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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between James Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Manu Kona (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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260 lbs
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210 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
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BJJ Purple Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, James Smith!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Manu Kona!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kona takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Smith misses with a few strikes there.
Smith misses with a two punch combination.
Kona slips under a jab from Smith.
Kona misses with a takedown attempt - Smith sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Kona closes this distance looking for a takedown but Smith circles away.
Smith closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Smith misses with a few strikes there.
Smith drops Kona with a left right combo! Smith follows him down to the ground into side control.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kona is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Kona tries to get to full guard but Smith has control of the leg.
Kona looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Kona looks gassed!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith tries to stand and escape but Kona is controlling the position.
Kona manages to get to full guard.
Smith looking to pass the guard.
Smith trying to stand up but can't free himself from Kona's guard.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Kona fails in his attempt to clinch.
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 lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Kona tries for a takedown but Smith sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
James Smith has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Manu Kona.
Smith fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
James Smith is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Smith scores with a jab to the body.
Smith works over Kona's head and body with a nice combination.
Smith throws a nice looking combination but Kona bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Smith rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Kona moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Smith swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A decent looking cross lands there for Smith.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith misses with a double jab.
A clash of legs there as Kona blocks the low kick.
Kona fails to land the takedown.
Smith misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Smith lands a two punch combo.
Smith scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Smith misses with a few strikes there.
Smith throws a right and a left that Kona avoids nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
No joy there for Smith, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Kona slips a jab and a cross from Smith.
Smith throws a one two combo.
No joy there for Smith, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Kona is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Smith.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Smith fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Smith throws a leg kick which misses Kona's front leg but catches the back leg as Kona tries to avoid it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kona avoids a punch combination nicely.
Smith is working the combinations to good effect here.
Kona walks into a stiff left hand from Smith.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
James Smith dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Smith swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Smith fails to land with a series of punches.
James Smith is winning the standup battle so far.
Kona looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Kona shoots in looking for a takedown. Smith tries to sprawl out of it but Kona keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the ropes. Smith manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Smith avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nice takedown defense from Smith. No joy for Kona on that attempt.
James Smith has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Manu Kona.
Kona is breathing heavily.
Kona shoots in but no luck this time.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kona takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Some wild striking there from Smith.
Smith displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
It looks like Manu Kona has been cut.
Left hook, right uppercut from Smith.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kona takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
No joy there for Smith, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Smith connects with a jab and follows up with a big overhand right! Oh that's hurt Kona! He's out on his feet! Smith rushes in and drops Kona with another big right hand, forcing the referee to stop the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). James Smith!
James Smith retains his heavyweight title!
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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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