PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Sergio Malandro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tom Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Malandro
vs
Smith

190 cm
25
186 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

177 cm
25
190 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Great elbows
Cuts easily

Decent wrestler
Basic striking
Intelligent

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Sergio Malandro!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Tom Smith!
The judges for this bout are Peter Branson, Sandra Marshall and Dirk Anderson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Smith has managed to clinch.
Smith is trying to pull guard but Malandro turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.

Smith pulls guard successfully.
Malandro has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Malandro wants to stand and escape but instead Smith has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.

Smith lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Smith throws a big right hand that misses.
Smith with a nice head shot there.
Smith showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Malandro is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Smith working some strikes from top position.
Smith has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Smith works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Smith lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Smith seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.

Smith has hold of the far side arm. He's working for the Kimura, can Malandro defend it? Smith steps over the head and cranks it - Malandro is tapping out! That was textbook stuff right there - nice submission victory for Smith!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:52 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Tom Smith!
An out of breath Tom Smith thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.