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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Dirk Diggler (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Makoto Shibasaki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Shibasaki has chosen Genki Sudo - 'Mind Shift' as his entrance music. Makoto Shibasaki has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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160 lbs
7 - 9 - 0 |
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164 lbs
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Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine |
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Dangerous knees
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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
7 - 9 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Dirk Diggler!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Makoto Shibasaki!
The judges for this bout are Vladimir Khabensky, Konstantin Menshow and Illya Tyunina.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Shibasaki attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Shibasaki tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Diggler swivels and escapes.
Diggler has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Elite Performance Training Center in the buildup to the fight.
Shibasaki fails in his attempt to clinch.
Shibasaki bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Diggler lands with a kick to the temple. Shibasaki shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Shibasaki throws the kick towards the body but Diggler avoids it.
Diggler tries a head kick but it misses.
Diggler fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Shibasaki manages to avoid it.
Shibasaki keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Diggler throws a one two combo.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Diggler pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Diggler throws a right hand that misses
and Shibasaki counters with a slapping leg kick.
Diggler ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Shibasaki moves away.
Shibasaki moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Shibasaki wants to clinch.
Diggler throws a hook to the side of Shibasaki's head but Shibasaki sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Shibasaki throws a half hearted mid kick.
Shibasaki fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Diggler checks it well.
Shibasaki gets a clinch.
Diggler misses with a short punch on the inside.
Shibasaki is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Shibasaki misses with a knee strike.
Diggler is pushing Shibasaki up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
A head punch on the inside from Diggler fails to land.
Diggler working aggressively here.
Diggler lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Diggler scores with a shoulder strike.
Diggler blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diggler is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Diggler just leaning against Shibasaki, taking a breather.
Shibasaki tries to land a knee to the head but Diggler blocks with his arms.
Diggler tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A short right from Diggler.
Diggler works on Shibasaki's body with a couple of short punches.
Shibasaki looking to slow down the pace here.
Knees to the body from Diggler.
Shibasaki avoids a wild elbow strike from Diggler.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Diggler lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Shibasaki misses with a knee to the head.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Diggler lands an uppercut.
Shibasaki looking to throw knees to the head but Diggler is blocking nicely.
Diggler avoiding damage.
Shibasaki takes an elbow to the temple.
Shibasaki lands a good knee to the midsection. Diggler won't want to take too many of those.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diggler is trying to break the clinch but Shibasaki is controlling him.
Shibasaki is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Diggler tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Shibasaki just leaning against Diggler, taking a breather.
Diggler avoiding damage as Shibasaki throws knees to the body.
Diggler tries a knee to the head but Shibasaki blocks it.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Shibasaki obliges.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Shibasaki.
Diggler tries to land a knee to the head but Shibasaki blocks with his arms.
Shibasaki is looking to control Diggler's arms but Diggler gets an underhook and turns him. Now Shibasaki has his back to the cage.
Shibasaki tries to land a knee to the head but Diggler blocks with his arms.
Shibasaki with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Shibasaki tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Diggler avoids it.
Diggler lands a right hand that snaps the head of Shibasaki backwards.
Shibasaki wants to stall.
Shibasaki connects with a knee to the head.
It looks like Dirk Diggler has been cut.
Diggler throws a punch but it's blocked by Shibasaki.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Diggler as Shibasaki tries to tie him up.
Shibasaki is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Diggler misses with a short punch on the inside.
Shibasaki has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. So far he's outscoring his opponent in the clinch so it seems to have been worthwhile.
Diggler tries to land a knee to the head but Shibasaki blocks with his arms.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Diggler wants to get back to striking at distance but Shibasaki won't allow it.
Diggler with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Shibasaki.
Diggler breaks from the clinch.
Shibasaki lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Shibasaki swings away with a leg kick that misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Shibasaki misses with a kick to the body.
Shibasaki clinches up against the cage.
Diggler throws an elbow that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Dirk Diggler will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Dirk Diggler's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Diggler misses the shot to the body.
Shibasaki avoids the head kick by Diggler.
Diggler throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Shibasaki on the side of the head.
Diggler throws a series of punches but Shibasaki avoids them all with ease.
Shibasaki walks into a straight right hand from Diggler.
Shibasaki on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Shibasaki staying out of range there.
Shibasaki ducks under a wild hook from Diggler.
Dirk Diggler is winning the standup battle so far.
Diggler throws a big shot that misses.
Diggler doesn't manage to clinch there - Shibasaki circles away.
Shibasaki walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Shibasaki tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Diggler lands a slapping body shot.
Shibasaki throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Shibasaki tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Diggler defends well and Shibasaki ends up having to push Diggler into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Shibasaki throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Diggler blocks it with crossed arms.
Diggler on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Shibasaki controlling the action here for a moment.
Shibasaki tries a knee to the head but Diggler blocks it.
A shot in the inside from Diggler.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Diggler creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Makoto Shibasaki seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Shibasaki stalling in the clinch but Diggler improves position.
Shibasaki tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Diggler avoids it.
Diggler works on Shibasaki's body with a couple of short punches.
Shibasaki throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Diggler blocks it with crossed arms.
Shibasaki blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Diggler tries a knee to the head but Shibasaki blocks it.
Diggler misses with a short punch on the inside.
