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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Pico Ibarra (ranked 4655 p4p, 6915 weight class) and Dusty Rhodes (ranked 549 p4p, 675 weight class). Rhodes has chosen The Man Comes Around as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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BJJ Brown Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 1 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Pico Ibarra!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Dusty Rhodes!
The judges for this bout are Winston Howard, Steve Erwin and Eliza Hachem.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Both fighters are only really looking to counter, so after a good 30 seconds of circling each other endlessly, the referee has stepped in and told them both to be more aggressive.
A jab from Rhodes does it's job there.
Rhodes fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ibarra misses with a shot to the body
and Rhodes counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Rhodes throws a nice inside leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rhodes scores with a leg kick.
Ibarra takes one to the side of the head.
Ibarra swings widly with a right hand
and Rhodes counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Rhodes uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rhodes scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
A slapping leg kick lands for Rhodes.
Rhodes dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Ibarra. That did some damage!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Rhodes lands a slapping body shot.
And that's the end of the fight!
Dusty Rhodes comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Rhodes 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 1 round of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Winston Howard scores the fight 8:10
Judge Steve Erwin scores the fight 8:10
Judge Eliza Hachem scores the fight 8:10
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dusty Rhodes!
A relieved looking Dusty Rhodes thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Warm Fuzzy (ranked 4774 p4p, 4782 weight class) and Soft Fuzzy (ranked 572 p4p, 570 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 1 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Warm Fuzzy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Soft Fuzzy!
The judges for this bout are Skip Squint, Darius Henderson and Hugh Johnson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Both fighters are only really looking to counter, so after a good 30 seconds of circling each other endlessly, the referee has stepped in and told them both to be more aggressive.
Warm Fuzzy lands a nice hook to Soft Fuzzy's body. Soft Fuzzy takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Soft Fuzzy just misses with a punch to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A looping hook to the body misses from Warm Fuzzy. Soft Fuzzy does a little dance to reset his feet.
Warm Fuzzy really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Soft Fuzzy on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Soft Fuzzy throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Warm Fuzzy lands with a shot to the body.
Warm Fuzzy misses with a wild body shot.
Warm Fuzzy throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Warm Fuzzy fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Soft Fuzzy manages to avoid it.
Soft Fuzzy lands with a shot to the body.
Soft Fuzzy keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Warm Fuzzy throws a shot to the body.
And that's the end of the fight!
Warm Fuzzy showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Warm Fuzzy has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1 round of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Skip Squint scores the fight 10:9
Judge Darius Henderson scores the fight 10:9
Judge Hugh Johnson scores the fight 10:9
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Warm Fuzzy!
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Test Four (ranked 4772 p4p, 4781 weight class) and Test Five (ranked 567 p4p, 571 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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BJJ White Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 1 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Test Four!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Test Five!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Hogan, Eliza Hachem and Winston Howard.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
We've got one fighter who appears to only be looking to counter and the other not looking particularly aggressive either, so we could be in for a dull fight.
Four throws a jab but it's blocked by Five.
A nice side step and Five releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Four throws the left hand but Five avoids the punch easily.
Five doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Four walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Five lands a jab to the nose.
Five takes a swing at Four's ribcage but misses.
Four wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Five takes one to the chin there.
Four missing with a left hand there. Five was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Four throws an off balance right hand
and Five counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Five misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Four.
Four swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Five counters with a nice uppercut.
Four works the jab nicely.
Four's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Five connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Four scrambles back to his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Five with a jab.
Five dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Four misses with a wild body shot.
Five throws a jab when Four was well out of range.
Four half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
A telegraphed right hand from Four misses the target.
A countering left hand to the body from Five misses.
Four scores with the left hand. Five knows he should have avoided that one.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Five misses with a lunging right hand
and Four counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Four.
Four escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Four takes a swing at Five's ribcage but misses.
It seemed like Five was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Five lands a glancing blow to the side of Four's head.
Five moves away from the strike by Four.
Four scores with a decent looking hook.
Four displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Five throws out the jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Five connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Four misses with a right hand
and Five counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Four avoids the body shot from Five.
Four fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Five manages to avoid it.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Five misses with a wild body shot.
And that's the end of the fight!
Test Five comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Five 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 1 round of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Bruno Hogan scores the fight 9:10
Judge Eliza Hachem scores the fight 9:10
Judge Winston Howard scores the fight 9:10
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Test Five!
A victorious Test Five thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Test Fark (ranked 4673 p4p, 4777 weight class) and Test Canada (ranked 559 p4p, 569 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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BJJ White Belt
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BJJ White Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 1 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Test Fark!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Test Canada!
The judges for this bout are Skip Squint, Chris Dean and Steve Erwin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Canada closes the distance and clinches.
