PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Violent Femme (ranked 2551 p4p, 2613 weight class) and Onterrio Smith (ranked 67 p4p, 68 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Femme
vs
Smith

167 cm
24
140
4 - 2 - 0

189 cm
26
214
3 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin

Excellent grappler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Violent Femme!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Onterrio Smith!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Aafke Stam and Paul Aken.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Good shot there by Smith.
Smith tries to clinch up but Femme circles away and keeps his distance.
Smith tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Femme was well out of range. Poor timing from Smith.
Smith steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Femme.
Femme throws a good cross that connects.
Femme waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Smith.
Smith ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A big right from Femme misses.
A big right from Smith misses.
Smith clobbers Femme with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Smith wants to clinch.
Smith gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Femme.
Smith throws the left hand but Femme avoids the punch easily.
Femme takes a swing at Smith's ribcage but misses.
Femme misses with a wild body shot.
Femme with a nice cross.
A slow jab from Femme misses its intended target.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Femme changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Femme blocks a jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Femme lands with a nice body punch.
Nice body punch from Femme.
Femme lands a nice shot to the body.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Femme misses with a lunging right hand

and Smith decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Femme's guard.
Femme seems keen to control Smith's posture.
Femme looking for a sweep. Not yet Femme, not yet.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Smith accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Femme looking to control.
Femme is controlling Smith's posture.
Femme looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Smith postures up in Femme's guard and throws a big left but Femme blocks it.
Femme keeping full guard, as Smith tries to pass.
Femme tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Femme is trying to control the position but Smith postures up.
Smith is looking to work some ground and pound but Femme has wrist control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith with a flurry of punches that miss.
Smith looking to control the position here, rather than advance.

Smith drops back looking for a leg! Femme is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Femme manages to kick Smith off! Smith jumps back into Femme's guard.

Smith drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Smith jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Femme wants to sweep here but Smith controlling him for the moment.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Femme keeping moving, preventing Smith from controlling successfully.
My spies in Desert Fitness & Training (14 Elite Coaches) inform me that Smith has been getting involved in the gym's BJJ sparring sessions. Let's see whether that pays dividends!
Smith is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Femme looks to land a left hand but Smith moved out of range nicely.
Smith is looking to chop away at Femme's legs.
Femme throws a jab but it's blocked by Smith.
Smith slips under a jab.

Smith gets a takedown into half guard.

Smith is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Femme has managed to free his arm - good work.
Femme controlling the position well.
Femme gets back to full guard.
Femme is adopting a defensive guard.
Femme keeping moving, preventing Smith from controlling successfully.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Smith drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Smith jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Femme not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Femme tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Femme pulls Smith in to control the position.
Smith advances to half guard.
Femme has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Smith is working away from the top position though.

Smith wants to work for an arm triangle but Femme is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Femme is trying to get back to full guard.
Femme knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Smith on the ground.

Smith is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Femme sees it coming and defends easily.
Smith is trying to control. Femme wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Onterrio Smith will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Femme swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Smith.
Femme misses with a straight left.
Femme connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Smith's hands.
Smith slips a jab from Femme.
Violent Femme seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Smith slips under a jab.
Smith flicks out a counter leg kick but Femme steps away.
A slow jab from Femme misses its intended target.
Smith ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Smith closes the distance and clinches up with Femme, looking for a takedown. Smith pushes Femme against the cage but Femme circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Smith drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Femme looks to score with a jab to the body but Smith is just out of range.
Smith steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Femme.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Smith! But no joy.
Smith throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Smith lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Smith ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Femme moves away.
Femme blocks a head kick by Smith.
Femme swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
A big right from Smith misses.
Smith ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Femme lands a nice looking body shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Femme fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Smith manages to avoid it.
Femme throws a right hand that misses
and Smith counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Femme is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Smith.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice sprawl there from Femme as Smith shoots in.
Smith takes a shot to the body in his stride.
A lazy left from Femme finds it's target.
Smith scores with a jab to the head.
Smith tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Femme is looking to counter punch.
Smith bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Femme throws a hook to the side of Smith's head but Smith sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Smith moves out of range of the strikes.
Smith chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Smith uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Femme.
Femme throws a big shot that misses.
Smith tries to move into range but Femme moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Smith shoots in and drives through. Femme sprawls well.
Violent Femme has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Onterrio Smith.
Femme checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Femme uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Smith.
Smith keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Smith throws a head kick that misses.
A head kick misses from Smith.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Smith walks into a left hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Femme with a hook.
Smith gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Femme cracks Smith with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Smith avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Smith takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Good exchange - Smith coming out on top.
Smith moves out of range of the strikes.
Femme loads up on a big right hand but Smith slips the punch.
Smith clobbers Femme with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Smith misses with a kick to the body.
Femme tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Smith was well out of range. Poor timing from Femme.
Femme scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Femme slips under a jab.
Femme lands an overhand right.
Violent Femme is winning the standup battle so far.
Femme blocks a head kick by Smith.
It looked like Femme wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Femme missing with a left hand there. Smith was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Femme works Smith's body with a nice hook.
Femme misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Smith.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Femme moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Femme connects with a right hand. Smith shakes it off.
Violent Femme is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Smith takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.

