Floyd Diaz vs Mario Hernandez
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00:00Okay, both ways bands are good. Okay, keep the punches from here on up. All right, I explained the rules in the dressing room
00:06I want a good clean fight to take this off at all times touch them up if you want to I'll see you at the
00:10belt
00:11Do the mean muggin right there in the center of the ring?
00:14I don't know looking at a man in his eyes like that boy. He's looking at him like I want to eat him
00:20Yeah, a lot of changes. Yeah, boy DS is corner over the last year and a half
00:26Two fights with BOMAC and the B&B team
00:30He saw Diego's and red spikes now
00:33He's with Cromwell bullet Gordon and the other changes that his live-in girlfriend
00:39Zarina McCoy is now his conditioning coach Tim
00:42So a whole different outlook in how he expects to fight as he steps into the ring tonight for Floyd
00:49Yeah, it's always interesting when a fighter switches trainers
00:53You always wonder why however
00:56You know, it's what he's comfortable with, you know the night
00:59He has his girlfriend inside his corner. He's able to save
01:03Save on a little bit of money with her. Although he is panning stays in in house days in house and
01:10You know, he has someone that he that he believes in
01:14Any trust he tells us hey
01:16She does not play because their times
01:20Where you see Eddie Claudio stepping in he says look there's times that I feel like throwing up
01:23Look the trash cans over there make your way over there like that do what you got to do and come finish your set
01:28I like that, you know your girlfriend or the one that you get a significant other
01:33You know, she's gonna keep it 100 with you. She's gonna keep it real and that's what you need
01:36You don't need somebody just you know
01:39Supporting you and just telling you what you want to hear you need to
01:42To listen to what they're telling you if they telling you something real she's right there. She's right about that. Excuse me
01:50How's the right hand just landed
01:53For cash flow. He's looking for the right hand over the jab
01:57Using his legs to set it up nice disengaged step back
02:03Just to land those two punches right there from cash flow again. You know what Hernandez is trying to do
02:08He's trying to get close. He just wants to he just wants to bang
02:11It's exactly what he wants to says look. I'm old-school fighter
02:15I come in here to throw punches if I got to take some it's all good
02:18I'm gonna get close eventually and they're on the left. You've seen Zarina McCoy Floyd Diaz's
02:24girlfriend and conditioning coach for this fight
02:27They've been through some stuff
02:28We're gonna talk about that and we did mention the accident that they had in Mexico after her last fight as a matter of fact
02:35Car spun seven times her foot was on the dashboard. She's lucky that it didn't end up worse for her
02:42But she said I had to teach myself how to walk again
02:47Nice combination here from Floyd Diaz
02:54Nice right hand from Floyd. He's got some power, but he's got to set it up properly
03:04Look in boxing you get to see a little bit of everything you see friends part with friends all the time
03:09But it's not every day that you'll see a boyfriend and a girlfriend lace it up to spark one another
03:16Way this young man Floyd Diaz explains it the couple that spars together stays together
03:22But what happens in sparring apparently doesn't always stay
03:29Me and my girl we've known each other for a long time
03:31We've been around in the gym is really just high and by one day. We had a spar. She caught me off balance
03:37I was just hitting him with like a really fast flurry of punches like they weren't even really hard and then I hit him with
03:43A jab, and he just like went down, and he was not off balance
03:46He just went straight down, and then he just got right back up years later
03:50We had to spar again. We were under the supervision of coach K
03:54I caught her with a right hand this dude hit me with the right hand straight in my face
04:00We have no headgear on and he gave me a black eye
04:03I wasn't intentionally trying to but I think me with that that revenge. I needed I needed to get it back
04:10I just make sure she got him know that she can't drop me no more
04:15Well, there's only one other way to drop a man
