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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Puppy Love (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mike Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Love comes to the cage accompanied by Otherside by Mackemore X Ryan Lewis. Smith has chosen In The Morning as his entrance music. Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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220 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
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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
12 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Puppy Love!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
20 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mike Smith!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Daniel Franklin and Alan Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Smith uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Love.
Love takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Smith lands a head kick. Love smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Love feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Love is looking to work some ground and pound but Smith has wrist control.
Smith keeping moving, preventing Love from controlling successfully.
Smith keeping full guard, as Love tries to pass.
Smith has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Love can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Love postures up and lands a big shot to Smith's brow.
Love throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Love scoring with punches to the head and body.
Love tries to free his leg and advance position but Smith is retaining full guard.
Smith working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Love.
Smith wants to get back to his feet but Love is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Smith wants to sweep but no luck.
Smith is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Love is aware though and is defending well.
Love lands a couple of elbows.
Love in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Love wants to control from the top but Smith keeps moving.
Love wants to pass the guard but Smith is keeping the position.
Love has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Love slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Smith pushes Love off and gets back to his feet.
Love will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Smith scores with a leg kick.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Smith fails to land with a series of punches.
Smith scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Love doesn't seem bothered though.
Mike Smith is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Love gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Love misses with a takedown attempt - Smith sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith throws a head kick that misses.
Love throws a shot from downtown. Smith moves away and avoids it.
Love is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Love moves to clinch but Smith breaks away
and Smith counters with a nice body shot.
Smith uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Love.
A head kick from Smith lands but Love takes it in his stride.
Love misses with a straight right.
Smith lands with a nice combination. Love backs away looking to recover.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Love fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Smith sprawls well initially but Love persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Smith wants to get back to his feet.
Love is nestled in close to Smith, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Smith moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Love throws a big elbow that misses.
Love connects with a couple of short punches.
Love looking to pass the guard.
Love trying to control but Smith is working from the bottom.
Love in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Love accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Love is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Smith looks to be working for a triangle here. Oh, it looks like he might have it! Love has picked Smith up and slammed him! Smith can't keep hold of the triangle and Love manages to pass to side control!
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 Puppy Love will probably get the nod.
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.
Love loads up on a big right hand but Smith slips the punch.
Love tries to close the distance and clinch up but Smith swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Smith shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Smith looks to score with a jab to the body but Love is just out of range.
Love is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Smith.
Smith pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Smith showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Love.
Smith pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A head kick by Smith misses
and Love makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Smith throws a body punch but Love moves out of range.
Smith leaves Love with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Smith stuffs the takedown.
Smith throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Love counters with a right hand to the body.
Smith is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Love rather than just go for the knockout.
Smith is breathing heavily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Love swings for the body but Smith moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Smith fakes the leg kick and cracks Love in the body.
Love connects with a jab.
Smith looks to land a combination but Love avoids it well.
Smith tries a head kick but it misses.
Smith misses with a straight right.
Smith misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Smith ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Love scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
It looks like Mike Smith has been cut.
Mike Smith seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Smith throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Smith jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Love has managed to clinch.
Love breaks from the clinch.
A shot to the liver by Love. Beautiful body shot.
Love keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Love throws a hook but Smith avoids it easily.
Smith misses with a low kick.
Nice sprawl there from Smith as Love shoots in.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Puppy Love. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Smith misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Love closes the distance and clinches.
Love lands a left hand that snaps the head of Smith backwards.
Love keeps control of Smith as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Love lands a hook to the side of the head.
Love breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Smith keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Love.
Smith stuffs the takedown attempt from Love. Love gets slowly back to his feet.
Smith fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Love checks a leg kick nicely.
Smith fails to land with a series of punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith scores with a head kick. Love tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Smith looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Smith pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Love shoots in and drives through. Smith sprawls well.
Smith walks into a left hand.
Sloppy strikes from Smith. Those never looked like landing.
Sloppy strikes from Love. Those never looked like landing.
Love lands a jab to Smith's midsection.
Smith goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Love keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Love clinches up against the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Love blocking some punches.
Smith is trying to break the clinch but Love is controlling him.
Smith breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Smith lands a nice looking body kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Love.
Smith just misses with a punch to the body.
Love lands a jab-cross combination.
Love lands with an overhand left.
Love is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Smith.
Love tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Smith was well out of range. Poor timing from Love.
A big right from Smith misses.
Love shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Love trying to control the pace.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Love working the head and body with strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Puppy Love dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Mike Smith's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Smith rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Love moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Love takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Smith gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Smith looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Smith working for a triangle but Love defends it easily.
Love trying to control the position from guard on top but Smith is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Smith takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Love loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Love throwing strikes but missing.
Smith throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Love throws a big elbow that misses.
Love trying to control the position from guard on top but Smith is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Love is working Smith over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Mike Smith has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Love is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Smith keeping moving, preventing Love from controlling successfully.
Love controls from within his opponent's guard.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Love lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Smith keeping moving, preventing Love from controlling successfully.
Love postures up and lands a big shot to Smith's brow.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Love throwing strikes but missing.
Love trying to control the position from guard on top but Smith is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Love stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Smith swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Love working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Love loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Love wants to control from the top but Smith keeps moving.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Love content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Smith being controlled here, momentarily.
Love working some strikes from top position.
Puppy Love is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Smith preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Smith has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Love can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Love wants to control from the top but Smith keeps moving.
And that's the end of the fight!
Puppy Love showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Love has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Wesley Smith scores the fight 30:28
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 30:28
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Puppy Love!
After winning the bout, Puppy Love thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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energy
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hype
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