PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Alexander Nelson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kim Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Nelson
vs
Smith

178 cm
26
165 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

185 cm
22
150 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

Brute

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 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Alexander Nelson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Kim Smith!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Aafke Stam and Paulsen Ambrosius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nelson shoots in looking for a takedown but Smith manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Nelson's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Smith works over Nelson's head and body with a nice combination.
Nelson shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Smith sprawls well. Smith wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Nelson gets slowly back to his feet.
Smith tries to close the distance and clinch but Nelson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Smith shoots for a takedown but Nelson saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Smith throws a head kick that misses.

Nelson feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Nelson throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Smith works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

Smith is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Smith is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Nelson pushing down on Smith's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Nelson scoring with strikes to the body and head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Nelson working Smith over with strikes.
Ground and pound from Nelson.
Nelson is nestled in close to Smith, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Nelson lands strikes from half guard.
Nelson prevents Smith from improving his position.
Nelson looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Smith trying to control but Nelson postures up.
Nelson is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Nelson has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Nelson looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Smith is trying to stand.
Smith is looking to improve his position.
Ground and pound from Nelson.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nelson lands with a punch from half guard.
Nelson looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Nelson looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Smith with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Nelson is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.

Smith is rocked!
Nice strikes from Nelson there.
Smith is still in real trouble! Can Nelson finish him?
Smith tries to get to full guard but Nelson has control of the leg.
Nelson working Smith over with strikes.
Nelson scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Nelson landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Nelson is sitting in half guard. He's postured up and lands a nice elbow. Oh, Smith is hurt! He's hurt bad - Nelson fires away with more strikes and the referee jumps in to save Smith from any more punishment! Congratulations to Nelson! Great finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Alexander Nelson!
After the fight, Alexander Nelson was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.