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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Dixie Small (ranked 748 p4p, 94 weight class) and Pedro Kapaldi (ranked 698 p4p, 87 weight class). Small comes to the cage accompanied by Penis song. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
22 - 19 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dixie Small!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
26 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Pedro Kapaldi!
The judges for this bout are , Timothy Bukovac and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Small moves out of range of the body kick from Kapaldi.
Small lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Kapaldi at a distance.
Kapaldi throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
A slow jab from Small misses its intended target.
Kapaldi throws a front kick that sends Small stumbling back into the cage.
Kapaldi throws a lazy body kick
and Small counters with a nice body shot.
A slow jab from Small misses its intended target.
Small swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A nice leg kick lands there from Kapaldi.
Kapaldi is looking to land body kicks.
A shot to the body from Small misses
and Kapaldi cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Kapaldi misses with a shot to the body
enabling Small to counter with a crisp jab.
Kapaldi lands a front kick.
An inside leg kick from Kapaldi misses.
Small moves out of range as Kapaldi throws a body kick.
A quick step to the side and Small tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kapaldi wants to slow Small down by chopping away at his legs.
Kapaldi keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Small.
Kapaldi throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Kapaldi misses with a double jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kapaldi throws a body kick, spinning off balance
enabling Small to counter with a crisp jab.
Kapaldi throws a body shot but no joy.
Pedro Kapaldi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Small tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kapaldi was well out of range. Poor timing from Small.
Kapaldi swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Small throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kapaldi counters with a body kick.
Kapaldi looks for the body kick but Small saw that one coming.
Small misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Kapaldi.
Kapaldi finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Small is looking to wear down Kapaldi with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Small wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Small has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Xtreme MMA in the buildup to the fight.
Small tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kapaldi was well out of range. Poor timing from Small.
Small throws a body punch but Kapaldi moves out of range.
Kapaldi throws a body punch but Small moves out of range.
Small lands with a nice body punch.
Small tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kapaldi was well out of range. Poor timing from Small.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Kapaldi.
Small throws a body shot but no joy.
Kapaldi doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Small takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Kapaldi throws a nice outside leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kapaldi lands with a nice body kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Small defending well as Kapaldi loads up on a big left hand.
Kapaldi avoids the body shot from Small.
The fighters circling - Small throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Small swings widly with a right hand
and Kapaldi cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Kapaldi blocks a jab.
Kapaldi throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Kapaldi throws a half hearted mid kick.
Small jabs at Kapaldi's body.
Small tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Kapaldi is looking to land body kicks.
A shot to the body from Small misses
and Kapaldi counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Small thinking.
Kapaldi with a jab.
Small throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Kapaldi let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kapaldi. Small does a little dance to reset his feet.
A counter left hand to the body from Small misses its target.
Kapaldi gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Kapaldi scores with a jab to the body.
Small swings and misses with a hook to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kapaldi throws the left hand but Small avoids the punch easily.
Small attempts a counter takedown but Kapaldi avoids it well and moves away.
Small takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Kapaldi throws out a leg kick but Small moves out of range and Kapaldi only half commits.
Kapaldi throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Kapaldi plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Small takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Kapaldi throws a jab when Small was well out of range.
Small looks to land a right hand but Kapaldi moved out of range.
Kapaldi keeps Small at a distance using the push kick.
Small avoids a kick to the body.
Small fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kapaldi manages to avoid it.
Kapaldi is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Small with a body shot.
Kapaldi uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Small.
Small has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Small there as he acknowledges the shot.
Kapaldi takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Kapaldi lands with a shot to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A jab from Small misses.
Small throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Kapaldi.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kapaldi jabs Small to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Small has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Kapaldi finds it's way round the side to connect with Small's head.
Kapaldi throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Small.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kapaldi. Small does a little dance to reset his feet.
Small swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Small lands with an uppercut that bounces Kapaldi off the cage and back into range.
Kapaldi looks to score with a jab to the body but Small is just out of range.
A nice leg kick lands there from Kapaldi.
A looping hook to the body misses from Small. Kapaldi does a little dance to reset his feet.
A little jabbing left from Kapaldi on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Small takes a swing at Kapaldi's ribcage but misses.
Small throws a body punch but Kapaldi moves out of range.
Small swings and misses with a hook to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kapaldi on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Small misses with an uppercut.
Kapaldi counters with a body kick.
Kapaldi is looking to chop away at Small's legs.
Kapaldi uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Small.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kapaldi. Small does a little dance to reset his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Pedro Kapaldi dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Small has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Kapaldi.
Small takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Left hook, right uppercut from Small.
Kapaldi fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Kapaldi scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Small lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Kapaldi at a distance.
Kapaldi lands with an overhand left.
Kapaldi is looking to slow Small down with leg kicks.
Small misses with a body shot.
Kapaldi lands with a hook. Small tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Kapaldi throws a wild body kick that Small sees coming a mile off.
