PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Heagan Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Seamus McMahon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Smith
vs
McMahon

172 cm
22
155 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

181 cm
20
155 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Self confident

BJJ White Belt
Decent knees
Prefers standup

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Heagan Smith!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Seamus McMahon!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McMahon throws a one two combo.
Some wild striking there from Smith.
McMahon avoids the head kick by Smith.
A right-left combo lands from McMahon.

It looks like Heagan Smith has been cut.
Smith displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as McMahon throws out the jab.
Smith throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A punch combination from Smith misses.
McMahon throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Smith blocks a jab.
McMahon throws a combination that misses
and Smith counters with a left and a right that stings McMahon.
McMahon scores with a jab.
McMahon misses with a wild combination.
Smith shoots in for a double leg but McMahon sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
McMahon fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Smith manages to avoid it.
McMahon lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Smith circles away quickly and effectively.
McMahon scores with a shot to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Smith throws a series of punches but McMahon moves out of range.
McMahon scores with a nice right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Smith slips under a jab.
Smith throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and McMahon connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
McMahon misses with the combination.
McMahon lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
McMahon fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Smith sizes up McMahon with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Nice body punch from McMahon.
Smith swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
McMahon avoids a punch combination nicely.
Smith waving his hands out infront of him, looking to distract McMahon.
McMahon will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
McMahon misses with a shot to the body
letting Smith counter with a right hand.
Seamus McMahon is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
McMahon throws a series of punches but Smith moves out of range.

McMahon moves into the clinch successfully.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as McMahon takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McMahon throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Smith blocks it with crossed arms.
Smith has McMahon pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. McMahon manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.

McMahon's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Smith connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
McMahon misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Smith lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as McMahon backs up against the cage.
McMahon throws a jab when Smith was well out of range.
McMahon takes a shot to the body in his stride.
McMahon misses with a straight right.
Smith lands a jab-cross combination.
Smith throws a combination that misses
and McMahon counters with a series of strikes. Smith will be more careful next time no doubt.
McMahon looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Smith fails to land with a series of punches.
McMahon lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Smith backs up against the cage.
McMahon moves out of range of the body kick from Smith.
McMahon throws a nice looking combination but Smith bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Smith fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Smith is breathing heavily.
Smith throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
McMahon throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Smith cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Smith throws a combination that misses
and McMahon counters with a right hand to the body.
Smith misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Heagan Smith. That's going to take a lot out of him.
McMahon lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
McMahon lands with a nice combination. Smith backs away looking to recover.
Smith takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
McMahon tests Smith's chin there with a solid looking shot.
McMahon falls off balance throwing a combination
and McMahon takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
McMahon lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Smith backs up against the cage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
McMahon displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.

Smith is rocked!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
McMahon misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Oh Smith is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Smith showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from McMahon.
Smith seems to have got his legs back now.
McMahon scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
McMahon throws a right and a left that Smith avoids nicely.
Smith swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and McMahon counters with a lovely straight right hand!

McMahon gets a clinch.
A left hand lands to the body for McMahon.

McMahon pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Nice uppercut there from McMahon.
A combination from McMahon does no damage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
McMahon throws a right hand that Smith ducks under and follows up with a left that Smith also avoids with ease.
Smith slips a jab and a cross from McMahon.
McMahon misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
McMahon lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Seamus McMahon dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Heagan Smith's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Smith takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Smith cracks a nice hook into McMahon's ribs.
Smith lands with a nice combination. McMahon backs away looking to recover.
Smith throws a combination that misses
and McMahon counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Smith thinking.
McMahon displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Smith throws out the jab.
Smith slips under a jab.
McMahon misses with a combination
and Smith counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Smith throws a right and a left that McMahon avoids nicely.
Seamus McMahon seems to be getting the better of the standup.
McMahon lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Smith throws a combination but it was largely blocked by McMahon.
McMahon is working the combinations to good effect here.
Smith showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from McMahon.
McMahon swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Smith counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps McMahon thinking.
Smith uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by McMahon.
McMahon walks into a straight right hand from Smith.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
McMahon keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McMahon throws a right hand that Smith ducks under and follows up with a left that Smith also avoids with ease.
Heagan Smith is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
McMahon throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Smith.
Smith is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
McMahon swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