Canada has hold of one of Fark's legs. Fark is fighting the takedown attempt but Canada gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
Canada throws a big right hand that misses.
Fark controlling Canada's posture.
Canada throws an elbow that misses. Fark uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Canada's guard. Nice move by Fark!
Canada is looking to stand up but Fark isn't so interested in that idea.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Canada keeping full guard, as Fark tries to pass.
Fark missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Canada utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Canada escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Fark gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Fark avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Fark looking to sit in guard and control but Canada gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Fark not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Canada showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Fark is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fark content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Canada is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Fark missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Canada wants to get back to full guard but Fark has passed into side control.
Canada prevents Fark from moving into mount.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Test Fark.
I think Fark has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1 round of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Skip Squint scores the fight 10:9
Judge Chris Dean scores the fight 10:10
Judge Steve Erwin scores the fight 10:9
In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Test Fark!
A relieved looking Test Fark thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Test One (ranked 4576 p4p, 4563 weight class) and Test Three (ranked 81 p4p, 78 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 1 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Test One!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Test Three!
The judges for this bout are Skip Squint, John Mangel and Ron Honeybunn.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Both fighters are only really looking to counter, so after a good 30 seconds of circling each other endlessly, the referee has stepped in and told them both to be more aggressive.
Three ducks under a wild hook from One.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Three pulls out of a head kick attempt.
As Three tries to get set, One tries to push him back and clinch up but Three manages to avoid the attempt.
One throws a leg kick but Three checks it.
Three tries to counter by closing the distance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Three takes a swing at One's ribcage but misses.
Three staying out of range there.
One throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Three wants to counter with a clinch but One pushes him away.
One swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Three tries to counter by closing the distance.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
One throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Three lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
One throws a leg kick but Three sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
A head kick misses from One.
And that's the end of the fight!
Test One showed his dominance in that final round.
Well One has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1 round of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Skip Squint scores the fight 10:9
Judge John Mangel scores the fight 10:9
Judge Ron Honeybunn scores the fight 10:9
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Test One!
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Test Two (ranked 4577 p4p, 4578 weight class) and Test Four (ranked 77 p4p, 80 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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BJJ White Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 1 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Test Two!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Test Four!
The judges for this bout are Ben Watson, Topper Green and Skip Squint.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Both fighters are only really looking to counter, so after a good 30 seconds of circling each other endlessly, the referee has stepped in and told them both to be more aggressive.
Two tries a head kick but it misses.
Four steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Two.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Four looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Two misses with a body shot.
Four tries to counter by closing the distance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A jab from Four misses.
Two throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Four.
Two throws a head kick but Four moves out of range.
Four tries to counter by closing the distance.
Four misses the shot to the body.
Two is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Four.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Two throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Two sets himself, and Four steps forward looking for the clinch! Two avoids it this time.
Two misses with a head kick.
Four tries a head kick but it misses.
As Four tries to get set, Two tries to push him back and clinch up but Four manages to avoid the attempt.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
A good leg kick by Two.
And that's the end of the fight!
Test Two showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Two has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1 round of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Ben Watson scores the fight 10:9
Judge Topper Green scores the fight 10:9
Judge Skip Squint scores the fight 10:9
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Test Two!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tony Clifton (ranked 4671 p4p, 4672 weight class) and Abdullah Zaire (ranked 543 p4p, 545 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 1 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Tony Clifton!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Abdullah Zaire!
The judges for this bout are Francis DeMontford, Ron Honeybunn and Bruno Hogan.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Both fighters are only really looking to counter, so after a good 30 seconds of circling each other endlessly, the referee has stepped in and told them both to be more aggressive.
Clifton misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Zaire.
Zaire swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Clifton throws a shot from downtown. Zaire moves away and avoids it.
Zaire looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Clifton takes a swing at Zaire's ribcage but misses.
Zaire swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Clifton throws a shot from downtown. Zaire moves away and avoids it.
Nice uppercut there from Zaire.
Zaire misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Clifton.
A slow jab from Clifton misses its intended target.
Zaire swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Clifton takes a jab right on the kisser.
Zaire ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Clifton moves away.
Clifton takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Zaire thows a left - swing and a miss!
And that's the end of the fight!
Abdullah Zaire comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Zaire 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 1 round of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Francis DeMontford scores the fight 9:10
Judge Ron Honeybunn scores the fight 9:10
Judge Bruno Hogan scores the fight 9:10
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Abdullah Zaire!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Eric Kronke (ranked 6654 p4p, 6160 weight class) and Guillo Perez (ranked 656 p4p, 623 weight class). The key to victory for Eric Kronke has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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BJJ White Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 1 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Eric Kronke!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Guillo Perez !