04:18And he doesn't want that to happen with such a beautiful young lady, and we're gonna leave you with our
04:25ESPN plus modified ringside coverage the side sounds of the ring you'll hear the punches the referee and
04:31McCoy who's got a microphone on as does trainer Cromwell bullet border
04:40Good
04:42Stay on that stick in and out in and out there you go
04:49There you go nice jab nice jab give me hook off that jab or something everything intentional
04:58And bring it follow with some milk
05:01Nice head movements good. I like the pool stay low
05:05But turn that body up
05:07Oh
05:12He's like step around the right direction now there you go
05:18Good I like the body finish it up or cut
05:23Stay off the ropes there you go there you go spin them around one up one down one up one down with that hook
05:30Mix it up
05:33There you go and turn up hands up when you step around good smart man get back to the middle of that ring
05:54Right back to that jab
05:57You go in and out they can pull stick and pull to find it right there you go nice jab
06:04Nice double up to that body now
06:07It's like something to come back. No you're gonna throw the overhand right at you
06:15You throw the overhand right you gotta watch that get ready to roll it jab and roll it
06:21Nice
06:24There you go get your hands up why you change it good deep that's it right back
06:30turn turn
06:32Nice D. No, I'm happy to do it. There you go. No work. It's a little first
06:37Keep being first
06:39Thanks, thanks. Give me some face get to the middle of that ring
06:45Good feet good feet
06:48Nice
07:01Bring this hand down stand them up right there right up. Okay. I see
07:06Right back to the middle right back to the middle work that jab do it again. This is gonna be there right there
07:12good D
07:14There you go put it together use your legs. Nice. Uppercut again. It's right there
07:21Get off that rope. Work. Let's go. There you go. There you go. Good. Keep your composure. Nice. Three shots. Good jab. There you go composure. Turn.
07:28All right, when you pivot it out pivot out a little too high, okay, don't pivot out high pivot out low. Step around smooth. Show your heart rate down. Breathe deep.
07:37Stay composed. You're fighting your fight not his fight. You're doing great.
07:41Remember that round let him come to you a lot and you went back a lot. Go forward and step laterally.
07:48Once you turn him get to the middle of that ring and work that jab. Good job. Don't stay on the rope.
07:53Control your breathing. I need you getting all that oxygen. I need you out there ready.
07:58There you go. Come loose, come loose, come loose, come loose.
08:02Looking good Jeff. Love the jab though.
08:05Good.
08:07Good.
08:09Good.
08:11Good.
08:12Good.
08:14Looking good Jeff.
08:16Love the jab though. Just love the jab.
08:18The jab is everything. You're faster, you're more technical than him.
08:21That jab right down the pipe. Jab pull big down the pipe.
08:24Look for the overhand right. Don't pull here and go under. Step left.
08:27All right, let's go.
08:29Pull and counter. Stick, pull, counter. It's right there.
08:32Yeah, you see it. Good.
08:35Nice.
08:37Stick. Bring the jab. Nice. Double it.
08:40There you go.
08:42Good.
08:44Nice, nice.
08:46Hands up.
08:48Good.
08:50Good.
08:52Good.
08:54Good.
08:56Good.
08:58There you go.
09:00Get him again. Good.
09:02Nice. There you go.
09:04Now we thinking Cass. Uppercut.
09:06All right, now use that good work.
09:08There you go. There you go.
09:10There you go.
09:12Keep turning him. Keep turning him.
09:15Look for the overhand right. You know he's looking for it.
09:18Equalize it with that jab.
09:20There you go. Way to step around. Smart man.
09:22Good. Be quick with that shot.
09:25Uppercut again.
09:26Keep turning him around.
09:28Let him uppercut.
09:30Let him go, Floyd. Let him go.
09:32Uppercut right there, Cass. The right one. Let's go.
09:34Let him go, Floyd.
09:36Uppercut. You got to do a concession.
09:38Keep those knees bent.
09:40Keep those knees bent.
09:42Good. Keep it in front of you.
09:44Nice. Turn.
09:46Turn, turn.
09:48There you go.
09:50Now get to the middle. Work that jab.
09:52There you go. Good body. Back to the jab.
09:53Good. Good. Keep stepping.
09:55There you go.
09:57Get off those ropes.
09:59Keep stepping around.
10:01Nice.
10:03Combination. Combination.
10:05There you go. Good jabs.
10:07Get ready to roll under that overhand.
10:09There you go. I told you.
