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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Rodney Ang (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Austin Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ang comes to the cage accompanied by ACDC- Long Way To The Top. Smith comes into a darkened arena with his song building. I´m Shipping Up To Boston - Dropkick Murphys kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
23 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Rodney Ang!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
20 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Austin Smith!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Yves DeLean and Robert Douchet.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ang throws out a loose jab but Smith uses good head movement to avoid it.
Smith misses the jab.
Smith chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Smith throws a poor cross that misses
and Ang counters with a thumping low kick.
Smith moves away from the strike by Ang.
Smith throws a leg kick that misses.
Smith throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Smith tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Ang throws a jab but it's blocked by Smith.
Ang scores with a jab to the jaw.
It looks like Austin Smith has been cut.
Smith takes a swing at Ang's ribcage but misses.
Ang moves forwards but Smith connects with a nice, crisp jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Smith misses with a hook
and Ang counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ang lands a nice leg kick that just misses Smith's sensitive parts.
Ang fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Smith to the ground. Ang is now in Smith's guard.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Ang stopping the sweep attempt from Smith.
Smith preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Smith avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Smith utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Ang trying to control the position from guard on top but Smith is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Smith avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Ang throwing strikes but missing.
Smith wants to stand and escape but Ang is having none of it.
Ang is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ang wants to control from the top but Smith keeps moving.
Smith looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The ref stands the fighters back up because Rodney Ang just wasn't active enough.
Ang shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Smith but Smith pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Smith moves into the clinch.
Smith tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Ang's elbow.
Smith on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Smith takes a shot to the head.
Ang has a couple of punches blocked by Smith.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ang misses with an elbow over the top.
Ang tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Smith goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Ang lands a right hand that snaps the head of Smith backwards.
Smith stalling against the cage.
Ang tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Smith avoids it.
Smith wants to get back to striking at distance but Ang won't allow it.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Ang.
Smith stalling in the clinch but Ang improves position.
Nice body punch from Ang - that landed with a thud.
Smith lands a right hand that snaps the head of Ang backwards.
Ang misses with the head strike.
Smith misses with a hook from the clinch.
Nice elbow from Ang.
Ang misses with a short punch on the inside.
A nice right hand lands inside from Smith.
Smith stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ang lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Smith tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Ang tries to throw a body punch but Smith avoids it by throwing Ang back against the cage.
Ang creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Smith makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Smith blocking some punches.
Smith misses with a short punch on the inside.
Ang lands with a right to the head.
Ang prevents a body shot from Smith.
Ang letting Smith take a breather here.
Ang doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Ang trying to stall but Smith improves his position.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Smith.
Smith on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
The referee is keeping an eye on Smith - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Ang blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rodney Ang dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Austin Smith's cut.
That's time! Ang's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Ang throws a lazy right hand but Smith sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Ang throws a right hand that Smith ducks under and follows up with a left that Smith also avoids with ease.
Ang bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Smith throws a low kick but it's checked well by Ang.
Ang buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Smith misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Ang.
Smith fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Ang.
Smith throws a solid leg kick but Ang takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Smith.
Smith connects with a body shot.
Smith looks to score with a jab to the body but Ang is just out of range.
Ang misses with a low kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ang darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
A big right from Ang misses.
Rodney Ang is winning the standup battle so far.
Ang tries to clinch up but Smith circles away and keeps his distance.
Ang missing with a left hand there. Smith was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Ang ducks under a wild hook from Smith.
Smith lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Ang ducks under a wild hook from Smith.
Smith throws out a powerful jab.
Smith throws an overhand right that lands on Ang's shoulder, as Ang tries to avoid the shot.
Ang cracks Smith with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ang fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Smith manages to avoid it.
An inside leg kick from Smith misses.
Ang cracks Smith with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Smith displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Ang.
Ang scores with a leg kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Smith throws a good cross that connects.
Smith dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Austin Smith is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Ang has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Smith.
Smith connects with a nice looking jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ang keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Smith.
Ang loads up on a big right hand but Smith slips the punch.
Ang tries to close the distance and clinch up but Smith swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Smith slips under a jab from Ang.
Smith tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Ang keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Ang throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Smith tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Ang is in Smith's guard.
Ang loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Smith keeping moving, preventing Ang from controlling successfully.
Ang pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Smith is keeping the position for now.
Ang wants to control from the top but Smith keeps moving.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ang throws a big right hand that misses.
Smith wants to sweep here but Ang controlling him for the moment.
Ang throwing strikes but missing.
Smith looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Smith is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Ang is looking to work some ground and pound but Smith has wrist control.
Ang with a flurry of punches that miss.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Smith looking to control.
Smith tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Smith has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Ang off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Austin Smith will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Austin Smith's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Smith misses with a two punch combination.
Ang on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Smith. Smith obviously looking to wear him down.
Left hook, right uppercut from Ang.
Ang tries for a takedown but Smith sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Ang just misses with a punch to the body.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Ang.
Smith lands with a straight right. Ang didn't see that one coming.
Smith misses with a hook to the body
and Ang counters with a stiff right hand.
Smith is rocked!
Smith misses with a body shot
and Ang counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Smith is still on wobbly legs! Can Ang finish him?
Smith takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
This has been an exciting period of action!
BAM! Ang delivers a spinning backfist that drops Smith like a ragdoll! This is all oooooveeeer! He was out before he hit the ground!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Spinning Backfist). Rodney Ang!
Rodney Ang retains his middleweight title!
Rodney Ang really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that Popeye’s Spinach - 159 + 158 Proof Supps logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.
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