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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jake Smith (ranked 2707 p4p, 2658 weight class) and Luigi Bonifacio (ranked 328 p4p, 324 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Bonifacio 's choice of entrance music: Karate - Kennedy. Luigi Bonifacio is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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Decent wrestler
Basic striking
Very strong |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
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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 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jake Smith!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Luigi Bonifacio !
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, William Gold and Steven Brown.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Smith uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bonifacio .
Bonifacio slips under a jab from Smith.
Bonifacio connects with a crisp jab.
Smith connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Bonifacio momentarily.
Bonifacio 's coach down at Gym of Rock was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Bonifacio 's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Smith waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Bonifacio .
Bonifacio scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Smith throws a right hand that misses
and Bonifacio counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Smith walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Bonifacio fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Smith throws a shot from downtown. Bonifacio moves away and avoids it.
Bonifacio looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Bonifacio slips a jab and a cross from Smith.
Smith tries to clinch but Bonifacio moves out of range.
A jab from Bonifacio does it's job there.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Smith fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Bonifacio avoids it really well and circles away.
Smith tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Bonifacio swivels and escapes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bonifacio keeps the fight on the outside.
Smith takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Bonifacio bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Bonifacio throws a good cross that connects.
Smith takes one to the chin there.
Smith fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jake Smith. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Smith misses with a lunging right hand
and Bonifacio counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Bonifacio scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Bonifacio jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Bonifacio throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Bonifacio scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Smith doesn't seem bothered though.
Smith is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Bonifacio 's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Nice cross by Bonifacio .
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bonifacio slips a jab from Smith.
A little jabbing left from Bonifacio on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Smith on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Nice straight punches there by Bonifacio . You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Bonifacio .
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith misses with a right hand
and Bonifacio connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Smith throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Bonifacio counters with a nice uppercut.
Bonifacio throws a shot to the body.
Smith throws a right hand that misses
and Bonifacio counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Bonifacio scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Bonifacio misses with a body shot.
Smith takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Bonifacio stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Smith takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Smith shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Smith throws a lazy right hand but Bonifacio sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Bonifacio scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Smith takes one to the side of the head.
Bonifacio throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Smith on the side of the head.
A big left from Smith misses.
Bonifacio is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Smith had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Smith attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Bonifacio let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith tries to clinch up.
Bonifacio throws out a powerful jab.
Smith shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Bonifacio counters with a nice uppercut.
Smith is rocked!
Bonifacio throws a shot to the body.
Bonifacio has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
The fighters circling - Smith throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Bonifacio ducks under a wild hook from Smith.
Bonifacio lands a jab to Smith's midsection.
Bonifacio swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Smith shoots in looking for a takedown but Bonifacio manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Smith's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Bonifacio jabs at Smith's body.
Bonifacio jabs Smith to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Smith fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Smith tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bonifacio was well out of range. Poor timing from Smith.
Bonifacio misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Smith.
Smith tries to close the distance and clinch up but Bonifacio swats him away and circles back towards the center.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice shot by Bonifacio .
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bonifacio bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Bonifacio ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Jab by Bonifacio .
Oh Smith is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Bonifacio circles and sees the opportunity to plant his feet and throw a really nice straight left hand that drops Smith to the canvas! Smith doesn't know where he is but he's trying to survive - Bonifacio keeps piling on the pressure and forces the referee to step in! This one is aaaaaall over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:23 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Luigi Bonifacio !
A very excited looking Luigi Bonifacio rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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