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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Dante Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chris To Short (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dante Smith has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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164 lbs
6 - 3 - 0 |
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168 cm
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159 lbs
5 - 4 - 0 |
Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Very quick |
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BJJ Purple Belt
World class MT
Powerful |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Dante Smith!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Chris To Short !
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Ren Mimura and Sosuke Kotani.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice sprawl there from Smith as To Short shoots in.
Smith tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but To Short was well out of range. Poor timing from Smith.
Smith listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
To Short has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Smith.
A combination from To Short does no damage.
To Short tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Smith paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Nice body punch from Smith.
Smith lands with a good body shot.
To Short tries to clinch but Smith is having none of it.
To Short fails in his attempt to clinch.
Smith looks for the body kick but To Short saw that one coming.
To Short throws a sloppy head kick and Smith moves out of range easily.
To Short checks a leg kick.
To Short takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
To Short tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
To Short blocks the body kick.
To Short moves out of range of the body kick.
To Short pushes Smith away with a front kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
To Short has a takedown stuffed.
That's one minute gone in the round.
To Short looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Smith!
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Poor strikes thrown by To Short there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
To Short avoids the attempt from Smith to control.
To Short with shots to the head and body - Smith looks very uncomfortable down there.
A nice elbow there by To Short .
The referee warns Smith that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Smith is wriggling around trying to escape.
To Short throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Smith because To Short loaded up on that one.
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!
To Short tries to control but Smith wriggling away.
To Short has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Smith's face.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
To Short looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Smith tries to buck To Short off but he can't manage it.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, To Short cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Smith avoids a series of strikes thrown by To Short .
To Short scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Smith?
Smith is rocked!
To Short postures up and throws a couple of big shots that have Smith in real trouble here! The ref calls for Smith to improve his position which he doesn't do, so the referee has no choice but to end the fight due to the strikes!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Chris To Short !
Chris To Short is the new lightweight champion!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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