10:11You can see it a mile away.
10:13Told you.
10:15Keep that chin down.
10:17Press the line, Cass.
10:19You got to press, Cass.
10:21Press forward, Cass.
10:23Don't let him push you back.
10:25Push him back, Cass.
10:27Let him go, Floyd. Stop. Stop.
10:29Let him go. Get up. Get up.
10:31There you jab. Push him back.
10:33To the middle. Work your jab.
10:35Nice. Nice jab.
10:37Head over line. New foot overhand.
10:39Sit down on your sides.
10:41Body. Body uppercut.
10:43There you go. Nice uppercut.
10:45Turn. Back to your jab.
10:47The B first.
10:49Keep turning. Turn.
10:51There you go. Good uppercut.
10:53Sit down.
10:55There you go. Work.
10:57Work. Combination.
10:59Another one shot.
11:01Turn him. Turn him.
11:03There you go. Good body shot.
11:05Combination.
11:07Combination.
11:09Nice.
11:11Hands up.
11:13With the jab.
11:15Double triple the jab.
11:17There you go.
11:19Push him back, Cass.
11:21Straight down the middle.
11:23Compose.
11:25Uppercut.
11:27Harder to that body.
11:29Come into the body shot.
11:31Let your hands go.
11:33Dig to that body.
11:35Dig it.
11:37There you go.
11:39Make him push you back.
11:44Now, every shot don't have to be hard.
11:47You throw a hard shot, you throw one shot.
11:49Don't throw one shot.
11:51Be busy. Okay?
11:53Breathe deep.
11:55Stay composed. Stay composed.
11:57Once you turn him, use those jabs.
11:59Utilize those jabs.
12:01If he's coming forward, you need to hit him with those straight 1-2-1-2-1-2.
12:04Back him up. Back him up.
12:06Go back in a straight line sometimes, too.
12:08Step off the line when you go back.
12:10Control your breathing. Sit up.
12:12Breathe deep. I need the heart rate to slow down.
12:14Deep breath again.
12:16Breathe.
12:18Always angles.
12:20Don't need to go force against force. Just turn him.
12:21Breathe.
12:23Breathe. Breathe.
12:25You need your legs to last a few rounds.
12:27No pushing back. No wrestling.
12:29Let your fucking hands go.
12:31Alright?
12:33When he's in the middle of his combination, hit him.
12:35You feel me? In the middle of his combination, hit him.
12:52There you go.
12:54Keep it in front of you.
12:56There you go.
12:58Keep it in front of you.
13:00Turn.
13:02Work. Be first.
13:04There you go.
13:06Step around. Keep stepping around.
13:08Good jab. Keep stepping.
13:10Keep stepping.
13:12Keep it in front of you.
13:14Good. Good. Good face.
13:16Good. Move your head.
13:18Step around. Step to the side.
13:19There you go.
13:21Next. Next way. Next. Next. Next way. Next way. Next way.
13:23Good. But get your hands back.
13:25Nice. There you go.
13:27Let it flow.
13:29Good.
13:31Much better round, Cash.
13:33Good.
13:35Move off the rope.
13:37There you go. Beautiful. Beautiful.
13:39Combination.
13:41Keep moving your feet. Good hug.
13:43Beautiful.
13:45Take him to school now.
13:47There you go. You in that zone now.
13:49Much better, baby.
13:51Nice. My man.
13:53Nice. Third shot to that body.
13:55Let's go. Hands up on the other side.
13:57Good body.
13:59Back to your jab and move your feet.
14:01Keep it in front of you.
14:03Keep it in front of you.
14:05Nice. Beautiful round.
14:07Stay sharp.
14:09Keep them hands up.
14:11Step around. Keep stepping.
14:13Good. Step around.
14:15Good. When you step around,
14:17step around him. Don't go back.
14:19There you go.
14:21He always went into it.
14:23Do it again with the hug.
14:25Good boxing, champ.
14:27Get off the rope.
14:29Good.
14:31Keep working.
14:33There you go.
14:35Keep moving your feet.
14:37There you go.
14:39Looking great that round, champ.
