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00:00:00and one half pounds fighting out of london england by way of klypina lithuania
00:00:09modestos the baltic gladiator bukaskar
00:00:17and when the action begins our referee in charge carrie hatley so here we go at this catchweight
00:00:24belt thank you very much chrissy two guys that would typically compete at 205 pounds
00:00:31but yes this bukaskar very much a different style to the man that he was originally drawn against
00:00:36christian edwards a much longer frame they touch him up bukaskar the more experienced ufc fighter
00:00:43where's the white neither of these fighters have had a lot of time to study each other's games
00:00:57the kaskis noted the long range of edwards ever it's coming out orthodox here as well
00:01:04nice kick there loud
00:01:09and edwards has fought a lot of places big organizations seen some high level
00:01:19fighters but he also acknowledged that this is the place right you could be anywhere but this is the
00:01:24place oh and he likes to likes to wrestle as well doesn't he pull despite his frame you think he
00:01:32might like to keep everything at distance but actually wrestling is a big part of his offense
00:01:35yeah he will mix it in he's not afraid and if you engage him in it he will try to
00:01:39reverse it take
00:01:40you down his last fight ended on the ground was able to get a takedown good tko one thing
00:01:45ground a pound one thing modestus has always kind of done is when he retreats his chin starts to
00:01:51fly up in the air i don't necessarily love that but right here showing great takedown defense you
00:01:57guys just talking about edwards using the wrestling and he goes right to it
00:02:01it's like we've done our study yeah right away
00:02:06it's just the best when it happens like that right you mentioned something and then right
00:02:09happens oh my god people start talking about how smart you are when you like just got lucky
00:02:13it did get edwards in some trouble though in his cage fury fight uh when he fought for the championship
00:02:19because his opponent uh i think fernandez right was trying to take him down quite a bit and then
00:02:24instead of maybe getting separation and trying to strike where he was having some success he would
00:02:29then try to wrestle yeah yeah yeah you kind of it happens in fights a lot of the guy initiates
00:02:33it
00:02:33you almost feel like you just get caught up in you start playing the game you go back and forth
00:02:37back and forth but we saw it earlier right one of the fights we were talking about oh maybe you
00:02:41should
00:02:41just disengage him but instead they were just going back and forth the guy with tommy
00:02:45instead of getting away from the wrestling he was almost engaging with the wrestling with
00:02:49smith detriment let's get to a lot but but that's just didn't seem to want to wrestle he got the
00:02:55space and went right back to throw in his hands all right look for that little bicep control
00:03:07yeah edwards seemingly wanting to close the distance on this use his wrestling as he repositions his head
00:03:16well edwards told us how he's been keeping his eyes on this preparing himself for this opportunity
00:03:22so he was in shape if this is the path though if this grueling type of fight is the path
00:03:28that he
00:03:28thinks he has to take he better be in shape because this is exhausting and it'll show if he isn't
00:03:35prepared to fight this way edwards has fought some good names in his career to this point luke fernandez jake
00:03:43colia yeah modestus desperately trying to get back out of his face get some separation he gets it
00:03:50the very mobile striker is pukowskis
00:04:07and that'll test that cardio of the guy taking a fight on short notice is getting them to the body
00:04:13the more you can take the christian's body the better it will both for him as the fight goes on
00:04:18hey hey max
00:04:23we got a fast pull of a right hand from buchowskis buchowskis thinks he can put him out of there
00:04:28he is attacking this now
00:04:34and modestus buchowskis with confidence is very different when he's confident he can get you
00:04:41he can be a real hard out for anyone in this division
00:04:44i mean there was not long ago that the dust was on a nice
00:04:55four fight win streak with most of those being finishes
00:05:00that's good 30 seconds all right nice and finished 14 of 19 wins bona fide finisher
00:05:09saw that one coming as edwards went high and now he's he was so far there for those kids
00:05:14switching back and forth
00:05:16lifting your leg in that danger zone
00:05:23swing it very far
00:05:26pukowskis does lean his chin a bit too though
00:05:28do you see when he gets in that pocket
00:05:30party kick
00:05:37kick competition
00:05:48it's gonna work isn't it we'll make it work
00:05:53you bought the edwards ranch it's the dun ranch now
