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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Paul Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Artum Ruska (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Artum Ruska is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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264 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
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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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Paul Smith!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Artum Ruska!
The judges for this bout are Albert Achterberg, Paulsen Ambrosius and Saam Ante.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ruska throws a combination. Smith tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Smith throws a head kick but Ruska moves out of range.
Ruska swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Smith slips a jab from Ruska.
Smith misses with a jab, cross combination.
Smith connects with a solid leg kick.
Ruska slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Smith with a jab.
Both fighters circling a little - Smith finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Ruska misses with a right hand
and Ruska takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Smith showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Ruska.
A jab from Ruska misses.
A jab lands there for Smith.
Nice uppercut there from Smith.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ruska rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Smith counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Ruska misses with a lunging right hand
and Smith counters with an inside leg kick.
Smith misses with a few strikes there.
Ruska throws a lazy uppercut
and Smith connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Ruska misses with an uppercut
and Smith cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Smith displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Ruska throws out the jab.
Ruska misses with a hook
enabling Smith to counter with a crisp jab.
Ruska misses with a right hand
and Smith counters with a three punch combo that has Ruska backing up. Ruska nods at Smith to acknowledge the strikes.
Ruska keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Artum Ruska seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A looping hook to the body misses from Ruska. Smith does a little dance to reset his feet.
A slapping body kick lands there for Smith.
Ruska 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.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Smith looking to land some kicks to the body here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ruska blocks the body kick.
Ruska throws a right hand that misses
and Smith counters with a solid body kick.
Smith catches Ruska with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Smith feints and then cracks Ruska's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Ruska down.
Ruska looks gassed!
Smith closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Ruska falls off balance throwing a combination
and Smith counters with a two punch combo.
Nice uppercut there from Smith.
Smith moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Smith throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Ruska's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Smith connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Ruska scrambles back to his feet.
Ruska takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Both fighters circling a little - Smith finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ruska throws an off balance right hand
and Smith counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
A right-left combo lands from Smith.
Smith lands a head kick!
Smith lands a jab to the head.
Smith pushes Ruska away with a front kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Smith throws a nice outside leg kick.
Smith bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Ruska's head.
Smith scores with a nice right hand.
Smith throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Smith lands with a nice combination. Ruska backs away looking to recover.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Smith explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Smith's corner calls for a 1-2. Smith obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Ruska takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Smith thows a body kick. Ruska tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Smith lands with a nice body kick.
Smith connects with a solid leg kick.
Donk. Smith catches Ruska right on the button with a cross.
Smith's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Smith duly obliges.
Smith lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ruska throws a right hand that misses
and Smith finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Smith throws out a powerful jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Paul Smith dominated that round.
That's time! Smith's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Ruska blocks the body kick.
Ruska misses with a right hand
and Smith counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Ruska swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Smith cracks Ruska with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
A shot to the body from Ruska misses
and Smith counters with a body kick.
Smith buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
A left and a right from Smith both land. Nice combination.
Paul Smith is winning the standup battle so far.
Smith throws a shot to the body.
Ruska sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ruska throws a right and a left that Smith avoids nicely.
Smith scoring well with a low kick there.
Ruska is breathing heavily.
Smith swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Ruska.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith lands a jab to the head.
Smith thuds a left hand into Ruska's body.
Smith scores with a jab to the jaw.
Smith lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Smith throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Smith is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Ruska can do to turn this around?
Smith scores with a decent looking hook.
Ruska swings widly with a right hand
and Smith counters with a slapping leg kick.
Smith lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Smith throws out a powerful jab.
Ruska has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Smith.
Ruska takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith scores with a jab. Ruska acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Ruska gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Smith.
Ruska takes one to the chin there.
Ruska has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Smith lands a leg kick that knocks Ruska off balance momentarily.
Ruska takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Smith lets loose with a powerful body kick. Ruska will feel that in the morning.
Jab by Smith.
Smith pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Ruska back to the cage. Smith follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
A nice leg kick lands there from Smith.
Smith stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Smith scores with a spinning back kick!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith scores with a spinning back kick!
Ruska has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Ruska has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Smith.
Ruska takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Nice straight punches there by Smith. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Smith.
Smith digs a good hook to Ruska's body.
Smith lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Smith throws a front kick that sends Ruska stumbling back into the cage.
Ruska has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Smith throws a right hand that Ruska ducks under and follows up with a left that Ruska also avoids with ease.
Ruska misses with a body shot
and Smith counters with a nice body kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A cross from Smith lands.
Smith lands with a kick to the ribs.
Nice cross by Smith.
Smith scores with a one two! Ruska had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Ruska's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Smith jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Ruska takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
A left and a right from Smith both land. Nice combination.
Ruska misses with a hook
and Smith counters with a nice body kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Smith tries to land a front kick but Ruska steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Smith.
Smith lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Paul Smith dominated that second round.
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. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
A decent looking cross lands there for Smith.
Ruska misses with a wild combination.
Ruska misses with a lunging right hand
and Smith counters with a nice uppercut.
Smith explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Smith.
Ruska takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Ruska misses with an uppercut
and Smith cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Ruska might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Smith has got the better of the exchanges.
Smith misses with a body kick.
Smith lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Smith is working the combinations to good effect here.
Ruska takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Smith scoring well with a low kick there.
Ruska takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith connects with a jab.
Ruska misses with the combination.
Ruska walks forward, straight into a front kick from Smith.
Smith getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Smith cracks the inside of Ruska's front leg.
Ruska chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Smith can pounce on him.
Smith throws a head kick that half lands.
Smith with a hook.
Both fighters circling a little - Smith finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ruska sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ruska takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Smith scores with the left hand. Ruska knows he should have avoided that one.
A solid body kick from Smith.
Smith buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Smith fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Ruska looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Smith explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Ruska gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Smith.
Ruska on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Ruska takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Ruska moves forwards but Smith connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Smith moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ruska showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Smith.
Ruska misses with a body punch
and Smith counters with a good low kick that Ruska was not able to check.
A jab from Smith finds it's way through Ruska's defenses.
Ruska will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
A slapping leg kick lands for Smith.
Smith thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Ruska if he has to take too many more of those.
Ruska throws a lazy uppercut
and Smith counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Smith throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Smith looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Ruska misses with a lunging right hand
and Smith counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Smith lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Ruska at a distance.
Smith cracks Ruska with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Ruska throws a lazy uppercut
and Smith counters with a head kick.
Ruska throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Nice body punch from Smith.
Artum Ruska has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Smith lands with a kick to the ribs.
Smith tests Ruska's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Smith throws a nice looking combination but Ruska bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A thudding body kick lands there by Smith!
Smith keeps Ruska at a distance using the push kick.
And that's the end of the fight!
Paul Smith showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Smith has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Albert Achterberg scores the fight 30:24
Judge Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 30:24
Judge Saam Ante scores the fight 30:24
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Paul Smith!
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hype
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