PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Harlan Patterson (ranked 25270 p4p, 0 weight class) and Steven Smith (ranked 6461 p4p, 0 weight class). Smith comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Eminem Renegade kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Patterson
vs
Smith

210 cm
18
193 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

188 cm
22
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Harlan Patterson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Steven Smith!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, Chris Edwards and Sam Margolis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Smith gets a double leg takedown into Patterson's guard.
Patterson not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Smith content to stall in guard here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Patterson trying to control the position.
Patterson looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Patterson looking to control.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Smith controlling from the top position.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.

Smith scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Smith controlling the action here.
Smith tries to stand but his hand is stuck under Patterson.
Patterson is doing well to control the position and prevent Smith from advancing to side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Patterson is trying to maintain the position but Smith is very close to passing his half guard.
Patterson is looking for a sweep. Smith is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Smith tries to pass to full mount but Patterson defends it.

Smith is looking for a kimura here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Still in half guard, Smith seems content to control.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Smith lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Smith is looking to take a break and control but Patterson is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Smith stalling.

Smith is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Patterson avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Smith.
Patterson on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Smith controlling the action here.
The fighters are battling for position here. Patterson manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Steven Smith dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Smith has taken the fight to the clinch.
Patterson managing to block the knees to the body from Smith.
Patterson is trying to break the clinch but Smith is controlling him.

Smith escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Patterson really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.

Smith darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Steven Smith has got the better of the ground game so far.
Smith lands strikes from half guard.
Patterson is refusing to be controlled, as Smith sits in half guard.
Smith has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Smith working Patterson over with strikes.
Patterson is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith moves into full mount! Patterson won't be happy about that!
Smith controlling from the full mount.
A nice elbow there by Smith.

Patterson is rocked!

It looks like Harlan Patterson has been cut.
Smith loads up on a couple of big shots to the head that have Patterson scrambling to escape. He can't get free though and several more unanswered shots from Smith land to the head. The referee has no choice but to stop the fight. Smith stands and salutes the crowd.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Steven Smith!
A very excited looking Steven Smith made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.