00:05:58rip and beth have secrets people with secrets can be useful no one understands what
00:06:04we've done to protect this ranch i wanted peace you can't chase peace and you gotta live it
00:06:12then peace will have to wait
00:06:29be smart on that inside on that grappling control against the cage i need your head in good position
00:06:37so fighters have collected themselves around number two
00:06:43i guess this pukowskis against the newcomer christian pain edwards
00:07:02oh that's nice by pukowska there he throws that overhand that third shot make it christian
00:07:08it's not going to be the one to do christian's doing a real good job of getting out of the
00:07:12way
00:07:12there it's that next shot that might get him even for christian
00:07:23he's trying to back you up so it's hard for you to exit
00:07:26stay here please
00:07:30the counts just trying to engineer an opening here but edwards comes forward
00:07:35yep let him jump into something
00:07:43nice check hook from pukowskis and that was a good right hand there landed by christian yeah
00:07:48these guys are just they are slinging it was missing with these big shots he's just glancing
00:07:53one of these lands clean it's going to be a top
00:08:06it comes forward
00:08:10and which ties him up see pikas is trying to swim out of this
00:08:16the cops has done a good job of getting his back to the center down but he started pushing that
00:08:19to hit trying to get back to space
00:08:26plenty of time left in round number two
00:08:31great head position by modestas
00:08:59what can modestas do here dc to improve this
00:09:03well i feel like modestas should try to get back to space because he heard him in this
00:09:07in this space because now christian's accepting being along the outside a little bit that allows
00:09:12modestas to get to him better but right there by staying in that cliff position
00:09:17oh
00:09:17well too another right hand right but it'd let christian recover a little bit
00:09:40here comes
00:09:57if he breaks surely he wants to do it on his own terms paul
00:10:02i think he could work some elbows here he's got that five-step control
00:10:10into position yeah i don't that's why i think it's a mistake here for pakowskis to be crushing it
00:10:15again this is like dc said this is time for edwards to recover he doesn't mind being pressed up against
00:10:21the fence right now
00:10:26he's thinking all right i'm not getting hit with big right hands
00:10:34and it can't be pakowskis slowing down because i mean he's the one who's had a full training camp
00:10:39to prepare for this didn't have to cut weight
00:10:44and now see now edwards reverses him and presses him up against the fence
00:10:48and that doesn't happen if uh if uh he continues to press him on the feet
00:10:57now watch here he'll land something big again
00:10:59i hope it's punching shadows
00:11:13let's have a 30 seconds left
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00:11:38he's lost 10 seconds
00:11:43nice high kick
00:11:47i just think that there was some missed opportunities by the best i agree
00:11:50about you over here red over here red and i just don't know if maybe he didn't know how badly
00:11:56he had him hurt on two different occasions
00:12:06right here you see modesta slaying a beautiful right hand got him right on the net there
00:12:12then another right hand i mean oh that is just right on
00:12:18he just can't miss with the right hand here every time he just throws and lets his hands go
00:12:23he is hurting christianette
00:12:25mo mo just quickly
00:12:27when you hurt him just watch your feet underneath yourself right when you come in
00:12:29just keep you keep that range don't smother your work all right
00:12:34right hand right hands beautiful great work here we go
00:12:40okay last round last round last round stay back
00:12:48two fury fc titles are on the line tomorrow at fury fc 119 streaming live on ufc fight
00:12:55here we go man last round third and final round here in this catchweight bounce at 215 pounds
00:13:02came together late on tuesday of fight week the newcomer edwards
00:13:07with a big shot to open up round number three and edwards has to now open up a bit here
00:13:13if he wants to try to get a finish i know he took it on short notice but you don't
00:13:18want to have your
00:13:19debut go by just kind of sit and wait oh oh oh is that when the kick gets split i
00:13:24know we're both
00:13:25we're good edwards look edwards actually looks pretty good here we go here we go time in
00:13:29to the fight on such short notice no but costless's corner told him something very important he said
00:13:34hey don't smother your work whenever you hurt him i think they're talking about his feet getting
00:13:40over themselves and he falls into the clinch yep and once you're there you don't want to just
