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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kenny Smith (ranked 2241 p4p, 514 weight class) and Violent Femme (ranked 51 p4p, 16 weight class). Smith comes into the arena with IS THIS LOVE blaring out of the sound system. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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181 cm 31 176 15 - 4 - 0 |
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167 cm 26 140 11 - 3 - 0 |
Good wrestling World class boxer Granite chin |
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Good wrestler World class boxer Granite chin |
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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 15 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Kenny Smith! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of 11 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Violent Femme! The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Arvi Lind and Marco Blurström.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! The fight moves into the clinch position. Smith cracks Femme with a nice body shot. Smith blocks an uppercut.
Femme lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage. Femme misses with the head strike.
Femme prevents a body shot from Smith. A head punch on the inside from Smith fails to land. Smith scores with a hook to the body. Smith lands with a left to the head. Smith misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Femme.
Smith blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Smith lands a shot to the body. Femme misses with a punch on the inside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Femme takes a knee to the side of the body. Femme throws a punch but it's blocked by Smith. Smith tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Femme avoids it. Smith tries to work over Femme's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target. Femme on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Smith. Femme swings away with an uppercut that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round. Smith using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Smith scores with a shoulder strike. Come on Smith - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Smith misses with some punches.
Femme fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Femme on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Smith tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Femme avoids it. Femme lands a body shot. Smith throws a knee to the head but misses.
Smith using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Nice body punch from Smith - that landed with a thud.
Femme working aggressively here.
Femme has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Smith seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Femme can turn it around. Femme has a couple of punches blocked by Smith.
Smith blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Smith lands a nice knee to the body. The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch. Femme fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Smith lands with a good tight uppercut to the head. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Femme working aggressively here.
Femme takes an elbow to the forehead. Smith blocks an uppercut.
Smith lands a nice knee to the body. A nice glancing elbow lands by Smith. Smith lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage. A hook to the body from Smith.
Femme takes a shot to the head. Femme breaks the clinch.
Smith misses with a leg kick. Smith lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range. Good work by Femme as he checks the leg kick. Smith misses with a low kick.
Some wild striking there from Smith.
Smith throws a jab when Femme was well out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Femme throws out a token jab with nothing on it. Femme throws a body punch but Smith moves out of range. Femme ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Smith moves away. Femme misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Smith.
A swing and a miss from Smith. Femme swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Smith lands a body shot.
Femme takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Femme throws a jab when Smith was well out of range. Smith tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion. Femme walks into a straight right hand from Smith. Smith bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes. Femme looks to land a left hand but Smith moved out of range nicely. Smith's corner calls for a 1-2. Smith obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range. Smith throws a head kick that misses. Smith tries to clinch but Femme moves out of range. Smith attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Femme stuns Smith with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range. Femme misses the jab. Smith fakes a jab and scores with a low kick. Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Smith pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way. Femme gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Femme takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it. Femme changes levels and scores with a jab to the body. Femme throws a hook but Smith blocks it. Smith is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range. Femme misses with a hook. Smith moves out of range of the strikes. As Femme backs away, Smith returns fire with a leg kick that just misses. Femme takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Femme moves out of range of the body kick from Smith.
Femme thuds a left hand into Smith's body. Femme jabbing away but nothing is landing. Femme just misses with a punch to the body.
Smith is looking for a counter combo. Femme scores with a shot to the body.
Nice defenses there by Smith. And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Kenny Smith dominated that round. The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Smith tries to clinch up. A telegraphed right hand from Femme misses the target. Femme connects with a body shot that sends Smith's belly button to the back. Smith swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Femme looks to throw the jab but Smith is out of range. Femme throws a looping overhand right but Smith ducks down to avoid it. Femme scores with a nice head shot. Smith moves into range and clinches up with Femme. Kenny Smith has scored more points in the clinch so far. Smith blocking some punches.
Smith keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Femme's efforts to push away. Smith lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Femme backwards. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Femme wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Femme blocking some punches.
Smith is pushing Femme up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word. Femme misses with a hook to the ribs.
That's one minute gone in the round. Femme is trying to break the clinch but Smith is controlling him. Femme looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now. Femme's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button! Femme misses with the head strike.
Smith lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage. Smith scores a nice knee to the body.
Femme is breathing heavily. A nice glancing elbow lands by Smith. Femme tries to throw a body punch but Smith avoids it by throwing Femme back against the cage. Smith working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely. Smith lands with a left to the head. A right hand to the body from Smith.
Smith scores with a shot to the side of Femme's head. Femme dodges an elbow strike from Smith.
Smith misses with a hook to the ribs.
Smith is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Femme is defending well for now. Smith trying to land knees to the body.
Femme is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent. Femme is trying to break the clinch but Smith is controlling him. Femme takes a knee to the side of the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round. We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Smith misses with a body punch.
A head punch on the inside from Femme fails to land. An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Femme. Smith lands a nice knee to the body. Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Smith obliges. Smith lands a nice elbow from the clinch. Smith lands a nice knee to the body. Femme wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Smith has him pressed against the cage. Smith lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Femme misses with a hook from the clinch. Femme avoids a wild elbow strike from Smith. Smith gets through Femme's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head. An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Femme. Smith unloads a knee to the mid-section. Smith lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards. I was talking to Smith's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight. A head punch on the inside from Femme fails to land. Femme escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Smith takes a jab right on the kisser.
Smith throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Femme's head.
Femme is rocked! Smith throws an overhand right that drops Femme like a sack of potatoes! Smith dives in to finish the fight with more strikes and this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:13 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kenny Smith! A very excited looking Kenny Smith 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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