PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mike Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marco Rua (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Smith comes to the cage accompanied by In The Morning. Rua comes into a darkened arena with his song building. IF YOU WANT BLOOD YOU GOT IT!!! kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Marco Rua is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Smith
vs
Rua

183 cm
28
224 lbs
15 - 13 - 0

185 cm
24
223 lbs
8 - 5 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Good takedowns
Good kicks
Solid chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Mike Smith!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Marco Rua!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Thiago Cunha and Felipe Paraventi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Smith lands a nice shot that snaps Rua's head back.

It looks like Marco Rua has been cut.
Smith misses with a low kick.
Marco Rua seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rua misses with a low kick.
Smith blocks a low kick nicely.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Rua.
Rua tried to score with a low kick but Smith checks it.
Rua throws a leg kick which misses Smith's front leg but catches the back leg as Smith tries to avoid it.
Rua on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Smith. Smith obviously looking to wear him down.
Smith checks a leg kick nicely.
Smith misses with a shot to the body
and Rua counters with a leg kick.
Smith throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Rua throws a lazy uppercut
and Smith connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

Rua shoots in and gets a takedown into Smith's guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Smith wants to stand but Rua is controlling the position.
Smith looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Rua wants to control from the top but Smith keeps moving.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith pulls Rua in close to prevent any damage.
Rua is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Rua pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Smith is keeping the position for now.
Smith looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Mike Smith just wasn't active enough.
Smith keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Smith feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Rua's calf.
Smith lands with a nice body kick.
Smith throws a series of punches but Rua moves out of range.
Rua throws a leg kick
and Smith counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Rua is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Smith changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Rua looks gassed!
Smith displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Rua throws out the jab.
Rua takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Smith connects with an inside leg kick.
Smith fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Rua.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Smith.
Smith connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Smith throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Rua on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Smith. Smith obviously looking to wear him down.
Smith stuns Rua with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
The fighters circle, before Smith throws a beautiful high kick that crashes into Rua's neck, sending him stumbling to the floor! Smith lands more strikes and forces a referee stoppage! That one ended in an instant!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:01 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Kick & Punches). Mike Smith!