PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bill Smif (ranked 1495 p4p, 1130 weight class) and Tama Ruiha (ranked 221 p4p, 170 weight class). Smif comes to the cage accompanied by Playtime. Ruiha comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Polynesian Traditional Music kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Smif
vs
Ruiha

190 cm
30
215
12 - 6 - 0

180 cm
32
194
15 - 12 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin

Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Vegan Gains

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Bill Smif!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 12 - 0, fighting out of London, Tama Ruiha!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Colin Fotheringham and William Gold.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ruiha misses with a left hand
and Smif counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Ruiha thinking.
Ruiha has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Smif throws a body punch but Ruiha moves out of range.
Ruiha misses with a right hand
letting Smif counter with a right hand.
Smif staying out of range there.
Ruiha rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Smif counters with a stiff right hand.
Ruiha throws a lazy uppercut
and Smif connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

It looks like Tama Ruiha has been cut.
Ruiha misses with a looping left.
Jab from Smif.
Ruiha misses with a hook
and Smif counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
A big left from Ruiha misses.
Smif takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.

It looks like Bill Smif has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ruiha connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Ruiha throws a right hand that misses
and Smif counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Ruiha thinking.
Ruiha rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Smif connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Smif tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ruiha was well out of range. Poor timing from Smif.
Ruiha looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Smif throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Ruiha misses with a body punch
and Smif makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Ruiha is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Smif throws a series of punches but Ruiha avoids them all with ease.
Decent striking displayed by Smif there.
Ruiha ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Ruiha throws an off balance right hand
and Smif counters with a straight right hand.

That has opened up Tama Ruiha's cut even more.
The fighters circling - Ruiha throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Ruiha misses with a wild body shot.
Smif is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Smif swings for the body but Ruiha moves out of range.
Ruiha throws a right hand that misses
and Smif counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Smif takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Ruiha takes a swing at Smif's ribcage but misses.
Smif is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ruiha throws a hook but Smif blocks it.
We've been told by Smif's head coaches at in shig we trust that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ruiha swings widly with a right hand
and Smif counters with a stiff right hand.
Smif takes one to the side of the head.
Tama Ruiha seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Smif looks to score with a jab to the body but Ruiha is just out of range.
Smif throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Smif misses with a wild body shot.
Ruiha lands with a right hand.

Smif lands a big uppercut and Ruiha crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Ruiha looks OK. Smif waves Ruiha back to his feet!

The cut above Tama Ruiha's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Ruiha throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Smif counters with a big right hand! Oh Ruiha is in trouble here! Smif follows up with more strikes and that's it! The ref has stopped it!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:40 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bill Smif!
A victorious Bill Smif thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.