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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between John Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Edward Brannigan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Brannigan is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Dropkick Murphys - The warriors code. The key to victory for John Smith has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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270 lbs
2 - 2 - 0 |
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285 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin |
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Good wrestler
Decent knees
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, John Smith!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Edward Brannigan!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Steve Smith and Elvis Blanc.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Smith thows a body shot but no joy.
Brannigan moves out of range of the strikes.
Brannigan gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Smith is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Brannigan tries to land a knee to the head but Smith blocks with his arms.
Brannigan landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Smith is breathing heavily.
Smith working aggressively here.
Smith takes a knee to the side of the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Brannigan lands a knee to the body.
A knee to the head by Brannigan.
It looks like John Smith has been cut.
Brannigan using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Smith has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Smith takes a knee to the side of the body.
Brannigan tries a knee to the head but Smith blocks it.
Brannigan crunches a lovely knee into Smith's ribcage.
Brannigan is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Smith takes a knee right on the jaw!
Brannigan pressing his opponent against the cage.
Brannigan continues to stall. The referee tells him to work or he's going to break them up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith is trying to maintain a safe position but Brannigan gets an underhook and turns Smith into the cage.
Brannigan scores a nice knee to the body.
Brannigan with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Brannigan with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Brannigan lands a knee to the body.
Brannigan lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Brannigan is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Brannigan working Smith over with knees to the body.
Brannigan landing knees to the head.
Brannigan landing knees to the head.
Brannigan with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Smith takes a knee right on the jaw!
Smith tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A knee to the head by Brannigan.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brannigan unloads a knee to the mid-section. Smith lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Brannigan tries to land a knee to the head but Smith blocks with his arms.
Brannigan landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Brannigan tries a knee to the head but Smith blocks it.
Brannigan tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Brannigan throws a knee to the head but misses.
Smith lands with a left to the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Brannigan.
Smith wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Brannigan landing knees to the body.
Brannigan prevents Smith from breaking the clinch.
Brannigan is struggling to control the position.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Smith working hard to break the clinch.
Smith takes a knee right on the jaw!
Brannigan connects with a knee to the head.
Smith tries to circle away but Brannigan has him pinned against the cage.
Brannigan prevents a body shot from Smith.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brannigan tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Brannigan tries to stall but Smith uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Smith's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Brannigan misses with a knee to the head.
Brannigan tries to stall but Smith uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Smith.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Brannigan misses with a knee to the head.
Brannigan missing with knees to the body.
Brannigan looking to slow down the pace here.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Brannigan trying to land knees to the body.
Brannigan tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Smith is trying to break the clinch but Brannigan has him pressed against the cage.
That's four 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.
Brannigan landing knees to the head.
A frustrated look appears on Smith's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Smith has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Brannigan tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Good body shot from Smith.
Smith wants to get back to striking at distance but Brannigan won't allow it.
Smith can't break the clinch.
Smith looking to slow down the pace here.
Brannigan throws a knee to the head but misses.
Brannigan lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Smith wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Brannigan has him pressed against the cage.
Brannigan blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Brannigan misses with a knee to the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Smith slows down the pace here.
Smith has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Edward Brannigan dominated that round.
The cut man is working on John Smith's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Brannigan throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Nice sprawl there from Smith as Brannigan shoots in.
Brannigan has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Brannigan lands a nice leg kick that just misses Smith's sensitive parts.
Smith circles away from the clinch attempt.
Smith throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Brannigan sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Brannigan shoots in looking for a takedown. Smith tries to sprawl out of it but Brannigan keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Smith manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Brannigan.
John Smith has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Edward Brannigan.
Brannigan takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Brannigan is breathing heavily.
Brannigan slips a jab from Smith.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith takes a swing at Brannigan's ribcage but misses.
Smith misses with the combination.
A swing and a miss from Smith.
Brannigan tries to close the distance and clinch but Smith swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
John Smith is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Brannigan is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Brannigan keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Brannigan keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Brannigan scores with a leg kick.
Edward Brannigan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Brannigan tries to clinch there but Smith circles away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Brannigan buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Brannigan feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Smith's calf.
Smith circles away from the clinch attempt.