14:41Hands up.
14:43Find it.
14:45Bring it under.
14:47Bring it under.
14:49You know he's leaning.
14:51Work.
14:53Move your feet.
14:55Keep moving your feet.
14:57Keep moving your feet.
14:59Two shots, not one.
15:01Get off that rope.
15:05Get off that rope.
15:08Let's go. Work.
15:10Give him an uppercut.
15:12There you go. Uppercut, hook, and concession.
15:14Keep touching.
15:16There you go. Keep touching.
15:17You know what he's looking for.
15:19Good. Turn him.
15:21Keep moving your feet and turn him.
15:23Turn him.
15:25Keep moving your feet. Hands up.
15:28Let's go. Push his ass back.
15:30Bottom.
15:32Good right hand.
15:34Good right hand. Get back to the middle of the ring.
15:36Watch your elbows. Let him go.
15:38Let him go.
15:40Me first.
15:42Turn.
15:44Our co-main event will feature Xander Zayas,
15:47the undefeated top 7 ranked fighter
15:50in the junior middleweight division.
15:53Last time he was in this building,
15:55he was headlining on the weekend
15:57of the Puerto Rican Day Parade.
16:00This is his home.
16:02This is his safe space.
16:04And tonight he doesn't have the pressure
16:06of being the main event, Tim.
16:08No, he doesn't.
16:10But you've got to understand,
16:11this young man is 21 years old.
16:14Started at 17 as a professional.
16:17I think he's ready for this moment, man.
16:20But he's still building.
16:22Although he is rated very high, again,
16:24in each organization,
16:26he still, his performances
16:28has to match his rankings.
16:30And I think it will tonight
16:32against the opposition he's facing.
16:34Who's tough?
16:36He made his pro debut at 17 years old.
16:38By the time he got his high school diploma,
16:39he already had four professional victories.
16:43And Tim, real quick,
16:45there's a lot of chatter going on
16:47in the corner of Floyd Diaz,
16:49whether it's his girlfriend,
16:51Zarina McCoy, or Carmel Gordon.
16:53How much is too much,
16:55or is it good for him?
16:57Depends on the fighter.
16:59I think all that chatter, for me,
17:01I don't think I would like it at all.
17:03I just need to hear one voice
17:05give me instructions.
17:07Because you've got to think about it,
17:09with the pressure coming
17:11from his opposition tonight.
17:13So, yeah, the less the better.
17:15One voice is all I'm going to hear.
17:17Not two.
17:19Mario Hernandez does not think that way.
17:21His wife, Stephanie Hernandez,
17:23she's pregnant with their fifth child.
17:25And much like you, Tim,
17:27Kiana's 17, Noah's 10,
17:29Camila's 4, Mia's 3.
17:31They have a fifth child on the way.
17:33He wants a total of seven.
17:35So all the chatter in the Hernandez house
17:37is all good.
17:39Modified inside coverage
17:41with a corner of Floyd Diaz,
17:43the referee.
17:45And you hear these punches.
17:47More body work this round.
17:49Good hook.
17:51And test that body when he come in.
17:53Poke him.
17:55Use that jab to set up a good shot.
17:57Good turn.
17:59Way to step around.
18:01Nice.
18:03Step around.
18:05Move your feet.
18:07Good hook.
18:09Get back to the body though.
18:11Keep moving your feet.
18:13Body, body, body.
18:16Oh!
18:18All night long.
18:20All night long, baby.
18:22All night long.
18:24I'm talking about all night.
18:26All night.
18:28All night.
18:30Same shot.
18:32Same shot.
18:34Same shot.
18:36Same shot.
18:37Same shot.
18:39There you go.
18:41There you go.
18:43There you go.
18:45Body, body, body.
18:47Body, cash.
18:49Body, cash.
18:51Body, cash, body.
18:53Slip, slip.
18:55Slip, slip and find it.
18:57Oh, here you go.
18:59With the hook.
19:01Body, body.
19:03Body, body.
19:05Good.
19:07Body first.
19:09Body, cash.
19:11I need the body work.
19:13I need that body shot now.
