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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Iov Kuzmin (ranked 834 p4p, 391 weight class) and Leon Smith (ranked 113 p4p, 55 weight class). Kuzmin comes into the arena with La Caution - Thé à la Menthe blaring out of the sound system. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 7 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Iov Kuzmin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 10 - 1, fighting out of London, Leon Smith!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Percy O'Donnell and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kuzmin misses with a looping left.
Smith uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Kuzmin.
Kuzmin swings for the body but Smith moves out of range.
Smith avoids the body shot from Kuzmin.
Smith is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Kuzmin decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Smith misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Smith throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Kuzmin blocks the strikes from Smith.
Smith missing with punches from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Kuzmin working Smith over with strikes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kuzmin prevents Smith from improving his position.
Nice strikes from Kuzmin there.
Smith throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
The fighters are battling for position here. Smith manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Kuzmin looking to pass the guard.
Kuzmin lands a couple of digs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Kuzmin with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Kuzmin content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Smith thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Smith will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Smith trying to strike off his back.
Smith will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Kuzmin makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Smith throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Smith throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Kuzmin working some strikes from top position.
Smith throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Smith doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Kuzmin distracts Smith with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Kuzmin working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Kuzmin scoring with punches to the head and body.
Kuzmin keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Smith's head.
Smith tries to strike from the bottom.
Smith doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Kuzmin is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Kuzmin connects with a couple of short punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Kuzmin lands a couple of digs.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Kuzmin lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Smith trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Smith will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Smith throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Smith throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Smith thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Kuzmin landing some decent shots from guard.
Smith trying to strike off his back.
Smith striking off his back but it's not causing Kuzmin any problems.
Smith will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Kuzmin with a nice head shot there.
Smith throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Smith tries to strike from the bottom.
Kuzmin postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Smith looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Kuzmin works over Smith with some ground and pound from guard.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
Smith thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Smith will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Kuzmin is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kuzmin scoring with some ground and pound.
Smith throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Smith has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Kuzmin cracks Smith with a solid left hand.
Smith throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Smith trying to strike off his back.
Kuzmin working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Smith is rocked!
Smith throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Kuzmin distracts Smith with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Smith is still in real trouble! Can Kuzmin finish him?
Kuzmin chips away with some ground and pound.
Kuzmin working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Kuzmin lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Smith thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Kuzmin content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Kuzmin distracts Smith with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Smith throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Kuzmin is working Smith over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Smith has momentary wrist control but Kuzmin slips an elbow through the middle.
Kuzmin gets to his feet and stands over Smith, holding his ankles. He dives in with a big left hand that connects! Smith felt that one! Kuzmin unloads more punches and elbows and this one is over! The ref has dived in to save Smith from any more punishment!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Iov Kuzmin!
After the fight, Iov Kuzmin was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
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hype
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