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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between David Haye (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Robert Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, David Haye!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Robert Smith!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, Daniel Bishop and Donald Grub.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Haye connects with a body shot.
Haye throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Smith cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Smith fails with the takedown.
Haye rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Smith counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Haye misses with a double jab.
Haye moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Smith shoots in but no luck this time.
Smith's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Haye connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Smith scrambles back to his feet.
Smith wants to clinch
and Haye counters with a three punch combo that has Smith backing up. Smith nods at Haye to acknowledge the strikes.
Smith looks gassed!
Smith avoids a punch combination nicely.
Haye scores with a decent looking hook.
Haye lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Haye.
It looks like Robert Smith has been cut.
Haye fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Smith on the side of the head.
A jab lands there for Haye.
Smith walks into a jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Smith shoots in and drives through. Haye sprawls well.
David Haye has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Robert Smith.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A big right from Haye misses.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Haye, as that shot connected.
Smith takes one to the side of the head.
Haye dips to his left and cracks Smith with an uppercut!
Haye with a nice cross.
Haye scores with a jab. Smith acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Haye throws a one two combo.
A left and a right from Haye both land. Nice combination.
Haye connects with a looping right hand.
Smith closes the distance looking to clinch
and Haye counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Smith shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Haye works over Smith's head and body with a nice combination.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Haye connects with a jab.
Haye leaves Smith with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Sloppy strikes from Haye. Those never looked like landing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Haye connects with a jab.
Haye tests Smith's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Haye lands a jab.
Haye lands a nice shot to the body.
Sloppy strikes from Haye. Those never looked like landing.
A punch combination from Haye misses.
Haye with a jab.
Haye is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Haye leaves Smith with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Smith avoids a punch combination nicely.
Nice cross by Haye.
Smith has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Haye jabs at Smith's body.
Smith doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Haye throws a right and a left that Smith avoids nicely.
Smith takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Smith avoids a punch combination nicely.
Smith takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Haye lands with a good body shot.
Haye is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Smith takes one to the chin there.
Smith ducks right into an uppercut from Haye.
Haye bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Smith's head backwards.
Haye moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Haye tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Smith was well out of range. Poor timing from Haye.
No joy there for Haye, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Haye scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Haye lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Decent striking displayed by Haye there.
Haye is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Haye rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Smith moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Haye feints a jab promting Smith to slip. Haye then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Smith slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A left and a right from Haye both land. Nice combination.
Haye fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Smith on the side of the head.
Smith throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Nice shot by Haye.
Haye 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.
Haye lands a lovely overhand right.
David Haye seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A punch lands to the side of Smith 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Haye cracks Smith with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Haye cracks Smith with a good jab.
David Haye is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Haye throws a right and a left that Smith avoids nicely.
Haye misses with a jab, cross combination.
Smith takes a jab right on the kisser.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
David Haye dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Robert Smith's cut.
That's time! Haye's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Smith drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Smith avoids a punch combination nicely.
Haye throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Smith tries to clinch but fails miserably
enabling Haye to counter with a crisp jab.
Haye lands a jab-cross combination.
Haye throws a big shot that misses.
Haye throws a right and a left that both miss.
Smith tries to clinch up
and Haye counters with a one-two to the body.
Smith is breathing heavily.
A big left from Haye misses.
Smith looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Smith has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Haye misses with a two punch combination.
Nice sprawl there from Haye as Smith shoots in.
Smith dodges the punch combination from Haye.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith shoots in but no luck this time.
Haye is working the combinations to good effect here.
Haye misses with a jab, cross combination.
Haye dips to his left and cracks Smith with an uppercut!
Smith moves forwards but Haye connects with a nice, crisp jab.
David Haye is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Haye digs a good body shot into Smith's ribs.
Haye lands a jab.
Haye lands a slapping body shot.
Haye is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Smith can do to turn this around?
Smith takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Haye lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Haye lands a jab to Smith's midsection.
Smith slips a jab and a cross from Haye.
Haye lands with a nice body punch.
Haye 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.
A shot to the liver by Haye. Beautiful body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Haye changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Haye scores with a hook.
Smith on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Haye with a hook.
Haye digs a good body shot into Smith's ribs.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Haye misses with a double jab.
The fighters circle momentarily. Haye darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Haye lands a body shot.
Haye scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Smith moves forwards but Haye connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Haye wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Haye scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
David Haye is winning the standup battle so far.
Haye lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Haye connects with a single shot there.
Haye scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith takes one to the chin there.
Haye connects with a looping right hand.
Haye throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Haye lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Haye.
Haye wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Smith shoots in for a takedown but Haye shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
David Haye has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Robert Smith.
Smith misses with a wild body shot.
Haye's corner calls for a 1-2. Haye obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Haye punishes Smith's body with a nice straight punch.
Smith takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Haye scores with a body shot.
Haye scores with a nice strike.
Smith takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Haye connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Smith's hands.
Haye throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Smith is trying desperately to land a takedown but Haye is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Smith.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Smith has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Haye scores with a one two! Smith had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Smith has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Haye finds it's way round the side to connect with Smith's head.
Nice body punch from Haye.
Haye lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Smith might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Haye has got the better of the exchanges.
Haye scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Haye scores with a punch to the head.
Haye scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Smith on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Haye stalks Smith and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Smith's face. Smith staggers backwards, shaken.
Smith shoots in but no luck this time.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Smith takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Haye lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Haye scores with the left hand. Smith knows he should have avoided that one.
Haye lunges at Smith with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Smith's hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
David Haye dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Robert Smith's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Good shot there by Haye.
Sloppy strikes from Haye. Those never looked like landing.
Smith lands a jab to the head.
Haye lands a nice looking body shot.
Haye cracks Smith with a good jab.
Haye tests Smith's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Haye stalks Smith and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Smith's face. Smith staggers backwards, shaken.
Haye scores with a nice strike.
Haye punishes Smith's body with a nice straight punch.
Smith takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Smith takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Some wild striking there from Haye.
Haye swings for the body but Smith moves out of range.
Haye lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Haye clobbers Smith with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith walks into a straight right hand from Haye.
Smith is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Smith ducks under a wild hook from Haye.
Haye tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Smith was well out of range. Poor timing from Haye.
Haye misses with the combination.
Smith throws a leg kick but Haye moved away.
Haye works the jab nicely.
Smith takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Smith looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Haye fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Haye scores with the left hand. Smith knows he should have avoided that one.
Haye misses with a jab, cross combination.
Donk. Haye catches Smith right on the button with a cross.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Haye is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Smith misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
The crowd cheers as Haye lands an impressive looking overhand right. Smith doesn't seem phased though.
Haye works over Smith's head and body with a nice combination.
Haye fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Smith avoids a punch combination nicely.
Haye scores with a nice strike.
Smith closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Haye misses with a few strikes there.
Smith closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Haye misses with a combination
and Smith counters with a nice double leg into side control. Haye won't be happy with that.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Haye has one of Smith's arms on lockdown, trying to prevent him from doing any damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith wants to stand but Haye is controlling his arm.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Haye is in a bad spot here and he knows it... just holding on for now.
David Haye is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
David Haye has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Haye lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
And that's the end of the fight!
David Haye showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Haye, 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 Andrew Berry scores the fight 30:25
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 30:25
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 30:25
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... David Haye!
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