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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Itchy Sinclair (ranked 645 p4p, 729 weight class) and Agent Smith (ranked 78 p4p, 93 weight class). Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!
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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 23 - 11 - 3, fighting out of Las Vegas, Itchy Sinclair!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 12 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Agent Smith!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Ian Loll and Alec Ball.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Smith connects with a leg kick.
Sinclair lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Smith misses with a wild combination.
Sinclair misses with a body kick.
Smith gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Sinclair tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Smith misses with a hook from the clinch.
Sinclair fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Smith manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
A nice right hand lands inside from Smith.
Sinclair is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Smith is keeping busy.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Smith lands a hook that snaps the head of Sinclair backwards.
Smith blocks a body shot from Sinclair.
Smith misses with a short punch on the inside.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Smith.
Sinclair stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Smith working some nice short punches in the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith has a couple of punches blocked by Sinclair.
Sinclair taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Sinclair blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Smith pushes Sinclair back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Sinclair lands a left hand that snaps the head of Smith backwards.
Sinclair misses with a punch to the body.
Sinclair can't find room to land a body shot as Smith controls the action.
Smith lands an uppercut.
Sinclair blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Sinclair blocks an uppercut.
Smith blocks a body shot from Sinclair.
Smith lands with a right to the head.
Sinclair blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Smith tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Sinclair's elbow.
Sinclair wants to stall.
Sinclair misses with a body punch.
A right handed body shot lands from Sinclair.
Good body shot from Smith.
A nice right hand lands inside from Smith.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sinclair tries to land knees in the clinch but Smith avoids the damage to the body.
Smith trying to land knees to the body.
Sinclair just leaning against Smith, taking a breather.
Sinclair leaning against his opponent.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sinclair tries to pull guard but Smith won't allow it.
Sinclair can't find room to land a body shot as Smith controls the action.
Still in the clinch, Smith scores with a nice short uppercut.
Smith tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Sinclair's elbow.
Smith doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Smith with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Smith pushes Sinclair back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Smith fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Sinclair successfully pulls guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Smith trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Smith passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Smith is looking to take a break and control but Sinclair is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Sinclair struggling a bit here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith lands some shots froms side control.
Both fighters take a look at the clock.
Sinclair sneaks back into half guard.
Smith controlling the pace.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Smith takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Sinclair is holding on to half guard well.
Sinclair is trying to maintain the position but Smith is very close to passing his half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Smith missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Smith is working for a submission of some sort.
Sinclair keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Sinclair is trying to get back to full guard.
Sinclair trying to control but Smith postures up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The fighters are battling for position here. Sinclair manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Sinclair looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Sinclair preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Sinclair looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Smith thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Agent Smith dominated that round.
That's time! Sinclair's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Sinclair fails with the takedown
and Smith counters with a lovely straight right hand!
It looks like Itchy Sinclair has been cut.
Smith misses with a head kick.
Sinclair cracks Smith with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Itchy Sinclair is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A telegraphed right hand from Sinclair misses the target.
Smith takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Smith tests Sinclair's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Smith misses with a wild body shot.
Sinclair listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Smith is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Sinclair.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A nice inside leg kick there by Sinclair. That's going to slow Smith down.
Smith blocks a jab.
Itchy Sinclair seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Smith throws a sloppy body shot
so Sinclair counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sinclair stopping the sweep attempt from Smith.
Smith working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Sinclair doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Sinclair manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sinclair got a little sloppy there for a moment and Smith has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Sinclair has managed to get both his arms back between Smith's legs - danger averted.
Smith keeping moving, preventing Sinclair from controlling successfully.
Sinclair is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Smith is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Sinclair postures up and lands a big shot to Smith's brow.
Sinclair preventing the sweep.
Sinclair scoring with punches to the head and body.
Smith looking for a guillotine here but Sinclair defends easily.
Sinclair stopping the sweep attempt from Smith.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith keeping moving, preventing Sinclair from controlling successfully.
Smith tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Sinclair wants to control from the top but Smith keeps moving.
