PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Tony Smiff (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Patrick Young (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Smiff comes to the cage accompanied by New born. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Smiff
vs
Young

180 cm
22
155 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

185 cm
18
160 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Prefers standup

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 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Tony Smiff!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Patrick Young!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, Richard Clark and Donald Grub.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Both fighters circling a little - Smiff finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Young misses with a looping left.
The fighters circle momentarily. Smiff darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Smiff thuds his shin into the meat of Young's side.
Young throws a right and a left that Smiff avoids nicely.
A jab from Young misses.
Young misses with an uppercut.
Smiff keeps Young at a distance using the push kick.
Smiff lands a high kick!
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!

Smiff scores with a takedown into Young's guard.
Smiff is looking to stand up but Young won't let him.
Smiff controls the pace of the fight for a moment.

Young is working an open guard so Smiff takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Young looks to land a combination but Smiff avoids it well.
Young looks gassed!
Smiff scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.

Smiff bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Young regains half guard.
Smiff keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Smiff tries to stand but can't do so whilst Young controls his leg.
Young is looking for a sweep. Smiff is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Young wants to get back to his feet.

Smiff stands up from half guard.
Young throws out a loose jab but Smiff uses good head movement to avoid it.

Young gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Smiff prevents Young from getting back to his feet.
Smiff is stalling in the full guard.
Young keeping moving, preventing Smiff from controlling successfully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smiff prevents Young from getting back to his feet.
Young keeping moving, preventing Smiff from controlling successfully.
Young looking for a sweep. Not yet Young, not yet.
Smiff wants to get up but he can't break Young's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.

Young pushes Smiff off and gets back to his feet.
Young cracks the inside of Smiff's front leg.
Young getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Young keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Young connects with a nice looking jab.
Smiff tries to clinch there but Young circles away.
Good shot there by Young.
Smiff misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Smiff takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Good exchange - Young coming out on top.
Smiff takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Young throws a lazy head kick
and Smiff counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Nice cross by Young.
Smiff throws a leg kick which misses Young's front leg but catches the back leg as Young tries to avoid it.
Patrick Young seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Smiff moves away from the strike by Young.
Patrick Young is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Young misses with an uppercut.
Smiff displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Young throws out the jab.
Smiff throws a nice outside leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Young throws a good cross that connects.
Smiff moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Young looks to land a combination but Smiff avoids it well.
Smiff doesn't manage to clinch there - Young circles away.
A jab from Young misses.
Smiff throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Smiff tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Young throws a lazy right hand but Smiff sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Smiff slips a jab and a cross from Young.
Young misses with a wild body shot.
Young throws a head kick that misses.

Smiff pushes Young up against the cage in a clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Smiff breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Young throws a combination. Smiff tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Smiff misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Young swings for the body but Smiff moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tony Smiff dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Young misses with a straight left.
Smiff rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Young moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Young swats away the attempt to clinch by Smiff.
Smiff moves out of range of the strikes.
Young throws a lazy head kick
and Smiff makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Young really felt that one!
Smiff doesn't manage to clinch there - Young circles away.
Young throws a hook but Smiff blocks it.
Young misses with a low kick.
Smiff shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Smiff digs a good hook to Young's body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Smiff misses with a wild combination.
Young throws a left and a right that both miss
and Smiff counters with an inside leg kick.
Young scores with a decent looking hook.
Smiff closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Tony Smiff is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Smiff moves away from the strike by Young.
Tony Smiff is winning the standup battle so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Smiff avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Young has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Smiff.
Young swinging wilding here.
Smiff scoring well with a low kick there.
Smiff shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Young pinned against the cage. Young gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Young throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Smiff counters with a thumping low kick.
Young takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Young misses with a few strikes there.
Smiff misses with a body kick.
Young connects with a nice looking jab.
Smiff lands with a kick to the ribs.
Young with a jab.
Young throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Young tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Young tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Young misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Smiff changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Young tries to avoid it but Smiff manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Young to the ground. Young escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tony Smiff. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Young throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Young misses with an uppercut. Smiff saw that one coming.
Smiff tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Young paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Young misses with the combination.
Young avoids the head kick by Smiff.
Smiff tries to clinch up.
Young goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Young steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Smiff. That one must have hurt.
Young throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Smiff moves out of range as Young strikes.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Smiff.
Young's corner calls for a 1-2. Young obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smiff throws a combination that misses
and Young connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Young waving his hands out infront of him, looking to distract Smiff.
Young blocks a head kick by Smiff.
A head kick misses from Young.

