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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Lance Rip (ranked 4781 p4p, 4896 weight class) and Simon Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 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 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Lance Rip!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Simon Smith!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Richard Clark and William Gold.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rip walks into a left hand.
Rip throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Smith sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Smith jabs Rip right on the nose. Rip blinks but takes it well.
Smith wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Rip walks into a jab.
Rip misses with a straight right.
Smith lands a right hook to the body.
Rip looks to score with a jab to the body but Smith is just out of range.
Smith waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Rip.
Smith ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Rip throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Smith catches Rip with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Smith keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rip is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
It looks like Simon Smith has been cut.
Smith keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Rip misses the jab.
Smith defending well as Rip loads up on a big left hand.
Smith defending well as Rip loads up on a big left hand.
Smith with a hook.
Smith uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Rip misses with a hook.
Rip takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Smith lands with a hook. Rip tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Rip really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Smith scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Rip doesn't seem bothered though.
Smith is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Rip had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Rip throws a lazy right hand but Smith sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rip misses with a hook.
Rip is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Smith misses the shot to the body.
Smith ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Smith uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Rip.
Smith throws out a counter right but Rip avoids it with no problem.
Rip gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Smith.
Rip lands with a good body shot.
Smith keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Rip.
Smith bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Smith lands a jab to the nose.
A looping hook to the body misses from Smith. Rip does a little dance to reset his feet.
Smith moves out of range of the strikes.
Rip throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Rip misses with a looping right.
Smith slips a straight right by Rip.
A nice side step and Smith releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rip throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A little jabbing left from Smith on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Smith with a nice cross.
Rip cracks Smith with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Smith stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Smith moves out of range of the strikes.
Smith lands the left hand.
Smith looks to land a combination but Rip avoids it well.
Rip takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rip on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Rip throws out a loose jab but Smith uses good head movement to avoid it.
Smith looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Rip jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Rip looks to throw the jab but Smith is out of range.
Smith moves out of range as Rip strikes.
Smith listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Rip needs to keep his hands up - Smith had a free shot at his head there.
Smith thuds a left hand into Rip's body.
Rip thows a left - swing and a miss!
Smith looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Smith lands a jab to the head.
Rip throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Smith sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Smith scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Rip throws a hook but Smith blocks it.
Smith looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Smith feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Rips jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
A slow jab from Rip misses its intended target.
Rip looks to land a right hand but Smith moved out of range.
Rip throws a shot from downtown. Smith moves away and avoids it.
Rip misses with a hook. Smith ducked under it nicely.
Smith scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
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.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith scores with a jab to the head.
Smith ducks under a wild hook from Rip.
Rip throws out a loose jab but Smith uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rip throws a hook to the side of Smith's head but Smith sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Smith lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Rip misses with a straight left.
Smith digs a good body shot into Rip's ribs.
Smith with a hook.
Smith lands a nice hook to Rip's body. Rip takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
A jab from Rip does it's job there.
Smith lands a lovely overhand right.
Smith ducks under a wild hook from Rip.
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!
Smith lands a jab to Rip's midsection.
Smith jabs Rip right on the nose. Rip blinks but takes it well.
A jab from Rip misses.
Smith misses with a body shot.
Rip is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Smith lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Smith closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Smith lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Smith ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A telegraphed right hand from Rip misses the target.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rip gets cracked there but stands up to it.
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.
Rip walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Rip with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Smith to score with a decent uppercut.
Smith stuns Rip with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Rip throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Smith sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Smith misses with a series of wild punches.
Smith avoids the body shot from Rip.
Smith looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Smith throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Smith slips under a jab from Rip.
Smith fails to land with a series of punches.
Rip waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Smith.
Smith lands a jab to the head.
Smith comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Smith tries to bum rush Rip with a series of wild strikes but Rip uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Rip throws a hook but Smith blocks it.
Smith misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Rip.
Smith dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Smith jabs at Rip's body.
Smith misses the shot to the body.
Rip is looking to counter punch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Simon Smith dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Simon Smith's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Smith keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Rip.
Rip is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Smith scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Rip misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Smith.
Smith has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
A lazy left from Smith finds it's target.
Rip dips to his left and cracks Smith with an uppercut!
Smith punishes Rip's body with a nice straight punch.
Smith scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Smith connects with a body shot.
Rip misses with an uppercut. Smith saw that one coming.
Rip throws an overhand right that lands on Smith's shoulder, as Smith tries to avoid the shot.
