PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Gary Day (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jay Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Day might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Last minute - Great day to choke you out. Gary Day has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Day
vs
Smith

178 cm
23
160 lbs
8 - 5 - 2

167 cm
23
164 lbs
8 - 8 - 1

BJJ Brown Belt
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

Powerful takedowns
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 5 - 2, fighting out of Helsinki, Gary Day!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 8 - 1, fighting out of New York, Jay Smith!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Anni Minnemäki and Ben Zyskovitsi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Smith throws a big shot that misses.
Nice uppercut lands for Smith. That snapped Day's head back.
Smith fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Day manages to avoid it.
Jab by Smith.
Day keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

Smith drives through with a takedown into Day's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Day holds on and takes a little breather.

Smith thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Smith throwing strikes but missing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Smith has a momentary lapse of concentration, allowing Day to throw up a leg and lock on what appears to be a pretty tight triangle! Smith is fighting it off but it's all too little too late - Day pulls down on the head and he's put Smith to sleep! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Gary Day!
During a confident post fight interview, Gary Day thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.