PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Will Power (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jeeves Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Power comes to the cage accompanied by Gary Pucket - Lady Will Power. Smith is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by God Save the Queen by The Sex Pistols. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Power
vs
Smith

183 cm
23
180 lbs
9 - 2 - 1

178 cm
30
177 lbs
20 - 8 - 2

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Granite chin

Crashforce Nutrition (Authentic 159Q Recovery $79)

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 9 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Will Power!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 8 - 2, fighting out of Tokyo, Jeeves Smith!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Arvi Lind and Johanna Lukiainen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Smith throws a combination that misses
and Power counters with a stiff right hand.
Power misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Smith.
Power chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Smith can pounce on him.
Smith throws a leg kick
and Power cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Smith falls off balance throwing a combination
and Power counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Power throws a leg kick
and Smith counters with an outside leg kick.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Smith lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Power has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Power and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
A combination from Smith does no damage.
Smith tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Smith fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Power avoids it really well and circles away.
Power scores with a jab to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith walks into a jab.
Smith throws a leg kick
and Power counters with a nice body kick.
A low kick from Smith misses

and Power counters by clinching up.
Power lands a knee to the head.
Power misses with a hook to the ribs.
Power's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Smith goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Power obliges.
Smith on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Smith lands a hook to the side of the head.

Smith breaks from the clinch.
Power throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Power thows a leg kick but Smith checks it
enabling Smith to counter with a crisp jab.
Power falls off balance throwing a combination
and Smith counters with a slapping leg kick.
Smith throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Power counters with a nice body kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Smith throws a lazy uppercut
and Power counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Smith looks gassed!
Power ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
That kick from Power tenderised Smith's leg. Smith is trying to keep his angry face on.
Power tries to clinch up.
Jeeves Smith seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Power gets a clinch.
Power lands a hook to the side of the head.
A body shot lands from Smith.
Smith using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Power has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Smith lands a body shot in the clinch.
Power on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Smith misses with a knee strike.
Power lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Smith.
A hook to the body from Power.
Power lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

Power manages to break the clinch.
Power tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Smith swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Power counters with a nice leg kick.
Power lands a high kick!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith takes one to the chin there.
Power scoring well with a low kick there.
Power throws a body kick that misses.
Power scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Power thows a body kick. Smith tries to catch it but that hurt him.

Power closes the distance and pushes Smith back into the cage.
Power blocking some punches.
Power tries to land a knee to the head but Smith blocks with his arms.
A shot in the inside from Power.

Power breaks from the clinch.
Power looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Smith misses with a combination
and Power counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Smith closes the distance looking to clinch
and Power counters with a solid body kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Power comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Will Power is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Smith misses with a combination
and Power counters with a nice body shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Power scores with a head kick.
Smith tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.

Power has managed to clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Power lands an uppercut.
Power lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.

Power breaks from the clinch.
Smith looks to throw a body kick
and Power counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Power throws a good cross that connects.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Will Power dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Smith has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Power.
Power scores with a shot to the body.
Power swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Power tries to clinch but Smith is having none of it.
Power scores with a jab to the jaw.
Will Power is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Smith thows a leg kick but Power checks it
and Power counters with a good, hard body kick but Smith shrugs it off.
Smith dodges the punch combination from Power.
A lazy body kick from Smith

and Power counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Power.
A short right from Power on the inside.
Smith is breathing heavily.
Smith tries to land a knee to the head but Power blocks with his arms.
A right hand to the body from Smith.
Power scores with a shoulder strike.
Smith on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Power throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Smiths head.
A short left from Power.
Smith pushes Power back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Power lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Power lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Power throws a knee to the head but misses.
Smith blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Smith lands a nice knee to the body.
Power lands a body shot in the clinch.
Power scores with a shot to the side of Smith's head.
A right hook to the body lands for Smith.
A short body shot lands from Power as the two fighters clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Power.
Power tries a body shot but Smith blocks it.

