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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Damo Stevo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mister Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Smith has chosen Bullet in the Head as his entrance music. Damo Stevo has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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130 lbs
1 - 2 - 0 |
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145 lbs
2 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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BJJ White Belt
Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Damo Stevo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Mister Smith!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Saam Ante and Paulsen Ambrosius.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Stevo!
Smith looks to score with a jab to the body but Stevo is just out of range.
A decent looking cross lands there for Stevo.
Smith ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Stevo moves away.
Smith tries to close the distance and clinch but Stevo swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A jab from Smith misses.
Smith is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Stevo lunges at Smith with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Smith's hand.
Smith tries to close the distance and clinch up but Stevo swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Smith drops his hands momentarily and Stevo takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Stevo rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Smith moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Stevo pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Smith takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Smith shoots in for a double leg but Stevo sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Stevo lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Smith rushes Stevo and presses him up against the cage.
Stevo is trying to break free.
Smith throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Stevos head.
Smith manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Stevo backwards.
Stevo tries to circle away but Smith has him pinned against the cage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Smith.
Stevo wants to break the clinch but can't.
Stevo working hard to break the clinch.
Smith is working for takedown but Stevo is calmly controlling the position for now.
Stevo looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Smith content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Smith gets a trip takedown into half guard.
Stevo makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Stevo.
Smith looking to sit in guard and control but Stevo gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Stevo has gone for a leg lock! Smith slips out almost immediately though and dives into Stevo's guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stevo keeping moving, preventing Smith from controlling successfully.
Stevo keeping full guard, as Smith tries to pass.
Smith stands and throws Stevo's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Stevo sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Stevo is breathing heavily.
Stevo pushes Smith off looking to stand but Smith dives back in and keeps control.
Stevo won't allow Smith to pass to mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Smith looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Smith looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Stevo with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Smith tries to pass to full mount but Stevo defends it.
Smith takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Stevo taking some punishment here, with Smith in his half guard.
Smith has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Smith landing punches.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Smith with the ground and pound from mount.
Smith scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Stevo defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Smith.
Smith lands a big elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mister Smith dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Smith shoots in looking for a takedown. Stevo tries to sprawl out of it but Smith keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Stevo manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Smith fails in his attempt to clinch.
Stevo clobbers Smith with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Smith shoots in for a double leg but Stevo sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Mister Smith seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Stevo lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Smith circles away quickly and effectively.
Stevo stuffs the takedown attempt from Smith. Smith gets slowly back to his feet.
Damo Stevo has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mister Smith.
Stevo fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Stevo avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Smith rushes Stevo and presses him up against the cage.
Smith lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Stevo really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Stevo has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Smith working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A frustrated look appears on Stevo's face as he tries to break the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith goes for a takedown in the clinch but Stevo prevents it.
Smith working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Smith drops down looking for an ankle pick but Stevo pulls his leg out and moves away.
Stevo throws a right and a left that both miss.
Smith misses with a few strikes there.
Smith clinches up with Stevo and pushes him back against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Stevo's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Smith changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Stevo fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Smith has a takedown stuffed.
Smith is looking to clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Stevo loads up on a big right hand but Smith slips the punch.
Smith dives in and grabs Stevo's left leg, looking for a takedown. Stevo pushes down on Smith's head and hops out.
Stevo swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Smith.
Stevo stuns Smith with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Smith instigates a clinch.
Stevo prevents a takedown attempt there.
Smith has a couple of punches blocked by Stevo.
Smith lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Stevo tries to circle away but Smith has him pinned against the cage.
Smith lands a left hand that snaps the head of Stevo backwards.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Smith leaning his opponent against the cage.
Smith lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Stevo backwards.
Smith throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Stevo tries to circle away but Smith has him pinned against the cage.
Smith controlling the action here for a moment.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Smith.
Smith successfully pulls guard.
Stevo thows a big elbow that misses.
Smith is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Stevo defends well.
Smith lands a good elbow from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Smith throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Smith striking from his own guard.
Smith manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Stevo manages to get himself to full guard.
Stevo has momentary wrist control but Smith slips an elbow through the middle.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Smith accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Smith wants to control from the top but Stevo keeps moving.
Smith postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mister Smith showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Smith instigates a clinch.
Stevo can't break the clinch.
Stevo tries to break free but Smith pushes him back against the cage.
Stevo is trying to break free.
Smith lands an uppercut.
Stevo's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Stevo takes a shot to the head.
Stevo is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Stevo tries to break the clinch but Smith is controlling the position.
The referee calls for Smith to work.
Stevo is trying to break the clinch but Smith has him pressed against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Smith has Stevo pressed against the cage, preventing Stevo from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Smith lands an uppercut.
Still in the clinch, Smith scores with a nice short uppercut.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Smith tries to score a body lock takedown but Stevo shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Stevo wants to break the clinch but can't.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Smith.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Stevo takes a shot to the head.
Stevo is trying to break free.
Stevo avoids the elbow strike from Smith, against the cage.
Stevo avoids a wild elbow strike from Smith.
Stevo has had enough of the clinch but Smith keeps him there for the moment.
Smith makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Smith can't get the takedown.
Stevo blocks the elbow strike.
A short uppercut from Smith.
Stevo has had enough of the clinch but Smith keeps him there for the moment.
Stevo looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Smith lands a nice uppercut.
Smith scores with a shoulder strike.
Smith lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Smith stalling the fight.
Smith lands a body punch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Stevo stops a takedown attempt from Smith.
Damo Stevo has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mister Smith.
Smith lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Smith lands with a light punch inside.
Smith lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Smith throws an elbow that misses.
Stevo prevents the takedown attempt.
Smith stalling the fight.
Smith lands a nice uppercut.
Smith lands an uppercut.
Smith prevents Stevo from breaking the clinch.
Smith lands a shoulder strike.
Stevo avoids a wild elbow strike from Smith.
Smith working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Stevo prevents a takedown attempt there.
Smith lands with a short punch from the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stevo is trying to break the clinch but Smith has him pressed against the cage.
Stevo tries to break the clinch but Smith is controlling the position.
Smith leaning against his opponent.
Smith using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Smith drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Stevo gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Mister Smith is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
A bit of stalling here from Smith.
Smith trying to land knees to the body.
Stevo is trying to break the clinch but Smith is controlling him.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Smith.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Smith.
Stevo blocks an elbow strike from Smith.
Smith prevents Stevo from breaking the clinch.
Stevo is trying to force a seperation but Smith has the dominant position.
Stevo is trying to break the clinch but Smith has him pressed against the cage.
Smith scores with a nice hook to the head.
Stevo is pressed up against the cage. Smith has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Stevo down to the mat. Stevo avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Smith displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Stevo throws out the jab.
Smith shoots in but no luck this time.
Damo Stevo has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Smith with a body punch. A glancing blow.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
And that's the end of the fight!
Mister Smith comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Smith winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Aafke Stam scores the fight 27:30
Judge Saam Ante scores the fight 27:30
Judge Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mister Smith!
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energy
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hype
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