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The Island Season 1, 145 lbs, Round 3 PBP Commentary |
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Laurence Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Maggot King (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Smith comes to the cage accompanied by Sick Puppies - Cancer. King comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Make Them Suffer - Widower kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! On his way into the cage it seems that Laurence Smith has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Laurence Smith seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?
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145 lbs
10 - 2 - 0 |
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165 cm
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154 lbs
8 - 3 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Cardio machine |
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Good kicks
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
10 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Laurence Smith!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Maggot King!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
King gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Smith.
A looping hook to the body misses from Smith. King does a little dance to reset his feet.
Smith checks a leg kick.
Smith dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
King does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Nice jab there from Smith.
Smith staying out of range there.
Maggot King seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Smith lands a jab to the nose.
King misses with a body kick.
King fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Smith.
King throws a push kick but Smith slaps the foot to one side.
King tried to score with a low kick but Smith checks it.
King scores with a leg kick.
Smith throws a looping overhand right but King ducks down to avoid it.
Smith has been working on his boxing with his coaches at The Pit in the buildup to the fight.
Smith takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Smith takes a kick to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
King rushes Smith and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
King throws a punch but it's blocked by Smith.
King throws a punch but it's blocked by Smith.
Smith misses with the head strike.
King pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Smith throws a punch but it's blocked by King.
Smith lands a hook to the side of the head.
King pushes off an throws an elbow but Smith leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
King misses with the head strike.
Smith lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A short right from Smith.
Smith working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Smith takes a knee to the side of the body.
King breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
King throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
King tries to work over Smith's front leg with a kick but Smith checks it.
King scores with a kick to the midsection.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
King throws a shot from downtown. Smith moves away and avoids it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Smith blocks a head kick by King.
Smith checks a leg kick nicely.
A lazy left from King finds it's target.
Smith fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with King, pushing him back against the cage.
King is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Smith is keeping busy.
Smith tried to land a shot to the body but connects with King's elbow.
Smith dodges an elbow strike from King.
Smith lands a left hand that snaps the head of King backwards.
King tries to land knees in the clinch but Smith avoids the damage to the body.
Smith takes an elbow to the forehead.
Smith scores with a shot to the side of King's head.
King unloads a knee to the mid-section.
King blocks a body shot from Smith.
A body shot lands from Smith.
Smith throws a head punch that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt King or not.
Smith will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning King up against the cage.
Smith working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Smith lands a right hand that snaps the head of King backwards.
King's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Smith takes an elbow to the forehead.
King breaks from the clinch.
Smith ducks right into an uppercut from King.
Smith scores with a nice right hand.
Smith checks a low kick from King.
King attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
King takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Smith blocks a low kick nicely.
King does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Smith checks a low kick from King.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from King. Smith shrugs it off though.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
King throws a solid leg kick but Smith takes the impact on his shin and smiles at King.
King walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Smith fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
King moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Smith sizes up King with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Smith lands a right hook to the body.
King throws a head kick that misses.
King is looking to land body kicks.
King tries a low kick but Smith avoids it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
King looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
An inside leg kick from King misses.
Smith scores with a nice right hand.
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 Laurence Smith will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Smith avoids a kick to the body.
Smith moves out of range of the body kick from King.
King pushes Smith up against the cage in a clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Smith.
King doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A shot in the inside from Smith.
A shot in the inside from Smith.
King tries to land knees in the clinch but Smith avoids the damage to the body.
King lands a damaging elbow.
Smith slowing the pace effectively.
A head punch blocked on the inside by King.
King misses with a hook from the clinch.
Laurence Smith has scored more points in the clinch so far.
King tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Smith avoids it.
Smith tries a body shot but King blocks it.
Smith lands a right hand that snaps the head of King backwards.
King missing with knees to the body.
King is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
King misses with an elbow over the top.
That's one minute gone in the round.
King misses with the head strike.
King goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
King trying to land knees to the body.
King lands a damaging elbow.
King is trying to push Smith away but Smith has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Smith lands an uppercut.
Smith struggles to land a body shot inside as King controls his hands.
King goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Smith can't find room to land a body shot as King controls the action.
With the fighters up against the cage, King throws an elbow but misses.
King tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Smith avoids it.
King throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Smith blocks it with crossed arms.
King breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
King connects with a single shot there.
Smith lands a glancing blow to the side of King's head.
King misses with a kick to the body.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
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.
King throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Smith.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
King throws a low kick but Smith avoids it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Smith checks a leg kick.
Smith rushes King and presses him up against the cage.
Smith is leaning against King and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Smith throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Kings head.
Smith is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Smith scores with a shot to the side of King's head.
A short left from Smith.
Smith misses with a hook from the clinch.
Smith dodges an elbow strike from King.
A short left from Smith.
Smith avoids a wild elbow strike from King.
Smith blocks the elbow strike.
Smith lands with a short shot to the head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Smith.
King is rocked!
King throws an elbow that misses.
King is still on wobbly legs! Can Smith finish him?
Smith lands with a light punch inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
King breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Smith checks the leg kick.
Smith moves out of range of the body kick.
Smith's corner calls for a 1-2. Smith obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Smith jabs King to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Smith avoids the head kick by King.
King seems to have recovered his senses.
King is breathing heavily.
King wants to slow Smith down by chopping away at his legs.
Smith jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Smith connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Smith paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Smith fakes a right and follows up with a big left that drops King to one knee - oooooh, he's wobbly! King looks to clinch but Smith throws him off and pummels him into the canvas! King taps out under the strikes! The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:54 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Laurence Smith!
A very excited looking Laurence Smith made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
In defeat, Maggot King stepped up to the mic, saying 'Congrats Laurence Smith. Was a war, never thought I would make it this far.
my fans will see me in the warzone again'.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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