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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Tai Pei (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Manny Smackiau (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pei comes to the cage accompanied by Rad Anthem. Tai Pei has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
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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
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tai Pei!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Manny Smackiau!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Gwen Towbar and George Francis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pei lands a right hook to the body.
Nice defenses there by Smackiau.
Smackiau closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Smackiau ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Pei lands a nice shot to the body.
Smackiau ducks under a wild hook from Pei.
Pei looks to score with a jab to the body but Smackiau is just out of range.
Pei misses with a jab, cross combination.
Smackiau slips a straight right by Pei.
Smackiau drops his hands momentarily and Pei takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Pei scores with a hook to the body. Smackiau takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Pei throws the left hand but Smackiau avoids the punch easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pei throws an overhand right that lands on Smackiau's shoulder, as Smackiau tries to avoid the shot.
Smackiau walks into a jab.
Pei jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Smackiau uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Pei.
Smackiau moves out of range as Pei strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pei lands a jab to Smackiau's midsection.
Pei throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Pei scores with a jab to the body.
Smackiau keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Pei throws a looping overhand right but Smackiau ducks down to avoid it.
Smackiau gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Pei.
Smackiau shoots in looking for a takedown. Pei tries to sprawl out of it but Smackiau keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Pei manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Pei scores with a jab.
Pei misses with a body shot.
Smackiau defending well as Pei loads up on a big left hand.
Smackiau fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Pei sprawls well initially but Smackiau persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Smackiau is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Smackiau not landing any meaningful shots this time.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smackiau not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Smackiau is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Pei is trying is best to control the position here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Smackiau is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Pei!
Smackiau looking to secure an arm triangle but Pei defends it well.
Smackiau looks gassed!
Smackiau prevents Pei from getting the reversal.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smackiau looking to finish Pei with some ground and pound. This is bad for Pei!
Pei keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Smackiau has hold of Pei's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Pei manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Pei tries to hold on but Smackiau postures up.
Smackiau landing strikes, looking to finish!
Smackiau breaks from Pei's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Pei wants to hold on but Smackiau pushes him away.
Smackiau with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pei tries to hold on but Smackiau pushes him away.
Pei is wriggling around trying to escape.
Pei wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Smackiau.
Smackiau looking to finish with strikes here!
Smackiau with a couple of short strikes.
Smackiau looking to ground and pound but Pei is blocking nicely.
Pei on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Pei tries to get out of the position.
Smackiau throws some wild stikes that Pei manages to avoid easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Manny Smackiau dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
The fighters circling - Pei throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Pei lands with a hook. Smackiau tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Nice cross by Pei.
Smackiau bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Nice straight punches there by Pei. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Pei.
Tai Pei seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A decent looking cross lands there for Pei.
Horrible takedown by Smackiau or perhaps it was just good defense by Pei which made him look bad.
Pei takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Smackiau displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Pei throws out the jab.
The fighters circling - Pei throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Pei connects with a nice looking jab.
Pei goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Smackiau displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Pei throws out the jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Smackiau moves out of range of the strikes.
Smackiau walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Pei catches Smackiau with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Pei is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Smackiau.
Pei scores with a hook to the body. Smackiau takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Pei displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Smackiau.
Smackiau is breathing heavily.
Pei misses with a jab, cross combination.
Nice uppercut lands for Pei. That snapped Smackiau's head back.
Smackiau slips under a jab.
Manny Smackiau is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Pei is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Pei throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Smackiau takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Pei misses with a straight left.
Pei misses with a hook. Smackiau ducked under it nicely.
Pei moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Pei misses with a hook.
Smackiau looks for a takedown but Pei sprawls well.
Tai Pei has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Manny Smackiau.
Pei loads up on a big right hand but Smackiau slips the punch.
A big right from Pei misses.
Pei lands a slapping body shot.
Pei fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Smackiau looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Smackiau takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Pei throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Smackiau on the side of the head.
Pei swings and misses with a hook to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pei scores with a jab to the jaw.
Pei comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Smackiau bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A right-left combo lands from Pei.
Pei looks to land a right hand but Smackiau moved out of range.
Smackiau takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
A swing and a miss from Pei.
Smackiau slips a straight right by Pei.
Pei lands with a nice body punch.
Pei lands a head shot.
Pei throws a jab when Smackiau was well out of range.
Pei loads up on a big right hand but Smackiau slips the punch.
Smackiau defending well as Pei loads up on a big left hand.
Pei swings and misses with a hook to the body.
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.
Pei misses with a body shot.
Smackiau slips a jab from Pei.
Smackiau ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Pei connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Pei looks to land a right hand but Smackiau moved out of range.
Smackiau tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Pei swivels and escapes.
Pei fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Pei scores with a punch to the head.
Pei scores with a jab to the head.
Pei throws a jab but it's blocked by Smackiau.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Smackiau looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Pei stuffs the takedown.
No luck for Smackiau with that takedown attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tai Pei dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Pei connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Pei misses the jab.
Smackiau on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Pei lands a nice hook to Smackiau's body. Smackiau takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Smackiau is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Pei.
Smackiau shoots in for a takedown but Pei shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Pei tests Smackiau's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Smackiau takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Smackiau fails with the takedown.
Pei lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Pei connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pei fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Smackiau has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Smackiau takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Pei scores with a jab.
Smackiau moves out of range of the strikes.
Pei lands a glancing blow to the side of Smackiau's head.
Pei smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Pei misses the shot to the body.
Pei scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Pei scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Pei scores with a punch to the head.
Pei lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Smackiau looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Pei lands a body shot.
Pei digs a good hook to Smackiau's body.
Smackiau fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Tai Pei has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Manny Smackiau.
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.
Pei lands a lovely overhand right.
Smackiau uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Pei.
Smackiau has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
A jab from Pei does it's job there.
Smackiau walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Pei throws a shot from downtown. Smackiau moves away and avoids it.
Pei lands a nice shot that snaps Smackiau's head back.
Nice defenses there by Smackiau.
Smackiau has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Smackiau there as he acknowledges the shot.
Smackiau slips under a jab.
Pei connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Pei cracks Smackiau with a right hand to the side of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smackiau uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Pei.
A left lands for Pei.
Pei throws a shot from downtown. Smackiau moves away and avoids it.
Pei throws out a loose jab but Smackiau uses good head movement to avoid it.
Smackiau takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Pei throws a jab when Smackiau was well out of range.
Pei misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Smackiau.
Pei scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Pei catches Smackiau with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Pei takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Smackiau avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Pei scores with a jab.
Smackiau ducks under a wild hook from Pei.
A big right from Pei misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Pei misses with a body shot.
Pei jabs Smackiau right on the nose. Smackiau blinks but takes it well.
Smackiau takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Pei is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Pei ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Smackiau moves away.
Pei lands a nice shot to the body.
Smackiau shoots in but Pei avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Pei swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Pei misses with a hook.
Pei throws a looping overhand right but Smackiau ducks down to avoid it.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Smackiau uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Pei.
Pei jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Pei comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
And that's the end of the fight!
Tai Pei showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Pei 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 Tiny Johnson scores the fight 29:28
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 29:28
Judge George Francis scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tai Pei!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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