The judges for this bout are Donatello Bradman, Damien Edna and Steve Erwin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kronke throws a leg kick
and Perez counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Kronke not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Kronke wants to sweep but no luck.
Perez is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Perez advances position into side control!
Kronke is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Kronke can't do much from the bottom here.
Kronke definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Kronke on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Kronke tries to get out of the position.
Perez is trying to get an arm triangle but Kronke is defending well.
Perez has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Kronke!
Kronke is wriggling around trying to escape.
Kronke wants to hold on but Perez pushes him away.
Perez content just to control the position here.
Perez fails to take his opponent's back.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kronke holds on to Perez as tight as he can, avoiding damage.
Perez sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Kronke tries to hold on but Perez postures up.
Perez is trying to take his opponent's back.
Perez controlling his opponent.
Perez moves to take his opponent's back.
Perez has got one arm under Kronke's chin. This could be trouble... Kronke trying to control the other hand but Perez gets it free and sqeezes tight - just a matter of time now! Yep, Kronke has tapped out! The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Guillo Perez !
Guillo Perez thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Kenneth Smith (ranked 490 p4p, 2021 weight class) and Zoran Paunovic (ranked 68 p4p, 285 weight class). Smith comes to the cage accompanied by Creep. 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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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 1 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Kenneth Smith!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 24 - 22 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Zoran Paunovic!
The judges for this bout are Ben Hemmingworth, Chris Dean and Summer Carpenter.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Paunovic forces Smith back against the cage and clinches.
Smith misses with a short punch on the inside.
Paunovic throws a head punch that misses.
Smith misses with a hook to the ribs.
Paunovic tries to throw a body punch but Smith avoids it by throwing Paunovic back against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Smith.
Paunovic has a couple of punches blocked by Smith.
Smith struggles to land a body shot inside as Paunovic controls his hands.
A short right from Smith.
Smith tries to throw a body punch but Paunovic avoids it by throwing Smith back against the cage.
Paunovic goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Paunovic lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Smith blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Paunovic tries to work over Smith's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Paunovic digs a right hand underneath Smith's ribcage. Smith let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Smith misses with a punch on the inside.
Smith lands with a light punch inside.
Smith lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Paunovic.
Paunovic blocks an uppercut.
Paunovic goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Paunovic's elbow.
Smith scores with a shot to the side of Paunovic's head.
Paunovic tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Smith's elbow.
Smith blocking some punches.
Paunovic looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Paunovic misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Smith lands a hook to the side of the head.
Paunovic is working Smith over against the cage.
Paunovic lands a body punch.
Smith swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Paunovic scores with a nice hook to the head.
Smith misses with a short punch on the inside.
Smith lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Smith blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Smith misses with a short punch on the inside.
Smith stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Paunovic scores with a shoulder strike.
Smith lands a nice shot to the body.
Paunovic misses with some punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Paunovic misses with a hook to the ribs.
Paunovic throws a head punch that misses.
Smith misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Paunovic is leaning against Smith and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Paunovic.
Smith blocks a body shot from Paunovic.
Paunovic tries a body shot but Smith blocks it.
Paunovic can't find room to land a body shot as Smith controls the action.
Smith lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Paunovic tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Paunovic misses with a hook from the clinch.
Smith misses with a hook from the clinch.
Smith misses with some punches.
Paunovic swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Smith misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Smith presses Paunovic against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Paunovic misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Smith.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith lands a nice shot to the body.
Smith is working Paunovic over against the cage.
Paunovic tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Smith's elbow.
Smith swings wildly with an uppercut but Paunovic uses good head movement to avoid it.
Paunovic struggles to land a body shot inside as Smith controls his hands.
Paunovic swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Paunovic misses with a short punch on the inside.
Smith swings wildly with an uppercut but Paunovic uses good head movement to avoid it.
Smith misses with some punches.
Smith lands with a right to the head.
Paunovic throws a punch but it's blocked by Smith.
Paunovic's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Smith fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Paunovic blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Paunovic lands a left hand that snaps the head of Smith backwards.
Paunovic misses with a body punch.
Paunovic tries to throw a body punch but Smith avoids it by throwing Paunovic back against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Paunovic working hard to break the clinch.
Smith lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Smith tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Smith lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Paunovic misses with a hook from the clinch.
Nice body punch from Smith.
Smith lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A body shot lands from Paunovic.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Smith.
Smith presses Paunovic against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Smith misses with a hook to the ribs.
Paunovic blocking some punches.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Paunovic.
Paunovic gets through Smith's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Paunovic tries to work over Smith's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Paunovic tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Smith lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Paunovic lands a body shot.
And that's the end of the fight!
