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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Kenneth Smith (ranked 1280 p4p, 2706 weight class) and Spurgu Nator (ranked 183 p4p, 359 weight class). Smith comes into the arena with Creep blaring out of the sound system. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 2 - 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 12 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Spurgu Nator!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Donald Grub and James Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nator looks to land a body kick but Smith moved away.
A low kick from Nator is predictable there
and Smith counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Nator fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Smith.
Smith takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Nator on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Smith misses with an attempted mid kick.
Smith connects with a right hand. Nator shakes it off.
Smith moves forwards but Nator connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Nice shot lands for Nator.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Smith misses with an uppercut. Nator saw that one coming.
Nator gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Kenneth Smith seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nator takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Nator swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Smith with the inside leg kick.
Nator misses with a hook.
Nator takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Nator misses with a hook. Smith ducked under it nicely.
Smith dips to his left and cracks Nator with an uppercut!
Nator walks into a jab.
Smith scores with a jab to the body.
Nator throws a right and a left that both miss.
That's one minute gone in the round.
An inside leg kick lands from Nator.
A clash of legs there as Smith blocks the low kick.
A telegraphed right hand from Smith misses the target.
Nator takes one to the side of the head.
Nator swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Smith throws a low kick but Nator avoids it.
Smith connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Smith misses with a body kick.
The fighters circling - Nator throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Smith clinches.
Nice body punch from Nator - that landed with a thud.
Smith scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Smith blocking some punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Smith.
Smith blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Smith has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Nator uses from the top position.
Nator is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Smith has improved his flexibility recently so we will have to see if he can use that to his advantage.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nator's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Smith is trying to keep Nator in close.
Smith tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Nator tries to free his leg and advance position but Smith is retaining full guard.
Nator trying to pass the guard. He's being very persistent here but Smith manages to land a sweep and now he's on top!
Smith is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Nator wants to sweep but no luck.
Smith is pushing down on Nator's leg trying to pass to half guard. Nator is fighting to maintain full guard but Smith has managed to sneak the leg through.
Nator is not content to let Smith control the position.
Nator is trying to get back to full guard.
Smith trying to mount his opponent but Nator defends it.
Smith is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Smith prevents Nator from improving his position.
Smith stalling away here and it's allowed Nator to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
Smith looking to sit in guard and control but Nator gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Nator advances position into side control!
Nator has knee on belly and moves into mount.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Kenneth Smith dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Nator is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
A good leg kick by Smith.
Nator throws a front kick that sends Smith stumbling back into the cage.
Nator looks to land a right hand but Smith moved out of range.
Nator scores with a hook to the body. Smith takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Nator connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Smith momentarily.
Nator scores with a body shot.
Nator moves out of range of the body kick from Smith.
Smith gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Nator goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Nator displaying some good clinch control by pressing Smith up against the cage.
Smith breaks from the clinch.
Nator connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Smith momentarily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Smith moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Nator takes a swing at Smith's ribcage but misses.
Nator swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Smith.
Nator uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Smith.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith misses with a low kick.
Smith scores with a shot to the body.
Smith walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Spurgu Nator seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Smith misses with a body kick.
Smith connects with the punch.
Smith keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Smith looks to throw the jab but Nator is out of range.
Nator tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Smith is able to avoid easily.
Nator gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Smith thumps Nator with a low kick.
Smith checks the leg kick nicely there.
Nator throws a leg kick but Smith sees it coming and moves out of range.
Nator moves out of range of the strikes.
Spurgu Nator is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Nator lands with a right hand.
Nator rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Smith moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Nator ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Smith moves away.
Smith blocks a low kick nicely.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nator throws a head kick that misses.
A jab from Nator misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith thumps Nator with a low kick.
Nator misses with a body shot.
Nator misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A swing and a miss from Nator.
As Nator backs away, Smith returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Nator ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Nator motions for Smith to come forward. Nator throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Smith throwing a counter right hand but Nator manages to avoid it.
Smith throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Nator on the side of the head.
Smith looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Nator finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Smith fails in his attempt to clinch.
Smith scores with a nice right hand.
Smith scores with a leg kick.
Nator walks into a jab.
Nator scores with a jab.
Smith checks a leg kick.
Smith wants to slow Nator down by chopping away at his legs.
Nator drops his hands momentarily and Smith takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Nator looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Smith takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith connects with a good right hand that stumbles Nator. Nator circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Smith throws a half hearted mid kick.
Left hook, right uppercut from Smith.
Smith showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Nator.
Nator throws a leg kick but Smith sees it coming and moves out of range.
Nator lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Smith at a distance.
A nice inside leg kick there by Smith. That's going to slow Nator down.
Smith scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Nator throws a hook but Smith blocks it.
An attempted straight right counter from Smith misses the target.
Nator throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
A leg kick checked by Smith.
Nator tries a low kick but Smith avoids it.
