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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Daniel Korn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jay Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the fighters buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!
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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
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Daniel Korn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Jay Smith!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Taro Takaoka.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Smith ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Korn moves away.
Korn gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Smith postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Smith is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Korn striking off his back but it's not causing Smith any problems.
Korn trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Smith loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Korn 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.
Smith thows a big elbow that misses.
Korn trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Korn might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Smith lands a couple of elbows.
Smith won't allow Korn to sweep him here.
Korn trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Korn.
You can see the frustration on Smith's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Smith wings away with a couple of strikes but they don't land.
Check out the look on Korn's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Smith is looking for a sweep.
Korn cracks Smith with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Korn lands a decent elbow from side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Korn landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Korn in side control lands a decent elbow.
Korn lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Smith down.
You can see the frustration on Smith's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Korn lands a nice forearm strike.
Korn lands some shots froms side control.
Korn is working Smith over with some ground and pound from side control.
Check out the look on Korn's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Korn is working Smith over with some ground and pound from side control.
Korn working the head with strikes.
Korn lands a decent elbow from side control.
Smith tries to buck Korn off but Korn is having none of it.
Smith is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Korn misses with a takedown
and Smith counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Korn is breathing heavily.
Smith connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Korn takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
It looks like Daniel Korn has been cut.
Smith shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Smith showed some decent athleticism there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Korn flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Korn on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Korn tries to get out of the position.
Smith thows a huge punch but Korn dodges it nicely.
Smith blocks the strikes from Korn.
Smith thows a huge punch but Korn dodges it nicely.
Smith is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Korn!
Korn is bucking up trying to escape but Smith cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Korn really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Korn regains half guard.
Korn flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Korn lands a couple of sideways elbows.
Korn missing with punches from the bottom.
Korn tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Korn missing with punches from the bottom.
Smith not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Korn missing with punches from the bottom.
Korn flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Korn looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Smith!
Korn putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Smith tries to lock up and control but Korn gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Korn landing shots from mount.
Smith can't escape the position.
Smith in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Korn working the ground and pound effectively.
Smith swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Korn landing shots from mount.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Smith keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Korn working Smith over with strikes here.
Korn breaks from Smith's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Korn punishing his opponent with strikes.
Korn scores with a couple of good head shots there.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Korn cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Korn looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Korn dominating with strikes here.
Smith swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Smith slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Korn lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Korn lands with a punch from half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jay Smith dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Daniel Korn's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
A solid leg kick lands there for Smith.
Korn misses with a takedown attempt
and Smith counters with a nice body shot.
Smith shoots for a double leg takedown but Korn sprawls well. He's pushed Smith's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Smith jabs at Korn's body.
Smith closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Korn to the mat! Korn manages to get full guard.
Korn throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Smith distracts Korn with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Korn throwing short punches from the bottom.
Korn bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Smith's guard.
Korn postures up.
Korn working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Smith's head.
Korn postures up and lands a big shot to Smith's brow.
Smith bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Korn's guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Korn throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Jay Smith has got the better of the ground game so far.
Korn thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Smith makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Korn wants to sweep but no luck.
Korn throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Korn 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.
Korn manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Smith manages to get himself to full guard.
Korn postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Smith throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Korn distracts Smith with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Korn with a flurry of punches that miss.
Smith throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Korn is in close to Smith's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Korn postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Korn in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Smith cracks Korn with an open hand slap.
Korn gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Smith connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Smith throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Korn.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Korn 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.
Korn working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Smith's head.
Korn scoring with some ground and pound.
Korn scoring with some ground and pound.
Korn in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Korn throws a big right hand that misses.
Korn is looking to work some ground and pound but Smith has wrist control.
Smith trying to keep a closed guard but Korn is proving a slippery customer.
Korn distracts Smith with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Korn sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Smith lands a lovely overhand right.
Korn scores with a takedown into Smith's guard.
Korn lands a couple of elbows.
Korn throwing strikes but missing.
Korn is looking to work some ground and pound but Smith has wrist control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Korn missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Smith manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Smith with a couple of short strikes.
Korn regains half guard.
Korn landing rabbit punches to the side of Smith's head. Not doing much damage but still scoring a few points.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Korn is looking for a sweep. Smith is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Korn punching from the bottom.
Korn tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Korn misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Smith landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Smith blocks the strikes from Korn.
Korn punching from the bottom.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Smith cracks the inside of Korn's front leg.
Daniel Korn is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Korn on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Smith. Smith obviously looking to wear him down.
Smith shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Korn but Korn pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Korn gets the takedown into side control.
Korn in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Korn creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Smith sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
The ground and pound from Korn seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Smith striking from the bottom but nothing landed.
Korn is chipping away with strikes.
Korn lands an elbow.
Korn connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Smith some visible discomfort.
Korn working the head and body with strikes.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Smith goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Korn with a lazy takedown attempt
and Smith makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Daniel Korn. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Korn on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Korn closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Korn lands in his opponent's guard.
Korn passes Smith's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Daniel Korn will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Daniel Korn's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Korn looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Korn feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Smith striking off his back but it's not causing Korn any problems.
Korn loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Korn chips away with some ground and pound.
Smith throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Korn's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Korn throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Korn throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Smith striking from the bottom here.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Smith throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Smith.
Smith gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Korn lands a couple of elbows.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Korn chips away with some ground and pound.
Korn won't allow Smith to sweep him here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Korn stands up over Smith, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Smith will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Korn with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Korn with a nice head shot there.
Korn working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Smith cracks the inside of Korn's front leg.
Smith keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Smith clobbers Korn with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Korn doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Smith counters with a right hand to the body.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Daniel Korn. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Korn has his takedown stuffed
and Smith counters with a nice kick to the body.
Korn misses with a takedown
enabling Smith to counter with a crisp jab.
Korn shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Smith makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Korn closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Korn lands a decent elbow from side control.
Smith is looking to regain half guard here but Korn keeps moving and retains side control.
Smith taking a bit of punishment here - Korn scoring with strikes.
Smith is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Korn off and has taken his back!
Korn tries to escape the position.
Smith lands with a couple of good shots - one to the side of the head and one questionable shot that could be viewed as to the back of the head but the referee lets it go.
Korn manages to reverse the position and now he's in Smith's guard. Nice work there by Korn.
Smith is trying to control the position but Korn postures up.
Smith tries to strike from the bottom.
Korn scoring with punches to the head and body.
Korn lands a couple of elbows.
Korn tries to free his leg and advance position but Smith is retaining full guard.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Smith scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Korn shoots and misses
and Smith connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Korn avoids a punch combination nicely.
Korn scores with a takedown into Smith's guard.
Smith tries to strike from the bottom.
Smith looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Korn chips away with some ground and pound.
Smith looking for a sweep. Not yet Smith, not yet.
Korn distracts Smith with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Smith throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Smith looking to control.
Smith thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Korn shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Smith swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Smith is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Smith is looking to improve his position but Korn isn't that keen on the idea.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Smith flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Smith working to try and regain half guard.
Korn is landing with some decent strikes but Smith is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Korn with shots to the head and body - Smith looks very uncomfortable down there.
Smith is looking to get to half guard.
Korn landing punches.
Korn with the ground and pound from mount.
Korn landing shots from mount.
Smith working to try and regain half guard.
Smith throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Smith is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
Daniel Korn showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Korn 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 Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 29:28
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 29:28
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Daniel Korn!
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