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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between William Smyth (ranked 5188 p4p, 2926 weight class) and Maki Tantor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Maki Tantor has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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183 cm 26 180 4 - 12 - 1 |
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182 cm 30 180 19 - 15 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt Solid boxing KO power |
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Good wrestler World class MT Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of 4 - 12 - 1, fighting out of London, William Smyth! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of 19 - 15 - 0, fighting out of London, Maki Tantor! The judges for this bout are William Gold, Andrew Berry and Colin Fotheringham.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Tantor gets in close and instigates a clinch. Tantor decides to pull guard. Smyth throws a big right hand that misses. Tantor is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control. Smyth lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard. Tantor working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Smyth. Tantor has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall. Smyth won't allow Tantor to sweep him here. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Smyth wants to pass the guard but Tantor is keeping the position. Smyth missing there with some ground and pound from the guard. Smyth throwing strikes but missing. Tantor pulls Smyth in to control the position.
That's one minute gone in the round. Smyth in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time. Tantor is adopting a defensive guard. Tantor has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Smyth off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds. Danga de danga de dang - Smyth scores with a four punch combination! William Smyth is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs. Tantor lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Tantor. Tantor drops Smyth with a straight left! Oh this is bad for Smyth! Tantor dives in and starts dropping bombs - the referee has no choice but to step in and save him!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:42 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Maki Tantor!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
A | B |
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
49% |
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