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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Austin Smith (ranked 655 p4p, 90 weight class) and Aku Serronen (ranked 296 p4p, 46 weight class). Smith comes to the cage accompanied by Due West. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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175 lbs
10 - 3 - 1 |
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172 lbs
12 - 6 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
Counter fighter
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
10 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Austin Smith!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Aku Serronen!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Sergei Dronov and Konstantin Menshow.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Serronen thuds a left hand into Smith's body.
Serronen thuds a left hand into Smith's body.
Smith 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.
A shot to the liver by Serronen. Beautiful body shot.
Smith ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Serronen uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Smith.
Serronen slips a jab from Smith.
Serronen misses the jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Smith gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Serronen connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Smith keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Serronen.
Serronen has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Serronen is looking to slow Smith down with leg kicks.
Smith fails with the takedown.
Smith with a lazy takedown attempt
and Serronen counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Austin Smith. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Serronen.
Smith is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Smith bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Smith 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.
Serronen throws an off balance right hand
and Smith counters with a shoot takedown. Serronen fights it but they end up in guard.
Smith content to stall in guard here.
Smith looking to pass the guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Serronen is looking to stand up but Smith isn't so interested in that idea.
Smith looking to pass the guard.
Smith is fighting to break Serronen's control of his arms but Serronen is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Smith stopping the sweep attempt from Serronen.
Serronen is pulling down on Smith's head. It's preventing any offense from Smith, at least for the moment.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Serronen thows a left - swing and a miss!
Serronen throws a leg kick but Smith checks it.
Smith tries to counter with a takedown but Serronen is quick to defend against it.
Serronen cracks Smith with an open hand slap.
Serronen looks to throw the jab but Smith is out of range.
Smith throws an off balance right hand
and Serronen counters with a straight right hand.
A swing and a miss from Serronen.
Serronen lands a nice leg kick that just misses Smith's sensitive parts.
Serronen punishes Smith's body with a nice straight punch.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Serronen - that will leave a mark!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Serronen misses.
Serronen scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Aku Serronen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Serronen cracks a nice hook into Smith's ribs.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Serronen does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Smith walks into a jab.
Smith uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Serronen.
Serronen feints and then winds up with a huge right hand that connects perfectly and sends Smith sprawling to the canvas! Smith rolls over backwards and springs off the cage and manages to regain his footing - how acrobatic! Oh, he's still wobbly - can Serronen finish him?!
Smith is rocked!
Serronen fakes a right and follows up with a big left that drops Smith to one knee - oooooh, he's wobbly! Smith looks to clinch but Serronen throws him off and pummels him into the canvas! Smith taps out under the strikes! The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Aku Serronen!
After winning the bout, Aku Serronen thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
Austin Smith was interviewed post fight and said 'Fuck him and the horse he rode here on'.
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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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