PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Steve The Smiling Assassin (ranked 3880 p4p, 457 weight class) and Carter Jose De La Cus (ranked 4052 p4p, 469 weight class). Jose De La Cus has chosen Kanye West - Diamonds From Sierra leone as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Carter Jose De La Cus has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

The Smiling Assassin
vs
Jose De La Cus

188 cm
37
215 lbs
15 - 13 - 0

173 cm
36
217 lbs
23 - 21 - 3

Good wrestling
Great elbows
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite 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 15 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Steve The Smiling Assassin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 21 - 3, fighting out of Los Angeles, Carter Jose De La Cus!
The judges for this bout are Paul Aken, Wagner Zegers and Paulsen Ambrosius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The Smiling Assassin's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Jose De La Cus connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! The Smiling Assassin scrambles back to his feet.
Carter Jose De La Cus seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A left lands for The Smiling Assassin.
Jose De La Cus tries to bum rush The Smiling Assassin with a series of wild strikes but The Smiling Assassin uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Jose De La Cus.
Jose De La Cus throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

The Smiling Assassin shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Jose De La Cus napping and manages to drive through into side control!
The Smiling Assassin cracks Jose De La Cus with an elbow. That is naaassty.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The Smiling Assassin working the head with strikes.
The Smiling Assassin working the head and body with strikes.
The Smiling Assassin landing strikes.
The Smiling Assassin working the head and body with strikes.
The Smiling Assassin lands some shots froms side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The Smiling Assassin wants to take a breather but Jose De La Cus manages to regain guard - a lesson learnt for The Smiling Assassin.
The Smiling Assassin working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Smiling Assassin is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Jose De La Cus wants to sweep here but The Smiling Assassin controlling him for the moment.
The Smiling Assassin throws a big elbow that misses.
The Smiling Assassin throws a big right hand that misses.
The Smiling Assassin preventing the sweep.
The Smiling Assassin slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.

That's two 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.
Jose De La Cus looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
The Smiling Assassin landing some decent shots from guard.
Jose De La Cus wants to sweep here but The Smiling Assassin controlling him for the moment.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
The Smiling Assassin postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
The Smiling Assassin is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
The Smiling Assassin working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Jose De La Cus's head.
The Smiling Assassin will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
The Smiling Assassin scoring with punches to the head and body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jose De La Cus keeping moving, preventing The Smiling Assassin from controlling successfully.
The Smiling Assassin scoring with some ground and pound.
The Smiling Assassin lands a couple of elbows.
The Smiling Assassin missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
The Smiling Assassin scoring with punches to the head and body.
The Smiling Assassin stands up over Jose De La Cus, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.

Jose De La Cus is scooting his butt against the cage and has managed to get back to his feet. The Smiling Assassin presses him back against the cage, presumably looking to take the fight back to the mat.
The Smiling Assassin tries to throw a body punch but Jose De La Cus avoids it by throwing The Smiling Assassin back against the cage.
The Smiling Assassin lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
The Smiling Assassin lands a nice elbow.
Jose De La Cus can't break the clinch.
Jose De La Cus avoids a wild elbow strike from The Smiling Assassin.
Good body shot from The Smiling Assassin.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Smiling Assassin has a couple of punches blocked by Jose De La Cus.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for The Smiling Assassin.
Jose De La Cus takes an elbow to the temple.

It looks like Carter Jose De La Cus has been cut.
The Smiling Assassin misses with some punches.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jose De La Cus tries for a takedown but The Smiling Assassin manages to get underhooks.
The Smiling Assassin lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Jose De La Cus backwards.
The Smiling Assassin digs a right hand into Jose De La Cus's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Jose De La Cus's gas tank.
Jose De La Cus can't find room to land a body shot as The Smiling Assassin controls the action.

Jose De La Cus breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

The Smiling Assassin moves into the clinch.
The Smiling Assassin gets through Jose De La Cus's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A short left from The Smiling Assassin.
The Smiling Assassin lands with a short punch from the clinch.
The Smiling Assassin lands a body shot.
The Smiling Assassin lands a body shot in the clinch.
Jose De La Cus looks winded!
The Smiling Assassin lands with a right to the head.
The Smiling Assassin working some nice short punches in the clinch.
The Smiling Assassin lands an elbow that stopped Jose De La Cus in his tracks for a moment.
The Smiling Assassin lands with a short shot to the head.
Jose De La Cus can't break the clinch.
The Smiling Assassin tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Jose De La Cus's elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Steve The Smiling Assassin dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Carter Jose De La Cus's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

The Smiling Assassin scores with a nice right hand.
Jose De La Cus fails to land with a series of punches.
Jose De La Cus misses with a series of wild punches.
A counter left hand to the body from The Smiling Assassin misses its target.
The Smiling Assassin swinging wildly here.
The Smiling Assassin showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Jose De La Cus.
The Smiling Assassin scores with a head kick. Jose De La Cus tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The Smiling Assassin connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Jose De La Cus connects with a crisp jab.
The Smiling Assassin scores with the left hand. Jose De La Cus knows he should have avoided that one.
The Smiling Assassin on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jose De La Cus throws a nice looking combination but The Smiling Assassin bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Smiling Assassin misses with a body kick.
The Smiling Assassin is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Jose De La Cus can do to turn this around?
The Smiling Assassin pulls out of a head kick attempt.
The Smiling Assassin tries a head kick but it misses.
The Smiling Assassin misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Jose De La Cus falls off balance throwing a combination
and The Smiling Assassin connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Jose De La Cus feints a jab promting The Smiling Assassin to slip. Jose De La Cus then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. The Smiling Assassin slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Carter Jose De La Cus is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Jose De La Cus throws a right hand that The Smiling Assassin ducks under and follows up with a left that The Smiling Assassin also avoids with ease.
Jab from Jose De La Cus.
The Smiling Assassin fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Jose De La Cus manages to avoid it.
Jose De La Cus fakes high and swings low for a body shot but The Smiling Assassin manages to avoid it.
Carter Jose De La Cus seems to be getting the better of the standup.

Jose De La Cus lands a left and a right that send The Smiling Assassin crashing to the mat, dazed. Jose De La Cus thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!

The Smiling Assassin is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The Smiling Assassin drops his hands momentarily. Jose De La Cus doesn't need a second invitation, landing a shot to the temple. The Smiling Assassin staggers and falls to the mat and the ref dives in to save him from any more punishment. The Smiling Assassin doesn't seem happy with the stoppage but he was done.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Carter Jose De La Cus!
Carter Jose De La Cus tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.
In defeat, Steve The Smiling Assassin stepped up to the mic, saying 'Thank you fans for your support and Vladimir Putin for inspiring me to take shirtless photos of myself.'.