PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Barry Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joe Schmuckatelli (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Smith kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genuis that is When Will They Shoot. Schmuckatelli is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by PANTERA COWBOYS FROM HELL. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Smith
vs
Schmuckatelli

190 cm
22
270 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

200 cm
22
265 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Granite chin

Blaze Ronin Street Gear
Elite Clothing

Blaze Ronin Street Gear
FIREPOWER NUTRITION

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Barry Smith!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Joe Schmuckatelli!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Felipe Paraventi and Alexandre Firmino.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Schmuckatelli keeps the fight on the outside.
Smith tries to clinch up.
Smith misses with a double jab.
Smith takes a swing at Schmuckatelli's ribcage but misses.
Schmuckatelli misses with a double jab

and Smith counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Schmuckatelli taking some punishment here, with Smith in his half guard.
Smith prevents Schmuckatelli from improving his position.
Smith is trying to control the action in half guard but Schmuckatelli is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.

Smith is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Schmuckatelli looks like he's trying to stand up.
Schmuckatelli is refusing to be controlled, as Smith sits in half guard.
Smith landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Schmuckatelli pushes Smith off looking to stand but Smith dives back in and keeps control.
Smith looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
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.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith slips a nice elbow through Schmuckatelli's hands, connecting with Schmuckatelli's forehead.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Smith not doing much here.
Smith passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Schmuckatelli!
Smith is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Schmuckatelli can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Schmuckatelli is in a horrible position here. Smith smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Schmuckatelli is squirming around, avoiding Smith's attempts to control the action.

Smith has hold of Schmuckatelli's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Schmuckatelli manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Schmuckatelli is trying to escape the mount.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith lands a heavy elbow.
Smith lands a big elbow.

Smith is working for a guillotine from mount but Schmuckatelli frees his head quite easily.
Smith is breathing heavily.

Smith looking for a guillotine from mount but Schmuckatelli is having none of it.

Smith is working for a guillotine from mount but Schmuckatelli frees his head quite easily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Schmuckatelli swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Schmuckatelli is trying to escape the mount.
Schmuckatelli is bucking up trying to escape but Smith cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Smith trying to control but he's not successful this time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith dominating with strikes here.
Smith punishing his opponent with strikes.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Smith in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Smith unloading with bombs!
Smith scoring with strikes but Schmuckatelli is staying in there.
Smith scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Schmuckatelli?
Smith lands a big shot there that rocks Schmuckatelli but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Schmuckatelli is trying desperately to improve position.
Smith raining down shots from the mount!
Schmuckatelli keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Smith with a couple of short strikes.
Smith landing strikes from the mount and Schmuckatelli is in trouble!
Smith landing strikes from the mount.
Schmuckatelli is working to get back to half guard.
Smith lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Schmuckatelli hang on?

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Smith lands a big shot there that rocks Schmuckatelli but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Smith takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Smith working Schmuckatelli over with strikes here.
Smith takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Smith scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Schmuckatelli?
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Schmuckatelli is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Smith with the ground and pound from mount.
Smith looking to finish Schmuckatelli with some ground and pound. This is bad for Schmuckatelli!
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Schmuckatelli tries to hold on but Smith postures up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Barry 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.

Schmuckatelli tries to clinch but Smith is having none of it.

Smith darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Smith winds up and cracks Schmuckatelli with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Smith working over Schmuckatelli with some ground and pound. Schmuckatelli looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.

Smith is working for a kimura but Schmuckatelli is defending it quite comfortably.
Schmuckatelli wants to improve his position but Smith is controlling well.

Schmuckatelli is looking to sinch up a gullotine here but Smith pulls his head out easily.
Barry Smith overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Smith lands strikes from half guard.
Smith working the head and body with strikes.
Smith wants to pass to mount but Schmuckatelli is defending the position.

Smith is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Schmuckatelli looks like he's trying to stand up.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Smith trying to control the action but Schmuckatelli is working from the bottom.
Smith sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Schmuckatelli defending well though.

Schmuckatelli actively working from the bottom here.
Smith moves nicely into side control.

Smith decides to take the fight back to the feet.
The fight stays on the outside here - Schmuckatelli looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Smith pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Joe Schmuckatelli seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Smith instigates a clinch.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Smith takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Schmuckatelli looking to stall.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Schmuckatelli backwards.
Smith tries to pull guard but Schmuckatelli won't allow it.

Smith breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Smith tries to clinch up.
Schmuckatelli misses with a wild combination.
Schmuckatelli throws a left and a right that both miss
and Smith counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Barry Smith is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Smith rushes Schmuckatelli and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Schmuckatelli lands a knee to the body.
Schmuckatelli lands a knee to the body.
Smith prevents Schmuckatelli from breaking the clinch.
Schmuckatelli landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Schmuckatelli tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Smith gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Schmuckatelli throws a knee to the head but misses.
Schmuckatelli creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Smith tries to pull guard but Schmuckatelli won't allow it.
Schmuckatelli gets through Smith's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Schmuckatelli tries to break the clinch but Smith is controlling the position.
Schmuckatelli wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Smith landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Smith pushes off an throws an elbow but Schmuckatelli leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Schmuckatelli blocks a body shot from Smith.
Smith leaning against his opponent.
Smith has Schmuckatelli pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Schmuckatelli manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Barry Smith. That's going to take a lot out of him.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Schmuckatelli just misses with a elbow thrown towards Smith's brow.

Schmuckatelli is fighting off a takedown attempt but Smith is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Schmuckatelli to the mat. Schmuckatelli regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
Smith passes easily into side control. Nice work.

Smith is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Schmuckatelli knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Schmuckatelli is looking for a sweep.
Smith blocks the strikes from Schmuckatelli.
Schmuckatelli on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Schmuckatelli gets back to half guard.
Smith not doing much here.
Smith prevents Schmuckatelli from standing back up.
Schmuckatelli is on the bottom, trying to hold on to half guard. He's throwing a few small shots here, to keep his opponent honest.
Smith scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Schmuckatelli taking some punishment here, with Smith in his half guard.
Smith is looking for the mount but instead finds himself back in full guard.
Smith won't allow Schmuckatelli to sweep him here.

Smith thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Schmuckatelli will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Smith scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Schmuckatelli throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Smith looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Smith forces his way into half guard.
Still in half guard, Smith seems content to control.
Ground and pound from Smith.
Smith passes to full mount!
A nice elbow there by Smith.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Smith working from mount. He moves in close and looks like he might be going for an arm triangle... He's hopped off to the side and he's transitioned into an Anaconda choke. Schmuckatelli turning a nasty shade of purple. He's refusing to tap but he's gone! He's out! The ref rips Smith off and cradles Schmuckatelli's limp body as Smith celebrates with his corner.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Anaconda Choke). Barry Smith!