PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dante Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Michael Noonan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Noonan has chosen 3DD - Kryptonite as his entrance music. The key to victory for Dante Smith has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Smith
vs
Noonan

193 cm
28
265 lbs
7 - 6 - 0

190 cm
27
260 lbs
7 - 1 - 1

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Heavy handed

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Dante Smith!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Michael Noonan!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, James Glass and Daniel Bishop.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Noonan lands with a good body shot.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Noonan, right into the meat.
Smith misses with a wild body shot.
Smith tries a low kick but Noonan avoids it.
Noonan avoids the head kick by Smith.

Noonan moves into the clinch successfully.
Smith is trying to maintain a safe position but Noonan gets an underhook and turns Smith into the cage.
Smith letting Noonan take a breather here.
Smith can't break the clinch.
Noonan goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Noonan manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
A frustrated look appears on Smith's face as he tries to break the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Noonan tries to throw a body punch but Smith avoids it by throwing Noonan back against the cage.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Noonan lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Smith backwards.

It looks like Dante Smith has been cut.
Noonan presses Smith against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Noonan taking a breather.
Noonan scores with a shoulder strike.
Smith is trying to stall.
Noonan misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Noonan working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Noonan is working Smith over against the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Noonan lands with a short punch from the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Noonan.
A shot in the inside from Noonan.
Smith is looking to control Noonan's arms but Noonan gets an underhook and turns him. Now Smith has his back to the cage.
Smith can't seem to implement his control oriented gameplan at the moment. That's no bad thing of course, for those of us who want to see a good fight.
Noonan leaning his opponent against the cage.
Noonan lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Smith or not.
Smith is breathing heavily.

Noonan turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Noonan manages to end up in side control.
Noonan throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Noonan fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Noonan wants to control but Smith is keeping him busy.

Noonan working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Noonan trying to control the position but Smith is working away.
Noonan taking a breather here.

Noonan wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Smith, who protects the arm well.
You can see the frustration on Smith's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Smith tries to bench press Noonan off him but Noonan keeps the position.
Noonan throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Noonan tries to score with some ground and pound. Smith controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Noonan wants to control but Smith is keeping him busy.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.

Noonan is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Smith has escaped the position, nice work there.
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.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Noonan tries for a kimura but Smith is defending well.
Smith tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Noonan wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Michael Noonan dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Dante Smith's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Noonan connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Noonan keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Dante Smith seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Smith looks to score with a jab to the body but Noonan is just out of range.
Smith walks into a stiff left hand from Noonan.
Smith misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Donk. Noonan catches Smith right on the button with a cross.

Dante Smith's cut is getting worse.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Smith has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Smith there as he acknowledges the shot.
Noonan with a nice cross.

Dante Smith's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Smith missing with a left hand there. Noonan was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Noonan throws a quick inside leg kick.
Noonan scores with a kick to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Noonan defending well as Smith loads up on a big left hand.
Noonan tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Smith swivels and escapes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Noonan fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Smith looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Noonan uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Smith has time to react.
Noonan turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
A good leg kick by Noonan.
Noonan shoots in for a takedown but Smith shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Noonan clinches with his opponent.
Smith is looking to break free of the clinch but Noonan has double underhooks.
Noonan can't find room to land a body shot as Smith controls the action.
Noonan has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Nice body punch from Noonan.
A right hand to the body from Noonan.
A shot in the inside from Noonan.

Jeez, Dante Smith's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Noonan.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Dante Smith's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:08 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Michael Noonan!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Michael Noonan made sure he mentioned Untouchable Fight Gear , along with how happy he was to win his fight.