Nate Diaz (proper) digs into Jorge Masvidal’s physique throughout their struggle on July 6 in Anaheim. (Picture by Esther Lin/Fanmio)
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In a long-awaited battle between longtime rivals and fight sports activities superstars, Nate Diaz took residence a majority resolution victory over Jorge “Gamebred” Masvidal Saturday night time in a 10-round gentle heavyweight showdown that headlined a Fanmio PPV from Honda Middle in Anaheim, California.
“Mission achieved,” mentioned Diaz (1-1). “I really feel the love right here in Cali each time. He confirmed up and got here to struggle and so did I.”
“I assumed I gained,” mentioned Masvidal (1-1). “I landed the more durable photographs. Win or lose, we’re gonna do it once more. We’re 1-1, so we’ll run it again.”
After combating for the inaugural UFC BMF title of their first conflict, gained by Masvidal, the 2 MMA superstars reignited their rivalry with months of heated back-and-forth trash discuss main as much as Saturday night time’s occasion in entrance of a sold-out crowd of 18,040.
The competition changed into a matchup of Diaz’s exercise and punch output towards Masvidal’s accuracy and energy. Diaz landed 148 of 730 punches thrown, whereas Masvidal related on 176 photographs out of 637 thrown.
“I undoubtedly felt that I landed the extra significant photographs,” mentioned Masvidal. “When the judges see the movies, they’ll see they had been misguided.”
After the bell rang to start the tenth and remaining spherical, each males engaged in a tense three minutes of toe-to-toe motion, with every fighter seeking to achieve an edge on the within. With the group on their ft, every fighter landed clear blows till the ultimate bell, with Diaz incomes the nod by scores of 98-92, 97-93 and 95-95.
“We simply went in there to determine him out,” mentioned Diaz. “I’m all the way down to struggle the highest-rated boxer I can discover. My most important goal is to be the very best fighter on the planet.”
Within the co-main occasion, Shane Mosley Jr. (22-4, 12 KOs) stamped his contender standing with a convincing unanimous resolution victory over former two-time world champion Daniel “The Miracle Man” Jacobs (37-5, 30 KOs) of their 10-round tremendous middleweight conflict.
“The plan was to choose him aside, as a result of we knew he’d get drained,” mentioned Mosley Jr. “I used to be attempting to press him within the center rounds, however he’s a veteran and he is aware of how one can get by way of it.”
Shane Mosley Jr. (left) counters Daniel Jacobs with a proper to the ribs. (Picture by Esther Lin/Fanmio)
The son of Corridor of Famer “Sugar” Shane Mosley, Mosley Jr. scored the very best win of his profession by out-landing Jacobs 108 to 83, incomes him his fifth-straight victory. Coming back from an prolonged layoff, Jacobs wasn’t capable of preserve his charging opponent off of him with any sustained offense of his personal.
“I’m happy with myself,” mentioned Mosley. “Danny has bricks in his arms, however I simply caught to the sport plan and bought the job achieved.”
“He was undoubtedly the busier fighter, however I may see that each time I hit him with shot I did see that he was shocked,” mentioned Jacobs. “I simply didn’t do sufficient to get my hand raised in the long run.”
Jacobs put up a robust effort within the remaining spherical, touchdown his finest blows of the struggle, however was met many times with return fireplace from the decided Mosley. On the finish of the showdown, Mosley was victorious by scores of 100-90 and 99-92 twice.
“I felt like I had mindset in there, I simply wasn’t 100% with on a regular basis out of the ring,” mentioned Jacobs. “The burden was clearly a problem for me and I got here in a little bit drained and dehydrated. I may have gone towards gentle opposition, however I’m a canine and I needed to face a sure caliber of opponent.”
In his post-fight interview, Mosley provided a direct problem to WBA Middleweight World Champion Erislandy Lara.
“I would like Erislandy Lara,” mentioned Mosley Jr. “When you’re listening, I would like you. Let’s go child.”
The pay-per-view additionally noticed Nate Diaz-teammate Chris Avila (5-1) proceed his successful streak with a unanimous resolution over MMA legend Anthony “Showtime” Pettis (1-1) of their gentle heavyweight attraction. After six rounds, all three judges noticed the struggle in Avila’s favor with scores of 59-55 twice and 58-56.
Sensational teenage prospect Curmel Moton (4-0, 3 KOs) stored his unbeaten file intact with a dominating stoppage of Nikolai Buzolin (9-9-1, 5 KOs). Moton dropped his opponent in spherical one earlier than stopping him within the second spherical of their junior welterweight matchup.
In a battle of fighters representing preeminent boxing households, Amado “AFV” Vargas (11-0, 5 KOs), the son of legendary world champion Fernando Vargas, scored a sixth-round TKO over Sean Garcia (7-1-1, 1 KOs), the youthful brother of Ryan Garcia, of their junior welterweight duel.
Opening up the pay-per-view, light-weight contender Devin Cushing (14-0, 10 KOs) boxed his solution to a powerful unanimous resolution victory and avenged an newbie defeat towards Manuel Correa (13-2, 8 KOs) after 10 rounds of motion. The judges remaining tallies had been 80-72, 78-74 and 77-75.
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