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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Ray Hardy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vitaly Smirnoff (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hardy comes to the cage accompanied by I shot the Sheriff. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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135 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
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Good kicks
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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
3 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Ray Hardy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Vitaly Smirnoff!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Paul Tew and James Atkins.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hardy tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Smirnoff paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Hardy tries to close the distance and clinch but Smirnoff swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Hardy blocks a head kick by Smirnoff.
Smirnoff keeps the fight on the outside.
Hardy tries to clinch but Smirnoff moves out of range.
The fight stays on the outside here - Hardy looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Hardy is looking to clinch.
Hardy throws a hook to the side of Smirnoff's head but Smirnoff sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Hardy throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Hardy fails in his attempt to clinch.
Smirnoff tries to move into range but Hardy moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Hardy tries to clinch there but Smirnoff circles away.
Hardy tries to clinch there but Smirnoff circles away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hardy scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Hardy ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Smirnoff moves away.
Hardy tries to clinch up.
Hardy looks to land a combination but Smirnoff avoids it well.
Hardy avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Smirnoff throws a leg kick but Hardy sees it coming and moves out of range.
Smirnoff pulls out of a head kick attempt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hardy lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Smirnoff misses with a few strikes there.
Hardy uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Smirnoff.
Smirnoff bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Hardy's head.
Hardy doesn't manage to clinch there - Smirnoff circles away.
Hardy missing with a left hand there. Smirnoff was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Hardy tries to clinch up but Smirnoff circles away and keeps his distance.
Smirnoff keeps the fight on the outside.
Smirnoff closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Hardy tries to clinch but Smirnoff is having none of it.
Hardy fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Smirnoff, pushing him back against the cage.
Hardy tries a knee to the head but Smirnoff blocks it.
Smirnoff throws an elbow but it misses.
Hardy lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
It looks like Vitaly Smirnoff has been cut.
Hardy lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Smirnoff lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Hardy misses with a knee strike.
Hardy just leaning against Smirnoff, taking a breather.
Hardy with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Hardy with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Smirnoff takes an elbow to the forehead.
Smirnoff missing with knees to the body.
Hardy crunches a lovely knee into Smirnoff's ribcage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hardy scores with a knee to the head.
Smirnoff can't break the clinch.
Smirnoff is trying to force a seperation but Hardy has the dominant position.
Smirnoff blocks the elbow strike.
Hardy misses with a knee strike.
Smirnoff landing knees to the body.
A short body shot lands from Smirnoff as the two fighters clinch.
Hardy is trying to maintain a safe position but Smirnoff gets an underhook and turns Hardy into the cage.
Smirnoff is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Hardy looking to throw knees to the head but Smirnoff is blocking nicely.
Hardy is breathing heavily.
Hardy stalling in the clinch but Smirnoff improves position.
Smirnoff is trying to break the clinch but Hardy has him pressed against the cage.
Smirnoff jumps guard but Hardy stands there with Smirnoff around his waist. Smirnoff gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Hardy really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Smirnoff tries to circle away but Hardy has him pinned against the cage.
Hardy tries a knee to the head but Smirnoff blocks it.
Smirnoff takes an elbow to the temple.
Hardy misses with an elbow strike.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Smirnoff jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Hardy walks away with a smile on his face. Smirnoff gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Hardy is looking to clinch.
Hardy moves in looking to clinch but Smirnoff pushes him off.
Hardy tries to close the distance and clinch but Smirnoff swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Hardy tries to clinch up but Smirnoff circles away and keeps his distance.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smirnoff needs to keep his hands up - Hardy had a free shot at his head there.
Hardy tries to close the distance and clinch up but Smirnoff swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Smirnoff misses with a head kick.
Hardy doesn't manage to clinch there - Smirnoff circles away.
Smirnoff misses with a double jab
and Hardy counters by moving into the clinch.
Smirnoff jumps guard but Hardy stands there with Smirnoff around his waist. Smirnoff gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Ray Hardy has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Vitaly Smirnoff.
Hardy misses with a knee to the head.
Smirnoff tries to break the clinch but Hardy is controlling the position.
Smirnoff avoids the elbow strike from Hardy, against the cage.
Hardy misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Smirnoff.
Hardy displaying some good clinch control by pressing Smirnoff up against the cage.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Hardy tries a knee to the head but Smirnoff blocks it.