19:15Body, body after the right hand.
19:17After the right hand, body.
19:19Good uppercut.
19:21All right, turn.
19:23Turn him.
19:25Turn him.
19:27You didn't want the round, box him.
19:29Move your feet.
19:31Move your feet.
19:33Move your feet, cash.
19:35Keep it in front of you.
19:37Flip it over head right.
19:39There you go.
19:41Turn him, turn him.
19:43Go, go, go, go.
19:45There you go.
19:47There you go, hands up.
19:49That's what I'm talking about.
19:53Diaz's trainer, Gordon was saying,
19:57look, guys can't take his power at 118
20:00and Mario Hernandez got clipped by a big shot
20:03to him here in round five.
20:05Yeah, just rushing in.
20:07Paying attention.
20:09Shooting a shot, got caught right in position
20:11with that uppercut
20:13as he was throwing a punch.
20:15Never saw the punch coming.
20:17Look at it.
20:19You see the eyes of Castro right there.
20:21He's setting up that shot.
20:23Lands it right on the money.
20:25Again, the punches that you don't see coming
20:27are the ones that hurt you.
20:29But getting space.
20:31Creating space for himself.
20:33He knew he was coming in with that right hand
20:35and he sends him down to the canvas.
20:37You see how everybody exalted in the corner.
20:39They had a good time seeing that.
20:41But that's a punch that he's been
20:43trying to land all night.
20:45And he's been landing it in spots.
20:47But that was the first time he actually hurt him
20:49as he caught him as he was coming in
20:51and he didn't see it coming.
20:5312 victories, 3 by knockouts, 4 consecutive decisions
20:55and Eddie Claudio's going over the corner
20:57as the doctor is going to check on Mario Hernandez
20:59and they're going to allow it to continue
21:01and we will give you more ESPN Plus
21:03ringside modified coverage.
21:08Fades.
21:10Fades.
21:12Overhead.
21:14Your overhead is there then.
21:16Yes.
21:18Nice.
21:20Good.
21:22He tried to rush it.
21:24Uppercut again.
21:26And I want the hook behind it.
21:28Right there.
21:30Go.
21:32Double.
21:34Double.
21:35Good.
21:37No rope, Cash.
21:39Get off the rope.
21:41There you go.
21:43Jab, jab, jab around.
21:45Nice.
21:47Good.
21:49Double up.
21:51Sit down on that shot.
21:53Body shot.
21:55The left body shot.
21:57Yes, it's there.
21:59I see you.
22:01You see it.
22:03You see it.
22:05Drop down when you back pivot.
22:07Drop down.
22:09Back pivot and give it to him.
22:11Keep that chin down.
22:13Chin down.
22:15Right there.
22:17Fight it.
22:19There you go.
22:21Sit down.
22:23You're too tall.
22:25Too tall.
22:27Sit down.
22:29Good body shot.
22:31That's what I mean.
22:33Good right hand.
22:35Back to that body, Cash.
22:37Right there.
22:39The body after the right hand.
22:41Let's go.
22:43Yes.
22:45That's what I mean.
22:47Do it again.
22:49There you go.
22:51Yes, sir.
22:53Do it again.
22:55You give it until you take it.
22:57Keep taking that body shot.
22:59He'll give it to you.
23:01Nice.
23:03Left body shot, Cash.
23:05There you go.
23:07And the left to the body.
23:09You cannot get caught by that shit, bro.
23:13You know what?
23:15Nice body.
23:17Step around.
23:19Don't fight.
23:21Step around.
23:23Don't fight.
23:25Keep stepping.
23:27Double it.
23:29Triple it.
23:31Get back to the middle of the ring.
23:33Left hand up.
23:35Good.
23:37Keep stepping around.
23:39There you go.
23:41Stay composed.
23:43There you go.
23:45Get off the ropes.
23:47Don't throw off them combos.
23:49Get off the ropes.
23:51Ten seconds.
23:53Hands up and step around.
23:55Hands up and step around.
23:57Keep your defense tight.
23:59Stay composed.
24:01Time.
24:05Time.