A nice leg kick lands there from Brannigan.
Brannigan tries to clinch up.
An inside leg kick lands from Brannigan.
Smith on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Brannigan. Brannigan obviously looking to wear him down.
Brannigan feints and then cracks Smith's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Smith down.
Brannigan moves into the clinch successfully.
Smith is trying to stall.
Smith is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Brannigan landing knees to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Brannigan obliges.
Brannigan scores with a knee to the head.
Brannigan landing knees to the head.
Brannigan scores a nice knee to the body.
Brannigan leaning against his opponent.
Brannigan connects with a knee to the head.
Brannigan crunches a lovely knee into Smith's ribcage.
Brannigan with a knee to the head.
Brannigan tries to land a knee to the head but Smith blocks with his arms.
Brannigan is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Smith blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Smith on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Smith wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Brannigan misses with a knee to the head.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Smith wants to get back to striking at distance but Brannigan won't allow it.
Brannigan throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Smith blocks it with crossed arms.
Smith wants to break the clinch but can't.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brannigan with a knee to the head.
Brannigan landing knees to the head.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Brannigan lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Brannigan utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Brannigan throws a knee to the head but misses.
Brannigan throws a knee to the head but misses.
Smith is looking to control Brannigan's arms but Brannigan gets an underhook and turns him. Now Smith has his back to the cage.
Smith is trying to force a seperation but Brannigan has the dominant position.
A knee to the head by Brannigan.
Smith avoiding damage as Brannigan throws knees to the body.
Smith trying to stall but Brannigan improves his position.
Brannigan lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Smith lands with a right to the head.
Brannigan connects with a nasty looking knee right to Smith's face.
Smith blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Smith softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Edward Brannigan showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on John Smith's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Brannigan avoids a punch combination nicely.
Brannigan is looking to clinch.
Smith throws a right hand that Brannigan ducks under and follows up with a left that Brannigan also avoids with ease.
Smith keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Brannigan shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Smith defends it nicely.
Smith chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Brannigan can pounce on him.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Smith throws a hook to the side of Brannigan's head but Brannigan sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Brannigan tries to clinch but Smith moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith loads up on a big right hand but Brannigan slips the punch.
Brannigan instigates a clinch.
Smith misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Brannigan unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Brannigan is struggling to control the position.
Brannigan throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Smith blocks it with crossed arms.
Brannigan lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Brannigan stalls.
Brannigan tries to land a knee to the head but Smith blocks with his arms.
A hook to the body from Smith.
Brannigan tries a knee to the head but Smith blocks it.
Smith is leaning against Brannigan and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Smith has a couple of punches blocked by Brannigan.
Brannigan tries to stall but Smith uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brannigan tries to land a knee to the head but Smith blocks with his arms.
Smith lands with a right to the head.
Brannigan misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Smith.
Smith tries to stall but Brannigan uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Brannigan utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Brannigan tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Brannigan throws a knee to the head but misses.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Smith stalling in the clinch but Brannigan improves position.
Brannigan lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Smith managing to block the knees to the body from Brannigan.
Brannigan tries a knee to the head but Smith blocks it.
Smith blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Nice body punch from Smith.
Brannigan scores a nice knee to the body.
Smith just leaning against Brannigan, taking a breather.
Brannigan tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brannigan throws a knee to the head but misses.
Brannigan prevents Smith from breaking the clinch.
Brannigan with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Smith trying to stall but Brannigan improves his position.
Brannigan lands a nice knee to the body.
Smith is trying to maintain a safe position but Brannigan gets an underhook and turns Smith into the cage.
Knees to the body from Brannigan.
Brannigan with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Edward Brannigan is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Smith looking to stall.
Smith tries a body shot but Brannigan blocks it.
Smith stalling in the clinch but Brannigan improves position.
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.
Smith goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Brannigan has Smith pressed against the cage.
Smith displaying some good clinch control by pressing Brannigan up against the cage.
Brannigan scores a nice knee to the body.
And that's the end of the fight!
Edward Brannigan comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Brannigan has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Dillan Fox scores the fight 26:30
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 26:30
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 26:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Edward Brannigan!
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energy
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hype
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FIGHT
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