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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Vadim Golovkin (ranked 417 p4p, 446 weight class) and Schmedgar Dimms (ranked 22 p4p, 25 weight class). 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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Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 33 - 14 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Vadim Golovkin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 6 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Schmedgar Dimms!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Timothy Bukovac and Percy O'Donnell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Golovkin throws a hook but Dimms avoids it easily.
Dimms throws a lazy right hand but Golovkin sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Dimms throws a low kick but Golovkin moves out of range easily.
Golovkin throws a solid leg kick but Dimms takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Golovkin.
Dimms throws a jab when Golovkin was well out of range.
Dimms throws a chopping leg kick but Golovkin manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Golovkin throws out a loose jab but Dimms uses good head movement to avoid it.
Golovkin displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Dimms throws out the jab.
Golovkin slips under a jab.
Golovkin tries to close the distance and clinch up but Dimms swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Dimms misses the shot to the body.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Dimms on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Dimms throws a low kick but it's checked well by Golovkin.
Golovkin clinches with his opponent.
Dimms misses with some punches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Golovkin throws a punch but it's blocked by Dimms.
Golovkin throws a punch but it's blocked by Dimms.
Dimms blocking some punches.
Dimms lands a body punch.
Golovkin lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Dimms misses with a body punch.
Dimms misses with a body punch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dimms blocks an uppercut.
Dimms lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Golovkin misses with some punches.
Dimms struggles to land a body shot inside as Golovkin controls his hands.
Dimms is working Golovkin over against the cage.
Golovkin blocks an uppercut.
Golovkin fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Dimms tries a body shot but Golovkin blocks it.
Golovkin lands a hook to the side of the head.
Golovkin's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Dimms lands an uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Dimms.
Golovkin misses with some punches.
Dimms blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Dimms blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Golovkin blocks a body shot from Dimms.
A head punch on the inside from Dimms fails to land.
Dimms working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Golovkin blocking some punches.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A head punch on the inside from Dimms fails to land.
Golovkin takes a shot to the head.
Dimms has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Golovkin seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Dimms can turn it around.
Golovkin working aggressively here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Golovkin scores with a nice hook to the head.
Golovkin throws a punch but it's blocked by Dimms.
Golovkin throws a punch but it's blocked by Dimms.
Golovkin lands a shoulder strike.
Dimms tries to throw a body punch but Golovkin avoids it by throwing Dimms back against the cage.
Dimms throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Golovkins head.
Dimms swings wildly with an uppercut but Golovkin uses good head movement to avoid it.
Golovkin has a couple of punches blocked by Dimms.
Dimms misses with some punches.
Golovkin blocks a body shot from Dimms.
Dimms scores with a shot to the side of Golovkin's head.
Dimms misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Golovkin breaks from the clinch.
Golovkin throws a lazy uppercut
and Dimms counters with an outside leg kick.
Dimms misses with a wild body shot.
Dimms with the inside leg kick.
Dimms lands a nice looking body shot.
Golovkin missing with a left hand there. Dimms was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Golovkin looks to score with a jab to the body but Dimms is just out of range.
Golovkin throws a looping overhand right but Dimms ducks down to avoid it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Golovkin lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Dimms buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
A low kick from Dimms is predictable there
and Golovkin counters with a slapping leg kick.
Golovkin cracks Dimms with a right hand to the side of the head.
Golovkin closes the distance and clinches.
A short body shot lands from Dimms as the two fighters clinch.
Golovkin has a couple of punches blocked by Dimms.
Dimms blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Golovkin misses with a punch on the inside.
Dimms blocks an uppercut.
Golovkin swings wildly with an uppercut but Dimms uses good head movement to avoid it.
A short right from Golovkin.
Golovkin prevents a body shot from Dimms.
Dimms misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Dimms misses with the head strike.
Golovkin blocking some punches.
Dimms blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Golovkin's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Golovkin's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Golovkin tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dimms can't find room to land a body shot as Golovkin controls the action.
Dimms works on Golovkin's body with a couple of short punches.
Golovkin tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Golovkin.
Dimms tries to throw a body punch but Golovkin avoids it by throwing Dimms back against the cage.
Dimms lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Golovkin tries to throw a body punch but Dimms avoids it by throwing Golovkin back against the cage.
Dimms blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Dimms tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Dimms swings wildly with an uppercut but Golovkin uses good head movement to avoid it.
