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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Azriel Pandens (ranked 780 p4p, 1137 weight class) and Bryant Smith (ranked 103 p4p, 150 weight class). Smith has chosen Television - Marquee Moon as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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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 17 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Azriel Pandens!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bryant Smith!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Shirou Masuda and Yukihiro Yamamoto.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Smith throws a jab but it's blocked by Pandens.
Pandens feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Bryant Smith seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Smith throws the left hand but Pandens avoids the punch easily.
Pandens throws a looping overhand right but Smith ducks down to avoid it.
Smith throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Pandens swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Smith is looking to land body kicks.
Pandens scores with a decent looking hook.
Pandens is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Smith.
Smith throws a right hand that misses
and Smith takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Smith attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Pandens lands a lovely overhand right.
Pandens looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Pandens scores with a body shot.
Smith swings for the body but Pandens moves out of range.
Pandens misses with a body kick.
Smith avoids the body shot from Pandens.
Pandens on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Pandens ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Smith has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Pandens throws a body shot but no joy.
Smith misses with a kick to the body.
It looked like Pandens wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Pandens cracks Smith with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Pandens swings for the body but Smith moves out of range.
Smith only half commits to the counter leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pandens scores with a hook to the body. Smith takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Smith thows a left - swing and a miss!
No joy there for Smith, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Smith misses with a hook.
Smith moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Smith avoids the body shot from Pandens.
Pandens on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Smith. Smith obviously looking to wear him down.
Smith misses with a low kick.
Smith throws a jab but it's blocked by Pandens.
Pandens ducks under a wild hook from Smith.
Smith shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Smith throws out a loose jab but Pandens uses good head movement to avoid it.
Smith throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
It looked like Pandens wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
A slow jab from Pandens misses its intended target.
Smith stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Pandens.
Smith tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A big right from Smith misses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Pandens slips under a jab from Smith.
Pandens on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith throws a head kick that misses.
Pandens staying out of range there.
Pandens slips a jab from Smith.
Pandens scores with a jab to the head.
The fighters circling - Smith throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Pandens keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
A jab from Smith misses.
Smith throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Smith throws a leg kick that misses.
A little feinted left hand from Pandens on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Smith scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Pandens lands with a thumping leg kick.
Smith throws a body punch but Pandens moves out of range.
Pandens throws a leg kick that is checked
and Smith counters with a straight right hand.
Pandens checks the leg kick.
Pandens keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Smith.
Smith throws a low kick but it's checked well by Pandens.
Smith fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Smith tries to move into range but Pandens moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Pandens bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Smith's head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pandens takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Smith throws a shot from downtown. Pandens moves away and avoids it.
Pandens pivots, looking for a leg kick but Smith is out of range and Pandens settles back down.
Smith scores with a jab.
Pandens misses the jab.
Smith avoids the head kick by Pandens.
Smith walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Pandens ducks under a wild hook from Smith.
Smith swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Pandens misses with a hook.
Pandens lands with a straight right. Smith didn't see that one coming.
Smith takes a swing at Pandens's ribcage but misses.
Pandens is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Pandens throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Smith on the side of the head.
Smith throws a low kick but it's checked well by Pandens.
Nice body punch from Pandens.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Pandens loads up on a big right hand but Smith slips the punch.
Smith moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Pandens looks to throw the jab but Smith is out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pandens works Smith's body with a nice hook.
Smith lands with a kick to the temple. Pandens shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
It looks like Azriel Pandens has been cut.
Pandens has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Sloppy strikes from Smith. Those never looked like landing.
Pandens swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Pandens cracks Smith with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Smith steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Pandens.
Pandens is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Pandens connects with a crisp jab.
Smith throws a front kick aimed at Pandens's knee but Pandens avoids it well.
Smith dodges the punch combination from Pandens.
Pandens digs a good hook to Smith's body.
Pandens misses with a hook.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Smith throws the left hand but Pandens avoids the punch easily.
Pandens tried to counter with a leg kick but Smith avoided it.
Smith waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Pandens.
