PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Mike Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and madafaka bart (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Smith
vs
bart

186 cm
26
185 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

210 cm
26
200 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid Muay Thai
Intelligent

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Heavy handed

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 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Mike Smith!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, madafaka bart!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, Daniel Bishop and James Ackerman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
bart swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Smith counters with a straight right hand.
bart shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Smith counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Smith throws a leg kick which misses bart's front leg but catches the back leg as bart tries to avoid it.

Smith closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming bart to the mat! bart manages to get full guard.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Smith controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Smith makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Smith looking to pass the guard.
Smith controls from within his opponent's guard.
bart looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Smith controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
bart keeping moving, preventing Smith from controlling successfully.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith advances position into side control!
Smith working the head and body with strikes.
bart takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
bart is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Smith lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
You can see the frustration on bart's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Smith is staying tight to bart's torso, preventing him from escaping.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith lands an elbow.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Smith is staying tight to bart's torso, preventing him from escaping.
Smith is working bart over with some ground and pound from side control.
You can see the frustration on bart's face as Smith controls the position.
bart on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
bart taking a bit of punishment here - Smith scoring with strikes.
Smith just content to control the position.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Smith in side control lands a decent elbow.
bart is looking to reverse the position.
Smith has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
bart on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
bart is not in a great position here, taking some shots.

bart is rocked!
bart really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Smith. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
bart seems a little lost for a moment, as Smith dominates the positioning.
bart is still in real trouble! Can Smith finish him?
Smith lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear bart down.
Smith cracks bart with a big elbow. Oh, he's hurt! Smith immediately mounts and start dropping bombs! bart is done! The referee jumps in and saves him from any more punishment - a quick and decisive finish by Smith!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:38 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mike Smith!