PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Choke Liddell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Terry Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Liddell kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Intro - DMX. Smith has chosen The Mercenary as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Liddell
vs
Smith

189 cm
36
220 lbs
17 - 9 - 0

190 cm
28
215 lbs
13 - 11 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

GREEN!160

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 9 - 0, fighting out of London, Choke Liddell!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 11 - 0, fighting out of London, Terry Smith!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, James Glass and James Atkins.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Smith tries to clinch up but Liddell circles away and keeps his distance.
Liddell cracks a nice hook into Smith's ribs.
Smith misses with a hook.
Smith throws a hook but Liddell blocks it.
Smith throws a combination. Liddell tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Liddell slips under a jab.
Liddell looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Smith's jab looks to have found its range, popping Liddell under the eye.
Liddell takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Liddell lands a high kick!
Liddell misses with a wild combination.
Smith looks to land a combination but Liddell avoids it well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Liddell needs to keep his hands up - Smith had a free shot at his head there.
Smith tries to close the distance and clinch up but Liddell swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Smith scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Liddell doesn't seem bothered though.
Smith staying out of range there.
Smith throws a hook but Liddell blocks it.
Smith is looking to clinch.
Smith throws a right hand that Liddell ducks under and follows up with a left that Liddell also avoids with ease.
Smith misses with a straight right.
Smith misses with a hook
and Liddell counters with a three punch combo that has Smith backing up. Smith nods at Liddell to acknowledge the strikes.
Liddell avoids a punch combination nicely.
Smith fails to land with a series of punches.
Terry Smith seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Smith throws a right and a left that both miss.
Smith throws a combination that misses
and Smith takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Smith misses with a looping left.
Smith wants to clinch.
Smith keeps the fight on the outside.
Liddell throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A looping hook to the body misses from Liddell. Smith does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith misses with a double jab.
Liddell tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Smith was well out of range. Poor timing from Liddell.
Smith misses with a jab, cross combination.
Smith misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Liddell misses with a hook. Smith ducked under it nicely.

Smith rushes Liddell and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

Smith breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Liddell misses with a head kick.
Liddell throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Smith.
Smith throws a right and a left that both miss.
Liddell walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Smith goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Smith pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Smith misses with a low kick.
Smith misses with a series of wild punches.
Liddell tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Smith was well out of range. Poor timing from Liddell.
Smith just misses with a punch to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A combination from Smith does no damage.
Liddell looks for a takedown but Smith sprawls well.
Smith takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Terry Smith dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Smith tries to bum rush Liddell with a series of wild strikes but Liddell uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Smith feints and then cracks Liddell's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Liddell down.
Smith tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Smith throws a hook to the side of Liddell's head but Liddell sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A low kick from Smith is predictable there
and Liddell counters with an inside leg kick.
Smith fails to land with a series of punches.
Smith throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Smith throws a jab when Liddell was well out of range.
Smith with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Terry Smith is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Liddell pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Liddell misses with a jab, cross combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith looks to land a combination but Liddell avoids it well.
Some bone on bone action there as Liddell checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Liddell throws a leg kick but Smith moved away.
Liddell cracks a nice hook into Smith's ribs.
Smith misses the jab.
Smith lands with a shot to the body.
Smith misses with a double jab.
Liddell looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Liddell moves away from the strike by Smith.
Smith misses with a jab, cross combination.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith tries to clinch up but Liddell circles away and keeps his distance.
Smith fails to land with a series of punches.
Smith tries a low kick but Liddell avoids it.
Smith throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Terry Smith seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Smith tries to clinch there but Liddell circles away.
Smith throws a big shot that misses.
Liddell keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Smith swings widly with a right hand
and Liddell counters with a series of strikes. Smith will be more careful next time no doubt.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Smith throws a shot from downtown. Liddell moves away and avoids it.
Smith throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Some bone on bone action there as Liddell checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Smith misses with a hook. Liddell ducked under it nicely.
Smith scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.

Liddell is rocked!
Both fighters step back and shake their arms out. Smith engages and cracks Liddell with a massive lead left hook - Liddell tumbles to the floor, out cold! What a shot! Smith is delighted - all that hard work in training paid off!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:27 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Terry Smith!
Terry Smith really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that GREEN!160 logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.