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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Aristides Abel (ranked 3350 p4p, 353 weight class) and Joe Smith (ranked 846 p4p, 110 weight class). Abel comes to the cage accompanied by Express Yourself. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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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
6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Aristides Abel!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 4 - 2, fighting out of Los Angeles, Joe Smith!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Wesley Smith and Frank Dennis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Smith misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Abel.
Abel tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Smith lands with an overhand left.
Abel slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Smith thuds his shin into the meat of Abel's side.
Abel takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Smith connects with a jab.
Smith blocks a jab.
Smith lands with a shot to the body.
Smith looks to throw the jab but Abel is out of range.
Smith misses with a low kick as Abel jumps back.
Abel tried to counter with a leg kick but Smith avoided it.
Smith's coach down at Crapollas Gym was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Smith's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Smith lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Abel at a distance.
Nice cross by Abel.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Smith throws a left and a right that both miss
and Abel cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Abel tries to clinch but Smith moves out of range.
Some bone on bone action there as Abel checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Abel pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Smith will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
A chopping leg kick lands by Abel.
Smith listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Smith takes a jab right on the kisser.
Smith misses with a hook. Abel ducked under it nicely.
Abel tried to counter with a leg kick but Smith avoided it.
Smith takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Abel is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Abel with a hook.
Abel keeps the fight on the outside.
Smith closes the distance and clinches.
Abel working aggressively here.
Abel doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Abel scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Smith struggles to land a body shot inside as Abel controls his hands.
Abel definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Smith blocking some punches.
Abel misses with a hook from the clinch.
Abel blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Smith lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Abel.
Smith prevents a body shot from Abel.
Smith lands a right hand.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Abel lands a nice uppercut.
Abel swings wildly with an uppercut but Smith uses good head movement to avoid it.
Abel lands a shot to the body.
Abel fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Abel blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A shot in the inside from Smith.
Smith tries to throw a body punch but Abel avoids it by throwing Smith back against the cage.
Abel lands a body shot in the clinch.
Abel lands with a short shot to the head.
Abel blocks a body shot from Smith.
Abel lands a left hand.
Smith can't find room to land a body shot as Abel controls the action.
Abel lands with a left to the head.
Abel fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Smith misses with a body punch.
Smith blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Smith working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Smith tries to throw a body punch but Abel avoids it by throwing Smith back against the cage.
Abel working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Smith breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Abel looks to land a left hand but Smith moved out of range nicely.
Abel takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Smith swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Abel chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Abel throws a lazy right hand but Smith sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Abel misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Abel lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Smith throws a lazy head kick
and Abel counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Smith slips a straight right by Abel.
Abel uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Smith fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Abel dodges the punch combination from Smith.
Smith ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Smith throws a left and a right that both miss
and Abel counters with a leg kick.
Abel tried to score with a low kick but Smith checks it.
A chopping leg kick lands by Abel.
Smith pivots, looking for a leg kick but Abel is out of range and Smith settles back down.
Smith lands with a cross.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Abel scores with a crisp jab that stopped Smith in his tracks.
Abel avoids the body shot from Smith.
Joe Smith seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Abel throws the kick towards the body but Smith avoids it.
Smith is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Abel with a body shot.
Abel on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Smith is looking to clinch.
Smith throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
It looked like Abel wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Abel takes a swing at Smith's ribcage but misses.
Abel uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Smith.
Smith takes a swing at Abel's ribcage but misses.
Abel tries to close the distance and clinch but Smith swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Smith lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Smith gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Abel avoids the body shot from Smith.
Abel is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Smith throws an overhand right that lands on Abel's shoulder, as Abel tries to avoid the shot.
Smith fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Abel looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Abel pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Smith is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Abel.
Smith slips a jab from Abel.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Abel looks to land a combination but Smith avoids it well.
Abel has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Smith.
Abel getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Smith throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Aristides Abel will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Abel throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Smith fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Abel manages to avoid it.
Smith throws a nice looking combination but Abel bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Abel avoids the body shot from Smith.
Smith uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Abel.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Smith.
Abel throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Smith throws a hook but Abel blocks it.
Smith fails to land with a series of punches.
Smith misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Abel.
Abel has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Abel throws a nice inside leg kick.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Smith in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Smith tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Abel counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Abel throws a right and a left that both miss.
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!
Abel checks a leg kick.
Abel blocks a jab.
Abel works the jab nicely.
Abel misses with a two punch combination.
Smith throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Abel misses with a head kick.
A countering left hand to the body from Smith misses.
A big left from Smith misses.
Smith swings away with a leg kick that misses.
A solid leg kick lands there for Abel.
Abel avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Abel throws a quick counter kick to the body but Smith avoids it.
Smith misses with an uppercut.
Smith checks a leg kick.
Smith misses with an uppercut. Abel saw that one coming.
Abel takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Abel keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Abel doesn't manage to clinch there - Smith circles away.
A nice side step and Smith releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Crunch! Abel slams his shin into Smith's torso.
Smith lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Abel throws a hook to the side of Smith's head but Smith sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Smith digs a good body shot into Abel's ribs.
Smith tries to bum rush Abel with a series of wild strikes but Abel uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Abel misses with a low kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Abel jabs at Smith's body.
