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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Scott Minerva (ranked 2341 p4p, 222 weight class) and Aaron Smith (ranked 1495 p4p, 159 weight class). Minerva comes to the cage accompanied by My Pal. Smith comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Lonely Train by Black Stone Cherry kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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280 lbs
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Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
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Great elbows
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Scott Minerva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Aaron Smith!
The judges for this bout are Micheangelo Fripello, Colin Fray and Jeff Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Smith misses the jab.
Smith misses with a hook.
An attempted straight right counter from Minerva misses the target.
Smith swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Smith throws a big shot that misses.
Minerva tries to close the distance and clinch up but Smith swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Smith looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Smith throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Minerva sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Minerva gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Nice elbow from Smith.
It looks like Scott Minerva has been cut.
Smith lands an elbow inside that Minerva shrugs off.
Smith takes a shot to the head.
It looks like Aaron Smith has been cut.
Minerva tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Minerva fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Smith creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Minerva dodges an elbow strike from Smith.
Minerva wants to break the clinch but can't.
Minerva breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Minerva changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Smith looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Smith manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Smith looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Minerva keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith gets back to full guard.
Minerva wants to control from the top but Smith keeps moving.
Minerva slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Smith not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Minerva has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Minerva trying to stand up but can't free himself from Smith's guard.
Minerva controls from within his opponent's guard.
Smith keeping moving, preventing Minerva from controlling successfully.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Smith lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Minerva preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Minerva is looking to stand up but Smith isn't so interested in that idea.
Minerva working a defensive guard here.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Minerva looking for a guillotine here but Smith defends easily.
Minerva looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Smith prevents Minerva from getting back to his feet.
Minerva wants to sweep but no luck.
Smith in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Minerva not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Smith working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Smith avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Smith trying to control the position from guard on top but Minerva is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Smith is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Minerva throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Smith with a flurry of punches that miss.
My spies in 3Band MMA ($700/week) inform me that Smith has been getting involved in the gym's BJJ sparring sessions. Let's see whether that pays dividends!
Minerva might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Minerva looking to hit a scissor sweep but Smith is one step ahead there.
Minerva is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Smith decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Smith misses with a series of wild punches.
Smith circles away from the clinch attempt.
Smith throws a shot from downtown. Minerva moves away and avoids it.
Smith gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Minerva misses with a short punch on the inside.
Smith avoids the elbow strike from Minerva, against the cage.
A nice left hand lands by Smith.
Minerva misses with some punches.
Minerva dodges an elbow strike from Smith.
Minerva stalls.
Smith gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Smith just leaning against Minerva, taking a breather.
Smith escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Minerva uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Smith.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Aaron Smith dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Minerva closes the distance looking to clinch
and Smith cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Minerva tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Smith paws at him with a jab and circles away.
As Minerva backs off Smith throws a huge counter combo but Minerva manages to avoid it all.
Smith forces Minerva back against the cage and clinches.
Smith tries to throw a body punch but Minerva avoids it by throwing Smith back against the cage.
Minerva taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Smith.
A short uppercut from Minerva.
Minerva tries for a takedown. No joy.
Minerva throws a head punch that misses.
Smith taking a breather.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Smith holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Minerva blocks an elbow strike.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Minerva lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Minerva swings wildly with an uppercut but Smith uses good head movement to avoid it.
Smith creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Minerva's defenses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Smith moves into range and clinches up with Minerva.
Minerva blocks the elbow strike.
Aaron Smith seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Minerva taking a breather.
Smith blocking some punches.
Smith is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Minerva is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Minerva.
Smith throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Smith lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Smith is trying to stall.
Minerva wants a takedown but no success here.
Smith has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Minerva lands with a short shot to the head.
Minerva fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Minerva can't find room to land a body shot as Smith controls the action.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Minerva swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Minerva fails to land.
Minerva fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Smith stalling against the cage.
Minerva is trying to stall.
Smith scores with a shoulder strike.
Minerva scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Minerva breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Smith scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Scott Minerva's cut is getting worse.