Nator misses with a body punch
and Smith counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Smith thows a leg kick but Nator checks it
and Nator counters with a stiff right hand.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nator looks to land a combination but Smith avoids it well.
Nator swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Smith seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Nator lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Smith has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Smith and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Smith dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Nator. That did some damage!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nator drops his hands momentarily and Smith takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Nator misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A right-left combo lands from Nator.
Nator's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Smith misses with a body kick.
Nator scores with a jab to the head.
Smith will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Nator tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Smith was well out of range. Poor timing from Nator.
Nator finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Smith drives through and clinches with Nator against the cage.
Smith lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Smith scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Nator misses with a punch on the inside.
Nator throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Smiths head.
Nator escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
The crowd cheers as Smith lands an impressive looking overhand right. Nator doesn't seem phased though.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nator on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Smith. Smith obviously looking to wear him down.
Nator uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Smith.
Nator scores with a head kick. Smith tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Smith connects with a good right hand that stumbles Nator. Nator circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Spurgu Nator will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's time! Smith's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
The fight stays on the outside here - Smith looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Nator misses with a hook
and Smith counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Nator throws a nice looking combination but Smith bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Nator has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
A combination from Smith does no damage.
Nator goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Nator gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Smith.
Nator throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Nice defenses there by Smith.
Nice uppercut lands for Smith. That snapped Nator's head back.
A slapping leg kick lands for Smith.
Nator avoids the body shot from Smith.
Nator looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Nator keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Smith avoids the body shot from Nator.
Smith lands with a straight right. Nator didn't see that one coming.
Nator moves forwards but Smith connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Smith dips to his left and cracks Nator with an uppercut!
Nator tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Nator missing with a left hand there. Smith was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nator has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Nator there as he acknowledges the shot.
Nice shot lands for Smith.
Nator throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Smith throws a lazy right hand but Nator sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
An inside leg kick lands from Smith.
Nator avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Smith swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Nator.
Smith misses with a straight left.
Nator throws out a counter right but Smith avoids it with no problem.
Decent striking displayed by Smith there.
Nator fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Smith manages to avoid it.
Smith throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Smith lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Nator has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Nator and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Nator swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Nator keeps Smith at a distance using the push kick.
Smith misses with a low kick.
Nator throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A good leg kick by Nator.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nator misses with a shot to the body
and Smith counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Smith throws a hook but Nator avoids it easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A solid leg kick lands there for Nator.
Smith lands an overhand right.
Nator lands a glancing blow to the side of Smith's head.
A low kick lands for Nator.
Nator misses with a combination
and Smith counters with a nice low kick that buckles Nator's knee momentarily.
Smith throws a shot from downtown. Nator moves away and avoids it.
Smith fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Nator has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Nator loads up on a big right hand but Smith slips the punch.
A head kick misses from Nator.
Smith was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Nice uppercut there from Smith.
Smith looks to land a right hand but Nator moved out of range.
A punch lands to the side of Nator 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Nator tries a low kick but Smith avoids it.
Nator takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Smith cracks Nator with a good jab.
Nator swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Nator scoring well with a low kick there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nator misses with a head kick.
Smith avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Smith connects with a body shot.
Nator scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Nator takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Smith tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Nator was well out of range. Poor timing from Smith.
Nator tries to bum rush Smith with a series of wild strikes but Smith uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Nator tries to move into range but Smith moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Nator misses the jab.
Smith fires out a quick counter leg kick but Nator just manages to avoid it.
Smith scores with a sloppy right hand. Nator should have avoided that one.
Smith moves out of range of the strikes.
Nator lands a body shot.
Smith lands with an overhand left.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Smith.
Smith cracks Nator with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nator misses with a hook
and Smith counters by moving into the clinch.
Smith breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Smith connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Nator momentarily.
Nator swings for the body but Smith moves out of range.
A decent looking cross lands there for Smith.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nator throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Smith lands a leg kick that knocks Nator off balance momentarily.
Nator tries to bum rush Smith with a series of wild strikes but Smith uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
A nice leg kick from Smith, right into the meat of the thigh.
A jab from Smith misses.
Smith goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
A slapping leg kick lands for Smith.
Smith takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Smith with the inside leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Nator. Smith does a little dance to reset his feet.
Smith ducks under a wild hook from Nator.
Smith takes a swing at Nator's ribcage but misses.
Nice uppercut lands for Smith. That snapped Nator's head back.
Nator takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Smith is looking to clinch.
Smith missing with a left hand there. Nator was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Nator appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Smith clinches up with Nator and pushes him back against the cage.
Smith breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
And that's the end of the fight!
Kenneth Smith showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Smith 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge William Gold scores the fight 30:28
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 29:28
Judge James Glass scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kenneth Smith!
After the big win, Kenneth Smith made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors Ma Balls Is Hot Clothing and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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