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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between DeAndre Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kenneth Morgan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Morgan has chosen Doctor P - Big Boss as his entrance music. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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193 lbs
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185 lbs
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Decent wrestler
Counter striker
Good chin |
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BJJ White Belt
Lethal high kicks
Heavy handed |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, DeAndre Smith!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Kenneth Morgan!
The judges for this bout are Wagner Zegers, Albert Achterberg and Radbod Blank.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Smith fails with a takedown attempt.
Smith instigates a clinch.
Morgan wants to break the clinch but can't.
Smith tries to pull guard but Morgan won't allow it.
Morgan is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Morgan gets underhooks to prevent Smith's takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for DeAndre Smith. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Morgan stops a takedown attempt from Smith.
Smith fails to pull guard.
Smith fails to pull guard.
Smith prevents Morgan from breaking the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morgan tries to circle away but Smith has him pinned against the ropes.
Smith goes for a takedown attempt but Morgan pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Morgan lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
It looks like DeAndre Smith has been cut.
Smith drives through with a takedown into guard.
Smith throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Morgan wants to stand up but Smith is controlling him.
Morgan being controlled here, momentarily.
Smith throws a big elbow that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith is working Morgan over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Smith preventing the sweep.
Smith 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.
Morgan wants to get back to his feet but Smith is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Morgan can do anything to dispel that myth.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Morgan keeping moving, preventing Smith from controlling successfully.
Morgan has his foot on Smith's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Smith works his way back into a safe position though.
Smith prevents Morgan from getting back to his feet.
Smith landing with the ground and pound.
Smith wants to control from the top but Morgan keeps moving.
Morgan is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Morgan wants to sweep here but Smith controlling him for the moment.
Smith stands up over Morgan, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith won't allow Morgan to get back to his feet.
Morgan avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Smith stands up over Morgan, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Smith trying to control the position from guard on top but Morgan is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Morgan wants to stand but Smith is controlling the position.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Smith trying to control the position from guard on top but Morgan is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
DeAndre Smith has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Morgan gets tackled into the ropes by Smith. Smith maintains the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morgan wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Morgan has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
A frustrated look appears on Morgan's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Smith prevents Morgan from breaking the clinch.
Morgan has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Smith wants a takedown.
Morgan has had enough of the clinch but Smith keeps him there for the moment.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Morgan tries to break free but Smith pushes him back against the ropes.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Morgan looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
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 DeAndre Smith will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on DeAndre Smith's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Smith on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Morgan shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Smith as he jumps to the side.
A cross from Morgan lands.
Smith stuffs the takedown.
Smith fails with a takedown attempt.
Smith closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morgan wants to get back to his feet.
Morgan is looking to reverse the position.
Smith stands up and beckons Morgan to his feet.
Morgan stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Morgan wants it to stay on the feet.
Smith blocks a head kick by Morgan.
Good standup being displayed there by Morgan as he connects with a hook.
Smith is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith with a poor takedown
and Morgan makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for DeAndre Smith. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Morgan shoots for a takedown but Smith saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Morgan will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Smith gets a clinch.
Smith drops down looking for an ankle pick but Morgan pulls his leg out and moves away.
Smith takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morgan connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Smith gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
DeAndre Smith's cut is getting worse.
Morgan scores with a jab to the head.
DeAndre Smith seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Smith throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Morgan's waist but Morgan gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Smith off to one side.
Smith avoids a punch combination nicely.
Smith fails with the takedown
and Morgan counters with a straight right hand.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Morgan changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Smith tries to avoid it but Morgan manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Smith to the ground. Smith escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
A lazy left from Morgan finds it's target.
DeAndre Smith's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Smith keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Morgan.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A lazy left from Morgan finds it's target.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kenneth Morgan showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on DeAndre Smith's cut.
That's time! Smith's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
The crowd cheers as Morgan lands an impressive looking overhand right. Smith doesn't seem phased though.
Smith throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Morgan was covering up waiting for the punch and Smith finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Smith works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Smith perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Smith landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Morgan really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Smith. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Morgan keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Morgan taking some punishment here, with Smith in his half guard.
Smith is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Morgan manages to get to full guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Smith postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Smith is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morgan looking for a sweep. Not yet Morgan, not yet.
Smith is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Smith passes into half guard under a barage of strikes.
Morgan tries to push off, looking to stand up, but Smith manages to move to mount!
Morgan is trying to stand up.
Morgan is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Morgan is in all sorts of trouble here.
Smith in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Smith scoring with strikes but Morgan is staying in there.
Morgan keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
The referee warns Morgan that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Smith tries to control but Morgan wriggling away.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Morgan is in a horrible position here. Smith smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morgan is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Morgan working to try and regain half guard.
Smith controlling his opponent.
The referee warns Morgan that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Morgan is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Smith breaks from Morgan's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Morgan can't escape the position.
A nice elbow there by Smith.
Smith raining down shots from the mount!
Smith raining down shots from the mount!
Morgan wants to get back to his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Smith working the ground and pound effectively.
Smith lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Morgan tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Morgan tries to lock up and control but Smith gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Morgan is in a horrible position here. Smith smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Morgan is trying desperately to improve position.
Morgan is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Smith with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Morgan keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee warns Morgan that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Smith working Morgan over with strikes here.
Morgan wants to control but Smith is having none of it.
DeAndre Smith overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Smith breaks from Morgan's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Morgan is squirming around, avoiding Smith's attempts to control the action.
Smith lands a big shot there that rocks Morgan but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Smith controlling from mount.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Smith unloading with bombs!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Morgan is trying to stand up.
Smith looking to control but Morgan is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
And that's the end of the fight!
DeAndre Smith showed his dominance in that final round.
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 Wagner Zegers scores the fight for DeAndre Smith!
Judge Albert Achterberg scores the fight for DeAndre Smith!
Judge Radbod Blank scores the fight for DeAndre Smith!
DeAndre Smith wins by unanimous decision!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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