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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Matt Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kiko Kaluma (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kiko Kaluma has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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185 lbs
6 - 5 - 0 |
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140 lbs
16 - 10 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
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Counter fighter
Solid chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Matt Smith!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
16 - 10 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Kiko Kaluma!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Shirou Masuda and Shigeki Sano.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Smith wants to clinch
and Kaluma counters with an inside leg kick.
Smith tries to clinch there but Kaluma circles away.
Kaluma tries to keep at a distance but Smith has taken the fight into the clinch.
Smith misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Kaluma.
Kaluma has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Smith is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Smith is pressed up against the cage. Kaluma has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Smith down to the mat. Smith avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Kaluma shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Smith as he avoids it easily.
Matt Smith has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kiko Kaluma.
Smith is looking to clinch.
Smith tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Kaluma counters by clinching up.
Smith crunches a lovely knee into Kaluma's ribcage.
Smith lands a nice knee to the body.
Kaluma looking to throw knees to the head but Smith is blocking nicely.
Smith is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Smith lands a knee to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Kaluma wants to take the fight to the mat but Smith manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Smith content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Kaluma is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Smith for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Matt Smith.
Smith fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Kaluma, pushing him back against the cage.
Kaluma gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Smith wants to control but Kaluma is keeping busy.
Kaluma looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
The fighters are battling for position here. Smith manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kaluma prevents Smith from getting back to his feet.
Kaluma throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Smith works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kaluma throwing strikes from guard but Smith blocks nicely.
Kaluma has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Kaluma is working Smith over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Smith wants to get back to his feet but Kaluma is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Kaluma throws a big elbow that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kaluma keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Smith's head.
Kaluma won't allow Smith to sweep him here.
Kaluma throwing strikes from guard but Smith blocks nicely.
Smith looking to control.
Smith wants to stand but Kaluma is controlling the position.
Kaluma postures up and lands a big shot to Smith's brow.
Kaluma works over Smith with some ground and pound from guard.
Kaluma makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Kaluma throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Smith works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Kaluma in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Smith utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Kaluma won't allow Smith to sweep him here.
Kaluma throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Kaluma in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Kaluma throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Smith works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Kaluma throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Smith works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kaluma throws a big elbow that misses.
Kaluma throws a big right hand that misses.
Kaluma is looking to work some ground and pound but Smith has wrist control.
Smith knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Kaluma on the ground.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kaluma wants to control from the top but Smith keeps moving.
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.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kiko Kaluma dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Smith tries to clinch but Kaluma moves out of range.
Smith tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Kaluma manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Smith tries to clinch but Kaluma moves away
and Kaluma counters by clinching up.
Kaluma gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Kaluma is looking to work some ground and pound but Smith has wrist control.
Kaluma throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Kaluma wants to control from the top but Smith keeps moving.
Kaluma won't allow Smith to sweep him here.
Kaluma postures up in Smith's guard and throws a big left but Smith blocks it.
Smith trying to control the position.
Kaluma loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kaluma stopping the sweep attempt from Smith.
Smith is looking for a triangle but Kaluma pushes his legs off easily.
Smith looking to control.
Kaluma is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Kaluma is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Smith controls Kaluma momentarily but Kaluma frees himself.
Kaluma scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith trying to control the position here.
Kaluma stopping the sweep attempt from Smith.
Kaluma trying to control the position from guard on top but Smith is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Smith is adopting a defensive guard.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Matt Smith.
Smith tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Kaluma paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Kaluma looks for a takedown but Smith sprawls well.
Horrible takedown by Kaluma or perhaps it was just good defense by Smith which made him look bad.
Smith closes the distance looking to clinch
and Kaluma decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Smith's guard.
Kaluma working some strikes from top position.
Smith utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Kaluma postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Kaluma with a nice head shot there.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Smith is trying to control the position but Kaluma postures up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kaluma missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Smith is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Kaluma works over Smith with some ground and pound from guard.
Kaluma with a flurry of punches that miss.
Smith is trying to keep Kaluma in close.
Kaluma preventing the sweep.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kaluma in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Kaluma slips nicely into half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kiko Kaluma showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Kaluma clinches up with Smith and pushes him back against the cage.
Smith leaning his opponent against the cage.
Kaluma takes a knee right on the jaw!
Kaluma with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Smith connects with a knee to the head.
Kaluma is trying to pull guard but Smith turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Kaluma is trying to drag Smith to the mat but Smith just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Smith lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Smith lands a nice knee to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Smith lands a nice knee to the body.
Smith connects with a nasty looking knee right to Kaluma's face.
Kaluma jumps guard but Smith turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Matt Smith has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kiko Kaluma.
Kaluma is working for takedown but Smith is calmly controlling the position for now.
Kaluma takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Smith lands an elbow inside that Kaluma shrugs off.
Smith's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Kaluma fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Kaluma jumps guard but Smith stands there with Kaluma around his waist. Kaluma gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Kaluma goes for a takedown attempt but Smith pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith forces Kaluma back against the cage and clinches.
Kaluma is working for takedown but Smith is calmly controlling the position for now.
Smith connects with a knee to the head.
Smith crunches a lovely knee into Kaluma's ribcage.
Smith is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Smith landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Smith controlling the action here for a moment.
Smith working Kaluma over with knees to the body.
Smith lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Kaluma is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Smith pulls him back up using the underhooks.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith stalling.
Kaluma drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Smith gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Smith putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Kaluma in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Smith unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Smith crunches a lovely knee into Kaluma's ribcage.
Smith landing knees to the body.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Smith landing knees to the head.
Kaluma is rocked!
A nice glancing elbow lands by Smith.
Kaluma is still on wobbly legs! Can Smith finish him?
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Smith takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Smith lands a big knee! That's hurt Kaluma! Oh, he's all over the place! Smith lands another knee that sends Kaluma to the floor and the referee steps in to end the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Matt Smith!
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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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