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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Geraldo Reid (ranked 25034 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Smith (ranked 4744 p4p, 0 weight class). Smith has chosen Sweet Emotion as his entrance music. 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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193 lbs
1 - 1 - 0 |
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180 lbs
2 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Good in bed |
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Decent wrestler
Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Geraldo Reid!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, John Smith!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Alec Ball and Yves DeLean.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Reid shoots in but no luck this time.
Reid moves out of the way of the counter high kick fromSmith.
Smith looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
Reid looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Smith taking some punishment here, with Reid in his half guard.
Reid drops an elbow to the side of Smith's head.
Smith avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Reid.
Reid wants to stand up but Smith is controlling the position.
Smith tries to roll over but Reid keeps him under control.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Smith is defending against the submission attempts here by Reid.
Nice strikes from Reid there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Reid thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Smith avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Reid.
Reid drops an elbow to the side of Smith's head.
Reid is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Smith keeping control of the position.
Reid is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Ground and pound from Reid.
Reid is looking for a kimura but Smith is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Reid to get the leverage.
Reid could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Reid prevents Smith from improving his position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Reid connects with a nice short shot to Smith's temple.
Reid is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Smith sees it coming and defends easily.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Reid is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Reid is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Reid is working for a submission of some sort.
Smith wants to get back to full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reid is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Smith doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Reid.
Smith on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Reid thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Smith's head.
Smith is looking for a sweep. Reid is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Reid is working for a kimura but Smith is defending it quite comfortably.
Reid working Smith over with strikes.
Smith wants to control but Reid is keeping busy.
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.
Reid is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Smith doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Reid.
Smith wants to get back to full guard.
Reid working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Reid is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Reid is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Reid winds up and cracks Smith with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Geraldo Reid dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Reid tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Reid takes a swing at Smith's ribcage but misses.
Smith is looking to clinch but Reid is avoiding it.
Reid closes the distance and clinches up with Smith, looking for a takedown. Reid pushes Smith against the cage but Smith circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Smith throws a nice looking combination but Reid bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Smith leaves Reid with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Reid is looking to clinch but Smith is avoiding it.
Smith has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Reid is landing a low percentage of strikes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Reid avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Reid tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Smith manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Reid drives through with a takedown into Smith's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Reid tries to stand but Smith is controlling from the bottom.
Smith is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Reid postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Reid postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Reid is looking to stand up but Smith won't let him.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Reid accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Reid postures up in Smith's guard and throws a big left but Smith blocks it.
Reid lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Reid would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Reid content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Reid is in close to Smith's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Reid lands a couple of elbows.
Reid gets to his feet - Smith follows without any prompting.
Reid shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Smith napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Reid tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Reid has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Reid is trying to get an arm triangle but Smith is defending well.
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.
Reid swings around for an armbar but Smith sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into Reid's guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith scoring with punches to the head and body.
Reid looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Reid has Smith pulled in close to control his posture.
Smith wants to control from the top but Reid keeps moving.
Reid 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.
Reid trying to keep a closed guard but Smith is proving a slippery customer.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Smith is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Reid working a defensive guard here.
Reid wants to sweep here but Smith controlling him for the moment.
Reid is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Smith can do to turn this around?
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Smith trying to control but Reid is working from the bottom.
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 Geraldo Reid will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Reid throws a sloppy head kick and Smith moves out of range easily.
Reid closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Reid lands in his opponent's guard.
Reid lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Reid postures up and lands a big shot to Smith's brow.
Reid stopping the sweep attempt from Smith.
Reid distracts Smith with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Reid trying to stand up but can't free himself from Smith's guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Reid throwing strikes but missing.
Reid wants to stand and escape but instead Smith has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Reid is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Reid throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Reid is trying to keep Smith in close.
Smith wants to stand and escape but instead Reid has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Reid missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Reid stops Smith from standing up.
Reid trying to stand up but can't free himself from Smith's guard.
Reid stands and steps away. Smith gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Smith gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Smith is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Reid is aware though and is defending well.
Reid wants to stand but Smith has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Smith is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Reid gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reid throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Smith's waist but Smith gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Reid off to one side.
Smith closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Reid wants a takedown but no success here.
Reid holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Reid is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Smith pulls him back up using the underhooks.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Geraldo Reid. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Smith pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Smith looks for a takedown but Reid sprawls well.
Smith stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Smith wants it to stay on the feet.
Smith lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Reid stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Reid wants it to stay on the feet.
Smith has taken the fight to the clinch.
Reid working hard to break the clinch.
Reid has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Smith after a bit of a struggle.
Reid wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Reid has a couple of punches blocked by Smith.
Smith lands a body shot.
Reid jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Smith walks away with a smile on his face. Reid gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Smith.
John Smith has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Geraldo Reid is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Smith circles away from the clinch attempt.
Smith throws a counter combo.
And that's the end of the fight!
Geraldo Reid showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Reid, 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 Trevor Gratis scores the fight 30:27
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Geraldo Reid!
John Smith was interviewed post fight and said 'I will be back better than ever'.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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