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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Matt Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Diagoro Yabaisama (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Yabaisama has chosen Liquid Swords as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.
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145 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible |
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World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
17 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Matt Smith!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 6 - 1, fighting out of London, Diagoro Yabaisama!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Don Winkell and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yabaisama swings for the body but Smith moves out of range.
Yabaisama misses with a hook.
Smith on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Smith tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Yabaisama paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Smith tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Yabaisama is able to avoid easily.
Nice uppercut lands for Yabaisama. That snapped Smith's head back.
Smith moves in looking to clinch but Yabaisama pushes him off.
Yabaisama misses with a hook. Smith ducked under it nicely.
Yabaisama looks to land a right hand but Smith moved out of range.
Yabaisama tries to keep at a distance but Smith has taken the fight into the clinch.
Smith misses with a short punch on the inside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Yabaisama blocks an uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Smith fails to land.
Smith throws an elbow but it misses.
Smith gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
It looks like Diagoro Yabaisama has been cut.
A nice right hand lands inside from Yabaisama.
Yabaisama is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yabaisama tries to land knees in the clinch but Smith avoids the damage to the body.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Yabaisama.
Smith blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Smith throws a head punch that misses.
Yabaisama tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Smith just stands there and leans against the cage.
Smith throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Smith doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Smith blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Yabaisama misses with a body punch.
Smith tries a knee to the head but Yabaisama blocks it.
Yabaisama swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Yabaisama jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Smith walks away with a smile on his face. Yabaisama gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Yabaisama looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Yabaisama ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Smith moves away.
Yabaisama lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Yabaisama keeps the fight on the outside.
A jab from Yabaisama misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith throws a sloppy head kick and Yabaisama moves out of range easily.
Smith clinches with his opponent.
Smith tries a body shot but Yabaisama blocks it.
Yabaisama throws a head punch that misses.
Yabaisama can't find room to land a body shot as Smith controls the action.
Smith is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Smith blocks a punch to the side of the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Yabaisama throws a head punch that misses.
A short body shot lands from Yabaisama as the two fighters clinch.
Yabaisama takes an elbow to the forehead.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Yabaisama working aggressively here.
Yabaisama on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Smith lands a nice uppercut.
Yabaisama is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Yabaisama throws a head punch that misses.
Smith goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Yabaisama misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Smith.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith throws a head punch that misses.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Yabaisama lands a shoulder strike.
Smith can't find room to land a body shot as Yabaisama controls the action.
Yabaisama misses with a knee strike.
Yabaisama lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Smith or not.
Smith landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Yabaisama blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Yabaisama is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Smith is defending well for now.
Still in the clinch, Yabaisama scores with a nice short uppercut.
Yabaisama on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Yabaisama throws a punch but it's blocked by Smith.
A short uppercut from Yabaisama.
Yabaisama has a couple of punches blocked by Smith.
Smith tries to throw a body punch but Yabaisama avoids it by throwing Smith back against the cage.
Yabaisama fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Yabaisama is working Smith over against the cage.
Smith misses with a short punch on the inside.
Yabaisama swings away with an uppercut that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yabaisama misses with a short punch on the inside.
Smith tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Smith lands a left hand that snaps the head of Yabaisama backwards.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Smith lands a good knee to the midsection. Yabaisama won't want to take too many of those.
Smith digs a right hand underneath Yabaisama's ribcage. Yabaisama let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Smith putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Yabaisama in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Yabaisama looks winded!
A left hand lands to the body for Smith.
Smith softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Smith working aggressively here.
Nice elbow from Smith.
Yabaisama tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Smith avoids it.
Smith crunches a lovely knee into Yabaisama's ribcage.
Yabaisama tries to work over Smith's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Smith lands a right hand.
Yabaisama swings wildly with an uppercut but Smith uses good head movement to avoid it.
Smith lands a body punch.
Smith misses with a short punch on the inside.
Smith lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Smith working some nice short punches in the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Matt Smith will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Diagoro Yabaisama's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Yabaisama pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Smith looked to counter with a high kick but didn't commit.
Yabaisama misses with a kick to the body.
Yabaisama misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Smith.
Smith fails with an attempt to clinch.
Smith gets a clinch.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Smith unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Smith lands a left hand.
Smith misses with the head strike.
Smith tries to work over Yabaisama's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Smith leaning against his opponent.
Yabaisama prevents a body shot from Smith.
Yabaisama blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A short uppercut from Yabaisama.
Smith looking to throw knees to the head but Yabaisama is blocking nicely.
Yabaisama struggles to land a body shot inside as Smith controls his hands.
Yabaisama is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Smith gets through Yabaisama's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A short uppercut from Smith.
Yabaisama takes an elbow to the forehead.
Yabaisama tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Smith avoids it.
Smith unloads a knee to the mid-section. Yabaisama lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Yabaisama is breathing heavily.
Smith missing with knees to the body.
Smith misses with the head strike.
Yabaisama trying to land knees to the body.
Smith creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Smith swings wildly with an uppercut but Yabaisama uses good head movement to avoid it.
Smith is trying to stall.
Yabaisama lands with a right to the head.
Yabaisama using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Matt Smith has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Yabaisama trying to control the position but instead, Smith has worked for underhooks and has pushed Yabaisama into the cage.
Smith with a knee to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Smith working aggressively here.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Smith with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Smith swings wildly with an uppercut but Yabaisama uses good head movement to avoid it.
