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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Dan Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Latka Gravas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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197 lbs
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188 lbs
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Good wrestling
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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
18 - 8 - 0, fighting out of New York, Dan Smith!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
23 - 14 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Latka Gravas!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, James Glass and Donald Grub.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Smith throws a looping overhand right but Gravas ducks down to avoid it.
Gravas misses with a looping left.
Smith takes a jab right on the kisser.
Smith throws a hook but Gravas blocks it.
Gravas slips under a jab from Smith.
Gravas pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Smith looks to land a left hand but Gravas moved out of range nicely.
Gravas tries to clinch but Smith moves out of range.
Gravas scores with a push kick.
Smith throws a good cross that connects.
Smith tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Gravas paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Smith lands with an overhand left.
Gravas just misses with a punch to the body.
Gravas swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Smith throws a jab but it's blocked by Gravas.
Gravas displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Smith throws out the jab.
Smith closes the distance and pushes Gravas back into the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Smith goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Gravas misses with a punch on the inside.
Gravas struggles to land a body shot inside as Smith controls his hands.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gravas working aggressively here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Gravas.
A short uppercut from Gravas.
Gravas fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Smith misses with the head strike.
Still in the clinch, Gravas scores with a nice short uppercut.
Gravas fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Smith tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Gravas lands an uppercut.
A short right from Gravas on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Smith.
Gravas misses with a punch to the body.
Gravas swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Smith wants to get back to striking at distance but Gravas won't allow it.
Smith pushes Gravas back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Gravas lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Smith backwards.
Gravas prevents a body shot from Smith.
Gravas breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gravas misses with a straight right.
Smith connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Gravas throws a jab but it's blocked by Smith.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gravas misses with a hook.
Smith thows a body shot but no joy.
Gravas tries to clinch but Smith moves out of range.
Gravas pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Smith avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Gravas connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Smith throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Gravas sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Smith misses the jab.
Gravas works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
A left lands for Gravas.
Gravas misses with a straight right.
Gravas thows a left - swing and a miss!
Dan Smith seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Smith tries to clinch up.
Smith throws a big shot that misses.
Gravas is looking to slow Smith down with leg kicks.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gravas misses with a shot to the body
and Smith counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Smith clinches.
Gravas misses with a punch on the inside.
Smith gets through Gravas's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Smith tries a body shot but Gravas blocks it.
Gravas fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Gravas tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Gravas lands a nice uppercut.
Smith blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Gravas misses with a punch on the inside.
Gravas tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Smith blocks an uppercut.
Smith wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Smith blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Gravas.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Smith.
Smith lands a right hand that snaps the head of Gravas backwards.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Smith lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A nice left hand lands by Smith.
A head punch on the inside from Gravas fails to land.
Gravas lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Smith breaks the clinch.
Gravas getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Gravas scoring well with a low kick there.
Gravas connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Smith gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Gravas misses with a hook. Smith ducked under it nicely.
Gravas loads up on a big right hand but Smith slips the punch.
Gravas misses with a hook.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Smith scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Gravas tries to land a leg kick but Smith saw it coming and moves away.
Smith moves out of range of the leg kick from Gravas.
Gravas is looking to score with low kicks.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Latka Gravas dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Dan Smith's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
A punch lands to the side of Gravas 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Smith bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Smith is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Gravas connects with a leg kick. Smith looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Gravas swats away the attempt to clinch by Smith.
Gravas swings widly with a right hand
enabling Smith to counter with a crisp jab.
Gravas lands a head shot.
Gravas keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Smith misses the shot to the body.
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!
Gravas loads up on a big right hand but Smith slips the punch.
Latka Gravas seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Gravas steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Smith.
Gravas gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Gravas lands a nice uppercut.
Smith misses with a hook from the clinch.
Smith lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Gravas or not.
Smith misses with some punches.
Smith tries a body shot but Gravas blocks it.
Smith wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Gravas has him pressed against the cage.
Gravas pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gravas throws a leg kick but Smith sees it coming and moves out of range.
Smith misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Gravas moves in looking to clinch but Smith pushes him off.
A jab from Gravas does it's job there.
Smith misses with an uppercut.
Smith looks to score with a jab to the body but Gravas is just out of range.
Smith throws the left hand but Gravas avoids the punch easily.
Smith misses with a looping right.
Smith tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Gravas paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A slow jab from Gravas misses its intended target.
Smith connects with a single shot there.
Gravas loads up on a big right hand but Smith slips the punch.
Smith doesn't manage to clinch there - Gravas circles away.
Gravas scores with a punch to the head.
