PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Rebel Smith (ranked 1291 p4p, 1440 weight class) and Giuseppe Amodei (ranked 183 p4p, 203 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Smith
vs
Amodei

175 cm
37
162
19 - 15 - 0

165 cm
43
140
32 - 22 - 3

Good wrestling
Excellent MT
Very quick

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Powerful

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Brooklyn Apothecary

Vegan Gains

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 19 - 15 - 0, fighting out of New York, Rebel Smith!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 32 - 22 - 3, fighting out of Las Vegas, Giuseppe Amodei!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Yuuki Gou and Shigeki Fujiwara.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Smith waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Amodei.
Amodei tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Smith was well out of range. Poor timing from Amodei.
Smith misses with a body shot.
Amodei misses with an uppercut.
Smith avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Amodei fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Amodei fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Amodei lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Smith at a distance.
Amodei dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Amodei throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
It looked like Smith wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Amodei connects with a body shot.
Amodei keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Smith.
Smith throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Amodei displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Smith throws out the jab.
Smith swings for the body but Amodei moves out of range.
Amodei misses with a wild body shot.
Left hook, right uppercut from Smith.

It looks like Giuseppe Amodei has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Smith misses the body punch
and Amodei cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Smith takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.

Amodei feints and as Smith raises his hands in defense, Amodei changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.

Smith has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Amodei off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith misses with a right hand
enabling Amodei to counter with a crisp jab.
Amodei keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Smith.
Amodei scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Amodei cracks a nice hook into Smith's ribs.
Amodei lands with an uppercut that bounces Smith off the cage and back into range.
Smith lands a jab to Amodei's midsection.
Smith misses with a double jab.
Smith uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Amodei.
Smith is looking to counter punch.
Rebel Smith is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Smith throws a body shot but no joy.
A slow jab from Amodei misses its intended target.
Amodei takes a body punch but keeps moving.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Smith keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Amodei.
Amodei throws a leg kick that misses.
Amodei throws out a loose jab but Smith uses good head movement to avoid it.
Amodei pushes Smith away with a front kick.
Amodei misses the jab.
Amodei bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Amodei uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Smith.
Amodei appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Amodei throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith throws a body shot but no joy.
Amodei throws a poor cross that misses
and Amodei takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Smith lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Amodei circles away quickly and effectively.
Amodei moves forwards but Smith connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Smith takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Smith uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Amodei.
Amodei uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Smith.
Smith swings for the body but Amodei moves out of range.
Amodei throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Amodei steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Smith.
Amodei on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Amodei uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Smith.
Amodei fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Amodei looks to throw the jab but Smith is out of range.
Smith throws a lazy right hand but Amodei sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Amodei shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Smith but Smith pushes him off and we're back to square one.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Smith. Amodei does a little dance to reset his feet.
Smith uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Amodei.
Amodei attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Amodei doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Amodei lands a head shot.
Amodei doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Smith wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Amodei misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Smith.
Amodei lands a jab.
Smith ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Amodei moves away.
Amodei bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Amodei takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Amodei takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Amodei shoots in looking for a takedown. Smith tries to sprawl out of it but Amodei keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Smith manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Rebel Smith has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Giuseppe Amodei.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Amodei tries to work over Smith's front leg with a kick but Smith checks it.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Amodei.
Smith lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
An inside leg kick lands from Amodei.

Smith lands a left and a right that send Amodei crashing to the mat, dazed. Smith thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!

