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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Taras Salo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and corrado smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Salo might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Tol-Odinochestvo. corrado smith has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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307 lbs
5 - 6 - 0 |
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190 cm
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300 lbs
10 - 12 - 1 |
BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Big right hand |
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BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
Granite chin |
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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
5 - 6 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Taras Salo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 12 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, corrado smith!
The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Sergei Dronov and Ivan Kurochkin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A telegraphed takedown attempt from smith is defended easily by Salo.
smith shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Salo defends it nicely.
smith looks gassed!
Salo lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but smith circles away quickly and effectively.
Salo lands a left and a right that send smith crashing to the mat, dazed. Salo thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
It looks like corrado smith has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Salo drives through and clinches with smith against the cage.
Salo scores with a shot to the side of smith's head.
Salo throws a blind hook that connects with the side of smiths head.
Salo lands a nice uppercut.
Salo stalling the fight.
Salo lands a body shot.
Salo lands with a right to the head.
Salo working hard to break the clinch.
Salo throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Salo throws a head punch that misses.
smith's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Salo lands with a right to the head.
Salo lands a left hand.
A nice left hand lands by Salo.
Salo throws a head punch that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A body shot lands from Salo.
Salo presses smith against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Salo scores with a nice hook to the head.
smith misses with an elbow over the top.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Salo.
Salo lands with a right to the head.
Salo lands with a short punch from the clinch.
smith successfully pulls guard.
Salo has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Salo has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of smith is proving hard to escape from.
Salo might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Salo postures up and lands a big shot to smith's brow.
Salo wants to stand but smith is controlling his posture from full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Salo stopping the sweep attempt from smith.
Salo knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for smith on the ground.
smith is looking for a triangle but Salo pushes his legs off easily.
Salo wants to stand but smith has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
smith doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Salo got a little sloppy there for a moment and smith has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Salo has managed to get both his arms back between smith's legs - danger averted.
smith tries to strike from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
smith 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.
smith is looking for a triangle but Salo pushes his legs off easily.
smith wants to stand and escape but Salo is having none of it.
smith uses the cage to get back to his feet.
smith will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Taras Salo has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of corrado smith.
smith has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
smith shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Salo napping and manages to drive through into side control!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
smith has knee on belly and moves into mount.
smith landing strikes from the mount and Salo is in trouble!
smith has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Salo's face.
smith working Salo over with strikes here.
smith lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
smith looking for a guillotine from mount but Salo is having none of it.
smith with a couple of short strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Taras Salo dominated that round.
The cut man is working on corrado smith's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
smith fails with the takedown.
Salo throws a low kick but smith avoids it.
smith closes this distance looking for a takedown but Salo circles away.
smith looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Taras Salo has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of corrado smith.
Salo throws a right hand that smith ducks under and follows up with a left that smith also avoids with ease.
Salo lands with a nice body punch.
Salo punishes smith's body with a nice straight punch.
smith closes the distance but Salo moves to the side
and Salo counters with a one-two to the body.
smith looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Salo!
smith scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Salo?
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
smith lands a big shot there that rocks Salo but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Salo taking shots to the head.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, smith cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
smith landing strikes from the mount and Salo is in trouble!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
smith working the ground and pound effectively.
smith has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Salo's face.
smith cracks Salo with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
smith breaks from Salo's wrist control and lands an elbow.
smith landing strikes from the mount and Salo is in trouble!
smith raining down shots from the mount!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
smith landing strikes from the mount and Salo is in trouble!
Salo is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
smith lands a big elbow.
smith is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Salo is surviving well by controlling smith's body position as best he can.
smith lands a big elbow.
smith is working to isolate an arm here. It's a telegraphed submission attempt but he's gone for it anyway - and he's got it! smith extends the arm and Salo is forced to tap!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:02 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). corrado smith!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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