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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Nick Morris (ranked 102 p4p, 10 weight class) and Scott Smith (ranked 771 p4p, 92 weight class). Nick Morris could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Scott Smith's chin.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
11 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Nick Morris!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Scott Smith!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Jack Bonds and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Good exchange - Morris coming out on top.
Smith with a lazy takedown attempt
letting Morris counter with a right hand.
Smith misses with a takedown
and Morris counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Scott Smith seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Smith shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Morris defends it nicely.
Nick Morris has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Scott Smith.
Morris misses with a hook.
Smith fails with a takedown attempt.
Smith gets the takedown into side control.
Morris gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Smith working his ground and pound in the gym. He isn't landing a great percentage of his ground strikes so far though.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Smith content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Smith is working for a submission of some sort.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Smith is looking to advance position but Morris won't allow it.
Morris is refusing to be controlled, as Smith sits in half guard.
Morris trying to control from the bottom.
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 trying to control from half guard but Morris is working away.
Morris is looking to control Smith's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Morris avoid being mounted?
Smith working Morris over with strikes.
Morris keeps control of the position for the meantime.
Smith wants to control but Morris is keeping him busy.
Morris is looking to control Smith's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Morris avoid being mounted?
Smith not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Morris wants to control but Smith is keeping busy.
Smith throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Morris holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Morris misses with a looping right.
Morris throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Smith sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Smith gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
enabling Morris to counter with a crisp jab.
Smith shoots and misses
and Morris connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morris stuffs the takedown attempt from Smith. Smith gets slowly back to his feet.
Smith gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Morris.
Smith is rocked!
Morris stuffs the takedown.
Morris is looking to counter punch.
Morris looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Smith changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Morris tries to avoid it but Smith manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Morris to the ground. Morris escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Smith shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Morris napping and manages to drive through into side control!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Smith tries to move into full mount but can't pass Morris's legs.
Smith passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Morris!
Smith wants to control the pace but Morris is squirming around nicely.
Smith lands a heavy elbow.
Smith misses with a head shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Scott Smith will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Morris keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Morris looks to land a left hand but Smith moved out of range nicely.
Smith shoots for a takedown but Morris saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Smith shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Morris is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Morris missing with a left hand there. Smith was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Morris knocks out Smith with a massive right hand! The ref tackles Morris before he can follow up with any more strikes and that's it everyone. Morris picks up the big W with a huge KO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:23 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Nick Morris!
Nick Morris retains his lightweight title!
A very excited looking Nick Morris made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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