A telegraphed right hand from Abel misses the target.
Smith avoids the body shot from Abel.
Abel looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Smith misses the body punch
and Abel counters with a good low kick that Smith was not able to check.
Smith lands with a nice combination. Abel backs away looking to recover.
Abel slips a jab and a cross from Smith.
Abel fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Smith is out of range.
Smith connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Abel looks to score with a jab to the body but Smith is just out of range.
Abel connects with the punch.
Abel takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Smith scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Smith tries to clinch but Abel moves out of range.
Abel clinches.
Abel prevents a body shot from Smith.
Smith's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Abel tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Smith's elbow.
Smith works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith blocking some punches.
Abel prevents a body shot from Smith.
Smith throws a punch but it's blocked by Abel.
Smith's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Smith is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Abel rather than just go for the knockout.
Smith digs a good hook to Abel's body.
Smith wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Smith misses with a straight right.
Abel throws a low kick but Smith avoids it.
Smith looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Smith ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Abel moves away.
Smith takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Abel slips a straight right by Smith.
Abel on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Smith. Smith obviously looking to wear him down.
A slow jab from Smith misses its intended target.
Smith wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Smith avoids the body shot from Abel.
Smith scores with a hook to the body. Abel takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Smith swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Abel makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Abel takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A looping hook to the body misses from Abel. Smith does a little dance to reset his feet.
Smith lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Smith misses with a wild combination.
Smith swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Smith throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Abel staying out of range there.
Smith takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Smith just misses with a punch to the body.
Abel throws a quick inside leg kick.
Abel misses with a straight left.
Abel moves out of range of the leg kick from Smith.
Abel connects with a body shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Abel looks to score with a jab to the body but Smith is just out of range.
Abel just misses with a punch to the body.
Abel misses with a straight right.
Smith throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Abel counters with a stiff right hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Joe Smith showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Smith lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Smith feints and then cracks Abel's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Abel down.
Smith scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Abel takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Abel scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Smith doesn't seem bothered though.
Smith rushes Abel and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
A right hook to the body lands for Smith.
Smith tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Abel misses with a hook from the clinch.
Abel tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Smith's elbow.
Smith tries to throw a body punch but Abel avoids it by throwing Smith back against the cage.
Abel can't find room to land a body shot as Smith controls the action.
Abel can't find room to land a body shot as Smith controls the action.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Abel tries a body shot but Smith blocks it.
Smith lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Abel backwards.
Smith throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Abels head.
Smith goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Abel doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A short uppercut from Smith.
Smith working some nice short punches in the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Smith is trying to break the clinch but Abel is controlling him.
Smith tries a body shot but Abel blocks it.
Abel fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A short body shot lands from Abel as the two fighters clinch.
Smith lands a hook that snaps the head of Abel backwards.
Smith misses with a punch to the body.
Abel throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Smith tries a body shot but Abel blocks it.
Smith lands a shoulder strike.
A head punch on the inside from Abel fails to land.
Smith swings wildly with an uppercut but Abel uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head punch on the inside from Smith fails to land.
A short uppercut from Smith.
Smith blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A short uppercut from Smith.
Smith misses with the head strike.
Abel fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Smith misses with a punch to the body.
Smith misses with a shot to the kidneys.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Abel lands a right hand that snaps the head of Smith backwards.
Smith lands a body punch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Abel goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A nice left hand lands by Smith.
Smith is trying to push Abel away but Abel has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
A short right from Smith on the inside.
Smith is leaning against Abel and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Abel misses with a punch on the inside.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Smith.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Smith.
Smith blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Smith misses with a punch to the body.
Smith tries a body shot but Abel blocks it.
Abel tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Smith pushes Abel back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Smith doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Smith lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Abel or not.
Smith cracks Abel with a nice body shot.
Smith stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Smith lands a hook that snaps the head of Abel backwards.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith lands a shot to the body.
Smith misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A short uppercut from Smith.
Abel lands with a right to the head.
Abel blocks a body shot from Smith.
Smith lands a body shot.
Smith lands a body shot in the clinch.
Smith throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Abels head.
Smith goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Nice body punch from Smith.
Smith lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Smith breaks the clinch.
Smith gets a clinch.
Abel blocks a body shot from Smith.
Joe Smith seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Smith blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Abel swings wildly with an uppercut but Smith uses good head movement to avoid it.
Smith lands with a short shot to the head.
Smith lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Abel backwards.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Smith gets through Abel's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Abel misses with the head strike.
Abel tries a body shot but Smith blocks it.
Abel can't find room to land a body shot as Smith controls the action.
Abel working aggressively here.
Smith prevents a body shot from Abel.
Smith softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Smith tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Smith tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Abel misses with a punch on the inside.
Abel struggles to land a body shot inside as Smith controls his hands.
Smith swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Smith lands a nice uppercut.
Smith doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Smith tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Smith breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Abel misses with a looping left.
Abel scores with a head kick. Smith tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Smith misses with an uppercut.
Joe Smith seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A punch combination from Abel misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Smith tries to clinch up.
And that's the end of the fight!
Joe Smith comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Smith has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Gwen Towbar scores the fight 28:29
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 28:29
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Joe Smith!
Joe Smith really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that IniTech Nutrition logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.
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