PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Jack Judo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Paul Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Judo comes to the cage accompanied by Da Mystery of Chessboxin by Wu-Tang Clan. Smith has chosen call to prayer as his entrance music. Paul Smith will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Judo
vs
Smith

165 cm
32
149 lbs
31 - 12 - 0

169 cm
37
135 lbs
26 - 11 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

Excellent grappler
Excellent MT
Heavy handed

BeastMode
Spartan Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 31 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jack Judo!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 26 - 11 - 0, fighting out of London, Paul Smith!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, William Gold and Andrew Berry.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Smith gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.

Smith wriggles free and stands up.

Judo shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Smith napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Smith regains half guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Smith wants to get back to full guard.
Judo not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Judo is figuring out what he wants to do next.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Smith keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Judo wants to lay and pray for a moment but Smith keeps working.
Judo prevents Smith from improving his position.
Smith manages to get to full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Judo sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Smith's guard.

Judo is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Judo trying to control from half guard but Smith is working away.
Judo wants to pass the guard but Smith is defending well.
Smith blocking the ground and pound attempt from Judo.
Judo looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Judo missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Smith wants to control but Judo is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Judo 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.
Judo not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

Judo is working for a kimura but Smith is defending it quite comfortably.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Smith looks like he's trying to stand up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Judo wants to work for an arm triangle but Smith is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Judo prevents Smith from improving his position.
Smith is staying active underneath Judo, who seems content to just control the action from this position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Judo makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Judo working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Judo is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Smith is controlling Judo's posture.
Judo stopping the sweep attempt from Smith.
Smith is still trying to improve position.

Smith has managed to wall walk up one of the corner posts to get back to his feet. Judo is pushing him up against the cage, looking to control the position.
Smith tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Judo's elbow.
Smith blocks an uppercut.
Smith trying to stall but Judo improves his position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A short left from Smith.
Judo tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Smith's elbow.
Smith tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Judo misses with a body punch.

Judo drags the fight down to the ground.
Judo looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Judo is working hard here to advance position.
Judo keeping moving, preventing Smith from controlling successfully.
Judo manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Smith manages to get himself to full guard.

This has been an exciting period of action!
Smith is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Judo stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Smith swivels though and keeps the full guard.
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 Jack Judo will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Smith stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Smith misses with a straight right.
Judo takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Judo shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Smith defends it nicely.
Smith keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Judo.
Smith doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Smith throws a good cross that connects.
Judo moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Judo with a lazy takedown attempt
and Smith counters with a stiff right hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Smith loads up on a big right hand but Judo slips the punch.
Smith cracks Judo with a good jab.
Judo checks the leg kick nicely there.
Judo takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Smith throws a hook to the side of Judo's head but Judo sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Smith. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
Smith throws an overhand right that lands on Judo's shoulder, as Judo tries to avoid the shot.
Judo half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.

Judo drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.

Judo tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Smith tries to buck Judo off but Judo is having none of it.

Judo is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Smith is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Smith managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Judo.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Judo cracks Smith with a big right hand but Smith just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Smith tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Judo wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.

Judo tries for a kimura but Smith is defending well.
Judo in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.

Judo wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Smith, who protects the arm well.
Smith manages to work his way to half guard, despite Judo's best efforts.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Judo is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Smith has managed to free his arm - good work.
Smith on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Judo is thwarting Smith's attempts to control the position.
Smith is looking to improve his position.
Smith is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Judo's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Judo's back!
Judo rolls and manages to get back to half guard. Nicely done.
Smith is keen to just control but Judo is a slippery customer.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Judo gets full guard.

Smith got a little sloppy there for a moment and Judo has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Smith has managed to get both his arms back between Judo's legs - danger averted.
Smith wants to control from the top but Judo keeps moving.
Judo is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Judo lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

Judo wants to control from the top but Smith keeps moving.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Paul Smith showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Judo will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Smith looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Judo.
Smith wants to land a leg kick but Judo is out of range.
Smith loads up on a big right hand but Judo slips the punch.
Judo has his takedown stuffed
and Smith counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jack Judo. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Judo throws a body shot but no joy.
Smith was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Smith leaves Judo with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Judo misses with a takedown
and Smith counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Judo throws a sloppy body shot
and Smith counters with a straight right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Judo.
Smith is looking to slow Judo down with leg kicks.
Judo fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Judo tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Smith defends well and Judo ends up having to push Smith into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Judo misses with a looping right.
Smith dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Judo. That did some damage!
Smith jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Judo shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Smith but Smith pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Smith lands with a nice body punch.
Judo shoots in for a double leg but Smith sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Judo misses with a takedown
and Smith counters with a low kick, right behind Judo 's knee.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith thumps Judo with a low kick.
Smith paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Judo gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Smith counters with a stiff right hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Judo throws a hook but Smith blocks it.
Smith misses with a wild body shot.
Smith misses with a low kick.
Judo changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Smith lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Smith chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Smith chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Smith misses with a straight left.

Judo closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Smith to the mat! Smith manages to get full guard.

Smith throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith keeping moving, preventing Judo from controlling successfully.
Judo is really struggling to control Smith but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Smith has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Smith wants to sweep but no luck.
Smith keeps trying to improve his position.
Judo trying to pass the guard. He's being very persistent here but Smith manages to land a sweep and now he's on top!
Smith stands and throws Judo's legs to the side, diving into side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Judo is trying to improve his position.
Judo manages to get back to half guard.

Judo actively working from the bottom here.
Smith is looking to take a break and control but Judo is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Judo gets full guard.
Judo avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

And that's the end of the fight!
Paul Smith comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Smith has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 28:29
Judge William Gold scores the fight 27:30
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Paul Smith! Paul Smith retains his featherweight title!
Paul Smith made sure to give a little speech post fight, saying 'The Jihad has arrived. The Order 777 is ready to fight. The future will judge us as the resistance when liberals were begging the enemy to takeover. No surrender, ever!'.
Jack Judo spoke after the fight, saying 'Can I get a Shucky Ducky Quack Quack?'.