PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Darren Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brendan Khan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Smith comes to the cage accompanied by Oh Well.. Brendan Khan has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Smith
vs
Khan

183 cm
28
220 lbs
10 - 8 - 0

196 cm
22
215 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
Good elbows
Granite chin

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 10 - 8 - 0, fighting out of London, Darren Smith!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Brendan Khan!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Chris Edwards and Steven Brown.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Khan takes a swing at Smith's ribcage but misses.
Khan clobbers Smith with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
A big right from Khan misses.
Khan misses with an uppercut. Smith saw that one coming.
Khan thows a left - swing and a miss!
Smith uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Khan.
Khan on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Smith. Smith obviously looking to wear him down.
Khan ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Smith moves away.
Khan clobbers Smith with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Smith fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Khan.
Khan throws a jab but it's blocked by Smith.
Khan looks to land a right hand but Smith moved out of range.
Khan misses with a few strikes there.
Khan works Smith's body with a nice hook.
Smith uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Khan.
Smith scoring well with a low kick there.
Khan throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Khan misses with a wild combination.
Khan feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Smiths jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Brendan Khan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A punch combination from Khan misses.
Khan throws a hook but Smith avoids it easily.
Smith dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Smith jabs Khan right on the nose. Khan blinks but takes it well.
Khan misses with a hook. Smith ducked under it nicely.
Khan jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Smith.
Khan thows a left - swing and a miss!
Khan misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Smith counters with a slapping leg kick.
Khan fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Khan is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Smith.
Smith staying out of range there.
Khan thows a left - swing and a miss!
Smith connects with an inside leg kick.
Khan throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Smith counters with a big head kick but Khan shrugs it off.
Khan misses the body punch
and Smith counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Khan takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Khan throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Khan lands a jab to Smith's midsection.
Smith ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Smith blocks a jab.
Khan pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Khan misses with a body punch
and Smith counters with a good low kick that Khan was not able to check.
Smith ducks under a wild hook from Khan.
Smith scores with a spinning back kick!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Smith walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Khan throws a left and a right that both miss
and Smith counters with a low kick, right behind Khan 's knee.
Smith ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Smith lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Khan throws an overhand right that lands on Smith's shoulder, as Smith tries to avoid the shot.
Smith connects with a solid leg kick.
Khan misses with a double jab
and Smith counters with an inside leg kick.
Khan looks gassed!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Khan misses with a combination
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Khan throws a jab when Smith was well out of range.
Khan throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Smith sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Smith displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Khan throws out the jab.
Smith uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Khan.
Khan jabs Smith to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Khan throws a hook to the side of Smith's head but Smith sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Khan has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Khan there as he acknowledges the shot.

Smith moves into the clinch.
Smith lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
A short body shot lands from Khan as the two fighters clinch.

Khan pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Smith blocks a jab.
Smith moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Khan's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Smith misses with an attempted mid kick.
Khan misses with a double jab
and Smith counters with a low kick, right behind Khan 's knee.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Smith fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
A swing and a miss from Khan.
Smith lands with a cross.
Smith moves out of range of the strikes.
Smith drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Khan misses with a hook. Smith ducked under it nicely.
Khan is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Smith.
Khan misses with an uppercut. Smith saw that one coming.
Smith misses with a low kick.

Smith clinches.
Smith working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Smith.
Khan's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Smith swings wildly with an uppercut but Khan uses good head movement to avoid it.
Khan looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Smith.
Smith avoids a wild elbow strike from Khan.
Smith is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Darren Smith dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Khan misses with a double jab
letting Smith counter with a right hand.
Smith avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Khan throws a left and a right that both miss
and Smith counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Khan misses with a shot to the body
and Smith counters with a solid body kick.
Khan throws a combination that misses
and Smith counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Khan throws an overhand right that lands on Smith's shoulder, as Smith tries to avoid the shot.
Khan throws a left and a right that both miss
and Smith counters with a low kick, right behind Khan 's knee.
Darren Smith is winning the standup battle so far.
That kick from Smith tenderised Khan's leg. Khan is trying to keep his angry face on.
Khan misses with a body punch
and Smith counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Khan thinking.
Khan throws a looping overhand right but Smith ducks down to avoid it.
Khan misses with a combination
enabling Smith to counter with a crisp jab.
Khan is breathing heavily.
Khan misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Smith counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Khan misses with a body punch
and Smith makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Smith thumps Khan with a low kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith throws a head kick that half lands.
Smith slips under a jab.
Smith scores with a leg kick.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Smith, right into the meat.
Smith misses with a head kick.
Smith tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Khan pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Smith staying out of range there.
A decent looking cross lands there for Smith.
Khan chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Smith can pounce on him.
Khan throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Khan misses with a straight right.
Smith throws a nice outside leg kick.
Smith dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Khan. That did some damage!
Smith throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Khan's head.
A jab from Khan misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Khan falls off balance throwing a combination
and Smith makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Khan looks to land a right hand but Smith moved out of range.
Smith tries to clinch but Khan moves out of range.
Smith defending well as Khan loads up on a big left hand.
Khan throws a combination that misses

and Smith holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Smith misses with a punch on the inside.
Smith throws a head punch that misses.
Smith is working Khan over against the cage.
Smith softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Smith is working Khan over against the cage.