I was talking to Golovkin's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Dimms works on Golovkin's body with a couple of short punches.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Dimms works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Dimms misses with a hook from the clinch.
Golovkin tries to work over Dimms's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Dimms fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Dimms tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Golovkin misses with a hook from the clinch.
Dimms misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Dimms lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A short right from Dimms.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Schmedgar Dimms dominated that round.
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.
Dimms throws a quick inside leg kick.
Schmedgar Dimms seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Dimms keeps the fight on the outside.
Golovkin misses with a body shot.
Golovkin takes a swing at Dimms's ribcage but misses.
Golovkin misses with a straight right.
Golovkin just misses with a punch to the body.
Dimms throws a low kick but Golovkin moves out of range easily.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Dimms, as that shot connected.
Dimms jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Golovkin misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Dimms.
Golovkin tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Dimms paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Golovkin moves out of range as Dimms throws a body kick.
Dimms takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Golovkin scoring well with a low kick there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Golovkin connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Dimms's hands.
Dimms throws a front kick aimed at Golovkin's knee but Golovkin avoids it well.
Golovkin was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Golovkin slips under a jab from Dimms.
Dimms misses with a low kick.
Dimms with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Dimms takes one to the side of the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dimms throws a nice outside leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Golovkin lands a nice looking body shot.
Dimms checks a leg kick.
Dimms looks to throw the jab but Golovkin is out of range.
Golovkin tests Dimms's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Dimms scores with the left hand. Golovkin knows he should have avoided that one.
Dimms chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Dimms throws a looping overhand right but Golovkin ducks down to avoid it.
Dimms lands with a good body shot.
A head kick misses from Dimms.
Golovkin takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Golovkin rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Dimms moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Schmedgar Dimms seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dimms throws a front kick aimed at Golovkin's knee but Golovkin avoids it well.
Dimms takes one on the button.
Dimms tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Dimms avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
That kick from Dimms tenderised Golovkin's leg. Golovkin is trying to keep his angry face on.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dimms misses with a leg kick
and Golovkin counters with a slapping leg kick.
Golovkin connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dimms lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Golovkin takes a swing at Dimms's ribcage but misses.
Golovkin 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.
Dimms takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Dimms blocks a leg kick.
Dimms lands a glancing blow to the side of Golovkin's head.
Dimms avoids the body shot from Golovkin.
Dimms only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Golovkin lands a slapping body shot.
Golovkin checks a leg kick nicely.
Dimms looks to land a left hand but Golovkin moved out of range nicely.
Golovkin ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Good leg kick by Golovkin.
Dimms stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Dimms pivots, looking for a leg kick but Golovkin is out of range and Dimms settles back down.
Dimms lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Golovkin tries a low kick but Dimms avoids it.
Dimms blocks a leg kick.
Dimms tries to counter with a clinch but Golovkin shakes him off and moves away.
Golovkin avoids the body shot from Dimms.
Dimms throws out a leg kick but Golovkin moves out of range and Dimms only half commits.
Dimms fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Golovkin on the side of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Golovkin takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Golovkin lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Dimms at a distance.
Dimms lands with a shot to the body.
Golovkin keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Dimms throws a jab but it's blocked by Golovkin.
Golovkin seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Dimms throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Golovkin is looking to counter punch.
Golovkin tries to clinch but Dimms moves out of range.
Golovkin throws a push kick but Dimms slaps the foot to one side.
Golovkin tries to close the distance and clinch up but Dimms swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Dimms lands a glancing blow to the side of Golovkin's head.
Golovkin is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Dimms lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Dimms catches Golovkin with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Dimms walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Dimms throws the left hand but Golovkin avoids the punch easily.
A looping hook to the body misses from Golovkin. Dimms does a little dance to reset his feet.
Golovkin tries to clinch up.
Golovkin misses with a looping right.
Dimms motions for Golovkin to come forward. Dimms throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Golovkin ducks under a wild hook from Dimms.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Golovkin uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Dimms.
A quick step to the side and Golovkin tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Golovkin tries to score with a low kick but Dimms moves his leg out of the way.
Dimms swats away the attempt to clinch by Golovkin.
Golovkin keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Dimms.
Golovkin throws a hook but Dimms avoids it easily.
Dimms throws a jab but it's blocked by Golovkin.
