PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Benny Bouthillette (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Johnny Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Smith comes into a darkened arena with his song building. All Me kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Johnny Smith will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Bouthillette
vs
Smith

181 cm
26
191 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

182 cm
25
194 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

Decent wrestler
Solid Muay Thai
Experienced

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Heavy handed

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 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Benny Bouthillette!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Johnny Smith!
The judges for this bout are Sandra Marshall, Michael Johnstone and Bart Greer.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bouthillette tries to close the distance and clinch but Smith swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Bouthillette tries to clinch up.
Bouthillette is looking to clinch.
Bouthillette takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
A thudding body kick lands there by Bouthillette!
Bouthillette definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Bouthillette tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Smith paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Smith avoids the head kick by Bouthillette.
Bouthillette is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Bouthillette is looking to clinch.
Benny Bouthillette seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bouthillette tries to clinch up but Smith circles away and keeps his distance.
Smith scores with a sloppy right hand. Bouthillette should have avoided that one.
Bouthillette is looking to clinch.

Bouthillette instigates a clinch.
Bouthillette throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Smith blocks it with crossed arms.
Smith throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Bouthillette misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Smith lands a left hand.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Smith on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Bouthillette goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Bouthillette pressing his opponent against the cage.
Bouthillette seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
Bouthillette misses with a knee strike.
Bouthillette with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A knee to the head by Bouthillette.
Bouthillette looking to slow down the pace here.
Smith told us before the fight that he's been working on his elbows. An under utilised technique these days - let's see if it can sway the outcome of the fight.
Bouthillette landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Smith working aggressively here.
Smith working aggressively here.
Bouthillette lands a left hand that snaps the head of Smith backwards.
Bouthillette misses with a knee strike.
The referee is keeping an eye on Bouthillette - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith stalling in the clinch but Bouthillette improves position.
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!
Smith managing to block the knees to the body from Bouthillette.
Smith lands a shoulder strike.
Smith lands an elbow inside that Bouthillette shrugs off.
Bouthillette misses with a knee to the head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Smith.
Bouthillette tries a knee to the head but Smith blocks it.
Bouthillette leaning against his opponent.
Bouthillette tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Smith throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Bouthillette tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A nice left hand lands by Smith.
Smith comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Smith pushes off an throws an elbow but Bouthillette leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A hook to the body from Smith.
A short right from Smith on the inside.
Bouthillette tries a knee to the head but Smith blocks it.
Bouthillette fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Bouthillette tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Smith throws an elbow that misses.
Smith makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Smith blocks an uppercut.
Smith lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Bouthillette misses with a punch on the inside.
Bouthillette tries to land a knee to the head but Smith blocks with his arms.
Smith lands a body punch.
Bouthillette tries a knee to the head but Smith blocks it.
Smith misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Bouthillette.
Bouthillette blocks the elbow strike.
Smith is pushing Bouthillette up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Bouthillette throws a knee to the head but misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bouthillette tries to stall but Smith uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bouthillette looking to throw knees to the head but Smith is blocking nicely.
Bouthillette is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Smith is defending well for now.
Bouthillette tries to land a knee to the head but Smith blocks with his arms.
Bouthillette misses with a knee to the head.
Bouthillette misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Smith.
Bouthillette misses with a knee strike.
Smith lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Smith looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Bouthillette misses with a knee strike.
Bouthillette working aggressively here.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bouthillette tries to stall but Smith uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Bouthillette tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Smith avoids it.
Smith tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Bouthillette tries to land knees in the clinch but Smith avoids the damage to the body.
Smith has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Benny Bouthillette will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Good leg kick by Smith there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Smith lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Bouthillette on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Smith lands with an overhand left.
Smith steps in with a hook that catches Bouthillette right on the chin and knocks him to the floor! Smith follows him down with more strikes and that's all she wrote! Bouthillette looks absolutely devastated.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:19 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Johnny Smith!
Johnny Smith decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.