Amodei is rocked!
Amodei throws a big shot that misses.
Amodei is still on wobbly legs! Can Smith finish him?
Smith misses the shot to the body.
Amodei looks to land a right hand but Smith moved out of range.
Amodei seems to have recovered his senses.
Amodei just misses with a punch to the body.
Smith scores with a shot to the body.
Amodei doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Jab, jab by Smith - just one landing.
Smith misses with a body shot.
Smith takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Smith throws a body punch but Amodei moves out of range.
Nice straight punches there by Amodei. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Amodei.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Amodei misses with a body kick.
Amodei thumps Smith with a low kick.
Smith is looking to wear down Amodei with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Smith on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Amodei. Amodei obviously looking to wear him down.
Smith swings for the body but Amodei moves out of range.
Amodei lands a lovely overhand right.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Rebel Smith dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Giuseppe Amodei's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Smith throws a jab when Amodei was well out of range.
A jab lands there for Amodei.
Smith throws a lazy uppercut
and Amodei counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Amodei is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Smith connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Amodei's hands.
Amodei looks to score with a jab to the body but Smith is just out of range.
Smith staying out of range there.
Smith throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Amodei.
Amodei turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Amodei fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Smith is out of range.
Amodei dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Smith. That did some damage!
A low kick lands for Amodei.
Smith takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Smith on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Amodei. Amodei obviously looking to wear him down.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Smith ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Amodei moves away.
Amodei dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Smith lands a nice looking body shot.
Amodei keeps Smith at a distance using the push kick.
Smith lands with a good body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Amodei ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Amodei scores with a hook to the body. Smith takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Smith misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Amodei.
Smith takes a swing at Amodei's ribcage but misses.
Smith connects with a body shot.
Smith fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Amodei looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Smith throws a body shot but no joy.
Amodei uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Smith.
Amodei lands a jab to Smith's midsection.
Smith has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Amodei finds it's way round the side to connect with Smith's head.
A nice leg kick from Amodei, right into the meat of the thigh.
A cross from Amodei lands.
Amodei lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Smith uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Amodei.
Smith is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Amodei takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Amodei lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Smith ducks under a wild hook from Amodei.
Amodei connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Amodei takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Smith throws a hook but Amodei blocks it.
Smith throws a right and a left that Amodei avoids nicely.
Smith looks to land a right hand but Amodei moved out of range.
Amodei let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Smith takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Smith misses with a body shot.
Smith thows a left - swing and a miss!
Nice cross by Smith.
Smith swings away with a body shot that misses
and Amodei counters with a nice uppercut.
Smith checks a low kick from Amodei.
Smith jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Smith backing away here, and Amodei unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Smith checks a low kick from Amodei.
Smith lands a nice shot that snaps Amodei's head back.
Amodei takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Smith with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Amodei throws a body shot but no joy.
Smith jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Amodei takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Smith looks to score with a jab to the body but Amodei is just out of range.
Smith lands with a good body shot.

Amodei closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Smith to the mat! Smith manages to get full guard.
Smith wants to get back to his feet but Amodei passes into half guard.

Smith is positioning himself well to prevent Amodei advancing to mount.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Smith tries to get to full guard but Amodei has control of the leg.

Smith kicks Amodei off and gets back to his feet.
Smith misses with a hook.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Smith thuds a left hand into Amodei's body.
Smith moves away from the strike by Amodei.
Smith swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Amodei slips under a jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Smith steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Amodei.
Jab from Amodei.
Smith misses with a body shot.
A big right from Amodei misses.
Smith pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A little jabbing left from Amodei on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Amodei is looking to chop away at Smith's legs.
Smith ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Amodei moves away.
Amodei connects with a body shot.
Smith misses with a looping left.
Amodei steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Smith.
Smith staying out of range there.
Smith fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Amodei thuds his right hand into Smith's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Amodei misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Smith.
An attempted straight right counter from Smith misses the target.
A swing and a miss from Amodei.
Smith swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Smith takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Amodei throws a looping overhand right but Smith ducks down to avoid it.
Smith is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Rebel Smith will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Giuseppe Amodei's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Smith throws a body punch but Amodei moves out of range.
Smith throws a looping overhand right but Amodei ducks down to avoid it.
Smith throws a looping overhand right but Amodei ducks down to avoid it.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Smith, as that shot connected.
Amodei throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A quick step to the side and Smith tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Amodei scoring well with a low kick there.
Amodei lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Nice jab there from Amodei.
Smith misses with a hook.
Rebel Smith is winning the standup battle so far.
Amodei fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Smith throws a body shot but no joy.
Amodei swings for the body but Smith moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Smith fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Amodei manages to avoid it.
Smith misses with a combination
and Amodei connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Amodei wants to slow Smith down by chopping away at his legs.
Smith was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Amodei thuds his right hand into Smith's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Smith just misses with a punch to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Amodei manages to avoid it.
Smith misses with a wild body shot.
Smith backing away here, and Amodei unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Smith throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Amodei uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Smith.
Amodei looks to throw the jab but Smith is out of range.
Smith ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Amodei moves away.
Smith takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Amodei misses with a head kick.
Smith cracks a nice hook into Amodei's ribs.
A jab from Amodei does it's job there.

Amodei shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Amodei showed some decent athleticism there.
Smith wants to get back to full guard but Amodei has mounted him!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Smith sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Smith trying to control from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith is refusing to be controlled, as Amodei sits in half guard.
Smith is trying to get back to full guard.
Smith moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Smith wants to sweep here but Amodei controlling him for the moment.
Smith has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Smith's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Amodei pushes down on Smith's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Smith looks like he's trying to stand up.
Giuseppe Amodei has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Smith controlling the position for now.
Smith is pressing down on Amodei's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Amodei prevents Smith from getting back to his feet.
Smith is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Amodei moves into full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Amodei is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Smith wanted to stand there but Amodei had control of the position.
Smith controls from within his opponent's guard.
Rebel Smith is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Amodei looking to hit a scissor sweep but Smith is one step ahead there.
Smith controls the pace of the fight for a moment.

Smith stands up and waves to Amodei to follow him.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Giuseppe Amodei.
Well Smith has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 29:28
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight 28:29
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Rebel Smith!
Our winner, Rebel Smith, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.