Smith misses with an uppercut. Rip saw that one coming.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rip staying out of range there.
Smith uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Rip.
Rip takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Rip throws a shot from downtown. Smith moves away and avoids it.
Smith lands with a nice body punch.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Smith scores with a one two! Rip had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Rip looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Rip throws a hook but Smith blocks it.
Rip misses with a looping right.
Smith throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Good standup being displayed there by Smith as he connects with a hook.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Smith swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Smith throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Rip on the side of the head.
Simon Smith seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Smith cracks a nice hook into Rip's ribs.
A looping hook to the body misses from Smith. Rip does a little dance to reset his feet.
Rip throws a looping overhand right but Smith ducks down to avoid it.
Smith swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Smith lands a body shot.
Smith works the jab nicely.
Smith throws out a loose jab but Rip uses good head movement to avoid it.
Smith ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Smith ducks under a wild hook from Rip.
A slow jab from Rip misses its intended target.
Smith avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Smith drops his hands momentarily and Rip takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
A looping hook to the body misses from Rip. Smith does a little dance to reset his feet.
Smith steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Rip.
Rip looks to land a right hand but Smith moved out of range.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Smith scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Rip looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Smith moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Smith throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Rip digs a good hook to Smith's body.
Smith is breathing heavily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith slips under a jab from Rip.
Rip throws a lazy right hand but Smith sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Rip pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Rip throws a hook but Smith avoids it easily.
Rip throws a hook but Smith avoids it easily.
Smith is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
The fighters circling - Rip throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Smith connects with a single shot there.
Nice jab there from Smith.
Smith takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Smith defending well as Rip loads up on a big left hand.
Smith throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Rip.
Smith takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
That has opened up Simon Smith's cut even more.
Smith ducks under a wild hook from Rip.
Smith lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Rip circles away quickly and effectively.
Smith cracks Rip with a good jab.
Rip scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Smith doesn't seem bothered though.
Rip thows a left - swing and a miss!
Smith slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Smith with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Rip looks to throw the jab but Smith is out of range.
Smith throws out a counter right but Rip avoids it with no problem.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rip closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Good exchange - Rip coming out on top.
Smith tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Rip was well out of range. Poor timing from Smith.
Rip lands with an overhand left.
Rip throws a lazy right hand but Smith sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Smith blocks a jab.
Rip on the wrong end of a nice hook.
A telegraphed right hand from Rip misses the target.
Rip missing with a left hand there. Smith was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Nice uppercut lands for Smith. That snapped Rip's head back.
Smith fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Smith lands a jab.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Rip might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Rip paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
The cut above Simon Smith's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A looping hook to the body misses from Smith. Rip does a little dance to reset his feet.
Smith lands a body shot.
A telegraphed right hand from Rip misses the target.
Rip throws a shot from downtown. Smith moves away and avoids it.
Rip's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Smith connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Rip scrambles back to his feet.
Rip gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rip throws a hook but Smith blocks it.
Smith connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Rip's hands.
Rip scores with a crisp jab that stopped Smith in his tracks.
Smith misses with a wild body shot.
Smith takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Smith is rocked!
Smith is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Rip.
Smith is still on wobbly legs! Can Rip finish him?
Rip throws a hook but Smith blocks it.
Smith seems to have recovered his senses.
The fighters circling - Rip throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A nice side step and Smith releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Rip throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Smith slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Rip. Smith does a little dance to reset his feet.
Smith sizes up Rip with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Smith swinging wildly here.
Smith avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Rip walks into a jab.
Smith feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Rips jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Rip throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Decent striking displayed by Smith there.
Smith throws a shot to the body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Simon Smith showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Simon Smith's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Rip misses with a looping left.
Smith cracks a nice hook into Rip's ribs.
Good standup being displayed there by Smith as he connects with a hook.
Smith scores with a decent looking hook.
Rip takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Rip misses with a wild body shot.
A telegraphed right hand from Smith misses the target.
Smith changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Smith fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Rip looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Rip moves out of range of the strikes.
Rip swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Smith.
Smith misses with a wild body shot.
Rip throws a big shot that misses.
Rip takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Smith swinging wildly here.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rip lands a big right hand that sends Smith crashing to the mat! Rip stays standing though and waves Smith back to his feet!
Smith stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Smith moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Rip throws a monster overhand right that drops Smith! Rip follows up with more strikes from mount and the fight is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Lance Rip!
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