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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Manny Trorres (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Trorres comes to the cage accompanied by Eye Of The Tiger. Smith has chosen Colors of the Wind as his entrance music. John Smith struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 146.6lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. Manny Trorres has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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145 lbs
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154 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Cuts easily |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Manny Trorres!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, John Smith!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Hogan, Steve Erwin and Damien Edna.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Smith takes a jab right on the kisser.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Trorres throws a series of punches but Smith avoids them all with ease.
Trorres tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Smith paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Trorres moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Trorres rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Smith moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Trorres gets caught flat footed, as Smith shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Smith postures up.
Smith wants to pass the guard but Trorres is keeping the position.
Trorres working a defensive guard here.
Smith trying to move into half guard but instead Trorres has managed to sweep!
Smith looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Smith looks gassed!
Trorres postures up in Smith's guard and throws a big left but Smith blocks it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Trorres throws a big right hand that misses.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Trorres dives in and grabs Smith's left leg, looking for a takedown. Smith pushes down on Trorres's head and hops out.
Smith decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Trorres is looking for a sweep. Smith is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Trorres is trying to stand.
Trorres is in trouble now - Smith has advanced to mount!
Smith cracks Trorres with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Trorres tries to hold on but Smith postures up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith moves to back control.
Trorres looking to stop the rear naked choke attempt by controlling the hands.
Trorres is keeping busy.
Smith working for a choke but Trorres is defending well.
Smith is persistently looking for the submission but Trorres is defending it well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Trorres controlling the position well but he knows he's in a bad position.
I really don't envy Trorres right now.
Smith not allowing Trorres to control his hands.
Smith looking to break Trorres's wrist control so he can sink in the choke. Trorres remaining controlled and patient though - he really has to keep calm otherwise Smith will wrap this one up with the rear naked choke!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Smith not allowing Trorres to control his hands.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Trorres is trying to get back to his feet but he's not managed it yet.
Smith trying to secure his dominant position for a moment - making sure Trorres doesn't escape.
Trorres tries to escape the position.
Smith biding his time, controlling Trorres.
Smith struggling to keep hold of the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
John Smith dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Trorres swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Trorres fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Smith has his takedown stuffed
and Trorres counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Trorres knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Smith on the ground.
Trorres tries to stand but his hand is stuck under Smith.
Smith slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Trorres postures up in Smith's guard and throws a big left but Smith blocks it.
Trorres would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Smith utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Trorres trying to control the position from guard on top but Smith is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Smith is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Smith shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Trorres has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Smith is working away from the top position though.
Smith slows the pace down in half guard.
Smith is looking to advance position but Trorres won't allow it.
Smith is thwarting Trorres's attempts to control the position.
That's two 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.
Smith frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Smith sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Smith tries to control but Trorres wriggling away.
Smith avoids the attempt from Trorres to control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Trorres wants to improve position but instead he's given up his back.
Smith working for a RNC but it's not happening just yet.
Smith is looking for the choke from the back position but Trorres is controlling his hands well.
Smith struggling to keep hold of the position.
John Smith has got the better of the ground game so far.
Smith gets his hands free as Trorres looks to control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Trorres breaks Smith's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Trorres's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Trorres missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Trorres would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Trorres wants to pass the guard but Smith is keeping the position.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Smith scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Trorres wants to get back to his feet.
Smith tries to score with some ground and pound. Trorres controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
John Smith showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
Trorres throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Smith.
Left hook, right uppercut from Trorres.
Smith takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Trorres fails to land with a series of punches.
Smith tries to close the distance and clinch up but Trorres swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Trorres lands a jab-cross combination.
Trorres avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Trorres throws a head kick that misses.
Trorres tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Smith paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Trorres closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Trorres throws a one two combo.
Trorres fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Smith avoids it really well and circles away.
Trorres misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Smith rushes Trorres and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Smith changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Trorres fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Trorres gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Trorres working a defensive guard here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Smith won't allow Trorres to get back to his feet.
Trorres wants to control but Smith passes easily into half guard.
Trorres is trying to stand.
Smith is controlling the pace.
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.
Trorres trying to control but Smith postures up.
Smith is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Trorres sees it coming and defends easily.
Trorres is trying to stand back up but Smith is controlling him
Smith seems to be working for a kimura but Trorres defends the submission attempt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Trorres is refusing to be controlled, as Smith sits in half guard.
Smith perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Smith looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Trorres is trying to get back to full guard.
Smith trying to mount his opponent but Trorres defends it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Smith is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Smith is looking to take a break and control but Trorres is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Trorres trying to control from the bottom.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Smith tries to close the distance and clinch but Trorres swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Manny Trorres has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
John Smith is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Smith looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Trorres looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
And that's the end of the fight!
John Smith comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Smith winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Bruno Hogan scores the fight 27:30
Judge Steve Erwin scores the fight 27:30
Judge Damien Edna scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... John 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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FIGHT
RATING
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