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Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Roberto Congo (ranked 3332 p4p, 2125 weight class) and Kenny Smith (ranked 337 p4p, 232 weight class). Smith has chosen IS THIS LOVE as his entrance music. I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Kenny Smith was going to win. Let's see if he was right.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 41 - 11 - 1, fighting out of New York, Roberto Congo!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 45 - 18 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Kenny Smith!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Sosuke Kotani.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Smith chopping away at his opponent's legs.
A looping hook to the body misses from Congo. Smith does a little dance to reset his feet.
Smith tries to clinch but Congo is having none of it.
Smith wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Smith fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Congo checks it well.
Congo swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Good shot there by Smith.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Smith.
Smith darts in and clinches Congo up against the cage.
Congo manages to break the clinch.
A slow jab from Congo misses its intended target.
Smith does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Smith thuds a left hand into Congo's body.
Smith fails in his attempt to clinch.
Congo looks to throw the jab but Smith is out of range.
Roberto Congo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Smith closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Congo lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Smith backwards.
Smith is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Congo is keeping busy.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Smith.
Congo makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Congo blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Smith misses with a hook from the clinch.
Congo missing with knees to the body.
Congo swings wildly with an uppercut but Smith uses good head movement to avoid it.
Smith lands with a short shot to the head.
Congo swings away with an uppercut that misses.
We've been informed that Smith has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Congo misses with the head strike.
Congo managing to block the knees to the body from Smith.
Smith misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Congo.
Smith missing with knees to the body.
Smith trying to land knees to the body.
Smith lands a knee to the body.
Smith trying to land knees to the body.
Smith tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Congo avoids it.
Smith throws a punch but it's blocked by Congo.
Smith on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Congo working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Smith misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Congo.
Congo working aggressively here.
Congo lands a left hand that snaps the head of Smith backwards.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Congo lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Congo prevents a body shot from Smith.
The referee is keeping an eye on Congo - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Congo avoiding damage as Smith throws knees to the body.
Smith takes an elbow to the forehead.
Congo blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Congo pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Smith throws a hook but Congo avoids it easily.
Congo thows a left - swing and a miss!
A little jabbing left from Smith on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Congo takes a swing at Smith's ribcage but misses.
Smith slips a straight right by Congo.
Smith looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
A jab from Congo misses.
Smith moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Smith uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Congo.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Smith misses the jab.
Smith dips to his left and cracks Congo with an uppercut!
Congo throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Smith takes one to the side of the head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Kenny Smith will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!
Congo stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Smith slips a straight right by Congo.
Congo misses with an uppercut.
Smith throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Congo throws an overhand right that lands on Smith's shoulder, as Smith tries to avoid the shot.
Smith uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Congo.
Smith tries a quick counter leg kick but Congo is wise to it.
Smith lands with an overhand left.
Smith scores with a nice head shot.
Congo cracks Smith with a right hand to the side of the head.
It looks like Kenny Smith has been cut.
Congo cracks Smith with a right hand to the side of the head.
Smith connects with a looping right hand.
Congo misses with a hook.
Congo throws out a loose jab but Smith uses good head movement to avoid it.
Congo moves out of range as Smith strikes.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Congo walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Congo misses with a lunging right hand
and Smith counters with a nice leg kick.
Smith turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Congo looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Smith misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Congo.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Good leg kick by Smith.
Congo throws a body punch but Smith moves out of range.
A little jabbing left from Smith on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Congo fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Smith manages to avoid it.
Smith throws a front kick aimed at Congo's knee but Congo avoids it well.
Congo ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Smith moves away.
Congo lands a slapping body shot.
Congo closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Congo ducks under a wild hook from Smith.
Congo swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Congo looks to score with a jab to the body but Smith is just out of range.
Congo swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Smith counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Smith fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Congo has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Smith uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Congo.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Congo managing to block the knees to the body from Smith.
A shot in the inside from Congo.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Smith blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Congo utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Smith obliges.
Congo avoiding damage as Smith throws knees to the body.
Smith on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Smith with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
It looks like Roberto Congo has been cut.
Smith breaks from the clinch.
Congo throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A left lands for Smith.
Congo throws the kick towards the body but Smith avoids it.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Smith, as that shot connected.
Smith connects with the punch.
Smith slips a jab and a cross from Congo.
Congo misses the jab.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Congo tries to keep at a distance but Smith has taken the fight into the clinch.
Congo's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Smith takes one to the side of the head.
Smith tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Congo paws at him with a jab and circles away.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Kenny Smith will probably get the nod - 10:9.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
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.
Congo throws a hook but Smith avoids it easily.
Smith lands with a cross.
Congo misses with a body shot.
Smith keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Congo misses with a jab to the body
and Smith counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Congo misses with an uppercut.
Congo scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Congo misses with an uppercut. Smith saw that one coming.
Smith throws out a counter right but Congo avoids it with no problem.
