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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between David Tua (ranked 812 p4p, 23 weight class) and Piotr Smietana (ranked 2470 p4p, 79 weight class). Smietana comes into a darkened arena with his song building. I Can't Stop - By: Flux Pavilion kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Piotr Smietana will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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BJJ Purple Belt
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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
14 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, David Tua !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Piotr Smietana!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Gwen Towbar and Daniel Franklin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tua throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Smietana with a jab.
Tua lands with an uppercut that bounces Smietana off the cage and back into range.
Piotr Smietana seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Smietana slips under a jab.
Smietana pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Smietana scores with a sloppy right hand. Tua should have avoided that one.
A looping hook to the body misses from Tua . Smietana does a little dance to reset his feet.
Smietana swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Smietana lands a glancing blow to the side of Tua 's head.
Tua has been working on his boxing with his coaches at LOD The Shark Tank in the buildup to the fight.
Smietana shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Tua as he jumps to the side.
Tua connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Smietana's hands.
Smietana shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Tua sprawls well. Tua wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Smietana gets slowly back to his feet.
Smietana lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tua is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Smietana.
Tua waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Smietana.
Smietana throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Smietana uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Tua .
Tua looks to throw the jab but Smietana is out of range.
A nice side step and Smietana releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Smietana drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Tua has his hands on Smietana's head, controlling the position.
Smietana throws a big elbow that misses.
Smietana postures up in Tua 's guard and throws a big left but Tua blocks it.
Smietana working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Smietana accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Smietana works over Tua with some ground and pound from guard.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Tua holds on and takes a little breather.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smietana working some strikes from top position.
Smietana postures up in Tua 's guard and throws a big left but Tua blocks it.
Smietana postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Smietana working his ground and pound in the gym. He isn't landing a great percentage of his ground strikes so far though.
Smietana is looking to work some ground and pound but Tua has wrist control.
Smietana is looking to work some ground and pound but Tua has wrist control.
Smietana tries to free his leg and advance position but Tua is retaining full guard.
Smietana throws a big elbow that misses.
Tua might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Tua is controlling Smietana's posture.
Smietana slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Smietana lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Tua down.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Smietana tries to score with some ground and pound. Tua controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Smietana tries to advance to mount but Tua denies him.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smietana working the ground and pound.
Tua dodges the ground and pound from Smietana.
Smietana working the ground and pound but Tua is defending the strikes.
Smietana wants to lay and pray for a moment but Tua keeps working.
Tua knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Smietana on the ground.
Smietana working the ground and pound but Tua is defending the strikes.
Smietana tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Tua wants to control but Smietana postures up.
Smietana tries to move into full mount but can't pass Tua 's legs.
Smietana with the ground and pound but Tua regains half guard under the barage of strikes.
Tua avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Smietana.
Smietana throwing shots but Tua is blocking nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Smietana is nestled in close to Tua , controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Smietana is nestled in close to Tua , controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Smietana missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Smietana is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Smietana is working for a kimura from half guard. He's really concentrating on the hold and it's allowed Tua to slip a leg under and get back to full guard.
Smietana lands a couple of elbows.
Smietana postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Smietana postures up in Tua 's guard and throws a big left but Tua blocks it.
Smietana won't allow Tua to sweep him here.
Smietana throws a big right hand that misses.
Smietana in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Piotr Smietana dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Smietana connects with a jab.
Tua throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Smietana on the side of the head.
Smietana will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Smietana defending well as Tua loads up on a big left hand.
A big left from Smietana misses.
Tua throws a big shot that misses.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Smietana! But no joy.
Smietana slips a jab from Tua .
Tua tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Smietana was well out of range. Poor timing from Tua .
A slow jab from Tua misses its intended target.
Smietana looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Smietana shoots for a takedown but Tua saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Smietana tries to clinch there but Tua circles away.
Tua 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.
Smietana throws a big shot that misses.
Tua throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Smietana shoots in and bounces Tua off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Tua wriggles free and stands up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tua is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Smietana shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Tua sprawls well. Tua wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Smietana gets slowly back to his feet.
