PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Akeen Coker (ranked 230 p4p, 308 weight class) and Chad Smith (ranked 31 p4p, 43 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Coker
vs
Smith

180 cm
30
170
18 - 12 - 0

185 cm
25
180
14 - 8 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

BJJ Purple Belt
World class MT
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 18 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Akeen Coker!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Chad Smith!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Frank Antenori and Percy O'Donnell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Coker just misses with a punch to the body.
Smith missing with a left hand there. Coker was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Smith tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Smith loads up on a big right hand but Coker slips the punch.
Smith doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Smith scores with a crisp jab that stopped Coker in his tracks.
Smith throws a looping overhand right but Coker ducks down to avoid it.
Coker paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Coker throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Coker misses with a looping left.

Coker drives through and clinches with Smith against the cage.
Coker lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Smith backwards.
Smith prevents Coker from breaking the clinch.
Coker working aggressively here.
Smith tries to throw a body punch but Coker avoids it by throwing Smith back against the cage.
Coker working aggressively here.
Coker tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Smith just stands there and leans against the cage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Smith lands a nice knee to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith tries to throw a body punch but Coker avoids it by throwing Smith back against the cage.
Smith misses with a punch to the body.
Coker fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Coker swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Smith lands an elbow inside.

It looks like Akeen Coker has been cut.
I was talking to Coker's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Coker jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Smith walks away with a smile on his face. Coker gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Akeen Coker. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Smith misses with an uppercut. Coker saw that one coming.
Smith looks to score with a jab to the body but Coker is just out of range.
Smith will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Coker bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Coker swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Smith gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Coker.
Coker throws a nice inside leg kick.
Coker misses with a body shot
and Smith cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Coker misses with a kick to the body
and Smith connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Smith has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Smith throws a body punch but Coker moves out of range.
Coker cracks Smith with a good jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A looping hook to the body misses from Smith. Coker does a little dance to reset his feet.
Coker connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
A jab from Coker misses.
Decent striking displayed by Coker there.
Coker keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Smith.
A big left from Smith misses.
Coker throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Nice defenses there by Coker.
Nice cross by Coker.
Coker circles away from the clinch attempt.
Some bone on bone action there as Smith checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.

Smith drives through and clinches with Coker against the cage.
Coker blocks a body shot from Smith.
Coker misses with a punch on the inside.
Coker pushes Smith back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Coker creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Smith throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Coker tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Coker blocks the elbow strike.
Smith works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Smith throws a head punch that misses.
A short body shot lands from Coker as the two fighters clinch.
Coker blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Coker misses with some punches.
Coker blocks an uppercut.
Coker pushes Smith back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Coker working aggressively here.
Coker misses with a shot to the kidneys.

Coker breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Coker ducks under a wild hook from Smith.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Coker.
Coker dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Smith. That did some damage!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A low kick from Coker misses
and Smith counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Smith throws a body punch but Coker moves out of range.
Smith takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Smith misses the shot to the body.
Coker throwing a counter right hand but Smith manages to avoid it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Smith takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Coker swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Smith tries to clinch there but Coker circles away.
Smith ducks under a wild hook from Coker.
Smith avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Coker with a hook.
Smith throws a right and a left that Coker avoids nicely.
A shot to the liver by Smith. Beautiful body shot.
Coker catches Smith with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Smith jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Smith keeps the fight on the outside.
Smith lands a nice shot that snaps Coker's head back.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Coker throws a leg kick but Smith sees it coming and moves out of range.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Akeen Coker will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Akeen Coker's cut.
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.

Coker connects with a good right hand that stumbles Smith. Smith circles away out of range and recomposes himself.

Coker clinches.
Coker misses with some punches.
Smith blocking some punches.
Smith is working Coker over against the cage.
A short right from Coker on the inside.
Akeen Coker has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Smith tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Smith misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Coker tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Smith looking to slow down the pace here.
Coker presses Smith against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Smith struggles to land a body shot inside as Coker controls his hands.
Coker lands a shot to the body.
Coker is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Smith can do to turn this around?
Coker fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Coker lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Coker lands with a short shot to the head.
Coker is leaning against Smith and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Coker is working Smith over against the cage.
Coker is working Smith over against the cage.
Smith is breathing heavily.
Coker throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Coker blocks an uppercut.
Coker digs a right hand underneath Smith's ribcage. Smith let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Coker lands a right hand.
Coker throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Smiths head.
Smith misses with a punch on the inside.
Coker fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Coker lands with a short shot to the head.
Coker working aggressively here.
Coker misses with a body punch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Coker misses with a hook from the clinch.
Coker tries a body shot but Smith blocks it.
Coker digs a right hand underneath Smith's ribcage. Smith let out a lung full of air as it connected.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Smith swings wildly with an uppercut but Coker uses good head movement to avoid it.
Coker pushes Smith back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A head punch on the inside from Smith fails to land.
Smith misses with the head strike.
A head punch on the inside from Coker fails to land.
Smith is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Coker tries to pull guard but Smith won't allow it.
Coker lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Smith backwards.
Smith scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Coker fails to pull guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith misses with a punch on the inside.
Coker misses with a punch to the body.
Smith blocks an uppercut.

