PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Peter Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chris Connely (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Smith might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Grand Magus - Hammer of the North. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Smith
vs
Connely

187 cm
31
215 lbs
28 - 13 - 0

181 cm
30
194 lbs
22 - 12 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Perkele!

TFP Graphics - Pit Inc

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 28 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Peter Smith!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 12 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Chris Connely!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Tarja Halkonen and Matti Vanhoillinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Smith connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Connely momentarily.
Connely loads up on a big right hand but Smith slips the punch.
Connely ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Smith moves away.
Connely scores with a sloppy right hand. Smith should have avoided that one.
Smith throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Connely throws a jab but it's blocked by Smith.
Connely looks to land a left hand but Smith moved out of range nicely.
Nice body kick there by Smith.
Connely scores with a punch to the head.
Smith connects with a good right hand that stumbles Connely. Connely circles away out of range and recomposes himself.

It looks like Chris Connely has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Connely attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Connely throws a body punch but Smith moves out of range.
Connely misses with a straight right.
Connely pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Smith throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Connely on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Smith throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Connely throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Smith uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Connely.
Chris Connely seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A big left from Smith misses.
Smith lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Connely ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Smith with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Connely cracks Smith with an open hand slap.
Smith just misses with a punch to the body.
Smith ducks under a wild hook from Connely.
Smith throws a nice looking combination but Connely bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Smith slips a straight right by Connely.
Smith tries a head kick but it misses.
Jab, jab by Connely - just one landing.
Connely works Smith's body with a nice hook.
Connely throws a leg kick but Smith checks it.
Connely misses with a wild body shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Connely misses with a two punch combination.
Connely checks a leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Connely tries to bum rush Smith with a series of wild strikes but Smith uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
A looping hook to the body misses from Connely. Smith does a little dance to reset his feet.
Connely moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Smith connects with a right hand. Connely shakes it off.
A left lands for Connely.
Smith closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Connely lands with an uppercut that bounces Smith off the cage and back into range.
Connely misses with a body shot.
Connely misses the jab.
Smith misses with a wild combination.
Connely misses with a few strikes there.
Connely pivots, looking for a leg kick but Smith is out of range and Connely settles back down.
Smith throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Smith lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Smith tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Connely was well out of range. Poor timing from Smith.
Smith connects with a solid leg kick.
Smith slips a jab from Connely.
Connely takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Connely throws a series of punches but Smith moves out of range.
Connely misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Smith counters with a right hand to the body.
Smith keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Smith tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Connely swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A shot to the liver by Connely. Beautiful body shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Smith throws a head kick that half lands.
Connely scores with a jab.
Connely looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Smith pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Connely misses with a lunging right hand
and Connely takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

Connely is rocked!
Smith digs a good body shot into Connely's ribs.
Connely looks gassed!
Connely throws an off balance right hand
letting Smith counter with a right hand.
Connely is still on wobbly legs! Can Smith finish him?
Smith checks a leg kick.
Connely rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Smith counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Smith cracks the inside of Connely's front leg.
Connely seems to have recovered his senses.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Smith.
Connely keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Connely takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Smith stuns Connely with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Sloppy strikes from Smith. Those never looked like landing.
Smith keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Smith lands a nice looking kick to the body. Connely takes a step back to recover.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Smith pushes Connely away with a front kick.
Smith connects with a single shot there.

That has opened up Chris Connely's cut even more.
Connely takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Peter Smith dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Chris Connely's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Smith closes the distance and lands a vicious right hand that drops Connely! Smith dives in looking to finish! Connely is still trying to defend himself but he's taking too many shots and the referee has no choice but to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Peter Smith!
A very excited looking Peter Smith made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.