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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kanga Roos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mike Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Smith has chosen Therion - Sitra Ahra as his entrance music. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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190 cm
25
212 lbs
8 - 7 - 0 |
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185 cm
27
215 lbs
11 - 13 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Cardio machine |
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Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
8 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kanga Roos! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
11 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Mike Smith! The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Shigeki Fujiwara and Ren Mimura.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Smith throws a jab but it's blocked by Roos. Roos has Smith up against the cage in a clinch.
Roos breaks the clinch.
Roos closes the distance and clinches. Roos has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Smith avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch. Roos breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Kanga Roos seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Roos shoots in but Smith avoids the takedown attempt easily. Smith looks like he wants to counter punch here. No luck for Roos with that takedown attempt. That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kanga Roos. That's going to take a lot out of him. Smith gets caught flat footed, as Roos shoots in with a quick takedown into guard. Roos won't allow Smith to sweep him here. Roos throwing strikes from guard but Smith blocks nicely. Roos in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time. Smith has his hands on Roos's head, controlling the position.
That's one minute gone in the round. Roos throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent. Roos trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat. Smith is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive. Smith avoiding any damage from the ground and pound. Smith pulls Roos in to control the position. Roos passes easily into side control. Nice work. Roos 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. Roos creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Smith sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike. Smith told us pre-fight that he has been working on his escapes in training. Let's see if he can call on some of his new skills to get back to his feet. Roos working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Roos working the ground and pound from side control. Roos scores with punches from side control.
Smith is rocked! Roos lands a huge shot from side control! Smith is out cold! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Kanga Roos! After the big win, Kanga Roos made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors Urban Fighter and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
47% |
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