PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jean Claude Van Damme (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jeeves Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Smith comes into a darkened arena with his song building. God Save the Queen by The Sex Pistols kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Claude Van Damme
vs
Smith

175 cm
27
178 lbs
21 - 8 - 1

178 cm
33
177 lbs
26 - 10 - 2

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

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 21 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Jean Claude Van Damme!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 26 - 10 - 2, fighting out of Tokyo, Jeeves Smith!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Robert Douchet and Dillan Fox.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Van Damme checks the leg kick nicely there.
Van Damme avoids the body shot from Smith.
Smith uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Van Damme.
Van Damme tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Smith was well out of range. Poor timing from Van Damme.
Van Damme throws a head kick that misses.
Smith misses the shot to the body.
Van Damme lands with a nice body punch.
Smith moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Smith takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Jeeves Smith seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Smith throws a lazy head kick
and Van Damme counters with a straight right hand.
Van Damme displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Smith throws out the jab.
Van Damme throws a nice outside leg kick.
Van Damme with a jab.
Smith jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Van Damme avoids the body shot from Smith.
Smith misses with a left hand
letting Van Damme counter with a right hand.
Van Damme misses with the body kick
and Smith counters with a nice body kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Smith misses with a leg kick.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Smith, right into the meat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Van Damme lands with a thumping leg kick.
Van Damme avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Van Damme blocks a head kick by Smith.
Van Damme throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Smith tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Smith throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Van Damme stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Donk. Smith catches Van Damme right on the button with a cross.
Smith pivots, looking for a leg kick but Van Damme is out of range and Smith settles back down.
Van Damme looks to score with a jab to the body but Smith is just out of range.
Van Damme misses with a body kick.
Smith avoids the body shot from Van Damme.
Van Damme jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Van Damme displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Smith throws out the jab.

Smith moves into the clinch.
Smith tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Van Damme avoids it.
Smith jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Van Damme walks away with a smile on his face. Smith gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Van Damme uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Smith.
Smith misses with a looping right.
Smith throws a poor cross that misses
and Van Damme counters with a one-two to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Van Damme ducks right into an uppercut from Smith.
Van Damme scores with a shot to the body.
Van Damme is looking to wear down Smith with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Smith takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Van Damme takes one on the button.
Smith lands with a shot to the body.
Van Damme uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Smith.
Van Damme avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Smith needs to keep his hands up - Van Damme had a free shot at his head there.
Van Damme slips under a jab.
Van Damme keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Van Damme tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Smith 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.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Smith lands a lovely overhand right.
Smith connects with a leg kick. Van Damme looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Smith has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Van Damme.
Van Damme looks to land a left hand but Smith moved out of range nicely.
Van Damme slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Smith. Van Damme does a little dance to reset his feet.
Smith throws a leg kick but Van Damme sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Van Damme avoids the head kick by Smith.
Van Damme lands a jab to the nose.
Smith misses with a leg kick
and Van Damme counters with an inside leg kick.
Van Damme throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Smith counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Good work by Van Damme as he checks the leg kick.
Smith is looking to clinch.
Smith tries to clinch up.
Van Damme throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Smith blocks a jab.
Smith ducks under a wild hook from Van Damme.
Van Damme ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Smith moves away.
Smith throws a leg kick but Van Damme sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Nice cross by Smith.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Smith scoring well with a low kick there.
Van Damme jabs at Smith's body.
Smith misses with a low kick.
Van Damme on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Smith pivots, looking for a leg kick but Van Damme is out of range and Smith settles back down.
Van Damme checks the leg kick.
Van Damme moves out of range as Smith strikes.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Van Damme takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Smith throws a low kick but Van Damme moves out of range easily.
Smith is looking to clinch.
Smith misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Van Damme.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jeeves Smith dominated that 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.

