head kick by Diaz.
Roy swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Diaz tries to clinch but Roy is having none of it.
Roy lands a head kick!
A head kick misses from Diaz.
Roy swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Roy looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Diaz might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Roy rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Diaz moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Roy just manages to avoid a counter high kick fromDiaz.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Some wild striking there from Diaz.
A nice inside leg kick there by Roy. That's going to slow Diaz down.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Roy misses with a wild combination.
Roy lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Diaz tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
The fight stays on the outside here - Diaz looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Diaz throws a head kick that misses.
Roy keeps the fight on the outside.
Roy blocks a head kick by Diaz.
Roy throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Diaz.
Diaz is looking for a counter combo.
Roy misses with a wild combination.
Roy misses with a head kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diaz throws a head kick but Roy moves out of range.
Roy swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Diaz showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Roy.
Roy throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Diaz counters with a big head kick but Roy shrugs it off.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Diaz works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Roy avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Roy lands a nice leg kick that just misses Diaz's sensitive parts.
Roy is looking to land body kicks.
As Roy looks to move away, Diaz throws a big counter combo but Roy just gets out of the way.
Nice body kick from Diaz.
Roy keeps the fight on the outside.
Diaz checks a leg kick.
Diaz moves out of range of the body kick from Roy.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Roy blocks a head kick by Diaz.
Diaz moves in looking to clinch but Roy pushes him off.
Roy misses with an uppercut.
Diaz lifts his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Diaz throws a head kick that half lands.
Roy circles away from the clinch attempt.
Rob Roy seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Roy tries a low kick but Diaz avoids it.
Diaz avoids a punch combination nicely.
Diaz lifts his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Diaz scores with a kick to the midsection.
Roy misses with a two punch combination.
Roy misses with a wild combination.
Diaz wants to clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Diaz has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Roy.
Diaz avoids the head kick by Roy.
Diaz tries to clinch there but Roy circles away.
Roy misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Roy lands with a thumping leg kick.
Roy scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Diaz throws a head kick that misses.
Diaz is looking to clinch.
Diaz tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rob Roy showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Rob Roy's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Diaz checks the leg kick.
Diaz is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Diaz with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Diaz wants to clinch up but Roy keeps it at a distance.
Roy is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Diaz rather than just go for the knockout.
Diaz misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Diaz avoids the head kick by Roy.
Diaz tries to close the distance and clinch but Roy swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Diaz wants to clinch up but Roy keeps it at a distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Diaz wants to clinch.
Roy looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Diaz is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Diaz moves in looking to clinch but Roy pushes him off.
Diaz fails with an attempt to clinch.
Diaz is looking to clinch but Roy is avoiding it.
Roy's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Roy duly obliges.
Diaz throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Roy throws a chopping leg kick but Diaz manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Diaz scores with a nice body kick.
Diaz throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Diaz wants to clinch up but Roy keeps it at a distance.
Roy has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Roy 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.
Roy swings for the body but Diaz moves out of range.
Roy throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Roy throws a series of punches but Diaz avoids them all with ease.
Diaz scores with a head kick. Roy tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
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 pushes Roy away with a front kick.
Roy takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Diaz plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Roy throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Roy.
Diaz swinging wildly here.
Roy misses with an attempted mid kick.
Diaz is looking for a counter combo.
Diaz delivers a nice body kick.
Diaz is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Diaz throws a head kick but Roy moves out of range.
A chopping leg kick lands by Roy.
Roy has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Diaz.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diaz lands a head kick. Roy smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Diaz avoids the head kick by Roy.
Roy takes a swing at Diaz's ribcage but misses.
Roy pivots, looking for a leg kick but Diaz is out of range and Roy settles back down.
Roy swats away the attempt to clinch by Diaz.
Diaz moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Rob Roy is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Diaz throws a leg kick which misses Roy's front leg but catches the back leg as Roy tries to avoid it.
Roy throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Diaz misses with a kick to the body.
Roy swings for the body but Diaz moves out of range.
Diaz tries to clinch up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Some bone on bone action there as Diaz checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Diaz lands a head kick!
Diaz tries to close the distance and clinch up but Roy swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Diaz tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Roy throws a head kick that misses.
Diaz throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Roy.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Roy avoids the head kick by Diaz.
Diaz misses with a body kick.
Roy throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Diaz.
Diaz misses with a few strikes there.
Diaz swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Tony Diaz has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Diaz looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Roy tries to land a leg kick but Diaz saw it coming and moves away.
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 Tony Diaz.
Well Roy 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 Ben Hemmingworth scores the fight 28:29
Judge Winston Howard scores the fight 28:29
Judge John Mangel scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rob Roy!
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energy
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hype
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RATING
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