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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Wolfgang Van Beethoven (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dick Dingleberry (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Van Beethoven comes to the cage accompanied by Beethoven-Symphony 7. Dingleberry is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: PANTERA - F*CKING HOSTILE. The key to victory for Wolfgang Van Beethoven has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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277 lbs
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218 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Lethal high kicks
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
27 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Wolfgang Van Beethoven !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
30 - 16 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dick Dingleberry!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Robert Twigg and Wesley Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dingleberry has a takedown stuffed.
Dingleberry throws a series of punches but Van Beethoven avoids them all with ease.
Van Beethoven delivers a nice body kick.
Van Beethoven throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Dingleberry with the counter takedown but Van Beethoven avoids it easily.
Van Beethoven thows a left - swing and a miss!
Dingleberry looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Van Beethoven misses with a hook. Dingleberry ducked under it nicely.
Dingleberry uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Van Beethoven .
And Dingleberry tries to counter it with a takedown but Van Beethoven pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Van Beethoven will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
A little jabbing left from Dingleberry on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dingleberry decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Dingleberry is just content to waste time from the top position. Van Beethoven takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
Van Beethoven looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dingleberry is stalling in the full guard.
Let's hope that Dingleberry has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Van Beethoven looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Dingleberry wants to control from the top but Van Beethoven keeps moving.
Dingleberry is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Van Beethoven looking to control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Van Beethoven is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Dingleberry missing with punches from the bottom.
Dingleberry wants to control but Van Beethoven is keeping busy.
Dingleberry is positioning himself well to prevent Van Beethoven advancing to mount.
Van Beethoven is looking to take a break and control but Dingleberry is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Van Beethoven content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dingleberry tries to roll over but Van Beethoven keeps him under control.
Dingleberry looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Van Beethoven is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Dingleberry tries to reverse the position but Van Beethoven maintains control.
Dingleberry is squirming around, avoiding Van Beethoven 's attempts to control the action.
Dingleberry wants to hold on but Van Beethoven pushes him away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Van Beethoven controlling the position easily from mount.
Dingleberry sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
Van Beethoven seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Dingleberry does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Van Beethoven wants to pass the guard but Dingleberry is defending well.
Van Beethoven will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Van Beethoven is trying to control the action in half guard but Dingleberry is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Dingleberry is looking to control Van Beethoven 's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Dingleberry avoid being mounted?
Van Beethoven moves into full mount! Dingleberry won't be happy about that!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Wolfgang Van Beethoven dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Sloppy strikes from Van Beethoven . Those never looked like landing.
It seemed like Dingleberry was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Dingleberry lands with a cross.
Van Beethoven looks to land a right hand but Dingleberry moved out of range.
Dingleberry is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Van Beethoven .
It looks like Dick Dingleberry has been cut.
Dingleberry misses with a double jab.
Dingleberry moves out of range as Van Beethoven strikes.
Dingleberry checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Dingleberry looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Dingleberry dips to his left and cracks Van Beethoven with an uppercut!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dingleberry lands with an uppercut that bounces Van Beethoven off the cage and back into range.
Dingleberry blocks a low kick nicely.
Dingleberry throws out a counter right but Van Beethoven avoids it with no problem.
Van Beethoven lands a nice hook to Dingleberry's body. Dingleberry takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Van Beethoven is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Dingleberry can do to turn this around?
Van Beethoven lands with an uppercut that bounces Dingleberry off the cage and back into range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dingleberry moves out of range as Van Beethoven throws a body kick.
Dingleberry changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Dingleberry throws a right hand that Van Beethoven ducks under and follows up with a left that Van Beethoven also avoids with ease.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Van Beethoven lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Dingleberry has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Dingleberry and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Dingleberry swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Van Beethoven misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Dingleberry.
Dingleberry tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Wolfgang Van Beethoven is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Dingleberry dodges the punch combination from Van Beethoven .
Van Beethoven missing with a left hand there. Dingleberry was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Van Beethoven pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Dingleberry throws out a counter right but Van Beethoven avoids it with no problem.
Wolfgang Van Beethoven is winning the standup battle so far.
A nice inside leg kick there by Van Beethoven . That's going to slow Dingleberry down.
Van Beethoven looks to throw a body kick
and Dingleberry counters with a straight right hand.
Dingleberry tries to close the distance and clinch but Van Beethoven swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
It looked like Van Beethoven wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dingleberry checks a leg kick.
Dingleberry shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Van Beethoven connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Van Beethoven is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Dingleberry.
