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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Tsingtao Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Felipe Kyoto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!
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178 lbs
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167 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
KO power |
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Counter striker
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Tsingtao Smith!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Felipe Kyoto!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Leandro Rodrigues and Daniel Cesar.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Smith misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Nice sprawl there from Smith as Kyoto shoots in.
Smith moves in looking to clinch but Kyoto pushes him off.
Kyoto is trying hard to land a takedown here. Smith sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Kyoto shoots in but no luck this time.
Tsingtao Smith has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Felipe Kyoto.
Smith tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Kyoto paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Kyoto closes this distance looking for a takedown but Smith circles away.
Smith is looking to clinch but Kyoto is avoiding it.
Smith looks to land a combination but Kyoto avoids it well.
Smith gets caught flat footed, as Kyoto shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Kyoto wants to control from the top but Smith keeps moving.
Smith seems keen to control Kyoto's posture.
Kyoto drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Kyoto jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kyoto wants to control from the top but Smith keeps moving.
Kyoto is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Kyoto looks gassed!
Smith has control of Kyoto's left arm, preventing Kyoto from doing any damage.
Kyoto preventing the sweep.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Smith is pulling down on Kyoto's head to control his posture.
Kyoto working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Smith tries to land a sweep but no joy.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Smith is looking to clinch.
Smith tries to clinch but Kyoto is having none of it.
Kyoto has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Smith tries to clinch there but Kyoto circles away.
Tsingtao Smith seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kyoto circles away from the clinch attempt.
Smith looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Smith lands a high kick!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith throws a series of punches but Kyoto avoids them all with ease.
Smith tries to clinch but Kyoto is having none of it.
Smith is looking to clinch but Kyoto is avoiding it.
Smith throws a nice outside leg kick.
Kyoto takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Smith tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
The fight stays on the outside here - Smith looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Smith fails with an attempt to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Smith looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Smith closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kyoto breaks from the clinch.
Smith tries to close the distance and clinch up but Kyoto swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Smith uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Kyoto has time to react.
Kyoto swats away the attempt to clinch by Smith.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Smith, right into the meat.
Kyoto shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Smith but Smith pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Smith fails with an attempt to clinch.
Smith tries to score a power double leg takedown but Kyoto sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Smith somewhat.
The fight stays on the outside here - Smith looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tsingtao Smith dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Smith lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Smith fails to land with a series of punches.
Smith slaps away a takedown attempt from Kyoto, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Kyoto walks forward, straight into a front kick from Smith.
Smith throws a series of punches but Kyoto avoids them all with ease.
Smith tries to clinch up.
Smith goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Smith is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Kyoto is breathing heavily.
Smith fails in his attempt to clinch.
Smith tries to clinch there but Kyoto circles away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith tries to clinch but Kyoto is having none of it.
Smith tries to clinch up.
Smith throws a series of punches but Kyoto moves out of range.
Smith fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Kyoto.
Smith fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Kyoto.
Smith tries to clinch there but Kyoto circles away.
Smith tries to clinch there but Kyoto circles away.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Smith keeps control of Kyoto as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Kyoto pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Smith misses with a few strikes there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith fails in his attempt to clinch.
Smith doesn't manage to clinch there - Kyoto circles away.
Kyoto is trying hard to land a takedown here. Smith sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Smith misses with a series of wild punches.
Kyoto keeps the fight on the outside.
Kyoto throws a left and a right that both miss
and Smith counters with a good, hard body kick but Kyoto shrugs it off.
Kyoto avoids a kick to the body.
Smith throws a left and a right that both miss
and Kyoto counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Kyoto.
Smith tries to break free but Kyoto pushes him back against the cage.
Kyoto has Smith pressed against the cage, preventing Smith from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Smith trying to control the position but instead, Kyoto has worked for underhooks and has pushed Smith into the cage.
Kyoto wants to break the clinch but can't.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Smith is trying to break the clinch but Kyoto has him pressed against the cage.
Smith tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Kyoto prevents Smith from breaking the clinch.
Kyoto tries to break free but Smith pushes him back against the cage.
Smith working hard to break the clinch.
Kyoto has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Kyoto tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Kyoto changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Smith fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Tsingtao Smith has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Felipe Kyoto.
Smith misses with a combination
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
and Kyoto decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Smith's guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Smith looking for a sweep. Not yet Smith, not yet.
Kyoto trying to control the position from guard on top but Smith is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Smith wants to stand up but Kyoto is controlling him.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kyoto throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Smith works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Smith keeping moving, preventing Kyoto from controlling successfully.
Kyoto won't allow Smith to get back to his feet.
Kyoto trying to move into half guard but instead Smith has managed to sweep!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tsingtao Smith dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! And we move into the final round!
Smith tries to clinch but Kyoto moves out of range.
Tsingtao Smith is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Smith shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Kyoto as he jumps to the side.
Smith tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Kyoto paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Smith is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Danga de danga de dang - Smith scores with a four punch combination!
A head kick misses from Kyoto.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Smith fails with a takedown attempt.
Smith misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Kyoto takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
The fight stays on the outside here - Smith looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Kyoto swats away the attempt to clinch by Smith.
Kyoto has a takedown stuffed.
Smith is looking to clinch but Kyoto is avoiding it.
A nice leg kick lands there from Smith.
That's two 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.
Smith tries to clinch up but Kyoto circles away and keeps his distance.
Smith closes the distance looking to clinch
and Kyoto counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Smith keeping full guard, as Kyoto tries to pass.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Kyoto accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Kyoto throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Smith works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Kyoto wants to control from the top but Smith keeps moving.
Kyoto is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith wants to sweep here but Kyoto controlling him for the moment.
Kyoto wants to control from the top but Smith keeps moving.
Felipe Kyoto has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Smith clinches but Kyoto breaks the clinch
and Kyoto counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Smith seems keen to control Kyoto's posture.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kyoto wants to pass the guard but Smith is keeping the position.
Smith keeping moving, preventing Kyoto from controlling successfully.
Smith tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Tsingtao Smith is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Smith is working hard here to advance position.
Smith avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
And that's the end of the fight!
Felipe Kyoto comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Smith has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Seu Braga scores the fight 29:28
Judge Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 29:28
Judge Daniel Cesar scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tsingtao Smith!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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