Smirnoff blocks the elbow strike.
Hardy tries to land knees in the clinch but Smirnoff avoids the damage to the body.
Hardy keeps control of Smirnoff as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Hardy tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
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.
Smirnoff wants to break free but Hardy has control.
Hardy tries a knee to the head but Smirnoff blocks it.
Hardy stalling in the clinch but Smirnoff improves position.
Hardy seems a little flustered. He's come in with the intention of controlling the clinch but Smirnoff is preventing him from doing so, at least for the moment.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Hardy as Smirnoff tries to tie him up.
Smirnoff takes an elbow to the forehead.
Hardy lands a nice knee to the body.
Hardy lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Smirnoff tries to circle away but Hardy has him pinned against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Hardy throws an elbow but misses.
A frustrated look appears on Smirnoff's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Smirnoff is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Hardy trying to land knees to the body.
Smirnoff has had enough of the clinch but Hardy keeps him there for the moment.
Hardy slows down the pace here.
Nice elbow from Hardy.
Smirnoff is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Hardy lands a nice elbow.
Smirnoff is trying to force a seperation but Hardy has the dominant position.
Smirnoff struggles to land a body shot inside as Hardy controls his hands.
Smirnoff tries to break free but Hardy pushes him back against the cage.
Hardy keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Smirnoff's efforts to push away.
Hardy on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ray Hardy dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Vitaly Smirnoff's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Hardy wants to clinch.
Hardy dodges the punch combination from Smirnoff.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Smirnoff in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Hardy will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Hardy tries to close the distance and clinch but Smirnoff swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Hardy is looking to clinch but Smirnoff is avoiding it.
Hardy clinches up with Smirnoff and pushes him back against the cage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Hardy.
Smirnoff wants to break the clinch but can't.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hardy landing knees to the body.
Hardy throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Smirnoff blocks it with crossed arms.
Smirnoff wants to get back to striking at distance but Hardy won't allow it.
Nice elbow from Hardy.
Smirnoff looking for a takedown.
Smirnoff is breathing heavily.
Hardy tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Hardy throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Smirnoff blocks an elbow strike from Hardy.
Hardy has Smirnoff pressed against the cage, preventing Smirnoff from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Smirnoff blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Hardy keeps control of Smirnoff as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Smirnoff tries to break free but Hardy pushes him back against the cage.
Hardy lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Hardy comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Hardy landing knees to the head.
Smirnoff wants to break free but Hardy has control.
Hardy prevents Smirnoff from breaking the clinch.
Smirnoff pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Hardy moves into range and clinches up with Smirnoff.
Smirnoff pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Smirnoff tries a head kick but it misses.
Smirnoff throws a head kick but Hardy moves out of range.
Hardy lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Hardy closes the distance and clinches.
Hardy landing knees to the head.
Smirnoff is looking to break free of the clinch but Hardy has double underhooks.
Hardy unloads a knee to the mid-section. Smirnoff lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Smirnoff wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Hardy has him pressed against the cage.
Smirnoff tries to break the clinch but Hardy is controlling the position.
Hardy lands a nice elbow.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hardy lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Hardy comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Smirnoff takes an elbow to the forehead.
Smirnoff tries to break the clinch but Hardy is controlling the position.
Hardy lands a knee to the head.
Smirnoff is rocked!
Hardy lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Smirnoff is still on wobbly legs! Can Hardy finish him?
Hardy lands an elbow inside.
Hardy lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Smirnoff letting Hardy take a breather here.
Hardy lands a nice elbow.
Hardy with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Nice elbow from Hardy.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hardy landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Hardy with a knee to the head.
Hardy working Smirnoff over with knees to the body.
Hardy connects with a knee to the head.
Hardy lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Smirnoff tries to break free but Hardy pushes him back against the cage.
Smirnoff takes an elbow to the forehead.
Smirnoff wants to break free but Hardy has control.
Hardy with a knee to the head.
Smirnoff is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Hardy stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smirnoff seems to have recovered his senses.
Hardy working Smirnoff over with knees to the body.
Hardy misses with an elbow strike.
Hardy is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Smirnoff breaks the clinch.
Smirnoff takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Hardy throws a leg kick that is checked
and Smirnoff counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Ray Hardy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Smirnoff looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Smirnoff tries a head kick but it misses.