Gravas throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Gravas swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Gravas missing with a left hand there. Smith was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Smith misses with a straight left.
A jab lands there for Gravas.
Gravas fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Smith is out of range.
Gravas thuds his right hand into Smith's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Smith throws a jab when Gravas was well out of range.
Smith ducks under a wild hook from Gravas.
An inside leg kick from Gravas misses.
A combination from Smith does no damage.
Smith misses with a looping left.
Smith throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Gravas sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Gravas tries to bum rush Smith with a series of wild strikes but Smith uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Smith bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Gravas takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Smith drops his hands momentarily and Gravas takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
A slow jab from Gravas misses its intended target.
Smith scores with a hook to the body. Gravas takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith ducks under a wild hook from Gravas.
A jab from Smith does it's job there.
Smith misses the shot to the body.
Smith closes the distance and clinches.
A head punch on the inside from Gravas fails to land.
Smith wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Gravas keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Smith's efforts to push away.
Smith doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Smith lands with a light punch inside.
Gravas lands a hook that snaps the head of Smith backwards.
Smith tries to circle away but Gravas has him pinned against the cage.
Gravas swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Smith tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Smith misses with a punch to the body.
Smith misses with a hook from the clinch.
Gravas lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gravas goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Gravas.
Gravas lands with a short shot to the head.
Gravas misses with the head strike.
Gravas lands a left hand that snaps the head of Smith backwards.
Gravas has a couple of punches blocked by Smith.
Gravas doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Smith misses with a short punch on the inside.
Smith looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Smith cracks Gravas with a nice body shot.
Gravas wants to break the clinch but can't.
Smith can't break the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Smith tries to circle away but Gravas has him pinned against the cage.
Gravas lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Smith backwards.
Smith goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Smith has a couple of punches blocked by Gravas.
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.
The cut man is working on Dan Smith's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Gravas throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Gravas misses with an uppercut. Smith saw that one coming.
Gravas's corner calls for a 1-2. Gravas obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Smith keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Gravas.
Smith swinging wildly here.
Smith has closed the distance and engaged Gravas in a clinch.
Smith blocks an uppercut.
Gravas throws a head punch that misses.
Gravas pushes Smith back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Smith blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Smith tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Gravas's elbow.
Gravas goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Smith misses with some punches.
A head punch on the inside from Gravas fails to land.
Gravas fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Gravas doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gravas misses with a hook from the clinch.
Smith lands a hook that snaps the head of Gravas backwards.
Gravas makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Smith tries to throw a body punch but Gravas avoids it by throwing Smith back against the cage.
Smith working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Gravas misses with the head strike.
Smith goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Gravas using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Smith has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Gravas lands a nice shot to the body.
Gravas misses with a hook from the clinch.
Smith has a couple of punches blocked by Gravas.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Gravas.
Smith tries a body shot but Gravas blocks it.
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!
A nice right hand lands inside from Gravas.
Good body shot from Smith.
Gravas's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Gravas fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Gravas.
Gravas lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Smith blocks an uppercut.
Smith blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A head punch on the inside from Gravas fails to land.
Gravas misses with a short punch on the inside.
Gravas scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Gravas misses with some punches.
Gravas throws a punch but it's blocked by Smith.
Gravas blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Smith tries to work over Gravas's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Gravas lands a hook that snaps the head of Smith backwards.
Gravas's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Gravas misses with a short punch on the inside.
Gravas prevents a body shot from Smith.
Gravas throws a punch but it's blocked by Smith.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Gravas throws a punch but it's blocked by Smith.
Nice body punch from Smith.
Smith fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Smith swings wildly with an uppercut but Gravas uses good head movement to avoid it.
A short right from Gravas on the inside.
Smith blocks an uppercut.
Smith scores with a shoulder strike.
Gravas fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Smith breaks from the clinch.
Smith moves out of range of the leg kick from Gravas.
Smith misses with a straight left.
Gravas avoids the body shot from Smith.
Smith doesn't manage to clinch there - Gravas circles away.
Smith throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Smith takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Smith with a hook.
Smith keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Gravas swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Gravas drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Smith misses the body punch
and Gravas counters with a nice body kick.
Gravas throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Smith bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Gravas misses with a straight left.
Gravas lands a leg kick that knocks Smith off balance momentarily.
Smith connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Gravas lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Some bone on bone action there as Smith checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Gravas lands a jab.
Gravas keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Gravas keeps the fight on the outside.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Latka Gravas.
Well Gravas 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 28:29
Judge James Glass scores the fight 28:29
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Latka Gravas!
A very excited looking Latka Gravas made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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