PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jose Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Wayne Houchin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Houchin has chosen Ari Gold - Let's Hug It Out, BITCH as his entrance music. Jose Smith had real problems making weight for this fight. After initially coming in at 156.9lbs, he had two hours to make the official fight weight. He made it but it will have taken a lot out of him to cut those extra few pounds. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Smith
vs
Houchin

172 cm
31
164 lbs
16 - 18 - 0

180 cm
24
168 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Knockout power

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 16 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jose Smith!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Wayne Houchin!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Daniel Franklin and Cecil Peabody.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Houchin connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.

Houchin drives through with a takedown into guard.
Houchin looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Houchin's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Houchin looking to pass the guard.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Wayne Houchin was stalling too much, according to the referee.

Houchin bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Smith is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith is trying to improve his position.
Smith seems a little lost for a moment, as Houchin dominates the positioning.
Houchin in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Houchin is staying tight to Smith's torso, preventing him from escaping.
Smith prevents Houchin from moving into mount.
Houchin throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Houchin just content to control the position.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
You can see the frustration on Smith's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Houchin is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Smith is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Houchin tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Houchin takes a little break here. Smith wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Smith is looking to reverse the position.
Houchin content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
Houchin lands a few punches from side control.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
The referee asks Houchin politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Houchin prefers to stall for the moment though.
Houchin has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Smith!
BOOM! Houchin connects with a massive shot to the dome!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Wayne Houchin dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Houchin circles away from the clinch attempt

and Houchin counters with a nice double leg into side control. Smith won't be happy with that.
Houchin lands an elbow.
Houchin lands an elbow.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The ground and pound from Houchin seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Houchin slows the pace down.
Houchin working the ground and pound.
Houchin content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
Houchin working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Smith avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Houchin.
Smith is being controlled here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Houchin landing a few strikes.
Houchin taking a breather here.
Smith taking a bit of punishment here - Houchin scoring with strikes.
Smith is letting Houchin control him for a moment.
Houchin in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
Smith managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Houchin.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith can't do much from the bottom here.
Houchin in side control, just content to control the action for now.
Houchin tries to advance to mount but can't.
Houchin has knee on belly and moves into mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Houchin content just to control the position here.
Let's hope that Houchin has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Houchin cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Houchin takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Smith can't escape the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Wayne Houchin showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Houchin digs a good body shot into Smith's ribs.
Smith darts in trying to clinch
and Houchin counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Houchin decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Smith tries to roll over but Houchin keeps him under control.
Houchin stalling.
Smith keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Jose Smith has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Houchin throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Well, if Houchin is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Smith is trying to get back to full guard.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Wayne Houchin was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Houchin scores with a nice strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Houchin looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Houchin performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Wayne Houchin was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Houchin scores with a jab to the jaw.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A slapping leg kick lands for Houchin.

And that's the end of the fight!
Wayne Houchin comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Houchin has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Tiny Johnson scores the fight 27:30
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 26:30
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Wayne Houchin!