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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Joey Dixon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jonny Victorio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dixon comes to the cage accompanied by Dark Tranquillity - Iridium. Victorio is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Guano Apes - Open your eyes. I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!
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198 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
24 - 17 - 2, fighting out of New York, Joey Dixon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
48 - 24 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jonny Victorio!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Donald Grub and Phil Schofield.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fighters circle momentarily. Victorio darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
It looks like Joey Dixon has been cut.
The fighters circle momentarily. Victorio darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Dixon moves into the clinch successfully.
Victorio lands a left hand.
Victorio throws a head punch that misses.
Victorio misses with a short punch on the inside.
Victorio pushes Dixon back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Dixon throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Victorios head.
Dixon lands an uppercut.
Dixon misses with some punches.
Dixon tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A left hand lands to the body for Dixon.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dixon blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Dixon scores with a shot to the side of Victorio's head.
Dixon goes for a takedown in the clinch but Victorio prevents it.
Dixon tries a body shot but Victorio blocks it.
Dixon wants a takedown but no success here.
A body shot lands from Victorio.
Dixon throws a head punch that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Victorio.
Dixon misses with the head strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Victorio wants to get back to striking at distance but Dixon won't allow it.
Dixon misses with a punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Victorio fails to land.
Nice body punch from Dixon - that landed with a thud.
A head punch on the inside from Victorio fails to land.
Victorio is trying to push Dixon away but Dixon has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Dixon lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Victorio is leaning against Dixon and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Victorio.
Victorio stalling in the clinch but Dixon improves position.
Victorio lands a right hand.
Victorio wants to break free but Dixon has control.
Victorio tries to work over Dixon's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Dixon misses with a hook to the ribs.
I was talking to Dixon's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Victorio scores with a shoulder strike.
Victorio tries to work over Dixon's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Dixon tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Dixon lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Victorio backwards.
Dixon working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Victorio swings away with an uppercut that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Victorio trying to control the position but instead, Dixon has worked for underhooks and has pushed Victorio into the cage.
Victorio swings wildly with an uppercut but Dixon uses good head movement to avoid it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dixon tries to work over Victorio's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Dixon pushes Victorio back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Dixon swings wildly with an uppercut but Victorio uses good head movement to avoid it.
Still in the clinch, Dixon scores with a nice short uppercut.
A nice left hand lands by Dixon.
Victorio softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Victorio pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Dixon misses the jab.
A nice side step and Victorio releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Victorio dives in for a single leg takedown but Dixon sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Jonny Victorio seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dixon slips under a jab.
Victorio dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Dixon. That did some damage!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Victorio gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Victorio shoots for a double leg takedown but Dixon sprawls well. He's pushed Victorio's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Victorio fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Dixon gets a clinch.
Victorio blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Dixon softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Victorio breaks from the clinch.
Dixon jabs Victorio right on the nose. Victorio blinks but takes it well.
Dixon lands with a nice body punch.
Victorio avoids a punch combination nicely.
Dixon showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Victorio.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dixon lands a glancing blow to the side of Victorio's head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Victorio looks for a takedown but Dixon sprawls well.
Joey Dixon has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jonny Victorio.
Victorio lands with a straight right. Dixon didn't see that one coming.
Dixon throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Victorio's waist but Victorio gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Dixon off to one side.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Victorio is defended easily by Dixon.
Victorio looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
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 Joey Dixon will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Joey Dixon's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Dixon cracks Victorio with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Victorio jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Dixon half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Dixon leaves Victorio with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Victorio throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Dixon is looking to clinch but Victorio is avoiding it.
Dixon gets a clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Victorio manages to break the clinch.
Dixon tries to close the distance and clinch but Victorio swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
The fighters circle momentarily. Victorio darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Joey Dixon is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Dixon shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
A little jabbing left from Victorio on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dixon throws a hook but Victorio avoids it easily.
Dixon gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Dixon.
Joey Dixon has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Dixon lands a takedown into guard.
