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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jay Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kazunori Maeda (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Maeda has chosen Gouryella as his entrance music. Kazunori Maeda has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Jay Smith's chin.
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Good wrestling
Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Jay Smith!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kazunori Maeda!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Hirohito Nitta and Taro Takaoka.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Smith gets a takedown into half guard.
Maeda taking some punishment here, with Smith in his half guard.
Maeda has hold of Smith's hands but Smith slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Smith wants to advance to full mount but Maeda doesn't think that's going to happen and regains full guard instead.
Smith wants to pass the guard but Maeda is keeping the position.
Smith postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Smith trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Smith pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Maeda is keeping the position for now.
Smith is working Maeda over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Maeda utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Smith really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Smith slips nicely into half guard.
Smith 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 throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Smith scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Maeda looks like he's trying to stand up.
Smith throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Maeda can do anything to dispel that myth.
Smith thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Maeda tries to kick Smith off but Smith keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Maeda avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Smith.
Smith missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
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.
Smith thows a huge punch but Maeda dodges it nicely.
Maeda on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Smith lands a nice short elbow.
Maeda controlling the position well.
Maeda is looking to control Smith's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Maeda avoid being mounted?
Smith missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Smith tries to pass the half guard into mount. Maeda knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Maeda is looking to escape.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Smith seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Smith missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Smith lands a nice short elbow.
Smith landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Smith throws a strike but Maeda avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Smith wants to control from the top but Maeda keeps moving.
Smith working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Maeda looks gassed!
Maeda has his feet on Smith's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Maeda rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Smith moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Smith misses with an uppercut. Maeda saw that one coming.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Maeda misses with a series of wild punches.
Smith misses the jab.
Maeda slips a jab from Smith.
Jab by Smith.
Smith swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Smith thows a left - swing and a miss!
Maeda will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Maeda moves out of range of the body kick from Smith.
Maeda dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Smith. That did some damage!
Maeda avoids the head kick by Smith.
Maeda misses with a series of wild punches.
Maeda uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Smith.
A head kick misses from Maeda.
Kazunori Maeda is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Maeda misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jay Smith dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Smith fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Maeda manages to avoid it.
A low kick from Smith misses
and Maeda counters with a series of strikes. Smith will be more careful next time no doubt.
Nice defenses there by Maeda.
Smith misses with a straight left.
Smith misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Smith scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Smith in side control, throwing shots but Maeda defends.
The strikes coming from Smith are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Smith trying to control the position but Maeda is working away.
Smith tries to score with some ground and pound. Maeda controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Maeda taking punishment in the form of punches.
Maeda is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Maeda is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Maeda thuds his right hand into Smith's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Maeda connects with a single shot there.
A jab from Smith misses.
Smith drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Smith postures up in Maeda's guard and throws a big left but Maeda blocks it.
Maeda preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Maeda throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Maeda wants to stand and escape but Smith is having none of it.
Maeda working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Smith.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Smith's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith landing some decent shots from guard.
Smith is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Smith working some strikes from top position.
Maeda utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Smith missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Smith with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Smith throws a big right hand that misses.
Smith in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Smith stops Maeda from standing up.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Smith misses with an uppercut. Maeda saw that one coming.
Smith is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Maeda counters with a three punch combo that has Smith backing up. Smith nods at Maeda to acknowledge the strikes.
Maeda is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
The fighters circling - Smith throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Maeda moves out of range of the strikes.
Maeda lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Maeda.
Smith loads up on a big right hand but Maeda slips the punch.
Maeda paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Smith misses the shot to the body.
Smith looks to throw the jab but Maeda is out of range.
Smith swings away with a body shot that misses
and Maeda counters with a nice body shot.
Maeda scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Smith doesn't seem bothered though.
Smith throws a jab but it's blocked by Maeda.
Maeda misses with a wild combination.
Smith swings away with a body shot that misses
and Maeda counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Jay Smith seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Maeda throws a right and a left that Smith avoids nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Smith throws a hook but Maeda avoids it easily.
