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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between David Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jason Conley (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 lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, David Smith!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jason Conley!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, George Francis and Cecil Peabody.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Smith throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Conley.
The fight stays on the outside here - Conley looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Conley closes the distance but Smith moves to the side
and Smith counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Smith breaks from the clinch.
Conley moves to clinch but Smith breaks away
and Smith counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Smith.
Smith blocking some punches.
Smith jumps into guard, dragging Conley to the mat.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Conley won't allow Smith to sweep him here.
Conley trying to stand up but can't free himself from Smith's guard.
Smith had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Conley defends it easily.
Conley tries to stand but Smith is controlling from the bottom.
Smith is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Smith throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Conley won't allow Smith to get back to his feet.
Conley must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Smith has his foot on Conley's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Conley works his way back into a safe position though.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Smith has a closed guard, preventing Conley from standing up.
Conley got a little sloppy there for a moment and Smith has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Conley has managed to get both his arms back between Smith's legs - danger averted.
Conley wants to get up but he can't break Smith's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Smith bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Conley's guard.
Conley uses the cage to get back to his feet.
Jason Conley seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Conley tries to clinch
and Smith counters with a nice body kick.
Conley darts in trying to clinch
and Smith counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Smith.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith is trying to stall.
Smith gets control of Conley's arms and successfully pulls guard. Smith will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
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!
Smith trying to control the position.
Conley would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Smith is working an open guard so Conley takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Smith doesn't manage to clinch there - Conley circles away.
Conley tries to clinch there but Smith circles away.
Conley doesn't manage to clinch there - Smith circles away.
Smith closes the distance and clinches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Conley has a couple of punches blocked by Smith.
Smith breaks from the clinch.
Conley wants to clinch but Smith slips to the side
and Smith counters with a series of strikes. Conley will be more careful next time no doubt.
Smith fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Smith is breathing heavily.
Smith feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Conley's calf.
Conley tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Smith paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Smith could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Conley wants to clinch up but Smith keeps it at a distance.
Conley stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Conley wants it to stay on the feet.
Conley moves to clinch but Smith breaks away
and Smith counters with a head kick.
Smith fails to land with a series of punches.
Smith swats away the attempt to clinch by Conley.
Conley tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Conley wants to clinch up but Smith keeps it at a distance.
Smith keeps the fight on the outside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Conley tries to clinch but Smith moves away
and Smith counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Conley tries to clinch up but Smith circles away and keeps his distance.
Conley tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Smith paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Conley fails in his attempt to clinch.
Conley tries to clinch up
and Smith counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Conley is lucky that one didn't land flush.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Conley darts in trying to clinch
and Smith counters with an outside leg kick.
Conley tries to clinch up but Smith circles away and keeps his distance.
Conley tries to clinch up
and Smith holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Smith fails to pull the fight into his guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for David Smith. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Conley doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
And that�s the end of the round � the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that David Smith will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Smith closes the distance and clinches up with Conley, looking for a takedown. Smith pushes Conley against the cage but Conley circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
David Smith is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Conley tries to clinch but Smith is having none of it.
Conley wants to clinch.
Conley tries to close the distance and clinch but Smith swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Conley wants to clinch but Smith slips to the side
and Smith counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Conley gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Smith swats away the attempt to clinch by Conley.
Smith fails with the takedown.
Conley moves in looking to clinch but Smith pushes him off.
Conley tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Smith counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Smith.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Conley tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Smith counters with a two punch combo.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Conley is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Conley tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Smith paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Conley tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Smith counters by clinching up.
Conley swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Smith is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Conley is keeping busy.
A head punch on the inside from Conley fails to land.
Smith breaks the clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Conley looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Conley clinches up with Smith and pushes him back against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith manages to break the clinch.
Conley tries to clinch but Smith is having none of it.
Smith keeps the fight on the outside.
Conley wants to clinch up but Smith keeps it at a distance.
Conley fails with an attempt to clinch.
Conley closes the distance and clinches.
Smith looking for a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for David Smith. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Smith blocking some punches.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Conley lands an uppercut.
Smith breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Conley closes the distance but Smith moves to the side
and Smith counters with a right hand to the body.
Smith misses with a two punch combination.
Conley wants to clinch but Smith slips to the side
and Smith counters with a two punch combo.
Conley tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Smith manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
The fight stays on the outside here - Conley looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Conley fails in his attempt to clinch.
Smith misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Conley.
Conley moves into the clinch successfully.
Conley throws a punch but it's blocked by Smith.
Conley misses with the head strike.
Conley misses with a punch on the inside.
Smith with a knee to the head.
Smith is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Smith is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Conley swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Conley tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Conley throws a head punch that misses.
Smith jumps guard but Conley stands there with Smith around his waist. Smith gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Conley lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Smith backwards.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Smith blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Smith tries to score a body lock takedown but Conley shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Conley fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Conley scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Smith tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Conley just stands there and leans against the cage.
Conley working aggressively here.
Conley tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Conley pushes Smith back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Conley throws a punch but it's blocked by Smith.
Conley working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Smith blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Smith.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Conley misses with the head strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Smith.
Smith tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Conley smiles and moves away.
And that�s the end of the round � the fighters go back to their corners.
Jason Conley showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Smith avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Conley tries to close the distance and clinch up but Smith swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Smith tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Conley paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Smith closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Jason Conley seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Conley misses with a punch on the inside.
Smith drags the fight down to the ground.
Smith tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Smith is looking for a triangle but Conley pushes his legs off easily.
Conley wants to stand but Smith has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Conley got a little sloppy there for a moment and Smith has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Conley has managed to get both his arms back between Smith's legs - danger averted.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Conley trying to stand up but can't free himself from Smith's guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Conley is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
Smith looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Conley tries to stand but Smith is controlling from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith is trying to keep Conley in close.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Conley wants to get up but he can't break Smith's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Smith fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Smith lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Smith swats away the attempt to clinch by Conley.
Smith is trying hard to land a takedown here. Conley sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Conley tries to clinch but Smith is having none of it.
Jason Conley seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Conley tries to clinch there but Smith circles away.
Conley doesn't manage to clinch there - Smith circles away.
Conley tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Smith paws at him with a jab and circles away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith shoots for a takedown but Conley saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for David Smith. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Smith swats away the attempt to clinch by Conley.
Conley tries to clinch up.
Conley wants to clinch up but Smith keeps it at a distance.
Conley tries to close the distance and clinch up but Smith swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Conley closes the distance but Smith moves to the side
and Smith counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Conley doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Conley as Smith tries to tie him up.
Conley swings wildly with an uppercut but Smith uses good head movement to avoid it.
Smith's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Conley wants to clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Smith avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Conley wants to clinch but Smith slips to the side
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Smith gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Smith escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Conley has taken the fight to the clinch.
Conley has a couple of punches blocked by Smith.
Conley fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Smith fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Conley working aggressively here.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Smith breaks from the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Smith circles away from the clinch attempt.
Conley wants to clinch but Smith slips to the side
and Smith counters with a one-two to the body.
Conley tries to clinch
so Smith counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to David Smith.
I think Smith 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 Gwen Towbar scores the fight 29:29
Judge George Francis scores the fight 29:28
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by majority decision... David Smith!
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FIGHT
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