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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Michael Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marco Croca (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Smith might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to In The Morning. Marco Croca has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Michael Smith's chin.
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224 lbs
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219 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
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Excellent boxer
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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
7 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Michael Smith!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Marco Croca!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Mauricio Rocha and Edson Gomes.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Croca looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Croca closes the distance and clinches.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Croca as Smith tries to tie him up.
Croca tries to land a knee to the head but Smith blocks with his arms.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Smith creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Croca takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
A shot in the inside from Smith.
Croca crunches a lovely knee into Smith's ribcage.
Croca manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Croca.
A short uppercut from Smith.
A left hand lands to the body for Croca.
Croca lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Smith or not.
Croca landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Smith is breathing heavily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Croca leaning against his opponent.
Croca pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A big left from Croca misses.
Croca moves in looking to clinch but Smith pushes him off.
Smith looks to land a combination. Croca sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Croca wants to clinch.
Croca ducks under a wild hook from Smith.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Marco Croca is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Smith misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Croca throws a big shot that misses.
Croca scores with a jab to the body.
Smith misses with a straight left.
Croca scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Smith misses the shot to the body.
Croca just misses with a punch to the body.
Croca misses with an uppercut. Smith saw that one coming.
Smith displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Croca throws out the jab.
Croca throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Smith displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Croca throws out the jab.
Croca tries to clinch but Smith moves out of range.
A decent looking cross lands there for Croca.
Nice cross by Croca.
Croca takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Croca throws a right and a left that both miss.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Croca moves into the clinch successfully.
Smith being controlled against the cage.
Smith tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Croca's elbow.
Smith misses with some punches.
Croca escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Croca misses with a looping left.
Marco Croca seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Croca tries to move into range but Smith moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Smith steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Croca.
Croca with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Croca has closed the distance and engaged Smith in a clinch.
Smith avoiding damage as Croca throws knees to the body.
Croca works on Smith's body with a couple of short punches.
Croca lands a shot to the body.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Croca creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Croca lands a big knee to the head and Smith goes down! Croca is looking to finish!
Smith is rocked!
Croca working the ground and pound but Smith is defending the strikes.
Oh Smith is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Croca stands up and beckons Smith to his feet.
Smith seems to have got his legs back now.
Croca connects with a looping right hand.
Smith circles away from the clinch attempt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Croca thuds his right hand into Smith's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Smith checks a leg kick nicely.
Smith misses the shot to the body.
Smith takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Smith walks into a straight right hand from Croca.
Croca tries to clinch but Smith is having none of it.
Nice defenses there by Smith.
A head kick misses from Croca.
Croca throws a quick inside leg kick.
Croca just misses with a punch to the body.
Smith scores with a shot to the body.
Croca moves into the clinch successfully.
Croca breaks from the clinch.
Croca bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Smith's head.
Croca throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Smith counters with a left and a right that stings Croca.
Croca dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Smith blocks a leg kick.
Croca doesn't manage to clinch there - Smith circles away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Croca jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Smith gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Croca throws a jab but it's blocked by Smith.
Croca is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Smith had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Smith misses with a hook to the body
and Croca counters by clinching up.
Croca is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Croca tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Croca will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Smith up against the cage.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Smith swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Croca is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Smith is keeping busy.
A short uppercut from Croca.
Croca blocks an uppercut.
Come on Croca - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Smith takes a knee right on the jaw!
Croca utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Croca gets through Smith's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Croca tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Croca pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Marco Croca dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Croca swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Smith counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Smith misses with a body shot.
Horrible takedown by Smith or perhaps it was just good defense by Croca which made him look bad.
A jab from Croca misses.
Smith fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Croca manages to avoid it.
Croca tries a head kick but it misses.
Croca chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Croca throws the left hand but Smith avoids the punch easily.
Croca pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Smith takes a swing at Croca's ribcage but misses.
Smith misses with a body shot.
Smith moves out of range of the leg kick from Croca.
Croca throws a low kick, looking for Smith's leg but Smith calmly moves out of range.
Croca misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Croca jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Smith misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Croca.
Smith drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Croca clinches with his opponent.
Smith takes a knee right on the jaw!
Croca has Smith pushed against the cage.
Croca landing knees to the head.
Croca lands a body shot.
Smith pushes Croca back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Smith lands a shoulder strike.
Croca misses with a knee to the head.
Croca lands a nice shot to the body.
A short uppercut from Croca.
Croca breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Smith takes a swing at Croca's ribcage but misses.
Croca digs a good body shot into Smith's ribs.
Croca gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
A short right from Croca on the inside.
A body shot lands from Croca.
Croca lands a left hand.
A nice right hand lands inside from Croca.
Croca pushes Smith back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Croca landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Croca lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Croca stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Croca lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Croca lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Croca using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Croca lands a hook that snaps the head of Smith backwards.
Croca scores with a hook to the body.
Croca manages to break the clinch.
Croca has managed to clinch.
A short body shot lands from Croca as the two fighters clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Croca creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A knee to the head by Croca.
Croca lands a good knee to the midsection. Smith won't want to take too many of those.
A short body shot lands from Croca as the two fighters clinch.
