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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between John Paul (ranked 1390 p4p, 1457 weight class) and Bill Smif (ranked 32 p4p, 35 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Smif's choice of entrance music: Playtime. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, John Paul!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Bill Smif!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Frank Antenori and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Paul moves into the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Smif.
Paul misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Smif tries a body shot but Paul blocks it.
Paul misses with a punch to the body.
Smif misses with the head strike.
Smif takes a shot to the head.
Paul blocks an uppercut.
Smif has a couple of punches blocked by Paul.
A right handed body shot lands from Smif.
Smif tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A short right from Paul on the inside.
Paul swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Smif breaks from the clinch.
Paul shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Smif defends it nicely.
Smif looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Paul shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Paul slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Paul has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Paul is looking to work some ground and pound but Smif has wrist control.
Paul content to stall in guard here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Paul is in close to Smif's body, working some short punches and elbows.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Paul works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Still in half guard, Paul seems content to control.
Paul frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Paul sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Smif tries to get back to half guard but can't.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Paul controlling the position easily from mount.
Smif in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Paul controlling his opponent.
Paul's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Paul fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Smif in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
The referee warns Smif that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Paul controlling from the full mount.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Paul lands with some strikes.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
John Paul 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.
Paul closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Smif quickly recovers to half guard.
Paul keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Paul lands a nice short elbow.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Paul with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Paul has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Smif can do anything to dispel that myth.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Paul controlling from the full mount.
Further stalling from Paul.
Smif is looking to get to half guard.
Paul controlling from the full mount.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Smif is trying to escape the mount.
Paul takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
John Paul overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Paul seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Smif for as long as he can get away with.
Paul raining down hammerfists from mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Paul with a couple of short strikes.
Paul controlling from mount.
Paul has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Smif really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Paul. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Paul is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Paul controlling from the full mount.
Paul lands a nice shot to the head.
It looks like Bill Smif has been cut.
Paul raining down hammerfists from mount.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Paul content just to control the position here.
A nice elbow there by Paul.
Paul controlling the pace for now.
Paul lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Paul controlling from the full mount.
This is a sustained period of stalling by Paul.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
John Paul dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Bill Smif's cut.
That's time! Paul's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Paul tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Smif doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Smif circles away from the clinch attempt
and Smif cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
It looks like John Paul has been cut.
Paul closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Smif quickly recovers to half guard.
Smif trying to control here.
Paul is controlling the pace.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Paul is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Paul working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Smif is in trouble now - Paul has advanced to mount!
Paul landing strikes from the mount and Smif is in trouble!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Paul cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
That has opened up Bill Smif's cut even more.
Paul controlling the pace for now.
Paul raining down hammerfists from mount.
Paul controlling the pace for now.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Paul lands a couple of good shots and Smif has given up his back, trying to escape the position!
Bill Smif has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Paul lands punches and elbows.
I would not like to be Smif right now.
Paul continues to hold on tight.
Paul continues to stall.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
If it seems like I'm not saying a lot, it's just because Paul is stinking the place up with his stalling.
John Paul is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
More hug and hope from Paul.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
And that's the end of the fight!
John Paul showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Paul, 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:26
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:25
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:26
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... John Paul!
A very excited looking John Paul rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.
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hype
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