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Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Sergei Dimitrovich (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hale Erwin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dimitrovich comes into the arena with Wai Khru ram muay blaring out of the sound system. Erwin has chosen Young Jeezy feat. T.I. - F.A.M.E. as his entrance music. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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222 lbs
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Insanely flexible
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
18 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Sergei Dimitrovich!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
19 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Hale Erwin!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Kenichi Hosakawa and Hirohito Nitta.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Erwin.
A nice inside leg kick there by Erwin. That's going to slow Dimitrovich down.
Dimitrovich rushes Erwin and presses him up against the ropes.
A nice left hand lands by Erwin.
Dimitrovich is working Erwin over against the ropes.
A shot in the inside from Erwin.
Erwin tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Erwin swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Dimitrovich gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Dimitrovich lands a left hand that snaps the head of Erwin backwards.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dimitrovich lands with a short shot to the head.
Erwin throws a head punch that misses.
Erwin misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Dimitrovich presses Erwin against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Dimitrovich lands an uppercut.
Erwin lands a shoulder strike.
Erwin misses with a punch on the inside.
Dimitrovich lands an elbow that stopped Erwin in his tracks for a moment.
It looks like Hale Erwin has been cut.
Dimitrovich lands an elbow that stopped Erwin in his tracks for a moment.
Dimitrovich blocks a body shot from Erwin.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dimitrovich pushes Erwin back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Dimitrovich is working Erwin over against the ropes.
Dimitrovich escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Erwin slips a straight right by Dimitrovich.
Dimitrovich lands with a straight right. Erwin didn't see that one coming.
Dimitrovich throws a looping overhand right but Erwin ducks down to avoid it.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Erwin.
Dimitrovich blocks a head kick by Erwin.
Dimitrovich uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Erwin has time to react.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dimitrovich throws a series of punches but Erwin avoids them all with ease.
Dimitrovich connects with a jab.
Dimitrovich is looking to slow Erwin down with leg kicks.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Erwin wants to slow Dimitrovich down by chopping away at his legs.
Erwin pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Dimitrovich scores with a decent looking hook.
Dimitrovich scores with a spinning back kick!
A slapping leg kick lands for Dimitrovich.
Erwin looks winded!
Dimitrovich with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Erwin lands a nice shot to the body.
Dimitrovich throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Erwin staying out of range there.
Dimitrovich looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Dimitrovich misses with a hook.
Dimitrovich clips Erwin with a right and a left that makes him do the chicken dance for a couple of seconds. He touched his left hand down on the canvas so the referee steps between the fighters to give Erwin a standing 8 count before we can continue the bout.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dimitrovich lands a leg kick that knocks Erwin off balance momentarily.
Erwin on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Erwin slips a jab from Dimitrovich.
Erwin throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Dimitrovich's head.
Dimitrovich throws an overhand right that lands on Erwin's shoulder, as Erwin tries to avoid the shot.
Dimitrovich dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Erwin avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Erwin lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Dimitrovich has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Dimitrovich and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Dimitrovich darts in and clinches Erwin up against the ropes.
Erwin misses with a punch on the inside.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Erwin misses with a punch on the inside.
Dimitrovich throws a punch but it's blocked by Erwin.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A short body shot lands from Erwin as the two fighters clinch.
Erwin misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Dimitrovich lands a left hand that snaps the head of Erwin backwards.
Erwin misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Erwin takes an elbow to the temple.
Erwin swings wildly with an uppercut but Dimitrovich uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dimitrovich tries a body shot but Erwin blocks it.
Dimitrovich tries to throw a body punch but Erwin avoids it by throwing Dimitrovich back against the ropes.
Erwin presses Dimitrovich against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Erwin swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Erwin lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
A short uppercut from Dimitrovich.
A short right from Erwin.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Erwin takes a shot to the head.
Dimitrovich struggles to land a body shot inside as Erwin controls his hands.
Erwin swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Dimitrovich lands with a left to the head.
Erwin working some nice short punches in the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sergei Dimitrovich should take that round, based on the knockdown.
The cut man is working on Hale Erwin's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Dimitrovich lands an overhand right.
Dimitrovich moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Dimitrovich misses with a double jab.
Erwin takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Sergei Dimitrovich is winning the standup battle so far.
Dimitrovich gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Erwin tries to work over Dimitrovich's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Erwin tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Erwin lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Dimitrovich or not.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A left hand lands to the body for Dimitrovich.
Erwin blocking some punches.
Dimitrovich tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Dimitrovich tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A shot in the inside from Dimitrovich.
Dimitrovich lands with a light punch inside.
Erwin misses with a hook to the ribs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dimitrovich tries to work over Erwin's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Dimitrovich scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Erwin lands a left hand that snaps the head of Dimitrovich backwards.