00:13:45recklessly pull out of there maybe even shot so he ends up spending too much time there
00:13:52kowskis i think if he straightened some of these shots out
00:13:59i'll tell you because this is take down defense has really improved this guy's hard to take down man
00:14:06he's been working with silvio nastaza and sandro trevazzo down in london
00:14:15pays attention to all the different arts
00:14:18i was up to see tom aspinall when he's fit
00:14:35he's got his hands together yeah he gets him down for a second
00:14:49he's got a lot to score here for the judges however
00:14:53and more importantly for edwards
00:15:06oh nice elbow there by edwards over the top yeah he needs more of that
00:15:16and for edwards right now it seems like he's down two rounds right but if he wins a third round
00:15:23there's some positives that come out of out of this for him because you can go home and go imagine
00:15:28how
00:15:29much better i'm going to be when i have a full training yeah if i actually prepared yeah
00:15:34right now yeah you're not going to be happy but just kind of holding the clinch here
00:15:38attempting takedowns not successful but if you're modestas again you have an opportunity to make a
00:15:46statement and he seemed like he was about to yeah especially when you're fighting the guy
00:15:59tell these guys to advance position i wouldn't be mad only he'll only call it at the absolute perfect
00:16:07try to get the football tickets
00:16:13good head position by edwards
00:16:17i guess because he's trying to control the position there's no room to really do much more than these
00:16:22yeah oh there we go they found their way out
00:16:28a minute faster
00:16:30pressures up now
00:16:36like to see somebody try to really make a statement here at the end of this round
00:16:39i think that's it from buchowski kind of looked low and went high but there he is falling into his
00:16:53opponent again falling into oh that's my foot was close because he's throwing something in front of that
00:17:00good look at significant strikes they just saw very interesting the nose of pukowskas
00:17:10it's getting closer
00:17:21just over 30 seconds left now
00:17:23Oh, that's a lot of shots.
00:17:36Edwards is pressing, but he's got to open up.
00:17:40Yeah, he might do something big.
00:17:42I've got to be honest, I'm impressed with the cardio of Edwards.
00:17:46The fact that he's the one pressing at the end of the fight is crazy to me.
00:17:50He took this fight this week.
00:17:52Yeah.
00:17:55But that's the end of the contest.
00:18:02This one, we'll see the judges' scorecards.
00:18:05Stay with us.
00:18:06We'll have the official decision on the other side.
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00:19:54Time to get the official decision.
00:19:56Here's Bruce.
00:19:58Ladies and gentlemen, after three rounds, we go to the judges' scorecards for a decision.
00:20:03Junichiro Camillo scores the contest.
00:20:0529-28, Edwards.
00:20:07David Sutherland has it.
00:20:0929-28, Bukaskas.
00:20:12And Tony Week scores the contest.
00:20:1429-28 for the winner by split decision.
00:20:18Modesto's the Baltic Gladiator.
00:20:23Paul Bukaskas.
00:20:26Thank you so much.
00:20:31We'll get a beer off.
00:20:32I'm here with Modesto's Bukaskas.
00:20:35Modesto's, how sure were you that you had done enough to get a victory and get the judges' decision?
00:20:39And were you surprised whenever it was a split decision, one going his way?
00:20:42I felt like I definitely won the first two rounds, in my opinion, when I was looking back.
00:20:45I knew in the third round, he obviously held me against the cage and stuff like that.
00:20:49So I didn't really get much on my offense off.
00:20:51But I was pretty certain that it should be unanimous.
00:20:54But, hey, listen, split decision, fair play.
00:20:57I mean, Chris and Edwards stepping up on, I don't know, four days' notice.
00:21:00What an absolute beast animal.
00:21:01And I'm glad we could put on a good fight for the fans.
00:21:04Let's take a look at your work up here.
00:21:06You had him hurt multiple times, especially in the second round.
00:21:09Why did you clinch him in those positions as opposed to getting space and trying to get him out of
00:21:13there?
00:21:14Yeah, I guess it was just a wrong decision on my part.
00:21:17You know, when you're in the heat of a fight, sometimes you don't always do the right thing.
00:21:21I wanted to try and maybe conserve my energy a little bit more and then re-attack.
00:21:25But he had a good, like, clinch position and stuff like that.
00:21:28So it's just something to work on, something to improve on.
00:21:30And, yeah, like I say, onwards and upwards.
00:21:32Well, you're always improving.
00:21:34Congratulations on another victory.
00:21:35Ladies and gentlemen, give it up to Modestis Bukowskis.
00:21:39Not easy for either fighter to have that switch up during fight week.