24:19Tim, those left hands for Floyd Diaz have just been venomous tonight.
24:23Left hands.
24:25Jab down the middle.
24:27You know, when you have an aggressive fighter,
24:29you got the check hook you can rely on.
24:31Getting yourself off the line.
24:33You also have the jab
24:35out at bay.
24:37Nice little step back right there.
24:39Counter left hook.
24:41You know, it's perfect.
24:43That's the perfect formula for a pressure fighter.
24:46You know, you want to get off the line,
24:48use the left hook.
24:50You clear that side, you exit.
24:52Use the jab.
24:54Keep him at bay.
24:56You can go down to the body to slow him down as well.
24:58That's what's missing, I think, from this knockout.
25:00He's on.
25:02He's on course for it.
25:03He needs to go back down to the body.
25:05And he needs to go there viciously,
25:07so that way he'll be able to open up the shot upstairs.
25:09And Cromwell Gordon has been demanding that from Floyd Diaz
25:13here as we're in the 7th round.
25:15We get you back to our modified ESPN Plus ringside coverage
25:19with the corner of Floyd Diaz,
25:21Cromwell Gordon, and Zarina McCoy.
25:26Watch your guys.
25:28Watch your head, guys.
25:30He's going down.
25:31He's going up.
25:33He's going to go down and come up.
25:35Look for the overhand right.
25:37Roll.
25:38Get ready to roll it.
25:40Step into it.
25:42There it is.
25:44Keep your fucking heads up.
25:46Heads up.
25:48Keep those knees bent.
25:50Good.
25:52Turn him.
25:54Get off the rope.
25:58Good.
25:59Get on your feet.
26:01Left hand up.
26:03Get ready to roll.
26:05You know he's throwing it.
26:07You know he's throwing overhand right.
26:09Boom.
26:10There it is.
26:12Now back to the body after that.
26:14Get off the rope.
26:16Give it up again, champ.
26:18Find that uppercut.
26:20It's there all night long.
26:22Right there all night long.
26:24Do it again.
26:26But double up with that left hand.
26:27Find it again.
26:29Step around.
26:31Step around, Cash.
26:33There you go.
26:35Keep stepping around.
26:37Step around.
26:39Get up.
26:41There you go.
26:43Keep touching.
26:45You want to be fast right there.
26:47Left hand up.
26:49Nice.
26:51Do it again.
26:53There you go.
26:55Do it again.
26:57Uppercut in concession.
26:59And an uppercut.
27:01Nice.
27:03Good body.
27:05Back to that body.
27:07Keep digging that body, Cash.
27:09Left hand up in the process.
27:11Get off that rope.
27:13Turn him.
27:15Bend those knees and throw that same punch.
27:17Right uppercut with your back pivot.
27:19There you go.
27:21Right back with the jab.
27:23Good D.
27:25Fight the body, Cash.
27:27Find that body.
27:29Yes.
27:31Yes.
27:33I like the body you want.
27:35Keep your left hand up.
27:37Left hand up, Cash.
27:39There you go, baby.
27:41Find the uppercut.
27:43He's always there for it.
27:45Land that shit ten times if you have to.
27:47Uppercut.
27:49Land that shit.
27:51Don't force it.
27:53If it ain't there, don't throw it.
27:55Nice.
27:57Every punch intentional.
27:59Good.
28:01Let's go.
28:03Dig that body.
28:05There you go.
28:07Fast hands.
28:09Fast hands, Cash.
28:11Nice.
28:13Last round.
28:15One more round.
28:17One more round.
28:19Last round.
28:21Stay composed.
28:23Stay composed.
28:25Stay composed.
28:27Get off those ropes.
28:29Go with your jab.
28:31Keep using that jab.
28:33Set up those body shots with that jab.
28:35Everything with the jab.
28:37Here.
28:41A little bit.
28:43Recovery.
28:45I need all the air.
28:47I need all the air.
28:49There you go, champ.
28:51You're doing amazing.
28:53He has to win by KO.
28:55Do not give this mother fucker shit.
28:57You sit over here, you roll up under, back pin right up at your left foot.
29:00You already know what to do.
