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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between James Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Face Raper (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). James Smith has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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300 lbs
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285 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Good knees
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, James Smith!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Face Raper!
The judges for this bout are David Schapiro, Chad Campbell and Alyssa Summers.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Raper throws a shot from downtown. Smith moves away and avoids it.
Smith slips a straight right by Raper.
Raper looks to score with a jab to the body but Smith is just out of range.
Smith tries to clinch up but Raper circles away and keeps his distance.
Smith wants to clinch.
Raper jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
It looks like James Smith has been cut.
Smith tries to clinch up but Raper circles away and keeps his distance.
Smith blocks a jab.
Raper throws a looping overhand right but Smith ducks down to avoid it.
Raper waving his hands out infront of him, looking to distract Smith.
Smith fails with an attempt to clinch.
Raper takes a swing at Smith's ribcage but misses.
Smith keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Raper.
Smith blocks a jab.
Raper waving his hands out infront of him, looking to distract Smith.
Smith fails with an attempt to clinch.
Smith doesn't manage to clinch there - Raper circles away.
A swing and a miss from Raper.
Raper walks into a stiff left hand from Smith.
It looks like Face Raper has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Smith gets cracked there but stands up to it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Smith unloads a knee to the mid-section. Raper lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Raper looks gassed!
Smith lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Raper takes a shot to the head.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Smith.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Smith lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Smith lands a knee to the body.
Smith lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Smith connects with a nasty looking knee right to Raper's face.
Smith lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Smith crunches a lovely knee into Raper's ribcage.
Smith with a knee to the head.
That has opened up Face Raper's cut even more.
Smith connects with a knee to the head.
A short uppercut from Smith.
Smith with a knee to the head.
Smith landing knees to the body.
Smith works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Smith with a knee to the head.
Smith scores with a knee to the head.
Smith landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Smith.
Raper tries to break the clinch but Smith is controlling the position.
Smith with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Smith unloads a knee to the mid-section. Raper lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith connects with a knee to the head.
Raper misses with a hook from the clinch.
Smith lands an elbow that stopped Raper in his tracks for a moment.
Smith scores with a hook to the body.
Smith lands an uppercut.
Smith connects with a knee to the head.
Smith prevents Raper from breaking the clinch.
A knee to the head by Smith.
Smith throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Raper blocks it with crossed arms.
Smith unloads a knee to the mid-section. Raper lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Raper lands a hook to the side of the head.
Raper wants to break free but Smith has control.
A knee to the head by Smith.
Raper wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Smith pressing his opponent against the cage.
Smith with a knee to the head.
Smith controlling the action here for a moment.
Raper wants to break free but Smith has control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Raper takes an elbow to the temple.
Smith lands a nice knee to the body.
Smith using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Smith slows down the pace here.
Raper has had enough of the clinch but Smith keeps him there for the moment.
Smith connects with a nasty looking knee right to Raper's face.
Raper wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Smith working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Smith lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Raper backwards.
Smith controlling the action here for a moment.
Knees to the body from Smith.
Knees to the body from Smith.
Smith scores a nice knee to the body.
Smith landing knees to the head.
Nice body punch from Smith.
Smith scores with a knee to the head.
Smith landing knees to the head.
Smith tries a knee to the head but Raper blocks it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Smith tries to throw a body punch but Raper avoids it by throwing Smith back against the cage.
Raper can't break the clinch.
A knee to the head by Smith.
Smith prevents Raper from breaking the clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Smith.
Smith tries a knee to the head but Raper blocks it.
Smith with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Smith trying to land knees to the body.
Raper managing to block the knees to the body from Smith.
Raper wants to break free but Smith has control.
Smith lands a knee to the head.
Raper tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Smith's elbow.
Smith scores with a knee to the head.
Raper wants to get back to striking at distance but Smith won't allow it.
Smith unloads a knee to the mid-section. Raper lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Smith with a knee to the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Smith using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Raper has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Raper managing to block the knees to the body from Smith.
Raper wants to break the clinch but can't.
Smith connects with a knee to the head.
Smith crunches a lovely knee into Raper's ribcage.
Smith using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
James Smith dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Smith has taken the fight to the clinch.
Raper managing to block the knees to the body from Smith.
A nice left hand lands by Smith.
Raper is trying to break free.
Smith lands a nice elbow.
Raper wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Smith tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Smith lands a knee to the body.
Smith lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Smith lands an elbow inside.
Smith's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Smith connects with a knee to the head.
Smith lands a left hand.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Smith connects with a knee to the head.
Raper misses with the head strike.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Smith scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Smith connects with a nasty looking knee right to Raper's face.
Smith with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith lands with a left to the head.
Smith lands an elbow that stopped Raper in his tracks for a moment.
Smith pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Raper's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Smith works on Raper's body with a couple of short punches.
Smith lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Smith landing knees to the head.
Smith blocks an uppercut.
Raper has had enough of the clinch but Smith keeps him there for the moment.
Smith lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
A short right from Smith.
Knees in the clinch landing for Smith.
Smith missing with knees to the body.
Smith scores with a knee to the head.
Raper tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Smith tries a knee to the head but Raper blocks it.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Raper creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Smith keeps control of Raper as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Knees to the body from Smith.
Raper has had enough of the clinch but Smith keeps him there for the moment.
