PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Daniel Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Phillip Bouthillette (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Smith might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Ready for War . Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Smith
vs
Bouthillette

150 cm
25
145 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

173 cm
23
153 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

Good takedowns
Brawler
Very quick

Decent wrestler
Good kicks
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Daniel Smith!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Phillip Bouthillette!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Steve Smith and Dillan Fox.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
No luck with that takedown attempt from Smith.
Bouthillette lands a high kick!
Smith shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Bouthillette as he avoids it easily.
Smith is breathing heavily.

Bouthillette rushes Smith and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Bouthillette is pushing Smith up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Bouthillette scores a nice knee to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Smith takes an elbow to the temple.
Bouthillette comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Bouthillette keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Smith's efforts to push away.
Bouthillette misses with a knee strike.
Bouthillette cracks Smith with a nice body shot.
Bouthillette lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Bouthillette lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Bouthillette crunches a lovely knee into Smith's ribcage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith takes an elbow to the forehead.
Bouthillette with a knee to the head.

Smith is rocked!

It looks like Daniel Smith has been cut.
Bouthillette landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Oh Smith is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Smith on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Smith seems to have got his legs back now.
Smith takes an elbow to the temple.
Smith jumps guard but Bouthillette stands there with Smith around his waist. Smith gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Daniel Smith. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bouthillette connects with a nasty looking knee right to Smith's face.
Bouthillette lands an elbow inside.
Bouthillette is working Smith over against the cage.
A knee to the head by Bouthillette.
Bouthillette putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Smith in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Bouthillette lands a knee to the body.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Bouthillette connects with a nasty looking knee right to Smith's face.
Bouthillette scores with a hook to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bouthillette lands an elbow inside.
The referee is keeping an eye on Bouthillette - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Bouthillette utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Bouthillette lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Bouthillette landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Bouthillette lands an elbow inside that Smith shrugs off.
Nice elbow from Bouthillette.
Bouthillette landing some nice looking knees to the body.
I was talking to Smith's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Smith takes an elbow to the forehead.
Smith takes an elbow to the forehead.
Bouthillette lands an elbow inside that Smith shrugs off.
Bouthillette looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Bouthillette lands an elbow that stopped Smith in his tracks for a moment.
Bouthillette tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Smith avoids it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bouthillette with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Bouthillette stalling in the clinch.
Bouthillette comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

Smith turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Smith manages to end up in side control.
Bouthillette pushes Smith away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Smith gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Smith looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Bouthillette is avoiding damage well.
Smith postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Smith in side control, working for a kimura. He's got hold of an arm and he's torquing it... Bouthillette is tapping! That's the end of the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Daniel Smith!
A very excited looking Daniel Smith made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.