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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Johnny Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Keith Diaz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Smith kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Smoke the Fire. Johnny Smith has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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163 lbs
15 - 29 - 0 |
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170 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
15 - 29 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Johnny Smith!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Keith Diaz!
The judges for this bout are Ron Honeybunn, Chris Dean and Eliza Hachem.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Diaz has taken the fight to the clinch.
Diaz jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Smith walks away with a smile on his face. Diaz gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Diaz tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Smith manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Smith bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Diaz is not content to let Smith control the position.
Diaz tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Smith wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Diaz regains half guard.
Smith wants to stand up but Diaz has a hold of him and won't allow it.
Diaz looking for subs from the bottom but Smith mounts him!
Smith scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Diaz?
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Smith lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
It looks like Keith Diaz has been cut.
Smith jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Diaz manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Smith cracks Diaz with a big elbow.
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 one minute gone in the round.
Smith trying to control the position but Diaz is working away.
Diaz tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Smith wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Smith misses with the ground and pound.
Diaz is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Smith scores with punches from side control.
Diaz is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
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!
Diaz is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Diaz some visible discomfort.
Diaz is looking to regain half guard here but Smith keeps moving and retains side control.
Smith trying to control the position but Diaz is working away.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Smith in side control, just content to control the action for now.
Diaz taking punishment in the form of punches.
Smith tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Diaz tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Diaz is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith wants to control but Diaz is keeping him busy.
Check out the look on Smith's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Diaz manages to get back to half guard.
Smith lands strikes from half guard.
Diaz moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Diaz is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Smith defends well.
Smith wants to control from the top but Diaz keeps moving.
Smith trying to stand up but can't free himself from Diaz's guard.
Diaz had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Smith defends it easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Smith wants to control from the top but Diaz keeps moving.
Smith works a leg free and moves into half guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Diaz looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Diaz is staying active underneath Smith, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Smith takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Smith looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Smith trying to control from half guard but Diaz is working away.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Diaz looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Johnny Smith dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Keith Diaz's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Excellent takedown into side control there by Smith.
Smith trying to control the action but Diaz is working from the bottom.
Diaz is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Smith scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Diaz to see if he's OK.
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 lands a decent elbow from side control.
Diaz is looking for a sweep.
Diaz keeps trying to improve his position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Check out the look on Smith's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Diaz being controlled for a moment.
Smith wants to control but Diaz is keeping him busy.
The ground and pound from Smith seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Diaz is not content to let Smith control the position.
Smith scores with a couple of short elbows.
Diaz tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Smith wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Smith thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diaz tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Smith wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Smith content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
Smith in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Smith landing a few strikes.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Smith misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Smith working the ground and pound from side control.
Smith looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Smith working the ground and pound but Diaz is defending the strikes.
Diaz is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Smith asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Johnny Smith overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Diaz regains half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Diaz!
Diaz is wriggling around trying to escape.
Smith fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Smith trying to control but Diaz is having none of it.
Diaz is looking to improve his position but Smith isn't that keen on the idea.
Diaz is bucking up trying to escape but Smith cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Diaz is rocked!
Smith can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Diaz is looking to escape.
Diaz is still in real trouble! Can Smith finish him?
The referee warns Diaz that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Smith looking to control but Diaz is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Smith working for a guillotine from mount but Diaz is in no mood to give up.
Smith pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Diaz is looking to improve his position but Smith isn't that keen on the idea.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Diaz seems to have recovered his senses.
Smith wants to control the pace but Diaz is squirming around nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Johnny Smith dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Keith Diaz'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. This is the final round!
Smith shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Diaz napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Diaz tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Smith wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Diaz regains half guard.
Diaz is looking to improve his position.
Smith is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Diaz has managed to free his arm - good work.
Smith is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Diaz looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Smith perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Diaz looking for submissions off his back.
Smith wants to lay and pray for a moment but Diaz keeps working.
Smith is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Smith wants to work for an arm triangle but Diaz is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Diaz is refusing to be controlled, as Smith sits in half guard.
Diaz is looking to improve his position.
Keith Diaz has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith passes the guard and advances to mount!
Diaz regains half guard.
Smith is trying to control. Diaz wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Diaz avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Smith.
Smith tries to stand but his arm is trapped.
Diaz actively working from the bottom here.
Smith is looking for a kimura but Diaz is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Smith to get the leverage.
Diaz looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Smith escapes and gets back to his feet.
Smith decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith passes to side control.
Diaz is looking for a sweep.
Smith wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Diaz, who protects the arm well.
Diaz sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Diaz looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Smith is working for a submission of some sort.
Johnny Smith is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Smith wants to control but Diaz is keeping him busy.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Diaz is looking to improve his position.
Diaz is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Smith pulls his head out easily.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Smith in particular looking to stall.
Smith working the head and body with strikes.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Smith in particular looking to stall.
Diaz is not content to let Smith control the position.
Smith lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
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!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Well, if Smith is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Diaz looking for submissions off his back.
And that's the end of the fight!
Johnny Smith showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Smith, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Ron Honeybunn scores the fight 30:27
Judge Chris Dean scores the fight 30:27
Judge Eliza Hachem scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Johnny Smith!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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