00:21:44Modestis Bukowskis managed to collect himself and get the job done here on the road in Las Vegas.
00:21:51The Baltic Gladiator marches on.
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00:28:25Malcolm Wellmaker, power personified.
00:28:29He's got six first round finishes.
00:28:31He's got six knockouts out of 10 pool.
00:28:33And he's frightening on fight nights.
00:28:35And one of the things that makes him so damn dangerous is that counter left hook or right
00:28:40hook, depending on which side he's fighting from.
00:28:42This is a guy who's very dangerous when you're leaping in and trying to close the distance.
00:28:47And Juan Diaz, that's exactly what he's got to do.
00:28:49He's got to try to get in the range of Wellmaker.
00:28:52And he's got to get past that counter hook.
00:28:54Because we've seen him, I mean, I think it was two times in a row in the UFC where he
00:28:58knocked
00:28:58people out with that punch.
00:28:59Also, he feints and set things up, front kicks to the body.
00:29:03With Moutinho, that was just beautiful.
00:29:05He started prodding him to the body over and over again.
00:29:07And just when he thought, oh, he's going to go throw a front kick up the middle, he steps
00:29:10in.
00:29:11Boom.
00:29:11Big hook over the top.
00:29:13And I think he got tested against somebody that's really good.
00:29:16And he was happy to see how good his opponent has gone on to after that fight.
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00:29:34Automakers have this one in favor of Malcolm Wellmaker.
00:29:38Four years separates them in an age.
00:29:39The players being younger, well-made for a little taller, and a man from Georgia will
00:29:42have a terrific advantage.
00:29:44With the introductions, here's Bruce.
00:29:49Ladies and gentlemen, this fight is three rounds in the UFC Bantamweight Division.
00:29:55Introducing first, fighting out of the blue corner.
00:29:59A mixed martial artist holding professional record.
00:30:0115 wins, one loss, one draw.
00:30:04He stands, five feet, eight and one half inches tall.
00:30:07Weighing in at 135 and one half pounds.
00:30:11Fighting out of the blue corner.
00:30:15One big a host of D.R.
00:30:22And now, introducing his opponent, fighting out of the red corner.
00:30:27A mixed martial artist holding professional record.
00:30:30Ten wins, one loss.
00:30:32He stands, five feet, ten inches tall.
00:30:35Weighing in at 135 and one half pounds.
00:30:39Fighting out of Augusta, Georgia.
00:30:42Malcolm, the machine, well-made car.
00:30:51And when the action begins, our referee in charge, Eric McMahon.
00:30:57And here we go, with the Bantamweights.
00:31:01Von Diaz said he's going to deny Wellmaker a clean, striking fight.
00:31:07And Wellmaker wants to be a little bit more measured in minutes one and two.
00:31:11He's just chilling right now.
00:31:13Going to show some tactical evolution.
00:31:17Here we go.
00:31:18Maximum three, five-minute rounds if we need them.
00:31:22Wellmaker wears the back.
00:31:23Wellmaker said he's been driving down to Atlanta, working the boxing.
00:31:27Multiple hours daily to get the work in that he needs.
00:31:32And like you said, John, he said we will see a different guy in there tonight.
00:31:35Knock his fucking head off!
00:31:41But hats off to Ethan Ewing.
00:31:44I mean, that dude's good.
00:31:46Yeah, and when we talked to him, he's like, listen.
00:31:49He's happy to see that Ewing at least has gone on and looked as good as he did after that
00:31:54fight.
00:31:55Ewing looked better.
00:31:55Okay, I didn't get beat by just some guy making his debut that's not going to go and do anything.
00:32:00And that kid is the truth.
00:32:02Yeah, he found out for about three minutes.
00:32:04He said, I realized I couldn't erase him with the right hand.
00:32:07And the rest is history.
00:32:09Anyway, he's keen to show us his evolution.
00:32:12But he's in tough tonight with a 15-1-1 Juan Diaz.
00:32:18I like the way Wellmaker's showing his presence here.
00:32:21He's bigger than Diaz.
00:32:22He's in his face, kind of walking towards him.
00:32:25And Diaz starts to give ground every time.
00:32:28Diaz is very aware of the power of Wellmaker.
00:32:34Oh, good body kick there from Wellmaker.
00:32:38And you ask these kids that are just getting started, like, Malcolm, did you buy into the hype?
