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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ivan Dizdar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and swan shark (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). swan shark has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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286 lbs
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300 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
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Good wrestler
Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ivan Dizdar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, swan shark!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Taro Takaoka and Shigeki Sano.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dizdar closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Dizdar works his way into full mount!
shark is working to get back to half guard.
Dizdar landing shots from mount.
Dizdar looking to secure an arm triangle but shark defends it well.
Dizdar is landing with some decent strikes but shark is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
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!
shark tries to reverse the position but Dizdar maintains control.
shark tries to hold on but Dizdar pushes him away.
shark is trying to escape the mount.
shark is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dizdar looking to ground and pound but shark is blocking nicely.
shark is squirming around, avoiding Dizdar's attempts to control the action.
shark is working to get back to half guard.
Dizdar putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
shark really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Dizdar. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
shark is looking to improve his position but Dizdar isn't that keen on the idea.
BOOM! Dizdar connects with a massive shot to the dome!
shark is rocked!
shark is in a horrible position here. Dizdar smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
shark is still in real trouble! Can Dizdar finish him?
Dizdar postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. shark looks a forlorn figure.
shark keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Dizdar has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
shark tries to lock up and control but Dizdar gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Dizdar with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
shark seems to have recovered his senses.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage!
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
shark tries to get back to half guard but can't.
shark looks gassed!
shark tries to lock up and control but Dizdar gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Dizdar putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Dizdar with good strikes from the mount here!
Dizdar can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as shark is looking to escape.
Dizdar putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
shark is in all sorts of trouble here.
Dizdar working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Dizdar pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
shark tries to reverse the position but Dizdar maintains control.
Dizdar with shots to the head and body - shark looks very uncomfortable down there.
Dizdar lands with some strikes.
Dizdar lands a nice shot to the head.
Dizdar lands with some vicious ground and pound - can shark hang on?
Dizdar lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Dizdar tries to control but shark wriggling away.
shark is wriggling around trying to escape.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dizdar looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
shark wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Dizdar.
shark flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if shark can do anything to dispel that myth.
shark wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Dizdar.
shark is squirming around, avoiding Dizdar's attempts to control the action.
shark tries to lock up and control but Dizdar gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
shark is in all sorts of trouble here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ivan Dizdar dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
shark with a poor takedown
and Dizdar counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Dizdar scoring with punches to the head and body.
shark wants to stand up but Dizdar is controlling him.
Dizdar postures up and lands a big shot to shark's brow.
Dizdar wants to pass the guard but shark is keeping the position.
Dizdar wants to control from the top but shark keeps moving.
shark avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Dizdar cracks shark with a solid left hand.
shark looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
shark is looking to stand up but Dizdar isn't so interested in that idea.
Ivan Dizdar overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
shark wants to sweep here but Dizdar controlling him for the moment.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dizdar landing some decent shots from guard.
Dizdar throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as shark works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
shark looking for a sweep. Not yet shark, not yet.
Dizdar working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of shark's head.
Dizdar wants to control from the top but shark keeps moving.
Dizdar passes shark's left leg - he's now in half guard.
shark tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Dizdar has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
Dizdar in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Dizdar lands a big shot there that rocks shark but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
shark in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Dizdar trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Dizdar lands a heavy elbow.
shark keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Dizdar is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that shark can do to turn this around?
That's three minutes gone in the round.
shark tries to lock up and control but Dizdar gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
shark is working to get back to half guard.
The referee warns shark that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
shark can't escape the position.
shark tries to hold on but Dizdar pushes him away.
shark is trying to avoid being dragged into an even worse position than he's already in but Dizdar is staying active.
shark is bucking up trying to escape but Dizdar cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Dizdar cracks shark with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Dizdar lands a nice shot to the head.
shark is looking to improve his position but Dizdar isn't that keen on the idea.
Dizdar with the ground and pound from mount.
shark throwing hammer fists to the chest of Dizdar. What's that going to do exactly?
Dizdar wants to control the pace but shark is squirming around nicely.
shark can't escape the position.
Dizdar is in the full mount, landing strikes.
shark tries to hold on but Dizdar postures up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ivan Dizdar dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! 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.
shark shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Dizdar counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
shark is looking to improve his position.
shark trying to hold on to Dizdar's head to control him but Dizdar postures up.
shark tries to get to full guard but Dizdar has control of the leg.
shark trying to control but Dizdar postures up.
shark gets back to full guard.
shark looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Dizdar avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Dizdar cracks shark with a solid left hand.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dizdar trying to control but shark is working from the bottom.
shark trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Dizdar won't allow shark to sweep him here.
Dizdar is in close to shark's body, working some short punches and elbows.
shark looking to hit a scissor sweep but Dizdar is one step ahead there.
Dizdar might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
shark controlling Dizdar's posture.
shark tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Dizdar drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Dizdar jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
shark trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
shark wants to sweep but no luck.
Dizdar is pushing down on shark's leg trying to pass to half guard. shark is fighting to maintain full guard but Dizdar has managed to sneak the leg through.
The fighters are battling for position here. shark manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
shark looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Dizdar puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Dizdar wants to pass the guard but shark is defending well.
shark with the active half guard here but Dizdar passes nicely into side control.
shark takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Dizdar lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear shark down.
Dizdar working the head and body with strikes.
shark looks to move to half guard but instead Dizdar has passed into mount! Damn!
Dizdar has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of shark's face.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
shark tries to reverse the position but Dizdar maintains control.
Dizdar looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
shark tries to reverse the position but Dizdar maintains control.
shark throwing hammer fists to the chest of Dizdar. What's that going to do exactly?
shark tries to hold on but Dizdar pushes him away.
shark can't escape the position.
Dizdar landing punches.
Dizdar avoids the attempt from shark to control.
Dizdar breaks from shark's wrist control and lands an elbow.
shark is bucking up trying to escape but Dizdar cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Dizdar avoids the attempt from shark to control.
swan shark has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
shark is looking to get to half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dizdar trying to control but shark is having none of it.
shark is in a horrible position here. Dizdar smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Dizdar can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as shark is looking to escape.
shark tries to lock up and control but Dizdar gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
shark keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
shark bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
shark stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Dizdar swivels though and keeps the full guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ivan Dizdar showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Dizdar 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 Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 30:26
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight 30:26
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight 30:25
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ivan Dizdar!
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