Wolfgang Van Beethoven seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Van Beethoven misses with an uppercut.
Dingleberry blocks a low kick nicely.
A jab from Dingleberry misses.
Dingleberry moves away from the strike by Van Beethoven .
Dingleberry looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Van Beethoven throws a jab when Dingleberry was well out of range.
Dingleberry misses with a body shot.
Van Beethoven swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Van Beethoven scores with a nice strike.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Van Beethoven slips a jab and a cross from Dingleberry.
Van Beethoven tried to counter with a leg kick but Dingleberry avoided it.
Dingleberry wants to clinch up but Van Beethoven keeps it at a distance.
Dick Dingleberry is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Van Beethoven tries to land a leg kick but Dingleberry saw it coming and moves away.
Dingleberry tries to clinch up.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Van Beethoven .
Dingleberry takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Van Beethoven looks to land a left hand but Dingleberry moved out of range nicely.
A slapping leg kick lands for Van Beethoven .
Van Beethoven stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Van Beethoven wants it to stay on the feet.
Van Beethoven throws a big counter combination but Dingleberry scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Van Beethoven throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Dingleberry looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Dingleberry fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Van Beethoven looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Van Beethoven throws a solid leg kick but Dingleberry takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Van Beethoven .
Dingleberry throws out a counter right but Van Beethoven avoids it with no problem.
Dingleberry misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Van Beethoven fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Dingleberry manages to avoid it.
Dingleberry lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
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!
Van Beethoven throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
As Van Beethoven backs off Dingleberry throws a huge counter combo but Van Beethoven manages to avoid it all.
Dingleberry steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Van Beethoven . That one must have hurt.
Van Beethoven takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Dingleberry throws a series of punches but Van Beethoven moves out of range.
The fighters circling - Van Beethoven throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A punch combination from Van Beethoven misses.
Van Beethoven throws a shot from downtown. Dingleberry moves away and avoids it.
Dingleberry drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Van Beethoven defends it well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Wolfgang Van Beethoven dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Dick Dingleberry's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Van Beethoven looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Van Beethoven tries to land a front kick but Dingleberry steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Dingleberry was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Van Beethoven misses with a leg kick
and Dingleberry counters with a single leg into guard. Van Beethoven didn't expect that.
Van Beethoven throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Dingleberry is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Van Beethoven keeping moving, preventing Dingleberry from controlling successfully.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Van Beethoven trying to keep a closed guard but Dingleberry is proving a slippery customer.
Van Beethoven keeping moving, preventing Dingleberry from controlling successfully.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Van Beethoven looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Dingleberry postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Van Beethoven is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Dingleberry, into his guard.
Dingleberry throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Dingleberry is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Dingleberry has a closed guard, preventing Van Beethoven from standing up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Van Beethoven got a little sloppy there for a moment and Dingleberry has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Van Beethoven has managed to get both his arms back between Dingleberry's legs - danger averted.
Dingleberry is trying to control the position but Van Beethoven postures up.
Dingleberry has control of Van Beethoven 's left arm, preventing Van Beethoven from doing any damage.
Van Beethoven is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Wolfgang Van Beethoven is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Dingleberry looking to control.
Dingleberry being controlled here, momentarily.
Van Beethoven wants to pass the guard but Dingleberry is keeping the position.
Dick Dingleberry has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dingleberry has his foot on Van Beethoven 's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Van Beethoven works his way back into a safe position though.
Van Beethoven postures up.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Dingleberry walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Van Beethoven throws a body shot but no joy.
Dingleberry rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Van Beethoven moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Van Beethoven misses with a head kick.
It seemed like Dingleberry was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Dingleberry fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Van Beethoven avoids it really well and circles away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Dingleberry checks a leg kick.
Van Beethoven fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Nice straight punches there by Van Beethoven . You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Van Beethoven .
Van Beethoven is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Dingleberry swings for the body but Van Beethoven moves out of range.
Dingleberry falls off balance throwing a combination
and Van Beethoven counters with a nice kick to the body.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Van Beethoven slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Van Beethoven ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Dingleberry moves away.
A decent looking cross lands there for Van Beethoven .
And that's the end of the fight!
Wolfgang Van Beethoven showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Van Beethoven 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 Frank Dennis scores the fight 30:27
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 30:27
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Wolfgang Van Beethoven !
In his post fight interview, Wolfgang Van Beethoven gave a big smile as he said 'Thank you thank you! You were a wonderful audience! '.
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