PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Luke Smith (ranked 24969 p4p, 3044 weight class) and Blake Monle (ranked 0 p4p, 390 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Smith
vs
Monle

189 cm
20
200
0 - 3 - 0

175 cm
21
185
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Likes comics

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Intelligent

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 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Luke Smith!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Blake Monle!
The judges for this bout are Chris Saunders, Josh West and Jeff Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Monle lands a nice hook to Smith's body. Smith takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.

Smith drives through with a takedown into guard.

Smith stands up and waves to Monle to follow him.

Monle shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Smith will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.

Monle drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Smith manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Monle has Smith in his guard.

Monle looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Monle keeping moving, preventing Smith from controlling successfully.
Monle avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Monle looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Smith trying to control the position from guard on top but Monle is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Monle is trying to keep Smith in close.
Smith makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Smith 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.
Monle keeping moving, preventing Smith from controlling successfully.
Smith chips away with some ground and pound.

Monle is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

Smith stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Luke Smith seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Smith scores with a takedown into Monle's guard.
Smith passes into half guard under a barage of strikes.
Monle is looking to improve his position.
Smith sitting and controlling from the half guard.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Monle won't allow Smith to pass to mount.
Smith trying to control the pace.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Smith is trying to work for a kimura but Monle is defending well.
Smith is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Smith throwing shots but Monle is blocking nicely.
Monle is trying to stand.

Monle actively working from the bottom here.

Smith seems to be working for a kimura but Monle defends the submission attempt.
Smith controlling the pace.

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.

Monle looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Smith content to control rather than advance.
Monle tries to roll over but Smith keeps him under control.
Smith wants to take a breather but Monle is having none of it.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Smith uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Luke 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.

Monle fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Smith appears to be looking for a counter takedown.

Smith shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Smith showed some decent athleticism there.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Smith wants to take a breather but Monle is having none of it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Smith moves into full mount! Monle won't be happy about that!
Smith prevents Monle from getting the reversal.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Monle is looking to escape.

Monle tries to land a strike from the bottom but Smith has taken his back! He's got the choke... big trouble for Monle here! Monle is tapping! Great work there by Smith!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:49 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Luke Smith!