Smith looks to score with a jab to the body but Maeda is just out of range.
Maeda throws a combination. Smith tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Smith throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Maeda sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A swing and a miss from Smith.
Good leg kick by Maeda there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Maeda throws a right and a left that Smith avoids nicely.
No joy there for Maeda, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Smith fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Smith throws a hook to the side of Maeda's head but Maeda sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Smith throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Smith throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Maeda sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Maeda misses with a wild combination.
Maeda keeps Smith at a distance using the push kick.
Smith fails to land the takedown.
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 Jay Smith will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Maeda displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Maeda scores with a spinning back kick!
Smith misses with a body shot
and Maeda counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Maeda.
Still in the clinch, Maeda scores with a nice short uppercut.
Maeda breaks from the clinch.
Smith throws a hook to the side of Maeda's head but Maeda sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Smith misses with a hook to the body
and Maeda counters with a nice low kick that buckles Smith's knee momentarily.
Smith shoots and misses
and Maeda cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Smith takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Left hook, right uppercut from Maeda.
A good leg kick by Maeda.
Smith throws a body punch but Maeda moves out of range.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Maeda lands a two punch combo.
Smith is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Maeda.
Smith drops his hands momentarily and Maeda takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Maeda defending well as Smith loads up on a big left hand.
Maeda looks to land a combination. Smith sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Maeda throws a series of punches but Smith avoids them all with ease.
Smith misses with a looping left.
Maeda clobbers Smith with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Smith shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Maeda as he avoids it easily.
Maeda gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Maeda pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Maeda scores with a head kick.
Maeda misses with a few strikes there.
Smith throws a head kick but Maeda moves out of range.
Smith throws a sloppy body shot
and Maeda moves into the clinch.
Maeda is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Smith is trying to break the clinch but Maeda has him pressed against the ropes.
Smith is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Maeda's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Nice body punch from Maeda.
Maeda slips under a jab from Smith.
Smith clobbers Maeda with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Maeda.
Smith looks to land a right hand but Maeda moved out of range.
Maeda has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Smith misses with a straight right.
Smith throws a head kick that misses
and Maeda counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Smith throws a leg kick that is checked
and Maeda counters with a slapping leg kick.
Smith shoots in but Maeda avoids the takedown attempt easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jay Smith. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Maeda throws a nice outside leg kick.
Maeda misses with a wild combination.
Smith misses with a body shot
and Maeda counters with a series of strikes. Smith will be more careful next time no doubt.
Maeda cracks the inside of Smith's front leg.
Smith shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Maeda as he jumps to the side.
Left hook, right uppercut from Maeda.
Maeda looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Smith attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Maeda misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Maeda throws a nice looking combination but Smith bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Smith.
Smith misses with a looping right.
Smith gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Smith misses with a kick to the body
and Maeda cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Maeda throws a right and a left that Smith avoids nicely.
Smith avoids a punch combination nicely.
Maeda tries a head kick but it misses.
Smith throws a predictable looking body shot
and Maeda counters with a left and a right that stings Smith.
Maeda uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Smith.
A good leg kick by Maeda.
Smith misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Maeda.
Maeda is working the combinations to good effect here.
Nice defenses there by Maeda.
Jay Smith is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Maeda checks a leg kick.
Maeda looks to land a combination. Smith sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Smith throws a sloppy head kick and Maeda moves out of range easily.
Smith looks to land a right hand but Maeda moved out of range.
Smith throws a hook but Maeda blocks it.
A swing and a miss from Smith.
Smith tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Maeda was well out of range. Poor timing from Smith.
Smith misses the shot to the body.
Smith does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Smith is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Maeda.
Maeda throws a nice inside leg kick.
Smith avoids a punch combination nicely.
Smith misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Maeda throws a series of punches but Smith avoids them all with ease.
Smith just misses with a punch to the body.
Kazunori Maeda has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Maeda rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Smith moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
And that's the end of the fight!
Kazunori Maeda 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 Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 29:28
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 29:28
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jay Smith!
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hype
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FIGHT
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