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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Shinya Watannabe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Billy Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Billy Smith acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.
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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
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Shinya Watannabe!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 4 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Billy Smith!
The judges for this bout are Santiago Holmes, Bart Greer and Peter Branson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Watannabe scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Watannabe takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Smith should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Watannabe is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Smith is just riding it out for now. Watannabe eventually gives up the hold.
Watannabe is working for a kimura but Smith is defending it quite comfortably.
Smith is trying to control but can't.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Smith is looking for a sweep. Watannabe is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Watannabe looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Watannabe is looking for a kimura here.
Watannabe is working for a submission of some sort.
Watannabe wants to lay and pray for a moment but Smith keeps working.
Smith pushes Watannabe off but Watannabe dives into side control.
Watannabe wants to lay and pray for a moment but Smith keeps working.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith tries to improve position but can't.
Watannabe thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Watannabe trying to control the action but Smith is working from the bottom.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Watannabe tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Watannabe has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Watannabe prevents Smith from escaping the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Watannabe wants to lay and pray for a moment but Smith keeps working.
Smith manages to work his way to half guard, despite Watannabe's best efforts.
Watannabe is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Smith sees it coming and defends easily.
Well, if Watannabe 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.
Smith wants to get back to full guard.
Watannabe seems to be working for a kimura but Smith defends the submission attempt.
Watannabe moves nicely into side control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Smith tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Watannabe is looking to take a break and control but Smith is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Watannabe slows the pace down.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Watannabe tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Watannabe has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Shinya Watannabe dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Smith closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Watannabe is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Smith can do to turn this around?
Watannabe is trying to control but can't.
Watannabe is pressing down on Smith's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Watannabe keeping moving, preventing Smith from controlling successfully.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Watannabe working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Smith doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Oh but Watannabe is tightening it up a little... Smith has to be careful here... He's got his foot tucked under now, this looks tight! Smith reacted too slowly and this one could be over in a matter of seconds! YES! Smith taps out! Nice BJJ there by Watannabe!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Shinya Watannabe!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
RATING
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