Smith has taken the fight to the clinch.
Femme swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Good body shot from Smith.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Smith.
Smith working aggressively here.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Smith.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Smith lands a nice uppercut.
Smith scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Smith working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
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 is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Femme misses with a hook from the clinch.
Femme throws a head punch that misses.

Smith lands a takedown into guard.
Onterrio Smith has got the better of the ground game so far.
Femme is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Smith wants to control from the top but Femme keeps moving.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Smith pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Femme is keeping the position for now.
Smith stopping the sweep attempt from Femme.
Femme is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

Smith drops back looking for a leg! Femme is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Femme manages to kick Smith off! Smith jumps back into Femme's guard.
Smith wants to pass the guard but Femme is keeping the position.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Femme holds on and takes a little breather.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Smith drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Smith jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Violent Femme will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Femme sizes up Smith with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Femme looks to land a left hand but Smith moved out of range nicely.
Smith jabs at Femme's body.
Femme throws a jab when Smith was well out of range.
Smith tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Femme manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Smith is defended easily by Femme.
Femme misses with a straight left.

Smith forces Femme back against the cage and clinches.
Smith tries a body shot but Femme blocks it.
Femme throws a head punch that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Femme swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Femme lands with a right to the head.
Femme has a couple of punches blocked by Smith.
Smith keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Femme's efforts to push away.
Smith keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Femme's efforts to push away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith tries to throw a body punch but Femme avoids it by throwing Smith back against the cage.
Smith jumps guard but Femme stands there with Smith around his waist. Smith gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
A short uppercut from Femme.
Femme lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Femme lands a left hand that snaps the head of Smith backwards.
Smith misses with a short punch on the inside.
Smith blocks an uppercut.
Femme softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Smith.
Onterrio Smith seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Smith working aggressively here.
Smith has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Femme after a bit of a struggle.
Violent Femme has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Onterrio Smith.
Smith tries to work over Femme's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Smith swings away with an uppercut that misses.

Femme breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Nice body punch from Femme.
Femme lands a nice shot to the body.
Smith avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Femme misses with a straight right.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Femme displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Smith throws out the jab.
Femme thows a left - swing and a miss!
Femme tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Smith was well out of range. Poor timing from Femme.
Smith uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Femme.
Femme thows a left - swing and a miss!
The fighters circling - Femme throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Nice shot by Femme.
Smith ducks under a wild hook from Femme.
Femme throws an overhand right that lands on Smith's shoulder, as Smith tries to avoid the shot.
Smith moves out of range as Femme strikes.
Smith closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Femme throws a body punch but Smith moves out of range.
Smith is looking to clinch.
Smith moves away from the strike by Femme.
Smith ducks right into an uppercut from Femme.

Smith manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Femme on his heels. He'll look to pass Femme's guard now, I'm sure.
Femme is trying to control the position from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Smith is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.

Smith drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Femme dives on top into guard.

Femme seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Smith looking to control.

Smith escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Femme gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Smith has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Femme has passed into side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Femme laying and praying for a moment but Smith takes advantage and regains half guard.
Smith gets full guard.

Smith is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Smith looking to hit a scissor sweep but Femme is one step ahead there.
Smith not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

Smith is looking for a triangle but Femme pushes his legs off easily.

And that's the end of the fight!
Violent Femme showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Femme has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Radbod Blank scores the fight 29:28
Judge Aafke Stam scores the fight 29:28
Judge Paul Aken scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Violent Femme!