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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Mills Howard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Adam Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Adam Smith told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!
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185 lbs
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185 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Decent elbows
Cuts easily |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Inexperienced |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mills Howard!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Adam Smith!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Stewart Dunkirk and Daniel Franklin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Howard tries to clinch up but Smith circles away and keeps his distance.
Howard fails with a takedown attempt.
Howard defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Smith.
Smith shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Howard pinned against the cage. Howard gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Howard fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Smith avoids it really well and circles away.
Smith leaves Howard with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mills Howard. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Smith scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Smith throwing shots but Howard is blocking nicely.
Smith is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Smith missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Howard keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Smith has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Smith not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Smith moves into full mount! Howard won't be happy about that!
Howard is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Smith throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Smith working for a guillotine from mount but Howard is in no mood to give up.
Smith pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Smith with shots to the head and body - Howard looks very uncomfortable down there.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Smith is working for a guillotine from mount but Howard frees his head quite easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith lands a big elbow.
Smith pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Smith looking to ground and pound but Howard is blocking nicely.
Smith looking to finish Howard with some ground and pound. This is bad for Howard!
Smith lands with some strikes.
Smith breaks from Howard's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Smith working Howard over with strikes here.
Howard is rocked!
Smith looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Smith landing shots from mount.
Oh Howard is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Smith lands a big shot there that rocks Howard but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith punishing his opponent with strikes.
Smith has control of Howard's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Howard regains control of the situation pretty easily.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Smith landing shots from mount.
Howard tries to lock up and control but Smith gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Howard seems to have got his legs back now.
Smith punching from mount but Howard doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Smith looking for a guillotine from mount but Howard is having none of it.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Smith thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Smith unloads with some shots from mount but Howard bucks and avoids them well.
Smith punching from mount but Howard doing a good job of avoiding damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Howard is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Smith with the ground and pound from mount.
Smith lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Howard hang on?
It looks like Mills Howard has been cut.
Howard defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Smith.
Smith lands a nice shot to the head.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Smith working from mount. He moves in close and looks like he might be going for an arm triangle... He's hopped off to the side and he's transitioned into an Anaconda choke. Howard turning a nasty shade of purple. He's refusing to tap but he's gone! He's out! The ref rips Smith off and cradles Howard's limp body as Smith celebrates with his corner.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:49 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Anaconda Choke). Adam 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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