Nice defenses there by Congo.
Smith uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Congo.
Congo swings and misses with a hook to the body.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Smith! But no joy.
Smith cracks Congo with a right hand to the side of the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Smith keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Congo swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Congo throws a lazy uppercut
and Smith counters with a lovely straight right hand!
The fighters circle momentarily. Smith darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Smith walks into a straight right hand from Congo.
Congo swings and misses with a hook to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Congo misses with a straight right.
Congo backing away here, and Smith unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Congo misses with an uppercut
and Smith counters with a straight right hand.
Smith misses with an uppercut.
Smith keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Congo.
Congo rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Smith counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Smith fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Congo manages to avoid it.
Congo appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Smith darts in and clinches Congo up against the cage.
Smith with a knee to the head.
Congo breaks the clinch.
The crowd cheers as Smith lands an impressive looking overhand right. Congo doesn't seem phased though.
Congo swings for the body but Smith moves out of range.
Congo throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Congo misses with a straight right.
Smith dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Congo shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Smith misses with a looping right.
Nice defenses there by Congo.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Congo fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Smith on the side of the head.
Congo finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Smith swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Smith lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Congo circles away quickly and effectively.
Sloppy strikes from Smith. Those never looked like landing.
Kenny Smith seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Congo with a hook.
Congo swings for the body but Smith moves out of range.
Congo misses with a looping right.
Congo takes a swing at Smith's ribcage but misses.
Congo throws a poor cross that misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Congo stuns Smith with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Smith lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Congo darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Smith blocks a head kick by Congo.
Smith looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Smith works the jab nicely.
Smith throws a leg kick but Congo moved away.
Congo misses with a shot to the body
and Smith counters with a left to the body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close third round but Kenny Smith just about did enough to take it.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Congo throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Congo is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Congo misses with a body shot
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Smith lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Smith instigates a clinch.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Smith misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Congo.
Smith lands an uppercut.
Congo lands an uppercut.
Smith trying to land knees to the body.
Smith misses with a hook from the clinch.
Smith tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Smith lands with a left to the head.
Smith misses with a hook from the clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Congo.
Congo is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Smith putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Congo in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Congo blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Congo misses with a punch on the inside.
Congo misses with the head strike.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Smith obliges.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Congo backwards.
Congo looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Smith throws a head punch that misses.
Congo effectively controlling the action here.
Smith scores a nice knee to the body.
Smith gets through Congo's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Smith tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Congo avoids it.
Smith misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Congo.
Congo trying to land knees to the body.
Congo can't break the clinch.
Congo on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Congo tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Congo lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Smith is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Congo is defending well for now.
Congo makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Congo scores with a shot to the side of Smith's head.
Smith blocks an uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Smith.
Congo lands a right hand.
Roberto Congo has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
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!
Congo lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Smith lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Smith tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Congo's elbow.
Smith scores with a shoulder strike.
Congo tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Congo tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Smith breaks from the clinch.
Congo tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Smith was well out of range. Poor timing from Congo.
Smith fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Congo is out of range.
Smith blocks a jab.
A little jabbing left from Smith on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Smith tries to clinch but Congo moves out of range.
Smith throws a leg kick but Congo moved away.
Smith uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Congo.
Congo throws a body shot but no joy.
Smith closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Smith struggles to land a body shot inside as Congo controls his hands.
Smith putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Congo in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Smith.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Kenny Smith dominated that fourth round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Smith uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Congo.
Smith buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Congo looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Congo circles away from the clinch attempt.
Smith fails in his attempt to clinch.
Congo throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Congo checks a leg kick nicely.
Congo fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Smith jabs at Congo's body.
Congo on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Smith. Smith obviously looking to wear him down.
Congo walks into a jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Smith thuds a left hand into Congo's body.
Congo misses with a leg kick
and Smith counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Congo lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Smith lands a head kick!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Congo displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Congo takes a swing at Smith's ribcage but misses.
Congo tries to keep at a distance but Smith has taken the fight into the clinch.
Smith missing with knees to the body.
Kenny Smith is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Congo.
Congo is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Smith lands a shoulder strike.
Congo throws a punch but it's blocked by Smith.
A head punch on the inside from Congo fails to land.
Congo misses with some punches.
Kenny Smith seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Smith fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Congo throws a punch but it's blocked by Smith.
Smith misses with some punches.
Congo swings wildly with an uppercut but Smith uses good head movement to avoid it.
Congo misses with the head strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Smith.
Congo slows down the pace here.
Congo tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Congo looking to stall.
Congo misses with some punches.
Congo lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Smith backwards.
Smith blocking some punches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Congo.
Congo misses with a hook from the clinch.
Congo misses with a knee strike.
And that's the end of the fight!
Roberto Congo showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Smith has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight 46:49
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 47:49
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 47:48
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kenny Smith!
Kenny Smith is the new middleweight champion!
A relieved looking Kenny Smith thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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