PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Noel Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mike Holmes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Smith might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Duality - Slipknot. Holmes has chosen Everybody Knows My Name as his entrance music. Both these fighters are unbeaten, so somebody's 0 has got to go!I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!

Smith
vs
Holmes

191 cm
22
219 lbs
10 - 0 - 0

184 cm
20
212 lbs
7 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Noel Smith!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Mike Holmes!
The judges for this bout are Reed Andrews, Columbo Gatti and Chad Campbell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Smith clinches.
A short uppercut from Holmes.
Smith lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Holmes gets through Smith's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Holmes presses Smith against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Holmes lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Smith lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Holmes blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Holmes lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Smith backwards.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Holmes cracks Smith with a nice body shot.
Smith pushes off an throws an elbow but Holmes leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Smith changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Holmes fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Smith is looking to clinch but Holmes is avoiding it.
Holmes wants to clinch but Smith slips to the side
and Smith counters with a stiff right hand.
Holmes tests Smith's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Holmes misses with a straight left.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Holmes throws a predictable looking body shot
and Smith counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Holmes tries to clinch
and Smith counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Holmes pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Noel Smith seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Smith misses with a body shot.
Smith takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Holmes tries to clinch up
and Smith counters with a series of strikes. Holmes will be more careful next time no doubt.
Holmes throws a series of strikes that have Smith backpedaling.
Mike Holmes is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Smith misses with a hook to the body
and Holmes cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Holmes tries to bum rush Smith with a series of wild strikes but Smith uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Holmes misses with a wild combination.
Holmes fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Smith manages to avoid it.
Smith lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Good standup being displayed there by Smith as he connects with a hook.
Holmes scores with a jab to the jaw.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Holmes misses with an uppercut
and Smith counters with a two punch combo.
Smith slips a straight right by Holmes.
A shot to the body from Holmes misses
and Smith makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Holmes.
Smith misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Holmes cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Holmes lands a nice hook to Smith's body. Smith takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Smith misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Holmes keeps the fight on the outside.
Holmes digs a good body shot into Smith's ribs.
Smith fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Smith misses with a two punch combination.
Smith misses with a right hand
and Holmes cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Nice jab there from Smith.

Holmes drives through and clinches with Smith against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Holmes misses with a short punch on the inside.
Holmes lands a shot to the body.
Holmes lands a nice shot to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Holmes stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Smith is breathing heavily.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Smith.
Holmes lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Smith misses with a punch on the inside.

Holmes manages to break the clinch.
Smith throws a left and a right that both miss
and Holmes counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Holmes tries to clinch up.
Holmes throws a nice looking combination but Smith bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Holmes takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.

Smith is rocked!
Holmes lands a nice shot to the body.
Oh Smith is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Smith walks right into a perfectly timed right hook and goes down hard! He's out cold! The ref cradles Smith limp body while Holmes jumps on to the cage and waves to the roaring crowd. Wow that was just a brutal knockout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Mike Holmes!
Mike Holmes is the new light heavyweight champion!