PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Barry Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marcus Torres (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Smith comes to the cage accompanied by When Will They Shoot. Torres has chosen gonna fly now as his entrance music. This should be fireworks!

Smith
vs
Torres

190 cm
26
270 lbs
11 - 5 - 0

190 cm
23
240 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Barry Smith!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Marcus Torres!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Leandro Rodrigues and Daniel Cesar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Torres jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Smith fails with a takedown attempt.
Torres stuffs the takedown.
Smith fails with the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Barry Smith. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Torres throws a nice looking combination but Smith bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Torres throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Smith sees it coming and avoids it easily.

Smith has managed to clinch.
Torres takes a shot to the head.
Torres is trying to stall.
Smith is trying to force a seperation but Torres has the dominant position.
Smith lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Torres or not.
Torres tries to land knees in the clinch but Smith avoids the damage to the body.
Torres stops a takedown attempt from Smith.
Torres misses with a knee to the head.

Smith manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Smith looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Smith not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Torres trying to control the position from guard on top but Smith is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Smith has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Torres manages to get himself to full guard.
Torres tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Smith looking to pass the guard.
Smith working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Smith preventing the sweep.
Torres wants to stand but Smith is controlling the position.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Smith accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith forces his way into half guard.
Torres wants to improve his position but Smith is controlling well.
Smith drops an elbow to the side of Torres's head.
Torres keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Nice strikes from Smith there.
Smith trying to pass the guard but Torres defending well.
Smith takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith is thwarting Torres's attempts to control the position.
Smith scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Smith missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Smith is trying to control. Torres wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.

Smith is looking for a kimura here.
Torres controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.
Smith is looking to take a break and control but Torres is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Smith moves nicely into side control.
Smith lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Torres down.
Torres gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
Smith is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Smith postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Torres looks a forlorn figure.
Smith working away from the top, dropping strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Barry Smith dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Smith bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Torres's head.
Smith fails in his attempt to clinch.
Smith blocks a head kick by Torres.
Smith avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Smith keeps the fight on the outside.
Torres throws a push kick but Smith slaps the foot to one side.

Smith drops Torres with a nice combination! Smith dives into Torres's guard, looking to finish!

Torres is rocked!

It looks like Marcus Torres has been cut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Torres keeping moving, preventing Smith from controlling successfully.
Barry Smith overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Smith loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Smith throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Torres is breathing heavily.
Smith is looking to work some ground and pound but Torres has wrist control.
Smith is stalling in the full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Torres keeping full guard, as Smith tries to pass.
Smith trying to control but Torres is working from the bottom.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Smith is looking to clinch but Torres is avoiding it.
Torres tries to land a leg kick but Smith saw it coming and moves away.
Horrible takedown by Smith or perhaps it was just good defense by Torres which made him look bad.
Torres throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Smith.
Marcus Torres is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Smith moves into range and clinches up with Torres.
Torres prevents a takedown attempt there.
Smith lands a body shot.

Smith tightens his grip and picks Torres up, before dumping him to the ground. Torres manages to land in guard.
Torres keeping moving, preventing Smith from controlling successfully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Smith is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Torres trying to control the position.
Smith trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Smith with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Smith trying to control the position from guard on top but Torres is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Smith trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Torres can do anything to dispel that myth.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith passes into half guard.
Smith sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Torres defending well though.
Smith prevents Torres from standing back up.
Torres has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Smith is working away from the top position though.

Smith is working for a submission of some sort.
Smith not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Smith throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Smith not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Smith wants to lay and pray for a moment but Torres keeps working.
Ground and pound from Smith.
Smith missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Smith is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.

Smith is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Smith not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Smith looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Torres with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Barry Smith dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Marcus Torres's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Smith dives in and grabs Torres's left leg, looking for a takedown. Torres pushes down on Smith's head and hops out.
Torres lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Smith circles away quickly and effectively.
Torres tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Smith scores with a jab to the jaw.
Torres keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Smith avoids the head kick by Torres.
Smith wants to clinch but Torres slips to the side
and Torres counters with a nice low kick that buckles Smith's knee momentarily.

Smith closes the distance and clinches.
Torres is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Smith is defending well for now.

Smith has hold of one of Torres's legs. Torres is fighting the takedown attempt but Smith gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
Torres is trying to control the position but Smith postures up.
Smith trying to control the position from guard on top but Torres is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Smith content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Torres working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Smith.
Smith scoring with some ground and pound.
Smith trying to control the position from guard on top but Torres is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Smith drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Smith jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Smith scoring with punches to the head and body.
Torres preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Smith controlling from the top position.
Marcus Torres has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith throws a big right hand that misses.
Torres looking to control.
Smith throwing strikes from guard but Torres blocks nicely.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Torres tries to clinch there but Smith circles away.
Smith tries to close the distance and clinch but Torres swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Smith is looking to clinch.
Smith lands with a slapping head kick.

Smith scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Torres gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Smith fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Torres is looking to get to half guard.
Smith avoids the attempt from Torres to control.
Smith lands a heavy elbow.
Smith in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Smith controlling his opponent.
Smith has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Smith landing punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Smith content just to control the position here.
Smith cracks Torres with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Torres tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Barry Smith is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Smith controlling the position easily from mount.
Smith looking to finish Torres with some ground and pound. This is bad for Torres!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Smith controlling the pace for now.

And that's the end of the fight!
Barry Smith showed his dominance in that final round.
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 Matheus Silva scores the fight 30:25
Judge Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 30:26
Judge Daniel Cesar scores the fight 30:25

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