29:01Uppercut is there all night.
29:02Let's go, baby.
29:03Let's go fight.
29:04Let's go.
29:05We're going to touch gloves, all right?
29:06Harry, we're going to touch gloves.
29:07Touch gloves, baby.
29:08Let's finish it.
29:10Again.
29:11Right back to the jab, as soon as you turn him.
29:12Good.
29:13Good composure.
29:14Move your feet.
29:15Keep him in front of you.
29:16There you go.
29:17Good.
29:18Good.
29:19Good.
29:20Good.
29:21Good.
29:22Good.
29:23Good.
29:24Good.
29:25Good.
29:26Good.
29:27Good.
29:28Good.
29:29Good.
29:30Good.
29:31Good.
29:32Good.
29:33Good.
29:34Good.
29:35Good.
29:36Good.
29:37Good.
29:38Good.
29:39There you go.
29:40Nice.
29:41Good composure.
29:42There you go.
29:43Get that chin down, Bob.
29:44Get that chin down.
29:45Box a little bit casual.
29:46Don't fight the whole time.
29:47Don't fight his fight.
29:48There you go.
29:49Now jab.
29:50Jab and lateral.
29:51Don't fight his fight this round.
29:52Jab and lateral.
29:53Use your legs.
29:54Use your legs.
29:55Use laterals, Bobby.
29:56Right there.
29:57Boom.
29:58And then body.
29:59There you go.
30:00He's leaning for the body side.
30:01Body right there.
30:02Nice.
30:03Stop head-hugging.
30:04Go to the body, jab.
30:05Good.
30:06Good stepping around.
30:07Use that jab to set up your next shot.
30:08Keep stepping around.
30:09Round eight.
30:10Final round for Floyd Diaz, Mario Hernandez.
30:11And I'm sure when they were giving assignments to all the inspectors, they told that blonde
30:12lady between Zarina, McCoy, and Cromwell Gordon, you have the best assignment of the night.
30:13Right?
30:14Look, for a minute, I thought I was listening to Lilo and Stitch.
30:15Did it sound like it?
30:16Don't it sound like it?
30:17I don't know.
30:18I don't know.
30:19I don't know.
30:20I don't know.
30:21I don't know.
30:22I don't know.
30:23I don't know.
30:24I don't know.
30:25I don't know.
30:26I don't know.
30:27I don't know.
30:28I don't know.
30:29I don't know.
30:30I don't know.
30:31I don't know.
30:32I don't know.
30:33I don't know.
30:34I don't know.
30:35I don't know.
30:36I don't know.
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30:38I don't know.
30:39I don't know.
30:40I don't know.
30:41I don't know.
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30:44I don't know.
30:45I don't know.
30:46I don't know.
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30:48I don't know.
30:49I don't know.
30:50I don't know.
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30:52I don't know.
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30:55I don't know.
30:56I don't know.
30:57I don't know.
30:58I don't know.
30:59I don't know.
31:00I don't know.
31:02I don't know.
31:04My man's heavyweight champion,
31:04Dan Oy.
31:05I'm telling you,
31:06Dan Hoy's are solid trainers.
31:07Day at 4 in the morning,
31:088 hour shift till noon.
31:09They know what hard work is.
31:10My man.
31:11They know by the way he fights.
31:12Absolutely.
31:13So he's like,
31:14you may hurt me.
31:15You may drop me but I'm going to be here.
31:16Because I'm old school.
31:17Now the mouthpiece campaign flyed out.
31:18Who's mouthpiece?
31:19Yours?
31:20From the ring.
31:21Yours?
31:22ensional.
31:23sportsman.
31:24Floyd Diaz's.
31:25That gives me PTSD, man.
31:28I know.
31:30I'm checking my team to make sure everything's good.
31:35Let me see.
31:36They yell them, but they're there.
31:38Let's go.
31:41Time in.
31:49Nice left hook from Lloyd Diaz.
31:52So when you see Diaz get off to such a great start,
32:00why was he unable to finish Hernandez apart from his heart and his fighting spirit?
