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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Timothy Price (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Roland Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!
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205 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
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Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Timothy Price!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Roland Smith!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Alan Glass and Frank Dennis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Price moves in looking to clinch but Smith pushes him off.
Price looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
Price gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Price keeping moving, preventing Smith from controlling successfully.
Smith looking to pass the guard.
Smith trying to control but Price is working from the bottom.
Smith drops back looking for a leg! Price is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Price manages to kick Smith off! Smith jumps back into Price's guard.
Price being controlled here, momentarily.
Price keeping moving, preventing Smith from controlling successfully.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Price avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Price looking to control.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Smith lands a body shot.
Nice sprawl there from Price as Smith shoots in.
Smith fails with the takedown.
Smith dives in and grabs Price's left leg, looking for a takedown. Price pushes down on Smith's head and hops out.
Timothy Price has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Roland Smith.
Smith has Price up against the cage in a clinch.
Smith has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Price uses from the top position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Price manages to get himself to full guard.
Smith stands up and waves to Price to follow him.
Smith gets the takedown into side control.
Price tries to buck Smith off but Smith is having none of it.
Price manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Price is trying to control the action in half guard but Smith is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Price is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Smith has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Price is working away from the top position though.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith is positioning himself well to prevent Price advancing to mount.
Smith works his way to full guard. Good work.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Price looking to sit in guard and control but Smith gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Smith won't allow Price to get back to his feet.
Price utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Price is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Price wants to work for an arm triangle but Smith is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Price wants to lay and pray for a moment but Smith keeps working.
Smith moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Price wants to control from the top but Smith keeps moving.
Price showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Roland Smith dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Price misses with a takedown
and Smith counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Price's guard now.
Price working a defensive guard here.
Smith would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Price wants to sweep here but Smith controlling him for the moment.
Price keeping full guard, as Smith tries to pass.
Smith trying to control but Price is working from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith stopping the sweep attempt from Price.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Price has his hands on Smith's head, controlling the position.
Price uses the cage to get back to his feet.
Smith forces Price back against the cage and clinches.
Price's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Price drives through with a takedown into guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith wants to control but Price passes easily into half guard.
Price is trying to control the action in half guard but Smith is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Price is trying to work for a kimura. He's got his hands clasped together - this could be trouble! No, Smith has managed to free his arm - good work.
Smith is trying to stand up here but Price is controlling him well.
Price wants to control but Smith is keeping him busy.
Price winds up and cracks Smith with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Price is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith is looking to improve his position.
Smith is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Smith has taken the fight to the clinch.
Price has Smith pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Price pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Smith tumbling to the mat - Price dives into Smith's guard.
Price stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Smith swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Price trying to control the position from guard on top but Smith is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Price working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Price pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Smith is keeping the position for now.
Price not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Price tries to free his leg and advance position but Smith is retaining full guard.
Price passes into half guard.
Smith is looking for a sweep. Price is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Timothy Price will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Smith shoots and misses
and Price counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Price looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Smith tries to get to full guard but Price has control of the leg.
Smith is staying active underneath Price, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Price tries to stand but can't do so whilst Smith controls his leg.
Smith wants to control but Price is keeping busy.
Smith tries to roll over but Price keeps him under control.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Price not doing much here.
Smith is staying active underneath Price, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Smith tries for a takedown but Price circles away easily
and Price counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Smith trying to control from the bottom.
Price is looking to advance position but Smith won't allow it.
Smith makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith tries to clinch but Price is having none of it.
Price clinches but Smith breaks the clinch
and Smith counters with an inside leg kick.
Smith with a lazy takedown attempt
and Price counters with a two punch combo.
Timothy Price has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Roland Smith.
Price looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Smith is fending him off so far but Price persists. Nope, Smith circles away and we're back to standing.
Smith shoots and misses
and Price counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Smith wants to stand back up but Price manages to pass into side control.
Smith is trying to get back to half guard.
Price advances to full mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Price controlling his opponent.
Price tries to control but Smith wriggling away.
Price avoids the attempt from Smith to control.
Smith wants to improve position but instead he's given up his back.
Smith turns into Price and is now in his guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Price keeping full guard, as Smith tries to pass.
Price not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Smith wants to pass the guard but Price is keeping the position.
Smith works over Price with some ground and pound from guard.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Price tries to clinch there but Smith circles away.
Smith doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Price counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Price.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Price trying to control but Smith is working from the bottom.
Smith had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Price is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. Smith Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Price's back instead.
And that's the end of the fight!
Timothy Price showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Price has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 29:28
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 29:28
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Timothy Price!
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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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