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!
Small lands with an overhand left.
Kapaldi looks for the body kick but Small saw that one coming.
A big left from Kapaldi misses.
Kapaldi throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Small avoids the body shot from Kapaldi.
Small avoids the body shot from Kapaldi.
Small tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kapaldi was well out of range. Poor timing from Small.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kapaldi displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Small.
Small throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Kapaldi delivers a nice body kick.
Kapaldi swings for the body but Small moves out of range.
Small lands a jab to Kapaldi's midsection.
Kapaldi walks into a jab.
A cross from Small lands.
Good leg kick by Kapaldi there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Kapaldi throws a looping overhand right but Small ducks down to avoid it.
Small takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
A telegraphed right hand from Kapaldi misses the target.
Pedro Kapaldi is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Kapaldi throws a leg kick that misses.
A little feinted left hand from Small on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Kapaldi scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Small will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Small throws a body punch but Kapaldi moves out of range.
Kapaldi has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Small drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Small in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Small tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Kapaldi regains half guard, as Small was trying to land strikes.
Small throws a strike but Kapaldi avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Small wants to control from the top but Kapaldi keeps moving.
Small loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Small works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Small with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Small prevents Kapaldi from improving his position.
Small takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Small is keen to just control but Kapaldi is a slippery customer.
Small is controlling the pace.
Small not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Kapaldi is looking to improve his position.
Small takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Small missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Kapaldi keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Small wants to work for an arm triangle but Kapaldi is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Small working the head and body with strikes.
Small looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Kapaldi with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Small missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Small throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dixie Small dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Kapaldi is looking to chop away at Small's legs.
Small throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Kapaldi throws a sloppy head kick and Small moves out of range easily.
Small is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Small throws the left hand but Kapaldi avoids the punch easily.
Nice shot by Small.
Small swings for the body but Kapaldi moves out of range.
Kapaldi ducks under a wild hook from Small.
Small misses the shot to the body.
Kapaldi misses with an attempted mid kick.
Small takes one to the chin there.
Kapaldi goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Small jabs at Kapaldi's body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Small shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Kapaldi as he avoids it easily.
Kapaldi connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Small momentarily.
Kapaldi pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Kapaldi on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Kapaldi.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Small lands a body shot.
Pedro Kapaldi seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Small takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
A quick step to the side and Small tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kapaldi misses with a hook.
Small fails with a takedown attempt.
Kapaldi keeps Small at a distance using the push kick.
Kapaldi uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Small.
Kapaldi stuffs the takedown attempt from Small. Small gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dixie Small. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Small swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Small looks to score with a jab to the body but Kapaldi is just out of range.
Small fails with the takedown.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Small needs to keep his hands up - Kapaldi had a free shot at his head there.
Small slips under a jab from Kapaldi.
Kapaldi pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Small looks to score with a jab to the body but Kapaldi is just out of range.
Kapaldi scores with a kick to the body.
Kapaldi wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Kapaldi throws a leg kick but Small sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Small moves out of range of the body kick from Kapaldi.
Small throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kapaldi tries to land a front kick but Small steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Kapaldi fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Small.
Kapaldi lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Small shoots in and drives through. Kapaldi sprawls well.
Small is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Kapaldi misses with a body shot.
Kapaldi slips a jab and a cross from Small.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kapaldi connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Small checks a low kick from Kapaldi.
Small ducks under a wild hook from Kapaldi.
Small slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Kapaldi throws a hook but Small blocks it.
Kapaldi swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Kapaldi dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Small tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kapaldi was well out of range. Poor timing from Small.
Kapaldi ducks right into an uppercut from Small.
Small slips a straight right by Kapaldi.
Small blocks the body kick.
Kapaldi is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Small.
Kapaldi goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Small misses with a wild combination.
Kapaldi bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kapaldi looks to throw the jab but Small is out of range.
Kapaldi defending well as Small loads up on a big left hand.
A slow jab from Small misses its intended target.
Small misses the shot to the body.
Kapaldi staying out of range there.
Kapaldi misses with a body shot.
Small half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Kapaldi slips under a jab from Small.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kapaldi tries to work over Small's front leg with a kick but Small checks it.
Small stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Small shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Kapaldi but Kapaldi pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Kapaldi misses the shot to the body.
Small ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Small throws a jab but it's blocked by Kapaldi.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Small, as that shot connected.
Kapaldi lands a nice looking body shot.
And that's the end of the fight!
Pedro Kapaldi comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Kapaldi 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 Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 28:29
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 28:29
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Pedro Kapaldi!
Pedro Kapaldi made sure to mention his sponsor, KOMBAT KLOTHING in his post fight interview.
The defeated Dixie Small had this to say: 'It was a good win, but nevertheless, I'll still be bringing home my opponent's girl . Don't feel left out man. And as usual, we'll be making a pov video for all you fans out there. Sayonara'.
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energy
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hype
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RATING
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