Khan breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Smith lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Khan at a distance.
Khan misses with a looping left.
Khan misses with a body shot
and Smith counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Khan scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Khan throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Khan misses with a combination
and Smith counters with a head kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Khan looks to throw the jab but Smith is out of range.
Smith moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Smith throws a low kick but Khan moves out of range easily.
Khan swats away the attempt to clinch by Smith.
Khan throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Smith throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Khan misses with a combination
and Smith counters with a nice leg kick.
Khan swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Smith counters with a nice leg kick.
Smith pivots, looking for a leg kick but Khan is out of range and Smith settles back down.
Khan misses with a combination
and Smith makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for Smith.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Khan falls off balance throwing a combination
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
and Smith counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Smith feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Khan's calf.
Khan misses with a looping left.
The fighters circle momentarily. Smith darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Khan throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Smith counters with a nice kick to the body.
A slapping leg kick lands for Smith.
Smith dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Khan. That did some damage!
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Smith.
A nice leg kick lands there from Smith.
An inside leg kick lands from Smith.
Khan doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Smith throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Smith thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Khan if he has to take too many more of those.
Smith connects with a solid leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Darren Smith dominated that second round.
That's time! Smith's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Smith jabs Khan right on the nose. Khan blinks but takes it well.
A good leg kick by Smith.
Khan throws the left hand but Smith avoids the punch easily.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Smith. Khan shrugs it off though.
Khan misses with a hook.
Khan misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Smith makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Smith throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Smith lands with a good body shot.
Khan takes one to the side of the head.

Smith gets a clinch.
Smith managing to block the knees to the body from Khan.
Khan looking to slow down the pace here.
Smith scores with a shot to the side of Khan's head.
Khan takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
A nice right hand lands inside from Smith.
Khan trying to land knees to the body.
A hook to the body from Smith.
Smith is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Khan can do to turn this around?
A nice left hand lands by Smith.
Smith lands on the inside with an uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Smith lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Khan or not.
Smith taking a breather.
Smith working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A bit of stalling here from Smith.
A nice right hand lands inside from Smith.
Smith scores with a nice hook to the head.
Smith throws a head punch that misses.
Khan looking to slow down the pace here.
Smith leaning against his opponent.
Smith is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Khan blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Smith tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Smith misses with a punch on the inside.
Khan missing with knees to the body.
Smith is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Smith lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Khan wants to break free but Smith has control.
A right handed body shot lands from Smith.
Smith digs a right hand into Khan's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Khan's gas tank.
A nice left hand lands by Smith.
A short uppercut from Smith.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith is leaning against Khan and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Smith stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Smith lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Smith doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Smith lands a nice uppercut.
Khan using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Khan blocks an uppercut.
Smith lands a body shot.
Khan wants to break free but Smith has control.
Smith is leaning against Khan and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Smith.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Smith.
Khan struggles to land a body shot inside as Smith controls his hands.

Khan pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Smith lands with a straight right. Khan didn't see that one coming.
Smith tries to close the distance and clinch but Khan swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Khan uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Smith has time to react.
Khan tests Smith's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Smith defending well as Khan loads up on a big left hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Khan.
Khan missing with a left hand there. Smith was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Khan waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Smith.
Khan misses with a body punch
and Smith counters with an inside leg kick.
A big left from Khan misses.
Smith is looking to score with low kicks.
Smith uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Khan.
Khan keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Smith slips under a jab.
A slow jab from Khan misses its intended target.
Khan throws a one two combo.
Smith lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Khan circles away quickly and effectively.
Smith takes a swing at Khan's ribcage but misses.
Khan blocks a head kick by Smith.

That's four 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.
Smith pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Khan checks a leg kick.
Smith walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Khan checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Smith throws a leg kick but Khan moved away.
A telegraphed right hand from Khan misses the target.
Smith scoring well with a low kick there.
Khan swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Smith counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Smith takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Smith fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Khan on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Smith. Smith obviously looking to wear him down.
Khan misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Smith counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Khan connects with a good right hand that stumbles Smith. Smith circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Khan thows a left - swing and a miss!
Khan throws an overhand right that lands on Smith's shoulder, as Smith tries to avoid the shot.
Brendan Khan has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Nice cross by Khan.

And that's the end of the fight!
Darren 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 William Gold scores the fight 30:26
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 30:26
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 30:26

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