A combination from Smith does no damage.
Minerva moves forwards but Smith connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Minerva moves into the clinch.
Smith lands a damaging elbow.
Smith comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Nice elbow from Smith.
Minerva is trying to stall.
Minerva lands with a light punch inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Smith blocks an uppercut.
Minerva is trying to pull guard but Smith has him pressed against the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Scott Minerva. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Smith lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Scott Minerva's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Minerva blocks an elbow strike from Smith.
Smith will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Minerva up against the cage.
Smith blocking some punches.
Minerva swings wildly with an uppercut but Smith uses good head movement to avoid it.
Smith stops a takedown attempt from Minerva.
Smith looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Minerva is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Smith pulls him back up using the underhooks.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Smith.
Smith keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Minerva's efforts to push away.
Smith lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Smith pushes off an throws an elbow but Minerva leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
A short right from Minerva on the inside.
Smith lands a nice elbow.
Minerva is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Smith is keeping busy.
Smith pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Minerva gets through Smith's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Nice body punch from Minerva - that landed with a thud.
Minerva digs a right hand underneath Smith's ribcage. Smith let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Smith is breathing heavily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Minerva manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Smith loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Minerva lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Minerva is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Minerva won't allow Smith to sweep him here.
Smith has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Minerva pushes down on Smith's leg and manages to get into half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Aaron Smith will probably get the nod - 10:9.
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. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Minerva bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Smith misses with an uppercut. Minerva saw that one coming.
The fight stays on the outside here - Minerva looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Minerva takes one to the chin there.
Minerva closes the distance looking to clinch
and Smith counters with a two punch combo.
No joy there for Smith, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Minerva is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Aaron Smith seems to be getting the better of the standup.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Minerva moves out of range as Smith strikes.
Smith lands a jab to the nose.
Smith is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Smith swings for the body but Minerva moves out of range.
Minerva tries to clinch but Smith moves out of range.
Minerva shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Smith but Smith pushes him off and we're back to square one.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Minerva tries to clinch but Smith is having none of it.
Minerva tries to clinch up but Smith circles away and keeps his distance.
Smith avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A countering left hand to the body from Smith misses.
Minerva moves in looking to clinch but Smith pushes him off.
Smith looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Smith avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Aaron Smith is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Minerva tries to clinch up but Smith circles away and keeps his distance.
Nice defenses there by Minerva.
Minerva is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Smith instigates a clinch.
Minerva lands a left hand that snaps the head of Smith backwards.
Smith blocks an uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Minerva fails to land.
Minerva misses with a punch on the inside.
Smith manages to break the clinch.
Minerva bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Smith might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Smith connects with a nice looking jab.
Minerva wants to clinch.
Smith looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Minerva throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Smith misses the jab.
Smith throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A big left from Smith misses.
Minerva walks into a left hand.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Minerva fails with an attempt to clinch.
Smith scores with a sloppy right hand. Minerva should have avoided that one.
Minerva tries to clinch up but Smith circles away and keeps his distance.
Minerva is looking to land body kicks.
Minerva tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Smith manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Minerva takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Minerva tries to clinch but Smith is having none of it.
Smith cracks Minerva with a good jab.
Smith cracks Minerva with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Minerva throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Smith throws a hook but Minerva avoids it easily.
Minerva tries to clinch up but Smith circles away and keeps his distance.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Smith! But no joy.
Smith circles away from the clinch attempt.
Smith has Minerva up against the cage in a clinch.
Minerva throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Smith blocks it with crossed arms.
Smith creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Minerva's defenses.
Minerva is rocked!
Smith pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Minerva is looking to clinch.
Smith loads up on a big right hand but Minerva slips the punch.
Smith takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Oh Minerva is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Smith circles away from the clinch attempt
and Smith counters with a big right hand! Oh Minerva is in trouble here! Smith follows up with more strikes and that's it! The ref has stopped it!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:50 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Aaron Smith!
Aaron Smith thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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energy
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hype
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