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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Mike Death (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Keith Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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190 lbs
1 - 2 - 0 |
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193 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Dangerous knees
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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
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Mike Death!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Keith Smith!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, Chris Edwards and Daniel Bishop.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Death tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Death tries to clinch up but Smith circles away and keeps his distance.
Death checks a leg kick.
Death forces Smith back against the cage and clinches.
Smith is trying to break the clinch but Death has him pressed against the cage.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Death obliges.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Smith wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Death has him pressed against the cage.
Smith pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Smith swinging wildly here.
Death throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Smith.
Smith tries to clinch up but Death circles away and keeps his distance.
Death darts in trying to clinch
enabling Smith to counter with a crisp jab.
Death has managed to clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith wants to break the clinch but can't.
Death tries to land a knee to the head but Smith blocks with his arms.
Death throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Smith blocks it with crossed arms.
Death scores with a knee to the head.
Death prevents Smith from breaking the clinch.
Death looking to throw knees to the head but Smith is blocking nicely.
A frustrated look appears on Smith's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Smith wants to break free but Death has control.
Smith tries to break the clinch but Death is controlling the position.
Death scores with a shoulder strike.
Smith is trying to break free.
Death creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Smith's defenses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Death fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Smith wants to get back to striking at distance but Death won't allow it.
Death stalling.
Smith is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Death can't find room to land a body shot as Smith controls the action.
Death with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Smith is trying to push Death away but Death has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Smith takes a knee right on the jaw!
Death controlling the action here for a moment.
Death connects with a nasty looking knee right to Smith's face.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Death has Smith pressed against the cage, preventing Smith from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Smith is trying to break free.
Smith tries to break free but Death pushes him back against the cage.
Death stalling against the cage.
Death throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Smith blocks it with crossed arms.
Smith wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Smith has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Death displaying some good clinch control by pressing Smith up against the cage.
Smith is trying to force a seperation but Death has the dominant position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Death misses with a punch on the inside.
Death holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Smith can't break the clinch.
Smith wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Death has him pressed against the cage.
Death lands an elbow inside that Smith shrugs off.
Knees to the body from Death.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Smith wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Death has him pressed against the cage.
Death can't find room to land a body shot as Smith controls the action.
Smith tries to break the clinch but Death is controlling the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mike Death dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Smith.
Death displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Smith throws out the jab.
Death is looking to clinch.
Death avoids a punch combination nicely.
Smith displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Death tries to clinch but Smith moves away
and Smith counters with a one-two to the body.
Death is looking to slow Smith down with leg kicks.
Death tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Smith counters with a left and a right that stings Death.
Death wants to clinch but Smith slips to the side
enabling Smith to counter with a crisp jab.
Death gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Smith wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A head punch on the inside from Death fails to land.
Smith wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Death has him pressed against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith blocks an elbow strike.
Death misses with the head strike.
Death looking to throw knees to the head but Smith is blocking nicely.
Death lands a nice elbow.
Smith is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
The referee calls for Death to work.
Death using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Smith has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Smith is trying to break free.
Death connects with a nasty looking knee right to Smith's face.
Death landing knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Come on Death - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Smith wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Death has him pressed against the cage.
Death displaying some good clinch control by pressing Smith up against the cage.
Smith is looking to break free of the clinch but Death has double underhooks.
Smith is trying to break the clinch but Death has him pressed against the cage.
Death manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Death gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith has had enough of the clinch but Death keeps him there for the moment.
Smith tries to break free but Death pushes him back against the cage.
Smith looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Death landing knees to the head.
Smith can't break the clinch.
Knees to the body from Death.
Death lands a knee to the body.
Death looking to throw knees to the head but Smith is blocking nicely.
Death leaning against his opponent.
Smith is trying to break the clinch but Death has him pressed against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Death just leaning against Smith, taking a breather.
Death has Smith pressed against the cage, preventing Smith from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Death tries to land a knee to the head but Smith blocks with his arms.
Death goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Smith wants to break the clinch but can't.
Death will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Smith up against the cage.
Smith tries to circle away but Death has him pinned against the cage.
Death leaning against his opponent.
Smith is trying to break the clinch but Death has him pressed against the cage.
Smith breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Keith Smith showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Smith throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Smith looks to land a combination but Death avoids it well.
Sloppy strikes from Smith. Those never looked like landing.
Death keeps the fight on the outside.
Smith throws a series of punches but Death avoids them all with ease.
Smith tries to clinch but Death is having none of it.
Smith tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Death counters with a good low kick that Smith was not able to check.
The fight stays on the outside here - Death looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
The fight stays on the outside here - Smith looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A low kick from Smith misses
and Death counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Death.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Death misses with a knee strike.
Smith is trying to force a seperation but Death has the dominant position.
Death keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Smith's efforts to push away.
Death keeps control of Smith as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Death tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Smith's elbow.
Death gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Knees to the body from Death.
Death taking a breather.
Smith is trying to push Death away but Death has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Death gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Death unloads a knee to the mid-section. Smith lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Death pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Death prevents Smith from breaking the clinch.
Death tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
That's two 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.
Smith tries to circle away but Death has him pinned against the cage.
Smith has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Death lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Death is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Death tries to land knees in the clinch but Smith avoids the damage to the body.
Death has Smith pressed against the cage, preventing Smith from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Death prevents Smith from breaking the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knees in the clinch landing for Death.
Death tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Smith takes an elbow to the temple.
Smith is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Death keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Smith's efforts to push away.
Death lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Smith looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Smith is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Death swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Knees in the clinch landing for Death.
Smith wants to get back to striking at distance but Death won't allow it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Smith is trying to break the clinch but Death has him pressed against the cage.
A bit of stalling here from Death.
Smith wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Death prevents Smith from breaking the clinch.
Death leaning against his opponent.
Death with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Smith working hard to break the clinch.
Death with an attempt at a knee that misses.
And that's the end of the fight!
Mike Death showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Death has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Donald Grub scores the fight 29:28
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 29:28
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mike Death!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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