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Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Dwan Diego (ranked 15507 p4p, 587 weight class) and Dennis Fischer (ranked 401 p4p, 57 weight class). Diego's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Jiu Jitsu. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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World class boxer
Insanely flexible
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
33 - 14 - 1, fighting out of London, Dwan Diego!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
23 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dennis Fischer!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Robert Twigg and Gwen Towbar.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Diego scores with a shot to the body.
Fischer misses with a body shot.
Diego closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Diego blocks an uppercut.
Diego scores with a hook to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Fischer.
Diego misses with some punches.
Fischer misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Fischer struggles to land a body shot inside as Diego controls his hands.
Diego swings wildly with an uppercut but Fischer uses good head movement to avoid it.
Diego lands a hook to the side of the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Fischer.
Fischer breaks from the clinch.
Fischer 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.
Diego lands an overhand right.
Diego misses with an uppercut. Fischer saw that one coming.
Fischer cracks Diego with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Diego throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Diego thumps Fischer with a low kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Diego loads up on a big right hand but Fischer slips the punch.
Diego scores with a hook to the body. Fischer takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Diego slips under a jab from Fischer.
Fischer ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Diego moves away.
Diego throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Fischer only half commits to the counter leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fischer digs a good hook to Diego's body.
A big right from Diego misses.
Diego clinches with his opponent.
Diego scores with a nice hook to the head.
Diego misses with a short punch on the inside.
Fischer's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Diego looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Diego connects with a solid leg kick.
Diego pushes Fischer up against the ropes in a clinch.
Diego misses with some punches.
Fischer breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Diego misses with a hook. Fischer ducked under it nicely.
Fischer shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Diego slips a jab from Fischer.
Fischer throws a half hearted mid kick.
Fischer attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Fischer takes a swing at Diego's ribcage but misses.
Diego connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Fischer avoids a kick to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Fischer looks to land a left hand but Diego moved out of range nicely.
Fischer jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Diego fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Fischer, pushing him back against the ropes.
A short left from Diego.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice left hand lands by Diego.
Diego swings wildly with an uppercut but Fischer uses good head movement to avoid it.
Diego lands a hook to the side of the head.
Fischer misses with a short punch on the inside.
Diego lands a right hand.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Fischer.
Diego lands a left hand.
Diego lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Fischer backwards.
Fischer manages to break the clinch.
Diego moves to clinch but Fischer breaks away
and Fischer counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Diego misses the shot to the body.
Diego lands a jab.
Fischer throws a leg kick but Diego moved away.
Diego clobbers Fischer with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Fischer does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Diego has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Diego there as he acknowledges the shot.
Fischer uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Diego.
Fischer throws a low kick but it's checked well by Diego.
Diego throws a right hand that misses
and Fischer connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diego uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Fischer.
Diego moves into the clinch successfully.
Diego misses with a short punch on the inside.
Fischer breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Fischer throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Diego misses with an attempted mid kick.
Diego throws the kick towards the body but Fischer avoids it.
Fischer tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Diego was well out of range. Poor timing from Fischer.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Diego swings widly with a right hand
and Fischer connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Diego uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Fischer.
Diego appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Fischer lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Fischer feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Diego's calf.
Diego misses with a straight right.
Diego loads up on a big right hand but Fischer slips the punch.
Fischer is looking to land body kicks.
Diego with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Fischer lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Diego connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A nice inside leg kick there by Diego. That's going to slow Fischer down.
Diego lands a jab.
Fischer tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Diego is able to avoid easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Diego lands a nice looking kick to the body. Fischer takes a step back to recover.
Diego doesn't manage to clinch there - Fischer circles away.
Diego just misses with a punch to the body.
Diego throws a push kick but Fischer slaps the foot to one side.
Fischer appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Diego throws a shot from downtown. Fischer moves away and avoids it.
Fischer checks a low kick from Diego.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Diego.
Fischer lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Diego circles away quickly and effectively.
Fischer moves out of range of the strikes.
Diego tries to work over Fischer's front leg with a kick but Fischer checks it.
