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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Pierre Morrell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jeremy Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jeremy Smith will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Pierre Morrell!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jeremy Smith!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Jack Bonds and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Smith is looking to land body kicks.
Morrell walks into a left hand.
Smith misses with a body kick.
Smith bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Morrell's head backwards.
Morrell moves out of range of the body kick from Smith.
A head kick misses from Smith.
Smith stuffs the takedown attempt from Morrell. Morrell gets slowly back to his feet.
Smith fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Morrell checks it well.
Morrell doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Smith wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Smith pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Smith scores with a jab.
Smith throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Morrell counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Morrell definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Morrell wants to work for an arm triangle but Smith is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Morrell is trying to work for a kimura but Smith is defending well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith trying to control but Morrell postures up.
Smith preventing any damage for now, controlling his opponent's head.
Smith trying to control from the bottom.
Morrell is looking for a kimura here.
Smith controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.
Smith is refusing to be controlled, as Morrell sits in half guard.
Smith wants to control but Morrell is keeping busy.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith keeping control of the position.
Smith is trying to maintain the position but Morrell is very close to passing his half guard.
Jeremy Smith has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Morrell ducks under a wild hook from Smith.
Smith takes a swing at Morrell's ribcage but misses.
Smith's coach down at Uncle Jim's Garage was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Smith's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Smith is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Smith throws the kick towards the body but Morrell avoids it.
Smith moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Smith just misses with a punch to the body.
Jeremy Smith seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Smith thuds a left hand into Morrell's body.
Smith misses the jab.
The fighters circling - Smith throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Morrell blocks a jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Morrell.
Smith stuffs the takedown attempt from Morrell. Morrell gets slowly back to his feet.
Smith throws a body punch but Morrell moves out of range.
Morrell takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
It looks like Pierre Morrell has been cut.
Smith tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Smith pivots, looking for a leg kick but Morrell is out of range and Smith settles back down.
Smith throws a lazy uppercut
and Morrell cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Smith misses with a body kick.
A telegraphed right hand from Smith misses the target.
Morrell moves into the clinch successfully.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Morrell.
Smith tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Smith misses with a punch on the inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morrell drags the fight down to the ground.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Morrell working for a triangle but Smith defends it easily.
Morrell working for submissions but it's allowed Smith to get to half guard.
Smith is taking a breather. Morrell says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Morrell looking for submissions off his back.
Morrell is looking to control Smith's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Morrell avoid being mounted?
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jeremy Smith dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Pierre Morrell's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Smith lands with a nice body punch.
Morrell misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Smith.
A looping hook to the body misses from Smith. Morrell does a little dance to reset his feet.
Smith misses with an uppercut.
Smith lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Morrell backs up against the cage.
Smith tries to land a leg kick but Morrell saw it coming and moves away.
Smith misses with a straight right.
Smith shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Smith tests Morrell's chin there with a solid looking shot.
A solid leg kick lands there for Smith.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A jab from Morrell finds it's way through Smith's defenses.
Smith throws out a leg kick but Morrell moves out of range and Smith only half commits.
Pierre Morrell is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Smith darts in and clinches Morrell up against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith throws a punch but it's blocked by Morrell.
Smith throws a punch but it's blocked by Morrell.
Morrell is looking to control Smith's arms but Smith gets an underhook and turns him. Now Morrell has his back to the cage.
Smith tries to throw a body punch but Morrell avoids it by throwing Smith back against the cage.
Smith takes a shot to the head.
Morrell drags the fight down to the ground.
Smith controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Morrell looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Morrell has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Smith can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Morrell is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Morrell might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Smith is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith wants to control from the top but Morrell keeps moving.
Morrell has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Smith can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Smith trying to control the position from guard on top but Morrell is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Smith controlling from the top position.
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!
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
OK we're going to have a standup here. Jeremy Smith hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Morrell takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Morrell drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Morrell displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Smith throws out the jab.
Smith throws a head kick that misses.
Morrell swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morrell takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Smith scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Smith throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Smith throws a push kick but Morrell slaps the foot to one side.
Morrell checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Morrell displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Smith throws out the jab.
Nice jab there from Smith.
Smith lands a leg kick that knocks Morrell off balance momentarily.
Morrell checks a low kick from Smith.
Smith swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Morrell.
Morrell throws a series of punches but Smith moves out of range.
Smith lands a high kick!
Smith fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Morrell has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Smith scores with a spinning back kick!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Morrell lands a jab-cross combination.
Jeremy Smith seems to be getting the better of the standup.
That kick from Smith tenderised Morrell's leg. Morrell is trying to keep his angry face on.
Smith throws a half hearted mid kick.
Smith darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Smith misses with a shot to the body
and Morrell counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Smith is controlling Morrell's posture.
Smith trying to keep a closed guard but Morrell is proving a slippery customer.
Morrell drops back looking for a leg! Smith is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Smith manages to kick Morrell off! Morrell jumps back into Smith's guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Smith is on top in guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jeremy Smith showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Pierre Morrell's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Smith changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Smith lands with a cross.
Smith darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Morrell darts in and clinches Smith up against the cage.
Morrell blocks an uppercut.
Morrell blocks a body shot from Smith.
Morrell blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Morrell doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Smith swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Morrell blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Morrell.
