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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Hector Morales (ranked 858 p4p, 2059 weight class) and Bryant Smith (ranked 121 p4p, 273 weight class). Smith comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Television - Marquee Moon kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!
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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 11 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Hector Morales!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 13 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bryant Smith!
The judges for this bout are Hugh Johnson, Chris Dean and Steve Erwin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Morales getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Smith looks to land a right hand but Morales moved out of range.
Morales tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Smith manages to circle out of the way.
Morales tries to clinch but Smith is having none of it.
Smith misses with a low kick.
Smith misses with a looping left.
Good leg kick by Smith.
Smith swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Smith connects with a right hand. Morales shakes it off.
Smith lands a really nice looking cross but Morales seems unphased.
Morales moves into the clinch successfully.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Smith breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Morales looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Smith works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
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.
A low kick from Smith misses
and Morales counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Smith breaks the clinch.
Morales has managed to clinch.
Smith manages to break the clinch.
Smith misses with a body kick.
Morales gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Smith stalling in the clinch.
Smith is trying to force a seperation but Morales has the dominant position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A short uppercut from Morales.
Smith tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Morales's elbow.
Smith blocking some punches.
A bit of stalling here from Morales.
Smith wants to get back to striking at distance but Morales won't allow it.
The referee is keeping an eye on Morales - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Smith is trying to break the clinch but Morales is controlling him.
Morales keeps control of Smith as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Morales stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Morales keeps control of Smith as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Smith.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Smith is struggling to control the position.
Smith blocks an uppercut.
Morales lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Smith backwards.
Smith wants to break the clinch but can't.
Morales scores with a nice hook to the head.
Morales has Smith pressed against the cage, preventing Smith from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith tries to break the clinch but Morales is controlling the position.
Smith has had enough of the clinch but Morales keeps him there for the moment.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Smith.
Nice body punch from Smith.
Morales misses with a body punch.
Smith misses with a hook to the ribs.
A nice right hand lands inside from Morales.
Smith pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Smith misses with a head kick.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Smith throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Morales clinches with his opponent.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Morales working aggressively here.
Morales misses with some punches.
Morales lands a hook that snaps the head of Smith backwards.
Smith tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Smith breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Smith throws a low kick but Morales moves out of range easily.
Morales tries to clinch there but Smith circles away.
Morales tries to close the distance and clinch but Smith swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Morales moves into the clinch.
Smith has had enough of the clinch but Morales keeps him there for the moment.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith is trying to push Morales away but Morales has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Smith's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Morales has taken the fight to the clinch.
Morales lands an uppercut.
Smith tries to break the clinch but Morales is controlling the position.
Smith tries a body shot but Morales blocks it.
Smith misses with a hook to the ribs.
Smith manages to break the clinch.
Morales clobbers Smith with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Smith lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Morales throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Smith.
A looping hook to the body misses from Smith. Morales does a little dance to reset his feet.
Bryant Smith seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Morales closes the distance and clinches.
A left hand lands to the body for Morales.
Morales lands with a right to the head.
Smith is trying to break free.
Smith lands with a light punch inside.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Smith pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Morales tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Smith paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A big right from Smith misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morales has closed the distance and engaged Smith in a clinch.
Morales softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Morales pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Smith prevents a body shot from Morales.
Smith blocks an uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Smith fails to land.
Morales is stalling here.
Morales effectively controlling the action here.
A right hand to the body from Morales.
Morales swings wildly with an uppercut but Smith uses good head movement to avoid it.
Smith misses with the head strike.
Smith tries to break the clinch but Morales is controlling the position.
A nice left hand lands by Smith.
Still in the clinch, Morales scores with a nice short uppercut.
Smith breaks the clinch.
Morales moves into range and clinches up with Smith.
Morales misses with a hook from the clinch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Hector Morales dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Smith misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Morales.
Bryant Smith seems to be getting the better of the standup.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Morales takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Morales is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Morales staying out of range there.
Smith throws a jab but it's blocked by Morales.
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 Morales has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Morales and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Morales slips under a jab from Smith.
Morales wants to clinch.
Morales has closed the distance and engaged Smith in a clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Morales just misses with a elbow thrown towards Smith's brow.
Morales throws a head punch that misses.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Morales takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Smith breaks the clinch.
Morales clinches.
Smith working some nice short punches in the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morales misses with a body punch.
Morales misses with a punch to the body.
Morales misses with the head strike.
Nice body punch from Morales - that landed with a thud.
Morales lands an elbow inside that Smith shrugs off.
Smith wants to break free but Morales has control.
Smith takes a shot to the head.
Smith's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Morales moves into range and clinches up with Smith.
Morales lands with a short shot to the head.
Morales throws a punch but it's blocked by Smith.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Smith is trying to break free.
Smith breaks from the clinch.
Morales gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Smith lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Morales or not.
Hector Morales has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Morales lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Morales lands an uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Morales lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Morales's elbow.
Morales misses with a punch to the body.
Morales keeps control of Smith as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Smith struggles to land a body shot inside as Morales controls his hands.
Smith is looking to break free of the clinch but Morales has double underhooks.
Morales swings wildly with an uppercut but Smith uses good head movement to avoid it.