Golovkin closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Golovkin blocking some punches.
Dimms lands a right hand.
Golovkin cracks Dimms with a nice body shot.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Golovkin.
Dimms tries to work over Golovkin's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Dimms lands a shoulder strike.
Golovkin digs a right hand into Dimms's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Dimms's gas tank.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Golovkin tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Golovkin swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Dimms throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Dimms blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Dimms tries to work over Golovkin's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Schmedgar Dimms will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
A good leg kick by Golovkin.
Dimms swings widly with a right hand
and Golovkin counters with a straight right hand.
Dimms gets tackled into the cage by Golovkin. Golovkin maintains the clinch.
Dimms misses with a body punch.
Golovkin has a couple of punches blocked by Dimms.
Golovkin blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Golovkin's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Golovkin.
Golovkin misses with a short punch on the inside.
Golovkin throws a punch but it's blocked by Dimms.
Still in the clinch, Golovkin scores with a nice short uppercut.
Dimms swings wildly with an uppercut but Golovkin uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dimms has a couple of punches blocked by Golovkin.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Dimms.
Golovkin tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A right hand to the body from Dimms.
Golovkin misses with a hook from the clinch.
Golovkin working aggressively here.
Dimms misses with a short punch on the inside.
Golovkin lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Dimms backwards.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Golovkin misses with a short punch on the inside.
Dimms working aggressively here.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Dimms.
Dimms tries to work over Golovkin's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Dimms's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A body shot lands from Golovkin.
Dimms blocking some punches.
Dimms blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Golovkin lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Dimms backwards.
Dimms lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Golovkin has a couple of punches blocked by Dimms.
Dimms tries a body shot but Golovkin blocks it.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Golovkin.
Schmedgar Dimms seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Dimms lands a hook that snaps the head of Golovkin backwards.
Golovkin blocking some punches.
Dimms digs a right hand underneath Golovkin's ribcage. Golovkin let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Dimms tries to throw a body punch but Golovkin avoids it by throwing Dimms back against the cage.
Dimms blocks an uppercut.
Dimms lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Vadim Golovkin has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dimms misses with some punches.
Golovkin lands an uppercut.
Golovkin misses with the head strike.
Dimms tries to throw a body punch but Golovkin avoids it by throwing Dimms back against the cage.
Golovkin swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Golovkin lands a body punch in the clinch.
Golovkin lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Dimms.
Dimms tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Dimms.
A nice left hand lands by Dimms.
Golovkin tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Dimms lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Dimms misses with a punch on the inside.
A short uppercut from Dimms.
Dimms's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Dimms misses with a hook to the ribs.
Dimms struggles to land a body shot inside as Golovkin controls his hands.
Dimms lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Dimms tries to work over Golovkin's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Golovkin misses with a punch on the inside.
Dimms scores with a shot to the side of Golovkin's head.
Dimms misses with the head strike.
Golovkin blocks a punch to the side of the head.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Dimms.
Golovkin blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Dimms misses with a hook from the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Golovkin scores with a nice short uppercut.
Dimms tries to work over Golovkin's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A short left from Golovkin.
Dimms blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Dimms fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Dimms tries a body shot but Golovkin blocks it.
A head punch on the inside from Golovkin fails to land.
Dimms misses with a hook from the clinch.
Golovkin misses with the head strike.
Golovkin throws a head punch that misses.
Dimms misses with a body punch.
Dimms misses with the head strike.
Dimms tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dimms tries a body shot but Golovkin blocks it.
Golovkin lands with a right to the head.
Golovkin throws a punch but it's blocked by Dimms.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dimms misses with a hook from the clinch.
Dimms tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A head punch on the inside from Golovkin fails to land.
Golovkin misses with a hook from the clinch.
A shot in the inside from Dimms.
Golovkin lands a hook to the side of the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Golovkin.
Golovkin misses with a short punch on the inside.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Dimms creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Dimms blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Dimms blocks an uppercut.
Dimms throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
A left hand lands to the body for Dimms.
Dimms gets through Golovkin's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Golovkin misses with a short punch on the inside.
Dimms lands with a short punch from the clinch.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Schmedgar Dimms.
Well Dimms 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 Don Winkell scores the fight 27:30
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 27:30
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 28:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Schmedgar Dimms!
Schmedgar Dimms seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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