PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between John Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Manny Mayweather (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Manny Mayweather enters the cage!

Smith
vs
Mayweather

178 cm
26
192 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

188 cm
25
192 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Cuts easily

Good takedowns
Brawler
Enjoys gardening

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 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, John Smith!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Manny Mayweather!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Paul Aken and Albert Achterberg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Smith defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Mayweather.
Mayweather misses the jab.
Mayweather stuns Smith with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Nice straight punches there by Mayweather. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Mayweather.
Mayweather shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Smith as he jumps to the side.
Smith doesn't manage to clinch there - Mayweather circles away.
Nice sprawl there from Smith as Mayweather shoots in.
John Smith has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Manny Mayweather.
No luck for Mayweather with that takedown attempt.
Mayweather shoots and misses

and Smith counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Mayweather!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mayweather is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Smith trying to control but Mayweather is having none of it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mayweather is trying desperately to improve position.
Mayweather is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Mayweather looks out of his depth in this position - he's holding on tight.
Smith wants to control the pace but Mayweather is squirming around nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mayweather tries to hold on but Smith postures up.
Mayweather is desperately trying to improve his position but Smith has a good base and remains in mount.
Smith can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Mayweather is looking to escape.

Smith swings around for an armbar but it's a sloppy attempt and Mayweather is now in Smith's guard. A big mistake from Smith there, giving up the dominant position!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Smith can't keep his opponent in guard - Mayweather advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Mayweather connects with a nice short shot to Smith's temple.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mayweather slips a nice elbow through Smith's hands, connecting with Smith's forehead.
Mayweather is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Mayweather working Smith over with strikes.
Mayweather looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Mayweather takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Mayweather is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Smith wants to improve his position but Mayweather is controlling well.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Smith wants to control but Mayweather is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Smith taking some punishment here, with Mayweather in his half guard.
Smith is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Mayweather lands strikes from half guard.

It looks like John Smith has been cut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mayweather working over Smith with some ground and pound. Smith looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Mayweather working the head and body with strikes.
Mayweather slips a nice elbow through Smith's hands, connecting with Smith's forehead.
Mayweather has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Smith is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Mayweather scores with a couple of nice shots.

Smith is rocked!

John Smith's cut is getting worse.
Smith on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Smith tries to get out of the position.
Mayweather lands a big elbow - Smith is out of it! He's waving his arms around but his eyes are closed and he's not intelligently defending himself - the ref has no choice but to jump in and stop the fight! This one is in the books! A TKO win for Mayweather!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:41 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Manny Mayweather!