Raper is trying to break the clinch but Smith has him pressed against the cage.
Smith connects with a nasty looking knee right to Raper's face.
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 connects with a nasty looking knee right to Raper's face.
Raper blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Smith looking to throw knees to the head but Raper is blocking nicely.
Raper lands with a short shot to the head.
Smith landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Smith scores with a knee to the head.
Raper is looking to break free of the clinch but Smith has double underhooks.
Smith is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Raper avoiding damage as Smith throws knees to the body.
Smith landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Smith lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Smith gets through Raper's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Smith lands a knee to the body.
Smith with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Raper is trying to break the clinch but Smith has him pressed against the cage.
Raper has had enough of the clinch but Smith keeps him there for the moment.
Raper's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Smith stalling.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Raper is trying to break the clinch but Smith has him pressed against the cage.
Smith is pushing Raper up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Smith looking to throw knees to the head but Raper is blocking nicely.
Raper wants to break the clinch but can't.
Smith lands a body shot in the clinch.
Raper is looking to break free of the clinch but Smith has double underhooks.
Knees to the body from Smith.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Smith.
Still in the clinch, Smith scores with a nice short uppercut.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Smith landing knees to the head.
Smith with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Raper wants to break free but Smith has control.
Smith crunches a lovely knee into Raper's ribcage.
Smith prevents Raper from breaking the clinch.
A body shot lands from Smith.
That's four 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 controlling the action here for a moment.
Smith digs a right hand underneath Raper's ribcage. Raper let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Smith keeps control of Raper as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Smith landing knees to the head.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Smith as Raper tries to tie him up.
Raper is trying to break the clinch but Smith has him pressed against the cage.
Raper takes an elbow to the temple.
Smith pressing his opponent against the cage.
A knee to the head by Smith.
Smith with a knee to the head.
A short right from Smith.
Smith tries a knee to the head but Raper blocks it.
Raper is trying to break free.
Smith scores a nice knee to the body.
Smith is stalling here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
James Smith dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Smith slips under a jab.
Smith tries to close the distance and clinch but Raper swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Raper jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Raper swats away the attempt to clinch by Smith.
Raper is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
A swing and a miss from Raper.
Raper misses with a hook.
Raper looks to throw the jab but Smith is out of range.
James Smith is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Knees in the clinch landing for Smith.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Smith with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Smith landing knees to the head.
Raper takes a knee right on the jaw!
A knee to the head by Smith.
Smith throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Smith effectively controlling the action here.
Smith lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Raper is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Smith landing knees to the body.
Raper scores with a shot to the side of Smith's head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Smith.
James Smith has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Smith tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Raper takes a knee right on the jaw!
Raper takes a knee right on the jaw!
Knees in the clinch landing for Smith.
Smith tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Raper is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Raper lands a body punch.
Smith lands an elbow inside.
Smith taking a breather.
Smith is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Raper can do to turn this around?
Smith misses with a knee to the head.
Raper avoiding damage as Smith throws knees to the body.
Smith lands a hook to the side of the head.
Smith landing knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Raper is looking to break free of the clinch but Smith has double underhooks.
Smith lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Smith missing with knees to the body.
Smith lands a knee to the body.
Raper is trying to break the clinch but Smith has him pressed against the cage.
Raper lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Smith backwards.
Smith landing knees to the head.
Raper is trying to break free.
Smith keeps control of Raper as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Smith stalling.
Smith using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Raper has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Smith tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A head punch on the inside from Raper fails to land.
Smith misses with a knee strike.
Smith tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Smith lands a right hand.
Knees to the body from Smith.
Smith lands an elbow that stopped Raper in his tracks for a moment.
Raper wants to break the clinch but can't.
Smith is pushing Raper up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice elbow from Smith.
Smith using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Raper has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Raper wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Smith has him pressed against the cage.
Smith lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Raper wants to break free but Smith has control.
Smith landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Raper tries to break the clinch but Smith is controlling the position.
Smith connects with a nasty looking knee right to Raper's face.
Raper wants to break free but Smith has control.
Face Raper has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Raper is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Smith with a knee to the head.
Nice body punch from Smith - that landed with a thud.
Smith scores with a shot to the side of Raper's head.
Raper is trying to break free.
Smith scores with a knee to the head.
Knees to the body from Smith.
Raper goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Raper wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Smith has him pressed against the cage.
Smith with a knee to the head.
Smith keeps control of Raper as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Smith lands a body shot.
Smith working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Smith lands a knee to the head.
Raper makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Raper is looking to break free of the clinch but Smith has double underhooks.
Smith with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Raper throws a head punch that misses.
Smith with a knee to the head.
Smith lands with a left to the head.
Smith landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Raper can't break the clinch.
Smith lands a shot to the body.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Smith.
Smith with a knee to the head.
Smith with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Raper wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Smith has him pressed against the cage.
Smith lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Smith crunches a lovely knee into Raper's ribcage.
Smith prevents a body shot from Raper.
Smith looking to throw knees to the head but Raper is blocking nicely.
James Smith is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Raper wants to break the clinch but can't.
Smith avoids the elbow strike from Raper, against the cage.
And that's the end of the fight!
James Smith showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Smith, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 David Schapiro scores the fight 30:27
Judge Chad Campbell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Alyssa Summers scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... James Smith!
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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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