PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between JT Smith (ranked 1700 p4p, 231 weight class) and Jambe De Bois (ranked 1021 p4p, 146 weight class). Smith comes to the cage accompanied by Im your boogie man. Jambe De Bois acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Smith
vs
De Bois

185 cm
25
218 lbs
5 - 6 - 0

186 cm
26
205 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Experienced

Good wrestler
Brawler
Good gas tank

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 5 - 6 - 0, fighting out of The Island, JT Smith!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Jambe De Bois!
The judges for this bout are Michael Johnstone, Winston Alpacca and Santiago Holmes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

De Bois closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Smith's guard.
Smith looking for a sweep. Not yet Smith, not yet.
Smith seems to have improved his submission grappling technique since last time we saw him. Let's see if he can pull off a submission.
Smith looking to control.
De Bois preventing the sweep.
De Bois is working Smith over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Smith seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
De Bois preventing the sweep.
Smith not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
De Bois throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Smith pulls De Bois in close to prevent any damage.
De Bois throws a big elbow that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Smith wants to sweep here but De Bois controlling him for the moment.
De Bois looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Smith looking to control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
De Bois content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Smith utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Smith is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Smith keeping full guard, as De Bois tries to pass.
De Bois is in close to Smith's body, working some short punches and elbows.
De Bois won't allow Smith to sweep him here.
De Bois scoring with punches to the head and body.
Smith wants to sweep here but De Bois controlling him for the moment.
Smith has control of De Bois's left arm, preventing De Bois from doing any damage.
Smith is trying to keep De Bois in close.
Smith has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
De Bois cracks Smith with a solid left hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith wants to sweep but no luck.
Smith has his hands on De Bois's head, controlling the position.
De Bois working some strikes from top position.
Smith trying to control the position here.
De Bois distracts Smith with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
De Bois is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.

Smith is rocked!
Smith pulls De Bois in to control the position.
Oh Smith is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
De Bois looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Smith seems to have got his legs back now.
Smith is trying to keep De Bois in close.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in De Bois's guard.

Smith trying to control but De Bois is working from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
De Bois controlling the position.
Smith sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed De Bois's guard.

Smith is working for a kimura but De Bois is defending it quite comfortably.

Smith looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
De Bois is trying to control but can't.
Smith tries to pass to full mount but De Bois defends it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Smith is thwarting De Bois's attempts to control the position.

Smith is trying to work for a kimura but De Bois is defending well.
De Bois wants to improve his position but Smith is controlling well.
Smith is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.

Smith wants to work for an arm triangle but De Bois is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
De Bois wants to improve his position but Smith is controlling well.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!

Smith is looking for a kimura but De Bois is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Smith to get the leverage.
De Bois is trying to maintain the position but Smith is very close to passing his half guard.

De Bois is defending against the submission attempts here by Smith.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jambe De Bois dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

De Bois slips a jab from Smith.
De Bois shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Smith as he jumps to the side.
De Bois lands a nice shot to the body.
De Bois will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Smith misses the shot to the body.
Smith just misses with a punch to the body.

De Bois gets a double leg takedown into Smith's guard.
De Bois makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
De Bois works over Smith with some ground and pound from guard.
Smith trying to keep a closed guard but De Bois is proving a slippery customer.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Smith controlling the position.
Smith is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
De Bois working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Smith is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith looking to control.
De Bois keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Smith's head.
Smith is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Smith is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because De Bois is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Smith pulls De Bois in to control the position.
De Bois landing some decent shots from guard.
De Bois has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Smith is trying to keep De Bois in close.
De Bois trying to control but Smith is working from the bottom.
De Bois missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Smith trying to control the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Smith is pulling down on De Bois's head to control his posture.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Smith takes a shot right to the bread basket.
De Bois bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Smith's head backwards.
De Bois throws a lazy uppercut

and Smith counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.

Smith looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
De Bois tries to get to full guard but Smith has control of the leg.
Smith missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Smith landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.

Smith is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and De Bois defends it well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Bois punching from the bottom.
De Bois is refusing to be controlled, as Smith sits in half guard.
Smith throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
De Bois flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
De Bois is looking to improve his position.
Jambe De Bois has got the better of the ground game so far.
Smith missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
De Bois controlling the position for now.
De Bois is looking to improve his position.
Smith missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
De Bois is doing well to avoid being mounted. He's controlling the position at the moment.

Smith seems to be working for a kimura but De Bois defends the submission attempt.

Smith is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Smith is thwarting De Bois's attempts to control the position.
De Bois has hold of Smith's hands but Smith slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.

Smith is sneakily working for an arm triangle but De Bois sees it coming and defends easily.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Smith scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Smith trying to control from half guard but De Bois is working away.
De Bois wants to improve his position but Smith is controlling well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that JT Smith will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

De Bois shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
De Bois working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. De Bois lands a nice short elbow.
Smith keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount.
De Bois looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Smith with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
De Bois tries to pass to full mount but Smith defends it.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. De Bois lands a nice short elbow.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
De Bois working Smith over with strikes.
Smith tries to get to full guard but De Bois has control of the leg.
De Bois lands a big elbow from half guard. That looks like it's hurt Smith quite badly. Smith pulls De Bois in close trying to recover. De Bois postures up and lands two really hard shots that put Smith on queer street! The ref takes a look and decides to call an end to the fight! Possibly an early stoppage but Smith doesn't seem to be complaining too much.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jambe De Bois!
Jambe De Bois decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.