PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between William Hague (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hague comes to the cage accompanied by Duran, Duran - Wild Boys. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Hague
vs
Smith

175 cm
20
180 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

178 cm
18
175 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, William Hague!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, John Smith!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, William Gold and James Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hague throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
William Hague seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Smith gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Hague passes into half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hague has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hague content just to control the position here.
Hague seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Smith for as long as he can get away with.
Hague wants to control the pace but Smith is squirming around nicely.
Hague looking to control and managing it successfully.
Smith tries to buck Hague off but he can't manage it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith is in a horrible position here. Hague smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Hague looking to finish Smith with some ground and pound. This is bad for Smith!
Hague wants to control the pace but Smith is squirming around nicely.
Hague 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.
Hague mounts Smith! Really nice guard pass there!

Hague has hold of Smith's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Smith manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Hague putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Hague landing strikes, looking to finish!
Smith taking shots to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Hague lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Hague mounts Smith! Really nice guard pass there!
Smith has given up his back - I don’t know if this is a deliberate ploy to try and escape or if he is just struggling down there.
Hague trying to control.
Hague has the hooks sunk in and you can see the will to fight slowly draining out of Smith's body.
Will Hague go for the finish here or will he try and keep control of the position?

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hague is throwing punches to the body, looking to soften Smith up.

Hague looking for the choke from the back.
Hague lands a shot to the body.
Hague controls the action.

Smith is holding on to Hague 's glove but Hague gets free and slips his arm under Smith 's chin. This could be big trouble! Yes, Smith is tapping furiously and this one is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:41 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). William Hague!