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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Valentin Adamovic (ranked 1030 p4p, 1368 weight class) and Leon Smith (ranked 135 p4p, 167 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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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 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Valentin Adamovic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Leon Smith!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Dillan Fox and Alec Ball.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Adamovic rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Smith counters with a nice low kick that buckles Adamovic's knee momentarily.
Adamovic looks to land a right hand but Smith moved out of range.
Adamovic throws a leg kick
letting Smith counter with a right hand.
Adamovic misses with a hook
and Smith counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Smith on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Smith uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Adamovic.
Smith only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Smith throws the left hand but Adamovic avoids the punch easily.
Smith tries to move into range but Adamovic moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Adamovic moves into the clinch.
Smith misses with a hook from the clinch.
Adamovic scores with a shoulder strike.
Smith lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Adamovic struggles to land a body shot inside as Smith controls his hands.
Smith prevents a body shot from Adamovic.
Smith takes a shot to the head.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Smith slowing the pace effectively.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Adamovic fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Adamovic has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Smith has Adamovic pressed against the cage, preventing Adamovic from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Smith blocks a punch to the side of the head.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Smith.
Adamovic scores with a shot to the side of Smith's head.
A nice left hand lands by Smith.
A short right from Adamovic.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Smith takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Adamovic lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Adamovic lands a hook that snaps the head of Smith backwards.
A head punch on the inside from Smith fails to land.
Adamovic lands a hook to the side of the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Smith.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
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!
A short right hand to the side of the head by Smith.
Smith misses with a hook to the ribs.
Adamovic lands a body shot.
Smith controlling the action here for a moment.
Adamovic prevents a body shot from Smith.
Adamovic swings wildly with an uppercut but Smith uses good head movement to avoid it.
Adamovic working aggressively here.
Smith wants to stall.
Smith controlling the action here for a moment.
Adamovic breaks from the clinch.
Adamovic misses with a right hand
enabling Smith to counter with a crisp jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Adamovic comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Smith checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Smith throws a counter combo.
Adamovic throws a body shot but no joy.
Smith looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Adamovic looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Adamovic misses with a right hand
and Adamovic takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Adamovic throws the left hand but Smith avoids the punch easily.
Adamovic connects with a nice looking jab.
Adamovic misses with a hook. Smith ducked under it nicely.
Smith throws out a counter right but Adamovic avoids it with no problem.
Adamovic throws a jab but it's blocked by Smith.
Adamovic cracks Smith with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Adamovic throws a lazy right hand but Smith sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Adamovic is looking to chop away at Smith's legs.
Smith throws out a leg kick but Adamovic moves out of range and Smith only half commits.
Adamovic needs to keep his hands up - Smith had a free shot at his head there.
Adamovic misses with a looping right.
Smith was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Adamovic throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Adamovic misses with a hook.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Smith gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Adamovic.
Smith listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
A jab lands there for Smith.
Adamovic throws a hook but Smith avoids it easily.
A telegraphed right hand from Adamovic misses the target.
Adamovic thumps Smith with a low kick.
Adamovic takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Adamovic lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Smith has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Smith and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Adamovic throws a low kick but Smith moves out of range easily.
Adamovic slips under a jab.
Adamovic misses with a wild body shot.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Valentin Adamovic dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.
Adamovic loads up on a big right hand but Smith slips the punch.
Smith misses with a hook. Adamovic ducked under it nicely.
It looked like Adamovic was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Smith.
Adamovic fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Adamovic throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Smith feints a counter leg kick.
Adamovic connects with a leg kick.
Adamovic tries to clinch up.
Smith feints a counter leg kick.
Adamovic listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Adamovic stuns Smith with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Smith throws a nice outside leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Adamovic dodges the punch combination from Smith.
Smith fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Adamovic has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Nice uppercut there from Adamovic.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Adamovic ducks under a wild hook from Smith.
Adamovic scores with a hook to the body. Smith takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Smith moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
A swing and a miss from Adamovic.
Smith looks like he wants to counter punch here.
A big left from Adamovic misses.
Adamovic looks to score with a jab to the body but Smith is just out of range.
Smith looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Smith on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Adamovic throws a lazy right hand but Smith sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Smith flicks out a counter leg kick but Adamovic steps away.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Adamovic, as that shot connected.
Adamovic throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Adamovic rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Smith counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Adamovic misses with a low kick.
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!
Smith connects with a leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith moves away from the strike by Adamovic.
Smith looks like he wants to counter punch here.
A left lands for Adamovic.
A low kick from Adamovic is predictable there
and Smith counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Smith dips to his left and cracks Adamovic with an uppercut!
Adamovic tries to bum rush Smith with a series of wild strikes but Smith uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Adamovic has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Adamovic thows a left - swing and a miss!
A combination from Adamovic does no damage.
Adamovic cracks a nice hook into Smith's ribs.