Smith tries to circle away but Morales has him pinned against the cage.
Smith's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Smith throws a solid leg kick but Morales takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Smith.
Morales avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Morales takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Morales tries to close the distance and clinch but Smith swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Smith looks to land a right hand but Morales moved out of range.
Morales moves into the clinch.
Smith breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
The fight stays on the outside here - Morales looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Smith takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith gets off balance looking for a body kick
enabling Morales to counter with a crisp jab.
Morales moves into range and clinches up with Smith.
Morales stalling against the cage.
Morales blocking some punches.
Good body shot from Morales.
Smith softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Smith can't break the clinch.
Morales gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Smith breaks the clinch.
Morales moves in looking to clinch but Smith pushes him off.
Smith tries a quick counter leg kick but Morales is wise to it.
Smith fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Morales tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Smith misses with a two punch combination.
Smith keeps the fight on the outside.
Smith misses with a straight right.
Morales tries to clinch there but Smith circles away.
Smith was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Smith shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Morales eats them both and turns towards Smith to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Smith tries to bum rush Morales with a series of wild strikes but Morales uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morales wants to clinch up but Smith keeps it at a distance.
Smith looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Morales wants to clinch up but Smith keeps it at a distance.
Morales fails in his attempt to clinch.
Smith misses with a wild body shot.
Morales wants to clinch.
Morales clinches.
Still in the clinch, Smith scores with a nice short uppercut.
Smith lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
A body shot lands from Morales.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Smith.
Smith breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Some wild striking there from Smith.
Morales tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Smith manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Morales tries to clinch but Smith moves out of range.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Bryant Smith will probably get the nod - 10:9.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Morales wants to clinch up but Smith keeps it at a distance.
Morales tries to close the distance and clinch but Smith swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Morales tries to clinch but Smith moves out of range.
Decent striking displayed by Smith there.
Smith throws a body shot but no joy.
Smith shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Morales eats them both and turns towards Smith to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Smith misses with a body shot.
Morales rushes Smith and presses him up against the cage.
Morales misses with a punch on the inside.
Morales has a couple of punches blocked by Smith.
Morales is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Morales lands an elbow that stopped Smith in his tracks for a moment.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Morales.
Morales stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Morales.
Morales lands a shoulder strike.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Smith blocking some punches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A short right from Morales.
Smith lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Smith pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Smith circles away from the clinch attempt.
Morales tries to clinch but Smith is having none of it.
Morales tries to clinch but Smith is having none of it.
Morales avoids a punch combination nicely.
Morales uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Smith.
Morales clinches.
A nice left hand lands by Morales.
Morales misses with a hook from the clinch.
Morales scores with a nice hook to the head.
Smith lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Morales swings wildly with an uppercut but Smith uses good head movement to avoid it.
Morales lands a shot to the body.
A frustrated look appears on Smith's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Morales tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Morales throws a punch but it's blocked by Smith.
Smith's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Smith throws a jab when Morales was well out of range.
Smith throws a nice outside leg kick.
Morales is looking to clinch but Smith is avoiding it.
Smith throws a head kick that misses.
Morales fails in his attempt to clinch.
Smith circles away from the clinch attempt.
Morales on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Smith. Smith obviously looking to wear him down.
Smith throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Morales stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Morales is looking to clinch.
Morales moves out of range of the strikes.
Morales scores with a jab.
A left lands for Smith.
Morales tries to close the distance and clinch up but Smith swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Morales tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Smith dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Smith looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Morales doesn't manage to clinch there - Smith circles away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith's jab looks to have found its range, popping Morales under the eye.
A shot to the liver by Smith. Beautiful body shot.
Smith throws a jab but it's blocked by Morales.
Smith jabs Morales to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Smith cracks Morales with a good jab.
Morales 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.
A jab from Smith misses.
Morales fails with an attempt to clinch.
Morales tries to clinch up but Smith circles away and keeps his distance.
Morales tries to close the distance and clinch up but Smith swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Morales tries to clinch but Smith is having none of it.
Morales blocks a head kick by Smith.
Morales tries to clinch but Smith moves out of range.
Nice defenses there by Morales.
Smith misses the shot to the body.
Smith circles away from the clinch attempt.
Good leg kick by Smith.
Morales gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Smith breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morales clinches up against the cage.
A nice left hand lands by Morales.
Morales stalls.
Morales lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Smith's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Smith scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Morales doesn't seem bothered though.
Morales tries to clinch up but Smith circles away and keeps his distance.
Smith misses with a jab, cross combination.
Morales appears to be looking for a big counter.
Morales connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Morales tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Morales tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Morales tries to clinch there but Smith circles away.
Smith doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Morales wants to clinch.
Morales tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Smith manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Morales is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
And that's the end of the fight!
Bryant Smith comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Smith has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Hugh Johnson scores the fight 28:29
Judge Chris Dean scores the fight 28:29
Judge Steve Erwin scores the fight 29:29
In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Bryant Smith!
An out of breath and clearly excited Bryant Smith thanked Brooklyn Apothecary for their help and support (and free stuff they sent him).
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energy
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hype
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pop
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