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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Peter Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Avon Barksdale (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Smith comes into the arena with Crazy Train blaring out of the sound system. The key to victory for Peter Smith has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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153 lbs
8 - 3 - 0 |
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145 lbs
3 - 1 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Great low kicks
Granite chin |
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Counter fighter
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Peter Smith!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Avon Barksdale!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Hirohito Nitta and Yasuomi Hirokawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Smith connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Barksdale's hands.
Smith swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Smith closes the distance and clinches up with Barksdale, looking for a takedown. Smith pushes Barksdale against the cage but Barksdale circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Smith closes the distance and clinches.
Barksdale swings wildly with an uppercut but Smith uses good head movement to avoid it.
Barksdale swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Smith misses with a punch on the inside.
Barksdale misses with a hook from the clinch.
Barksdale struggles to land a body shot inside as Smith controls his hands.
Smith lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Barksdale misses with a punch to the body.
Smith breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Barksdale throws a predictable looking body shot
and Smith counters with a body kick that stops Barksdale in his tracks momentarily.
Smith throws a head kick but Barksdale moves out of range.
Barksdale lands a jab to the nose.
Peter Smith seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Barksdale misses with a looping left.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Barksdale throws a shot to the body.
Smith instigates a clinch.
Smith tries to circle away but Barksdale has him pinned against the cage.
Our sources have told us that Smith has been working on his elbows in the gym.
Smith blocking some punches.
A nice right hand lands inside from Smith.
Barksdale misses with a hook from the clinch.
A short left from Barksdale.
Barksdale is looking for a takedown.
Barksdale swings wildly with an uppercut but Smith uses good head movement to avoid it.
Smith throws a head punch that misses.
Barksdale misses with some punches.
Barksdale blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Smith blocks an uppercut.
Barksdale has a couple of punches blocked by Smith.
Barksdale misses with a hook from the clinch.
Smith makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Barksdale misses with a hook from the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barksdale can't get the takedown.
Barksdale goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Smith scores with a knee to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Barksdale drops down looking for an ankle pick but Smith pulls his leg out and moves away.
Peter Smith has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Avon Barksdale.
Smith darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Barksdale trying to control from the bottom.
Smith controlling the pace.
Barksdale controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.
Barksdale tries to roll over but Smith keeps him under control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith lands strikes from half guard.
Smith prevents Barksdale from improving his position.
Smith is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Barksdale is looking to control Smith's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Barksdale avoid being mounted?
Smith trying to control from half guard but Barksdale is working away.
Smith is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Barksdale is just riding it out for now. Smith eventually gives up the hold.
Barksdale is trying to control but can't.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Smith drops an elbow to the side of Barksdale's head.
Smith is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Barksdale defends it well.
Barksdale has been taking part in the yoga sessions down at Wake and Bake. Presumably he's going to look for a slick submission... Or maybe he's looking to avoid one.
Barksdale keeping hold of Smith's head, controlling as best he can.
Barksdale trying to control from the bottom.
Barksdale tries to get to full guard but Smith has control of the leg.
Barksdale is trying to maintain the position but Smith is very close to passing his half guard.
Smith trying to control the action but Barksdale is working from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Peter Smith dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Smith shoots in for a double leg but Barksdale sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Smith tries to clinch up but Barksdale circles away and keeps his distance.
Barksdale drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Barksdale trying to control the action but Smith is working from the bottom.
Barksdale scoring with punches from side control.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sloppy strikes there by Barksdale.
Smith takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith wants to control but Barksdale postures up.
Barksdale misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Barksdale working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Smith sneaks back into half guard.
Barksdale 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 is defending against the submission attempts here by Barksdale.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Smith is trying is best to control the position here.
Smith wants to get back to full guard.
Smith is refusing to be controlled, as Barksdale sits in half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barksdale seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Smith wants to get back to full guard.
Barksdale trying to control from half guard but Smith is working away.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Barksdale misses with a hook.
Smith blocks a jab.
Barksdale tries to score a power double leg takedown but Smith sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Barksdale somewhat.
Smith loads up on a big right hand but Barksdale slips the punch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Barksdale stuffs the takedown.
Smith bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Barksdale's head backwards.
Barksdale throws a low kick but Smith avoids it.
Smith throws a low kick, looking for Barksdale's leg but Barksdale calmly moves out of range.
Smith staying out of range there.
Smith is looking to clinch.
Smith throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Barksdale throws a shot from downtown. Smith moves away and avoids it.
Smith connects with a solid leg kick.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Barksdale smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Smith shoots in but no luck this time.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Peter Smith. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Smith gets a clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Avon Barksdale showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Smith tries to close the distance and clinch up but Barksdale swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Smith dives in and grabs Barksdale's left leg, looking for a takedown. Barksdale pushes down on Smith's head and hops out.
Barksdale misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Smith looks to score with a jab to the body but Barksdale is just out of range.
Smith is looking to clinch but Barksdale is avoiding it.
Smith tries to close the distance and clinch but Barksdale swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Barksdale scores with a takedown into Smith's guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Barksdale trying to control the position from guard on top but Smith is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Barksdale stopping the sweep attempt from Smith.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Barksdale lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Barksdale postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Barksdale trying to control the position from guard on top but Smith is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Barksdale missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Barksdale moves out of range as Smith strikes.
Smith throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Barksdale.
Barksdale scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Barksdale wants to control but Smith is keeping him busy.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Barksdale lands a nice short elbow.
Barksdale trying to control the action but Smith is working from the bottom.
Smith is trying to get back to full guard.
Barksdale takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Barksdale throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Barksdale drops an elbow to the side of Smith's head.
Barksdale has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Barksdale is working away from the top position though.
Barksdale not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Barksdale 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.
Barksdale wants to pass the guard but Smith is defending well.
Barksdale missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Smith displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Barksdale.
Smith tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Smith tries a head kick but it misses.
Smith swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Peter Smith is winning the standup battle so far.
Smith fails with an attempt to clinch.
Smith is looking to clinch.
Smith is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Barksdale shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Smith's guard.
Barksdale trying to control but Smith is working from the bottom.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
And that's the end of the fight!
Avon Barksdale comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Barksdale has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 28:29
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 28:29
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Avon Barksdale!
In defeat, Peter Smith stepped up to the mic, saying 'Full respect to my opponent, hope the fans still want to see me fight '.
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energy
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hype
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