PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Bob Smith (ranked 4134 p4p, 4942 weight class) and Ted Aya (ranked 462 p4p, 494 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Smith
vs
Aya

181 cm
26
202
1 - 2 - 0

186 cm
26
189
0 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Great elbows
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

Island clothing lite

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Bob Smith!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Ted Aya!
The judges for this bout are David Hoff, Bart Greer and Winston Alpacca.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Aya goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Smith just misses with a punch to the body.

Aya gets tackled into the cage by Smith. Smith maintains the clinch.
Aya blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Aya fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Smith tries to work over Aya's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Smith creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Aya misses with a punch on the inside.
Smith looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Smith with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Aya lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Aya blocks an elbow strike.
Smith trying to land knees to the body.
Aya misses with a hook from the clinch.
Smith prevents a body shot from Aya.
Smith trying to land knees to the body.
A nice right hand lands inside from Aya.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Aya digs a right hand underneath Smith's ribcage. Smith let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Smith misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Aya.
Smith definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Smith utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Aya misses with a body punch.
Smith throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Aya blocks it with crossed arms.
Smith lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Aya misses with some punches.
Nice elbow from Smith.

It looks like Ted Aya has been cut.
Smith creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Smith lands an uppercut.
Aya misses with the head strike.
A short left from Smith.
Aya dodges an elbow strike from Smith.
Smith trying to land knees to the body.
Smith lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Smith utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Aya looks winded!
With the fighters up against the cage, Smith throws an elbow but misses.
Smith with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Aya takes an elbow to the temple.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Aya dodges an elbow strike from Smith.
Smith lands a body punch.
Smith misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Aya.
Smith tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Aya has a couple of punches blocked by Smith.
Smith pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Smith just misses with a elbow thrown towards Aya's brow.
Smith digs a right hand underneath Aya's ribcage. Aya let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Aya throws a punch but it's blocked by Smith.
Smith misses with some punches.
Aya takes an elbow to the temple.

That has opened up Ted Aya's cut even more.
Smith tries a body shot but Aya blocks it.
Aya lands a body punch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Smith.
Smith tries a knee to the head but Aya blocks it.
Smith misses with a knee to the head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Aya creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A short left from Aya.
Aya dodges an elbow strike from Smith.
Smith missing with knees to the body.
Aya misses with a short punch on the inside.
Smith lands a nice elbow.
Smith tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Aya avoids it.
Aya lands with a short shot to the head.
With the fighters up against the cage, Smith throws an elbow but misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Aya.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Aya.
Aya working aggressively here.
Smith with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Aya scores with a nice hook to the head.
Smith landing knees to the head.
Smith with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Smith.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Smith tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Aya avoids it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Smith throws a knee to the head but misses.
Aya avoiding damage as Smith throws knees to the body.
Aya lands a shoulder strike.
Aya dodges an elbow strike from Smith.
Smith fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Aya swings wildly with an uppercut but Smith uses good head movement to avoid it.
Smith lands a damaging elbow.
Smith missing with knees to the body.
Nice elbow from Smith.
Aya misses with a punch on the inside.
Aya lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Smith tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Smith tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Aya makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Aya digs a right hand into Smith's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Smith's gas tank.
Aya takes a knee to the side of the body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Bob Smith dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ted Aya's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Smith throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A little jabbing left from Aya on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Smith is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Aya can do to turn this around?
Aya bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Smith's head.
Aya lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Smith lands a leg kick that knocks Aya off balance momentarily.
Aya cracks Smith with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Bob Smith seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Smith throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A head kick by Smith misses
and Aya counters with a nice uppercut.
Smith takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Smith misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Aya swats away the attempt to clinch by Smith.
Aya bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Smith's head backwards.

Smith drives through and clinches with Aya against the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Aya lands a shot to the body.
Aya lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Smith backwards.
Aya swings away with an uppercut that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith lands an elbow just above Aya 's eye.
Smith pushes off an throws an elbow but Aya leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Smith prevents a body shot from Aya.
Smith working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Aya.
Aya cracks Smith with a nice body shot.
Knees to the body from Smith.
Smith pushes off an throws an elbow but Aya leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Aya.
Smith landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Aya is breathing heavily.
Smith doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Smith pushes off an throws an elbow but Aya leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Aya swings wildly with an uppercut but Smith uses good head movement to avoid it.
Smith's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Smith softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Smith lands a nice knee to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Smith works on Aya's body with a couple of short punches.
Aya blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Smith lands an elbow that stopped Aya in his tracks for a moment.
Smith tries a body shot but Aya blocks it.
Smith lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Smith misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Aya.
Smith connects with a nasty looking knee right to Aya's face.

Aya is rocked!

The cut above Ted Aya's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Smith lands an elbow just above Aya 's eye.
Aya is still on wobbly legs! Can Smith finish him?
Smith lands an elbow that stopped Aya in his tracks for a moment.
Smith creates a bit of space for himself and rocks Aya with a big uppercut! Aya tries to clinch up but Smith pushes him back against the cage and lands another monster strike that crumples Aya to the mat! Aya covers up and Smith unloads with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:39 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Bob Smith!
A victorious Bob Smith thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.