Smiff clinches up with Young and pushes him back against the cage.
Young wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

Smiff breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A head kick by Young misses
and Smiff counters with an inside leg kick.
Young swats away the attempt to clinch by Smiff.
Smiff tries to close the distance and clinch but Young swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Young throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Young rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Smiff moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Young fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Smiff looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Smiff lands a body shot.
Smiff avoids the head kick by Young.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Smiff avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Young scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!

Smiff gets a clinch.
Smiff is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Young wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Young can't break the clinch.
Young is looking to break free of the clinch but Smiff has double underhooks.
Smiff throws a knee to the head but misses.
Young wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Smiff has him pressed against the cage.

Young breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Smiff works over Young's head and body with a nice combination.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Young misses with a few strikes there.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Smiff.
A telegraphed right hand from Young misses the target.
Smiff wants to clinch up but Young keeps it at a distance.
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 Tony Smiff will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Young stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
A punch lands to the side of Smiff 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Young loads up on a big right hand but Smiff slips the punch.

Smiff feints and as Young raises his hands in defense, Smiff changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Smiff won't allow Young to get back to his feet.
Young is trying to keep Smiff in close.
Smiff wanted to stand there but Young had control of the position.

Young pushes Smiff off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Smiff tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Young swivels and escapes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Young missing with a left hand there. Smiff was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Young listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Left hook, right uppercut from Smiff.
Young throws a big shot that misses.
A low kick from Young misses
and Smiff counters with a nice leg kick.
Smiff looks to land a combination. Young sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Young lands a glancing blow to the side of Smiff's head.
Smiff misses with a head kick.
Smiff shoots in looking for a takedown. Young tries to sprawl out of it but Smiff keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Young manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Smiff shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Young as he jumps to the side.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tony Smiff. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Young throws a looping overhand right but Smiff ducks down to avoid it.
Young throws a hook but Smiff avoids it easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Young circles away from the clinch attempt.
Smiff tries to clinch
letting Young counter with a right hand.
Young swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Smiff looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Young jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Smiff is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Smiff throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Smiff tries for a takedown but Young circles away easily
and Young counters with a stiff right hand.
Smiff closes the distance looking to clinch
and Young counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Young throws a jab but it's blocked by Smiff.
Young just misses with a punch to the body.
Smiff thuds a left hand into Young's body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smiff slips a straight right by Young.
Young throws a looping overhand right but Smiff ducks down to avoid it.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Young has had enough of the clinch but Smiff keeps him there for the moment.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Young has had enough of the clinch but Smiff keeps him there for the moment.

Young breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Young misses with a combination
and Young takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
A shot to de liver by Smiff. Beautiful body shot.
Young throws a sloppy head kick and Smiff moves out of range easily.
A nice combination there by Smiff.
Smiff is looking to wear down Young with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Young avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Young lands a jab to the nose.
Young circles away from the clinch attempt.
A nice inside leg kick there by Smiff. That's going to slow Young down.
Patrick Young has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Smiff uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Young.
Smiff tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Young counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Smiff uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Young.
Young throws a lazy head kick
and Smiff counters with a leg kick.
Young swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Smiff counters with a nice low kick that buckles Young's knee momentarily.
Young looks to land a left hand but Smiff moved out of range nicely.
Smiff moves out of range of the body kick.
Young looks to score with a jab to the body but Smiff is just out of range.
Smiff shoots for a double leg takedown but Young sprawls well. He's pushed Smiff's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Young ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Smiff moves away.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Smiff.
Smiff doesn't manage to clinch there - Young circles away.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Patrick Young.
Well Smiff has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 29:28
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 30:28
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tony Smiff!