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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tadhg Forte (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Wade Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Forte comes to the cage accompanied by First Of The Year. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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201 lbs
5 - 3 - 0 |
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185 cm
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205 lbs
7 - 3 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
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Good wrestler
Counter fighter
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Tadhg Forte!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Wade Smith!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Alexandre Firmino and Matheus Silva.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Smith misses with a hook. Forte ducked under it nicely.
Smith fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Forte sprawls well initially but Smith persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Forte actively working from the bottom here.
Smith controlling the action here.
Forte wants to improve his position but Smith is controlling well.
Forte flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Smith controlling the action here.
Forte punching from the bottom.
Smith is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Forte!
Forte is working to get back to half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Smith cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Forte working to try and regain half guard.
Smith blocks Forte's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Smith tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Forte keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Smith raining down shots from the mount!
Smith trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Forte is looking to get to half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Forte in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Smith looking to control and managing it successfully.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Smith has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Forte's face.
Smith really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Forte. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Smith breaks from Forte's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Smith looking to control and managing it successfully.
Smith blocks Forte's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Smith raining down hammerfists from mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith with good strikes from the mount here!
Smith breaks from Forte's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Forte is rocked!
Smith with the ground and pound from mount.
Oh Forte is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Oooooh, big shot lands for Smith! Forte is hurt baaadly! Smith is firing away with more strikes - Forte is covering up... the ref is warning him to do something. He's just covering up though still and the ref has to step in to end the fight! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:33 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Wade Smith!
Our winner, Wade Smith, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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