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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Joe Smo (ranked 1764 p4p, 1481 weight class) and Jean Cristopher La Vellei (ranked 247 p4p, 220 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Joe Smo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 8 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jean Cristopher La Vellei!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Gwen Towbar and Daniel Franklin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fighters circling - La Vellei throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Smo moves into the clinch.
La Vellei pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
La Vellei bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Smo's head.
La Vellei misses with a hook. Smo ducked under it nicely.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
La Vellei throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Smo is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Smo clinches up with La Vellei and pushes him back against the cage.
Smo landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
La Vellei looks winded!
Smo scores a nice knee to the body.
Smo lands a knee to the body.
Smo tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Smo has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. La Vellei is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
La Vellei takes a knee to the side of the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Smo trying to land knees to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Knees to the body from Smo.
La Vellei takes a knee to the side of the body.
Our sources have told us that Smo has been working on his elbows in the gym.
A knee to the head by Smo.
It looks like Jean Cristopher La Vellei has been cut.
La Vellei on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Smo misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from La Vellei.
Smo misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from La Vellei.
La Vellei looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Smo unloads a knee to the mid-section. La Vellei lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Smo scores a nice knee to the body.
La Vellei blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A knee to the head by Smo.
Good body shot from Smo.
Smo lands a knee to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Smo unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Smo missing with knees to the body.
Smo is struggling to control the position.
Smo landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Smo tried to land a shot to the body but connects with La Vellei's elbow.
Smo can't find room to land a body shot as La Vellei controls the action.
Smo utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Knees to the body from Smo.
Smo unloads a knee to the mid-section.
La Vellei managing to block the knees to the body from Smo.
La Vellei tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smo tries to land knees in the clinch but La Vellei avoids the damage to the body.
La Vellei manages to break the clinch.
Smo closes the distance and clinches.
La Vellei breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Smo with a nice cross.
Smo wants to clinch.
No luck with that takedown attempt from La Vellei.
Smo tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. La Vellei manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Smo tries to close the distance and clinch up but La Vellei swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Smo lands a head kick. La Vellei smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Smo tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. La Vellei manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
La Vellei avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Smo moves into range and clinches up with La Vellei.
La Vellei is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Smo putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has La Vellei in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Smo working La Vellei over with knees to the body.
Smo tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and La Vellei avoids it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Smo trying to land knees to the body.
Smo is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. La Vellei is defending well for now.
Smo struggles to land a body shot inside as La Vellei controls his hands.
La Vellei blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
La Vellei managing to block the knees to the body from Smo.
A knee to the head by Smo.
Smo unloads a knee to the mid-section.
La Vellei on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Smo crunches a lovely knee into La Vellei's ribcage.
Smo tries to land knees in the clinch but La Vellei avoids the damage to the body.
Smo unloads a knee to the mid-section. La Vellei lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Joe Smo dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jean Cristopher La Vellei's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Smo tries to close the distance and clinch up but La Vellei swats him away and circles back towards the center.
La Vellei lands with a nice body punch.
Nice defenses there by Smo.
Smo tries to clinch up.
Smo doesn't manage to clinch there - La Vellei circles away.
Smo tries to close the distance and clinch but La Vellei swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
La Vellei scores with a nice body kick.
Smo rushes La Vellei and presses him up against the cage.
La Vellei being controlled against the cage.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
La Vellei avoiding damage as Smo throws knees to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Smo lands a body shot.
La Vellei is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
La Vellei is breathing heavily.
La Vellei managing to block the knees to the body from Smo.
Smo tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and La Vellei avoids it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
La Vellei breaks the clinch.
Smo moves out of range as La Vellei strikes.
Smo tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. La Vellei manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Smo connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
La Vellei misses with a jab to the body
and La Vellei takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
La Vellei circles away from the clinch attempt.
Smo lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Smo defending well as La Vellei loads up on a big left hand.
Smo tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. La Vellei manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Smo wants to clinch up but La Vellei keeps it at a distance.
Smo takes the fight into the clinch.
La Vellei avoiding damage as Smo throws knees to the body.
La Vellei's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Joe Smo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
La Vellei looks to land a combination but Smo avoids it well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head kick by La Vellei misses
and Smo counters with a right hand to the body.
La Vellei tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Smo throws a quick counter head kick but La Vellei was just out of range.
Smo tries to close the distance and clinch but La Vellei swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Smo looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
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!
Smo wants to clinch.
La Vellei misses with a looping left.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Smo misses with a hook to the ribs.
Smo tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and La Vellei avoids it.
Smo is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that La Vellei can do to turn this around?
