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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Kenneth Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Edilberto Nestuta (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Smith's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Eminem - Go To Sleep. Nestuta has chosen Friday - Rebecca Black as his entrance music. Edilberto Nestuta has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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155 lbs
15 - 10 - 0 |
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165 lbs
4 - 1 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Very strong |
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Good wrestler
World class MT
Heavy handed |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
15 - 10 - 0, fighting out of New York, Kenneth Smith!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Edilberto Nestuta!
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, Eddie Farnsworth and Bruno Lombardi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Smith stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Nestuta closes the distance and pushes Smith back into the cage.
Smith wants to get back to striking at distance but Nestuta won't allow it.
Smith is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Smith takes an elbow to the temple.
Smith blocks the elbow strike.
Smith tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Nestuta's elbow.
Smith tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Nestuta just stands there and leans against the cage.
Smith wants to get back to striking at distance but Nestuta won't allow it.
Nice elbow from Nestuta.
Nestuta lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
It looks like Kenneth Smith has been cut.
Nestuta lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Nestuta unloads a knee to the mid-section. Smith lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Nestuta lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Nestuta is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Nestuta landing knees to the head.
Smith is rocked!
Nestuta lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Oh Smith is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Nestuta lands an elbow inside.
Smith is looking to break free of the clinch but Nestuta has double underhooks.
Smith seems to have got his legs back now.
Nestuta lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Smith backwards.
Smith wants to get back to striking at distance but Nestuta won't allow it.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Nestuta.
Smith lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Nestuta lands an elbow inside that Smith shrugs off.
Nestuta pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Smith blocks an elbow strike.
Nestuta landing some nice looking knees to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nestuta creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Smith's defenses.
Nestuta unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Smith is breathing heavily.
Nestuta lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Nestuta landing knees to the head.
Nestuta using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith takes a knee to the side of the body.
Nestuta landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Nestuta lands a damaging elbow.
Nestuta gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Nestuta lands an elbow that stopped Smith in his tracks for a moment.
Nestuta landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Nestuta with a knee to the head.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Nestuta.
Smith takes an elbow to the temple.
Nestuta unloads a knee to the mid-section. Smith lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Nestuta with a knee to the head.
Nestuta lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Smith backwards.
Nestuta lands a damaging elbow.
Nestuta scores a nice knee to the body.
Nestuta lands an elbow that stopped Smith in his tracks for a moment.
Smith is trying to force a seperation but Nestuta has the dominant position.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Nestuta obliges.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Nestuta.
Nestuta lands an elbow just above Smith 's eye.
Smith tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Smith takes an elbow to the forehead.
Nestuta lands an elbow just above Smith 's eye.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Nestuta creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Nestuta lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Nestuta misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Smith.
Nestuta tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Smith avoids it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Nestuta smiles and moves away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kenneth Smith. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Smith tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Nestuta was well out of range. Poor timing from Smith.
Smith takes a swing at Nestuta's ribcage but misses.
Nestuta fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Smith has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Smith throws a poor cross that misses
and Nestuta holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Smith blocks the elbow strike.
Smith takes an elbow to the temple.
Nestuta lands an elbow that stopped Smith in his tracks for a moment.
Nestuta throws an elbow that misses.
Smith tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Nestuta smiles and moves away.
Nestuta moves out of range of the leg kick from Smith.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith thows a body shot but no joy.
Smith decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Smith trying to control the action but Nestuta is working from the bottom.
Smith is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Nestuta wants to get back to his feet.
Nestuta tries to get to full guard but Smith has control of the leg.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Smith thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Smith seems to be looking for submissions.
Smith looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Smith is trying to work for a kimura but Nestuta is defending well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Edilberto Nestuta dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Kenneth Smith's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Smith fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Nestuta manages to avoid it.
Nestuta gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Nestuta unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Nestuta landing knees to the head.
Nestuta trying to land knees to the body.
Nestuta lands a nice knee to the body.
Smith is trying to break the clinch but Nestuta is controlling him.
Nestuta connects with a nasty looking knee right to Smith's face.
Nestuta digs a right hand underneath Smith's ribcage. Smith let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Nestuta comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Smith's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Kenneth Smith seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Nestuta cracks the inside of Smith's front leg.
Nestuta throws a sloppy head kick and Smith moves out of range easily.
Smith misses with a shot to the body
and Nestuta counters with an outside leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Smith misses the body punch
and Nestuta counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Smith is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Smith blocks a head kick by Nestuta.
Smith is looking to wear down Nestuta with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Nestuta is looking to clinch but Smith is avoiding it.
A slapping leg kick lands for Nestuta.
Nestuta tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Smith paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Smith avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Smith scores with a jab to the jaw.
Smith throws a sloppy body shot
and Nestuta counters with a head kick.
Nice straight punches there by Nestuta. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Nestuta.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Nestuta counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Smith is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Nestuta tries to close the distance and clinch but Smith swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Smith shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Smith is working for a kimura but Nestuta is defending it quite comfortably.
Smith not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith thows a huge punch but Nestuta dodges it nicely.
Nestuta regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Smith.
Smith trying to control the position from guard on top but Nestuta is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Smith throwing strikes but missing.
Smith postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
That's four 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 trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Smith trying to control the position from guard on top but Nestuta is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Nestuta trying to keep a closed guard but Smith is proving a slippery customer.
Nestuta utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Smith working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Smith postures up in Nestuta's guard and throws a big left but Nestuta blocks it.
Smith postures up in Nestuta's guard and throws a big left but Nestuta blocks it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Edilberto Nestuta showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Kenneth Smith's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Nestuta checks a low kick from Smith.
Smith pivots, looking for a leg kick but Nestuta is out of range and Smith settles back down.
Smith doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Nestuta cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Nestuta takes the fight into the clinch.
Nestuta lands a nice elbow.
Smith misses with a punch to the body.
Smith tries to pull guard but Nestuta won't allow it.
Smith breaks the clinch.
Nestuta looks to clinch
so Smith counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Smith throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Nestuta preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Smith is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Nestuta is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Nestuta has escaped and now he's on top!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nestuta sitting in guard here, content to control.
Smith is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Smith is trying to control the position but Nestuta postures up.
Kenneth Smith has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two 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 looking for a guillotine here but Nestuta defends easily.
Nestuta controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Edilberto Nestuta wasn't active enough on the ground.
Smith doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Nestuta counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Smith is lucky that one didn't land flush.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kenneth Smith. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Nestuta fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Smith misses with a takedown attempt
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Smith throws a series of punches but Nestuta moves out of range.
Nestuta digs a good body shot into Smith's ribs.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Nestuta manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Smith throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Nestuta works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Smith throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Smith has gone for a leg lock! Nestuta slips out almost immediately though and dives into Smith's guard.
Nestuta drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Nestuta jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Nestuta drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Smith dives on top into guard.
Smith drops back, looking for a kneebar! Nestuta looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Nestuta looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Nestuta!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nestuta tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Nestuta has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Smith regains half guard.
Smith is working on a guillotine. He's managed to get to full guard and he's really squeezing tight! Nestuta is tapping! Great win for Smith!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Kenneth Smith!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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