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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Eugene Judd (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Matt Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Judd comes to the cage accompanied by I take it up the ass - by lil wayne. I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Matt Smith was going to win. Let's see if he was right.
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140 lbs
29 - 8 - 1 |
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141 lbs
14 - 6 - 0 |
Great wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
29 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Eugene Judd!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Matt Smith!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Frank Antenori and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Judd avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Both fighters circling a little - Smith finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Smith walks into a jab.
Smith takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Smith lands a head kick!
It looks like Eugene Judd has been cut.
Smith lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Smith tries to clinch up.
Judd keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Judd has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Mary Gracies Jiu Jitsu in the buildup to the fight.
Smith tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Judd manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Judd throws a leg kick but Smith moved away.
Smith lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Smith misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Smith moves into the clinch.
Judd swings wildly with an uppercut but Smith uses good head movement to avoid it.
Judd swings wildly with an uppercut but Smith uses good head movement to avoid it.
Smith tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Judd avoids it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Judd lands a hook to the side of the head.
Judd breaks from the clinch.
Smith pushes Judd away with a front kick.
Smith tries to clinch but Judd moves out of range.
Judd chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Smith can pounce on him.
The fight stays on the outside here - Smith looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A head kick misses from Smith.
Judd uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Smith has time to react.
Smith is looking to clinch but Judd is avoiding it.
A good leg kick by Judd.
Matt Smith is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Smith thumps Judd with a low kick.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Smith.
Judd takes a swing at Smith's ribcage but misses.
Smith takes the fight into the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Judd goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Judd swings wildly with an uppercut but Smith uses good head movement to avoid it.
Knees to the body from Smith.
Judd on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Judd swings wildly with an uppercut but Smith uses good head movement to avoid it.
Judd manages to break the clinch.
Judd swinging wildly here.
Smith tries to close the distance and clinch up but Judd swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Judd, right into the meat.
A head kick misses from Smith.
Judd tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Judd throws a half hearted mid kick.
Smith is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Smith chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Judd can pounce on him.
Smith throws a head kick but Judd moves out of range.
Judd throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Judd scores with a body shot.
Smith gets a clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith lands a knee to the body.
Judd lands with a short shot to the head.
Smith unloads a knee to the mid-section. Judd lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Judd lands a nice shot to the body.
Judd takes a knee to the side of the body.
Judd misses with a short punch on the inside.
Smith tries to land knees in the clinch but Judd avoids the damage to the body.
Smith keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Judd's efforts to push away.
Judd has a couple of punches blocked by Smith.
Judd tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Judd misses with some punches.
Smith working Judd over with knees to the body.
Judd fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Judd.
Judd has a couple of punches blocked by Smith.
Judd tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Smith's elbow.
Judd avoiding damage as Smith throws knees to the body.
Judd blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Smith obliges.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Judd has a couple of punches blocked by Smith.
Judd swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Judd blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Smith.
Judd tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Smith just misses with a elbow thrown towards Judd's brow.
Smith throws a knee to the head but misses.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Judd throws a head punch that misses.
Smith missing with knees to the body.
Judd swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Smith with a knee to the head.
With the fighters up against the cage, Smith throws an elbow but misses.
Smith with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Judd can't find room to land a body shot as Smith controls the action.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Smith blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Smith obliges.
Smith looking to throw knees to the head but Judd is blocking nicely.
Judd scores with a nice hook to the head.
Smith creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Judd's defenses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Matt Smith will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Eugene Judd's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
A jab from Judd misses.
Judd avoids the head kick by Smith.
Smith moves in looking to clinch but Judd pushes him off.
Smith forces Judd back against the cage and clinches.
Judd struggles to land a body shot inside as Smith controls his hands.
Smith lands a knee to the head.
Smith throws a knee to the head but misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Judd.
Judd goes for a takedown in the clinch but Smith prevents it.
Judd blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Judd fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Judd misses with a hook from the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Judd has a couple of punches blocked by Smith.
Judd misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Judd lands a right hand.
Smith with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Judd swings wildly with an uppercut but Smith uses good head movement to avoid it.
Judd breaks the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Judd uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Smith has time to react.
A clash of legs there as Judd blocks the low kick.
Judd lands a jab.
Judd misses with a kick to the body.
Smith moves away from the strike by Judd.
Smith avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Smith tries to counter by closing the distance.
Judd looks to throw the jab but Smith is out of range.
Smith looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.
Smith bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Smith gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Matt Smith seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Judd lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Smith.
Judd manages to break the clinch.
Judd lands with a cross.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Judd.
Judd punishes Smith's body with a nice straight punch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Smith wants to clinch but Judd slips to the side
and Judd counters with a shoot takedown. Smith fights it but they end up in guard.