Smith escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Smith has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Power.
Smith throws a lazy uppercut
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Power swings for the body but Smith moves out of range.
A low kick from Smith is predictable there
and Power counters with a slapping leg kick.
Smith rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Power counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Power tries to land a leg kick but Smith saw it coming and moves away.
Power is looking to wear down Smith with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Power connects with a jab.
Smith takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Power misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Power rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Smith moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Power on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Smith swings widly with a right hand
and Power counters with a nice body kick.
Smith tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Power counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Power uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Smith.
Smith throws a leg kick that is checked
and Power counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
A head kick misses from Power.
Smith thows a leg kick but Power checks it
and Power counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A lazy body kick from Smith

and Power holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.

Power escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Power - that will leave a mark!
Smith thows a leg kick but Power checks it
and Power counters with a right hand to the body.
Smith tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Power was well out of range. Poor timing from Smith.
Smith moves forwards but Power connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Power moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Smith throws a combination that misses
and Power counters with a nice leg kick.
Crunch! Power slams his shin into Smith's torso.
Power takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Power throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Smith takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Smith throws a lazy uppercut

and Power counters by clinching up.
Power lands a body shot in the clinch.
Power lands a shoulder strike.
Power is working Smith over against the cage.
Power lands a body punch.

Power breaks from the clinch.
Smith shoots in for a takedown but Power shows good takedown defense.
Power misses with a wild combination.
Power is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Smith can do to turn this around?
Smith blocks a head kick by Power.
Power fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Smith's jab looks to have found its range, popping Power under the eye.
Power tests Smith's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Smith tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Power was well out of range. Poor timing from Smith.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Will Power dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Smith swings widly with a right hand
and Power counters with a nice body kick.
A big right from Smith misses.
Power fails to land with a series of punches.
Power connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Smith misses with a leg kick
and Power counters with a nice uppercut.
Smith throws an off balance right hand
and Power counters with a straight right hand.
Power throws a head kick that misses
and Smith counters with a nice uppercut.
Smith misses with a lunging right hand
and Power counters with a low kick, right behind Smith 's knee.
Smith circles away from the clinch attempt.
Power throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Power checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Smith is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith circles away from the clinch attempt.
Power takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Smith throws an off balance right hand
and Power counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Smith is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Smith connects with an inside leg kick.
Smith tries a low kick but Power avoids it.
Power is looking to score with low kicks.
Power checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Smith misses with a leg kick

and Power counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Power.
Power working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Smith misses with a body punch.
A short body shot lands from Smith as the two fighters clinch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Smith works on Power's body with a couple of short punches.
Jeeves Smith has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Smith on the inside.
Smith tries a body shot but Power blocks it.
A short body shot lands from Power as the two fighters clinch.
Smith tries to land knees in the clinch but Power avoids the damage to the body.
Power blocks a body shot from Smith.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Smith.
Smith missing with knees to the body.

Power manages to break the clinch.
Power throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Smith throws a lazy head kick
and Power makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Smith connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Will Power is winning the standup battle so far.
Power lands with a kick to the ribs.
Power is looking to clinch.
Smith fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Smith circles away from the clinch attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Power checks a leg kick nicely.
Power uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Smith.
Some wild striking there from Smith.
Smith throws a leg kick that is checked
enabling Power to counter with a crisp jab.
Smith tries to clinch up
and Power counters with a series of strikes. Smith will be more careful next time no doubt.

Smith clinches up against the cage.
Smith managing to block the knees to the body from Power.
Smith managing to block the knees to the body from Power.
Smith swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Power missing with knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Smith.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Power managing to block the knees to the body from Smith.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Power.
Power blocks an uppercut.
Smith trying to land knees to the body.
Still in the clinch, Smith scores with a nice short uppercut.
Will Power has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Smith works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Power lands a hook that snaps the head of Smith backwards.
Power lands a right hand that snaps the head of Smith backwards.
Smith is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Power is defending well for now.
Power prevents a body shot from Smith.
Power is leaning against Smith and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Smith doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Smith working aggressively here.
Power misses with a hook to the ribs.
Smith misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Power.
Power stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Power scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Power presses Smith against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.

Power manages to break the clinch.
Smith tries to land a body kick
and Power counters with a good, hard body kick but Smith shrugs it off.
Smith takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
A low kick from Smith is predictable there
and Power makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.

And that's the end of the fight!
Will Power showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Power 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 Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 30:27
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight 30:27
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Will Power!