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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Kyoji Horiguchi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Peter Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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145 lbs
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148 lbs
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Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Cardio machine |
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Good wrestler
Excellent MT
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
28 - 17 - 1, fighting out of London, Kyoji Horiguchi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
19 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Peter Smith!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, James Ackerman and Richard Clark.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Smith throws a hook but Horiguchi avoids it easily.
Good work by Smith as he checks the leg kick.
Horiguchi cracks Smith with a right hand to the side of the head.
Smith defending well as Horiguchi loads up on a big left hand.
Horiguchi bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Smith shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Horiguchi sprawls well. Horiguchi wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Smith gets slowly back to his feet.
Good work by Smith as he checks the leg kick.
Horiguchi cracks Smith with a right hand to the side of the head.
A looping hook to the body misses from Smith. Horiguchi does a little dance to reset his feet.
Smith throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Horiguchi connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Smith's hands.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Horiguchi pivots, looking for a leg kick but Smith is out of range and Horiguchi settles back down.
Horiguchi misses with a left hand
and Smith counters with a straight right hand.
Peter Smith seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Horiguchi fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Smith has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Smith blocks the body kick.
Horiguchi scores with a leg kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Smith on the wrong end of a nice jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith checks a low kick from Horiguchi.
Smith drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Horiguchi defends it well.
Smith tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Smith scores with a decent looking hook.
Smith misses the jab.
Horiguchi was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Smith closes the distance and clinches.
Horiguchi gets a trip takedown into half guard.
Horiguchi throwing shots but Smith is blocking nicely.
Horiguchi thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Smith's head.
Horiguchi is trying to control. Smith wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Horiguchi trying to control from Smith's half guard. Smith has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
Horiguchi postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Smith working a defensive guard here.
Horiguchi trying to control but Smith is working from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Horiguchi scoring with punches to the head and body.
Smith pulls Horiguchi in close to prevent any damage.
Smith preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Smith is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Horiguchi engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Horiguchi wants to control from the top but Smith keeps moving.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Horiguchi bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Smith's head.
Horiguchi lands with a slapping head kick.
Kyoji Horiguchi is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Horiguchi throws a nice outside leg kick.
Smith tries to clinch there but Horiguchi circles away.
Horiguchi throws a leg kick
and Smith counters with a shoot takedown. Horiguchi fights it but they end up in guard.
Horiguchi avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Smith has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Horiguchi is proving hard to escape from.
Smith not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Horiguchi wants to sweep here but Smith controlling him for the moment.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Smith postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Horiguchi throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Horiguchi preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Horiguchi looking for a sweep. Not yet Horiguchi, not yet.
Smith postures up.
Smith trying to control the position from guard on top but Horiguchi is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Smith throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Horiguchi lands a right hook to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Horiguchi attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Smith shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Horiguchi but Horiguchi pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Horiguchi is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Smith.
A solid body kick from Horiguchi.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kyoji Horiguchi dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Smith lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Horiguchi circles away quickly and effectively.
Horiguchi scores with a jab to the jaw.
Horiguchi lands with a straight right. Smith didn't see that one coming.
Smith fails to land the takedown.
Horiguchi throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Smith sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Horiguchi stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Horiguchi with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
It looks like Horiguchi has been trying to sharpen up his punching technique, as it looks crisper than last time we saw him.
Smith lunges at Horiguchi with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Horiguchi's hand.
A swing and a miss from Horiguchi.
Horiguchi throws a leg kick but Smith moved away.
Nice shot by Horiguchi.
Smith takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Horiguchi tries to work over Smith's front leg with a kick but Smith checks it.
Smith wants to counter the offense by Horiguchi and move into the clinch position.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Horiguchi lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
A slapping leg kick lands for Horiguchi.
Horiguchi goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Smith tries to clinch but Horiguchi moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Horiguchi explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Horiguchi works Smith's body with a nice hook.
Horiguchi thumps Smith with a low kick.
Smith darts in looking for a takedown but Horiguchi gets double underhooks and turns Smith into the cage.
Horiguchi with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Smith misses with a few strikes there.
Horiguchi closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Smith fails with a takedown attempt.
Kyoji Horiguchi has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Peter Smith.
Horiguchi throws a leg kick but Smith moved away.
Smith swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Smith looks to score with a jab to the body but Horiguchi is just out of range.
Horiguchi is looking to counter punch.
Smith moves away from the strike by Horiguchi.
Smith throws a series of punches but Horiguchi avoids them all with ease.
Smith closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Smith shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Horiguchi sprawls well. Horiguchi wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Smith gets slowly back to his feet.
Kyoji Horiguchi is winning the standup battle so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Horiguchi gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Horiguchi with a jab.
A slow jab from Horiguchi misses its intended target.
Both fighters circling a little - Horiguchi finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Smith throws a right and a left that both miss.
Horiguchi throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Smith on the side of the head.
