PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Daryl Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cyrhuz Davis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cyrhuz Davis has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Daryl Smith's chin.

Smith
vs
Davis

185 cm
19
225 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

196 cm
26
205 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Big right hand

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

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 6 - 1 - 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 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Cyrhuz Davis!
The judges for this bout are Jorge Garcia, Reed Andrews and Bruno Lombardi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Davis swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Smith counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Davis swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Smith counters with a left to the body.
Davis misses with a double jab.
Some wild striking there from Davis.
Davis lands a slapping body shot.
Davis jabs at Smith's body.
Smith has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Spetznaz Training Center in the buildup to the fight.
Davis lands with a good body shot.
Davis tries to bum rush Smith with a series of wild strikes but Smith uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

Smith clinches.
Davis blocking some punches.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Smith takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Smith content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Smith gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Smith.
Smith keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Davis's efforts to push away.
Smith makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Smith misses with a hook to the ribs.
Smith misses with a punch to the body.
Davis wants to break free but Smith has control.
Davis blocks an uppercut.
Smith misses with a punch to the body.
Smith taking a breather.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Davis is looking to break free of the clinch but Smith has double underhooks.
Smith misses with a punch to the body.
Smith fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Smith goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Smith lands a body punch.
Smith lands a left hand.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Smith.
Smith makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Smith fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Smith scores with a shot to the side of Davis's head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith has Davis pressed against the cage.
Smith lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Davis backwards.
Smith misses with some punches.
Smith misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Smith manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Stalling in the clinch from Smith.
Smith seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
Smith misses with a punch to the body.
Smith lands an uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Smith.
Smith has Davis pushed against the cage.
Smith stalls.
Smith stalls.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Smith for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
Smith digs a right hand underneath Davis's ribcage. Davis let out a lung full of air as it connected.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Smith fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Smith just leaning against Davis, taking a breather.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Daryl Smith.
Smith dodges the punch combination from Davis.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Daryl Smith dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Davis misses with the combination.
An attempted straight right counter from Smith misses the target.
Davis looks to land a combination but Smith avoids it well.

Davis drives through and clinches with Smith against the cage.
Davis blocking some punches.
Smith is stalling here.
Smith softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Smith taking a breather.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Smith taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Smith is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Smith stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Smith.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Daryl Smith.
Davis goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.

It looks like Daryl Smith has been cut.
Davis looks to land a combination. Smith sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Smith is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Davis can do to turn this around?
Davis misses with a hook to the body
and Smith counters with a right hand to the body.
Davis is breathing heavily.
Smith connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.

Davis forces Smith back against the cage and clinches.
Smith has Davis pressed against the cage, preventing Davis from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Davis holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Smith controlling the action here for a moment.
Davis can't break the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Smith.
Smith tries to work over Davis's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Smith dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Smith taking a breather.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Smith struggles to land a body shot inside as Davis controls his hands.
Davis blocking some punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith misses with a hook from the clinch.
Davis blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Smith cracks Davis with a nice body shot.
Smith is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Smith misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Smith tries to work over Davis's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Stalling in the clinch from Smith.
Davis prevents a body shot from Smith.
Smith lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Davis backwards.
Smith stalling against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Smith tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Davis blocks an uppercut.
Smith gets through Davis's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Smith working aggressively here.
Smith misses with the head strike.
Smith throws a punch but it's blocked by Davis.
Come on Smith - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Smith.
Smith pushes Davis back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Daryl Smith dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Daryl Smith's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. And we move into the final round!

Davis throws a left and a right that both miss
and Davis takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Davis throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Smith misses with a wild combination.
Davis throws a combination that misses

and Smith counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Smith.
Smith struggles to land a body shot inside as Davis controls his hands.
Smith is struggling to control the position.
Smith lands a right hand that snaps the head of Davis backwards.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Davis blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A bit of stalling here from Smith.
Davis is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Smith fails to land.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Smith.
Smith lands a right hand.
Smith lands a body shot.
Smith lands an uppercut.

Davis is rocked!
Smith misses with some punches.
Davis is still on wobbly legs! Can Smith finish him?
Davis tries to break the clinch but Smith is controlling the position.
Davis avoiding damage.
Davis blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Davis seems to have recovered his senses.
Smith unloads with a big right hand that wobbles Davis! He's leaning against the cage trying to keep his feet but Smith is unloading with more strikes now! Davis drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:47 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Daryl Smith!
In his post fight interview, Daryl Smith started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.