Sinclair is working Smith over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Sinclair trying to control the position from guard on top but Smith is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Smith looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Sinclair postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Sinclair stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Smith swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Sinclair postures up and lands a big shot to Smith's brow.
Smith trying to control the position.
Smith has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Smith keeping full guard, as Sinclair tries to pass.
Smith looking for a sweep. Not yet Smith, not yet.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Sinclair accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Sinclair stopping the sweep attempt from Smith.
Sinclair tries to free his leg and advance position but Smith is retaining full guard.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Sinclair misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Smith avoids a punch combination nicely.
Sinclair scores with a crisp jab that stopped Smith in his tracks.
Smith takes one to the chin there.
Sinclair cracks Smith with a good jab.
Sinclair misses with a double jab.
Smith tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Nice cross by Smith.
Sinclair uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Smith.
It looked like Sinclair was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Sinclair lands a nice looking body kick.
Smith takes a kick to the side of the head.
Sinclair doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Itchy Sinclair dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Itchy Sinclair's cut.
That's time! Sinclair's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Smith misses with an uppercut. Sinclair saw that one coming.
Sinclair uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Smith.
Smith uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sinclair.
Smith is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Smith looks to throw the jab but Sinclair is out of range.
Sinclair appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Sinclair misses with the combination.
It looks like Sinclair has been trying to sharpen up his punching technique, as it looks crisper than last time we saw him.
Nice takedown defense from Smith. No joy for Sinclair on that attempt.
Smith has Sinclair up against the cage in a clinch.
Sinclair blocking some punches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sinclair tries a body shot but Smith blocks it.
Sinclair is trying to maintain a safe position but Smith gets an underhook and turns Sinclair into the cage.
Sinclair tries to pull guard but Smith won't allow it.
Sinclair tries to land knees in the clinch but Smith avoids the damage to the body.
Smith doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Smith tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Sinclair wants to stall.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith misses with a hook to the ribs.
Sinclair blocking some punches.
Smith lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Sinclair blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Sinclair prevents a body shot from Smith.
Smith lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Sinclair backwards.
Sinclair can't get the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Itchy Sinclair. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Smith blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Smith tries a knee to the head but Sinclair blocks it.
Sinclair avoiding damage.
Sinclair blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Smith goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Smith throws a head punch that misses.
Smith tries to land a knee to the head but Sinclair blocks with his arms.
Smith lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Smith softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith prevents the takedown attempt.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Smith.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Smith prevents Sinclair from breaking the clinch.
Smith lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Sinclair.
Smith doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Sinclair goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Smith misses with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Smith.
Agent Smith seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Smith looking to stall.
Smith makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Sinclair.
A short uppercut from Smith.
Smith lands an uppercut.
Smith misses with a hook from the clinch.
Sinclair lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A short right from Smith on the inside.
Sinclair is trying to pull guard but Smith turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Sinclair tries to pull guard but Smith forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Smith misses with a punch to the body.
Smith tries to work over Sinclair's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Sinclair lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Smith or not.
Smith tries a body shot but Sinclair blocks it.
Smith lands with a right to the head.
Smith lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Sinclair backwards.
A nice left hand lands by Smith.
Smith scores with a hook to the body.
Sinclair gets a trip takedown into half guard.
Smith moves into full guard.
Sinclair won't allow Smith to sweep him here.
Smith keeps trying to improve his position.
Smith is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sinclair trying to control the position from guard on top but Smith is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Sinclair controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Smith keeping full guard, as Sinclair tries to pass.
Sinclair got a little sloppy there for a moment and Smith has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Sinclair has managed to get both his arms back between Smith's legs - danger averted.
Smith looking to control.
Sinclair trying to control but Smith is working from the bottom.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Smith looking to hit a scissor sweep but Sinclair is one step ahead there.
And that's the end of the fight!
Agent 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 Steve Smith scores the fight 28:29
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 28:29
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Agent Smith!
Agent Smith really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that Mythical Fighter logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.
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energy
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FIGHT
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