PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Jacob Smith (ranked 3151 p4p, 4184 weight class) and Blinko Felly (ranked 184 p4p, 235 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Smith
vs
Felly

197 cm
28
135
6 - 5 - 0

174 cm
22
144
7 - 7 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin

Good takedowns
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jacob Smith!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Blinko Felly!
The judges for this bout are Dean Styles, John Roberts and Russell Pearce.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Felly looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Blinko Felly seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Felly misses with an uppercut
and Smith counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Felly takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.

It looks like Blinko Felly has been cut.
Smith lands a nice looking body shot.
Smith moves out of range of the strikes.
Felly scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Smith misses with the combination.
Smith misses with a double jab.
Felly misses with a straight left.
No joy there for Smith, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Smith looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Felly showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Smith.
Smith fails to land with a series of punches.
Felly keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Felly cracks Smith with an open hand slap.
Smith with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Felly to score with a decent uppercut.
Felly lands a jab.
Smith throws a series of punches but Felly moves out of range.
Felly with a hook.
Smith is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Smith keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Felly dodges the punch combination from Smith.
Felly misses with a straight left.
Felly connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Smith momentarily.
A cross from Felly lands.
Smith ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Felly swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Smith lands a jab-cross combination.
Smith lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Felly circles away quickly and effectively.
Felly lands with a good body shot.
Smith moves out of range as Felly strikes.
Smith misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Smith catches Felly with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Felly throws a body shot but no joy.
Felly scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Smith misses with a double jab.
Felly is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Smith.
Smith throws a big counter combination but Felly scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Smith takes one to the side of the head.
Smith walks into a left hand.
Felly is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Smith.

Felly is rocked!
Felly throws a lazy right hand but Smith sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith throws a series of punches but Felly avoids them all with ease.
Felly works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Smith fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Smith staying out of range there.
Smith misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Smith throws a series of punches but Felly moves out of range.
Felly is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Smith lands a jab to the nose.
Felly is still on wobbly legs! Can Smith finish him?
Smith throws a right hand that Felly ducks under and follows up with a left that Felly also avoids with ease.
Felly lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Felly misses with a looping right.
Smith misses with a series of wild punches.
Smith is breathing heavily.
Smith closes the distance and lands a vicious right hand that drops Felly! Smith dives in looking to finish! Felly is still trying to defend himself but he's taking too many shots and the referee has no choice but to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:33 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jacob Smith!
Jacob Smith very nearly forgot to thank Finnish Elite Extreme Science amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.