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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between John Smith (ranked 2262 p4p, 319 weight class) and Michael Salazar (ranked 951 p4p, 148 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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215 lbs
6 - 3 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin |
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Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, John Smith!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Michael Salazar!
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, Lou da Vinci and Jorge Garcia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Smith throws a body punch but Salazar moves out of range.
Salazar steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Smith.
Salazar throws a hook but Smith blocks it.
Smith walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Smith cracks a nice hook into Salazar's ribs.
Salazar has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Smith is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Smith uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Salazar has time to react.
It looks like Michael Salazar has been cut.
Smith moves forwards but Salazar connects with a nice, crisp jab.
A nice leg kick lands there from Salazar.
Smith misses with a double jab
and Salazar counters with a nice uppercut.
Salazar throws a body shot but no joy.
Salazar lands a jab to Smith's midsection.
Salazar misses with a hook.
Salazar lands with a right hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Salazar takes one to the side of the head.
Salazar moves into range and connects with a jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A big right from Smith misses.
Salazar connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Salazar connects with a leg kick. Smith looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Smith looks to land a left hand but Salazar moved out of range nicely.
Salazar misses with a kick to the body.
Smith appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Smith fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Salazar uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Smith.
Salazar lets loose with a powerful body kick. Smith will feel that in the morning.
Smith uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Salazar.
Smith doesn't manage to clinch there - Salazar circles away.
Salazar stuns Smith with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Smith uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Salazar.
Smith swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Salazar gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Smith looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A looping hook to the body misses from Salazar. Smith does a little dance to reset his feet.
Salazar slips under a jab.
Smith moves out of range as Salazar throws a body kick.
Salazar scores with a leg kick.
Salazar misses with an uppercut
and Smith counters with a two punch combo.
Smith moves out of range of the body kick.
Salazar throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Salazar takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Salazar throws a solid leg kick but Smith takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Salazar.
Salazar swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Smith throws out a loose jab but Salazar uses good head movement to avoid it.
Salazar connects with a crisp jab.
Salazar lands a nice looking body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith forces Salazar back against the cage and clinches.
Salazar blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Salazar tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Smith's elbow.
Smith tries to throw a body punch but Salazar avoids it by throwing Smith back against the cage.
Salazar blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Smith misses with a hook from the clinch.
Smith working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Smith throws a head punch that misses.
Smith throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Salazars head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Salazar.
Salazar blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Smith lands with a left to the head.
Smith cracks Salazar with a nice body shot.
Smith has Salazar pushed against the cage.
Smith misses with a punch on the inside.
Smith lands a shot to the body.
Salazar looks winded!
Salazar tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Salazar swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Salazar misses with a hook from the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Smith on the inside.
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 can't find room to land a body shot as Salazar controls the action.
Smith working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Smith lands a body shot in the clinch.
Salazar misses with the head strike.
Smith lands a hook to the side of the head.
Salazar doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Salazar lands with a right to the head.
Salazar throws a punch but it's blocked by Smith.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Salazar.
Smith blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Salazar blocks an uppercut.
Smith lands a body punch.
Smith lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Salazar swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Salazar tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Smith's elbow.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A shot in the inside from Smith.
Smith tries a body shot but Salazar blocks it.
Smith lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A short right from Smith on the inside.
Smith blocks an uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that John Smith will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Michael Salazar's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Smith lands with a shot to the body.
Salazar keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Salazar uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Smith.
Michael Salazar seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Salazar misses with a head kick.
Smith throws a jab when Salazar was well out of range.
Salazar throws a wild body kick that Smith sees coming a mile off.
Smith throws a lazy right hand but Salazar sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Smith lands a jab.
Salazar throws a low kick but it's checked well by Smith.
A quick step to the side and Smith tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Salazar walks into a left hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Salazar takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Smith throws a hook but Salazar avoids it easily.
Salazar misses with a kick to the body
and Smith makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Smith swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Smith is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Salazar can do to turn this around?
Salazar is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Salazar momentarily.
Salazar misses with a straight right.
Smith bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Salazar's head.
Smith misses with a body shot.
Smith moves in close and cracks Salazar with a massive right hand! Salazar, frozen momentarily in time, tumbles to the canvas, already out cold! A brutal knockout by Smith!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:26 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). John Smith!
John Smith is the new light heavyweight champion!
The defeated Michael Salazar had this to say: 'The belt belongs to me, it will be reclaimed. '.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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