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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Francisco Morris (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jag Smits (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Smits comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Kanye West - Amazing kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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156 lbs
4 - 0 - 0 |
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177 cm
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162 lbs
3 - 2 - 0 |
Decent wrestler
Basic striking
Good chin |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Knockout power |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Francisco Morris!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Jag Smits!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice takedown defense from Smits. No joy for Morris on that attempt.
Some wild striking there from Smits.
Morris scores with a takedown into Smits's guard.
Smits trying to control the position.
Smits looking for a guillotine here but Morris defends easily.
Morris wants to control from the top but Smits keeps moving.
Smits avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Morris with a flurry of punches that miss.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morris preventing the sweep.
Smits is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Morris trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Smits instigates a clinch.
Smits lands a nice knee to the body.
Morris is pressed up against the cage. Smits has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Morris down to the mat. Morris avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Morris darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Smits blocking the ground and pound attempt from Morris.
Morris trying to control from Smits's half guard. Smits has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
Morris content to stall in guard here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smits preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Morris throws and elbow that misses. Smits uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Morris's guard. Nice move by Smits!
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Morris trying to keep a closed guard but Smits is proving a slippery customer.
Morris has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Morris wants to sweep but no luck.
Smits in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Morris on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Morris tries to get out of the position.
Smits pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Morris is keeping the position for now.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Morris throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Smits scores with the left hand. Morris knows he should have avoided that one.
It looks like Francisco Morris has been cut.
Morris shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Smits as he avoids it easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smits stuffs the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Francisco Morris. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Smits scores with a shot to the body.
Morris is breathing heavily.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Morris is defended easily by Smits.
Morris shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Smits misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Smits throws a head kick but Morris moves out of range.
Morris fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Morris closes this distance looking for a takedown but Smits circles away.
Smits leaves Morris with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Smits takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Smits lands with an uppercut that bounces Morris off the cage and back into rage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Morris is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Morris shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Smits as he jumps to the side.
Morris with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Smits to score with a decent uppercut.
Smits waves his right hand out infront of him, looking to distract Morris. Oh, he's unloaded a beast of a left hand - it worked! He's dropped Morris to the canvas! Can he finish him!?
Francisco Morris's cut is getting worse.
Smits trying to control but Morris is working from the bottom.
Smits tries to free his leg and advance position but Morris is retaining full guard.
Morris throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Morris thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Smits trying to control but Morris is working from the bottom.
Smits loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jag Smits dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Francisco Morris's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Smits misses with a low kick.
Morris shoots in but no luck this time.
Morris shoots in and drives through. Smits sprawls well.
Smits displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Morris.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Francisco Morris. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Morris shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Smits napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Morris throws an elbow but Smits slips to the side and avoids it well.
Smits wants to control but Morris postures up.
Morris with the ground and pound but Smits regains half guard under the barage of strikes.
Morris throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Smits wants to control but Morris is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Morris is looking to take a break and control but Smits is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morris throwing shots but Smits is blocking nicely.
Smits trying to control from the bottom.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Morris shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Smits trying to hold on to Morris's head to control him but Morris postures up.
Morris prevents Smits from standing back up.
Smits blocking the ground and pound attempt from Morris.
Smits tries to roll over but Morris keeps him under control.
Morris is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Smits makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Smits.
Smits preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Smits is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Morris.
Smits with a nice cross.
Morris walks into a straight right hand from Smits.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Donk. Smits catches Morris right on the button with a cross.
Smits defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Morris.
Morris looks to clinch
and Smits counters with a straight right hand.
Francisco Morris's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Morris fails with the takedown
and Smits counters with a stiff right hand.
Smits might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Morris misses with a takedown attempt
and Smits counters with a series of strikes that sends Morris to the canvas! Smits follows down into guard, looking to finish the fight!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Morris keeping moving, preventing Smits from controlling successfully.
Smits is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Smits slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Smits wants to control but Morris is keeping him busy.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morris is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Smits off and has taken his back!
Smits has hold of Morris's arm. He needs to escape this position sooner or later but for now he's happy enough to control the position and prevent the submission attempts.
Morris throwing wild punches that miss their target.
Smits tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Smits is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Smits slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Smits is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Morris's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Morris's back!
Smits is hanging on to Morris's back as he tries to escape.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Smits is working for the rear naked choke. He has one arm under the chin but Morris has hold of the other arm. A bit of a stalemate here.
Morris is in bad spot here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jag Smits showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Francisco Morris's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Morris fails with the takedown
and Smits counters with a nice uppercut.
Smits lands the left hand.
Morris shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Morris loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Morris throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Smits works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Morris throws a big right hand that misses.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Smits is on top in guard.
Smits sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Morris's guard.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Morris gets full guard.
Morris keeping moving, preventing Smits from controlling successfully.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morris preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Morris is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Morris keeping moving, preventing Smits from controlling successfully.
Morris preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Morris slips a straight right by Smits.
Morris with a poor takedown
enabling Smits to counter with a crisp jab.
Francisco Morris is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Smits gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Morris to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Morris loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morris preventing the sweep.
Morris postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Morris stands up over Smits, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Morris connects with a couple of short punches.
Morris in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Smits keeping full guard, as Morris tries to pass.
Morris postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smits trying to control the position.
Morris scoring with punches to the head and body.
Morris is looking to work some ground and pound but Smits has wrist control.
Morris trying to control but Smits is working from the bottom.
Morris is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Smits is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Smits misses with a two punch combination.
Morris drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Morris throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
I wouldn't like to be where Smits is right now.
Smits is not content to let Morris control the position.
Morris creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Smits sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Morris is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Smits has escaped the position, nice work there.
Smits parries the strikes from Morris easily there. Morris is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Smits to escape.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Francisco Morris clearly takes that round.
The cut man is working on Francisco Morris's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Morris tries to clinch but Smits moves out of range.
Morris shoots in but no luck this time.
Morris takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Smits moves into the clinch.
Smits lands a body punch.
Smits works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Smits's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Smits gets caught flat footed, as Morris shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Smits not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Smits keeping moving, preventing Morris from controlling successfully.
Smits is trying to control the position but Morris postures up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Smits looking for a triangle here. Morris is fighting it but it looks tight! Smits pulls the arm across and this one won't last much longer! Nope, Morris is tapping out - this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:42 of round 4, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Jag Smits!
Jag Smits is the new lightweight champion!
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hype
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