Erwin misses with a hook to the ribs.
Erwin tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Erwin's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Dimitrovich breaks from the clinch.
Erwin slips under a jab from Dimitrovich.
Erwin scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Dimitrovich scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Erwin doesn't seem bothered though.
Dimitrovich tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dimitrovich throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Dimitrovich throws out a head kick that Erwin doesn't see coming - it connects and sends Erwin crashing to the mat face first! He's bounced up to his knees and is scrambling to get back to his feet and beat the count. He's up on 5 but still looks a bit groggy; will the referee allow it to continue??? He's taking a good look into Erwin's eyes and has decided to let it go on!
That has opened up Hale Erwin's cut even more.
Dimitrovich looks to land a right hand but Erwin moved out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dimitrovich closes the distance looking to clinch
and Erwin counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Dimitrovich misses with a hook. Erwin ducked under it nicely.
Sergei Dimitrovich is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Dimitrovich misses with a leg kick.
Dimitrovich misses with a wild body shot.
Erwin cracks the inside of Dimitrovich's front leg.
Erwin misses with a low kick.
Sergei Dimitrovich seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dimitrovich misses with a double jab.
Dimitrovich looks to land a left hand but Erwin moved out of range nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dimitrovich waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Erwin.
Erwin throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Erwin throws a nice outside leg kick.
Dimitrovich throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Erwin makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Dimitrovich really felt that one!
Erwin connects with an inside leg kick.
Erwin throws a leg kick but Dimitrovich sees it coming and moves out of range.
Dimitrovich ducks under a wild hook from Erwin.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Erwin checks a leg kick.
Dimitrovich walks forward, straight into a front kick from Erwin.
Good exchange - Dimitrovich coming out on top.
Dimitrovich is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Erwin can do to turn this around?
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Erwin looks to land a body kick but Dimitrovich moved away.
That kick from Erwin tenderised Dimitrovich's leg. Dimitrovich is trying to keep his angry face on.
Erwin throws a low kick, looking for Dimitrovich's leg but Dimitrovich calmly moves out of range.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dimitrovich swings widly with a right hand
and Erwin counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Erwin throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Erwin slips under a jab.
Dimitrovich fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Erwin manages to avoid it.
A good leg kick by Dimitrovich.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Erwin motions for Dimitrovich to come forward. Erwin throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Dimitrovich shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sergei Dimitrovich will take that round after scoring the only knockdown of the round.
The cut man is working on Hale Erwin'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.
Dimitrovich throws a poor cross that misses
and Erwin counters with a nice body shot.
Dimitrovich feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Erwin's calf.
Erwin's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
The fighters circling - Dimitrovich throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Erwin throws out a loose jab but Dimitrovich uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dimitrovich misses with a kick to the body.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Dimitrovich checks a leg kick.
Erwin throws a jab when Dimitrovich was well out of range.
Dimitrovich lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Erwin lands a high kick!
Erwin throws a body punch but Dimitrovich moves out of range.
Dimitrovich scores with a nice head shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Erwin chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Dimitrovich can pounce on him.
Erwin takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
A big left from Erwin misses.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Dimitrovich, right into the meat.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Dimitrovich, as that shot connected.
Dimitrovich falls off balance throwing a combination
and Erwin counters with a nice uppercut.
Erwin uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Dimitrovich.
Erwin misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Dimitrovich lands with a thumping leg kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Erwin throws a sloppy head kick
and Dimitrovich counters with an outside leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Erwin takes one to the side of the head.
Dimitrovich closes the distance and clinches.
Dimitrovich escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Erwin has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
Dimitrovich misses with a double jab.
Dimitrovich scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Erwin avoids a punch combination nicely.
Dimitrovich throws the left hand but Erwin avoids the punch easily.
Erwin takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Erwin swings for the body but Dimitrovich moves out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dimitrovich misses with a few strikes there.
Erwin pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Erwin uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Dimitrovich.
Dimitrovich lands a nice looking body kick.
Dimitrovich fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Erwin checks it well.
Nice defenses there by Erwin.
Dimitrovich looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Erwin takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Erwin drops his hands momentarily and Dimitrovich takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Dimitrovich throws out a powerful jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dimitrovich connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dimitrovich misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Erwin throws a body kick that misses.
Dimitrovich misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Erwin.
Dimitrovich throws a hook but Erwin avoids it easily.
Erwin closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Erwin staying out of range there.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Erwin throws out a leg kick but Dimitrovich moves out of range and Erwin only half commits.
Dimitrovich takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sergei Dimitrovich clearly takes that round.
The cut man is working on Hale Erwin's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Dimitrovich will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Erwin with a jab.
