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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Jimmy Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hong Li (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Smith's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Ivan Gough & Feenixpawl feat. Georgi Kay - In My Mind. Li has chosen The Mars Volta - as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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147 lbs
6 - 1 - 0 |
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119 lbs
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Good wrestling
Solid boxing
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Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jimmy Smith!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
15 - 16 - 1, fighting out of New York, Hong Li!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Jack Bonds and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Smith closes the distance and pushes Li back into the cage.
Smith stalling the fight.
Smith lands a nice uppercut.
Smith tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Li's elbow.
Smith tries for a takedown but Li manages to get underhooks.
Li wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Li manages to break the clinch.
Smith moves into the clinch.
Smith managing to block the knees to the body from Li.
Smith stalling against the cage.
Li is trying to push Smith away but Smith has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Smith goes for a takedown attempt but Li pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Smith circles away from the clinch attempt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Li tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Smith tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Li swivels and escapes.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jimmy Smith. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Li tries to close the distance and clinch up but Smith swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Smith lands with an overhand left.
Li gets a clinch.
Li is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Li is looking to break free of the clinch but Smith has double underhooks.
Li stalling in the clinch but Smith improves position.
Smith lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
It looks like Hong Li has been cut.
We've been hearing reports that Smith has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Li has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Li is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Li is trying to break the clinch but Smith is controlling him.
Smith throws an elbow but it misses.
Li is looking to break free of the clinch but Smith has double underhooks.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith stalling against the cage.
Smith doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Li wants to break the clinch but can't.
Smith lands with a right to the head.
Smith escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Smith pushes Li up against the cage in a clinch.
Li's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Smith tries to score a body lock takedown but Li shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Li working hard to break the clinch.
Li throws a knee to the head but misses.
Smith gets underhooks to prevent Li's takedown attempt.
Smith is working Li over against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith breaks from the clinch.
Li is looking to clinch but Smith is avoiding it.
Smith gets a clinch.
Smith lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Smith holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Li is trying to push Smith away but Smith has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Smith will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Li up against the cage.
Li blocks an elbow strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Li prevents the takedown attempt.
Li drops down looking for an ankle pick but Smith pulls his leg out and moves away.
Li is looking to score with low kicks.
Li clinches with his opponent.
Li jumps guard but Smith stands there with Li around his waist. Li gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Smith is trying to drag Li to the mat but Li just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Li trying to land knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jimmy Smith dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Hong Li's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Smith throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Li tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Smith gets the takedown into side control.
Li is working to avoid the ground and pound but Smith connects with a decent elbow.
Li dodges the ground and pound from Smith.
Smith misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
The strikes coming from Smith are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Smith connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Li some visible discomfort.
Smith lands an elbow.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Smith throws an elbow but Li slips to the side and avoids it well.
Smith trying to control the position but Li is working away.
Smith working the body and head with strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith with the ground and pound but Li regains half guard under the barage of strikes.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Smith misses with a head shot. Li uses the momentum to regain guard.
Li avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Smith accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Li preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Smith throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Li works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Smith showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith throws a big elbow that misses.
Smith wants to control from the top but Li keeps moving.
Li is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Smith throws a big elbow that misses.
Smith wants to control from the top but Li keeps moving.
Li utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith throws an elbow that misses. Li uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Smith's guard. Nice move by Li!
Li tries to stand but Smith is controlling from the bottom.
We're going to have a standup here because Jimmy Smith wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Smith shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Li defends it nicely.
Smith throws a head kick but Li moves out of range.
Smith closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Li quickly recovers to half guard.
Smith is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Smith working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Smith is stalling here. Li is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Smith seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Li has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Smith tries to buck Li off but Li is having none of it.
Li wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Smith, who protects the arm well.
Smith is trying to improve his position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jimmy Smith dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Hong Li's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Li lands a jab to the nose.
Smith shoots in looking for a takedown but Li manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Smith's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Li tries to close the distance and clinch but Smith swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Smith shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Li sprawls well. Li wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Smith gets slowly back to his feet.
Smith works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Li looks to land a combination but Smith avoids it well.
The fighters circling - Smith throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Li wants to clinch up but Smith keeps it at a distance.
Smith gets tackled into the cage by Li. Li maintains the clinch.
Li with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Smith lands a hook that snaps the head of Li backwards.
Li is looking to take this one to the mat.
Smith missing with knees to the body.
Li looking to throw knees to the head but Smith is blocking nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Li wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Smith has him pressed against the cage.
Smith lands with a left to the head.
Li has had enough of the clinch but Smith keeps him there for the moment.
Li tries to circle away but Smith has him pinned against the cage.
Smith breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Smith connects with a single shot there.
Li is rocked!
Smith throws a quick inside leg kick.
Li is still on wobbly legs! Can Smith finish him?
Smith closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Li's guard.
Smith is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Smith working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Smith wants to control from the top but Li keeps moving.
Li is trying to control the position from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith passes Li's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Smith performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Li can do anything to dispel that myth.
Smith looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Li with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Smith lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Smith is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Li has hold of Smith's hands but Smith slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Smith lands a massive shot from half guard that has rocked Li! More strikes land and this one is all over! Smith jumps to his feet and is applauded loudly by the crowd!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:57 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jimmy Smith!
Jimmy Smith is the new bantamweight champion!
After winning the bout, Jimmy Smith thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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energy
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hype
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