PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Super Macho Man (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Aj Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Macho Man kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Macho Man. This should be fireworks!

Macho Man
vs
Smith

186 cm
26
155 lbs
13 - 10 - 0

188 cm
29
145 lbs
12 - 14 - 1

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Powerful takedowns
Decent boxing
Powerful

New World Order Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Super Macho Man!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 14 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Aj Smith!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Daniel Franklin and Stewart Dunkirk.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Macho Man shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Smith defends it nicely.
Smith shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Smith fails with the takedown.
No joy there for Macho Man, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Macho Man cracks Smith with a right hand to the side of the head.
Macho Man shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Smith defends it nicely.

Smith fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Macho Man to the ground. Smith is now in Macho Man's guard.
Macho Man can't keep his opponent in guard - Smith advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Smith controlling the action here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith throwing shots but Macho Man is blocking nicely.
Smith trying to control the action but Macho Man is working from the bottom.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Smith in particular looking to stall.
Smith not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Smith has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Still in half guard, Smith seems content to control.
Smith is keen to just control but Macho Man is a slippery customer.
Smith not doing much here.

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Aj Smith wasn't active enough on the ground.
Some wild striking there from Macho Man.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Macho Man shoots in but no luck this time.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Super Macho Man. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Macho Man stuffs the takedown attempt from Smith. Smith gets slowly back to his feet.

Smith scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Smith just content to control the position.
Macho Man takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Smith controls the position from side control.
Smith landing a few strikes.
Smith throwing strikes but missing, from side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith is looking to take a break and control but Macho Man is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Smith looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Macho Man dodges the ground and pound from Smith.
Smith in side control, throwing shots but Macho Man defends.
Smith scores with a couple of short elbows.
Smith remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
Smith working the ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Smith thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Smith is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Macho Man's shoulder. That is not cool.
Smith tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Macho Man taking a bit of punishment here - Smith scoring with strikes.
Smith tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Macho Man really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Macho Man is being controlled here.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Smith is chipping away with strikes.
Smith is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Macho Man will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Aj Smith dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Macho Man keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.

Smith shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Macho Man manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Smith is stalling in the full guard.
Smith trying to control the position from guard on top but Macho Man is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Smith accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith sitting in guard here, content to control.

OK we're going to have a standup here. Aj Smith hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Macho Man throws a big shot that misses.
Macho Man throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Smith's waist but Smith gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Macho Man off to one side.
Smith closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.

Smith closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Macho Man to the mat! Macho Man manages to get full guard.
Smith wants to control from the top but Macho Man keeps moving.
Smith working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Smith is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Smith trying to control but Macho Man is working from the bottom.
Smith not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Smith passes Macho Man's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Smith working Macho Man over with strikes.
Still in half guard, Smith seems content to control.
Nice strikes from Smith there.
Smith sitting and controlling from the half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Macho Man does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.

Aj Smith has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Macho Man misses with a right hand

and Smith decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Macho Man's guard.
Smith loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Smith keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Macho Man's head.
Smith controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Smith wants to control from the top but Macho Man keeps moving.
Smith throwing strikes from guard but Macho Man blocks nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Smith looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Aj Smith wasn't active enough on the ground.
Macho Man tries for a takedown but Smith sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Macho Man misses with a hook.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
No luck for Macho Man with that takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Super Macho Man. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Macho Man gets a takedown into half guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Smith looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Aj Smith showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action!

Smith fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.

Smith shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Macho Man napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Macho Man is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Smith asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Smith misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Smith is looking to take a break and control but Macho Man is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Smith in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.

Smith tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Smith has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith in side control, just content to control the action for now.
Smith working the ground and pound but Macho Man is defending the strikes.
Macho Man is not content to let Smith control the position.
Macho Man wants to get back to his feet but Smith drags him back down.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith is looking to take a break and control but Macho Man is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Smith landing a few strikes.
Macho Man taking punishment in the form of punches.
Smith is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Macho Man will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Macho Man is avoiding damage well.
Smith taking a breather here.
Smith is looking to take a break and control but Macho Man is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Smith lands a decent elbow from side control.
Smith is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Macho Man's shoulder. That is not cool.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Macho Man tries to escape but Smith is in control.
Smith staying calm.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Aj Smith was stalling too much, according to the referee.

Smith shoots in for a takedown and gets it.

Macho Man is rocked!
Smith has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Smith sitting and controlling from the half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Aj Smith really dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Macho Man fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Smith tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Macho Man swivels and escapes.
Macho Man throws an off balance right hand

so Smith counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Oh Macho Man is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Smith landing some decent shots from guard.
Smith landing with the ground and pound.
Smith lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Smith controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Smith arches his back and unloads with a massive left and a right! Macho Man's eyes roll back into his head, he's out cold! The ref dives in to stop the fight - wow, they were hard shots!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:43 of round 4, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Aj Smith! Aj Smith retains his featherweight title!