Tua throwing a counter right hand but Smietana manages to avoid it.
Smietana paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Smietana lunges at Tua with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Tua 's hand.
A looping hook to the body misses from Tua . Smietana does a little dance to reset his feet.
Tua takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Smietana throws the left hand but Tua avoids the punch easily.
Smietana misses with a straight left.
Smietana has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Smietana misses with an uppercut. Tua saw that one coming.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tua misses with a right hand
and Smietana counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Tua throws a shot from downtown. Smietana moves away and avoids it.
Smietana is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Smietana throws the left hand but Tua avoids the punch easily.
Tua swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Smietana throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Tua counters with a thumping low kick.
Tua ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Smietana moves away.
Tua misses with an uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Smietana bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Tua fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Smietana ducks under a wild hook from Tua .
Smietana misses with a right hand
and Tua counters with a left to the body.
Smietana misses with a right hand
and Tua counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Tua is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Smietana's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Smietana moves out of range as Tua strikes.
Tua throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Smietana counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Tua throws an overhand right that lands on Smietana's shoulder, as Smietana tries to avoid the shot.
A punch combination from Smietana misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smietana jabs Tua right on the nose. Tua blinks but takes it well.
Tua tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Tua slips under a jab from Smietana.
David Tua is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Tua uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Smietana.
Tua moves away from the strike by Smietana.
Nice uppercut there from Tua .
Smietana ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Tua moves away.
Tua connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Smietana looks to land a left hand but Tua moved out of range nicely.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Smietana, as that shot connected.
Tua tries a head kick but it misses.
Smietana ducks under a wild hook from Tua .
Tua throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Smietana misses with an uppercut
and Tua counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Tua just misses with a punch to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A shot to the liver by Smietana. Beautiful body shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Smietana dips to his left and cracks Tua with an uppercut!
Tua throws a big shot that misses.
Tua tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Smietana looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Tua ducks under a wild hook from Smietana.
Smietana shoots in and gets a takedown into Tua 's guard.
Piotr Smietana has got the better of the ground game so far.
Smietana working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Smietana throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Tua tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Tua keeping moving, preventing Smietana from controlling successfully.
Smietana pushes down on Tua 's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Smietana throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
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 David Tua will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Smietana shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Tua defends it nicely.
Smietana thows a left - swing and a miss!
Tua gets caught napping as Smietana dives in and scores a takedown. Tua manages to retain guard.
Smietana working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Tua 's head.
Tua working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Smietana.
Tua is adopting a defensive guard.
Tua working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Smietana.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Smietana works over Tua with some ground and pound from guard.
Tua is trying to keep Smietana in close.
Smietana is in close to Tua 's body, working some short punches and elbows.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tua avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Smietana wants to control from the top but Tua keeps moving.
Smietana stands up over Tua , holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Tua keeping moving, preventing Smietana from controlling successfully.
Tua keeping full guard, as Smietana tries to pass.
Smietana throwing strikes but missing.
Tua working a defensive guard here.
Smietana working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Smietana postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Smietana is working Tua over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Smietana throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Tua works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Smietana trying to control but Tua is working from the bottom.
Smietana distracts Tua with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Smietana with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Smietana working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Tua preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Smietana working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Smietana missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Smietana distracts Tua with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Smietana missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Smietana throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tua utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Tua looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Smietana working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Tua misses with a wild combination.
Smietana looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Tua has one foot on Smietana's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.
Tua throws an overhand right that lands on Smietana's shoulder, as Smietana tries to avoid the shot.
Smietana throws a hook but Tua avoids it easily.
Smietana shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Tua manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
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!
Smietana is looking to work some ground and pound but Tua has wrist control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Smietana accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Smietana has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Smietana's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Smietana is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Smietana lands a couple of digs.
Smietana content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Tua 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.
Smietana slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Tua is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Smietana is controlling him.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Smietana is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
And that's the end of the fight!
Piotr Smietana comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Smietana has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Chris Downing scores the fight 27:30
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 28:29
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Piotr Smietana!
Piotr Smietana was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.
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