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Coming up we have a bantamweight kickboxing rules bout between Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mitsi Fili (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Diaz de Vivar kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Verso Terso. Mitsi Fili acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the ring.
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143 lbs
12 - 7 - 0 |
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28
140 lbs
14 - 11 - 1 |
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine
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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
12 - 7 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 11 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Mitsi Fili!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Dmitry Maklakov and Konstantin Menshow.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fili checks a leg kick nicely.
Diaz de Vivar buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from Diaz de Vivar.
Fili uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Diaz de Vivar.
Diaz de Vivar connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Diaz de Vivar cracks Fili with a right hand to the side of the head.
Fili misses with an uppercut. Diaz de Vivar saw that one coming.
Diaz de Vivar avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Diaz de Vivar misses with a looping left.
Diaz de Vivar lands a lovely overhand right.
Diaz de Vivar on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Fili thows a body shot but no joy.
Diaz de Vivar misses with a leg kick.
Fili throws a big shot that misses.
A slow jab from Fili misses its intended target.
Diaz de Vivar slips a straight right by Fili.
Diaz de Vivar buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Diaz de Vivar looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fili gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
A punch lands to the side of Fili 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Diaz de Vivar throws a jab but it's blocked by Fili.
Diaz de Vivar misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Fili.
Diaz de Vivar looks to land a right hand but Fili moved out of range.
Diaz de Vivar takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Diaz de Vivar misses with a body kick.
Diaz de Vivar lands a nice looking body kick.
Diaz de Vivar throws a low kick but Fili avoids it.
Diaz de Vivar tries to clinch up but Fili circles away and keeps his distance.
Diaz de Vivar is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Diaz de Vivar scores with a kick to the body.
Diaz de Vivar moves out of range as Fili strikes.
Fili throws a right hand that misses
and Diaz de Vivar counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Diaz de Vivar. Fili shrugs it off though.
Fili lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Diaz de Vivar circles away quickly and effectively.
Diaz de Vivar darts in and clinches Fili up against the ropes.
Fili wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Fili breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Fili throws a jab but it's blocked by Diaz de Vivar.
Diaz de Vivar looks for the body kick but Fili saw that one coming.
Fili on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Diaz de Vivar. Diaz de Vivar obviously looking to wear him down.
Fili gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Diaz de Vivar looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Diaz de Vivar displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Diaz de Vivar slips under a jab.
Good standup being displayed there by Fili as he connects with a hook.
Fili throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Diaz de Vivar.
Diaz de Vivar swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Fili counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice body kick there by Diaz de Vivar.
Fili has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Diaz de Vivar.
Fili on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Diaz de Vivar throws the kick towards the body but Fili avoids it.
A big right from Fili misses.
Diaz de Vivar doesn't manage to clinch there - Fili circles away.
Diaz de Vivar tries to clinch there but Fili circles away.
That kick from Diaz de Vivar tenderised Fili's leg. Fili is trying to keep his angry face on.
A head kick from Fili lands but Diaz de Vivar takes it in his stride.
Fili misses with a hook.
Diaz de Vivar tries to land a front kick but Fili steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Fili loads up on a big right hand but Diaz de Vivar slips the punch.
Diaz de Vivar fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Fili manages to avoid it.
Fili throws a lazy right hand but Diaz de Vivar sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Diaz de Vivar.
Fili tries to break the clinch but Diaz de Vivar is controlling the position.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Fili as Diaz de Vivar tries to tie him up.
Fili lands a hook that snaps the head of Diaz de Vivar backwards.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Fili misses with a body punch.
Diaz de Vivar throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Diaz de Vivar controlling the action here for a moment.
Diaz de Vivar has Fili pressed against the ropes, preventing Fili from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Diaz de Vivar lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Fili backwards.
Fili can't break the clinch.
Diaz de Vivar tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Fili's elbow.
Fili wants to break free but Diaz de Vivar has control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Fili misses the jab.
Diaz de Vivar tries to clinch but Fili moves out of range.
Fili scores with a punch to the head.
Diaz de Vivar tries a low kick but Fili avoids it.
Fili lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Diaz de Vivar circles away quickly and effectively.
Diaz de Vivar keeps the fight on the outside.
Diaz de Vivar uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Fili.
Fili shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Diaz de Vivar eats them both and turns towards Fili to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Fili tries a head kick but it misses.
Diaz de Vivar tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in the close the distance. Fili manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Diaz de Vivar - that will leave a mark!
Diaz de Vivar misses with a low kick.
A big right from Diaz de Vivar misses.
Diaz de Vivar tries to clinch up but Fili circles away and keeps his distance.
Diaz de Vivar slips under a jab from Fili.
Fili circles away from the clinch attempt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Diaz de Vivar throws a big shot that misses.
Diaz de Vivar keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Fili.
Diaz de Vivar scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Fili is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Diaz de Vivar throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Fili counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Fili on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Fili keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Diaz de Vivar will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Fili's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Diaz de Vivar uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Fili.
Fili takes a swing at Diaz de Vivar's ribcage but misses.
Fili is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Diaz de Vivar lands a jab to the nose.
A good leg kick by Diaz de Vivar.
Diaz de Vivar tries to clinch up but Fili circles away and keeps his distance.
Fili checks the leg kick nicely there.
Diaz de Vivar scores with a body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diaz de Vivar scores with a punch to the head.
Fili throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Fili has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Diaz de Vivar.
Fili tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Diaz de Vivar was well out of range. Poor timing from Fili.
