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Coming up we have a featherweight kickboxing rules bout between Charlie River (ranked 5594 p4p, 441 weight class) and Schmedgar Dimms (ranked 5931 p4p, 463 weight class). River comes to the ring accompanied by Waylon Jennings - I've Always Been Crazy. The key to victory for Charlie River has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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145 lbs
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145 lbs
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Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Charlie River!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Schmedgar Dimms!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Sosuke Kotani and Yuuki Gou.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
River waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Dimms.
Dimms is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Dimms avoids the body shot from River.
River stuns Dimms with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Dimms wants to clinch up but River keeps it at a distance.
Dimms looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
River misses with a body shot.
River definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
River scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
River lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Dimms throws a hook to the side of River's head but River sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
River appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
River circles away from the clinch attempt.
Dimms tries to close the distance and clinch but River swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Dimms rushes River and presses him up against the ropes.
River throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
River blocks a body shot from Dimms.
River blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Dimms lands a shoulder strike.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
River blocks a body shot from Dimms.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dimms lands a shoulder strike.
Dimms blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
River blocks a punch to the side of the head.
River lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
River lands a shot to the body.
Dimms tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A nice left hand lands by River.
Dimms goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Dimms lands with a short shot to the head.
River doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
River lands with a short head shot on the inside.
River's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Dimms moves in looking to clinch but River pushes him off.
It looked like River wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Dimms closes the distance and pushes River back into the ropes.
River can't find room to land a body shot as Dimms controls the action.
Dimms swings away with an uppercut that misses.
River blocks a body shot from Dimms.
River stalling the fight.
Dimms scores with a shot to the side of River's head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
River tries a body shot but Dimms blocks it.
Dimms misses with some punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
River is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Dimms is keeping busy.
River is working Dimms over against the ropes.
River scores with an uppercut up the middle.
River digs a right hand underneath Dimms's ribcage. Dimms let out a lung full of air as it connected.
River pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Dimms wants to clinch up but River keeps it at a distance.
Dimms takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Dimms tries to clinch but River moves away
and River counters with a nice body shot.
Dimms uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by River.
Dimms clinches.
Dimms misses with the head strike.
River working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A head punch on the inside from Dimms fails to land.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Dimms blocks a body shot from River.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Dimms.
River tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
River taking a breather.
River lands with a left to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Charlie River dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Dimms displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as River throws out the jab.
Schmedgar Dimms has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
River takes a swing at Dimms's ribcage but misses.
River throws a shot to the body.
River misses with a two punch combination.
Dimms wants to counter with a clinch but River pushes him away.
Dimms moves to clinch but River breaks away
letting River counter with a right hand.
River lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Dimms at a distance.
Charlie River is winning the standup battle so far.
River is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
River lands with an uppercut that bounces Dimms off the ropes and back into range.
Dimms darts in trying to clinch
letting River counter with a right hand.
River scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Dimms doesn't seem bothered though.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Dimms tries to clinch
and River makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Dimms drives through and clinches with River against the ropes.
Dimms tries to throw a body punch but River avoids it by throwing Dimms back against the ropes.
River misses with a punch to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
River goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
River tries to stall but Dimms uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
River is leaning against Dimms and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Dimms tries to throw a body punch but River avoids it by throwing Dimms back against the ropes.
River takes a shot to the head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by River.
Dimms swings wildly with an uppercut but River uses good head movement to avoid it.
A shot in the inside from Dimms.
Dimms tries to throw a body punch but River avoids it by throwing Dimms back against the ropes.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from River.
River lands with a short shot to the head.
River digs a right hand into Dimms's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Dimms's gas tank.
Dimms's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Dimms blocks a body shot from River.
River lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Dimms backwards.
A nice left hand lands by River.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
River lands a body punch in the clinch.
Dimms misses with a short punch on the inside.
River digs a right hand underneath Dimms's ribcage. Dimms let out a lung full of air as it connected.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
River lands a shoulder strike.
River doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Dimms misses with the head strike.
Dimms swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A shot in the inside from River.
River lands an uppercut.
River trying to stall but Dimms improves his position.
Dimms lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
River lands with a left to the head.
River breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
River swings for the body but Dimms moves out of range.
Dimms wants to clinch up but River keeps it at a distance.
Dimms moves into the clinch successfully.
River looking to stall.
A right hand to the body from River.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Dimms prevents a body shot from River.
Dimms lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Dimms misses with a hook from the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Charlie River dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Dimms moves in looking to clinch but River pushes him off.
Dimms darts in and clinches River up against the ropes.
Dimms tries to work over River's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Dimms tries to work over River's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Dimms tries a body shot but River blocks it.
River working aggressively here.
Dimms doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Dimms swings wildly with an uppercut but River uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dimms tries a body shot but River blocks it.
River stalling the fight.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Dimms creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
River blocks a body shot from Dimms.
River lands a body punch.
River is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Dimms can do to turn this around?
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dimms swings wildly with an uppercut but River uses good head movement to avoid it.
River throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
A nice left hand lands by River.
Dimms misses with some punches.
A left hand lands to the body for River.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dimms misses with some punches.
River lands a hook to the side of the head.
River trying to stall but Dimms improves his position.
Charlie River has scored more points in the clinch so far.
River breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Dimms takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Dimms takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
River avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
River was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
River is looking to wear down Dimms with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Dimms tries to close the distance and clinch but River swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
River misses with a body shot.
Dimms pushes River up against the ropes in a clinch.
Dimms tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
River manages to break the clinch.
Dimms tries to clinch up
and River counters with a straight right hand.
River connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Dimms's hands.
Dimms closes the distance but River moves to the side
and River counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Dimms takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
River scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
River lands a really nice looking cross but Dimms seems unphased.
River scores with a jab to the head.
Dimms takes one to the chin there.
River connects with a single shot there.
Dimms rushes River and presses him up against the ropes.
Dimms throws a punch but it's blocked by River.
River is trying to stall.
River working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
River blocking some punches.
A short right from River.
River tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
River gets through Dimms's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Dimms tries to throw a body punch but River avoids it by throwing Dimms back against the ropes.
River lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Dimms backwards.
River lands a left hand.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Dimms throws a head punch that misses.
And that's the end of the fight!
Charlie River showed his dominance in that final round.
Well River 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 30:27
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Charlie River!
A less than humble Charlie River misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.
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