PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Sir Lancelot (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and James Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Lancelot
vs
Smith

185 cm
24
190 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

183 cm
24
192 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Determined

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 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Sir Lancelot!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, James Smith!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Ian Loll and Gregory Folan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lancelot shoots for a double leg takedown but Smith sprawls well. He's pushed Lancelot's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Lancelot throws a series of punches but Smith avoids them all with ease.

Smith moves into the clinch.
Lancelot lands with a short shot to the head.
Smith drops down looking for an ankle pick but Lancelot pulls his leg out and moves away.
Lancelot rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Smith moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Lancelot misses with a low kick.
Smith doesn't manage to clinch there - Lancelot circles away.
Smith thuds his shin into the meat of Lancelot's side.
Smith is looking to clinch.
Lancelot walks forward, straight into a front kick from Smith.
Lancelot is breathing heavily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Smith scoring well with a low kick there.
Smith scores with a three punch combo!
Smith lands a nice leg kick that just misses Lancelot's sensitive parts.
Smith fails in his attempt to clinch.

Smith clinches with his opponent.
Smith using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Smith lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Smith using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Smith lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Smith taking a breather.
Lancelot takes an elbow to the forehead.
Lancelot takes an elbow to the forehead.
Smith lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Lancelot takes a knee right on the jaw!
Smith is pushing Lancelot up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Lancelot goes for a takedown attempt but Smith pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith tries to clinch there but Lancelot circles away.
Lancelot changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Smith tries to avoid it but Lancelot manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Smith to the ground. Smith escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Sir Lancelot. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Smith buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Smith tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Smith buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.

Smith drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Smith trying to control the position from guard on top but Lancelot is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Smith works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Lancelot on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Lancelot tries to get out of the position.
Smith wants to stand up but Lancelot is controlling the position.
Smith has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Smith scoring with strikes but Lancelot is staying in there.
Smith has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Lancelot working to try and regain half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Smith looking for a guillotine from mount but Lancelot is having none of it.

Smith is looking to secure an arm. He's managed it! He's pivoting for an armbar - that looks tight! But Lancelot has managed to get out of it and now he's in a dominant position. Nice work from Lancelot!
Lancelot wants to pass the guard but Smith is keeping the position.

The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Smith working for a triangle but Lancelot defends it easily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Smith keeping moving, preventing Lancelot from controlling successfully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Smith is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Smith is trying to control the position but Lancelot postures up.
Lancelot working some strikes from top position.
Smith has momentary wrist control but Lancelot slips an elbow through the middle.
Lancelot scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Lancelot postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Smith throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Lancelot lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Lancelot chips away with some ground and pound.
Lancelot wants to control from the top but Smith keeps moving.
Lancelot pushes down on Smith's leg and manages to get into half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lancelot drops an elbow to the side of Smith's head.
Smith tries to roll over but Lancelot keeps him under control.
Smith has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Lancelot is working away from the top position though.

Lancelot is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Smith wants to get back to full guard.
Smith is trying to stand back up but Lancelot is controlling him
Smith slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Lancelot throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Lancelot wants to pass the guard but Smith is keeping the position.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.

Lancelot looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

James Smith dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Smith throws a head kick that Lancelot semi-blocks.
Smith misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Lancelot circles away from the clinch attempt.
Lancelot misses with a combination
and Smith counters with a three punch combo that has Lancelot backing up. Lancelot nods at Smith to acknowledge the strikes.

Smith gets the takedown into side control.
Lancelot sneaks back into half guard.
Lancelot tries to roll over but Smith keeps him under control.

Smith is looking for a kimura but Lancelot is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Smith to get the leverage.
Lancelot trying to hold on to Smith's head to control him but Smith postures up.
Lancelot tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Lancelot trying to control here.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Smith is trying to work for a kimura but Lancelot is defending well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lancelot is looking to improve his position.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.

Lancelot drives through with a takedown into guard.

Smith had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Lancelot is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. Smith Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Lancelot's back instead.
Lancelot trying to control the hands but Smith won't let him.
Smith doesn't have the hooks in and Lancelot manages to turn into his guard.
Smith tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Lancelot won't allow Smith to get back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lancelot's corner is telling him to maintain position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Smith is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Lancelot postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.

Smith is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Lancelot lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Lancelot stands up over Smith, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Lancelot scoring with some ground and pound.
Lancelot postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.

Lancelot gets to his feet - Smith follows without any prompting.

Lancelot shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Smith's guard.
Smith keeping full guard, as Lancelot tries to pass.
Lancelot postures up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lancelot trying to control the position from guard on top but Smith is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Smith is trying to control the position but Lancelot postures up.
Smith manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!

Smith is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Lancelot can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Lancelot manages to regain half guard. Good work.

Lancelot makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Smith fails to land the takedown.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Smith checks a leg kick nicely.

Lancelot shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Smith's guard.
Smith tries to land a sweep but no joy.

Smith is looking for a triangle but Lancelot pushes his legs off easily.
Lancelot preventing the sweep.
Lancelot makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Lancelot working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.

Smith throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Lancelot is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Lancelot loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sir Lancelot dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Lancelot misses with a takedown attempt - Smith sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!

Lancelot shoots in for a takedown and gets it.

Smith is looking to sinch up a gullotine here but Lancelot pulls his head out easily.
Lancelot scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Lancelot looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Lancelot is looking to take a break and control but Smith is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Smith trying to control here.
Lancelot throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Lancelot sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Smith defending well though.
Lancelot wants to pass to mount but Smith is defending the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Smith tries to close the distance and clinch up but Lancelot swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Smith lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Lancelot misses with a takedown
and Smith counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Smith lands a jab-cross combination.
Smith feints and then cracks Lancelot's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Lancelot down.
Smith with a body punch. A glancing blow.

Smith closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Lancelot is working for takedown but Smith is calmly controlling the position for now.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Sir Lancelot. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Lancelot takes an elbow to the forehead.
Smith landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Smith wants a takedown.

Lancelot has Smith pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Lancelot pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Smith tumbling to the mat - Lancelot dives into Smith's guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lancelot working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

Smith looking for a guillotine here but Lancelot defends easily.
Lancelot content to stall in guard here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Smith looking for a guillotine here but Lancelot defends easily.
Lancelot chips away with some ground and pound.
Lancelot not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Lancelot lands a couple of elbows.
Lancelot throws a big right hand that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lancelot throwing strikes from guard but Smith blocks nicely.
Smith keeping moving, preventing Lancelot from controlling successfully.

Smith looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Lancelot has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Lancelot accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Smith tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Smith working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Lancelot.

Smith escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Lancelot gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Lancelot lands a couple of elbows.
Lancelot postures up and lands a big shot to Smith's brow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Lancelot trying to control the position from guard on top but Smith is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Smith is looking for a triangle but Lancelot pushes his legs off easily.
Lancelot scoring with some ground and pound.
Lancelot trying to control the position from guard on top but Smith is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Lancelot with a nice head shot there.
Lancelot works over Smith with some ground and pound from guard.
Smith has momentary wrist control but Lancelot slips an elbow through the middle.
Lancelot working some strikes from top position.
Lancelot distracts Smith with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Smith wants to hit a switch here but Lancelot passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Smith there!
Lancelot scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Smith?

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to James Smith.
I think Smith has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 28:29
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 28:29
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 29:29

In favor of your winner, by majority decision... James Smith!