Fischer dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Diego. That did some damage!
Diego chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Diego fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
A nice inside leg kick there by Fischer. That's going to slow Diego down.
Fischer throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Diego blocks a leg kick.
Diego appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Fischer misses with a hook. Diego ducked under it nicely.
Diego fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Fischer is out of range.
A bone on bone clash there as Diego blocks the leg kick.
Diego bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Diego seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Diego throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Fischer on the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dwan Diego dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Fischer pivots, looking for a leg kick but Diego is out of range and Fischer settles back down.
Diego uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Fischer.
Diego is looking to counter the offense by Fischer and move into the clinch.
Fischer throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Diego closes the distance and pushes Fischer back into the ropes.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Diego here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Diego lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Fischer backwards.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Fischer.
Diego misses with a hook from the clinch.
Diego misses with some punches.
Fischer tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Diego's elbow.
Fischer lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Fischer lands a hook that snaps the head of Diego backwards.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Fischer pushes Diego back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Diego lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Fischer backwards.
Fischer swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Diego misses with a hook from the clinch.
Fischer tries a body shot but Diego blocks it.
A head punch on the inside from Fischer fails to land.
Diego misses with some punches.
Diego pushes Fischer back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Fischer scores with a nice hook to the head.
Diego lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Fischer backwards.
Diego working aggressively here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Diego pushes off an throws an elbow but Fischer leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Fischer working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Diego fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Fischer escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Diego is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Fischer can do to turn this around?
Fischer scores with a body shot.
Fischer throws the left hand but Diego avoids the punch easily.
Diego uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Fischer.
Fischer throws the kick towards the body but Diego avoids it.
Diego fails with an attempt to clinch.
Fischer misses with a looping right.
Diego misses with a body shot.
A jab from Fischer finds it's way through Diego's defenses.
Diego takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
A nice leg kick lands there from Fischer.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Diego.
A slapping leg kick lands for Diego.
Fischer throws a wild body kick that Diego sees coming a mile off.
Fischer attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
A telegraphed right hand from Fischer misses the target.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Diego gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Dennis Fischer has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fischer lands with a light punch inside.
Diego blocks an uppercut.
Diego gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
It looks like Dennis Fischer has been cut.
Fischer blocks an uppercut.
Fischer lands a right hand that snaps the head of Diego backwards.
Diego lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Fischer backwards.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Fischer.
Fischer fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Fischer throws a punch but it's blocked by Diego.
Diego has a couple of punches blocked by Fischer.
Diego lands an elbow just above Fischer 's eye.
Diego can't find room to land a body shot as Fischer controls the action.
Diego lands a right hand that snaps the head of Fischer backwards.
Fischer working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A short right from Diego on the inside.
Fischer cracks Diego with a nice body shot.
Diego lands with a light punch inside.
A short left from Fischer.
Fischer blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Diego swings wildly with an uppercut but Fischer uses good head movement to avoid it.
Diego blocks a body shot from Fischer.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diego tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Fischer takes a shot to the head.
Diego lands with a light punch inside.
Fischer misses with a punch on the inside.
Diego has a couple of punches blocked by Fischer.
Fischer breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Diego lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Dennis Fischer seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Diego lands with a nice body punch.
Fischer scores with a leg kick.
Fischer fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Diego has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Diego fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Fischer jabs Diego to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Diego throws a low kick but Fischer avoids it.
Fischer throws a half hearted mid kick.
Diego moves out of range of the body kick.
Fischer looks to throw the jab but Diego is out of range.
Diego is looking to clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Diego misses with a body shot.
Fischer moves out of range of the leg kick from Diego.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Donk. Diego catches Fischer right on the button with a cross.
Fischer throws a leg kick but Diego sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Fischer uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Fischer turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Fischer tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
A cross from Fischer lands.
Fischer throws a body kick that misses.
Fischer ducks under a wild hook from Diego.
Fischer throws out a counter right but Diego avoids it with no problem.
Fischer lands with a thumping leg kick.
Diego tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Fischer was well out of range. Poor timing from Diego.
