PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Stephan Stevens (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dan Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Stevens
vs
Smith

185 cm
20
192 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

190 cm
22
195 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Improved boxing
Intelligent

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Tends to cut

NCC: Nemesis Cage Clothing

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Stephan Stevens!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Dan Smith!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Smith fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Smith throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Stevens is looking to clinch.
Stevens tries to close the distance and clinch up but Smith swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Smith avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Stevens looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Smith tries for a takedown but Stevens sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Smith slips a jab and a cross from Stevens.
Smith tries to move into range but Stevens moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Smith misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Stephan Stevens has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dan Smith.
Stevens fails in his attempt to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Stevens stuffs the takedown attempt from Smith. Smith gets slowly back to his feet.
Stevens tries to clinch up but Smith circles away and keeps his distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Stevens gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Smith.

Smith has picked Stevens up - he's going for a ride! Smith dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Smith passes the guard and advances to mount!
Smith with the ground and pound from mount.
Stevens flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Smith sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Stevens wants to try and get back to his feet.
Smith in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Smith looks gassed!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stevens is trying desperately to improve position.
Smith lands a big elbow.
Smith lands a nice shot to the head.
Smith sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Smith scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Stevens?
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Smith landing punches.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Smith looking to finish with strikes here!
Stevens is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Smith pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith scoring with strikes but Stevens is staying in there.
Stevens is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Smith throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Smith throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Smith looking to finish with strikes here!
Stevens keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Smith throws some wild stikes that Stevens manages to avoid easily.
Stevens is looking to get to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Smith fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Smith is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Stevens in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Smith sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Smith misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Stevens is in a horrible position here. Smith smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Smith postures up and throws a couple of big shots that have Stevens in real trouble here! The ref calls for Stevens to improve his position which he doesn't do, so the referee has no choice but to end the fight due to the strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Dan Smith!