Smirnoff connects with a solid leg kick.
Hardy closes the distance but Smirnoff moves to the side
and Smirnoff counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Smirnoff misses with a head kick.
Hardy rushes Smirnoff and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Hardy is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Hardy.
Hardy with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Smirnoff pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Hardy moves into range and clinches up with Smirnoff.
Nice elbow from Hardy.
Smirnoff wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Hardy has him pressed against the cage.
Hardy lands a damaging elbow.
Ray Hardy has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Hardy lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Hardy looking to throw knees to the head but Smirnoff is blocking nicely.
Hardy scores with a knee to the head.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Smirnoff as Hardy tries to tie him up.
Smirnoff manages to pull guard.
Hardy slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Hardy wants to stand but Smirnoff has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hardy trying to control the position from guard on top but Smirnoff is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ray Hardy dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Vitaly Smirnoff's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Hardy blocks a head kick by Smirnoff.
Hardy fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Smirnoff, pushing him back against the cage.
Hardy throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Smirnoff tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Hardy just stands there and leans against the cage.
Hardy tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Knees in the clinch landing for Smirnoff.
Smirnoff is looking to break free of the clinch but Hardy has double underhooks.
Smirnoff lands a knee to the body.
Hardy blocks an elbow strike from Smirnoff.
Hardy lands an elbow that stopped Smirnoff in his tracks for a moment.
Smirnoff is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Smirnoff avoids a wild elbow strike from Hardy.
Hardy looking to throw knees to the head but Smirnoff is blocking nicely.
Smirnoff is trying to break the clinch but Hardy has him pressed against the cage.
Hardy tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Smirnoff is looking to break free of the clinch but Hardy has double underhooks.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Hardy throws a knee to the head but misses.
Hardy landing knees to the head.
Smirnoff has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Hardy uses from the top position.
Hardy is looking to advance position but Smirnoff has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!
Smirnoff looking to control and managing it successfully.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Smirnoff can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Hardy is looking to escape.
Smirnoff get's back to his feet.
Hardy throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Smirnoff walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Hardy wants to clinch
and Smirnoff counters with a nice body kick.
Hardy swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Smirnoff.
Ray Hardy is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hardy fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Smirnoff, pushing him back against the cage.
Smirnoff letting Hardy take a breather here.
Smirnoff is trying to break the clinch but Hardy has him pressed against the cage.
Hardy avoiding damage as Smirnoff throws knees to the body.
A frustrated look appears on Smirnoff's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Hardy misses with a knee strike.
Hardy lands an elbow just above Smirnoff 's eye.
Hardy tries a knee to the head but Smirnoff blocks it.
Smirnoff is trying to break the clinch but Hardy is controlling him.
Smirnoff fails to pull the fight into his guard.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Hardy just misses with a elbow thrown towards Smirnoff's brow.
Hardy tries a knee to the head but Smirnoff blocks it.
Hardy lands a good knee to the midsection. Smirnoff won't want to take too many of those.
Smirnoff is looking to break free of the clinch but Hardy has double underhooks.
Smirnoff has had enough of the clinch but Hardy keeps him there for the moment.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hardy keeps control of Smirnoff as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Hardy lands an elbow just above Smirnoff 's eye.
Hardy lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Smirnoff tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Hardy smiles and moves away.
Ray Hardy has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Vitaly Smirnoff.
Smirnoff misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Smirnoff misses with a double jab.
Smirnoff throws a head kick that misses
and Hardy moves into the clinch.
Smirnoff has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Smirnoff is trying to break the clinch but Hardy is controlling him.
Smirnoff breaks from the clinch.
Smirnoff tries a head kick but it misses.
Hardy tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Smirnoff counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
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.
Hardy wants to clinch
enabling Smirnoff to counter with a crisp jab.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Smirnoff tries to break the clinch but Hardy is controlling the position.
Vitaly Smirnoff has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Knees in the clinch landing for Hardy.
Smirnoff looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Smirnoff wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Hardy has him pressed against the cage.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Hardy tries a knee to the head but Smirnoff blocks it.
Hardy landing knees to the body.
Hardy holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Smirnoff is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ray Hardy showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Hardy, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 James Ackerman scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 30:27
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ray Hardy!
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hype
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