Victorio has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Victorio is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Dixon is controlling him.
Victorio pulls Dixon in close to prevent any damage.
Victorio keeping moving, preventing Dixon from controlling successfully.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Dixon postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Victorio keeping moving, preventing Dixon from controlling successfully.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Victorio is trying to keep Dixon in close.
Dixon passes Victorio's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Dixon lands strikes from half guard.
Dixon is looking to stall here but Victorio recovers full guard.
Dixon chips away with some ground and pound.
Dixon trying to control the position from guard on top but Victorio is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Dixon working some strikes from top position.
Victorio avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Dixon wants to pass the guard but Victorio is keeping the position.
Dixon postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Victorio is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Dixon working some strikes from top position.
Victorio looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Dixon content to stall in guard here.
Dixon working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Victorio's head.
Victorio is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Dixon pushes down on Victorio's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Victorio keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Joey Dixon overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Dixon is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Victorio keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Victorio is trying to maintain the position but Dixon is very close to passing his half guard.
Dixon working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Dixon not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Dixon is nestled in close to Victorio, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Victorio is trying to control but can't.
Victorio slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Dixon is looking to work some ground and pound but Victorio has wrist control.
Dixon distracts Victorio with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Dixon connects with a couple of short punches.
Dixon is in close to Victorio's body, working some short punches and elbows.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Dixon trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Dixon lands a couple of digs.
Dixon chips away with some ground and pound.
Dixon drops back looking for a leg! Victorio is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Victorio manages to kick Dixon off! Dixon jumps back into Victorio's guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Joey Dixon dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Joey Dixon's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
Dixon lands with an uppercut that bounces Victorio off the cage and back into range.
Victorio finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Victorio scores with a takedown into Dixon's guard.
Dixon wants to sweep here but Victorio controlling him for the moment.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Victorio wants to control from the top but Dixon keeps moving.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Dixon is on top in guard.
Dixon is looking to work some ground and pound but Victorio has wrist control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dixon with a nice head shot there.
Dixon is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Victorio can do to turn this around?
Dixon postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Dixon scoring with some ground and pound.
Victorio tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Victorio is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Dixon distracts Victorio with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Victorio preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Dixon cracks Victorio with a solid left hand.
Dixon with a flurry of punches that miss.
Dixon stays in close to Victorio's body and controls the position.
Victorio lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Dixon wants to sweep here but Victorio controlling him for the moment.
Jonny Victorio has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dixon trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Dixon throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Dixon 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.
Dixon bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Victorio's guard.
Dixon looking to sit in guard and control but Victorio gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Dixon looking to control.
Victorio drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Victorio jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Victorio wants to control from the top but Dixon keeps moving.
Dixon is pulling down on Victorio's head. It's preventing any offense from Victorio, at least for the moment.
Victorio stopping the sweep attempt from Dixon.
Dixon not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dixon has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Victorio has passed into side control.
You can see the frustration on Dixon's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Victorio wants to lay and pray for a moment but Dixon keeps working.
Victorio tries for a kimura but Dixon is defending well.
Dixon tries to get back to half guard but can't.
You can see the frustration on Dixon's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Victorio tries to move into full mount but can't pass Dixon's legs.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Dixon is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Victorio off and has taken his back!
Dixon is working hard for the rear naked choke here.
Victorio covers up after taking a massive shot to the side of the head.
Victorio trying to control the hands but Dixon breaks the grip.
Dixon is trying to stick to Victorio's back but Victorio is turning into Dixon. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in Dixon's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by Victorio.
Dixon is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Victorio looking to pass the guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Victorio stopping the sweep attempt from Dixon.
Victorio must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Victorio missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Joey Dixon is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Victorio throws a big elbow that misses.
And that's the end of the fight!
Joey Dixon showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Dixon, 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 Richard Clark scores the fight 30:27
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 30:27
Judge Phil Schofield scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Joey Dixon!
An out of breath Joey Dixon thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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