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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Duane Dibley (ranked 515 p4p, 63 weight class) and Yoshi Takano (ranked 552 p4p, 68 weight class). Dibley's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Duane Dibley. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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262 lbs
11 - 7 - 0 |
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255 lbs
16 - 7 - 0 |
Great wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Insanely flexible |
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Excellent MT
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
11 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Duane Dibley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
16 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Yoshi Takano!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Matti Vanhoillinen and Marco Blurström.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dibley takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Takano pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Takano connects with a jab.
A lazy body kick from Dibley
and Takano counters with a good low kick that Dibley was not able to check.
Takano scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Dibley will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Takano feints a counter leg kick.
Takano lands a front kick.
Dibley lands a jab to Takano's midsection.
Dibley misses with a lunging right hand
and Takano counters with a slapping leg kick.
Takano connects with a single shot there.
It looks like Duane Dibley has been cut.
Takano tries a head kick but it misses.
Dibley is looking to counter punch.
Takano misses with a low kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nice jab there from Dibley.
Takano tries to clinch there but Dibley circles away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dibley with a hook.
Takano displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Dibley throws out the jab.
Takano avoids a kick to the body.
Dibley connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Takano momentarily.
Dibley bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Dibley gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Dibley moves forwards but Takano connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Dibley connects with an inside leg kick.
Dibley attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Takano is looking to clinch.
Takano throws a low kick but Dibley moves out of range easily.
Duane Dibley seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dibley lands with a thumping leg kick.
Dibley scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Takano ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Dibley misses with an uppercut
and Takano counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Dibley misses with an uppercut.
Takano feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Dibleys jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Takano moves out of range of the strikes.
Nice defenses there by Dibley.
Dibley throws a quick counter kick to the body but Takano avoids it.
Dibley tries to move into range but Takano moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Takano uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Dibley.
A low kick from Dibley misses
and Takano counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Takano looking to land some kicks to the body here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dibley takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Dibley misses with a leg kick
and Takano counters with a slapping leg kick.
Dibley takes a swing at Takano's ribcage but misses.
Dibley misses with a left hand
and Takano counters with an inside leg kick.
Dibley takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Dibley is breathing heavily.
Dibley misses with the body kick
and Takano counters with a slapping leg kick.
Dibley is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Takano stuns Dibley with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Takano lands with an overhand left.
Dibley drops his hands momentarily and Takano takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Dibley tries to land a front kick but Takano steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Takano looks to land a body kick but Dibley moved away.
Takano throws a low kick, looking for Dibley's leg but Dibley calmly moves out of range.
Takano slips under a jab.
A solid leg kick lands there for Takano.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Takano checks a leg kick.
It seemed like Takano was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Takano scores with a shot to the body.
Takano lands a nice shot to the body.
Takano lands a nice leg kick that just misses Dibley's sensitive parts.
Dibley takes a swing at Takano's ribcage but misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Takano. Dibley does a little dance to reset his feet.
Dibley walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Takano checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Dibley walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Yoshi Takano dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Duane Dibley's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Takano throws a body punch but Dibley moves out of range.
Dibley connects with the punch.
Dibley misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Takano counters with a leg kick.
Jab by Takano.
Dibley lands with a straight right. Takano didn't see that one coming.
Takano lets loose with a powerful body kick. Dibley will feel that in the morning.
Takano ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Takano lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Takano connects with a solid leg kick.
Takano connects with a solid leg kick.
Both fighters circling a little - Takano finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Takano uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Dibley.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dibley scores with a nice body kick.
Dibley looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Takano lands with a kick to the ribs.
Nice body punch from Takano.
A slapping leg kick lands for Takano.
Dibley chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Takano can pounce on him.
Takano throws out a powerful jab.
Takano scores with a nice strike.
Dibley misses with a right hand
and Takano counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Takano looks to land a body kick but Dibley moved away.
Takano waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Dibley.
An inside leg kick lands from Takano.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dibley walks into a straight right hand from Takano.
Takano connects with a solid leg kick.
Dibley blocks the body kick.