Nice shot by Smith.
Smith tries to clinch up
and Horiguchi counters with a stiff right hand.
Smith doesn't manage to clinch there - Horiguchi circles away.
Smith slips under a jab.
Smith throws a series of punches but Horiguchi avoids them all with ease.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith walks into a jab.
Horiguchi lands a high kick!
Horiguchi misses with a looping left.
Horiguchi scores with a jab to the head.
Horiguchi tries to score with a low kick but Smith moves his leg out of the way.
A countering left hand to the body from Smith misses.
Horiguchi misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Smith.
Smith is looking to clinch but Horiguchi is avoiding it.
Smith changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Horiguchi tries to avoid it but Smith manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Horiguchi to the ground. Horiguchi escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
It looked like Horiguchi wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
An inside leg kick from Horiguchi misses.
Smith looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Smith tries to clinch up
and Horiguchi counters with a series of strikes. Smith will be more careful next time no doubt.
Horiguchi throws a body punch but Smith moves out of range.
Smith has managed to clinch.
Smith leaning against his opponent.
Smith has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Horiguchi is trying to keep an underhook but Smith manages to get the takedown into half guard.
Horiguchi kicks Smith off and gets back to his feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Smith 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.
Horiguchi throws a body shot but no joy.
Horiguchi gets tackled into the cage by Smith. Smith maintains the clinch.
Smith misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Horiguchi.
A short body shot lands from Horiguchi as the two fighters clinch.
Horiguchi's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Smith bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Horiguchi sneaks out the side door and pushes Smith away - he's back to his feet. The crowd show their appreciation for the escape.
Horiguchi throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Horiguchi blocks a head kick by Smith.
Horiguchi feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Horiguchi blocks a head kick by Smith.
Smith's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Smith just misses with a punch to the body.
Smith tries to clinch but Horiguchi moves away
letting Horiguchi counter with a right hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kyoji Horiguchi dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
That kick from Horiguchi tenderised Smith's leg. Smith is trying to keep his angry face on.
A head kick from Horiguchi lands but Smith takes it in his stride.
Smith waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Horiguchi.
Peter Smith is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Smith paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Smith swings for the body but Horiguchi moves out of range.
Smith checks the leg kick.
Smith tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Horiguchi keeps the fight on the outside.
Smith falls off balance throwing a combination
and Horiguchi counters with a nice leg kick.
Horiguchi buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Smith moves out of range as Horiguchi strikes.
Horiguchi scores with a jab. Smith acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Smith, as that shot connected.
Smith is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Horiguchi's half guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Smith prevents Horiguchi from improving his position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Horiguchi slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Horiguchi is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Smith can do to turn this around?
Smith stopping the sweep attempt from Horiguchi.
Horiguchi trying to keep a closed guard but Smith is proving a slippery customer.
Horiguchi is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Horiguchi bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Smith's guard.
Horiguchi trying to control but Smith is working from the bottom.
Horiguchi wants to get up but he can't break Smith's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Horiguchi can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Smith controlling the position.
Horiguchi wants to control from the top but Smith keeps moving.
Horiguchi trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Smith looking to hit a scissor sweep but Horiguchi is one step ahead there.
Horiguchi lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith keeping moving, preventing Horiguchi from controlling successfully.
Horiguchi stands up and waves to Smith to follow him.
Smith throws a head kick that misses
and Horiguchi counters with a nice uppercut.
Horiguchi throws a front kick aimed at Smith's knee but Smith avoids it well.
Smith closes the distance and clinches.
Kyoji Horiguchi is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Horiguchi breaks the clinch.
Smith tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Horiguchi counters with a nice body kick.
Horiguchi swinging wildly here.
Horiguchi lands a leg kick that knocks Smith off balance momentarily.
Horiguchi scores with a decent looking hook.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Horiguchi pivots, looking for a leg kick but Smith is out of range and Horiguchi settles back down.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Horiguchi.
Horiguchi shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Horiguchi turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Horiguchi scores with a jab to the jaw.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Horiguchi connects with a solid leg kick.
Smith misses with a few strikes there.
Horiguchi throws a nice outside leg kick.
Smith throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Peter Smith has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Smith has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Smith is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Horiguchi fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Smith manages to avoid it.
Horiguchi jabs Smith right on the nose. Smith blinks but takes it well.
Horiguchi lands a nice hook to Smith's body. Smith takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Smith cracks Horiguchi with a right hand to the side of the head.
Smith avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Horiguchi fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Smith manages to avoid it.
Smith throws a counter combo.
And that's the end of the fight!
Kyoji Horiguchi showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Horiguchi, 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 William Gold scores the fight 30:27
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 30:27
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kyoji Horiguchi!
In his post fight interview, Kyoji Horiguchi started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.
In defeat, Peter Smith stepped up to the mic, saying 'Full respect to my opponent, hope the fans still want to see me fight.'.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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