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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Donovan Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Arnold Palmer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Palmer is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Freddie Gibbs - National Anthem (Fuck The World). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
13 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Donovan Smith!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
18 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Arnold Palmer!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Palmer throws a head kick that misses
and Smith counters with a straight right hand.
Palmer misses with a body kick.
Smith gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Palmer.
Palmer moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Smith throws a good cross that connects.
Smith fails with an attempt to clinch.
Smith tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Palmer throws a wild body kick that Smith sees coming a mile off.
Palmer swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Palmer takes a body punch but keeps moving.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Palmer keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Smith misses with a two punch combination.
Palmer tries a head kick but it misses.
Nice defenses there by Smith.
Arnold Palmer seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Smith tests Palmer's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Palmer waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Smith.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith ducks under a wild hook from Palmer.
A swing and a miss from Palmer.
Palmer misses with a hook
and Smith counters with a nice uppercut.
Good shot there by Smith.
Smith ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Palmer moves away.
Smith tries to close the distance and clinch up but Palmer swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Palmer uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Smith.
Palmer throws a low kick but it's checked well by Smith.
Palmer throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Smith lands with a shot to the body.
Palmer is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Palmer misses with an attempted mid kick.
Palmer tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Palmer tries to land a front kick but Smith steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Palmer throws a wild body kick that Smith sees coming a mile off.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Palmer misses with a kick to the body.
Palmer misses with a body kick.
Smith avoids the body shot from Palmer.
Smith swings for the body but Palmer moves out of range.
Palmer takes one to the side of the head.
Smith tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in the close the distance. Palmer manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Smith moves out of range of the body kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Smith avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Smith avoids a kick to the body.
Smith moves out of range of the body kick from Palmer.
A jab from Palmer finds it's way through Smith's defenses.
Palmer circles away from the clinch attempt.
Palmer throws a jab when Smith was well out of range.
Palmer misses with a body punch
and Smith counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Palmer swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Palmer misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Smith counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Smith throws a lazy right hand but Palmer sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Palmer missing with a left hand there. Smith was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Palmer works Smith's body with a nice hook.
Smith is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Palmer thows a body kick. Smith tries to catch it but that hurt him.
A punch lands to the side of Smith 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Palmer fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Smith on the side of the head.
Palmer works Smith's body with a nice hook.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Smith throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Good shot there by Palmer.
Smith takes a kick to the side of the head.
Smith takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Palmer avoids a punch combination nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Palmer, as that shot connected.
Smith walks into a jab.
Smith walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Smith is rocked!
Smith blocks a jab.
Smith keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Palmer scores with a jab. Smith acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Oh Smith is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
A leg kick checked by Smith.
Smith seems to have got his legs back now.
Smith blocks a head kick by Palmer.
Palmer jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A bone on bone clash there as Smith blocks the leg kick.
Palmer staying out of range there.
Smith is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Palmer scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Smith doesn't seem bothered though.
Palmer has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Palmer there as he acknowledges the shot.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Smith catches Palmer with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Palmer scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Good standup being displayed there by Palmer as he connects with a hook.
Smith lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Palmer drops Smith with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but Smith looks back up at him and smiles so Palmer waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Smith ducks under a wild hook from Palmer.
Palmer misses with a straight left.
Smith is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Palmer throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Palmer wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Smith moves out of range of the body kick.
Palmer tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Smith was well out of range. Poor timing from Palmer.
Some bone on bone action there as Smith checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Palmer dips to his left and cracks Smith with an uppercut!
Smith scores with a jab to the body.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Palmer scores with a crisp jab that stopped Smith in his tracks.
Smith takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Smith is breathing heavily.
A big left from Palmer misses.
Smith swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Smith thows a left - swing and a miss!
Palmer misses with an uppercut.
Palmer throws a push kick but Smith slaps the foot to one side.
Palmer lands a big head kick that sends Smith tumbling to the mat! Palmer takes a step backwards and waves Smith back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Smith tries to close the distance and clinch but Palmer swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Smith scores with a body shot.
Smith takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Smith punishes Palmer's body with a nice straight punch.
Palmer works Smith's body with a nice hook.
A looping hook to the body misses from Palmer. Smith does a little dance to reset his feet.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Smith needs to keep his hands up - Palmer had a free shot at his head there.
Palmer attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Palmer fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Smith avoids the body shot from Palmer.
Smith keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Smith fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Smith checks a low kick from Palmer.
Palmer fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Palmer misses with a straight left.
Palmer misses with a body punch
and Smith counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Palmer with a hook.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Smith wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Smith defending well as Palmer loads up on a big left hand.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Palmer misses with a looping right.
Smith misses with a hook.
Palmer scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Smith misses with a body shot.
Palmer lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Smith bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Palmer jabs Smith to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Palmer lands a big head kick that sends Smith tumbling to the mat! Palmer takes a step backwards and waves Smith back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Palmer lands a right hook to the body.
Smith moves out of range of the strikes.
Palmer looks to land a right hand but Smith moved out of range.
Smith defending well as Palmer loads up on a big left hand.
Smith thuds his right hand into Palmer's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Palmer feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Smiths jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Palmer blocks a jab.
Palmer throws a nice inside leg kick.
Smith moves out of range as Palmer throws a body kick.
Palmer cracks Smith with an open hand slap.