Adamovic throws a hook to the side of Smith's head but Smith sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Smith feints a counter leg kick.
Adamovic swings widly with a right hand
and Smith connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Adamovic misses with a body shot.
Smith throws a nice head kick!
Smith loads up on a big right hand but Adamovic slips the punch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Left hook, right uppercut from Smith.
Adamovic is rocked!
Adamovic lands a right hook to the body.
Adamovic throws a sloppy head kick and Smith moves out of range easily.
Smith is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Smith throws a jab but it's blocked by Adamovic.
Adamovic looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Adamovic throws a leg kick that is checked
and Smith counters with a nice uppercut.
Adamovic fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Smith checks it well.
Adamovic throws the left hand but Smith avoids the punch easily.
Valentin Adamovic seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Adamovic missing with a left hand there. Smith was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Smith throws a counter combo.
Adamovic misses with a body shot.
Smith displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Adamovic throws out the jab.
Smith moves away from the strike by Adamovic.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Adamovic. Smith does a little dance to reset his feet.
Smith throws out a counter right but Adamovic avoids it with no problem.
Adamovic is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Smith can do to turn this around?
Adamovic misses with a wild body shot.
Adamovic throws a looping overhand right but Smith ducks down to avoid it.
Adamovic throws an off balance right hand
and Smith cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
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!
Adamovic waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Smith.
Adamovic swings widly with a right hand
and Smith counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Adamovic scores with a jab to the head.
Adamovic misses with a lunging right hand
and Smith counters with an inside leg kick.
Adamovic swings away with a body shot that misses
and Smith counters with a nice uppercut.
Adamovic moves to clinch but Smith breaks away
and Smith counters with a series of strikes. Adamovic will be more careful next time no doubt.
Valentin Adamovic is winning the standup battle so far.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Adamovic chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Adamovic throws an off balance right hand
and Smith counters with a crisp right hand that drops Adamovic! Smith lets Adamovic back up to his feet, looking for a finish!
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Leon Smith will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Adamovic throws a leg kick which misses Smith's front leg but catches the back leg as Smith tries to avoid it.
Adamovic connects with a body shot that sends Smith's belly button to the back.
Smith doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Adamovic throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Smith counters with a thumping low kick.
Adamovic misses with a looping left.
It seemed like Smith was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
A chopping leg kick lands by Adamovic.
Adamovic scores with a shot to the body.
Adamovic lands a nice hook to Smith's body. Smith takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Smith avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Smith only half commits to the counter leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Adamovic lands with a straight right. Smith didn't see that one coming.
A jab lands there for Adamovic.
Adamovic looks to throw the jab but Smith is out of range.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Adamovic misses with a jab to the body
and Smith counters with a straight right hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Adamovic smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Adamovic throws a quick inside leg kick.
Adamovic misses with a hook
and Smith connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Smith blocks a low kick nicely.
Adamovic scoring well with a low kick there.
Smith slips a jab from Adamovic.
Smith looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Adamovic uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Smith slips under a jab.
Smith tries a quick counter leg kick but Adamovic is wise to it.
Adamovic is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Smith.
Adamovic misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Smith.
Nice defenses there by Smith.
Smith misses with a hook.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Adamovic swings widly with a right hand
letting Smith counter with a right hand.
Smith avoids the body shot from Adamovic.
Adamovic thows a left - swing and a miss!
Adamovic throws a leg kick
and Smith counters with a right hand to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Adamovic jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Smith connects with a body shot.
A cross from Adamovic lands.
Smith works over Adamovic's head and body with a nice combination.
Smith slips under a jab from Adamovic.
Adamovic looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Adamovic misses with a straight right.
Smith bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Smith looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Smith ducks under a wild hook from Adamovic.
Adamovic misses with a left hand
letting Smith counter with a right hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice cross by Adamovic.
Smith takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Adamovic misses the jab.
Adamovic connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Smith connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Smith ducks under a wild hook from Adamovic.
A jab lands there for Smith.
Adamovic throws the left hand but Smith avoids the punch easily.
Adamovic tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Smith was well out of range. Poor timing from Adamovic.
Adamovic swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Adamovic keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Adamovic buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Adamovic tries to close the distance and clinch but Smith swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Smith is looking for the big counter here.
Adamovic lands a nice hook to Smith's body. Smith takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Smith throws a series of strikes that have Adamovic backpedaling.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Adamovic throws a leg kick
enabling Smith to counter with a crisp jab.
Oh Adamovic is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Adamovic throws a body punch but Smith moves out of range.
Smith looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Adamovic feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Smiths jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Adamovic walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Adamovic throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Smith is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Smith scoring well with a low kick there.
Adamovic throws a poor cross that misses
and Smith counters with a crisp right that sends Adamovic to the canvas! Smith follows up with punches from the mount and this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:43 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Leon Smith!
Leon Smith made sure to mention his sponsor, Knock Out Clothing in his post fight interview.
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