PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Vincent Smyth (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Steve Hanson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Smyth comes to the cage accompanied by RZA - Fatal. The crowd seem to be enjoying Hanson's choice of entrance music: Eminem - No Love. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Smyth
vs
Hanson

170 cm
23
156 lbs
10 - 2 - 0

180 cm
27
165 lbs
14 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Very quick

BJJ Brown Belt
World class boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Vincent Smyth!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Steve Hanson!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Trevor Gratis and Elvis Blanc.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hanson misses with a straight right.
Hanson scores with a kick to the body.
Steve Hanson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Smyth scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Hanson slips a straight right by Smyth.
Smyth takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Hanson throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Smyth counters with a right hand to the body.
Hanson misses with a jab, cross combination.
Hanson throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Smyth sees it coming and avoids it easily.

Smyth shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Smyth was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Smyth trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Smyth with shots to the head and body - Hanson looks very uncomfortable down there.
Hanson can't escape the position.
The referee warns Hanson that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Smyth looking to control but Hanson is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hanson is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Smyth unloads with some shots from mount but Hanson bucks and avoids them well.
Hanson has worked his way to half guard, taking advantage of Smyth's lack of action.
Ground and pound from Smyth.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Hanson is trying to maintain the position but Smyth is very close to passing his half guard.
Hanson is staying active underneath Smyth, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Hanson keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

Smyth looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Hanson trying to hold on to Smyth's head to control him but Smyth postures up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Smyth is trying to work for a kimura but Hanson is defending well.
Hanson is trying is best to control the position here.
Smyth trying to control the pace.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Smyth lands strikes from half guard.

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.
Hanson gets full guard.
Smyth trying to control but Hanson is working from the bottom.
Smyth slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Smyth scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Smyth loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Hanson keeping moving, preventing Smyth from controlling successfully.
Hanson is trying to keep Smyth in close.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Smyth scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Hanson on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Hanson avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Smyth.
Smyth not doing much here.
Smyth is looking for the mount but instead finds himself back in full guard.
Hanson controls Smyth momentarily but Smyth frees himself.
Smyth loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hanson working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Smyth.
Hanson being controlled here, momentarily.
Smyth trying to control but Hanson is working from the bottom.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Smyth trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Smyth wants to control from the top but Hanson keeps moving.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Vincent Smyth.
Hanson lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Hanson misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Hanson on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Hanson throws a right hand that misses
and Smyth counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Hanson wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Hanson throws a shot to the body.
Hanson works Smyth's body with a nice hook.
Smyth uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Hanson.
Smyth bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Smyth uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hanson.
Hanson connects with a nice looking jab.
Hanson lands a body shot.
Hanson lands with a right hand.
Jab, jab by Hanson - just one landing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hanson moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Smyth on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Smyth misses with a series of wild punches.
Hanson misses with a hook.
Smyth takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Smyth ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Hanson fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Hanson lands with a hook. Smyth tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Hanson jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Smyth ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A lazy left from Hanson finds it's target.
Hanson lands a nice hook to Smyth's body. Smyth takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Smyth with a jab.
Hanson jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Smyth shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Hanson as he avoids it easily.
Hanson tries to land a front kick but Smyth steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Hanson throws a jab when Smyth was well out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hanson lands a nice shot to the body.
Hanson scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Hanson moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Hanson throws a jab but it's blocked by Smyth.
Smyth misses with a wild body shot.
Smyth throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Hanson sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Smyth swings for the body but Hanson moves out of range.
Hanson throws a body punch but Smyth moves out of range.
Hanson lands a slapping body shot.
Hanson lands with an uppercut that bounces Smyth off the cage and back into rage.
Hanson misses with a lunging right hand

and Smyth counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Smyth.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Hanson is on top in guard.
Smyth 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.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Smyth looking to control but Hanson passes into half guard.
Smyth is refusing to be controlled, as Hanson sits in half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Steve Hanson showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Smyth's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Smyth blocks a jab.
Hanson tests Smyth's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Hanson scoring well with a low kick there.
A left lands for Hanson.
Hanson listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
A big left from Smyth misses.
Hanson lands with a good body shot.
Hanson scores with a nice right hand.
Some wild striking there from Hanson.
Hanson throws a lazy uppercut
and Smyth counters with a three punch combo that has Hanson backing up. Hanson nods at Smyth to acknowledge the strikes.
Smyth fails with the takedown
and Hanson counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Hanson lands a nice looking kick to the body. Smyth takes a step back to recover.
Hanson looks for the body kick but Smyth saw that one coming.
Hanson jabs Smyth right on the nose. Smyth blinks but takes it well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Smyth's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Smyth duly obliges.
Hanson misses with a hook
and Smyth counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Hanson misses with a body shot

and Smyth counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Smyth showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Hanson preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Smyth stopping the sweep attempt from Hanson.
Hanson is pulling down on Smyth's head. It's preventing any offense from Smyth, at least for the moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smyth engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Vincent Smyth overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.

Vincent Smyth has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Hanson throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Hanson misses with a hook.
Hanson throws a lazy uppercut
and Hanson takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
A jab from Smyth misses.
Steve Hanson seems to be getting the better of the standup.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hanson stuffs the takedown attempt from Smyth. Smyth gets slowly back to his feet.
Hanson slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Smyth ducks under a wild hook from Hanson.
Hanson misses with a hook.
Smyth shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Hanson defends it nicely.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Vincent Smyth. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hanson lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Smyth at a distance.
Hanson scores with a nice strike.
Smyth looks for a takedown but Hanson sprawls well.
Hanson stuns Smyth with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Smyth throws a hook to the side of Hanson's head but Hanson sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Hanson is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.

Smyth is rocked!
Smyth uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Hanson.
Oh Smyth is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Hanson pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hanson throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Hanson throws a looping overhand right but Smyth ducks down to avoid it.
Hanson throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Smyth avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Hanson throws a jab when Smyth was well out of range.
Smyth uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Hanson.
Hanson throws out a loose jab but Smyth uses good head movement to avoid it.
Smyth seems to have got his legs back now.
Hanson has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Hanson there as he acknowledges the shot.
Donk. Hanson catches Smyth right on the button with a cross.
Hanson takes a shot to the body in his stride.

Smyth shoots in and bounces Hanson off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Smyth wants to control from the top but Hanson keeps moving.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Smyth lands a couple of digs.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Steve Hanson.
I think Hanson has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Yves DeLean scores the fight 28:29
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 28:29
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Steve Hanson!