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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between John Joe Smith (ranked 753 p4p, 1365 weight class) and Ibrahim Amrani (ranked 74 p4p, 122 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, John Joe Smith!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 17 - 2, fighting out of London, Ibrahim Amrani!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Leandro Rodrigues and Mauricio Rocha.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Amrani blocks a head kick by Smith.
Amrani misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Smith.
Amrani gets in close and instigates a clinch.
A short right from Smith on the inside.
Amrani swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Smith pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Smith throws the left hand but Amrani avoids the punch easily.
Amrani misses with a looping left.
Amrani has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Smith is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Donk. Smith catches Amrani right on the button with a cross.
Smith scores with a jab.
Amrani is looking to clinch but Smith is avoiding it.
Amrani looks to land a right hand but Smith moved out of range.
Amrani throws a big shot that misses.
Smith is looking to counter punch.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Amrani misses with a looping left.
Smith looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Smith thumps Amrani with a low kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Amrani sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Smith defending well as Amrani loads up on a big left hand.
An attempted straight right counter from Smith misses the target.
Smith throws a quick inside leg kick.
Amrani swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A looping hook to the body misses from Amrani. Smith does a little dance to reset his feet.
Smith was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Smith lands a high kick!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Amrani throws a head kick but Smith moves out of range.
Smith fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Amrani has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Smith throws out a powerful jab.
Smith is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Amrani on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Smith. Smith obviously looking to wear him down.
Amrani throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A counter left hand to the body from Smith misses its target.
Amrani fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Smith avoids it really well and circles away.
Smith is looking to counter punch.
Smith lands a slapping body shot.
Amrani misses with an attempted mid kick.
Smith is looking for a counter combo.
John Joe Smith is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Amrani throws a body shot but no joy.
Smith scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Amrani uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Smith.
Smith throws a low kick but Amrani moves out of range easily.
Smith tries to work over Amrani's front leg with a kick but Amrani checks it.
Amrani follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Smith is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Amrani tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A cross from Smith lands.
Smith lands a leg kick that knocks Amrani off balance momentarily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Smith jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Smith with a nice calf kick.
Smith bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Amrani's head.
Smith plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Smith scores with a kick to the body.
Smith thuds his right hand into Amrani's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Smith fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Amrani.
Amrani's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Amrani walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Smith scores with a jab.
Smith throws out a loose jab but Amrani uses good head movement to avoid it.
Amrani works Smith's body with a nice hook.
Amrani throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Amrani misses with a hook. Smith ducked under it nicely.
Amrani lands a glancing blow to the side of Smith's head.
A combination from Amrani does no damage.
Amrani fakes the leg kick and cracks Smith in the body.
Amrani throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Smith throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Amrani stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Amrani takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Smith looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Amrani blocks a head kick by Smith.
Smith keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Amrani swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Smith is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Amrani throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Amrani is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Amrani cracks Smith with a right hand to the side of the head.
Smith jabs Amrani to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Smith lands a jab to the nose.
Smith connects with a single shot there.
Amrani swings and misses with a hook to the body.
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.
Amrani tries to close the distance and clinch up but Smith swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Smith throws a nice outside leg kick.
John Joe Smith seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
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 fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Amrani has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Smith keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Amrani tries to clinch but Smith moves out of range.
Amrani chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Smith can pounce on him.
Smith steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Amrani.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Smith takes a swing at Amrani's ribcage but misses.
Smith fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Amrani.
Smith scores with a decent looking hook.
Amrani tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Smith scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Smith lands a front kick.
Smith buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Smith thumps Amrani with a low kick.
A punch lands to the side of Amrani 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Amrani takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Smith scores with a jab to the jaw.
Smith tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Amrani was well out of range. Poor timing from Smith.
Good exchange - Smith coming out on top.
Amrani throws a right hand that misses
and Smith makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Smith defending well as Amrani loads up on a big left hand.
A head kick misses from Smith.
Amrani now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Amrani dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Amrani checks a low kick from Smith.
Smith cracks Amrani with a right hand to the side of the head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
John Joe Smith 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.
Smith lands a head kick!
Amrani misses with a jab, cross combination.
Smith walks into a left hand.
Smith stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
A telegraphed right hand from Amrani misses the target.
Smith connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Amrani's hands.
Smith swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Amrani is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Amrani is defended easily by Smith.
Smith 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.
Smith thuds a left hand into Amrani's body.
Amrani wants to clinch up but Smith keeps it at a distance.
Smith throws a quick counter kick to the body but Amrani avoids it.
Jab by Amrani.
Amrani drops his hands momentarily and Smith takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Amrani doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Amrani shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Smith as he avoids it easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Smith.
Smith is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Amrani can do to turn this around?
Smith turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
A jab from Amrani misses.
Smith connects with the punch.
Smith delivers a nice body kick.
Amrani steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Smith. That one must have hurt.
Amrani scores with a kick to the body.
Amrani takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Amrani misses with a straight right.
Smith turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Smith swats away the attempt to clinch by Amrani.
A swing and a miss from Amrani.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Jab by Smith.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Amrani fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Smith manages to avoid it.
Smith tries a low kick but Amrani avoids it.
Amrani misses the shot to the body.
Smith throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Smith throws a low kick but it's checked well by Amrani.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Amrani tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Smith manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Smith misses with a low kick.
Smith lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Smith waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Amrani.
Smith throws a low kick, looking for Amrani's leg but Amrani calmly moves out of range.
