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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Daniel Dimitrov (ranked 217 p4p, 124 weight class) and Vincent Lemieux (ranked 32 p4p, 21 weight class). Dimitrov comes into the arena with Drake - Energy blaring out of the sound system. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 27 - 12 - 0, fighting out of New York, Daniel Dimitrov!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 25 - 20 - 0, fighting out of New York, Vincent Lemieux!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Hogan, Winston Howard and Darius Henderson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lemieux rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Dimitrov connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Lemieux connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Dimitrov momentarily.
It looks like Daniel Dimitrov has been cut.
Lemieux misses with a two punch combination.
Lemieux lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Lemieux has taken the fight to the clinch.
Dimitrov misses with a hook from the clinch.
Dimitrov lands a left hand that snaps the head of Lemieux backwards.
Dimitrov tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Lemieux's elbow.
Dimitrov blocks an uppercut.
Lemieux misses with a short punch on the inside.
We've been informed that Lemieux has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
A nice left hand lands by Dimitrov.
Dimitrov breaks from the clinch.
Lemieux is looking to clinch.
An attempted straight right counter from Dimitrov misses the target.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lemieux moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lemieux tries to close the distance and clinch but Dimitrov swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Lemieux fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Dimitrov looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Nice shot lands for Lemieux.
Daniel Dimitrov's cut is getting worse.
Dimitrov dips to his left and cracks Lemieux with an uppercut!
Lemieux fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Dimitrov looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Lemieux waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Dimitrov.
Lemieux darts in and clinches Dimitrov up against the cage.
Dimitrov swings wildly with an uppercut but Lemieux uses good head movement to avoid it.
Lemieux lands a right hand that snaps the head of Dimitrov backwards.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lemieux has a couple of punches blocked by Dimitrov.
Lemieux goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Dimitrov swings wildly with an uppercut but Lemieux uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dimitrov lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Dimitrov misses with some punches.
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!
Dimitrov swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Dimitrov has a couple of punches blocked by Lemieux.
Lemieux misses with the head strike.
Dimitrov lands a left hand that snaps the head of Lemieux backwards.
Lemieux misses with some punches.
A head punch on the inside from Dimitrov fails to land.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Dimitrov.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Lemieux.
Dimitrov pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Lemieux uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Dimitrov.
Lemieux looks to land a left hand but Dimitrov moved out of range nicely.
Lemieux takes a swing at Dimitrov's ribcage but misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lemieux scores with a jab. Dimitrov acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Lemieux takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Vincent Lemieux seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lemieux misses the shot to the body.
Dimitrov tries to land a leg kick but Lemieux saw it coming and moves away.
Lemieux misses with a body shot
and Dimitrov counters with a right hand to the body.
Lemieux looks winded!
Lemieux throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Dimitrov counters with a left to the body.
Dimitrov lands a really nice looking cross but Lemieux seems unphased.
Nice uppercut there from Dimitrov.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dimitrov swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Dimitrov drops Lemieux with a big left hand! Lemieux is injured, injured bad! Dimitrov jumps in and finished him with strikes! The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:15 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Daniel Dimitrov!
Daniel Dimitrov retains his heavyweight title!
Daniel Dimitrov decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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