Croca lands a shoulder strike.
Croca is struggling to control the position.
Smith can't find room to land a body shot as Croca controls the action.
A short right from Croca.
Croca content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Croca trying to control the position but instead, Smith has worked for underhooks and has pushed Croca into the cage.
Croca connects with a nasty looking knee right to Smith's face.
Croca slowing the pace effectively.
Croca lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Smith takes a shot to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Smith tries to throw a body punch but Croca avoids it by throwing Smith back against the cage.
Smith trying to control the position but instead, Croca has worked for underhooks and has pushed Smith into the cage.
Croca lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Smith.
Croca is looking to control Smith's arms but Smith gets an underhook and turns him. Now Croca has his back to the cage.
Knees to the body from Croca.
Croca lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Croca wants to stall.
Croca stalling against the cage.
Croca looking to throw knees to the head but Smith is blocking nicely.
Croca throws a head punch that misses.
Croca has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Croca scores a nice knee to the body.
A shot in the inside from Croca.
Croca pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Croca throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Croca pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Smith tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Croca clinches with his opponent.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Smith misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Croca scores with a shoulder strike.
Croca lands a nice knee to the body.
Croca escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Croca moves into the clinch successfully.
Smith misses with some punches.
Smith fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Croca lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Croca lands a left hand that snaps the head of Smith backwards.
Croca throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Croca unloads a knee to the mid-section. Smith lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Croca breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Croca keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Marco Croca seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Croca fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Smith manages to avoid it.
Smith tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Croca manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Smith misses with a two punch combination.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A shot to the body from Smith misses
letting Croca counter with a right hand.
Croca wants to clinch up but Smith keeps it at a distance.
Croca lands with a straight right. Smith didn't see that one coming.
A swing and a miss from Croca.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Marco Croca showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Smith avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Croca misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Smith.
Smith moves out of range as Croca strikes.
Croca keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Croca tries to clinch up but Smith circles away and keeps his distance.
Croca tries to clinch there but Smith circles away.
Smith moves out of range of the strikes.
Smith avoids the head kick by Croca.
Croca scores with a nice head shot.
Nice defenses there by Smith.
Croca lands a slapping body shot.
Croca fails to land with a series of punches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A right-left combo lands from Croca.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Smith avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Croca lands with a nice combination. Smith backs away looking to recover.
Croca thows a body shot but no joy.
Smith displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Croca.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Croca looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Smith shoots in but Croca avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Croca moves away from the strike by Smith.
Croca throws a hook but Smith blocks it.
Croca with a hook.
Croca throws out a powerful jab.
Smith lands a jab to Croca's midsection.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Smith!
Croca instigates a clinch.
Croca has Smith pressed against the cage.
Smith is looking to control Croca's arms but Croca gets an underhook and turns him. Now Smith has his back to the cage.
Smith is leaning against Croca and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Smith's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Smith is looking to control Croca's arms but Croca gets an underhook and turns him. Now Smith has his back to the cage.
Smith misses with a punch to the body.
Croca displaying some good clinch control by pressing Smith up against the cage.
Michael Smith has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Marco Croca is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Croca pushes Smith back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Croca lands a right hand.
Croca breaks from the clinch.
Croca misses with an uppercut. Smith saw that one coming.
Croca swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Smith is looking to wear down Croca with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
No joy there for Croca, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Donk. Croca catches Smith right on the button with a cross.
Croca clinches up against the cage.
Croca is looking to control Smith's arms but Smith gets an underhook and turns him. Now Croca has his back to the cage.
Smith scores with a shoulder strike.
Smith fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Good body shot from Croca.
Croca digs a right hand into Smith's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Smith's gas tank.
Croca lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Croca escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Croca throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Smith stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Croca thows a body shot but no joy.
Croca scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Croca lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Croca tried to score with a low kick but Smith checks it.
Croca misses with a hook.
Croca lands a right hook to the body.
A telegraphed right hand from Croca misses the target.
Croca swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Smith holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Smith pushes Croca back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Croca unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Croca lands a nice uppercut.
Croca just leaning against Smith, taking a breather.
Croca connects with a nasty looking knee right to Smith's face.
Croca stalls.
Smith throws a punch but it's blocked by Croca.
Croca breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Smith shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Croca as he jumps to the side.
Smith keeps the fight on the outside.
Croca tries to clinch there but Smith circles away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Smith takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Smith just misses with a punch to the body.
Smith swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Croca connects with a looping right hand.
Smith on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Croca throws a series of strikes that have Smith backpedaling.
The crowd cheers as Croca lands an impressive looking overhand right. Smith doesn't seem phased though.
Smith looks to score with a jab to the body but Croca is just out of range.
Smith gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Croca throws a leg kick which misses Smith's front leg but catches the back leg as Smith tries to avoid it.
Croca tries to land a front kick but Smith steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Smith looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Croca gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Croca pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Croca lands with an uppercut that bounces Smith off the cage and back into rage.
Smith walks into a jab.
And that's the end of the fight!
Marco Croca comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Croca has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Seu Braga scores the fight 26:30
Judge Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 26:30
Judge Edson Gomes scores the fight 26:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Marco Croca!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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