PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Friedrich August Von Hayek (ranked 1990 p4p, 2078 weight class) and James Smith (ranked 257 p4p, 267 weight class). James Smith has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Friedrich August Von Hayek's chin.

Von Hayek
vs
Smith

170 cm
28
169
9 - 10 - 0

176 cm
37
164
25 - 18 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin

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 9 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Friedrich August Von Hayek!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 25 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, James Smith!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Hirohito Nitta and Shirou Masuda.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Von Hayek has managed to clinch.
Smith can't find room to land a body shot as Von Hayek controls the action.
Smith being controlled against the cage.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Von Hayek for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
Smith is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Von Hayek is keeping busy.
Smith tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

Von Hayek gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Smith regains guard.
Smith not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Smith holds on and takes a little breather.
Von Hayek lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Von Hayek postures up.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Smith wants to sweep but no luck.
Von Hayek looking to pass the guard.
Von Hayek postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Von Hayek is looking to work some ground and pound but Smith has wrist control.
Von Hayek works over Smith with some ground and pound from guard.
Von Hayek is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Smith looking for a sweep. Not yet Smith, not yet.
Von Hayek slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Von Hayek with a nice head shot there.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Smith tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Von Hayek working some strikes from top position.
We've been hearing that Von Hayek has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
Von Hayek wants to control from the top but Smith keeps moving.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Smith looking to hit a scissor sweep but Von Hayek is one step ahead there.
Smith seems keen to control Von Hayek's posture.
Von Hayek has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Let's hope that Smith has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Von Hayek scoring with punches to the head and body.
Smith manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Von Hayek manages to get himself to full guard.

Von Hayek wants to sweep but no luck.
Von Hayek keeping moving, preventing Smith from controlling successfully.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Smith postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Von Hayek wants to sweep here but Smith controlling him for the moment.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Von Hayek holds on and takes a little breather.
Von Hayek trying to keep a closed guard but Smith is proving a slippery customer.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith connects with a couple of short punches.
Von Hayek tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Smith trying to control but Von Hayek is working from the bottom.
Smith lands a couple of elbows.
Von Hayek keeping moving, preventing Smith from controlling successfully.
Smith won't allow Von Hayek to sweep him here.
Smith trying to pass the guard. He's being very persistent here but Von Hayek manages to land a sweep and now he's on top!

Smith is trying to control the position but Von Hayek postures up.
Von Hayek missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Von Hayek wants to control from the top but Smith keeps moving.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Smith looking to hit a scissor sweep but Von Hayek is one step ahead there.
Smith preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Von Hayek stopping the sweep attempt from Smith.
Von Hayek is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Smith is trying to control the position but Von Hayek postures up.
Von Hayek preventing the sweep.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Von Hayek passes Smith's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Von Hayek scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Smith avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Von Hayek.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Friedrich August Von Hayek dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Smith misses with a lunging right hand
and Von Hayek counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Smith lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Smith.
Smith throws a right and a left that both miss.
Smith lands with a cross.
Smith cracks Von Hayek with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Von Hayek uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Smith.
Von Hayek swings away with a body shot that misses
and Smith counters with a nice body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Smith throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Von Hayek sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Smith fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Danga de danga de dang - Smith scores with a four punch combination!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith scores with a hook to the body. Von Hayek takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Smith moves away from the strike by Von Hayek.
A punch combination from Smith misses.
Smith misses with an uppercut. Von Hayek saw that one coming.
Von Hayek takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Smith misses with a wild body shot.
An attempted straight right counter from Von Hayek misses the target.
Smith misses with a double jab

and Von Hayek counters with a shoot takedown. Smith fights it but they end up in guard.
Von Hayek working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Smith is on top in guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Von Hayek bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Smith's guard.

The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Von Hayek trying to control the position from guard on top but Smith is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Von Hayek works over Smith with some ground and pound from guard.
Smith has momentary wrist control but Von Hayek slips an elbow through the middle.
Smith keeping moving, preventing Von Hayek from controlling successfully.
Von Hayek postures up in Smith's guard and throws a big left but Smith blocks it.
Von Hayek working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Smith's head.
Smith wants to sweep but no luck.
Von Hayek scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Smith is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Von Hayek stopping the sweep attempt from Smith.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Von Hayek with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Smith looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Von Hayek chips away with some ground and pound.
Smith is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Von Hayek postures up and lands a big shot to Smith's brow.
Smith managing to control the position.
Von Hayek working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Smith looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Von Hayek cracks Smith with a solid left hand.
Smith preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Von Hayek throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Smith works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Von Hayek throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Smith works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Von Hayek working some strikes from top position.
Von Hayek chips away with some ground and pound.
Friedrich August Von Hayek overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Von Hayek cracks Smith with a solid left hand.
Von Hayek tries to free his leg and advance position but Smith is retaining full guard.
Von Hayek lands a couple of elbows.
Smith wants to sweep but no luck.
Smith keeps trying to improve his position.
Von Hayek pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Smith is keeping the position for now.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Smith is on top in guard.

Von Hayek is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Smith manages to get to full guard.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Friedrich August Von Hayek will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

The fighters circling - Smith throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Von Hayek avoids a punch combination nicely.
Von Hayek half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Smith throws a right hand that misses
and Von Hayek counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Smith scores with a sloppy right hand. Von Hayek should have avoided that one.
Smith keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Von Hayek.
Smith misses with a body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Von Hayek scores with a takedown into Smith's guard.
Von Hayek wants to control from the top but Smith keeps moving.
Smith is pulling down on Von Hayek's head. It's preventing any offense from Von Hayek, at least for the moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith looking to hit a scissor sweep but Von Hayek is one step ahead there.
Von Hayek throwing strikes from guard but Smith blocks nicely.
Smith lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

Smith content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Von Hayek has his hands on Smith's head, controlling the position.
Von Hayek wants to sweep here but Smith controlling him for the moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Von Hayek managing to control the position.
Smith postures up.
Smith is looking to work some ground and pound but Von Hayek has wrist control.
Smith throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Von Hayek works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Smith is looking to work some ground and pound but Von Hayek has wrist control.
Von Hayek keeping moving, preventing Smith from controlling successfully.
Smith preventing the sweep.
Smith trying to control the position from guard on top but Von Hayek is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Von Hayek wants to sweep here but Smith controlling him for the moment.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith trying to control but Von Hayek is working from the bottom.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.

Von Hayek bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Smith tries to buck Von Hayek off but Von Hayek is having none of it.
Von Hayek connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Smith some visible discomfort.
Von Hayek working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Smith manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Von Hayek works his way to full guard. Good work.
Von Hayek looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Smith postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Von Hayek controlling Smith's posture.
Von Hayek trying to keep a closed guard but Smith is proving a slippery customer.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Von Hayek is on top in guard.

Von Hayek postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Von Hayek stands up out of Smith's guard for a moment - Smith manages to land a nice upkick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Von Hayek is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Von Hayek controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Von Hayek trying to control the position from guard on top but Smith is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
James Smith has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Friedrich August Von Hayek is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Smith throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.

And that's the end of the fight!
Friedrich August Von Hayek showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Von Hayek, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Taro Takaoka scores the fight 29:28
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 30:27
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Friedrich August Von Hayek!
A very excited looking Friedrich August Von Hayek rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.