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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Dan Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dean Martin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Smith comes to the cage accompanied by Sabaton- Metal machine. Martin is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Dean Martin - LITTLE OLD WINE DRINKER ME . Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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162 lbs
8 - 7 - 0 |
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179 cm
24
169 lbs
5 - 8 - 0 |
Good takedowns
Solid boxing
Good chin |
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BJJ Brown Belt
Decent boxing
Knockout power |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, Dan Smith!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 8 - 0, fighting out of London, Dean Martin!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, William Gold and James Ackerman.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Martin doesn't manage to clinch there - Smith circles away.
Martin moves away from the strike by Smith.
Smith keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Martin shoots in and drives through. Smith sprawls well.
Martin moves to clinch but Smith breaks away
and Smith cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Martin fails in his attempt to clinch.
Smith connects with a nice looking jab.
Smith circles away from the clinch attempt
and Smith connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Smith throws out a loose jab but Martin uses good head movement to avoid it.
Smith fails to land the takedown.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith shoots in and bounces Martin off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Martin keeping moving, preventing Smith from controlling successfully.
Martin is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Smith trying to control the position from guard on top but Martin is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Smith throws an elbow that misses. Martin uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Smith's guard. Nice move by Martin!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Smith wants to sweep here but Martin controlling him for the moment.
Smith has his foot on Martin's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Martin works his way back into a safe position though.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Martin is fighting to break Smith's control of his arms but Smith is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Smith trying to control the position.
Martin is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Smith is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Martin throwing strikes from guard but Smith blocks nicely.
Martin looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Smith thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Martin scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Martin is stalling in the full guard.
Smith controls Martin momentarily but Martin frees himself.
Martin wanted to stand there but Smith had control of the position.
Smith wants to hit a switch here but Martin passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Smith there!
Martin lands a couple of good shots and Smith has given up his back, trying to escape the position!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Martin avoiding Smith 's attempts to control his hands.
Martin lands with a nice looking elbow that stuns Smith.
Smith tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Smith is in all sorts of trouble here.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Smith is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Martin controlling from the full mount.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Martin working the ground and pound effectively.
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 Dan Smith 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.
Smith slaps away a takedown attempt from Martin, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Martin tries for a takedown but Smith circles away easily
and Smith counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Martin's guard now.
Martin trying to control the position.
Martin working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Smith.
Smith trying to control but Martin is working from the bottom.
Smith landing with the ground and pound.
Smith is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Smith looking to pass the guard.
Smith trying to control but Martin is working from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Martin is trying to keep Smith in close.
Smith stopping the sweep attempt from Martin.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
The fight stays on the outside here - Martin looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Smith fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Martin manages to avoid it.
Martin uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Smith.
Martin tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Smith paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Horrible takedown by Smith or perhaps it was just good defense by Martin which made him look bad.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Martin.
Smith tries to score a power double leg takedown but Martin sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Smith somewhat.
Dean Martin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A telegraphed right hand from Smith misses the target.
Martin tries to clinch but Smith is having none of it.
Martin closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Martin tries to pass the half guard into mount. Smith knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Martin controlling the pace.
Smith misses with some strikes from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith is looking to control Martin's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Smith avoid being mounted?
Smith manages to get to full guard.
Smith has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Martin has passed into side control.
Smith is trying to control Martin's posture but Martin avoids it.
Smith taking punishment in the form of punches.
Smith gets back to half guard.
Smith keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Smith is looking to improve his position.
Smith is looking to control Martin's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Smith avoid being mounted?
Martin seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Smith does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Smith regains full guard. Nicely done.
Martin wants to control from the top but Smith keeps moving.
Smith looking for a sweep. Not yet Smith, not yet.
Martin postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Martin trying to control but Smith is working from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Dan Smith will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Smith misses the jab.
Smith avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Martin looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Smith is fending him off so far but Martin persists. Nope, Smith circles away and we're back to standing.
No joy there for Smith, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Smith throws out a loose jab but Martin uses good head movement to avoid it.
Martin tries to clinch but Smith moves away
and Smith counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Smith.
Dan Smith overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Smith postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Smith trying to control but Martin is working from the bottom.
Martin had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Smith defends it easily.
Smith is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Martin keeping full guard, as Smith tries to pass.
Martin working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Smith.
Martin trying to control the position.
Smith trying to control but Martin is working from the bottom.
Martin has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Smith can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Smith stopping the sweep attempt from Martin.
Smith throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Martin works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Smith throws a big right hand that misses.
Martin scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Smith avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Smith circles away from the clinch attempt.
Smith throws a jab when Martin was well out of range.
Smith is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Smith smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Martin shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Smith counters with a three punch combo that has Martin backing up. Martin nods at Smith to acknowledge the strikes.
A swing and a miss from Smith.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice sprawl there from Martin as Smith shoots in.
Smith scores with a shot to the body.
Smith circles away from the clinch attempt
and Smith counters with a straight right hand.
Martin shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Dan Smith has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dean Martin.
Smith avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Martin leaves Smith with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Dean Martin is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Martin tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Smith swivels and escapes.
Martin shoots in but no luck this time.
Martin takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Martin staying out of range there.
Smith misses with a looping right.
Martin tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Smith lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Martin connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Smith swats away the attempt to clinch by Martin.
Martin wants to clinch up but Smith keeps it at a distance.
Smith stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Smith wants it to stay on the feet.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Martin misses the shot to the body.
Smith scores with a sloppy right hand. Martin should have avoided that one.
And that's the end of the fight!
Dan Smith showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Smith 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 Chris Edwards scores the fight 30:27
Judge William Gold scores the fight 30:27
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dan Smith!
Dan Smith decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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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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