PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bobby Ray Freeman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sean Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Freeman comes into the arena with Some Bodies Gonna Get It blaring out of the sound system. Smith is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Burn it to the ground. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Ray Freeman
vs
Smith

189 cm
26
269 lbs
3 - 4 - 0

195 cm
25
265 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Bobby Ray Freeman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Sean Smith!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Freeman closes the distance and clinches up with Smith, looking for a takedown. Freeman pushes Smith against the ropes but Smith circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.

Freeman gets a takedown into half guard.
Freeman winds up and cracks Smith with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Freeman working the head and body with strikes.

Smith has one foot on Freeman's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.
Smith looks winded!

Smith gets caught flat footed, as Freeman shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Freeman wants to get up but he can't break Smith's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Freeman controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Freeman tries to free his leg and advance position but Smith is retaining full guard.
Freeman with a nice head shot there.

Freeman got a little sloppy there for a moment and Smith has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Freeman has managed to get both his arms back between Smith's legs - danger averted.
Freeman tries to free his leg and advance position but Smith is retaining full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Freeman trying to stand up but can't free himself from Smith's guard.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Freeman works over Smith with some ground and pound from guard.
Freeman landing some decent shots from guard.

Freeman stands and steps away. Smith gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Freeman fails to land with a series of punches.

Freeman closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Smith quickly recovers to half guard.
Smith has hold of Freeman's hands but Freeman slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Freeman lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Freeman slips a nice elbow through Smith's hands, connecting with Smith's forehead.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Freeman landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Freeman wants to take a breather but Smith is having none of it.
Smith has hold of Freeman's hands but Freeman slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Freeman working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Freeman missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

Freeman is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Freeman tries to stand but his arm is trapped.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Freeman is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Freeman is working for a submission of some sort.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Freeman connects with a nice short shot to Smith's temple.
Freeman is controlling the pace.
Freeman tries to stand but his arm is trapped.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Freeman is working for a submission of some sort.
Freeman slips a nice elbow through Smith's hands, connecting with Smith's forehead.
Smith misses with some strikes from the bottom.

Freeman is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Smith avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Freeman.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Freeman is thwarting Smith's attempts to control the position.
Freeman tries to stand but can't do so whilst Smith controls his leg.
Freeman wants to pass to mount but Smith is defending the position.
Smith blocking the ground and pound attempt from Freeman.
Smith is looking to control Freeman's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Smith avoid being mounted?
Freeman wants to free his trapped foot but Smith is holding on for dear life with his legs.

Freeman stands up from half guard... He's had enough of that ground malarky for the time being.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Smith chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Freeman can pounce on him.

Freeman shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Freeman controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.

Freeman stands and steps away. Smith gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Smith on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Freeman. Freeman obviously looking to wear him down.
Freeman throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.

Freeman instigates a clinch.
Smith is looking for a takedown.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.

Freeman escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Freeman closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Freeman stops Smith from getting back to his feet.
Freeman lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Freeman takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.

Freeman stands up out of the half guard.

Freeman shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Freeman looks to score some points with some ground and pound.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Freeman with the ground and pound but Smith uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Smith is trying to keep Freeman in close.
Smith trying to strike off his back.
Freeman connects with a couple of short punches.
Freeman wants to control from the top but Smith keeps moving.
Freeman passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Smith gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Smith keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Freeman lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Smith is bucking up trying to escape but Freeman cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Smith tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Smith tries to hold on but Freeman postures up.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Freeman punishing his opponent with strikes.
Freeman raining down shots from the mount!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bobby Ray Freeman dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Freeman shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Smith is trying to defend but Freeman finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Freeman controlling the action here.
Freeman knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Smith on the ground.
Freeman working Smith over with strikes.
Freeman trying to pass the guard but Smith defending well.
Smith is staying active underneath Freeman, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Smith is breathing heavily.
Freeman 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.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith is trying to maintain the position but Freeman is very close to passing his half guard.
Freeman is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Smith can do to turn this around?
Freeman frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Freeman can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Smith is looking to escape.
Freeman is landing with some decent strikes but Smith is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.

Smith is rocked!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Freeman loads up on a couple of big shots to the head that have Smith scrambling to escape. He can't get free though and several more unanswered shots from Freeman land to the head. The referee has no choice but to stop the fight. Freeman stands and salutes the crowd.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:27 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bobby Ray Freeman!
Bobby Ray Freeman was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.