PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Peter Smart (ranked 1511 p4p, 1211 weight class) and Tyson Asakura (ranked 201 p4p, 158 weight class). Asakura comes into a darkened arena with his song building. JJBA - Giorno's Theme kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Smart
vs
Asakura

180 cm
31
182
17 - 12 - 0

180 cm
31
173
16 - 10 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Voodoo Nutrition
HELLBENT

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Peter Smart!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tyson Asakura!
The judges for this bout are Percy O'Donnell, Don Winkell and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Asakura misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Smart.

Asakura clinches up with Smart and pushes him back against the cage.
Smart swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Asakura swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Asakura misses with a shot to the kidneys.

Smart lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Smart thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Asakura's head.
Asakura trying to hold on to Smart's head to control him but Smart postures up.
Asakura is trying to get back to full guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Smart is trying to control the action in half guard but Asakura is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Smart thows a huge punch but Asakura dodges it nicely.
Asakura is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Smart's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Smart's back!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Smart tries to roll but Asakura sticks to his back.
Smart breaks Asakura's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
Smart has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Smart postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Asakura keeping moving, preventing Smart from controlling successfully.
Smart with a flurry of punches that miss.
Smart in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Asakura looking for a sweep. Not yet Asakura, not yet.
Smart 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.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Asakura managing to control the position.
Smart won't allow Asakura to sweep him here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Asakura preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Asakura keeping moving, preventing Smart from controlling successfully.
Smart throws a big right hand that misses.
Smart prevents Asakura from getting back to his feet.
Smart wants to control from the top but Asakura keeps moving.
Smart postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Smart missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Smart trying to control but Asakura is working from the bottom.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
A jab from Smart misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smart scores with a sloppy right hand. Asakura should have avoided that one.
Smart slips a straight right by Asakura.

Asakura clinches up with Smart and pushes him back against the cage.

Asakura manages to break the clinch.
Asakura dives in for a single leg takedown but Smart sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Smart seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Smart throws out a loose jab but Asakura uses good head movement to avoid it.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Smart.
A looping hook to the body misses from Smart. Asakura does a little dance to reset his feet.
Asakura cracks Smart with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Smart explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Smart tries to move into range but Asakura moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Smart works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Asakura tries to work over Smart's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Smart tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Asakura's elbow.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A nice left hand lands by Smart.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Asakura.
Asakura looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
A shot in the inside from Asakura.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Smart tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Smart blocks an uppercut.
Asakura is looking to break free of the clinch but Smart has double underhooks.
Asakura blocking some punches.
Asakura unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Smart has a couple of punches blocked by Asakura.
Smart misses with a punch to the body.
Still in the clinch, Asakura scores with a nice short uppercut.
Smart throws a head punch that misses.
A nice right hand lands inside from Smart.

Asakura breaks the clinch.
Smart avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Asakura swats away the attempt to clinch by Smart.

Smart drives through with a takedown into Asakura's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Smart throws a big right hand that misses.
Smart scoring with punches to the head and body.
Smart throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Peter Smart 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.

Smart slips a jab and a cross from Asakura.
Smart looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Asakura scores with a nice head shot.
Asakura is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Asakura paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Asakura throws a leg kick but Smart sees it coming and moves out of range.
Asakura scores with a hook to the body. Smart takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
A looping hook to the body misses from Asakura. Smart does a little dance to reset his feet.
Smart throws a low kick but Asakura avoids it.
Asakura cracks Smart with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Asakura swinging wildly here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Asakura lands a nice shot that snaps Smart's head back.

Smart forces Asakura back against the cage and clinches.
Peter Smart has scored more points in the clinch so far.

Smart turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Asakura is trying to control Smart's posture but Smart avoids it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Asakura on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Smart working the ground and pound but Asakura is defending the strikes.
Asakura sneaks back into half guard.
Asakura is trying to stand.
Asakura slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Asakura looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Smart missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Smart stops Asakura from standing up.
Peter Smart overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Smart landing with the ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smart missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Smart throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Smart postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Smart working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Smart trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Smart throwing strikes but missing.
Smart working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Smart throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Smart in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Smart tries to free his leg and advance position but Asakura is retaining full guard.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Asakura manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Smart manages to get himself to full guard.

Smart is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Asakura wants to get up but he can't break Smart's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.

Smart looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Smart not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Smart bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Asakura's guard.

Smart postures up in Asakura's guard and throws a big left but Asakura blocks it.
Smart loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Smart throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Smart lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Asakura trying to keep a closed guard but Smart is proving a slippery customer.
Smart stands up over Asakura, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Smart scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Smart throws a strike but Asakura rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

Asakura wants to control from the top but Smart keeps moving.
Asakura in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Asakura stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Smart swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Smart bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Asakura's guard.

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 Peter Smart 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!

Asakura blocks a jab.

Asakura clinches up against the cage.
A left hand lands to the body for Smart.
Asakura misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Smart.
Smart misses with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Asakura.
Asakura blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Smart.
Smart can't find room to land a body shot as Asakura controls the action.

Asakura breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Peter Smart seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Smart swings away with a body shot that misses
and Asakura counters with a low kick, right behind Smart 's knee.
Smart slips a straight right by Asakura.
Smart half committed to a counter leg kick.

Asakura takes the fight into the clinch.
Asakura scores with a shot to the side of Smart's head.
Asakura scores with an uppercut up the middle.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Smart blocks an uppercut.

Smart gets a trip takedown into half guard.

Asakura kicks Smart off and gets back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Peter Smart is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Smart looks to score with a jab to the body but Asakura is just out of range.
Asakura lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Asakura throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Asakura scores with a hook.
Asakura takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Tyson Asakura seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Smart walks into a stiff left hand from Asakura.
Smart misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Asakura.
Asakura walks into a stiff left hand from Smart.
Smart lands a jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Asakura lands a jab to Smart's midsection.
Asakura ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Smart misses with a takedown attempt
and Asakura counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Asakura throws a right and a left that both miss.
Smart was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
A looping hook to the body misses from Smart. Asakura does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smart throws a head kick that misses.
Smart looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Asakura scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.

Asakura tries to sprawl but Smart drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Asakura wants to control but Smart is keeping busy.
Smart not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Smart 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.
Asakura on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Asakura has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Smart is working away from the top position though.
Asakura manages to get to full guard.
Smart throws a big right hand that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smart trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Asakura is looking to stand up but Smart isn't so interested in that idea.
Smart with a flurry of punches that miss.
Smart postures up in Asakura's guard and throws a big left but Asakura blocks it.
Smart trying to control the position from guard on top but Asakura is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Asakura pulls Smart in close to prevent any damage.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.

That's four 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.
Smart fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Peter Smart is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Asakura ducks under a wild hook from Smart.
Smart misses with a few strikes there.
An inside leg kick lands from Smart.

Asakura gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Smart to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Smart is standing up over Asakura. Asakura looks to escape but Smart dives into side control.

Smart controls the position.
Tyson Asakura has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Tyson Asakura.
I think Smart 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 Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 29:28
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 29:28
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 29:29

In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Peter Smart!
A victorious Peter Smart thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.