Erwin uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Dimitrovich.
A leg kick checked by Dimitrovich.
Dimitrovich is looking to score with low kicks.
Erwin uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Dimitrovich.
Dimitrovich throws a right and a left that Erwin avoids nicely.
Dimitrovich misses with a right hand
and Erwin counters with a head kick. That will keep Dimitrovich thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Erwin looking to land some kicks to the body here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dimitrovich avoids the head kick by Erwin.
Erwin keeps the fight on the outside.
An inside leg kick from Erwin misses.
Dimitrovich feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Erwins jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Dimitrovich swings widly with a right hand
and Erwin counters with a good low kick that Dimitrovich was not able to check.
Erwin walks into a straight right hand from Dimitrovich.
Dimitrovich lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Erwin circles away quickly and effectively.
Erwin moves out of range as Dimitrovich strikes.
Erwin blocks a head kick by Dimitrovich.
Good leg kick by Dimitrovich there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dimitrovich throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Crunch! Erwin slams his shin into Dimitrovich's torso.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A lazy body kick from Erwin
and Dimitrovich counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Erwin throws a quick inside leg kick.
A big left from Dimitrovich misses.
Dimitrovich scores with a leg kick.
Dimitrovich moves out of range of the body kick.
Dimitrovich throws the kick towards the body but Erwin avoids it.
Erwin ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dimitrovich takes a swing at Erwin's ribcage but misses.
Dimitrovich thumps Erwin with a low kick.
Erwin slips a jab and a cross from Dimitrovich.
Erwin lands a high kick!
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Dimitrovich.
Dimitrovich throws a hook but Erwin blocks it.
Dimitrovich lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Erwin throws a leg kick
and Dimitrovich connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Erwin looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Dimitrovich cracks Erwin with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Erwin motions for Dimitrovich to come forward. Erwin throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Good work by Dimitrovich as he checks the leg kick.
Erwin throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Erwin misses the shot to the body.
Nice uppercut there from Dimitrovich.
Dimitrovich misses with a low kick.
Dimitrovich throws a nice looking combination but Erwin bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Dimitrovich lands a leg kick that knocks Erwin off balance momentarily.
Erwin has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Dimitrovich.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sergei Dimitrovich had his way with Hale Erwin in that round.
The cut man is working on Hale Erwin's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Dimitrovich jabs Erwin to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Dimitrovich misses the jab.
Nice body punch from Dimitrovich.
Erwin has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Erwin tries a head kick but it misses.
Erwin slips a straight right by Dimitrovich.
Erwin tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Dimitrovich is able to avoid easily.
Dimitrovich throws a right hand that Erwin ducks under and follows up with a left that Erwin also avoids with ease.
Dimitrovich throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Dimitrovich.
Dimitrovich misses with the combination.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Erwin ducks under a wild hook from Dimitrovich.
Erwin slips a straight right by Dimitrovich.
Dimitrovich misses with a hook.
Erwin thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Dimitrovich if he has to take too many more of those.
Erwin throws a head kick that misses.
Erwin explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Dimitrovich falls off balance throwing a combination
and Erwin counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Dimitrovich is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - a gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Dimitrovich misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Hale Erwin has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Erwin on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Dimitrovich. Dimitrovich obviously looking to wear him down.
Dimitrovich throws a right hand that Erwin ducks under and follows up with a left that Erwin also avoids with ease.
Erwin shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dimitrovich just misses with a punch to the body.
A jab from Dimitrovich does it's job there.
Dimitrovich connects with an inside leg kick.
Erwin tries to score with a low kick but Dimitrovich moves his leg out of the way.
Dimitrovich moves out of range of the leg kick from Erwin.
Dimitrovich throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Erwin on the side of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Erwin slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Erwin blocks a head kick by Dimitrovich.
Erwin misses with a head kick.
Erwin tries a head kick but it misses.
Dimitrovich fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Erwin on the side of the head.
Dimitrovich scores with a kick to the midsection.
Dimitrovich takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Erwin throws a head kick but Dimitrovich moves out of range.
Dimitrovich thuds his shin into the meat of Erwin's side.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Erwin doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dimitrovich scoring well with a low kick there.
Dimitrovich throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Dimitrovich with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Dimitrovich connects with a leg kick. Erwin looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Erwin drops his hands momentarily and Dimitrovich takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Dimitrovich lands a nice hook to Erwin's body. Erwin takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Dimitrovich with a nice cross.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Erwin takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Erwin takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
And that's the end of the fight!
Sergei Dimitrovich showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Dimitrovich has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 50:43
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 50:43
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 50:43
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sergei Dimitrovich!
Sergei Dimitrovich retains his light heavyweight title!
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