00:32:44Did you start to listen to what everybody was saying?
00:32:46He's like, I'm human.
00:32:48Yeah, you can't help it.
00:32:51Good body shot there by Diaz.
00:32:53Diaz landed a beautiful right hand to the body there.
00:32:55Eight-fight win streak.
00:32:56He's coming in with plenty of confidence.
00:32:59God, not finish on the contenders here.
00:33:01Oh, yeah.
00:33:01Yes.
00:33:04Wellmaker's got him very twitchy, though.
00:33:06Look at how twitchy he is right now.
00:33:07And Wellmaker faints at him and makes a move.
00:33:12Diaz putting together this camp at the US CPI in Mexico.
00:33:16He's coming in with Diaz Rodriguez, Michael Morales.
00:33:22Maybe not in with Michael Morales.
00:33:23Yeah, I hope not.
00:33:23He looks like he's about 300 pounds right now.
00:33:26He's a big player, huh?
00:33:26There's a kid that followed us a few weeks ago.
00:33:30He lost.
00:33:31That trains out there.
00:33:33Pressure fighter.
00:33:34Tremendous kid.
00:33:35If he's training with him, this kid's getting some good work.
00:33:38They'll be in tremendous shape.
00:33:39Obviously, the out in Mexico City is crazy.
00:33:41So I expect this kid to be in great shape, ready to fight a hard 15 minutes.
00:33:57Passed the halfway mark of round number one.
00:34:12Well, that's a good body shot from Wellmaker.
00:34:16Switching stances.
00:34:18And this is where that right hand comes from from Wellmaker.
00:34:21That little check hook that he throws.
00:34:31Oh, nice check.
00:34:33Check that one.
00:34:34This is exactly what Juan Diaz wants.
00:34:37Force Wellmaker to work.
00:34:41Not a big experience for Juan Diaz.
00:34:44See the wealth on the side.
00:34:47Juan Diaz already.
00:34:49Before Diaz falls on the contender series, he had back-to-back title fights in Mexico.
00:34:56So a very established crew.
00:34:59He's got his hands on Wellmaker right now.
00:35:05Right in ground for that.
00:35:07I love that when people start going forward and they're so intent to get away from you.
00:35:12Their heels dig into the mat.
00:35:14If you just take that momentum all the way backwards, you can sit him back up to your lap.
00:35:18And then get the pressure going forward again.
00:35:21There it is.
00:35:23You take that right there.
00:35:25Almost takes the back.
00:35:26Yeah, you can see how much he wants to get on the back there, but he's not taking big risks
00:35:31to do so.
00:35:34Wellmaker getting wrist control here.
00:35:35He's going to try to dig in, turn around.
00:35:37Wellmaker got to that baseball bat grip.
00:35:39That's two hands on the wrist.
00:35:41Like you're holding a baseball bat.
00:35:43Put it over your head and face it.
00:35:45And he's going to find your way back to the front of your home.
00:35:55Pretty even strikes, looking at our screens over here.
00:35:59Put a decent bit of control and wrestling offense.
00:36:02It's going to be a big thing for Juan Diaz when the judges are scoring this.
00:36:10Like you said, very even on the feet.
00:36:12Oh!
00:36:18I think he's saying...
00:36:19He's got him on the shoulder.
00:36:22Hold on.
00:36:23Right over here.
00:36:25Yeah, they're going to look at it.
00:36:30How are we doing?
00:36:32Let's just sit right here.
00:36:34Let's sit right here.
00:36:35Okay, okay.
00:36:37Diaz was absolutely insistent.
00:36:39It looked like it was on his shoulder.
00:36:40Yeah.
00:36:43Now, I'll tell you something.
00:36:46I experienced something with a knee recently in a fight that confused me a bit, but that
00:36:54will be seen at a different day on the ultimate fight.
00:36:58Neutral corner right over here.
00:36:59Oh, gotcha.
00:37:00Okay.
00:37:00Yeah.
00:37:01Puts him down with that right hand.
00:37:02It was shoulder.
00:37:04Mainly shoulder.
00:37:05Yeah, I think it's a shoulder.
00:37:10Yeah.
00:37:11Yeah.
00:37:15You okay?
00:37:16Yeah, I'm good.
00:37:17Okay.
00:37:17Okay.
00:37:23Diaz protesting his innocence.
