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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Gilbert Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Travis Milnes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Milnes has chosen safety dance as his entrance music. Gilbert Smith has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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179 lbs
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195 cm
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170 lbs
1 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
KO power |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
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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
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Gilbert Smith!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Travis Milnes!
The judges for this bout are Santiago Holmes, Sandra Marshall and Michael Johnstone.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Smith clinches up against the cage.
Milnes is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Milnes is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Milnes tries a knee to the head but Smith blocks it.
Milnes breaks from the clinch.
Milnes 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.
Smith drives through with a takedown into guard.
Smith stays in close to Milnes's body and controls the position.
Smith working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Milnes's head.
Smith controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
We're going to have a standup here because Gilbert Smith wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Milnes tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Smith moves into the clinch.
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 successfully pulls guard.
Smith lands an upkick as Milnes stands over him.
Smith looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Milnes manages to get himself to full guard.
Smith slips nicely into half guard.
Smith is looking to pass Milnes's guard but actually Milnes recovers to full guard.
Milnes being controlled here, momentarily.
Smith stands up from Milnes's guard - Smith perhaps looking for a knockout.
Milnes closes the distance and lands a one-two.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Milnes shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Smith eats them both and turns towards Milnes to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Milnes gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Smith works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Still in half guard, Smith seems content to control.
Smith seems to be working for a kimura but Milnes defends the submission attempt.
Milnes is looking to escape.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Smith controlling the action here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith postures up and decides to stand up, from the half guard. The ref calls for Milnes to stand up.
Milnes looks winded!
Milnes tries to close the distance and clinch but Smith swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Smith shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Milnes manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Smith might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Milnes can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Smith controls the pace.
Milnes has momentary wrist control but Smith slips an elbow through the middle.
Smith won't allow Milnes to get back to his feet.
Smith decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Milnes, up you get!
Milnes tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Smith moves into the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Milnes tries a knee to the head but Smith blocks it.
Milnes is defending well against a takedown attempt.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Milnes throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Smith blocks it with crossed arms.
Milnes on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Milnes avoiding damage as Smith throws knees to the body.
Smith escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Milnes tries to close the distance and clinch but Smith swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Milnes tries to sprawl but Smith drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Smith performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gilbert Smith dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Horrible takedown by Smith or perhaps it was just good defense by Milnes which made him look bad.
Milnes throws a right and a left that Smith avoids nicely.
Milnes tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Smith paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Smith misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Smith takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Milnes fails in his attempt to clinch.
Smith looking to score a takedown here. Milnes is defending well but Smith drives through and ends up in Milnes's guard.
Smith content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Smith trying to control the position from guard on top but Milnes is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Smith stands up from Milnes's guard - Smith perhaps looking for a knockout.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Milnes defends it nicely.
Smith scores with a takedown into Milnes's guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Smith won't allow Milnes to get back to his feet.
Smith trying to control but Milnes is working from the bottom.
Smith is standing up over Milnes. Milnes looks to escape but Smith dives into side control.
Smith scoring with punches from side control.
Milnes really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Smith. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith swings around for an armbar but Milnes sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into Smith's guard.
Milnes must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Milnes throws a strike but Smith rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Smith slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Milnes seems a little lost for a moment, as Smith dominates the positioning.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Smith is putting a hurting on Milnes here, landing some big shots from side control.
Milnes tries to wriggle free to get back to his feet but he's given up his back! Oops.
Smith has his arm under Milnes's chin here. Game over son! Smith squeezes tightly and Milnes is forced to tap out!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Gilbert Smith!
A determined Gilbert Smith didn't want to dwell on this fight in his post fight interview. Instead he was more keen to state he wants a title shot. Let's see if he gets it!
The defeated Travis Milnes had this to say: 'I'm sick of these rules and judges there ruining fights and fighters careers f*$? you guys.'.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
RATING
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