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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Dylan Smith (ranked 5055 p4p, 3820 weight class) and Mike Justice (ranked 299 p4p, 255 weight class). Smith comes to the cage accompanied by Heave Away- The Fables. Dylan Smith has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Good takedowns
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Dylan Smith!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Mike Justice!
The judges for this bout are Paul Gruel, Ryoma Takatsuka and Colin Fray.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Smith has closed the distance and engaged Justice in a clinch.
Smith swings wildly with an uppercut but Justice uses good head movement to avoid it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Smith.
Justice breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Justice shoots in for a takedown but Smith shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Smith gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Smith definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Smith blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Still in the clinch, Smith scores with a nice short uppercut.
Justice blocks a body shot from Smith.
Smith misses with a hook to the ribs.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Smith.
Justice can't get the takedown.
Smith struggles to land a body shot inside as Justice controls his hands.
Smith tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Smith lands a hook to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith throws a punch but it's blocked by Justice.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Justice.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Justice has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Justice tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Smith smiles and moves away.
Dylan Smith has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mike Justice.
Smith drives through with a takedown into guard.
Smith throws a big right hand that misses.
Smith might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Smith lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Justice looking to control.
Smith is looking to work some ground and pound but Justice has wrist control.
Smith chips away with some ground and pound.
Justice is rocked!
Smith throws a big elbow that misses.
Justice is still in real trouble! Can Smith finish him?
Smith postures up and lands a big shot to Justice's brow.
Smith gets to his feet and stands over Justice, holding his ankles. He dives in with a big left hand that connects! Justice felt that one! Smith unloads more punches and elbows and this one is over! The ref has dived in to save Justice from any more punishment!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Dylan Smith!
Dylan Smith seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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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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