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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Johnny Smoke (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Charles Steinburger (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Smoke kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is John E Smoke. Steinburger has chosen Throw the Jew down the well as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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217 lbs
7 - 1 - 0 |
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188 cm
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215 lbs
12 - 5 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
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Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Johnny Smoke!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Charles Steinburger!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Steven Brown and Sam Margolis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Steinburger throws out a powerful jab.
Steinburger misses with a hook. Smoke ducked under it nicely.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Smoke.
Smoke gets a clinch.
Steinburger tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Smoke avoids it.
Smoke blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A left hand lands to the body for Smoke.
Smoke pushes off an throws an elbow but Steinburger leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Smoke tries to land knees in the clinch but Steinburger avoids the damage to the body.
Smoke crunches a lovely knee into Steinburger's ribcage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Steinburger landing knees to the body.
Steinburger avoids the elbow strike from Smoke, against the cage.
Steinburger manages to break the clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Smoke looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Smoke works Steinburger's body with a nice hook.
Steinburger keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Smoke.
Nice shot by Smoke.
Steinburger scores with a nice right hand.
Smoke blocks a head kick by Steinburger.
Smoke looks for a takedown but Steinburger sprawls well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Steinburger throws a sloppy head kick and Smoke moves out of range easily.
Smoke ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Steinburger moves away.
Smoke swings for the body but Steinburger moves out of range.
Smoke moves to clinch but Steinburger breaks away
and Steinburger counters with a body kick.
Smoke blocks a head kick by Steinburger.
Smoke ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Steinburger moves away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Steinburger uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Smoke.
Smoke fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Steinburger to the ground. Smoke is now in Steinburger's guard.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Steinburger keeping moving, preventing Smoke from controlling successfully.
Smoke is really struggling to control Steinburger but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Smoke trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Smoke postures up.
Steinburger being controlled here, momentarily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
We're going to have a standup here because Johnny Smoke wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Steinburger misses the shot to the body.
Steinburger plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
It looks like Johnny Smoke has been cut.
Smoke fails in his attempt to clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Steinburger lands the left hand.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Smoke swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Steinburger looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Charles Steinburger will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Johnny Smoke's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Smoke defending well as Steinburger loads up on a big left hand.
Steinburger moves out of range as Smoke strikes.
Smoke tries to clinch there but Steinburger circles away.
Smoke moves into the clinch.
Steinburger on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Steinburger looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Steinburger is trying to push Smoke away but Smoke has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Smoke unloads a knee to the mid-section.
A bit of stalling here from Smoke.
Smoke tries to land knees in the clinch but Steinburger avoids the damage to the body.
Steinburger blocks an elbow strike.
Smoke lands a knee to the body.
With the fighters up against the cage, Smoke throws an elbow but misses.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Smoke misses with a knee strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Smoke using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Steinburger has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Steinburger putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Smoke in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Steinburger pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Steinburger throws a half hearted mid kick.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
Steinburger moves out of range of the strikes.
Steinburger keeps Smoke at a distance using the push kick.
Charles Steinburger is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Smoke checks the leg kick nicely there.
Steinburger thows a body kick. Smoke tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Steinburger misses with a head kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smoke throws a leg kick but Steinburger moved away.
Steinburger throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Steinburger fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Steinburger bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Smoke tries to clinch but Steinburger moves out of range.
Steinburger misses with a head kick.
Smoke blocks a head kick by Steinburger.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Steinburger misses with an uppercut. Smoke saw that one coming.
Smoke moves out of range as Steinburger throws a body kick.
Smoke misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Steinburger counters with a good, hard body kick but Smoke shrugs it off.
Steinburger throws a head kick but Smoke moves out of range.
Steinburger's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Smoke connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Steinburger scrambles back to his feet.
Smoke lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
A slow jab from Smoke misses its intended target.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Steinburger misses with a head kick.
Smoke throws an overhand right that lands on Steinburger's shoulder, as Steinburger tries to avoid the shot.
Smoke blocks a head kick by Steinburger.
Smoke tries to clinch
and Steinburger counters with a body kick.
Steinburger blocks a jab.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Smoke tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Steinburger was well out of range. Poor timing from Smoke.
Johnny Smoke seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Steinburger bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Charles Steinburger showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Johnny Smoke's cut.
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. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Smoke needs to keep his hands up - Steinburger had a free shot at his head there.
Smoke will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Steinburger throws a push kick but Smoke slaps the foot to one side.
Smoke misses with an uppercut. Steinburger saw that one coming.
Smoke throws a body punch but Steinburger moves out of range.
Smoke avoids the head kick by Steinburger.
Smoke misses with a looping left.
Smoke swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Smoke cracks Steinburger with a good jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Steinburger throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Smoke is looking to clinch but Steinburger is avoiding it.
Steinburger plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Steinburger tries to land a front kick but Smoke steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Smoke looks to score with a jab to the body but Steinburger is just out of range.
A slow jab from Smoke misses its intended target.
Smoke tries to clinch but Steinburger moves away
and Steinburger counters with a big head kick but Smoke shrugs it off.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smoke tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Steinburger manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Smoke fails with an attempt to clinch.
Smoke misses with a wild body shot.
Steinburger misses with an attempted mid kick.
Smoke checks a leg kick.
Smoke blocks a head kick by Steinburger.
Smoke misses the jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Steinburger.
Smoke tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
A head kick misses from Steinburger.
Steinburger slips a jab and a cross from Smoke.
Smoke misses with a straight left.
Smoke takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Smoke avoids the head kick by Steinburger.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Steinburger slips a jab from Smoke.
Smoke throws a sloppy body shot
and Steinburger counters with a body kick that stops Smoke in his tracks momentarily.
Steinburger scores with a crisp jab that stopped Smoke in his tracks.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Steinburger takes a swing at Smoke's ribcage but misses.
Smoke shoots in looking for a takedown. Steinburger tries to sprawl out of it but Smoke keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Steinburger manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Steinburger tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
And that's the end of the fight!
Charles Steinburger comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Steinburger 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 William Gold scores the fight 27:30
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 27:30
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Charles Steinburger!
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energy
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hype
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