Amrani tries to counter with a clinch but Smith shakes him off and moves away.
Amrani tries to clinch up.
Amrani walks into a left hand.
Amrani looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
No luck for Amrani with that takedown attempt.
John Joe Smith has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ibrahim Amrani.
Amrani throws out a loose jab but Smith uses good head movement to avoid it.
Smith is looking to slow Amrani down with leg kicks.
Smith bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Amrani throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Amrani has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Smith.
Amrani throws a lazy right hand but Smith sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Smith lands with a thumping leg kick.
Amrani tries to close the distance and clinch but Smith swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Good standup being displayed there by Smith as he connects with a hook.
Amrani lands a nice hook to Smith's body. Smith takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Amrani will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
A decent looking cross lands there for Smith.
Smith sizes up Amrani with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Amrani has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Amrani throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Smith tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Amrani is in Smith's guard.
Smith manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Amrani is breathing heavily.
John Joe Smith is winning the standup battle so far.
A head kick misses from Smith.
Smith throws a leg kick which misses Amrani's front leg but catches the back leg as Amrani tries to avoid it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Amrani walks into a stiff left hand from Smith.
Amrani walks into a stiff left hand from Smith.
Horrible takedown attempt by Amrani or perhaps it was just good defense by Smith, which made it look bad.
Amrani walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Amrani takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
A nice leg kick from Smith, right into the meat of the thigh.
Smith lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Smith throws a leg kick which misses Amrani's front leg but catches the back leg as Amrani tries to avoid it.
Amrani throws a right hand that Smith ducks under and follows up with a left that Smith also avoids with ease.
Smith was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Amrani shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Smith sprawls well. Smith wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Amrani gets slowly back to his feet.
It appears Smith was looking to counter with a kick there.
Smith fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Amrani has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Amrani digs a good body shot into Smith's ribs.
Smith changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Amrani takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Smith scores with a crisp jab that stopped Amrani in his tracks.
Smith throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Smith lands a leg kick that knocks Amrani off balance momentarily.
Amrani attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Smith jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Amrani swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Smith misses with an uppercut. Amrani saw that one coming.
Amrani throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Amrani lands with a nice body kick.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
John Joe Smith dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Smith connects with an inside leg kick.
John Joe Smith is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Smith scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Amrani closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Amrani fails to land.
Smith has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Amrani tries to throw a body punch but Smith avoids it by throwing Amrani back against the cage.
Smith breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Smith lands a head shot.
Smith throws a nice inside leg kick.
Smith moves out of range of the strikes.
Amrani wants to clinch up but Smith keeps it at a distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Smith.
Smith scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Amrani slips a straight right by Smith.
Amrani gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Amrani is trying hard to land a takedown here. Smith sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Smith cracks Amrani with an open hand slap.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Smith lands a nice shot that snaps Amrani's head back.
Smith avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Amrani takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Amrani walks forward, straight into a front kick from Smith.
Amrani will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Smith staying out of range there.
Amrani throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Smith sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Amrani with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Smith to score with a decent uppercut.
Amrani walks into a straight right hand from Smith.
Smith feints and then cracks Amrani's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Amrani down.
Amrani throws a body punch but Smith moves out of range.
Smith fires out a quick counter leg kick but Amrani just manages to avoid it.
Amrani fails with an attempt to clinch.
Amrani waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Smith.
Amrani swings widly with a right hand
and Smith cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Amrani tries to clinch
and Smith counters with a stiff right hand.
Amrani takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Jab, jab by Smith - just one landing.
Amrani walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Donk. Smith catches Amrani right on the button with a cross.
Amrani tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Amrani rushes Smith and presses him up against the cage.
Amrani swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Amrani misses with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Amrani fails to land.
Amrani lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Amrani fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Amrani working aggressively here.
Amrani can't find room to land a body shot as Smith controls the action.
Amrani working aggressively here.
Smith swings wildly with an uppercut but Amrani uses good head movement to avoid it.
Smith tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Amrani stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Amrani throws a head punch that misses.
Amrani's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Amrani swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Smith misses with a hook from the clinch.
Smith's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Smith tries a head kick but it misses.
Amrani on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Smith. Smith obviously looking to wear him down.
Smith looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Amrani tries to clinch there but Smith circles away.
Nice uppercut lands for Amrani. That snapped Smith's head back.
Amrani dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Smith. That did some damage!
Smith uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Amrani.
Amrani misses with a looping left.
Smith connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Smith scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Amrani connects with a body shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Amrani throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Smith scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Smith dips to his left and cracks Amrani with an uppercut!
Amrani shoots for a double leg takedown but Smith sprawls well. He's pushed Amrani's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
John Joe Smith has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ibrahim Amrani.
Amrani takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Amrani takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Smith chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Smith thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Amrani if he has to take too many more of those.
Ibrahim Amrani has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Smith looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Amrani tries to move into range but Smith moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Smith scores with a decent looking hook.
Amrani scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Smith lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Amrani has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Smith.
Smith throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Amrani scores with the left hand. Smith knows he should have avoided that one.
Amrani throws a big shot that misses.
And that's the end of the fight!
John Joe Smith showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Smith, 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 Paulo Santos scores the fight 30:27
Judge Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 30:27
Judge Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... John Joe Smith!
Our winner, John Joe Smith, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
The defeated Ibrahim Amrani had this to say: 'I had COVID'.
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