Palmer looks to score with a jab to the body but Smith is just out of range.
Palmer moves out of range of the strikes.
Smith misses the shot to the body.
Palmer looks to throw the jab but Smith is out of range.
Smith avoids the body shot from Palmer.
Palmer takes a swing at Smith's ribcage but misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Palmer misses with a looping left.
Palmer misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Smith.
Smith waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Palmer.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Arnold Palmer dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Palmer misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Smith misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Palmer.
Smith thuds his right hand into Palmer's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Smith might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Palmer scores with a jab to the jaw.
Smith looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
A big right from Smith misses.
Smith gets a clinch.
Palmer stalls.
Palmer looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Palmer blocking some punches.
Palmer softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Palmer misses with an elbow strike.
Palmer's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A big right from Smith misses.
Palmer swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Smith digs a good hook to Palmer's body.
Palmer connects with a leg kick. Smith looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Smith tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Palmer paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Palmer is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Smith.
Smith moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Palmer tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Smith was well out of range. Poor timing from Palmer.
Palmer scores with a nice body kick.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Palmer cracks a nice hook into Smith's ribs.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A head kick misses from Palmer.
Palmer tries to score with a low kick but Smith moves his leg out of the way.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Palmer throws a head kick but Smith moves out of range.
A head kick misses from Palmer.
Palmer throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Palmer throws a hook but Smith blocks it.
Smith tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Palmer was well out of range. Poor timing from Smith.
Palmer throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Palmer swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Palmer comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Smith tries to clinch but Palmer is having none of it.
Smith moves out of range as Palmer throws a body kick.
Smith keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Smith ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Palmer moves away.
Palmer swats away the attempt to clinch by Smith.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Palmer throws a leg kick but Smith moved away.
Palmer looks to score with a jab to the body but Smith is just out of range.
Palmer jabs at Smith's body.
Palmer slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Donk. Palmer catches Smith right on the button with a cross.
Smith is looking to clinch but Palmer is avoiding it.
Smith ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Smith slips under a jab.
Smith misses with a body shot.
Smith checks a low kick from Palmer.
Palmer has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Palmer defending well as Smith loads up on a big left hand.
Palmer misses with a body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Palmer throws out a powerful jab.
The fighters circling - Smith throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Palmer misses with a hook. Smith ducked under it nicely.
Smith is looking to wear down Palmer with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
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 checks a leg kick nicely.
Palmer lets loose with a powerful body kick. Smith will feel that in the morning.
Smith listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Smith throws a good cross that connects.
Palmer lands an overhand right.
Smith takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Smith looks to score with a jab to the body but Palmer is just out of range.
Smith swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Palmer.
Palmer lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Nice uppercut there from Palmer.
Palmer closes the distance and pushes Smith back into the ropes.
Palmer wants to break free but Smith has control.
Palmer misses with a short punch on the inside.
Smith lands with a left to the head.
Smith tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Palmer's elbow.
Palmer lands a shoulder strike.
Smith misses with a punch on the inside.
Smith goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Palmer lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Palmer blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Smith misses with some punches.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Smith throws a knee to the head but misses.
Smith misses with a short punch on the inside.
Palmer's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Smith fails in his attempt to clinch.
Palmer tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Smith was well out of range. Poor timing from Palmer.
Smith blocks a leg kick.
Smith misses with a hook.
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!
Palmer thuds a left hand into Smith's body.
Palmer tries to work over Smith's front leg with a kick but Smith checks it.
Smith misses the shot to the body.
Palmer misses with a looping left.
Palmer just misses with a punch to the body.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
An inside leg kick from Palmer misses.
Smith is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Palmer lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Smith fails with an attempt to clinch.
Smith looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Palmer misses with an attempted mid kick.
Palmer pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
A big left from Smith misses.
Palmer swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Smith fails with an attempt to clinch.
Donovan Smith has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Palmer tries to land a front kick but Smith steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Palmer misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Smith.
Palmer misses with a right hand
and Smith counters with a stiff right hand.
Palmer keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Palmer tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Palmer cracks Smith with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Smith tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Palmer was well out of range. Poor timing from Smith.
Smith takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Palmer tries a head kick but it misses.
Palmer slips a straight right by Smith.
Palmer cracks Smith with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Smith tries to move into range but Palmer moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Palmer looks to score with a jab to the body but Smith is just out of range.
Palmer lands a leg kick that knocks Smith off balance momentarily.
Palmer waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Smith.
Palmer thuds a left hand into Smith's body.
Smith fails in his attempt to clinch.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Palmer fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Smith.
Nice defenses there by Smith.
Palmer moves out of range as Smith strikes.
Palmer throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Smith stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Palmer steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Smith.
Smith just misses with a punch to the body.
Palmer scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Palmer uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Smith.
Palmer lands a leg kick that knocks Smith off balance momentarily.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Palmer connects with a leg kick. Smith looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Arnold Palmer seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Palmer digs a good body shot into Smith's ribs.
Palmer feints and then cracks Smith's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Smith down.
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!
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Palmer, right into the meat.
And that's the end of the fight!
Arnold Palmer comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Palmer has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight for Arnold Palmer!
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight for Arnold Palmer!
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight for Arnold Palmer!
Arnold Palmer wins by unanimous decision!
In his post fight interview, Arnold Palmer started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.
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