PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Terry Smith (ranked 4531 p4p, 4525 weight class) and James Smith (ranked 222 p4p, 224 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Smith
vs
Smith

171 cm
18
135
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Self confident

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 1 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Terry Smith!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, James Smith!
The judges for this bout are Ron Honeybunn, Chris Dean and Ben Hemmingworth.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Both fighters are only really looking to counter, so after a good 30 seconds of circling each other endlessly, the referee has stepped in and told them both to be more aggressive.
Terry Smith throws a poor cross that misses
and James Smith cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Terry Smith lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
Terry Smith misses with an uppercut.
James Smith swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Terry Smith misses with a right hand
and James Smith counters with a straight right hand.
Terry Smith misses with a straight left.
A jab from Terry Smith misses.
A little jabbing left from James Smith on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
James Smith moves out of range of the strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
James Smith looks to throw the jab but Terry Smith is out of range.
James Smith scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Terry Smith swings widly with a right hand
and James Smith connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Jab, jab by Terry Smith - just one landing.

And that's the end of the fight!
James Smith comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well James Smith 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 1 round of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Ron Honeybunn scores the fight 9:10
Judge Chris Dean scores the fight 9:10
Judge Ben Hemmingworth scores the fight 9:10

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... James Smith!