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ready sir ready sir fight we’re underway for three five minute rounds at lightweights darush was emphatic in his message he says I do not want to be one and one against this Sky I want I want to send a message that I am clearly the better fighter tra some big strikes and that’s what Dar us does man he tests you right he puts you in a fight even if guys don’t intend to fight him in that way he gets right in your face and starts letting him go and again these are two guys that we thought were Jiu-Jitsu Specialists but they’ve developed ground games I’m sorry standup games to match all that skill to have on the ground as darush enters on the single leg Tak down beautiful take he’s got that hip high FAA looking for submission get straight to Plata here right arm seeing here darus with the hips staying very heavy FAA all the submission attempts he said I want to use them to get back to my feet and not pull guard and stay on my back and he’s done that so far let’s see if he can keep Dar off this Tak down right High go right side under hook Circle to your underhook you need a circle to your underhook he’s going to step behind and try to take the back that’s safe side in the corner Diego FAA who actually lives in Far Texas which is way down by the Mexican border and every week he makes the 9-hour drive for a couple of days up to the Dallas area to train with the team at foris MMA it’s a crazy commute to work and they’re swinging away I mean are you I mean these guys are just banging this is crazy feeling that that exchange right there was is incredible the way that they he went the way fto went to the arm bar Plata that created this opportunity but now they’re still on their feet Reckless abandon on his way in Dar with the crazy pressure I mean look at this it’s crazy just like he did last March oh nice KN the KNE oh thatt that hurt him bad sinks down now oh that knee Hur does with it hit on the half guard sweep here he wants to go out back door oh but Dar is just going to bang and just throw as much punches as he can here there he goes and now from there he could try to take the back but darush is doing a good job he’s very position yep very aware where they are and if you’re darush you let him back up you make him stand with you darush is showing that he can hurt him now hurt him with the body shot can take his Shot elbow elbow elbow and go will go to the ground short elbow there on the left side now Dom sinks back into the full guard yeah I mean he fought it off as hard as he could but darus walked right through that and just pressure pressure pressure and now here he is in this top position where he wants to be po up big shot dared to his feet looking for an entry the is looking to use this ankle in order to create an opportunity to get back to his feet yes he is to create some space here that’ll allow it right there that’s what he’s looking for can he use it no Dar does a good job now he can try to take the back beautiful job wow Dar walk backwards to stop that usually people run forward and then FAA takes their back Dar saw it come and step backwards into it big gr pal by FAA I’m Sorry by dar up up up up up and that’s what you got to be prepared for when you fight benil darush I mean he’s just grimy man he’s a great Grappler he’s a really good Striker but the thing that stands out is just his toughness man his ability to make you fight his fight he’ll Force you he almost fights your ego every single time he gets in your face he walks you down he starts throwing punches even if they may not be as technically sound right it doesn’t look as good it’s just touches you constantly it makes you want to just hit him back and then UL then ultimately you find yourself f his exact fight that he wants forces you to want to shoot on him because of the pressure that he keeps and the power that he throws FAA doing a good job not surrendering down there getting out of there getting back to his feet and returns to Center for the final 30 seconds of round one here oh ni nice one two with the beautiful light touch light light touch now light wobbly legs for darush in the final 10 seconds oh Big Shots front kick to the face that time FAA putting it together second round coming up good job good job take a look at the way that this knee lands oh my goodness right on the ribs and then this right hand bam on the money they both rock each other in this first round and the pace was epic darus the busier fighter in that first round output of total strikes landed swinging away big of course Diego FAA had a huge flurry at the end of that first round trading head kicks now wasting no time getting back to it corner of pil Dar saying not to engage in a war your jab stay of distance coach cardo’s like why why does this have to be a war why is it like this with you all the time at this point uh at this point Dara started taking bonus checks home like they’re part of his person what’s making this fight so special is neither of them is eating a shot and just staring at the other they fire back immediately and it creates options for both shot for a take down there from Dar the saw it coming stays on it and gets it beautiful trip beautiful step over to the overhook side where you can drag him down takes away the post of FAA if you go to the underhook side he can post and try to hit P by going to the overhook side you sag him put him down on the side that you have trapped with your overhook beautiful job by benil darush and how about the confidence of darush to know what he’s up against in Diego FAA in terms of being a ground fighter yeah he’s a World Champ right there yeah exactly Dar is a World Champ you know he feels confident in his skill on the [Music] Ground full guard position safe side with urging for to get back up he kicks off him up kick nearly connected daru [Music] swarming I mean you hear safe sa yelling at him to get back to his feet feels like they hold the advantage in the stand up because right now benil darush has controlled the ground fighting to this point R hook to plot up saw it ahead of time keeps on the pressure barar on the back f is out man all he has to do is turn starts now he’s in more trouble because he got back behind the elbows let’s into the corner of Diego to safe so you got to go he’s going to knee up up up up up you better make that happen BB let’s go 230 use it up up up up up now stand up turn and face Diego don’t let him have that hook protect the neck Diego shake shake shake shake shake shake Diego shake shake shake shake shake shake nice break away let’s go you got to push the you man he protected that hook and that’s what got the hit out of there you can’t let both those hooks get in otherwise we got a problem but’s really causing the problems is the double leg offense of darush he strikes he shoots he strikes he shoots but protecting those hooks you cannot let der have the back cuz he will control you the entire round