Judd scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Judd scoring with some ground and pound.
Smith wants to stand up but Judd is controlling him.
Smith pushes Judd off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
Smith tries to clinch but Judd moves out of range.
Judd attempts a counter takedown but Smith avoids it well and moves away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Smith looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Judd cracks Smith with a right hand to the side of the head.
Smith misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Judd dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Judd darts in looking for a takedown but Smith gets double underhooks and turns Judd into the cage.
Smith throws a nice head kick!
Smith pushes Judd up against the cage in a clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith landing knees to the body.
Smith tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Judd avoids it.
Smith throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Judd blocks it with crossed arms.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Judd.
Smith lands a knee to the body.
Smith lands a nice elbow.
Judd managing to block the knees to the body from Smith.
Smith blocking some punches.
Judd throws a head punch that misses.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Judd.
Smith utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Judd gets through Smith's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Smith misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Judd.
Judd wants to get back to striking at distance but Smith won't allow it.
Judd fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Judd tries to throw a body punch but Smith avoids it by throwing Judd back against the cage.
Smith using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Judd has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Judd lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Smith backwards.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Smith utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Judd gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Smith can do anything to dispel that myth.
Smith scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Smith closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Judd makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Smith missing with knees to the body.
Smith tries a knee to the head but Judd blocks it.
Judd throws a head punch that misses.
Judd wants to get back to striking at distance but Smith won't allow it.
Judd misses with a hook from the clinch.
Smith creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Judd's defenses.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Judd breaks the clinch.
Smith drives through and clinches with Judd against the cage.
Judd avoiding damage as Smith throws knees to the body.
Smith unloads a knee to the mid-section. Judd lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
A shot in the inside from Judd.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Eugene Judd will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Eugene Judd's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Smith tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Judd paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Smith feints and then cracks Judd's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Judd down.
Judd swats away the attempt to clinch by Smith.
Smith tries to clinch there but Judd circles away.
Smith tries a head kick but it misses.
Smith ducks under a wild hook from Judd.
Judd scores with the left hand. Smith knows he should have avoided that one.
Smith takes the fight into the clinch.
Judd swings wildly with an uppercut but Smith uses good head movement to avoid it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Smith tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Smith is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Judd is defending well for now.
Smith's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Judd escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Smith misses with a body kick.
Judd misses with an attempted mid kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith has managed to clinch.
Smith utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Judd doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Judd on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Judd lands a body punch.
Smith lands a nice knee to the body.
Judd blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Judd blocks an elbow strike.
Smith trying to land knees to the body.
Smith landing knees to the body.
Judd has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Smith tries to land knees in the clinch but Judd avoids the damage to the body.
Judd takes an elbow to the forehead.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Judd.
Smith blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Smith is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Judd is defending well for now.
Judd misses with a shot to the kidneys.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Judd wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Judd on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Smith trying to land knees to the body.
Smith misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Judd.
A short left from Judd.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Smith misses with a knee to the head.
Judd avoiding damage as Smith throws knees to the body.
Judd on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Judd managing to block the knees to the body from Smith.
Judd lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Smith blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Judd tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Smith's elbow.
Smith trying to stall but Judd improves his position.
Smith misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Judd.
Judd breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Judd throws a hook to the side of Smith's head but Smith sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Nice cross by Judd.
Smith tries to clinch up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Judd misses with an uppercut.
Smith is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Judd takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Smith lands a nice leg kick that just misses Judd's sensitive parts.
Smith tries to clinch but Judd is having none of it.
Judd throws a wild body kick that Smith sees coming a mile off.
An inside leg kick lands from Judd.
Smith takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Smith misses with a head kick.
Good leg kick by Smith there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Smith doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Smith throws the kick towards the body but Judd avoids it.
Smith wants to clinch up but Judd keeps it at a distance.
A clash of legs there as Smith blocks the low kick.
Smith tries to clinch but Judd moves out of range.
Smith fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Judd, pushing him back against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice right hand lands inside from Judd.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Judd lands a right hand that snaps the head of Smith backwards.
Smith blocking some punches.
A short body shot lands from Judd as the two fighters clinch.
Smith creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Judd's defenses.
Smith tries to land knees in the clinch but Judd avoids the damage to the body.
Judd throws a head punch that misses.
Judd breaks the clinch.
A big right from Judd misses.
Smith wants to clinch.
Judd punishes Smith's body with a nice straight punch.
Smith throws a head kick that misses
and Judd counters with a straight right hand.
Judd thows a left - swing and a miss!
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Eugene Judd.
I think Judd 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 Jack Bonds scores the fight 29:29
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 28:29
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 29:28
The fight is ruled a draw!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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