PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ricky Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jari Lehtonen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Smith comes to the cage accompanied by Superman's Song. Ricky Smith has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Smith
vs
Lehtonen

182 cm
21
200 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

190 cm
25
187 lbs
12 - 9 - 0

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Powerful

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 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ricky Smith!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jari Lehtonen!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Daniel Cesar and Emerson Jorge.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Smith throws a lazy uppercut
and Lehtonen counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Lehtonen feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Smith's calf.
Lehtonen lands a nice leg kick that just misses Smith's sensitive parts.
Smith misses with a right hand
and Lehtonen cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
A low kick from Smith misses
and Lehtonen counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
A head kick by Lehtonen misses
letting Smith counter with a right hand.
Smith steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Lehtonen.
Smith ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Smith scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Lehtonen throws a leg kick but Smith moved away.
Smith misses with a left hand
and Lehtonen counters with a head kick.
Lehtonen connects with a leg kick. Smith looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Smith loads up on a big right hand but Lehtonen slips the punch.
Lehtonen ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A lazy body kick from Lehtonen
and Smith counters with a right hand to the body.
Lehtonen throws a body punch but Smith moves out of range.
Smith throws a left and a right that both miss
and Lehtonen counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith moves out of range as Lehtonen throws a body kick.
Lehtonen misses with a leg kick
and Smith counters with a low kick, right behind Lehtonen 's knee.
Nice uppercut lands for Lehtonen. That snapped Smith's head back.
Smith throws a sloppy head kick
and Lehtonen counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

Smith is rocked!
Smith slips under a jab from Lehtonen.
Oh Smith is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Smith lands a jab to Lehtonen's midsection.
Smith seems to have got his legs back now.
Smith throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Lehtonen scoring well with a low kick there.
Smith pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Smith checks a leg kick nicely.
Smith throws a nice inside leg kick.
Smith throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Lehtonen counters with a flying knee that drops Smith! Lehtonen dives in and finishes the fight with a flurry of strikes from the mount!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:52 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jari Lehtonen!