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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Rob Smalling (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Scott Murray (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Rob Smalling!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Scott Murray!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Alec Ball and William Peck.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Smalling is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Murray dodges the punch combination from Smalling.
Murray throws a half hearted mid kick.
Smalling throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Some wild striking there from Smalling.
Smalling throws a series of punches but Murray moves out of range.
A combination from Smalling does no damage.
Smalling misses with a series of wild punches.
Murray fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Murray lands with a good body shot.
Murray walks into a stiff left hand from Smalling.
Smalling uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Murray.
Murray staying out of range there.
Murray throws the kick towards the body but Smalling avoids it.
Murray fails in his attempt to clinch.
Murray tries to clinch up but Smalling circles away and keeps his distance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Murray dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Smalling. That did some damage!
Smalling throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Smalling keeps the fight on the outside.
Murray moves into the clinch.
Murray has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Smalling uses from the top position.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Smalling wants to stand and escape but instead Murray has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Murray engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Smalling wants to get back to his feet but Murray is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Smalling trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.
Murray controls from within his opponent's guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murray throws a big right hand that misses.
Scott Murray has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Smalling swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Murray takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Murray closes the distance and clinches.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Murray tries to score a body lock takedown but Smalling shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Murray unloads a knee to the mid-section. Smalling lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Murray tries for a takedown but Smalling manages to get underhooks.
Smalling misses with a punch on the inside.
Murray wants a takedown but no success here.
Rob Smalling has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Scott Murray.
A short right from Smalling.
Murray is working for takedown but Smalling is calmly controlling the position for now.
Smalling has had enough of the clinch but Murray keeps him there for the moment.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smalling has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Murray keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Smalling's efforts to push away.
Murray wants a takedown but no success here.
Smalling prevents a takedown attempt there.
Smalling wants to break the clinch but can't.
Murray keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Smalling's efforts to push away.
Murray is trying to drag Smalling to the mat but Smalling just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Murray looks gassed!
A short right from Smalling on the inside.
Murray changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Smalling fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Murray pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Smalling swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Smalling throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Murray on the side of the head.
Smalling fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Murray on the side of the head.
Murray dodges the punch combination from Smalling.
Smalling misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Smalling will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Sloppy strikes from Smalling. Those never looked like landing.
No joy there for Murray, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Smalling tries to bum rush Murray with a series of wild strikes but Murray uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Scott Murray seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Murray throws a right and a left that both miss.
Smalling misses with a few strikes there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Scott Murray will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Murray misses with a body kick.
Murray takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Smalling moves out of range as Murray throws a body kick.
Some wild striking there from Smalling.
Murray moves into the clinch.
Smalling misses with the head strike.
Murray can't get the takedown.
Smalling has had enough of the clinch but Murray keeps him there for the moment.
Murray fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Smalling swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Murray drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Rob Smalling has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Scott Murray.
Smalling wants to break the clinch but can't.
Smalling wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Smalling is trying to push Murray away but Murray has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Murray wants a takedown but no success here.
Smalling is trying to push Murray away but Murray has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Murray wants a takedown but no success here.
A shot in the inside from Smalling.
Smalling lands a left hand that snaps the head of Murray backwards.
Murray escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Smalling ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Murray is breathing heavily.
A combination from Smalling does no damage.
Murray darts in and clinches Smalling up against the cage.
Murray tries to score a body lock takedown but Smalling shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
A nice left hand lands by Smalling.
Smalling has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Murray goes for a takedown attempt but Smalling pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Murray gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Rob Smalling is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smalling rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Murray moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Smalling lands a nice looking body shot.
Some wild striking there from Smalling.
Murray tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Smalling paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Smalling on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Murray. Murray obviously looking to wear him down.
Murray doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Murray gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Smalling has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Murray drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Smalling gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Murray tries for a takedown but Smalling manages to get underhooks.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smalling tries to circle away but Murray has him pinned against the cage.
Smalling lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Murray can't get the takedown.
Smalling pushes Murray back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Murray has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Smalling is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Murray prevents Smalling from breaking the clinch.
Murray tries to score a body lock takedown but Smalling shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Smalling looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Smalling wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
A left hand lands to the body for Smalling.
Smalling is trying to force a seperation but Murray has the dominant position.
Murray changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Smalling fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Murray takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Smalling scores with a sloppy right hand. Murray should have avoided that one.
Smalling lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Smalling.
Smalling throws a combination. Murray tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Rob Smalling is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Left hook, right uppercut from Smalling.
Smalling tries to bum rush Murray with a series of wild strikes but Murray uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Murray fails in his attempt to clinch.
Smalling fails to land with a series of punches.
Smalling keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Smalling lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Smalling throws a right and a left that both miss.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Smalling tries to bum rush Murray with a series of wild strikes but Murray uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Rob Smalling is winning the standup battle so far.
Murray slips a jab and a cross from Smalling.
A punch combination from Smalling misses.
Murray misses with a body kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rob Smalling dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're 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.
Murray looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Smalling falls off balance throwing a combination
and Murray counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Smalling tries to bum rush Murray with a series of wild strikes but Murray uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Murray throws a hook to the side of Smalling's head but Smalling sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Smalling keeps the fight on the outside.
Smalling stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Smalling wants it to stay on the feet.
Murray tries to clinch but Smalling moves out of range.
Murray swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Smalling fails to land with a series of punches.
Murray has Smalling up against the cage in a clinch.
Smalling stops a takedown attempt from Murray.
Rob Smalling has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Murray takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Smalling prevents a takedown attempt there.
Rob Smalling has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Scott Murray.
Smalling wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Murray blocking some punches.
Murray drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Smalling can't break the clinch.
Murray is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Smalling gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Smalling is trying to push Murray away but Murray has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Murray is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Smalling pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Smalling has had enough of the clinch but Murray keeps him there for the moment.
Smalling is pressed up against the cage. Murray has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Smalling down to the mat. Smalling avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Nice uppercut there from Smalling.
Smalling misses with a series of wild punches.
Smalling scores with a nice head shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smalling displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Smalling comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Murray misses the shot to the body.
Smalling rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Murray moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Left hook, right uppercut from Smalling.
Smalling throws a nice looking combination but Murray bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Smalling scores with a jab to the head.
No joy there for Smalling, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
A cross from Smalling lands.
Smalling takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Smalling throws a shot to the body.
Smalling throws a right hand that Murray ducks under and follows up with a left that Murray also avoids with ease.
Murray connects with a high kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smalling looks to land a combination. Murray sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Smalling lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Murray circles away quickly and effectively.
Smalling connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Murray drives through and clinches with Smalling against the cage.
Murray breaks the clinch.
Murray is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Smalling.
Murray slips a jab and a cross from Smalling.
Smalling slips a jab and a cross from Murray.
Murray throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Smalling throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Murray.
Some bone on bone action there as Smalling checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Smalling is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Murray throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Smalling.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Murray showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Smalling.
Smalling throws a right and a left that Murray avoids nicely.
Murray is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Smalling rather than just go for the knockout.
Smalling lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Murray looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Smalling throws a nice looking combination but Murray bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Murray moves out of range of the strikes.
Smalling misses with a jab, cross combination.
Murray tries to close the distance and clinch but Smalling swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Murray tries to clinch up but Smalling circles away and keeps his distance.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Smalling circles away from the clinch attempt.
Murray slips a jab and a cross from Smalling.
Murray digs a good body shot into Smalling's ribs.
And that's the end of the fight!
Rob Smalling showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Smalling 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 Trevor Gratis scores the fight 29:28
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 29:28
Judge William Peck scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rob Smalling!
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hype
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