Dibley takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Takano scores with a leg kick.
Dibley finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
We've been told by Dibley's head coaches at Super Awesome Ninja McDojo that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Takano goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Takano fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Dibley takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Takano scores with a jab to the jaw.
Takano feints and then cracks Dibley's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Dibley down.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dibley misses with a low kick.
Takano throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Dibley tries to keep at a distance but Takano has taken the fight into the clinch.
Takano tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Dibley is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Takano tries a body shot but Dibley blocks it.
Takano misses with the head strike.
Takano unloads a knee to the mid-section. Dibley lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Takano throws a punch but it's blocked by Dibley.
Dibley is trying to push Takano away but Takano has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Takano lands a hook that snaps the head of Dibley backwards.
Takano unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Dibley managing to block the knees to the body from Takano.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Takano.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Takano scores with a shot to the side of Dibley's head.
Takano lands with a light punch inside.
Dibley misses with a hook from the clinch.
Takano throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Dibleys head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Takano tries a body shot but Dibley blocks it.
Takano working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Dibley blocking some punches.
A knee to the head by Takano.
Duane Dibley's cut is getting worse.
Takano lands with a light punch inside.
Takano breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Takano closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Takano scores with a shoulder strike.
Dibley breaks from the clinch.
Dibley scores with a body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Yoshi Takano showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Duane Dibley's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! And we move into the final round!
Dibley lands with a shot to the body.
Dibley's legs have taken a beating and he's really slowing down as a result.
Dibley staying out of range there.
Dibley half committed to a counter leg kick.
Dibley walks into a jab.
Dibley will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Dibley swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Takano bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Takano throws a quick inside leg kick.
Takano scores with a body shot.
Takano moves out of range of the body kick.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dibley gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Takano slips a jab from Dibley.
Dibley works Takano's body with a nice hook.
Dibley misses with an uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dibley misses with a lunging right hand
and Takano counters with a low kick, right behind Dibley 's knee.
Dibley has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Dibley takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Takano fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Takano uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Dibley.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Dibley.
Dibley connects with a leg kick. Takano looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Takano connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Dibley misses with a lunging right hand
and Takano counters with a nice leg kick.
Takano lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Dibley swings for the body but Takano moves out of range.
Takano replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Dibley blocks it well.
Dibley takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Duane Dibley has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Takano connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
An inside leg kick lands from Takano.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Takano looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Dibley takes a swing at Takano's ribcage but misses.
Takano throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Dibley stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Takano clinches up with Dibley and pushes him back against the cage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Takano.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Dibley.
Takano misses with the head strike.
Takano pushes Dibley back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Takano tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Dibley's elbow.
Dibley blocks a body shot from Takano.
Yoshi Takano seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Takano stalls.
Takano tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Dibley's elbow.
Dibley can't find room to land a body shot as Takano controls the action.
Dibley misses with a short punch on the inside.
Takano swings wildly with an uppercut but Dibley uses good head movement to avoid it.
Takano is leaning against Dibley and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Takano working aggressively here.
A short uppercut from Dibley.
Takano landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Takano lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Dibley backwards.
Takano lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Dibley backwards.
Dibley blocks a body shot from Takano.
Takano lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Dibley.
Dibley looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Takano lands a body shot in the clinch.
Takano lands with a short shot to the head.
Takano lands a shoulder strike.
Takano lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Takano misses with a hook from the clinch.
A left hand lands to the body for Takano.
Takano lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Takano misses with a body punch.
Takano cracks Dibley with a nice body shot.
Knees in the clinch landing for Takano.
Takano lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Dibley fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Takano can't find room to land a body shot as Dibley controls the action.
Takano tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Takano throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Dibley blocks it with crossed arms.
Takano swings away with an uppercut that misses.
And that's the end of the fight!
Yoshi Takano comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Takano has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 27:30
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 27:30
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Yoshi Takano!
A very excited looking Yoshi Takano made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
Duane Dibley was interviewed post fight and said 'It's stolen my cool, it's taken all my style. I need a mirror.'.
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hype
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