La Vellei on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Smo using the Thai plumb to throw knees but La Vellei has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
La Vellei managing to block the knees to the body from Smo.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smo tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and La Vellei avoids it.
Smo missing with knees to the body.
La Vellei blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Smo trying to land knees to the body.
Smo misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from La Vellei.
Smo misses with a knee strike.
Smo misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from La Vellei.
La Vellei is trying to break free.
Smo struggles to land a body shot inside as La Vellei controls his hands.
Smo has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. La Vellei avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
La Vellei is trying to break the clinch but Smo is controlling him.
La Vellei blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Smo tries to land a knee to the head but La Vellei blocks with his arms.
La Vellei avoiding damage as Smo throws knees to the body.
Smo is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. La Vellei is defending well for now.
Smo lands a knee to the body.
La Vellei breaks from the clinch.
A lazy body kick from La Vellei
and Smo counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps La Vellei thinking.
Smo looks to clinch
and La Vellei counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Smo tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. La Vellei manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
La Vellei doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
La Vellei misses with a jab, cross combination.
Smo tries to clinch but La Vellei is having none of it.
Jean Cristopher La Vellei seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Smo tries to close the distance and clinch up but La Vellei swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Smo tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. La Vellei manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Smo tries to close the distance and clinch up but La Vellei swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Smo closes the distance looking to clinch
and La Vellei counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Joe Smo dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Jean Cristopher La Vellei's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
The fight stays on the outside here - Smo looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Smo tries to clinch up.
Smo wants to clinch up but La Vellei keeps it at a distance.
Smo connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between La Vellei's hands.
La Vellei missing with a left hand there. Smo was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Smo tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
La Vellei swats away the attempt to clinch by Smo.
La Vellei throws a shot from downtown. Smo moves away and avoids it.
Smo wants to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Smo wants to clinch up but La Vellei keeps it at a distance.
Smo stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from La Vellei.
Smo tries to close the distance and clinch up but La Vellei swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Smo tries to close the distance and clinch but La Vellei swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
La Vellei throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Smo.
A head kick misses from Smo.
Smo is looking to clinch.
La Vellei looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Smo tries to close the distance and clinch up but La Vellei swats him away and circles back towards the center.
La Vellei throws a nice looking combination but Smo bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Smo tries to clinch but La Vellei is having none of it.
Smo tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Smo throws a good cross that connects.
Smo has La Vellei up against the cage in a clinch.
La Vellei avoiding damage as Smo throws knees to the body.
La Vellei pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
La Vellei swats away the attempt to clinch by Smo.
Smo tries a head kick but it misses.
Smo tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. La Vellei manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Jean Cristopher La Vellei has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
La Vellei avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
La Vellei misses with a hook.
Joe Smo is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
La Vellei goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
La Vellei looks for the body kick but Smo saw that one coming.
La Vellei shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
La Vellei swats away the attempt to clinch by Smo.
Smo fails in his attempt to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Smo looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
La Vellei throws a head kick that misses
letting Smo counter with a right hand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
La Vellei misses the jab.
La Vellei swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
La Vellei swings for the body but Smo moves out of range.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Smo.
Smo darts in and clinches La Vellei up against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smo misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from La Vellei.
Smo tries to land knees in the clinch but La Vellei avoids the damage to the body.
La Vellei misses with a body punch.
Smo missing with knees to the body.
Smo is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. La Vellei is defending well for now.
La Vellei struggles to land a body shot inside as Smo controls his hands.
La Vellei managing to block the knees to the body from Smo.
La Vellei managing to block the knees to the body from Smo.
Smo is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. La Vellei is defending well for now.
A frustrated look appears on La Vellei's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Smo misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from La Vellei.
Smo tries to land knees in the clinch but La Vellei avoids the damage to the body.
La Vellei wants to break free but Smo has control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Smo trying to land knees to the body.
Smo trying to land knees to the body.
Smo lands a nice knee to the body.
Smo stalling in the clinch but La Vellei improves position.
Smo blocks a body shot from La Vellei.
Smo is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
A right hand to the body from Smo.
La Vellei working some nice short punches in the clinch.
La Vellei scores with a shoulder strike.
La Vellei avoiding damage as Smo throws knees to the body.
Smo lands a knee to the body.
Joe Smo is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
La Vellei takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Smo is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. La Vellei is defending well for now.
La Vellei tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Joe Smo has scored more points in the clinch so far.
La Vellei can't find room to land a body shot as Smo controls the action.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Joe Smo.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Smo, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 30:27
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 30:27
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Joe Smo!
After winning the bout, Joe Smo thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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