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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Cat Fhin (ranked 3849 p4p, 137 weight class) and Ted Dibiase (ranked 4913 p4p, 165 weight class). Dibiase has chosen MONEY MONEY MONEY -by Eddie Money as his entrance music. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!
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300 lbs
3 - 2 - 0 |
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198 cm
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280 lbs
1 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Cuts easily |
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Decent boxing
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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
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Cat Fhin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Ted Dibiase!
The judges for this bout are Ron Honeybunn, Ben Watson and John Mangel.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A combination from Fhin does no damage.
Fhin misses with a wild combination.
Fhin cracks Dibiase with a good jab.
Fhin throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Dibiase.
A telegraphed right hand from Fhin misses the target.
Fhin seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Dibiase misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Fhin takes one to the side of the head.
It looks like Cat Fhin has been cut.
Fhin scores with a sloppy right hand. Dibiase should have avoided that one.
Dibiase shoots in for a double leg but Fhin sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Fhin rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Dibiase moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Fhin listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Fhin misses with a straight right.
Dibiase missing with a left hand there. Fhin was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Fhin rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Dibiase moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Dibiase gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Dibiase shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Fhin sprawls well. Fhin wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Dibiase gets slowly back to his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fhin jabs Dibiase to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Dibiase lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Dibiase uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Fhin.
Dibiase on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Fhin throws a series of punches but Dibiase avoids them all with ease.
Dibiase avoids a punch combination nicely.
Dibiase looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Donk. Dibiase catches Fhin right on the button with a cross.
Fhin throws an overhand right that lands on Dibiase's shoulder, as Dibiase tries to avoid the shot.
Dibiase throws a shot from downtown. Fhin moves away and avoids it.
A punch combination from Fhin misses.
Fhin is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Fhin lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Dibiase at a distance.
Dibiase has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Fhin digs a good body shot into Dibiase's ribs.
Fhin displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Dibiase throws out the jab.
Fhin seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Fhin lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Fhin cracks Dibiase with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Fhin staying out of range there.
Fhin darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Cat Fhin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dibiase misses with a straight right.
Fhin bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Dibiase throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Fhin misses with the combination.
Fhin looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Fhin moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Dibiase moves away from the strike by Fhin.
Dibiase avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Fhin throws a nice looking combination but Dibiase bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Cat Fhin is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Dibiase has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Fhin lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Fhin lands a right hook to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Fhin.
A little jabbing left from Dibiase on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Fhin is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Fhin misses with the combination.
Fhin misses with a double jab
and Dibiase cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Fhin lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Dibiase loads up on a big right hand but Fhin slips the punch.
Fhin seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Fhin misses with a combination
and Dibiase counters with a right hand to the body.
Fhin lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Dibiase circles away quickly and effectively.
Fhin bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Dibiase's head.
Dibiase ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Fhin throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Dibiase looking to score a takedown here. Fhin is defending well but Dibiase drives through and ends up in Fhin's guard.
The fighters are working up against the cage. Fhin manages to wriggle his way back to his feet, so the fighters are now clinched against the cage.
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!
Fhin breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Dibiase takes one on the chin but seems OK.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dibiase slips a straight right by Fhin.
Dibiase tests Fhin's chin there with a solid looking shot.
A combination from Fhin does no damage.
The fighters circling - Fhin throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Fhin throws an ugly left hook that misses
letting Dibiase counter with a right hand.
A left lands for Dibiase.
Fhin falls off balance throwing a combination
enabling Dibiase to counter with a crisp jab.
Dibiase just misses with a punch to the body.
Fhin keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Fhin fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Fhin fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Fhin scores with a three punch combo!
Fhin tries to bum rush Dibiase with a series of wild strikes but Dibiase uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Fhin uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Dibiase.
Fhin cracks Dibiase with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Fhin looks to throw the jab but Dibiase is out of range.
Dibiase is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Cat Fhin dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Cat Fhin's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Dibiase misses with a looping right.
Cat Fhin is winning the standup battle so far.
Dibiase misses with a straight right.
Fhin misses with the combination.
Dibiase looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Fhin misses with a jab to the body
and Dibiase counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Fhin lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Dibiase circles away quickly and effectively.
A little jabbing left from Dibiase on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Nice uppercut there from Fhin.
Dibiase throws a shot from downtown. Fhin moves away and avoids it.
Dibiase throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
The fighters circling - Dibiase throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Fhin throws a right and a left that Dibiase avoids nicely.
Fhin throws a looping overhand right but Dibiase ducks down to avoid it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dibiase throws a body punch but Fhin moves out of range.
Cat Fhin is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Fhin throws a jab when Dibiase was well out of range.
Dibiase fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Fhin manages to avoid it.
Fhin rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Dibiase moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Some wild striking there from Fhin.
Dibiase appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dibiase avoids a punch combination nicely.
A slow jab from Dibiase misses its intended target.
Dibiase misses with an uppercut.
Fhin is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Fhin throws a right hand that Dibiase ducks under and follows up with a left that Dibiase also avoids with ease.
Dibiase showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Fhin.
A little jabbing left from Dibiase on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Dibiase misses with a looping right.
Dibiase bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Dibiase scores with the left hand. Fhin knows he should have avoided that one.
