PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kenny Smith (ranked 183 p4p, 359 weight class) and Benny The Bouncer (ranked 2 p4p, 5 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Smith might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to IS THIS LOVE. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Smith
vs
The Bouncer

181 cm
32
176
19 - 5 - 0

182 cm
30
178
11 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

HELLBENT
Conviction

Bondi MMA 🏝️
Vegan Gains

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 19 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Kenny Smith!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Benny The Bouncer!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Ren Mimura.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Smith tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from The Bouncer! But no joy.
Smith misses with an uppercut
and The Bouncer counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

It looks like Kenny Smith has been cut.
The Bouncer moves away from the strike by Smith.
Left hook, right uppercut from Smith.
Smith tries to close the distance and clinch but The Bouncer swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
The Bouncer is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Smith with a body shot.
Smith tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A punch lands to the side of Smith 's head but he takes it in his stride.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Smith looks to clinch
and Smith takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Smith misses with an attempted mid kick.
Smith throws a hook but The Bouncer blocks it.
The Bouncer throws out a counter right but Smith avoids it with no problem.
Smith takes a swing at The Bouncer's ribcage but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Smith.
Smith throws a poor cross that misses
and The Bouncer counters with a nice body shot.
Smith looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Smith throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and The Bouncer cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Smith lets loose with a powerful body kick. The Bouncer will feel that in the morning.

Smith rushes The Bouncer and presses him up against the cage.
The Bouncer blocks an uppercut.
Smith throws a knee to the head but misses.
Smith lands a hook that snaps the head of The Bouncer backwards.
Smith stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Smith swings wildly with an uppercut but The Bouncer uses good head movement to avoid it.
Smith tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith lands a nice uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Smith trying to land knees to the body.
Smith tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
The Bouncer wants to break free but Smith has control.
Still in the clinch, The Bouncer scores with a nice short uppercut.
The Bouncer tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Smith smiles and moves away.
Smith wants to clinch
and The Bouncer counters with a straight right hand.

Kenny Smith's cut is getting worse.
The Bouncer misses with a looping right.
Smith has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from The Bouncer finds it's way round the side to connect with Smith's head.
Smith tries to clinch up.
The Bouncer is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Smith with a body shot.
Smith lands with a thumping leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
An inside leg kick lands from Smith.
Smith moves out of range of the strikes.
The Bouncer fails to land with a series of punches.
Smith tries to close the distance and clinch up but The Bouncer swats him away and circles back towards the center.
The fight stays on the outside here - Smith looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from The Bouncer! But no joy.
The Bouncer bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
The Bouncer unleashes a big counter combination but Smith bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Smith misses with a low kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Smith keeps The Bouncer at a distance using the push kick.
Smith connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Smith tries to clinch up.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from The Bouncer! But no joy.
The Bouncer swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Smith scores with the left hand. The Bouncer knows he should have avoided that one.
Smith tries to clinch but The Bouncer is having none of it.
A little jabbing left from The Bouncer on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Smith throws a low kick, looking for The Bouncer's leg but The Bouncer calmly moves out of range.
A little jabbing left from The Bouncer on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Smith misses with a jab, cross combination.
Smith throws a body kick that misses
letting The Bouncer counter with a right hand.

Smith clinches.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Kenny Smith dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Kenny Smith's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Smith misses the shot to the body.
Smith fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt The Bouncer.
Smith misses with a kick to the body
and The Bouncer counters with a straight right hand.
The Bouncer might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Smith throws a sloppy body shot
and The Bouncer connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Smith throws an off balance right hand
and The Bouncer counters with a deadly accurate combination that rocks Smith badly! He tries to strike back but The Bouncer puts an end to that with another precision combo that knocks Smith out cold! Oh man, Smith will never hear the end of this one!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:31 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Benny The Bouncer!
A very excited looking Benny The Bouncer made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.