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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Steve Smith (ranked 5763 p4p, 3596 weight class) and Sebastiaan Weideman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Weideman has chosen Het Wilhelmus as his entrance music. Sebastiaan Weideman has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Steve Smith's chin.
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Decent wrestler
Counter fighter
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BJJ White Belt
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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Steve Smith!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Sebastiaan Weideman!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, David Hoff and Bart Greer.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Smith scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Smith just content to control the position.
Smith wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Weideman, who protects the arm well.
Weideman avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Smith.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Smith is staying tight to Weideman's torso, preventing him from escaping.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Check out the look on Smith's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Weideman being controlled for a moment.
Weideman takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Smith remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
Weideman is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Smith controls the position.
Weideman looks winded!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
This is a sustained period of stalling by Smith.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Smith scores with a couple of short elbows.
Smith fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Weideman on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Weideman looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Smith lands a few punches from side control.
Smith scoring with punches from side control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Smith is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
Smith seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Weideman for as long as he can get away with.
Weideman takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Smith working the ground and pound from side control.
Smith taking a breather here.
Smith's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Steve Smith dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Smith tries a head kick but it misses.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Weideman tries a head kick but it misses.
Smith is looking to counter the offense by Weideman and move into the clinch.
Smith shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Smith looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Smith continues to hold on tight.
Weideman is breathing heavily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Weideman on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Smith is looking for a kimura but Weideman is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Smith to get the leverage.
Smith stalling.
Smith is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Smith passes to full mount!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith controlling from mount.
Smith landing punches.
Smith content just to control the position here.
Smith connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith controlling his opponent.
Smith postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Weideman looks a forlorn figure.
Smith in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Smith controlling his opponent.
Smith looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
The referee warns Weideman that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Smith takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Smith cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Smith controlling his opponent.
Smith looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Smith has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Smith breaks from Weideman's wrist control and lands an elbow.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Steve Smith dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Smith moves into the clinch successfully.
Smith pulls guard.
Smith seems keen to control Weideman's posture.
Smith bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Weideman's guard.
Smith is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Steve Smith overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Weideman really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Smith. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Smith is pushing down on Weideman's leg trying to pass to half guard. Weideman is fighting to maintain full guard but Smith has managed to sneak the leg through.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Weideman taking some punishment here, with Smith in his half guard.
Weideman takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Smith slows the pace down in half guard.
Smith works his way into side control.
Smith connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Weideman some visible discomfort.
Smith in side control, working for a kimura. He's got hold of an arm and he's torquing it... Weideman is tapping! That's the end of the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Steve Smith!
Sebastiaan Weideman spoke after the fight, saying 'I was an oddball in kickboxing because of my style. I'm different'.
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hype
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pop
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