Fhin swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Dibiase waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Fhin.
Nice cross by Fhin.
Fhin slips under a jab from Dibiase.
Fhin swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Fhin on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Fhin throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Dibiase moves away from the strike by Fhin.
Dibiase feints the counter takedown.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dibiase throws a big shot that misses.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dibiase ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Fhin takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Fhin misses with a few strikes there.
Fhin gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Dibiase showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Fhin.
Dibiase looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Dibiase lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Fhin at a distance.
Dibiase throws a big shot that misses.
Fhin throws a right and a left that Dibiase avoids nicely.
Dibiase throws a big shot that misses.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Dibiase throws an overhand right that lands on Fhin's shoulder, as Fhin tries to avoid the shot.
Fhin throws a shot from downtown. Dibiase moves away and avoids it.
Dibiase is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Fhin throws a series of punches but Dibiase moves out of range.
Dibiase shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Fhin but Fhin pushes him off and we're back to square one.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dibiase works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
A jab from Dibiase does it's job there.
Fhin rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Dibiase moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Fhin misses with a wild combination.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Fhin.
Dibiase throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Fhin misses with a jab, cross combination.
Dibiase looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Dibiase scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Fhin throws a combination that misses
and Fhin takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Fhin throws a right and a left that both miss.
Fhin sizes up Dibiase with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Fhin throws a series of punches but Dibiase avoids them all with ease.
Dibiase changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Fhin fails to land with a series of punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dibiase misses with a looping right.
A big left from Fhin misses.
Dibiase lands with an uppercut that bounces Fhin off the cage and back into range.
Dibiase scores with a jab to the body.
Fhin is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Dibiase.
Dibiase throws out a powerful jab.
Dibiase shoots for a double leg takedown but Fhin sprawls well. He's pushed Dibiase's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Fhin walks into a stiff left hand from Dibiase.
Fhin slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Dibiase uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Fhin has time to react.
A telegraphed right hand from Dibiase misses the target.
Good exchange - Dibiase coming out on top.
Fhin misses with a double jab.
Fhin looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Dibiase misses with a series of wild punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Ted Dibiase will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Cat Fhin's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Fhin misses the shot to the body.
Dibiase doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Fhin throws a right hand that Dibiase ducks under and follows up with a left that Dibiase also avoids with ease.
Fhin throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Fhin slips a straight right by Dibiase.
Fhin bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Dibiase showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Fhin.
Nice uppercut there from Dibiase.
Dibiase slips a jab and a cross from Fhin.
Dibiase is looking for the big counter here.
Dibiase throws a shot from downtown. Fhin moves away and avoids it.
Fhin throws a hook but Dibiase blocks it.
Fhin is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Dibiase can do to turn this around?
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dibiase scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Fhin will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Some wild striking there from Fhin.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dibiase changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Fhin looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Dibiase fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Fhin wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Dibiase is staying tight to Fhin's torso, preventing him from escaping.
Fhin wants to get back to his feet.
Dibiase trying to control the position but Fhin is working away.
Dibiase looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Fhin is avoiding damage well.
Dibiase trying to control the action but Fhin is working from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fhin explodes and escapes back to his feet! Nice escape there!
Fhin misses with a series of wild punches.
Dibiase cracks Fhin with an open hand slap.
Fhin throws a nice looking combination but Dibiase bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dibiase lands with a straight right. Fhin didn't see that one coming.
Fhin throws a combination that misses
and Dibiase counters with a nice uppercut.
Fhin throws out a loose jab but Dibiase uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dibiase has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Dibiase swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Fhin defending well as Dibiase loads up on a big left hand.
Dibiase throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Dibiase has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Dibiase there as he acknowledges the shot.
Fhin walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fhin throws a body shot but no joy.
A little jabbing left from Dibiase on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Fhin slips under a jab.
Dibiase fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Fhin manages to avoid it.
Dibiase misses with an uppercut.
Dibiase jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Fhin cracks Dibiase with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Fhin pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Dibiase back to the cage. Fhin follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Dibiase showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Fhin.
Dibiase swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Fhin avoids a punch combination nicely.
Dibiase misses the jab.
Fhin looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
A telegraphed right hand from Dibiase misses the target.
A looping hook to the body misses from Dibiase. Fhin does a little dance to reset his feet.
Fhin misses with a few strikes there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
No joy there for Fhin, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Fhin throws a left and a right that both miss
letting Dibiase counter with a right hand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Fhin keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Dibiase swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Fhin seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Dibiase walks into a stiff left hand from Fhin.
Fhin swings widly with a right hand
and Dibiase counters with a straight right hand.
Dibiase throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Dibiase throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Fhin throws a right and a left that Dibiase avoids nicely.
Dibiase lands a jab.
Fhin misses with a jab, cross combination.
A little jabbing left from Dibiase on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Dibiase slips a jab from Fhin.
Dibiase throws a body shot but no joy.
Fhin throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Fhin pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Dibiase misses with a double jab.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Ted Dibiase.
I think Dibiase has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Ron Honeybunn scores the fight 28:29
Judge Ben Watson scores the fight 29:29
Judge John Mangel scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Ted Dibiase!
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