PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bob Loomis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Blade Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Loomis comes to the cage accompanied by Strapping Young Lad - Anti Product. Smith comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Renegade kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Loomis
vs
Smith

191 cm
20
265 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

190 cm
18
250 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter striker
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Bob Loomis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Blade Smith!
The judges for this bout are Reed Andrews, Steve Montenegro and Bruno Lombardi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Smith misses with an uppercut.
Loomis avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Loomis avoids the head kick by Smith.
Blade Smith seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Smith lands a jab.

Loomis decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Loomis takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Loomis is just content to waste time from the top position. Smith takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.

Smith working for a triangle but Loomis defends it easily.
Smith throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Smith throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Smith keeping moving, preventing Loomis from controlling successfully.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Loomis working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Loomis trying to control the position from guard on top but Smith is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Smith throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Loomis is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Loomis throws and elbow that misses. Smith uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Loomis's guard. Nice move by Smith!
Smith wants to control from the top but Loomis keeps moving.
Loomis looking to hit a scissor sweep but Smith is one step ahead there.
Loomis throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith won't allow Loomis to sweep him here.
Smith is in close to Loomis's body, working some short punches and elbows.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Smith trying to control but Loomis is working from the bottom.
Smith chips away with some ground and pound.
Loomis striking off his back.
Smith stopping the sweep attempt from Loomis.
Loomis throws a couple of heel strikes.
Loomis is breathing heavily.
Smith throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Loomis works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Smith won't allow Loomis to sweep him here.
Loomis avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Smith preventing the sweep.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith cracks Loomis with a solid left hand.

Smith drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Smith jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Smith wants to control from the top but Loomis keeps moving.
Loomis scores with a nice shot.
Smith postures up and lands a big shot to Loomis's brow.
Loomis wants to sweep but no luck.
Smith thows a big elbow that misses.
Loomis is adopting a defensive guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Smith accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Smith with a flurry of punches that miss.
Loomis knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Smith on the ground.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Loomis lands a good elbow from the bottom.
Loomis thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Smith looking to pass the guard.

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

Loomis shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Loomis working over Smith with some ground and pound. Smith looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Smith is pressing down on Loomis's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Loomis chips away with some ground and pound.
Smith throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Loomis is looking to work some ground and pound but Smith has wrist control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bob Loomis dominated that round.
That's time! Loomis's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Smith throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Loomis uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Smith.
Smith listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Smith lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Loomis circles away quickly and effectively.

Loomis bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Smith manages to work his way to half guard, despite Loomis's best efforts.
Loomis slips a nice elbow through Smith's hands, connecting with Smith's forehead.
Bob Loomis overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Smith gets full guard.
Smith throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Loomis scoring with punches to the head and body.
Smith has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Smith trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Loomis working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Smith's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith working a defensive guard here.
Loomis stopping the sweep attempt from Smith.
Loomis keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Smith's head.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Loomis cracks Smith with a solid left hand.
Smith looking to control.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Smith throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

Loomis decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Smith is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Loomis's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Loomis's back!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Loomis covers up after that shot from Smith.
Smith looking to soften up his opponent with punches.
Smith lands a shot to the body.
Loomis tries to roll but Smith sticks to his back.
Smith lands shots from the back.
Can Loomis hold on?! Smith is landing more strikes to his hapless foe.
Loomis tries to break free.
Smith lands a couple of good shots to his opponent's body and a final shot to the head. Good little attack there by Smith.

Smith working for a RNC but it's not happening just yet.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Smith lands a punch to the side of the head from the back.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Loomis preventing the rear naked choke attempt from Smith.
Smith lands a shot to the head.
Smith has the hooks in. Loomis is trying to push off one leg but he has to do so cautiously to avoid being submitted.
Loomis trying to control the position but Smith manages to sink in the hooks.
Smith is hanging on to Loomis's back as he tries to escape.
Loomis staying busy and making it hard for Smith to control.
Loomis can't escape the position.
Smith lands punches and elbows.
Loomis tries to roll but Smith sticks to his back.

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.
Loomis is trapped and Smith is scoring with shots to the head and body.
Smith lands a shot to the body.

Smith is persistently looking for the submission but Loomis is defending it well.
Loomis trying to control the hands but Smith breaks the grip.
Loomis tries to escape but Smith has the hooks in and won't let him break free.
Smith scores with strikes from the back.
Loomis grimaces as he takes a shot to the body.
Will Smith go for the finish here or will he try and keep control of the position?
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Blade Smith showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Smith misses with a series of wild punches.

Loomis drives through with a takedown into guard.
Smith throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Smith manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!

Smith is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Loomis is surviving well by controlling Smith's body position as best he can.
Loomis is trying to escape the mount.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith lands a nice shot to the head.
Loomis throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Loomis holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Smith tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Smith is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Loomis can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Smith throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Poor strikes thrown by Smith there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Loomis wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Smith.
Smith throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Loomis is trying to escape the mount.
Loomis is working hard here to advance position.
Loomis on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Loomis tries to get out of the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Smith is landing with some decent strikes but Loomis is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Loomis is flailing around like a fish out of water, trying to land strikes.
Loomis is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
A nice elbow there by Smith.
Loomis tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Smith lands a big shot there that rocks Loomis but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Loomis tries to reverse the position but Smith maintains control.
Loomis regains half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith working Loomis over with strikes.
Smith working Loomis over with strikes.
Loomis is on the bottom, trying to hold on to half guard. He's throwing a few small shots here, to keep his opponent honest.

Smith is working for a kimura but Loomis is defending it quite comfortably.
Loomis tries to get to full guard but Smith has control of the leg.
Smith frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Smith pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Smith wants to control the pace but Loomis is squirming around nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Smith is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Loomis throwing hammer fists to the chest of Smith. What's that going to do exactly?
BOOM! Smith connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Smith looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Loomis is trying desperately to improve position.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Blade 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 Reed Andrews scores the fight 29:29
Judge Steve Montenegro scores the fight 29:28
Judge Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 29:29

The fight is ruled a majority draw!