PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Draco Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sun Ra (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ra has chosen Space is the place by Sun Ra as his entrance music. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Smith
vs
Ra

191 cm
18
205 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Lethal high kicks
Prefers standup

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Draco Smith!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Sun Ra!
The judges for this bout are Viktor Lagutenko, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Igor Prikhodko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Smith fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Smith shoots in but Ra avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Ra connects with a solid leg kick.

Smith feints and as Ra raises his hands in defense, Smith changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ra being controlled here, momentarily.
Ra is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Smith in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Smith trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Smith working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Smith lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Smith content to stall in guard here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Ra's head.
Smith chips away with some ground and pound.
Smith sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Ra's guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ra has hold of Smith's hands but Smith slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Smith working over Ra with some ground and pound. Ra looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Smith 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.
Smith winds up and cracks Ra with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Smith seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Smith is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Smith seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Smith takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Smith slips a nice elbow through Ra's hands, connecting with Ra's forehead.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith passes the guard and advances to mount!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Smith working the ground and pound effectively.
Ra is trying desperately to improve position.
Smith unloading with bombs!
Smith lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Ra taking shots to the head.
Smith punishing his opponent with strikes.
Smith fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Smith with good strikes from the mount here!
Smith looking to control and managing it successfully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith raining down shots from the mount!
Smith landing strikes from the mount.
Smith with good strikes from the mount here!
Smith controlling from mount.
Smith scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Ra?
Smith is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Smith with good strikes from the mount here!
Smith lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Smith pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Smith breaks from Ra's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Smith landing punches.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Smith lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Smith scoring with strikes but Ra is staying in there.
Smith landing strikes, looking to finish!
Smith controlling from the full mount.
Ra in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Smith fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ra tries to lock up and control but Smith gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Smith putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Smith with good strikes from the mount here!
Smith lands a couple of good shots and Ra has given up his back, trying to escape the position!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Draco Smith dominated that round.
That's time! Smith's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Smith looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Ra lands a nice leg kick that just misses Smith's sensitive parts.

Ra lands a big head kick that sends Smith tumbling to the mat! Ra takes a step backwards and waves Smith back to his feet - he wants the finish!

Smith is rocked!

It looks like Draco Smith has been cut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ra looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Ra and Smith are patiently standing in front of each other looking for an opening. Ra throws a head kick. It's landed, knocking Smith into next week! Ooooh that was huge! Ra knows it - he's on the cage flexing is biceps. That's a bit weird considering he won by kick but whatever.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:18 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Sun Ra!
In his post fight interview, Sun Ra gave a big smile as he said 'I see them as they are to is And not the seeming isness of the was'.