Morrell gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.
Morrell misses with a body punch.
Smith has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith working aggressively here.
Smith fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Smith swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Morrell.
Morrell decides to pull guard.
Morrell had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Smith defends it easily.
Smith trying to control the position from guard on top but Morrell is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Morrell has his foot on Smith's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Smith works his way back into a safe position though.
Morrell keeping moving, preventing Smith from controlling successfully.
Smith is stalling in the full guard.
Smith wants to control from the top but Morrell keeps moving.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Jeremy Smith was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Morrell wants to clinch.
Smith tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Morrell was well out of range. Poor timing from Smith.
Morrell shoots in looking for a takedown. Smith tries to sprawl out of it but Morrell keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Smith manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Smith throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Morrell on the side of the head.
Smith throws a wild body kick that Morrell sees coming a mile off.
Smith thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Morrell if he has to take too many more of those.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Smith throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Smith. Morrell does a little dance to reset his feet.
Smith dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Morrell. That did some damage!
A bone on bone clash there as Morrell blocks the leg kick.
Smith misses with a looping left.
Smith throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Smith lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Smith misses with an attempted mid kick.
Morrell avoids the body shot from Smith.
Smith throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Sloppy strikes from Smith. Those never looked like landing.
Smith scores with a body shot.
Smith throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Morrell slips a jab from Smith.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morrell avoids the body shot from Smith.
Smith misses with a hook.
Smith tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Morrell is able to avoid easily.
A jab from Smith misses.
Good shot there by Morrell.
Smith lands with a shot to the body.
Smith misses with a lunging right hand
and Smith takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Smith throws a right hand that misses
and Morrell counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Smith throws a body punch but Morrell moves out of range.
Jeremy Smith is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Smith looks to land a body kick but Morrell moved away.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Morrell misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Morrell ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Smith misses with a body kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jeremy Smith really dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Pierre Morrell's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Morrell shoots in looking for a takedown. Smith tries to sprawl out of it but Morrell keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Smith manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Smith throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Morrell.
Smith misses with a body kick.
Smith throws a body kick that misses.
Smith throws a right hand that misses
and Morrell counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Morrell.
Smith is controlling Morrell's posture.
Smith working a defensive guard here.
Smith seems keen to control Morrell's posture.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Morrell wants to control from the top but Smith keeps moving.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Jeremy Smith was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Smith tries to score with a low kick but Morrell moves his leg out of the way.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morrell closes the distance and clinches up with Smith, looking for a takedown. Morrell pushes Smith against the cage but Smith circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Morrell moves in looking to clinch but Smith pushes him off.
Smith lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Smith throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Smith lands a really nice looking cross but Morrell seems unphased.
Morrell is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Morrell fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Smith to the ground. Morrell is now in Smith's guard.
Morrell is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Pierre Morrell overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Smith pulls Morrell in close to prevent any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morrell stopping the sweep attempt from Smith.
Smith has his hands on Morrell's head, controlling the position.
Smith keeping moving, preventing Morrell from controlling successfully.
Morrell wants to pass the guard but Smith is keeping the position.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Smith pulls Morrell in to control the position.
The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Jeremy Smith wasn't active enough on the ground.
Smith clinches with his opponent.
Morrell tries to pull guard but Smith forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Pierre Morrell. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morrell can't find room to land a body shot as Smith controls the action.
Smith misses with the head strike.
Smith struggles to land a body shot inside as Morrell controls his hands.
Morrell tries to pull guard but Smith won't allow it.
Smith fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Smith misses with a hook from the clinch.
Morrell lands a right hand that snaps the head of Smith backwards.
Morrell tries for a takedown but Smith manages to get underhooks.
A short right from Smith.
Morrell blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Morrell looking to stall.
Smith misses with the head strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morrell struggles to land a body shot inside as Smith controls his hands.
Morrell goes for a takedown attempt but Smith pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Morrell is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Smith throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Smith misses with a double jab.
Smith throws out a loose jab but Morrell uses good head movement to avoid it.
Morrell blocks the body kick.
Smith throws the left hand but Morrell avoids the punch easily.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Smith misses with a straight left.
Smith throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Morrell misses with a two punch combination.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close fourth round but Jeremy Smith will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Pierre Morrell's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Smith misses with a left hand
and Morrell counters with a takedown into side control.
Smith trying to control but Morrell flips him over like a cheap hooker and has his back!
Morrell looking to break Smith's wrist control so he can sink in the choke. Smith remaining controlled and patient though - he really has to keep calm otherwise Morrell will wrap this one up with the rear naked choke!
Morrell has his hand under the chin of his opponent looking for the choke. He's nearly got it! This one could be all over! But no, Smith has freed his hand and lives to survive another… well, another couple of seconds at least!
Smith trying to control the position but Morrell manages to sink in the hooks.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Morrell working for the choke.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Smith is trying to get back to his feet but Morrell has full control of the position and if anything, Smith has just worked his way into a worse spot.
Smith won't enjoy being in this position. Morrell looking for the choke. Oh... he's slipped the arm under the neck - Smith is tapping - it's over boys! Morrell picks up the submission victory!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:55 of round 5, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Pierre Morrell!
Pierre Morrell is the new welterweight champion!
Pierre Morrell thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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