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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Johnny Smith (ranked 3415 p4p, 0 weight class) and Knute Rockne (ranked 7617 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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45
259 lbs
24 - 17 - 0 |
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19
235 lbs
1 - 1 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Decent elbows
Granite chin |
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Good wrestler
Basic striking
Determined |
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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
24 - 17 - 0, fighting out of New York, Johnny Smith!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Knute Rockne!
The judges for this bout are Jonathan Paton, Russell Pearce and Jorge Garcia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Smith stuns Rockne with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Rockne doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Smith counters with a nice uppercut.
Rockne throws a hook to the side of Smith's head but Smith sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Knute Rockne seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Smith misses with the combination.
Rockne doesn't manage to clinch there - Smith circles away.
Rockne closes the distance and pushes Smith back into the cage.
Smith lands a takedown into guard.
Smith scoring with some ground and pound.
Rockne utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Smith scoring with punches to the head and body.
Rockne looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Smith trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Rockne is trying to keep Smith in close.
Smith is working Rockne over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Smith pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Rockne is keeping the position for now.
Rockne tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Smith will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rockne looking to control.
Smith slips nicely into half guard.
Rockne felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
Smith is looking for a kimura but Rockne is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Smith to get the leverage.
Smith looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Rockne is looking to improve his position.
Smith is thwarting Rockne's attempts to control the position.
Rockne is looking to improve his position.
Smith seems to be looking for submissions.
Smith working over Rockne with some ground and pound. Rockne looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rockne has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Smith is working away from the top position though.
Smith seems to be looking for submissions.
Smith lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Smith is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Smith is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Rockne doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Smith.
Smith scoring with strikes to the body and head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rockne is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Rockne is still trying to improve position.
Smith thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Rockne's head.
Smith seems to be looking for submissions.
Rockne has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Smith is working away from the top position though.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Smith lands a nice short elbow.
Rockne has hold of Smith's hands but Smith slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Rockne wants to get back to full guard.
Rockne is doing well to control the position and prevent Smith from advancing to side control.
Smith scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Smith lands with a punch from half guard.
Smith is looking for a kimura. It's pretty deep but Rockne still has the half guard so he's probably OK. Oh, Rockne has exploded into a beautiful escape there and after a quick scramble, he's ended up in side control on top! Nice work!
Rockne wants to take a breather but Smith manages to regain guard - a lesson learnt for Rockne.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rockne stopping the sweep attempt from Smith.
Rockne lands a couple of digs.
Rockne missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Rockne wants to control from the top but Smith keeps moving.
Rockne pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Smith is keeping the position for now.
Rockne postures up in Smith's guard and throws a big left but Smith blocks it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Johnny Smith dominated that round.
That's time! Smith's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Smith fakes the leg kick and cracks Rockne in the body.
Smith is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Rockne can do to turn this around?
Rockne throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Smith makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Rockne throws a hook to the side of Smith's head but Smith sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A shot to the liver by Rockne. Beautiful body shot.
Smith throws a head kick but Rockne moves out of range.
Rockne gets a double leg takedown into Smith's guard.
Rockne throws a strike but Smith rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Smith works over Rockne with some ground and pound from guard.
Smith slips nicely into half guard.
Smith is trying to work for a kimura but Rockne is defending well.
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.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Smith thows a huge punch but Rockne dodges it nicely.
Smith slips a nice elbow through Rockne's hands, connecting with Rockne's forehead.
Smith drops an elbow to the side of Rockne's head.
Smith lands with a punch from half guard.
Rockne is rocked!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice strikes from Smith there.
Rockne is still in real trouble! Can Smith finish him?
Rockne keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Rockne won't allow Smith to pass to mount.
Smith looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Rockne wants to get back to full guard.
Rockne seems to have recovered his senses.
Rockne is trying to control but can't.
Smith lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Smith not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Rockne wants to improve his position but Smith is controlling well.
Smith thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Rockne's head.
Rockne wants to improve his position but Smith is controlling well.
Smith is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith dominating with strikes here.
Rockne working to try and regain half guard.
Smith softens up his opponent with a couple of shots there and then CRACK! One massive shot lands there and Rockne is out cold! Smith jumps to his feet and celebrates on the cage with the fans, who are, quite frankly, going absolutely mental!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:43 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Johnny Smith!
Johnny Smith 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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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
46% |
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