00:37:30We're going to show the referee on the big screen here for him to take a look.
00:37:35Referee is the sole arbiter.
00:37:37So he will make the decisions.
00:37:49I've got it.
00:37:49I've got it.
00:37:50I've got it.
00:37:51I've got it.
00:37:51All right.
00:37:52Hey, come over here.
00:37:54That was a very reckless throw.
00:37:55You're very lucky.
00:37:56It hit here first before.
00:37:58So it ricocheted up.
00:37:59We've got to be very careful.
00:38:01I'm not going to take a point.
00:38:02We can't be reckless with that.
00:38:03All right?
00:38:04We can't take a point if it's a legal strike.
00:38:05Bounced off the shoulder first, so we're not going to take a point.
00:38:08We're not going to do anything.
00:38:09We got about one second left in the round.
00:38:11So we're just going to be got one second left.
00:38:13We're going to restart it.
00:38:14Okay?
00:38:15Timer, are you ready?
00:38:16Is there one?
00:38:17It should be about one second left.
00:38:19Can we just assume the round is over?
00:38:21Call.
00:38:22Call.
00:38:24Here's where it is gets sketchy.
00:38:26All right.
00:38:26Right?
00:38:27We got about.
00:38:27Back up for me.
00:38:28Back up for me.
00:38:29One second.
00:38:30Time in.
00:38:30Fight!
00:38:31Time.
00:38:32There we go.
00:38:33Here's where this gets sketchy, right?
00:38:35The contact lands on the shoulder, but then proceeds to get to the head.
00:38:39Yeah.
00:38:40That's not illegal?
00:38:42All right.
00:38:43So first thing on that wrestling.
00:38:44You know what I'm saying?
00:38:45Okay?
00:38:45When we're fighting that in.
00:38:46Because it hit him in the neck.
00:38:47Instead of taking the hands out and pushing down.
00:38:49It hit him in the neck.
00:38:49Elbows in.
00:38:50Sealing out.
00:38:51Elbows in.
00:38:52The initial impact hits the shoulder.
00:38:54And then it hits in the neck and it's not illegal.
00:38:57Oh, I didn't see the back.
00:38:58So why don't you throw knees to the guy on the ground?
00:39:01If you hit him in the shoulder, then it ricochets up.
00:39:04Well, I guess as long as the target.
00:39:06Watch.
00:39:06That's it.
00:39:06Watch.
00:39:07Watch.
00:39:10It clearly, it does turn up the body to the neck, Paul.
00:39:13Maybe not hard.
00:39:15Here.
00:39:15Here's a...
00:39:17Yeah, it's definitely on the...
00:39:18But the neck's not a...
00:39:20So you can knee somebody in the neck?
00:39:22Yes.
00:39:23Not on the ground?
00:39:24You've got that kind of accuracy.
00:39:25I'm just saying you can't do it on the ground, Paul.
00:39:28Well, the neck is not the head.
00:39:30I just think this is something you've got to look at.
00:39:32Because I just...
00:39:34Unfortunately, the angle there is...
00:39:35Yes.
00:39:37I think the problem is that the intent is why the ref is really wanting to...
00:39:42I don't think he meant to hit him in the shoulder.
00:39:44He meant to hit him in the head.
00:39:46Oh.
00:39:47Oh.
00:39:48You don't think he meant that he was protesting so vehemently that he was saying that he wasn't
00:39:54in the head, but...
00:39:55Whatever, the fight is going on.
00:39:56Here we go.
00:39:57Yeah.
00:39:58Hey, Diaz is throwing hard now.
00:39:59He knows that he can hurt Wellmaker.
00:40:05Now, here's the problem with that, Paul.
00:40:08He's starting to get a little reckless, and Wellmaker has that fight in the power also.
00:40:12So he needs to do...
00:40:14Approach this the way that he did to start the fight.
00:40:17Yeah, be patient.
00:40:20But Wellmaker now has got to start to open up, too.
00:40:24He's got to be a bit more aggressive.
00:40:25I know he's really worked on his patience and not wanting to get into these brawls like
00:40:29he did against Ewing, but...
00:40:32Got to start throwing.
00:40:43He has certainly looking bright in this contest.
00:40:46Yes.
00:40:47It's a bit more aggressive.
00:40:52Yes.
00:40:53Yeah.
00:40:58Yes.