A counter left hand to the body from Pandens misses its target.
Pandens moves out of range of the body kick from Smith.
Smith throws a big shot that misses.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Bryant Smith will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Azriel Pandens's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Pandens fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Smith has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Pandens takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Pandens throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Smith's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Pandens connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Smith scrambles back to his feet.
A swing and a miss from Pandens.
Pandens lands a jab.
Pandens lands with a shot to the body.
Smith scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Pandens keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Smith.
Pandens blocks a jab.
An attempted straight right counter from Pandens misses the target.
A head kick misses from Smith.
Smith throws a head kick that misses
and Pandens counters with a nice leg kick.
Smith throws a jab when Pandens was well out of range.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Pandens ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Smith moves away.
Pandens checks a leg kick.
It looked like Pandens was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Smith.
Pandens avoids the head kick by Smith.
Smith moves out of range of the strikes.
A swing and a miss from Smith.
An attempted straight right counter from Pandens misses the target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pandens pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Pandens on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Smith slips under a jab.
Bryant Smith seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A head kick misses from Pandens.
Smith lands with a nice body punch.
Pandens misses with a straight left.
Nice defenses there by Pandens.
Pandens swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Smith throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Pandens takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Smith throws a leg kick but Pandens moved away.
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 Pandens has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Pandens and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Smith lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Smith throws a right and a left that Pandens avoids nicely.
Smith takes one on the button.
Pandens fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Smith manages to avoid it.
Smith connects with a body shot that sends Pandens's belly button to the back.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Pandens lands a lovely overhand right.
Smith ducks under a wild hook from Pandens.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith throws a head kick that Pandens semi-blocks.
Smith lands a body shot.
Smith jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Good standup being displayed there by Pandens as he connects with a hook.
Smith tried to score with a low kick but Pandens checks it.
Smith misses the shot to the body.
Smith throws a right hand that misses
and Pandens counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Pandens moves out of range of the body kick.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Smith misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
An attempted straight right counter from Pandens misses the target.
Smith throws a right hand that misses
and Pandens counters with a straight right hand.
Smith scores with a jab to the head.
Pandens connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
A bone on bone clash there as Pandens blocks the leg kick.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Pandens 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 attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Smith loads up on a big right hand but Pandens slips the punch.
Smith keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
A little jabbing left from Smith on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Pandens throws a body shot but no joy.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith missing with a left hand there. Pandens was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Pandens connects with a body shot that sends Smith's belly button to the back.
Pandens lands a lovely overhand right.
Pandens missing with a left hand there. Smith was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Smith connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Pandens fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Smith manages to avoid it.
Smith walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Pandens cracks a nice hook into Smith's ribs.
Smith throws a jab but it's blocked by Pandens.
Pandens thows a left - swing and a miss!
Pandens ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Smith moves away.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Smith in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Pandens misses with a lunging right hand
and Pandens takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Smith ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Smith connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Pandens momentarily.
A nice leg kick from Pandens, right into the meat of the thigh.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Pandens checks a low kick from Smith.
Pandens misses with a hook. Smith ducked under it nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pandens steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Smith.
Smith avoids the body shot from Pandens.
Pandens scores with the left hand. Smith knows he should have avoided that one.
Smith throws a leg kick
and Pandens counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Smith clobbers Pandens with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Smith throws a series of punches but Pandens avoids them all with ease.
Smith misses with a looping left.
A head kick misses from Smith.
It looked like Pandens wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Smith on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Smith has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Smith avoids the body shot from Pandens.
Some wild striking there from Smith.
It looked like Pandens was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Smith.
Pandens throws a big shot that misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Pandens's corner calls for a 1-2. Pandens obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Smith is rocked!
Smith walks straight into a right hand from Pandens - that's dropped him! Pandens jumps into mount and starts pounding away - can he finish?! More strikes go undefended and the referee has to dive in to save Smith from any more punishment! Smith complains about the stoppage but falls over as he tries to stand back up, so it was clearly a good stoppage.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Azriel Pandens!
After the fight, Azriel Pandens was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
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