Smith lands a shoulder strike.
Yabaisama looking to throw knees to the head but Smith is blocking nicely.
Smith blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Yabaisama swings wildly with an uppercut but Smith uses good head movement to avoid it.
Smith unloads a knee to the mid-section. Yabaisama lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Smith lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Smith misses with a hook from the clinch.
Nice body punch from Smith - that landed with a thud.
Smith lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Yabaisama backwards.
Smith gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Smith lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Yabaisama taking a breather.
Yabaisama leaning his opponent against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith misses with a body punch.
Smith lands an elbow just above Yabaisama 's eye.
That has opened up Diagoro Yabaisama's cut even more.
Yabaisama blocks a body shot from Smith.
Smith pushes Yabaisama back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Yabaisama.
Smith using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Smith misses with a hook from the clinch.
Yabaisama misses with a punch on the inside.
Smith struggles to land a body shot inside as Yabaisama controls his hands.
A hook to the body from Smith.
Smith misses with a body punch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Yabaisama.
Smith swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Yabaisama tries to throw a body punch but Smith avoids it by throwing Yabaisama back against the cage.
Yabaisama misses with a short punch on the inside.
Yabaisama looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Smith is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Yabaisama can do to turn this around?
Smith scores with an uppercut up the middle.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Knees in the clinch landing for Smith.
Smith digs a right hand underneath Yabaisama's ribcage. Yabaisama let out a lung full of air as it connected.
A left hand lands to the body for Smith.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Yabaisama blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Smith lands with a short shot to the head.
Smith lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Yabaisama.
Smith working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A shot in the inside from Smith.
Smith tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Smith tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Yabaisama's elbow.
Smith is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Yabaisama is defending well for now.
Smith misses with a hook from the clinch.
Yabaisama tries to land knees in the clinch but Smith avoids the damage to the body.
Yabaisama blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Smith blocking some punches.
Yabaisama goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Smith misses with a body punch.
Smith utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Smith.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Matt Smith dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Diagoro Yabaisama's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Smith tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Yabaisama paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Yabaisama lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Yabaisama connects with the punch.
Smith slips a jab and a cross from Yabaisama.
Yabaisama misses with an attempted mid kick.
Yabaisama looks to score with a jab to the body but Smith is just out of range.
Yabaisama throws a leg kick which misses Smith's front leg but catches the back leg as Smith tries to avoid it.
Smith tries to close the distance and clinch up but Yabaisama swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Smith tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Yabaisama.
Diagoro Yabaisama seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Smith tries to close the distance and clinch up but Yabaisama swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Yabaisama swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Smith tries to clinch up but Yabaisama circles away and keeps his distance.
Smith is looking to clinch but Yabaisama is avoiding it.
Yabaisama fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Smith is out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith tries to clinch but Yabaisama moves out of range.
Yabaisama tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Smith was well out of range. Poor timing from Yabaisama.
Smith chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Yabaisama scores with a crisp jab that stopped Smith in his tracks.
Smith tries to clinch but Yabaisama moves out of range.
Smith tries to clinch but Yabaisama is having none of it.
Smith slips a jab from Yabaisama.
Yabaisama throws a chopping leg kick but Smith manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Smith fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Smith tries to clinch up.
Smith is looking to clinch.
Smith takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Smith takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Smith tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Yabaisama manages to circle out of the way.
Diagoro Yabaisama has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yabaisama takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Smith is looking to clinch but Yabaisama is avoiding it.
Yabaisama flicks out a counter leg kick but Smith steps away.
Smith tries to close the distance and clinch but Yabaisama swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Yabaisama throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Smith tries to clinch up.
Yabaisama lands with an overhand left.
Yabaisama misses with the combination.
Smith wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A looping hook to the body misses from Yabaisama. Smith does a little dance to reset his feet.
Smith tries to counter by clinching up but Yabaisama breaks away and moves out of range.
Yabaisama misses with a hook. Smith ducked under it nicely.
Smith tries to clinch there but Yabaisama circles away.
Yabaisama misses with a looping left.
Yabaisama explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yabaisama throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Smith tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Yabaisama manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Yabaisama lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Yabaisama fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Smith is out of range.
Smith wants to clinch up but Yabaisama keeps it at a distance.
Yabaisama lands a body shot.
Smith throws a wild body kick that Yabaisama sees coming a mile off.
Smith tries to clinch but Yabaisama moves out of range.
Diagoro Yabaisama seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Yabaisama moves out of range of the body kick.
Yabaisama stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Yabaisama swats away the attempt to clinch by Smith.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Yabaisama.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yabaisama throws a jab but it's blocked by Smith.
Yabaisama looks to land a body kick but Smith moved away.
Smith seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Yabaisama tries to keep at a distance but Smith has taken the fight into the clinch.
Smith lands with a right to the head.
Smith misses with a punch to the body.
Smith throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Yabaisama is working Smith over against the cage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Smith.
Yabaisama takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
A short uppercut from Smith.
Yabaisama fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Smith tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Yabaisama's elbow.
Smith blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Yabaisama tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Smith's elbow.
Yabaisama misses with a punch on the inside.
Smith lands with a light punch inside.
And that's the end of the fight!
Diagoro Yabaisama comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Smith has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 29:28
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 29:28
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Matt Smith!
An out of breath and clearly excited Matt Smith thanked Arcticus University: London for their help and support (and free stuff they sent him).
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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