PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Paul Ince (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Diziet Sma (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sma comes into a darkened arena with his song building. In For the Kill kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Paul Ince had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Ince
vs
Sma

170 cm
23
196 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

185 cm
19
190 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Experienced

BJJ White Belt
Decent knees
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Paul Ince!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Diziet Sma!
The judges for this bout are Luis Engracia, Paulo Santos and Daniel Cesar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sma doesn't manage to clinch there - Ince circles away.
Ince shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Sma pinned against the cage. Sma gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.

Sma gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Sma really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Ince. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Ince trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Sma utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Ince really is a fat lump.
Sma is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Ince is controlling him.
Ince seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Ince missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ince stops Sma from standing up.
Ince trying to control the position from guard on top but Sma is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Sma tries to clinch up.
Sma lands a jab to Ince's midsection.
Sma scores with a nice strike.
Ince misses with a takedown attempt - Sma sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Sma tries to clinch up but Ince circles away and keeps his distance.
Sma tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Ince looks for a takedown but Sma sprawls well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Paul Ince. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Sma tries to close the distance and clinch up but Ince swats him away and circles back towards the center.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ince closes this distance looking for a takedown but Sma circles away.
Ince avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Sma tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Ince paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Sma is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Ince shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Sma but Sma pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Sma tries to clinch up.
Sma tries to clinch but Ince moves out of range.
Ince wants to clinch
and Sma counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
The fight stays on the outside here - Sma looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Ince has a takedown stuffed.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Sma closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Ince misses with some punches.
Sma landing knees to the body.
Ince is breathing heavily.
Ince misses with some punches.
Ince tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Ince as Sma tries to tie him up.
Sma wants to break the clinch but can't.
Sma gets through Ince's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Sma lands an elbow inside that Ince shrugs off.
Sma tries to stall but Ince uses the opportunity to gain a better position.

Sma breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Sma scores with a jab. Ince acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
The fight stays on the outside here - Ince looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Sma wants to clinch but Ince slips to the side

and Ince decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Sma's guard.
Ince tries to free his leg and advance position but Sma is retaining full guard.
Ince trying to control the position from guard on top but Sma is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Sma looking for a sweep. Not yet Sma, not yet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sma is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Ince stopping the sweep attempt from Sma.
Ince is looking to work some ground and pound but Sma has wrist control.
Ince stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Sma swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Sma utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
A jab from Sma does it's job there.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ince closes the distance and clinches up with Sma, looking for a takedown. Ince pushes Sma against the cage but Sma circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Diziet Sma 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.

Sma closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Sma throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Ince blocks it with crossed arms.
Ince prevents Sma from breaking the clinch.
Sma can't break the clinch.
Ince lands with a short shot to the head.
Ince works on Sma's body with a couple of short punches.
Sma lands an elbow that stopped Ince in his tracks for a moment.
Sma prevents Ince from breaking the clinch.
Ince lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Ince throws a head punch that misses.
Ince drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Sma gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Sma with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Sma lands a body punch in the clinch.
Sma is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Sma unloads a knee to the mid-section. Ince lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Sma wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Ince has him pressed against the cage.
A right hook to the body lands for Sma.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Sma escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Ince shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Sma pinned against the cage. Sma gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Ince looks to clinch
and Sma counters with a right hand to the body.
Sma moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.

Sma forces Ince back against the cage and clinches.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sma wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Ince has him pressed against the cage.
Ince swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Sma's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Sma is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Ince is keeping busy.
Sma wants to get back to striking at distance but Ince won't allow it.
Sma stalling in the clinch but Ince improves position.
Sma is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Ince has Sma pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Sma manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Paul Ince. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Sma is trying to break the clinch but Ince has him pressed against the cage.
Sma lands a nice knee to the body.
Knees to the body from Sma.
Sma is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Sma wants to stall.
Sma comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Sma has had enough of the clinch but Ince keeps him there for the moment.
Ince looking for a takedown.
Sma lands a nice knee to the body.
Sma tries to break the clinch but Ince is controlling the position.
Sma gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Sma wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Ince has him pressed against the cage.
Sma landing knees to the head.

Sma's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Sma wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Sma lands a nice hook to Ince's body. Ince takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sma moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Ince takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Sma fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Ince takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Diziet Sma seems to be getting the better of the standup.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sma lands a right hook to the body.
Sma tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Sma doesn't manage to clinch there - Ince circles away.
Sma scores with a sloppy right hand. Ince should have avoided that one.
Sma is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Ince rather than just go for the knockout.
Ince circles away from the clinch attempt.
Sma tries to close the distance and clinch up but Ince swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Sma tries to clinch up but Ince circles away and keeps his distance.
Ince circles away from the clinch attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sma slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Sma is looking to clinch.
Ince closes the distance and clinches up with Sma, looking for a takedown. Ince pushes Sma against the cage but Sma circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Ince tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Sma paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Sma tries to clinch but Ince moves out of range.
Sma fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Sma tries to clinch up

so Ince counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Sma avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Ince preventing the sweep.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sma is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Ince postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Ince stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Sma swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Sma tries to land a sweep but no joy.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Ince keeps the fight on the outside.
Sma tries to clinch but Ince is having none of it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sma moves in looking to clinch but Ince pushes him off.
Sma tries to clinch but Ince moves out of range.

Ince gets a takedown into half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Diziet Sma 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. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Sma wants to clinch up but Ince keeps it at a distance.
Ince shoots in but no luck this time.
Sma tries to clinch there but Ince circles away.
Sma stalks Ince and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Ince's face. Ince staggers backwards, shaken.
Sma tries to close the distance and clinch but Ince swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Ince tries to clinch up but Sma circles away and keeps his distance.
Paul Ince is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Ince swats away the attempt to clinch by Sma.
Sma tries to clinch but Ince is having none of it.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Ince shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Ince was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Sma really trying hard to get back to half guard here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sma tries to hold on but Ince postures up.
Sma keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Ince lands a heavy elbow.
Sma is working to get back to half guard.
Sma is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Ince cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Ince looking to finish Sma with some ground and pound. This is bad for Sma!
Sma tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Ince looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Ince trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Ince thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Sma tries to reverse the position but Ince maintains control.
Ince working Sma over with strikes here.
Sma tries to hold on but Ince postures up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ince lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Ince is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Sma can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Sma tries to hold on but Ince pushes him away.
Ince trying to control but Sma is having none of it.
Ince scores with a couple of good head shots there.
You get the feeling that Sma really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Ince punishing his opponent with strikes.
Sma bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Paul Ince has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Sma must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sma wants to pass the guard but Ince is keeping the position.
Ince trying to control the position here.
Sma throwing strikes but missing.
Sma trying to control but Ince is working from the bottom.

Ince has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Sma can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.

And that's the end of the fight!
Paul Ince showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Sma has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Luis Engracia scores the fight 28:29
Judge Paulo Santos scores the fight 28:29
Judge Daniel Cesar scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Diziet Sma!