Kenneth Smith showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Smith has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1 round of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Ben Hemmingworth scores the fight 10:9
Judge Chris Dean scores the fight 10:9
Judge Summer Carpenter scores the fight 10:9
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kenneth Smith!
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Javier Arroyo (ranked 781 p4p, 2082 weight class) and Rocky Fortuna (ranked 120 p4p, 295 weight class). Fortuna has chosen Godfather Theme by Nino Rota 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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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 1 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Javier Arroyo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Rocky Fortuna!
The judges for this bout are Winston Howard, Ben Watson and Hugh Johnson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Arroyo bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Fortuna's head backwards.
Fortuna avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Fortuna throws a looping overhand right but Arroyo ducks down to avoid it.
Arroyo blocks a jab.
Arroyo clinches up with Fortuna and pushes him back against the cage.
Fortuna makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Arroyo blocks a body shot from Fortuna.
Arroyo misses with some punches.
Fortuna pushes Arroyo back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Fortuna manages to break the clinch.
We've been informed that Fortuna has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Fortuna tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Arroyo lands a jab to the nose.
Fortuna looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Fortuna lands with a good body shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Good exchange - Arroyo coming out on top.
Arroyo looks to land a left hand but Fortuna moved out of range nicely.
Arroyo misses with a body shot.
Arroyo looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Fortuna avoids the body shot from Arroyo.
Fortuna misses with an uppercut. Arroyo saw that one coming.
Fortuna throws a sloppy body shot
and Arroyo connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Fortuna throws a poor cross that misses
and Arroyo counters with a slapping leg kick.
Arroyo connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Fortuna's hands.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fortuna tries to close the distance and clinch but Arroyo swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Arroyo gets cracked there but stands up to it.
 It looks like Javier Arroyo has been cut.
Fortuna ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Arroyo moves away.
Javier Arroyo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The fight stays on the outside here - Fortuna looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Fortuna moves into the clinch.
Arroyo misses with a hook from the clinch.
Arroyo lands a left hand.
Arroyo lands a body punch in the clinch.
Arroyo tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Fortuna lands with a short shot to the head.
Arroyo lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Fortuna blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Fortuna blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A short right from Arroyo on the inside.
Arroyo softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
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!
Fortuna lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Arroyo misses with a punch to the body.
Arroyo tries a body shot but Fortuna blocks it.
Arroyo throws a head punch that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Arroyo lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Fortuna or not.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Fortuna.
Arroyo tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Fortuna's elbow.
Fortuna throws a punch but it's blocked by Arroyo.
Arroyo misses with a punch on the inside.
A nice left hand lands by Arroyo.
Fortuna tries to break the clinch but Arroyo is controlling the position.
Fortuna breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Fortuna misses with a wild combination.
Fortuna doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Fortuna takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
A nice leg kick from Arroyo, right into the meat of the thigh.
Arroyo ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Arroyo uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Arroyo misses the shot to the body.
Arroyo lands with a thumping leg kick.
Arroyo avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Fortuna uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Arroyo scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Arroyo.
Arroyo uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Fortuna closes the distance and pushes Arroyo back into the cage.
Arroyo pushes Fortuna back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Fortuna looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Arroyo prevents Fortuna from breaking the clinch.
A right hand to the body from Fortuna.
Fortuna's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Arroyo is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Fortuna misses with a few strikes there.
Arroyo is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Fortuna.
Arroyo rushes Fortuna and presses him up against the cage.
Fortuna struggles to land a body shot inside as Arroyo controls his hands.
Fortuna blocks a body shot from Arroyo.
Fortuna wants to break the clinch but can't.
Fortuna misses with a short punch on the inside.
Arroyo lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Fortuna backwards.
Arroyo misses with a punch on the inside.
Fortuna breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Fortuna cracks Arroyo with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Decent striking displayed by Arroyo there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Arroyo keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Arroyo lands with a straight right. Fortuna didn't see that one coming.
Arroyo clinches up against the cage.
A short left from Arroyo.
Arroyo works on Fortuna's body with a couple of short punches.
Fortuna misses with a short punch on the inside.
Arroyo misses with a hook from the clinch.
Arroyo lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Arroyo blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Fortuna fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Arroyo swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Arroyo tries to work over Fortuna's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Arroyo.
Fortuna breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Arroyo misses with a low kick.
Arroyo digs a good hook to Fortuna's body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Fortuna finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Arroyo fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Fortuna on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Fortuna misses with a wild body shot.
Arroyo with a jab.
And that's the end of the fight!
Javier Arroyo showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Arroyo has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1 round of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Winston Howard scores the fight 10:9
Judge Ben Watson scores the fight 10:9
Judge Hugh Johnson scores the fight 10:9
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Javier Arroyo!
A very excited looking Javier Arroyo 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.
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