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Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Roko Matijevic (ranked 2130 p4p, 4177 weight class) and Schmedgar Dimms (ranked 215 p4p, 339 weight class). I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Schmedgar Dimms was going to win. Let's see if he was right.
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World class boxer
KO power
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 18 - 16 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Roko Matijevic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 32 - 19 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Schmedgar Dimms!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Sosuke Kotani.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dimms looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
A head kick from Dimms lands but Matijevic takes it in his stride.
Dimms dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
A head kick misses from Matijevic.
Dimms throws a wild body kick that Matijevic sees coming a mile off.
Dimms gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Matijevic tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Dimms has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Matijevic lands a right hand that snaps the head of Dimms backwards.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Matijevic.
Matijevic swings wildly with an uppercut but Dimms uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dimms blocks a body shot from Matijevic.
Dimms tries to break the clinch but Matijevic is controlling the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Matijevic lands a right hand that snaps the head of Dimms backwards.
Matijevic lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Matijevic tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Dimms's elbow.
Matijevic lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Dimms backwards.
Dimms breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Matijevic throws a push kick but Dimms slaps the foot to one side.
Despite the aggression on Dimms's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Dimms lands a high kick!
Matijevic rushes Dimms and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Matijevic misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Still in the clinch, Matijevic scores with a nice short uppercut.
Matijevic misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Dimms blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Matijevic breaks from the clinch.
Matijevic forces Dimms back against the cage and clinches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Matijevic misses with a hook to the ribs.
Matijevic working aggressively here.
Dimms pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Matijevic uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Dimms.
A little feinted left hand from Matijevic on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Matijevic ducks under a wild hook from Dimms.
It appears Matijevic was looking to counter with a kick there.
Matijevic takes a kick to the side of the head.
Matijevic blocks a jab.
A head kick by Dimms misses
and Matijevic makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
A head kick misses from Dimms.
A good leg kick by Dimms.
Dimms clinches.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Roko Matijevic will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Dimms tries to clinch but Matijevic is having none of it.
Dimms throws a leg kick but Matijevic sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Dimms misses with a wild body shot.
Dimms throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Matijevic avoids the body shot from Dimms.
And Matijevic counters with a quick kick to the body but Dimms blocks it.
Matijevic has taken the fight to the clinch.
Matijevic lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Dimms backwards.
Dimms blocks a punch to the side of the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Matijevic swings wildly with an uppercut but Dimms uses good head movement to avoid it.
Matijevic lands a body punch in the clinch.
Matijevic fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Matijevic tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Matijevic lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Dimms backwards.
Matijevic working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Matijevic working aggressively here.
Dimms breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Dimms lands a nice leg kick that just misses Matijevic's sensitive parts.
Matijevic moves into range and clinches up with Dimms.
Matijevic working aggressively here.
Dimms breaks the clinch.
Dimms has closed the distance and engaged Matijevic in a clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Dimms's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Matijevic working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Matijevic prevents Dimms from breaking the clinch.
Matijevic pushes Dimms back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Dimms manages to break the clinch.
Matijevic fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Matijevic clinches with his opponent.
Matijevic tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Dimms's elbow.
Dimms has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Matijevic seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Dimms can turn it around.
Matijevic has a couple of punches blocked by Dimms.
Dimms wants to get back to striking at distance but Matijevic won't allow it.
Matijevic lands with a right to the head.
Matijevic stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Dimms pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Matijevic looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Dimms tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Matijevic throws a quick counter kick to the body but Dimms avoids it.
Dimms tries a head kick but it misses.
Dimms cracks a nice hook into Matijevic's ribs.
Dimms tries to land a leg kick but Matijevic saw it coming and moves away.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Roko Matijevic dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Matijevic crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Dimms - the referee stops the clock and Matijevic gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Dimms. Matijevic manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Roko Matijevic is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Matijevic connects with a body shot.
Matijevic moves in looking to clinch but Dimms pushes him off.
It seemed like Dimms was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Schmedgar Dimms seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Matijevic swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Matijevic throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Dimmss head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A head punch on the inside from Matijevic fails to land.
Matijevic has a couple of punches blocked by Dimms.
Dimms is trying to push Matijevic away but Matijevic has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Dimms is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Matijevic misses with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Matijevic.
Matijevic misses with some punches.
Matijevic tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Dimms's elbow.
Matijevic misses with some punches.
Matijevic keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Dimms's efforts to push away.
Dimms manages to break the clinch.
Nice jab there from Dimms.
Matijevic dodges the punch combination from Dimms.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dimms lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Matijevic circles away quickly and effectively.
Matijevic tried to counter with a leg kick but Dimms avoided it.
Matijevic lands with a thumping leg kick.
Matijevic tries to close the distance and clinch but Dimms swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Dimms throws a right hand that Matijevic ducks under and follows up with a left that Matijevic also avoids with ease.
Matijevic gets a clinch.
Matijevic is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Dimms can do to turn this around?
Dimms blocking some punches.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Matijevic lands a shot to the body.
Matijevic misses with a hook from the clinch.
Schmedgar Dimms has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Dimms tries to land knees in the clinch but Matijevic avoids the damage to the body.
And that's the end of the fight!
Roko Matijevic showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Matijevic, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Ren Mimura scores the fight 30:27
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 30:27
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Roko Matijevic!
Roko Matijevic 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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