Smith shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in McMahon's guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Smith accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Smith sitting in guard here, content to control.
Smith wants to stand and escape but instead McMahon has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
McMahon is stalling in the full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith wants to stand but McMahon is controlling the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McMahon postures up.
McMahon tries to stand but Smith is controlling from the bottom.
McMahon really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Smith. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Smith wants to stand but McMahon is controlling the position.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Left hook, right uppercut from McMahon.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
McMahon looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Donk. McMahon catches Smith right on the button with a cross.
McMahon misses with a jab, cross combination.
McMahon connects with a body shot.
Smith walks into a left hand.
A nice combination there by McMahon.
Smith looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Smith shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Smith takes a shot to the body in his stride.
No joy there for McMahon, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
McMahon lands a jab-cross combination.
McMahon waving his hands out infront of him, looking to distract Smith.
McMahon moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
McMahon throws a right hand that Smith ducks under and follows up with a left that Smith also avoids with ease.
McMahon looks to land a combination. Smith sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Seamus McMahon showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Heagan Smith's cut.
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!

McMahon lands a jab-cross combination.
McMahon throws a series of punches but Smith moves out of range.
Smith throws a combination that misses
and McMahon counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Smith misses with a two punch combination.
Smith misses with a series of wild punches.
Smith throws a combination that misses
and McMahon counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
McMahon ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Smith moves away.
McMahon on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Smith throws a combination but it was largely blocked by McMahon.
Smith throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and McMahon counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
McMahon looks to land a combination but Smith avoids it well.
Smith swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Smith misses with a double jab.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Smith swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and McMahon counters with a three punch combo that has Smith backing up. Smith nods at McMahon to acknowledge the strikes.
McMahon swings for the body but Smith moves out of range.
Smith dodges the punch combination from McMahon.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McMahon lands a really nice looking cross but Smith seems unphased.
McMahon scores with a shot to the body.
McMahon just misses with a punch to the body.
Smith keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
McMahon fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Smith manages to avoid it.
Smith throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and McMahon counters with a straight right hand.
McMahon misses with a jab, cross combination.
Smith misses with a head kick.
No joy there for McMahon, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
McMahon looks to land a combination. Smith sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
McMahon connects with the punch.
McMahon misses with a few strikes there.
McMahon throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A right-left combo lands from McMahon.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Smith avoids a punch combination nicely.
McMahon scores with a hook.
McMahon connects with a nice looking jab.
McMahon thows a body shot but no joy.
McMahon misses with a combination
and Smith counters with a three punch combo that has McMahon backing up. McMahon nods at Smith to acknowledge the strikes.
Smith falls off balance throwing a combination
enabling McMahon to counter with a crisp jab.
Smith dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
McMahon with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Smith gets cracked with a nice right hand there by McMahon.
Smith is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by McMahon.
Smith slips a jab and a cross from McMahon.
McMahon throws a nice looking combination but Smith bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
McMahon swinging wilding here.
McMahon throws a body punch but Smith moves out of range.
McMahon takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
McMahon connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
McMahon throws a combination. Smith tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
The fighters circle momentarily. Smith darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
McMahon throws a one two combo.
McMahon moves out of range of the body kick from Smith.
McMahon misses with a combination
and Smith counters with a three punch combo that has McMahon backing up. McMahon nods at Smith to acknowledge the strikes.
McMahon lands a jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Smith shoots for a double leg takedown but McMahon sprawls well. He's pushed Smith's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
McMahon scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
McMahon throws a nice looking combination but Smith bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Smith misses with a few strikes there.
Smith throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A jab from McMahon finds it's way through Smith's defenses.
McMahon misses with a wild combination.
Smith misses the jab.
McMahon throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Smith fails with a takedown attempt.
McMahon misses with a double jab
and Smith counters with a series of strikes. McMahon will be more careful next time no doubt.

And that's the end of the fight!
Seamus McMahon comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got McMahon winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 27:30
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 27:30
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Seamus McMahon!