00:41:03to the body and lands right there that's where wellmaker's got to let that left hand right
00:41:20yeah middle the land to the body from wellmaker that patience paul that he's developed
00:41:30is great but it also keeps him safe right now especially now that he knows that this kid can
00:41:35hurt him and even wrestling no thanks welcome
00:41:48oh that is nice
00:41:50oh it gets that hook in
00:41:52oh makers doing a real good job trying to keep the elbow tucked nice job by diaz
00:41:58diaz is tough
00:42:06that leg lace as well stretching out wellmaker he's got to try to break him down he's got to try
00:42:13to
00:42:13find a way to get himself between the octagon side and wellmaker's back as long as wellmaker can keep
00:42:18his back and keep him at that angle he's got a chance yeah he can't let any separation happen
00:42:25there there it is see that but now he's going to go around the front just trying to pull the
00:42:29hip
00:42:29sack away from the fence and flatten him out but he's still got to get him away from the octagon
00:42:33side he cannot allow wellmaker to use the fence to get back to his feet
00:42:38he's got it now he's got a chance yep now he's got him secured and now height wins for him
00:42:45as long
00:42:45as he's taller as long as he's above him he's got it it's when malcolm starts to build try to
00:42:52get to
00:42:53another look try to get up on an elbow something that allows me to find height because we can get
00:42:57back this he is constantly seeking the back he's diaz
00:43:05well maker needs to get back to that baseball group ball yeah catch it and put it over to the
00:43:09left side of his body now he can be him it's just when the knees are down he can't but
00:43:13the fingertips
00:43:14the hands confuse you well in new jersey i know so they didn't adopt the rules right yeah they didn't
00:43:22adopt them yet that makes it tough for fighters man it does it was just a good hook felly and
00:43:29he's
00:43:29trapped in the arm oh this is real good for you gotta watch it well maybe it doesn't turn into
00:43:35him but
00:43:35yeah he's got it back but he's he looked like he's falling off
00:43:40oh he's got a minute here in round number two
00:44:00he's very good do not let this man take your back
00:44:06it's just a well thought fight from ron diaz did enough for the striking her well maker on the
00:44:13feet we had that slight controversy with the knee to the grounded opponent but man he just mixed in
00:44:21his wrestling he's controlling malcolm well maker the entire time and then ultimately to get a submission
00:44:27win for ufc debut let's look at some of the highlights here look he timed that slurred that big left
00:44:33hand
00:44:33from well maker drives forward and then from here it was just beautiful work along the fence
00:44:38he never got deterred any time seemed like well maker was getting back to his base working himself
00:44:43up he did all the right things he trapped the arm for a while it looked like he was going
00:44:46to fall
00:44:47off here he works himself in and as soon as he got anywhere near the street naked choke look how
00:44:51he
00:44:52immediately hides that backhand tucked it behind the head and gets the submission that was really well
00:44:58worked and look what it means brandon moreno in the corner as well as he was during the contender
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00:47:00this one official here's bruce ladies and gentlemen referee eric mcmahon has called a stop to this
00:47:06contest at four minutes eight seconds of round number two
00:47:10declaring the winner by submission due to a rear naked choke
00:47:25i'm here with juan diaz one long journey to get here you make your ufc debut in that fashion
00:47:32talk to us about the emotions of finally being here and winning in that way
00:47:55uh emotions were high i trained so hard i trained so hard at the p.i in mexico so everything
00:48:01was going
00:48:01great my team i have to thank you thank for for being around me and for being around me for
00:48:06this
00:48:06victory one let's take a look at your work here in the first round you were able to get a
00:48:10take down
00:48:11towards the end of the round and when you went back to it you continued to chase his back until
00:48:15eventually you got to that rear choke did you know that wrestling and grappling would be the key to
00:48:20you get in the victory
00:48:34as i said in the interviews all throughout the week because i'm a complete fighter i can wrestle
00:48:52i'm not just a striker i can wrestle i can finish i'm a complete fighter and very dangerous well
00:48:57he's very very dangerous in this division ladies and gentlemen give it up for juan diaz
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00:51:26right here man i am feels like we have a lot to do the main event ilia taporia one of
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00:52:56at ilia taporia on the white house lawn and you know the rest of the card is going to deliver
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00:53:24red now we have more stuff going on here tonight let's hand it over to mincy with more on our
