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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Serwacy Smolarek (ranked 3222 p4p, 3064 weight class) and Clifford Price (ranked 394 p4p, 384 weight class). Smolarek comes to the cage accompanied by No Easy Way Out. Price is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by The In Sound from Way Out by Beastie Boys. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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BJJ Blue Belt
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Powerful takedowns
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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 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Serwacy Smolarek!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Clifford Price!
The judges for this bout are Paul Gruel, Chris Saunders and Roger Salmon.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Price lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Price gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Smolarek breaks from the clinch.
A slow jab from Smolarek misses its intended target.
Smolarek is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Price shoots in but no luck this time.
Smolarek misses with an uppercut.
Price staying out of range there.
Price shoots in for a takedown but Smolarek shows good takedown defense.
Smolarek misses the jab.
Price uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Smolarek.
Price with the counter takedown but Smolarek avoids it easily.
Smolarek fails to land with a series of punches.
Smolarek swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Smolarek has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Gold Samurai's Gym in the buildup to the fight.
Price closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Smolarek is looking to break free of the clinch but Price has double underhooks.
A body shot lands from Price.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Price pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Price has managed to clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Smolarek wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Smolarek tries to circle away but Price has him pinned against the cage.
Smolarek is trying to force a seperation but Price has the dominant position.
Price tries for a takedown. No joy.
Serwacy Smolarek has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Clifford Price.
Price keeps control of Smolarek as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Smolarek breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Price shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Smolarek napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Price taking a break here but Smolarek is having none of it and regains half guard.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Price working his ground and pound in the gym. He isn't landing a great percentage of his ground strikes so far though.
Price trying to control from half guard but Smolarek is working away.
Smolarek won't allow Price to pass to mount.
Smolarek is looking to escape.
Price scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Price is trying to control the action in half guard but Smolarek is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Smolarek wants to get back to his feet.
Price is keen to just control but Smolarek is a slippery customer.
Smolarek looks like he's trying to stand up.
Price seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Smolarek kicks Price off and gets back to his feet.
A jab from Smolarek misses.
Price misses with a straight left.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Smolarek throws a jab when Price was well out of range.
Price throws an overhand right that lands on Smolarek's shoulder, as Smolarek tries to avoid the shot.
Price swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smolarek misses with a straight left.
Price displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Smolarek throws out the jab.
Price throws a big shot that misses.
Price shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Price takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
A momentary lapse in concentration from Smolarek enables Price to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Smolarek manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Smolarek has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Price off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Price shoots in and bounces Smolarek off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Price wants to control from the top but Smolarek keeps moving.
Smolarek wants to stand and escape but Price is having none of it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Price showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Smolarek is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Smolarek keeping moving, preventing Price from controlling successfully.
Smolarek wants to stand and escape but Price is having none of it.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Price trying to pass the guard. He's being very persistent here but Smolarek manages to land a sweep and now he's on top!
Smolarek wants to stand but Price is controlling his posture from full guard.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Serwacy Smolarek dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Price shoots in for a takedown but Smolarek shows good takedown defense.
Smolarek throws a big counter combination but Price scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Clifford Price has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Price shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Smolarek pinned against the cage. Smolarek gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Price slips a straight right by Smolarek.
Smolarek listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Price misses with an uppercut.
Smolarek scores with a jab to the head.
Price lands with a straight right. Smolarek didn't see that one coming.
Price tries to close the distance and clinch but Smolarek swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
An attempted straight right counter from Smolarek misses the target.
Smolarek throws a hook but Price avoids it easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Smolarek lands with an overhand left.
Smolarek looks to land a combination. Price sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Price misses with a straight left.
Nice defenses there by Price.
Smolarek throws a hook but Price avoids it easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Smolarek scores with the left hand. Price knows he should have avoided that one.
Price moves in looking to clinch but Smolarek pushes him off.
Price ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Price doesn't manage to clinch there - Smolarek circles away.
Price closes the distance but Smolarek moves to the side
and Smolarek counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Nice jab there from Price.
Price clinches up with Smolarek and pushes him back against the cage.
Smolarek breaks the clinch.
Price rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Smolarek counters with a straight right hand.
Price misses with a takedown attempt - Smolarek sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Smolarek was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Serwacy Smolarek has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Clifford Price.
Smolarek misses with a wild combination.
Price changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Smolarek defending well as Price loads up on a big left hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Price looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Smolarek!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Smolarek takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Price landing strikes.
Smolarek is trying to get back to his feet.
Check out the look on Price's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Price lands a nice forearm strike.
Price working the head with strikes.
Smolarek is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Smolarek is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Smolarek is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Price can do to turn this around?
Smolarek wants to get back to his feet.
Clifford Price has got the better of the ground game so far.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Price works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Price connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Smolarek some visible discomfort.
Smolarek is rocked!
Price landing strikes.
Oh Smolarek is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Price scores with a big shot from side control... and another... and another! Oh Smolarek is done here - save him referee! More strikes land and eventually the ref does step in and Price can finally stop beating on his defenseless opponent!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:38 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Clifford Price!
A very excited looking Clifford Price 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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hype
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