Shibasaki looking to stall.
Diggler throws a knee to the head but misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Shibasaki looking to slow down the pace here.
Diggler takes a knee to the side of the body.
Diggler lands a nice uppercut.
Shibasaki blocks an elbow strike from Diggler.
Diggler landing knees to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A head punch on the inside from Diggler fails to land.
Shibasaki effectively controlling the action here.
Diggler lands with a short punch from the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Diggler.
Shibasaki is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Diggler is defending well for now.
Diggler stalling in the clinch but Shibasaki improves position.
Shibasaki avoiding damage as Diggler throws knees to the body.
Shibasaki blocking some punches.
Diggler lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Shibasaki trying to stall but Diggler improves his position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shibasaki using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Diggler has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Shibasaki is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Diggler lands a damaging elbow.
Diggler pushes Shibasaki back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Diggler lands a right hand.
Still in the clinch, Diggler scores with a nice short uppercut.
Diggler scores with a shoulder strike.
Shibasaki doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Diggler scores with a knee to the head.
Diggler cracks Shibasaki with a nice body shot.
Diggler lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Diggler blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Diggler misses with a knee strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Shibasaki misses with a hook to the ribs.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Shibasaki tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Diggler looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Shibasaki tries to land a knee to the head but Diggler blocks with his arms.
A short left from Diggler.
Shibasaki blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Diggler lands a body shot.
Diggler lands an uppercut.
Shibasaki lands with a short shot to the head.
Diggler misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Shibasaki misses with a short punch on the inside.
Shibasaki misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Diggler.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Shibasaki misses with a knee to the head.
Shibasaki connects with a knee to the head.
Diggler misses with a short punch on the inside.
Diggler scores with an uppercut up the middle.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Shibasaki takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dirk Diggler dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Dirk Diggler's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Diggler lands a slapping body shot.
Shibasaki tries to keep at a distance but Diggler has taken the fight into the clinch.
Diggler avoiding damage as Shibasaki throws knees to the body.
Shibasaki avoids the elbow strike from Diggler, against the cage.
Diggler tries to land a knee to the head but Shibasaki blocks with his arms.
Diggler working aggressively here.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Diggler as Shibasaki tries to tie him up.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Shibasaki misses with the head strike.
Diggler misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Shibasaki landing knees to the head.
Shibasaki misses with a knee to the head.
Diggler tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Shibasaki with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Shibasaki looking to stall.
Diggler tries to land a knee to the head but Shibasaki blocks with his arms.
Shibasaki tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Diggler avoids it.
Diggler lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Shibasaki.
Diggler scores with a knee to the head.
Diggler gets through Shibasaki's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A left hand lands to the body for Diggler.
Shibasaki takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Shibasaki looking to throw knees to the head but Diggler is blocking nicely.
Diggler is trying to stall.
Shibasaki blocks an uppercut.
Diggler trying to land knees to the body.
Diggler tries to land a knee to the head but Shibasaki blocks with his arms.
Diggler takes a knee to the side of the body.
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!
Diggler throws a head punch that misses.
Diggler lands a hook that snaps the head of Shibasaki backwards.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shibasaki slows down the pace here.
Diggler wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Diggler misses with a hook from the clinch.
Diggler throws a punch but it's blocked by Shibasaki.
Diggler misses with a body punch.
A short body shot lands from Diggler as the two fighters clinch.
Diggler lands a hook that snaps the head of Shibasaki backwards.
Shibasaki trying to stall but Diggler improves his position.
Diggler lands a hook that snaps the head of Shibasaki backwards.
Diggler misses with a punch on the inside.
Diggler is trying to break free.
Diggler misses with a knee strike.
Shibasaki landing knees to the head.
Diggler fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Shibasaki misses with a short punch on the inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shibasaki using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Diggler has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
The referee calls for Shibasaki to work.
Shibasaki tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Diggler lands a damaging elbow.
Shibasaki blocks an uppercut.
Shibasaki with a knee to the head.
Shibasaki with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Diggler swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Diggler has a couple of punches blocked by Shibasaki.
A short right from Shibasaki on the inside.
Diggler lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Shibasaki scores a nice knee to the body.
A short right from Diggler on the inside.
Shibasaki tries a knee to the head but Diggler blocks it.
Shibasaki taking a breather.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shibasaki is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Diggler is keeping busy.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Shibasaki obliges.
Makoto Shibasaki has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Shibasaki blocks an uppercut.
Diggler working aggressively here.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Shibasaki looking to throw knees to the head but Diggler is blocking nicely.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Diggler.
Diggler lands with a left to the head.
Diggler avoiding damage as Shibasaki throws knees to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A knee to the head by Shibasaki.
A right hook to the body lands for Diggler.
Diggler lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Shibasaki struggles to land a body shot inside as Diggler controls his hands.
Shibasaki missing with knees to the body.
Diggler has a couple of punches blocked by Shibasaki.
And that's the end of the fight!
Dirk Diggler showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Diggler 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 Vladimir Khabensky scores the fight 30:27
Judge Konstantin Menshow scores the fight 30:27
Judge Illya Tyunina scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dirk Diggler!
Dirk Diggler looked relieved post fight as he said the following; 'Excuse me while I whip this out...'.
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