Coker breaks the clinch.
Coker scores with a decent looking hook.
Smith moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Smith jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Smith throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Coker tries to clinch but Smith is having none of it.
Coker works the jab nicely.
Smith takes one to the side of the head.
Smith walks into a left hand.
Smith cracks Coker with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Smith throws a body shot but no joy.
Coker lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A leg kick checked by Smith.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Coker tries to score with a low kick but Smith moves his leg out of the way.
Coker throws a jab when Smith was well out of range.
Smith lands a jab to the nose.
Nice body punch from Smith.
An inside leg kick from Coker misses.
Coker thuds his right hand into Smith's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Coker tries a low kick but Smith avoids it.
Smith misses the shot to the body.
Smith misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Coker.
Smith lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Smith waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Coker.
Coker slips under a jab.
Coker sizes up Smith with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Coker lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Coker scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Coker throws a hook but Smith blocks it.
Nice uppercut there from Smith.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Akeen Coker dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Akeen Coker's cut.
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. And we move into the final round!

Coker instigates a clinch.
Coker prevents a body shot from Smith.
A head punch on the inside from Smith fails to land.
Smith lands a nice uppercut.
Coker throws a head punch that misses.
Coker tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Smith doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Coker jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Smith walks away with a smile on his face. Coker gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Coker throws a hook to the side of Smith's head but Smith sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Coker connects with an inside leg kick.
Smith connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Coker momentarily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Smith cracks Coker with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Coker tries to clinch there but Smith circles away.
Smith moves out of range of the strikes.
Smith scores with a hook to the body. Coker takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Smith clobbers Coker with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Coker wants to clinch up but Smith keeps it at a distance.
Smith swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Coker blocks a jab.
Coker swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Coker steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Smith.
Smith throws a hook but Coker avoids it easily.
Coker buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Smith checks a low kick from Coker.
Smith just misses with a punch to the body.
Akeen Coker is winning the standup battle so far.
Coker takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Coker tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Smith looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Smith moves out of range as Coker throws a body kick.
Smith getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Coker scores with a shot to the body.
Smith ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Coker.
A big right from Smith misses.
Smith fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Coker on the side of the head.
Coker misses with a looping left.
Chad Smith has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Coker with a nice calf kick.
Coker misses with an uppercut. Smith saw that one coming.
Smith throws a predictable looking body shot
and Coker cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

Coker takes the fight into the clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Smith.
Smith goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Smith using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Coker has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Coker tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Smith smiles and moves away.
Smith misses with a wild body shot.

Coker gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Smith's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Smith tries to work over Coker's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Smith is trying to break free.

Coker manages to break the clinch.
Smith misses the shot to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith misses with an uppercut
and Coker counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Coker works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Coker throws a quick inside leg kick.

Smith closes the distance and pushes Coker back into the cage.
Smith pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Coker makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Smith lands a right hand that snaps the head of Coker backwards.
Coker lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Smith backwards.
Coker tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Smith smiles and moves away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Akeen Coker. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Coker has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Smith finds it's way round the side to connect with Coker's head.
Smith changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Smith misses with a double jab.
Coker is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice straight punches there by Coker. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Coker.
Coker fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Coker jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Smith misses with a looping left.
Smith has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Coker lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Coker ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Coker lands a jab to the head.
Coker throws a body shot but no joy.
Smith stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Coker.
Coker connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Smith takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Coker lands a leg kick that knocks Smith off balance momentarily.
Coker lands a jab to the nose.
Coker looks to throw the jab but Smith is out of range.
A jab from Coker does it's job there.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Today's fight clock is brought to you by... OOOH that's a huge shot by Smith! Coker is in big trouble here - the ref steps in to save him and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Chad Smith!