PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Abe Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Big Mouth (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!

Smith
vs
Mouth

200 cm
25
230 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

193 cm
26
279 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Good elbows
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Abe Smith!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Big Mouth!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Arvi Lind and Johanna Lukiainen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Smith feints a jab promting Mouth to slip. Smith then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Mouth slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Mouth looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Smith lands a jab-cross combination.
Smith stalks Mouth and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Mouth's face. Mouth staggers backwards, shaken.
Smith feints a jab promting Mouth to slip. Smith then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Mouth slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.

Smith drives through and clinches with Mouth against the cage.
Mouth presses Smith against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Smith is breathing heavily.
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!
Mouth gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Mouth lands a hook that snaps the head of Smith backwards.
Mouth lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Mouth pushes Smith back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Nice elbow from Mouth.

It looks like Abe Smith has been cut.
Mouth lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
I was talking to Smith's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Mouth lands a nice elbow.
Mouth comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Mouth slows down the pace here.
Mouth scores with a nice hook to the head.
Mouth lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Mouth creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Smith's defenses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith takes an elbow to the temple.

Abe Smith's cut is getting worse.
Mouth is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Mouth creates some distance for himselfand unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Smith's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Smith drops to his knees and Mouth pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:17 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Big Mouth!
After winning the bout, Big Mouth thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.