Diaz de Vivar gets a clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Fili wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Diaz de Vivar.
Fili with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Diaz de Vivar is trying to stall.
Diaz de Vivar lands a shoulder strike.
Diaz de Vivar lands with a right to the head.
Fili takes a knee to the side of the body.
Fili misses with a hook to the ribs.
Diaz de Vivar cracks Fili with a nice body shot.
Fili is trying to break the clinch but Diaz de Vivar has him pressed against the ropes.
Fili goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A hook to the body from Diaz de Vivar.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fili doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Fili wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Diaz de Vivar has him pressed against the ropes.
Fili looking to stall.
Fili blocks a body shot from Diaz de Vivar.
Diaz de Vivar blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Diaz de Vivar cracks Fili with a nice body shot.
Fili wants to get back to striking at distance but Diaz de Vivar won't allow it.
Fili stalling in the clinch but Diaz de Vivar improves position.
Diaz de Vivar digs a right hand into Fili's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Fili's gas tank.
Diaz de Vivar lands an uppercut.
Fili working hard to break the clinch.
Diaz de Vivar lands a body punch in the clinch.
Diaz de Vivar lands an uppercut.
A nice left hand lands by Fili.
Diaz de Vivar lands a left hand that snaps the head of Fili backwards.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Diaz de Vivar blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Fili misses with a short punch on the inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Diaz de Vivar misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Diaz de Vivar scores with a shot to the side of Fili's head.
Fili wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Fili looking to stall.
Diaz de Vivar stalling.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Nice body punch from Diaz de Vivar - that landed with a thud.
Diaz de Vivar lands with a short shot to the head.
Diaz de Vivar blocks an uppercut.
Fili pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Fili uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Diaz de Vivar.
Fili misses with a left hand
and Diaz de Vivar counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Fili swats away the attempt to clinch by Diaz de Vivar.
Diaz de Vivar swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Fili fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Diaz de Vivar manages to avoid it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Diaz de Vivar throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Diaz de Vivar throws a jab but it's blocked by Fili.
Diaz de Vivar uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Fili.
Fili tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Diaz de Vivar was well out of range. Poor timing from Fili.
Fili uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Fili lands with a good body shot.
Jab from Diaz de Vivar.
Diaz de Vivar looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Diaz de Vivar uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Diaz de Vivar misses with a body kick.
Diaz de Vivar throws a shot to the body.
Fili circles away from the clinch attempt.
Fili moves out of range as Diaz de Vivar throws a body kick.
Diaz de Vivar lands a two punch combo.
A swing and a miss from Fili.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fili is looking to clinch.
Diaz de Vivar throws a nice inside leg kick.
Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar is winning the standup battle so far.
Fili ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Diaz de Vivar moves away.
Diaz de Vivar swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Fili takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Diaz de Vivar explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Fili throws a big shot that misses.
Diaz de Vivar wants to clinch up but Fili keeps it at a distance.
Fili listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Fili checks the leg kick.
Fili looks to score with a jab to the body but Diaz de Vivar is just out of range.
Diaz de Vivar rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Fili moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Diaz de Vivar pivots, looking for a leg kick but Fili is out of range and Diaz de Vivar settles back down.
Diaz de Vivar scores with a head kick. Fili tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
A looping hook to the body misses from Diaz de Vivar. Fili does a little dance to reset his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diaz de Vivar moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Diaz de Vivar pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
A punch combination from Fili misses.
Diaz de Vivar fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Fili checks it well.
Diaz de Vivar avoids the body shot from Fili.
Diaz de Vivar takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Fili walks into a left hand.
Diaz de Vivar throws a jab but it's blocked by Fili.
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!
Fili cracks the inside of Diaz de Vivar's front leg.
Fili throws a hook but Diaz de Vivar blocks it.
Diaz de Vivar swings for the body but Fili moves out of range.
Fili ducks right into an uppercut from Diaz de Vivar.
Diaz de Vivar swinging wildly here.
Diaz de Vivar takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diaz de Vivar throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Fili connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Fili ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Diaz de Vivar moves away.
A looping hook to the body misses from Fili. Diaz de Vivar does a little dance to reset his feet.
Fili throws a hook to the side of Diaz de Vivar's head but Diaz de Vivar sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Diaz de Vivar tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Diaz de Vivar throws a leg kick but Fili sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Diaz de Vivar takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Fili throws a nice looking combination but Diaz de Vivar bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Diaz de Vivar looks for the body kick but Fili saw that one coming.
Diaz de Vivar walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Fili throws a right and a left that both miss.
Diaz de Vivar misses with a wild body shot.
Diaz de Vivar throws a hook but Fili avoids it easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fili looks to land a right hand but Diaz de Vivar moved out of range.
Fili misses with a hook.
Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Fili throws a hook to the side of Diaz de Vivar's head but Diaz de Vivar sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Diaz de Vivar closes the distance and pushes Fili back into the ropes.
Fili taking a breather.
Fili wants to get back to striking at distance but Diaz de Vivar won't allow it.
A left hand lands to the body for Diaz de Vivar.
Fili wants to get back to striking at distance but Diaz de Vivar won't allow it.
Fili working aggressively here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Fili misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Nice body punch from Diaz de Vivar.
Mitsi Fili has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
And that's the end of the fight!
Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Diaz de Vivar 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 Illya Tyunina scores the fight 30:27
Judge Dmitry Maklakov scores the fight 30:27
Judge Konstantin Menshow scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar waved his t-shirt featuring ACME-Blood Red Q158 Always $30's logo in front of the cameras.
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