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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Giovanny Winters (ranked 4832 p4p, 4886 weight class) and Ruben Smith (ranked 452 p4p, 458 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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6 - 10 - 0 |
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 10 - 0, fighting out of London, Giovanny Winters!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ruben Smith!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Percy O'Donnell and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Winters staying out of range there.
Winters throwing a counter right hand but Smith manages to avoid it.
Smith misses with an uppercut
and Winters counters with a stiff right hand.
Smith misses with a wild combination.
Winters feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Smith throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Winters closes the distance and pushes Smith back into the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Smith's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Winters lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A right hook to the body lands for Winters.
Winters tries to throw a body punch but Smith avoids it by throwing Winters back against the cage.
Winters has Smith pressed against the cage, preventing Smith from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Winters pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Smith tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A little feinted left hand from Winters on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Smith moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith throws a body punch but Winters moves out of range.
Jab from Smith.
Winters slips under a jab.
Winters steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Smith.
Smith moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
It looks like Giovanny Winters has been cut.
Winters staying out of range there.
A little feinted left hand from Winters on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Winters takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Smith swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Winters lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Smith misses with an uppercut. Winters saw that one coming.
As Smith backs away, Winters returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Smith misses with a combination
and Winters makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Winters eats them both and turns towards Smith to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A swing and a miss from Smith.
Winters was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Winters keeps the fight on the outside.
Winters is looking to counter punch.
Smith misses the jab.
Smith throws a left and a right that both miss
and Smith takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Smith throws a combination that misses
and Winters counters with an inside leg kick.
Smith looks winded!
Winters defending well as Smith loads up on a big left hand.
Winters is looking to counter punch.
Smith tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Winters was well out of range. Poor timing from Smith.
Smith is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Winters.
A little feinted left hand from Winters on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Winters throws a head kick but Smith moves out of range.
Winters steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Smith.
Winters throwing a counter right hand but Smith manages to avoid it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith tries to clinch there but Winters circles away.
Winters swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Smith misses with a hook. Winters ducked under it nicely.
Smith throws the left hand but Winters avoids the punch easily.
Winters appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Winters slips under a jab from Smith.
Winters thinks about countering with a body kick.
Smith misses with a left hand
and Winters counters with an inside leg kick.
Smith uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Winters.
Winters is looking to slow Smith down with leg kicks.
Smith throws a combination that misses
and Winters counters with an inside leg kick.
Smith swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Winters counters with a slapping leg kick.
Smith might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Winters clinches.
Winters lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Winters's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Nice defenses there by Winters.
Smith walks into a left hand.
Smith misses with a double jab
and Winters counters with a big head kick but Smith shrugs it off.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Winters fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Smith, pushing him back against the cage.
Smith is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Winters manages to break the clinch.
Winters dodges the punch combination from Smith.
An attempted straight right counter from Winters misses the target.
Sloppy strikes from Smith. Those never looked like landing.
Winters lands with a nice body kick.
Winters lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Giovanny Winters will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Giovanny Winters's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Smith has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Winters.
Smith misses with a hook
and Winters counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Winters fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Smith misses with an uppercut
and Winters counters with a leg kick.
Smith fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Winters manages to avoid it.
Winters throwing a counter right hand but Smith manages to avoid it.
Winters showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Smith.
Winters throwing a counter right hand but Smith manages to avoid it.
Smith tries to keep at a distance but Winters has taken the fight into the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Winters breaks from the clinch.
Ruben Smith is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Smith cracks Winters with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Winters was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Winters avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A little feinted left hand from Winters on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Smith throws a series of punches but Winters avoids them all with ease.
It looked like Winters wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Smith is breathing heavily.
Winters is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Smith.
Winters closes the distance and pushes Smith back into the cage.
Winters scores with a hook to the body.
A short right from Winters.
Winters breaks the clinch.
Smith throws an off balance right hand
and Smith takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Smith misses with a body shot.
Winters was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Smith throws a looping overhand right but Winters ducks down to avoid it.
It looked like Winters wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Winters uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Smith has time to react.
No joy there for Smith, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Winters swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Winters keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Smith.
As Smith backs away, Winters returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Smith fails to land with a series of punches.
Winters is looking to counter with a body kick.
Winters lands with a kick to the temple. Smith shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Smith scores with a body shot.
Winters clinches up with Smith and pushes him back against the cage.
Winters breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Smith throws a poor cross that misses
and Winters counters with a thumping low kick.
Winters moves into the clinch.
Winters breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Smith avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Smith throws a poor cross that misses
and Winters counters with an outside leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Winters moves into range and clinches up with Smith.
Winters's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Smith looks to land a left hand but Winters moved out of range nicely.
An attempted straight right counter from Winters misses the target.
Smith gets tackled into the cage by Winters. Winters maintains the clinch.
Winters is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Smith can do to turn this around?
Winters is leaning against Smith and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Winters breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Smith uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Winters.
Smith throws a right and a left that Winters avoids nicely.
Winters appears to be looking for a big counter.
Ruben Smith seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Winters slips under a jab.
Smith throws a series of punches but Winters avoids them all with ease.
Nice shot lands for Smith.
Smith is looking to clinch but Winters is avoiding it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Winters clinches.
Winters working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Smith looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Winters cracks Smith with a nice body shot.
Winters working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Winters lands a left hand that snaps the head of Smith backwards.
Winters lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Nice body punch from Winters.
Winters doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Winters works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Winters breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Winters with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Smith takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Smith misses with a combination
and Winters counters with a good, hard body kick but Smith shrugs it off.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Giovanny Winters dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Giovanny Winters's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Winters lands a really nice looking cross but Smith seems unphased.
Smith's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Smith throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Winters fires out a quick counter leg kick but Smith just manages to avoid it.
Smith misses with a right hand
and Winters counters with a right hand to the body.
Smith misses with a combination
and Winters counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Winters bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Winters throwing a counter right hand but Smith manages to avoid it.
Smith works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Smith staying out of range there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nice straight punches there by Winters. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Winters.
Smith throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Winters.
Winters was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Smith takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Smith is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Winters.
Winters was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Winters moves out of range as Smith strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith swings widly with a right hand
and Winters counters with a nice uppercut.
Winters doesn't manage to clinch there - Smith circles away.
Smith throws a left and a right that both miss
and Winters counters with a stiff right hand.
Smith throws a right hand that misses
and Smith takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
A right-left combo lands from Winters.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Winters pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Winters connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Winters lands a jab to the nose.
Smith moves out of range of the strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes from Smith. Those never looked like landing.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Smith throws a nice looking combination but Winters bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Winters swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Winters lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Smith gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Winters.
Smith is rocked!
Smith misses with a right hand
and Winters counters with a slapping leg kick.
Smith is still on wobbly legs! Can Winters finish him?
Today's fight clock is brought to you by... OOOH that's a huge shot by Winters! Smith is in big trouble here - the ref steps in to save him and this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:33 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Giovanny Winters!
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energy
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