and that’s why SE sa was saying making such a big deal about not giving those hooks away because now they’re still fighting otherwise darush might have had the back the rest of this round you never know great job by both fighters to stay aware Dar had a good first round FAA finished strong but to this point darush has actually had a better second round he did first by getting the taked down but not two takedowns look at that beautiful level change look at that D down I saw him get the corner for hit his on Guillo did you see him windshield wiper to the corner to finish that shot there that’s how you finish a double there you go couldn’t have said it any better DC when they fought back in 2014 benil Dar with the decision Victory and he had three takedowns in that fight he’s up to four takedowns through about nine minutes of this one it’s really the pressure of Dar that’s causing all the problems I mean he’s he’s pressuring with striking he’s pressuring with takedowns he doesn’t stop coming forward even here forward forward forward through the guard pass the guard pass the half guard just pressure he looks a little bit stronger than FAA and that’s been the issue well he takes chances too D like when he goes to throw grounding pound when faa’s up kicking he literally just takes the chance that he’s not going to get hit with an up kick and he takes his shot boom and he falls back into the guard and that fourth takedown landed for benil darus ties a personal best in his UFC careering his 18th UFC appearance here tonight beautiful ni def just out of the way and now show some urg urgency to scramble back to his feet final 20 seconds of round two and Fa is doing a good job of trying to get back up he’s not accepting these positions on the bottom not at all Mar is just following the hips so well and continually walking through into the guard here as the final second tick away round three coming up last round coming up guys last round coming up I love that though I love safe side just telling him like hey you got to go get it man you’re down you got to go finish it a lot of coaches don’t shoot their Fighters completely straight and I love the way he said don’t braw with them cuz he’s shooting behind the brawl and that’s exactly right you got to stick and move stick and move if your fa even though you might seem like you want to just sprawl he’s being taken down so you got to make the adjustment in this third round and try to take him out with strikes moves forward there after eating a couple of shots early in this round for to finding a home for that onew problem is it’s not easy to strike with DAR either right he’s good he’s good everywhere the guy got Dar perhaps just four minutes away from taking his place in the top 10 of the ultra competitive deep lightweight division of the UFC right hand counter backing up for FAA here to Land daru swinging big again chasing the taked down FAA out of danger and look at that when he defends daru just gets up like a zombie walks forward that’s the sticking move that F’s coach was talking about now he’s hitting him and then moving his feet and now the shot opportunities aren’t there for Dar they were they were in the first two yep great job by sh there Direct Hit right here dar right here so Diego FAO will have some time to recover if you’re aware you’re aware of your situation I take my time take your time give yourself a chance no C recover because you know you got to go find the Finish especially a square one like that hey it was inadvertent okay yeah he came in on the jab but you but you still got him okay so be careful all right also be careful with your fingers are starting to come out a little bit okay you good go ahead and fix your straps for me a lot at stake here in the final four minutes or so five fight win streak on his way into this one and hopes to sweep Series against Diego FAA meanwhile FAA riding a six fight win streak three and a half to go great body kicks as they continue to throw big shots on the [Music] feet [Music] shot from Dar s by FAA that’s FAA not being there just like Dom said he’s not there so darus can’t even get his T down started instead of standing and brawling with his Peak planted you’re seeing FAA throw and move throw and move and that’s what stops the takedown attempts the guys having on take Downs oh big connected mean that left is landing over and over that’s his best weapon for sure nice we look out referee guys are covering some ground in that small octagon [Music] here right back to the center final two and a half oh heavy exchange for p Dar returns [Music] fire oh man big left again on now it’s who dumps up up kick landed for [Music] darush urgency here from the [Music] Brazilian darus locking up a leg I need this and back to the feet they go great fight you got gas you got use it right now it doesn’t look like much but those leg loock attempts that both those guys are using is stopping the the top pressure I mean beautiful job by Dar to not down it’s allowing them to get back to their feet too right down yeah it’s beautiful how they’re doing that I mean got got to write notes on this [Music] one he half C and do not lean back because all it takes is for ha Land one on the end of the shot as darus is trying to evade I mean how about the pace these guys are keeping too this is a very high Pace with the grappling of the Striking mix trying to find his way in final minute of this fight as darush looks to land another Tak down and he does so I mean just Relentless in his approach right darush was not going to be denied he was going to continue to Chase Chase Chase until he got that take down and now he’s got FAA on the ground again as we get into the last 45 seconds of the fight and it’s funny cuz both these gentlemen are black belts and jiujitsu and it’s the one who dictates who can take who down that wins these this positional War mentioned before that four takedowns were a personal best or he matched his personal best now that comes tonight with five takedowns through these 15 minutes for benil darus who now just has 20 seconds to keep this control and you would think get his hand raised here tonight FAA has something to say about it though there’s that leg lock attempting in order to create space so that can sink on top of it but you got to respect it because you get stuck in that man and just immediately something will pop so you got to respect it so it makes you give space to get back up wow well we expected a back and forth Affair between these two highly ranked lightweight contenders well 15 hardfought minutes between panil darush and Diego FAA and the judges scorecards have just been tallied so let’s find out who won this one and for that here’s Bruce Buffer ladies and gentlemen after three rounds we go to the judges scorecards for a decision jiren valel scores the contest 2928 fora Chris Lee scores it 2928 darush and Dave Hagen scores the contest 29-28 for the winner by Split Decision B dar