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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Samuel Romano (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Robert Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Romano comes into the arena with Nicotina Groove by SUBSONICA blaring out of the sound system. Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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185 lbs
6 - 2 - 0 |
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183 lbs
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Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
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Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Samuel Romano!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
19 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Robert Smith!
The judges for this bout are Franklyn Lucas, Russell Pearce and Lou da Vinci.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Romano takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Smith doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Smith throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Smith throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Romano scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Romano connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Smith misses with an uppercut. Romano saw that one coming.
Smith steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Romano.
Smith jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Smith misses with a looping right.
Romano scores with a jab to the head.
Robert Smith seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Romano misses with a hook. Smith ducked under it nicely.
Romano keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Romano looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Romano keeps the fight on the outside.
Romano throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Smith takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Smith keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Romano.
Romano rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Smith moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Nice shot lands for Smith.
Smith ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Romano moves away.
Romano throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Smith has managed to clinch.
Smith trying to land knees to the body.
We've been informed that Smith has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith blocking some punches.
Romano tries a body shot but Smith blocks it.
Romano swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Romano keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Smith's efforts to push away.
Smith's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Smith breaks the clinch.
Smith on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Smith tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Romano was well out of range. Poor timing from Smith.
Smith throws a series of strikes that have Romano backpedaling.
Smith takes a swing at Romano's ribcage but misses.
Smith throws a lazy right hand but Romano sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Smith lands a jab to Romano's midsection.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Romano misses with a looping left.
Romano throws a push kick but Smith slaps the foot to one side.
Smith fails with a takedown attempt.
Romano throws a head kick but Smith moves out of range.
Smith throws a head kick that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith tries to score with a low kick but Romano moves his leg out of the way.
Jab from Romano.
Romano stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Samuel Romano is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Romano tries to land a front kick but Smith steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Romano feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Smiths jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
A solid leg kick lands there for Romano.
Romano cracks Smith with a good jab.
Romano takes a swing at Smith's ribcage but misses.
Smith moves out of range of the strikes.
The fighters circling - Romano throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Romano lands a nice shot to the body.
Romano throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Smith misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Romano, as that shot connected.
Romano tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
That kick from Romano tenderised Smith's leg. Smith is trying to keep his angry face on.
Smith moves out of range of the strikes.
Romano slips a straight right by Smith.
A jab from Romano finds it's way through Smith's defenses.
Nice body punch from Smith.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Romano checks a low kick from Smith.
Romano throws a body shot but no joy.
Romano punishes Smith's body with a nice straight punch.
Nice uppercut lands for Smith. That snapped Romano's head back.
Smith lands with a good body shot.
Smith tries to clinch but Romano is having none of it.
Romano throws a head kick but Smith moves out of range.
Smith throws a series of strikes that have Romano backpedaling.
Romano throws a combination. Smith tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
It looks like Robert Smith has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Romano misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Smith.
Smith showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Romano.
Romano dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Smith misses with a body shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Romano. Smith does a little dance to reset his feet.
Smith is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Romano rather than just go for the knockout.
Smith throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Smith throws a looping overhand right but Romano ducks down to avoid it.
Romano has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Smith.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A slow jab from Smith misses its intended target.
Romano pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Smith on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Romano. Romano obviously looking to wear him down.
Romano lands a nice looking kick to the body. Smith takes a step back to recover.
Smith misses with a wild body shot.
Smith fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Romano throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Romano takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Nice shot by Smith.
That kick from Romano tenderised Smith's leg. Smith is trying to keep his angry face on.
Smith fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Romano looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Romano throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A decent looking cross lands there for Romano.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Romano scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Romano lands a right hook to the body.
Smith fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Romano on the side of the head.
Smith closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Still in the clinch, Romano scores with a nice short uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Samuel Romano dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Robert Smith's cut.
That's time! Romano's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Romano chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Romano clobbers Smith with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Smith scores with a shot to the body.
Smith takes a swing at Romano's ribcage but misses.
Smith closes the distance and pushes Romano back into the cage.
Smith throws a head punch that misses.
Romano swings wildly with an uppercut but Smith uses good head movement to avoid it.
Romano landing knees to the head.
Romano blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Romano's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Romano struggles to land a body shot inside as Smith controls his hands.
Romano scores with a shoulder strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Smith.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Romano misses with a short punch on the inside.
Smith misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Smith misses with a punch on the inside.
Smith's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A nice left hand lands by Romano.
Smith wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Smith tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Good body shot from Romano.
Smith is breathing heavily.
Smith lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Romano scores a nice knee to the body.
Romano lands a shoulder strike.
Still in the clinch, Romano scores with a nice short uppercut.
Romano makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Smith has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Romano after a bit of a struggle.
Romano lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Romano lands a good knee to the midsection. Smith won't want to take too many of those.
Romano working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Romano lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Romano pushes Smith back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
With the fighters up against the cage, Smith throws an elbow but misses.
A hook to the body from Romano.
Romano lands with a right to the head.
Smith is rocked!
Romano dips a shoulder and cracks Smith with a mighty uppercut! Smith falls back against the cage and Romano unloads with a barrage of strikes! Smith is completely out with his eyes open, only supported by the cage! Save him ref! Eventually the ref decides to do his job and jumps in - Romano screams abuse at the incompetent official before going over to celebrate with his corner. Brutal stuff!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Samuel Romano!
A relieved looking Samuel Romano thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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hype
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