00:53:31co-main
00:53:32events thank you john no doubt duho choy gets into some fun fights his bouts are always action-packed but
00:53:38he's coming into this one as the betting underdog after not having fought in over a year meanwhile
00:53:43daniel santos has cashed in each of his last four fights and has yet to taste defeat as the favorite
00:53:48even at minus 165 i believe daniel santos has the better betting value stay with us the co-main event
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00:55:09welcome back to las vegas where we are moving to the business end of proceedings
00:55:1511 fights down just two to go and it's the featherweights and the firing line
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00:55:27winning is everything as we see here the betting favorite by that 365 is daniel santos he is the minus
00:55:36165 favorite there are certain fighters in the ufc that guarantee a certain type of performance
00:55:42do ho choi is one such fighter and he's up next do ho choi has never been one to shy
00:55:49away from a
00:55:49tussle and tonight the korean superboy has a willing dance partner in the form of streaky brazilian
00:55:55daniel santos
00:55:59there are a handful of athletes on the ufc roster that have established themselves as must-see attractions
00:56:05every time they set foot inside the octagon tonight two such fighters in the featherweight division
00:56:11meet in las vegas for what is sure to be a non-stop thrill ride for as long as it
00:56:17lasts
00:56:18i think my performance is so important for me to remember the most hard fight this night
00:56:22as a real champion of the fight for me to see the future champion of the category
00:56:27do ho choi has enjoyed a resurgence over his last three fights posting a two oh and one record with
00:56:47back-to-back stoppage wins over bill algeo and nate landware sitting atop his resume tonight the ufc
00:56:54hall of fame inductee makes his return to action in a tantalizing matchup with the like-minded brazilian
00:57:00daniel santos
00:57:08a member of the shooter box diego lima squad santos has earned victories in each of his last four
00:57:15appearances most recently scoring a second round stoppage win over ju sang yu of ufc 320 last october
00:57:23now the aggressive 31 year old aims to collect the biggest win of his career and extend his winning
00:57:29streak to five by taking out choi eu vou passar por cima de quem for necessário para ser campeão não
00:57:36importa
00:57:36quem estiver do outro lado não importa de onde seja eu venho para a victoria eu venho para lutar e
00:57:41eu quero ser campeão
00:57:51second fight in the ufc at featherweight for daniel santos who is another top prospect out of the
00:57:57shooter box diego lima team and first one on the main card for him as well came to vegas looking
00:58:03to
00:58:03extend his full fight ufc win streak and charlie given recent opposition the korean media have an
00:58:08interesting name for him yeah absolutely right he has earned his name as the korean killer because
00:58:13he's the third korean opponent in a row he has faced and santos relishes the opportunity to make
00:58:18it five straight wins and keep that narrative going it's fun right also related to that run
00:58:23is his move from bantamweight to featherweight santos says he notices a lot more speed and firepower
00:58:28because now he has more energy with less pounds to cut and a better ability to absorb impact because
00:58:32he is less dehydrated he's got a new nutrition specialist for this fight and he says he's amazed at how
00:58:37much food he can eat while training which obviously he loves i mean you can't blame him and i was
00:58:42just
00:58:43thinking dc maybe there should be some type of dieting segment that would be helpful on the ultimate
00:58:47fighter although i did hear you talking about peanut butterfield dates earlier so i'm not sure you're the
00:58:52right one to coach that no i'm not coaching no diet session anymore i haven't done that way too much
00:58:56in my life daniel santos is right in the heart of it though and when you talk about this young
00:59:01man you
00:59:01talk about a guy that really does understand where he stands in this career he said you know i'm
00:59:06always looking forward but i want to make sure that i take care of what's at hand right now and
00:59:12that's to joy he said in this fight specifically he says that troy will only fight that his opponent
00:59:19bring will only fight the fight that his opponent brings to him if you're slow he's slow if you fight
00:59:24he fights he intends to fight him tonight and make it a fun
00:59:37here walks do ho choi it's been another long layoff for the korean superboy the first hall of fame
00:59:44inductee from korea he's recovered from some health conditions but he's kind of maintained his perspective
00:59:51on all of this paul just when we thought he was getting going obviously not the korean fighters
00:59:54take military service but injuries have been on his way he's running back to back wins and he looks like
01:00:00a true mma fighter
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