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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jerry Smith (ranked 2991 p4p, 2302 weight class) and Quireem Xavier (ranked 104 p4p, 79 weight class). Quireem Xavier will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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Dangerous GnP
Brawler
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Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 1, fighting out of New York, Jerry Smith!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Quireem Xavier!
The judges for this bout are Jorge Garcia, John Roberts and John Kavanagh.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Xavier keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Smith.
Smith misses with a wild combination.
Smith ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Xavier moves away.
Xavier moves out of range as Smith strikes.
Smith throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Xavier scores with a nice head shot.
Xavier ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Smith moves away.
Smith throws a hook but Xavier avoids it easily.
Xavier moves into range and connects with a jab.
Smith swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Smith throws out a loose jab but Xavier uses good head movement to avoid it.
Xavier is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Xavier looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Xavier takes a swing at Smith's ribcage but misses.
Smith fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Xavier, pushing him back against the cage.
Smith lands a right hand.
Smith misses with the head strike.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Smith lands a right hand.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Xavier.
Smith looking to throw knees to the head but Xavier is blocking nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Xavier lands a left hand.
Xavier manages to break the clinch.
Smith is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Xavier.
Xavier dodges the punch combination from Smith.
Xavier jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Xavier connects with a good right hand that stumbles Smith. Smith circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Some wild striking there from Smith.
Smith takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Xavier moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Smith has taken the fight to the clinch.
Smith goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Xavier taking a breather.
Smith fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
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!
Xavier blocking some punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Xavier misses with the head strike.
Xavier doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Xavier lands an elbow that stopped Smith in his tracks for a moment.
It looks like Jerry Smith has been cut.
A head punch on the inside from Smith fails to land.
Smith throws a punch but it's blocked by Xavier.
Xavier's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Smith fails in his attempt to clinch.
Xavier slips under a jab.
Xavier tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Xavier thows a left - swing and a miss!
Smith takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Xavier uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Smith.
Smith throws a hook but Xavier avoids it easily.
Smith misses with a looping right.
Smith misses with a straight left.
Xavier has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Xavier feints a jab promting Smith to slip. Xavier then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Smith slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Xavier throws out a powerful jab.
Xavier looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Xavier with a jab.
Smith swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Xavier scores with a nice right hand.
Xavier's jab looks to have found its range, popping Smith under the eye.
Smith looks to land a combination but Xavier avoids it well.
Xavier is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Smith misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Xavier is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Xavier misses with a wild body shot.
Xavier throws a right hand that Smith ducks under and follows up with a left that Smith also avoids with ease.
Smith misses with a body shot.
The fighters circling - Smith throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A jab from Smith misses.
Xavier 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 mush.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Smith on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Smith tries to close the distance and clinch up but Xavier swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Xavier is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Smith tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Xavier manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Smith jabbing away but nothing is landing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Xavier dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Smith tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Smith lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Xavier at a distance.
Xavier lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Smith at a distance.
Smith is breathing heavily.
Xavier buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Xavier lands a jab to Smith's midsection.
Xavier lands a right hook to the body.
Xavier lands a slapping body shot.
Xavier smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Nice uppercut lands for Xavier. That snapped Smith's head back.
Xavier dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Xavier changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Xavier throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A jab from Xavier does it's job there.
Xavier lands with a big left! Smith is wobbled badly! Xavier comes in with a flurry of punches and drops Smith to the floor. The ref jumps in to save him from unneccessary punishment.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Quireem Xavier!
A very excited looking Quireem Xavier 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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energy
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
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