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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Aj Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jake Pettis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). On his way into the cage it seems that Aj Smith has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Aj Smith seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?
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145 lbs
14 - 14 - 1 |
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178 cm
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155 lbs
4 - 5 - 0 |
Powerful takedowns
Solid boxing
Very quick |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Knockout power |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
14 - 14 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Aj Smith!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jake Pettis!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Chris Downing and Frank Dennis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Smith blocks a head kick by Pettis.
Nice defenses there by Smith.
Pettis stuffs the takedown.
Smith shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Pettis napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Smith working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Smith just content to control the position.
Smith landing strikes.
You can see the frustration on Pettis's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Smith landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Pettis wants to control but Smith postures up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Smith controls the position.
Smith really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith throws a strike aimed at the side of Pettis's head but Pettis avoids it well.
Smith is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
Pettis is looking to regain half guard here but Smith keeps moving and retains side control.
Pettis avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Smith.
Smith tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Smith has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Smith just content to control the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith is putting a hurting on Pettis here, landing some big shots from side control.
Pettis is looking to reverse the position.
Smith controls the position from side control.
Smith connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Pettis some visible discomfort.
Smith is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Pettis!
Smith looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Smith looking to finish Pettis with some ground and pound. This is bad for Pettis!
Smith looking to secure an arm triangle but Pettis defends it well.
Smith punishing his opponent with strikes.
Smith 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.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Smith landing strikes from the mount and Pettis is in trouble!
Smith is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Pettis can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Smith controlling his opponent.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Smith punishing his opponent with strikes.
Smith scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Pettis?
Smith controlling the position easily from mount.
Smith raining down hammerfists from mount.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Smith pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Smith raining down shots from the mount!
Smith controlling the pace for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Aj Smith dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Smith feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Smith looking to pass the guard.
Smith trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Aj Smith overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Smith is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Smith seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Pettis for as long as he can get away with.
Smith will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Smith is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith sitting in guard here, content to control.
We're going to have a standup here because Aj Smith wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Smith shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Pettis as he jumps to the side.
A momentary lapse in concentration from Pettis enables Smith to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Pettis manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Smith is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Pettis can do to turn this around?
Smith controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Smith slips nicely into half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Smith's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Smith winds up and cracks Pettis with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Smith trying to control the pace.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Smith throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Pettis wants to get back to full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith is trying to work for a kimura but Pettis is defending well.
Smith is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Smith working the head and body with strikes.
Smith is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Pettis really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Smith. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Aj Smith.
Smith tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Pettis swivels and escapes.
Smith shoots in looking for a takedown but Pettis manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Smith's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Aj Smith. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Smith scores with a takedown into Pettis's guard.
Smith lands a couple of elbows.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Smith passes into half guard.
Smith is controlling the pace.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Aj Smith dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Smith drives through with a takedown into Pettis's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Smith scoring with punches to the head and body.
Smith tries to free his leg and advance position but Pettis is retaining full guard.
Smith controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Smith postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Smith working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Smith sitting in guard here, content to control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Aj Smith.
Pettis throws a looping overhand right but Smith ducks down to avoid it.
Jake Pettis is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Smith drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
You can see the frustration on Pettis's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Smith taking a breather here.
Smith working the ground and pound from side control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pettis is letting Smith control him for a moment.
Pettis isn't going anywhere.
Smith tries to score with some ground and pound. Pettis controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Smith tries to score with some ground and pound. Pettis controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Smith slows the pace down.
Smith working the ground and pound.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
You can see the frustration on Pettis's face as Smith controls the position.
Pettis is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith just content to control the position.
Smith is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Pettis has escaped the position, nice work there.
Pettis parries the strikes from Smith easily there. Smith is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Pettis to escape.
Pettis is being controlled here.
Pettis is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Smith working the body and head with strikes.
Pettis is being controlled here.
Smith has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Smith in side control, working for a kimura. He's got hold of an arm and he's torquing it... Pettis is tapping! That's the end of the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:46 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Aj Smith!
Aj Smith retains his featherweight title!
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hype
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FIGHT
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