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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rock Esnar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tony Smalls (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Esnar kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is 10,000 Fists in the Air. Smalls has chosen Lamb of God - Omerta as his entrance music. Tony Smalls has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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205 lbs
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180 cm
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218 lbs
1 - 3 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
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BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
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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
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Rock Esnar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Tony Smalls!
The judges for this bout are David Schapiro, Anthony Taglia and John Roberts.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Smalls looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Smalls throws an elbow that misses. Esnar uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Smalls's guard. Nice move by Esnar!
Esnar with a flurry of punches that miss.
Esnar preventing the sweep.
Esnar trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Esnar's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Smalls looking to control.
Esnar throws a big right hand that misses.
Smalls working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Esnar.
Esnar has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Smalls lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Esnar!
Smalls can't control as he wanted to and Esnar manages to get the fight back to his half guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Esnar trying to hold on to Smalls's head to control him but Smalls postures up.
Esnar is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Smalls's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Smalls's back!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Smalls looking to stop the rear naked choke attempt by controlling the hands.
Esnar lands a punch to the side of the head from the back.
Smalls is defending well here and trying to improve his position.
Smalls has the hand control, trying to stop the rear naked choke.
Esnar connects with a series of strikes and the referee is calling for Smalls to escape the position.
Esnar lands with a couple of good shots - one to the side of the head and one questionable shot that could be viewed as to the back of the head but the referee lets it go.
Smalls tries to escape but Esnar has the hooks in and won't let him break free.
Esnar landing with strikes.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Esnar scores with punches to the body.
Smalls covers up after that shot from Esnar.
Esnar scores with some strikes to the side of the head there. Good, points scoring shots.
Esnar punishes Smalls with strikes from the back mount.
Smalls is trapped and Esnar is scoring with shots to the head and body.
Esnar lands shots from the back.
Smalls is rocked!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Esnar gets his hooks in and is throwing strikes.
Smalls is still in real trouble! Can Esnar finish him?
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Esnar is throwing strikes from the back here. Oh that last one was to the back of the head. Esnar gets a warning from the referee. He throws another strike to the back of the head straight away though and the referee has seen enough. He breaks up the two fighters and stands them back up. Esnar gets a real talking to here and is lucky not to get a point deducted. Esnar apologises and we restart here on the feet.
Smalls shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Smalls seems to have recovered his senses.
Esnar is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Smalls's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Smalls's back!
Esnar loading up with punches from the back mount - how long can Smalls hold on?
Smalls is covering up but some of the strikes from Esnar are getting through and doing damage.
Esnar controlling well, preventing Smalls from escaping the position.
Smalls is looking to stand back up. He's having to work hard to escape but eventually he manages it.
Tony Smalls seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Smalls looks winded!
Esnar shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Smalls defends it nicely.
Smalls looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Esnar tries to clinch up
and Smalls counters with a left to the body.
Smalls throws a series of punches but Esnar avoids them all with ease.
Smalls decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Esnar moves into full guard.
Esnar manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Smalls manages to get himself to full guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Esnar accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Esnar working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Esnar scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Smalls wants to sweep but no luck.
Esnar with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Smalls keeping moving, preventing Esnar from controlling successfully.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Smalls manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Esnar manages to get himself to full guard.
Smalls scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Esnar bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Smalls's guard.
Smalls wants to sweep but no luck.
Esnar lands a couple of elbows.
Esnar postures up.
Esnar works over Smalls with some ground and pound from guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Esnar accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Esnar lands a couple of elbows.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Esnar working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Smalls is looking to sweep but instead, Esnar has passed into half guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Esnar lands a nice short elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rock Esnar dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Smalls keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Esnar manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Smalls on his heels. He'll look to pass Smalls's guard now, I'm sure.
Smalls is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Esnar is working Smalls over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Esnar distracts Smalls with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Esnar throws a big elbow that misses.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Smalls can do anything to dispel that myth.
Esnar missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Smalls is trying to keep Esnar in close.
Esnar throwing strikes but missing.
Smalls looking for a sweep. Not yet Smalls, not yet.
Esnar landing some decent shots from guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Esnar accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Smalls looking to control.
Smalls 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.
Smalls throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Smalls wants to sweep here but Esnar controlling him for the moment.
Smalls is trying to keep Esnar in close.
Smalls is breathing heavily.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Esnar distracts Smalls with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Esnar postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Esnar postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Esnar wants to control from the top but Smalls keeps moving.
Esnar distracts Smalls with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Esnar advances to half guard.
Esnar scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Esnar working Smalls over with strikes.
Smalls is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Esnar lands with a punch from half guard.
Smalls is trying to control but can't.
Esnar trying to control from half guard but Smalls is working away.
Smalls wants to improve his position but Esnar is controlling well.
Smalls taking some punishment here, with Esnar in his half guard.
Rock Esnar overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Esnar wants to control but Smalls is keeping him busy.
Smalls blocking the ground and pound attempt from Esnar.
Esnar missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Smalls is trying to get back to full guard.
Ground and pound from Esnar.
Smalls on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Esnar scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Smalls is trying to stand.
Smalls avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Esnar.
Esnar seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Esnar throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Smalls tries to roll over but Esnar keeps him under control.
Ground and pound from Esnar.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Esnar trying to control the action but Smalls is working from the bottom.
Esnar scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Esnar wants to control but Smalls is keeping him busy.
Esnar controlling the action here.
Smalls actively working from the bottom here.
Esnar trying to control from half guard but Smalls is working away.
Esnar will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Esnar working over Smalls with some ground and pound. Smalls looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Ground and pound from Esnar.
Esnar is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Smalls can do to turn this around?
Smalls is trying to control but can't.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rock Esnar dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Smalls tries to bum rush Esnar with a series of wild strikes but Esnar uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Tony Smalls is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Esnar has a takedown stuffed.
Esnar misses with an uppercut
and Smalls counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Smalls stuffs the takedown.
Smalls scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Smalls lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Esnar down.
Esnar is not content to let Smalls control the position.
Smalls goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Esnar rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Smalls's guard! Nice work there by Esnar!
Smalls looking for a guillotine here but Esnar defends easily.
Esnar forces his way into half guard.
Smalls takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Smalls on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Esnar is thwarting Smalls's attempts to control the position.
Esnar uses his free foot to push down on Smalls's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Smalls.
Esnar is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Smalls can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Esnar connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Esnar working away from the top, dropping strikes.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Esnar fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Esnar lands a couple of good shots and Smalls has given up his back, trying to escape the position!
Esnar connects with a big shot to the side of Smalls's head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Esnar punishes Smalls with strikes from the back mount.
Esnar scoring with big shots to the body. Smalls is looking for a way out. A despairing look towards the ref and the official steps in to stop the fight. Smalls was obviously done but didn't want to tap out.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:24 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Rock Esnar!
An out of breath Rock Esnar thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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