PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Terry Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tony Soprano (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Smith comes to the cage accompanied by The Mercenary. Soprano is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Got Yourself a Gun . Tony Soprano has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Smith
vs
Soprano

190 cm
33
206 lbs
21 - 18 - 0

188 cm
40
215 lbs
39 - 17 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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 21 - 18 - 0, fighting out of New York, Terry Smith!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 39 - 17 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Tony Soprano!
The judges for this bout are Reed Andrews, Dean Styles and Franklyn Lucas.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Smith throws a leg kick but Soprano moved away.
Soprano misses with a wild body shot.
Soprano throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Soprano uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Smith.
Smith is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Smith throws a predictable looking body shot
and Soprano counters with a nice leg kick.
Soprano walks into a stiff left hand from Smith.
Smith throws a shot to the body.
Soprano throws a body kick that misses.
Smith feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Smith misses with a body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Soprano avoids a punch combination nicely.
No joy there for Smith, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Soprano.
Terry Smith seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Soprano tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Soprano scores with the left hand. Smith knows he should have avoided that one.
A head kick by Smith misses
and Soprano counters with a left to the body.
Smith misses with a straight right.
Soprano misses with a body shot.
Soprano uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Smith.
Soprano throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Soprano throws a sloppy head kick and Smith moves out of range easily.
Smith scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Smith throws a series of punches but Soprano avoids them all with ease.
Smith rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Soprano counters with an inside leg kick.
Soprano takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Soprano is looking to score with low kicks.
Smith seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Smith feints a jab promting Soprano to slip. Smith then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Soprano slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
A low kick from Smith is predictable there
and Soprano counters with a lovely shot to the body.
An inside leg kick lands from Soprano.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Soprano buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Smith throws a nice head kick!
Smith throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Soprano misses with a series of wild punches.
Soprano throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Smith throws a big counter combination but Soprano scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Soprano works Smith's body with a nice hook.
Smith is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Soprano scores with a body shot.
Smith on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Soprano. Soprano obviously looking to wear him down.
Smith takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Smith blocks a leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Soprano fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Smith has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Soprano is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Smith rather than just go for the knockout.
Smith pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Soprano! But no joy.
Soprano cracks a nice hook into Smith's ribs.
Nice shot lands for Soprano.
A big right from Soprano misses.
Smith keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A cross from Soprano lands.
A cross from Soprano lands.
Smith throws a head kick that misses
and Soprano counters with a slapping leg kick.
Smith blocks a leg kick.
Smith moves out of range as Soprano throws a body kick.
Smith was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Smith is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Smith throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Smith connects with the punch.
A nice leg kick lands there from Smith.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Smith moves out of range of the leg kick from Soprano.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Smith swinging wildly here.
Soprano lands a jab to the head.
Smith walks into a left hand.
Soprano lands with a shot to the body.
Soprano throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.

Smith is rocked!
Smith walks right into a perfectly timed right hook and goes down hard! He's out cold! The ref cradles Smith limp body while Soprano jumps on to the cage and waves to the roaring crowd. Wow that was just a brutal knockout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:37 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Tony Soprano!
A victorious Tony Soprano thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.