32:04What I was looking at right off the gate is you want to, again, continue to weaken opposition.
32:10So when you have him hurt, you want to take his attention elsewhere.
32:14You don't want to protect his head.
32:16You want to go down to that body to weaken him even more, right, as a result.
32:20If he would have went down to the body, he probably would have increased his chances on catching him upstairs.
32:26But he was just headhunting.
32:28And again, fighters, they'll get used to getting hit with punches.
32:32That resistance, they can take it.
32:35And that's what happened.
32:36Hernandez now, they're comfortable with the shots that are coming back.
32:41So once again, Lloyd Diaz now makes it what should be five consecutive decision wins.
32:47He had the knockout available to him.
32:50Look, after everything he went through after that horrible car accident,
32:54which could have been fatal out there in Mexico after his girlfriend's last fight in the month of June,
33:00he didn't come out the worst for wear from that accident, had a concussion,
33:04and here he is putting on a solid workmanlike performance against a man we knew, Tim,
33:10was going to demand everything from him because Hernandez was rugged and he was tough.
33:15Rugged and tough.
33:16And that's what you're going to see in our semi and co-main event tonight with Xander Zayas.
33:22He is a tough man in Sosa, in Damian Sosa, who's going to bring it.
33:26Again, throws 85 punches on average a round.
33:30He's going to be in his face.
33:32And I'm curious to see how he can deal with it.
33:34As you saw, you saw a lot of – I would consider Lloyd Diaz, he's a really good situational fighter.
33:41Like he has an answer for everything.
33:43You saw the hooks from the outside.
33:45You saw the lateral movement.
33:47You saw the body work.
33:48You saw the uppercuts.
33:49You saw him even step in and tie up in spots.
33:52Like he knows how to manage himself inside that ring very well.
33:56And that's what makes him good.
33:58It really does.
33:59He knows how to win.
34:01Tim, 195 wins, 15 defeats, and 210 amateur bouts.
34:06This young man, as an amateur, was ranked number one at 114 and 108 simultaneously.
34:13And you only get that because you know how to win.
34:16You know how to deal with different styles.
34:18You harp on that continually.
34:20And he showed that tonight.
34:21He may be disappointed that he didn't get the stoppage, but overall it was a dominant performance.
34:25A dominant performance, man.
34:26Landed some really good shots, man, over the top, down to the body.
34:30Set up his shots, you know, as Hernandez was coming on the inside.
34:34Boxed, used his jab.
34:35You know, we saw that jab package in the left hook and turning this man.
34:39So he used various tactics and techniques, man, throughout the night.
34:43Solid, solid performance by Diaz, really.
34:46All right, Mark, was it a shutout or did Diaz win any rounds?
34:49Ladies and gentlemen, after eight rounds here inside the theater at Madison Square Garden,
34:54we go to the judges' scorecards for the official decision.
34:58Max DeLuca and Ron McNair score the bout 78-73.
35:03And John Basile has it 77-74.
35:07All in favor of your winner by unanimous decision,
35:11Floyd Cashflow Diaz!
35:16Hey, the judges gave Mario Hernandez a lot of credit for his come forward spirit.
35:21It wasn't a shutout.
35:22Actually, pretty close fight, 77-74.
35:27A well-deserved unanimous decision win for Flash Floyd Diaz.
35:33Cashflow, 13-0 with three knockouts.
35:37Mark Kriegel is with Xander Zayas in the locker room.
35:41I'm with Xander Zayas.
35:42I'm also with all this cool stuff, which, you know, there's a lot to have
35:46if you're just like 22 about an hour ago.
35:49Xander, last time we were here, you were the main event against a former champion.
35:54Now you're a co-main against a guy who throws 85 punches around, as Timmy just said.
35:59Is this a potential trap fight?
36:02I feel like every fight is a trap fight.
36:04They try to, you know, test me and see where I can get better.
36:07Try to throw different looks at me.
36:10So, you know, prepare me for the next level.
36:13So I don't feel, you know, I'm ready for the challenge.
36:16At the end of the day, I got to be ready,
36:18and I'm prepared to do what I need to do tonight to perform at my best.