Smith throws a hook to the side of Van Damme's head but Van Damme sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Smith pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Van Damme moves out of range of the leg kick from Smith.
Jeeves Smith seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Van Damme throws a hook to the side of Smith's head but Smith sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A punch combination from Van Damme misses.
Van Damme looks for the body kick but Smith saw that one coming.
Smith tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Van Damme is able to avoid easily.
A slow jab from Smith misses its intended target.
Van Damme ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Smith throws a leg kick but Van Damme sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Van Damme connects with a body shot that sends Smith's belly button to the back.
Van Damme throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Smith stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Smith keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Van Damme misses the shot to the body.
Smith throws a predictable looking body shot
and Van Damme counters with a two punch combo.
Smith misses with a low kick as Van Damme jumps back.
Van Damme moves out of range of the strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith walks into a stiff left hand from Van Damme.
Smith tried to score with a low kick but Van Damme checks it.
A shot to the body from Smith misses
and Van Damme counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Smith throws a push kick but Van Damme slaps the foot to one side.
Van Damme looks to score with a jab to the body but Smith is just out of range.
Smith misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Van Damme.
Smith throws a leg kick but Van Damme checks it.
Smith walks into a stiff left hand from Van Damme.
Van Damme will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Van Damme throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Van Damme scores with a body shot.
Van Damme tried to score with a low kick but Smith checks it.
Smith throws a head kick but Van Damme moves out of range.
Smith looks to land a right hand but Van Damme moved out of range.
Smith dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Van Damme. That did some damage!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Van Damme takes a swing at Smith's ribcage but misses.
Smith dodges the punch combination from Van Damme.
A looping hook to the body misses from Smith. Van Damme does a little dance to reset his feet.
Van Damme throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Smith throws an off balance right hand
and Van Damme counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Van Damme keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Smith.
Smith tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Van Damme is able to avoid easily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Van Damme blocks the body kick.
Van Damme swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Smith throws a body punch but Van Damme moves out of range.
Smith swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Smith takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Smith throws a leg kick but Van Damme moved away.
Van Damme avoids a kick to the body.
Van Damme connects with a jab.
Van Damme checks a leg kick nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Van Damme tries to land a leg kick but Smith saw it coming and moves away.
Smith scores with a push kick.
Van Damme throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Van Damme slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Van Damme lands a nice shot that snaps Smith's head back.
Van Damme uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Smith.
Smith connects with an inside leg kick.
Smith jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Van Damme scores with a jab.
Van Damme fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Smith throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Smith lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Smith throws a low kick, looking for Van Damme's leg but Van Damme calmly moves out of range.
Smith connects with a solid leg kick.
Van Damme misses with a low kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Van Damme throws out a loose jab but Smith uses good head movement to avoid it.
Van Damme scores with a jab. Smith acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
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!
Smith takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Smith misses the jab.
Smith looks for the body kick but Van Damme saw that one coming.
Van Damme ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Van Damme ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Smith moves away.
Van Damme keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Smith.
Van Damme avoids the body shot from Smith.
Van Damme looks to score with a jab to the body but Smith is just out of range.
Smith throws an off balance right hand
and Van Damme counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Van Damme connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Van Damme misses with the combination.
Smith lands a front kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Jean Claude Van Damme will probably get the nod.
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!

Smith chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Smith scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Smith has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Van Damme ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Smith moves away.
Smith does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Van Damme slips a jab from Smith.
Van Damme lands with a nice combination. Smith backs away looking to recover.
Smith misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Van Damme.
Van Damme is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Van Damme throws the left hand but Smith avoids the punch easily.
Smith throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Van Damme circles away from the clinch attempt.
Smith wants to clinch but Van Damme slips to the side
letting Van Damme counter with a right hand.
Smith avoids the body shot from Van Damme.
Smith throws out a loose jab but Van Damme uses good head movement to avoid it.
Van Damme connects with a solid leg kick.
Van Damme throws a right and a left that Smith avoids nicely.
Smith thuds a left hand into Van Damme's body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Van Damme checks a leg kick.
Van Damme looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Smith throws a nice outside leg kick.
Van Damme moves forwards but Smith connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Smith lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Van Damme looks to throw the jab but Smith is out of range.
Smith fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Van Damme manages to avoid it.
Smith lands with a straight right. Van Damme didn't see that one coming.
A head kick misses from Van Damme.
A good leg kick by Smith.
Van Damme looks for the body kick but Smith saw that one coming.
Smith throws a hook to the side of Van Damme's head but Van Damme sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Jab from Smith.
Van Damme cracks Smith with a right hand to the side of the head.
Smith throws a hook to the side of Van Damme's head but Van Damme sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith throws a body kick that misses.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A shot to the liver by Van Damme. Beautiful body shot.
Van Damme misses the body punch
enabling Smith to counter with a crisp jab.
Good work by Van Damme as he checks the leg kick.
A left lands for Van Damme.
Smith throws a poor cross that misses
and Van Damme counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Smith 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.
Smith looks to land a body kick but Van Damme moved away.
Smith throws a big shot that misses.
Van Damme lands with a thumping leg kick.
Van Damme lands with a shot to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Van Damme. Smith does a little dance to reset his feet.
Van Damme swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Smith on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Van Damme. Van Damme obviously looking to wear him down.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
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 Van Damme has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Van Damme and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Smith throws a head kick that misses
and Van Damme counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Van Damme throws a body punch but Smith moves out of range.
Smith goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Smith looks to score with a jab to the body but Van Damme is just out of range.
Smith avoids the body shot from Van Damme.
Smith misses with an attempted mid kick.
Smith swings widly with a right hand
and Van Damme counters with a nice body kick.
Van Damme works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Van Damme listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Smith takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
A decent looking cross lands there for Van Damme.
Van Damme tries a head kick but it misses.
A clash of legs there as Smith blocks the low kick.
Smith takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Smith uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Van Damme.
Smith lands a glancing blow to the side of Van Damme's head.
Smith with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Smith pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Van Damme takes a jab right on the kisser.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Van Damme looks to land a left hand but Smith moved out of range nicely.
Van Damme misses with a wild body shot.

Smith closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
A short uppercut from Smith.
Smith gets through Van Damme's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A head punch on the inside from Van Damme fails to land.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Van Damme presses Smith against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Smith takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Van Damme on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Van Damme lands with a light punch inside.
Van Damme lands a hook to the side of the head.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Jeeves Smith.
I think Smith 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 Ian Loll scores the fight 28:30
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 27:30
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jeeves Smith!