Diego connects with an inside leg kick.
Fischer slips under a jab.
Fischer fakes the leg kick and cracks Diego in the body.
Fischer tries a head kick but it misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Diego scores with a jab to the head.
Fischer misses with a straight right.
Diego stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Diego misses with a body shot.
Fischer misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Diego.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Dennis Fischer will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Dennis Fischer's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
A jab from Fischer finds it's way through Diego's defenses.
Fischer moves out of range of the leg kick from Diego.
Diego misses with a low kick.
Fischer tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Fischer swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Fischer throws a big shot that misses.
Diego tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Diego dips to his left and cracks Fischer with an uppercut!
Diego misses with a jab to the body
enabling Fischer to counter with a crisp jab.
A big left from Diego misses.
Fischer throws a chopping leg kick but Diego manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Fischer takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
A chopping leg kick lands by Fischer.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Diego takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Fischer has a couple of punches blocked by Diego.
Fischer's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A nice left hand lands by Diego.
Still in the clinch, Fischer scores with a nice short uppercut.
Diego working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Diego misses with a punch to the body.
Fischer lands a shoulder strike.
Fischer doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Fischer working aggressively here.
Fischer blocking some punches.
Fischer throws a punch but it's blocked by Diego.
Diego creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Fischer's defenses.
A short right from Fischer.
Diego lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Fischer breaks from the clinch.
Diego catches Fischer with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Fischer is looking to land body kicks.
Diego swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Diego dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Diego lands with a cross.
Diego is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Nice defenses there by Fischer.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A big right from Fischer misses.
Diego seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Diego fails with an attempt to clinch.
Diego with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diego wants to clinch.
Fischer flicks out a counter leg kick but Diego steps away.
Fischer keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Diego moves out of range as Fischer throws a body kick.
Fischer connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Diego connects with a leg kick. Fischer looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Diego wants to clinch up but Fischer keeps it at a distance.
Fischer feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Diego's calf.
Fischer tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Diego lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Fischer drops his hands momentarily and Diego takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Fischer 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 Diego has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Diego and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Diego lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Some bone on bone action there as Diego checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Fischer throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Diego tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Fischer manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
A nice leg kick lands there from Diego.
Diego dips to his left and cracks Fischer with an uppercut!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fischer throws out a leg kick but Diego moves out of range and Fischer only half commits.
Nice uppercut lands for Fischer. That snapped Diego's head back.
Fischer on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Fischer on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Diego uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Fischer.
Diego fires out a quick counter leg kick but Fischer just manages to avoid it.
Good leg kick by Diego there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Fischer loads up on a big right hand but Diego slips the punch.
It looked like Diego wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Fischer avoids a kick to the body.
Diego gets a clinch.
Diego digs a right hand into Fischer's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Fischer's gas tank.
Diego is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Fischer is keeping busy.
Diego lands a hook that snaps the head of Fischer backwards.
Diego keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Fischer's efforts to push away.
Diego blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Fischer throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Diego blocks a body shot from Fischer.
Diego misses with a punch on the inside.
Diego comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Fischer fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Diego scores with a nice hook to the head.
Fischer tries to circle away but Diego has him pinned against the ropes.
Fischer struggles to land a body shot inside as Diego controls his hands.
Fischer doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Diego lands a damaging elbow.
Diego lands a left hand that snaps the head of Fischer backwards.
Fischer throws a head punch that misses.
Fischer blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Diego tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Diego throws a head punch that misses.
Fischer gets through Diego's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Diego pushes Fischer back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A head punch on the inside from Fischer fails to land.
Fischer lands on the inside with an uppercut.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A head punch on the inside from Fischer fails to land.
Fischer misses with a punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Diego.
Diego misses with a punch to the body.
Fischer lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
And that's the end of the fight!
Dwan Diego showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Diego has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 George Francis scores the fight for Dwan Diego!
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight for Dwan Diego!
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight for Dwan Diego!
Dwan Diego wins by unanimous decision!
Dwan Diego seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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