PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Daryl Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cain Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Smith
vs
Jones

185 cm
19
240 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

187 cm
31
203 lbs
5 - 5 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Big right hand

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Daryl Smith!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Cain Jones!
The judges for this bout are Columbo Gatti, Alyssa Summers and Russell Pearce.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jones doesn't manage to clinch there - Smith circles away.
Smith throws a hook to the side of Jones's head but Jones sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Smith pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Smith lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Jones at a distance.
Cain Jones seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Smith avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Jones tries to clinch but fails miserably
letting Smith counter with a right hand.
Jones tries to clinch up
and Smith counters with a left and a right that stings Jones.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jones tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Jones takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Jones fails with an attempt to clinch.
Smith appears to be looking for a big counter.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith misses the shot to the body.
Jones takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Jones tries to clinch but fails miserably
enabling Smith to counter with a crisp jab.
A telegraphed right hand from Smith misses the target.
Smith sets himself, and Jones steps forward looking for the clinch! Smith avoids it this time.
Smith swings for the body but Jones moves out of range.
Jones wants to counter the offense by Smith and move into the clinch position.
Smith throws the left hand but Jones avoids the punch easily.
Smith missing with a left hand there. Jones was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Jones tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Smith manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Smith misses with a straight right.
Jones tries to close the distance and clinch up but Smith swats him away and circles back towards the center.
It looked like Smith wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Jones tries to clinch there but Smith circles away.
A little feinted left hand from Smith on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Smith stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Jones.
Jones tries to close the distance and clinch but Smith swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Smith swats away the attempt to clinch by Jones.
Smith takes a head kick and keeps coming.

It looks like Daryl Smith has been cut.
Smith throws a lazy uppercut

and Jones counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jones's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Smith is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Jones lands an elbow inside that Smith shrugs off.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Jones creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Jones creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Smith's defenses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Jones.
Smith working aggressively here.
Jones stalling against the cage.
Jones slowing the pace effectively.
Jones creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Jones lands with a right to the head.
Jones throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Smith blocks it with crossed arms.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Jones just misses with a elbow thrown towards Smith's brow.
Smith avoids a wild elbow strike from Jones.
Smith definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Smith takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Smith manages to break the clinch.
Jones avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Jones fails with an attempt to clinch.
A little feinted left hand from Smith on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Smith throws an off balance right hand

and Jones holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Smith taking a breather.
Smith wants to break the clinch but can't.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Jones controlling the action here for a moment.
Jones receives a warning from the referee for stalling.
Jones is stalling here.
Jones is stalling here.
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 Daryl Smith will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Daryl Smith's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Jones tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Smith counters with a nice uppercut.

Jones takes the fight into the clinch.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Jones.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Cain Jones.
Jones tries to close the distance and clinch up but Smith swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Jones tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Smith manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Jones wants to clinch
and Smith counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jones tries to close the distance and clinch but Smith swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Smith is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Jones bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Smith's head backwards.
Jab, jab by Smith - just one landing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones tries to close the distance and clinch up but Smith swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Jones tries to clinch but Smith moves away
and Smith cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
A swing and a miss from Smith.
Smith loads up on a big right hand but Jones slips the punch.
Smith swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Jones counters by moving into the clinch.
Smith has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Smith scores with a nice hook to the head.
Jones keeps control of Smith as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Cain Jones seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Jones lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Jones lands a nice elbow.
Jones blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Smith misses with the head strike.
Jones creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Smith's defenses.

Daryl Smith's cut is getting worse.
Smith working hard to break the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith takes an elbow to the forehead.
Smith wants to get back to striking at distance but Jones won't allow it.
Jones scores with a nice hook to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jones manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Jones pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Smith misses with some punches.
Smith avoids a wild elbow strike from Jones.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Jones is stalling here.
Smith throws a punch but it's blocked by Jones.
Smith avoids a wild elbow strike from Jones.
Smith wants to break free but Jones has control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A frustrated look appears on Smith's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Smith blocks an elbow strike.
Smith wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Jones lands a damaging elbow.
With the fighters up against the cage, Jones throws an elbow but misses.
Smith throws a punch but it's blocked by Jones.
Jones is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Jones is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Smith is defending well for now.
Jones stalling the fight.
Smith has had enough of the clinch but Jones keeps him there for the moment.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Jones blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Smith wants to get back to striking at distance but Jones won't allow it.
Jones misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Smith.

Smith breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Nice straight punches there by Jones. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Jones.
Jones tries to clinch up but Smith circles away and keeps his distance.
Daryl Smith is winning the standup battle so far.
Jones tries to close the distance and clinch but Smith swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Smith is looking for a counter combo.
Nice cross by Smith.
Smith circles away from the clinch attempt.
Jones is looking to clinch but Smith is avoiding it.
It looked like Smith was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Jones darts in trying to clinch
and Smith counters with a stiff right hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Cain Jones will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Daryl Smith's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Smith will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Smith scores with a shot to the body.
Jones tries to clinch up.

Jones gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Jones throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Smith.
Jones is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Smith has a couple of punches blocked by Jones.
Jones lands an elbow inside.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Jones just misses with a elbow thrown towards Smith's brow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee is keeping an eye on Jones - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Jones has Smith pressed against the cage, preventing Smith from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Jones comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

Smith pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Jones tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Smith counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Jones misses with a body shot
and Smith counters with a nice uppercut.

Jones is rocked!
Jones closes the distance but Smith moves to the side
and Smith counters with a huge left! Jones is in big trouble! He's backing up but Smith isn't giving him chance to recover. Under a barage of punches the ref has to step in to save Jones from any more damage. A dominating finish by Smith!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:39 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Daryl Smith!
Daryl Smith spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.