PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Spike Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Billy Buzzard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Spike Smith has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Smith
vs
Buzzard

225 cm
23
300 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

191 cm
18
289 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Counter striker
Determined

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 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Spike Smith!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Billy Buzzard!
The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, Franklyn Lucas and Russell Pearce.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Smith takes the fight into the clinch.
Smith stalling in the clinch but Buzzard improves position.
Smith wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Smith lands a left hand.
Buzzard throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Buzzard misses with an elbow over the top.

Smith manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Smith throwing rabbit punches from the bottom - showing the judges that he's keeping busy.

Buzzard gets to his feet. Smith looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Buzzard tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Smith counters by clinching up.
We're hearing some news coming in from back stage. It's official - Buzzard has eaten all the pies!

Smith breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Smith tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Buzzard counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Buzzard.
Smith is looking to control Buzzard's arms but Buzzard gets an underhook and turns him. Now Smith has his back to the cage.
Buzzard pushes off an throws an elbow but Smith leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.

Smith's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Smith ducks under a wild hook from Buzzard.
Smith clinches but Buzzard breaks the clinch

and Buzzard moves into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith dodges an elbow strike from Buzzard.
Buzzard is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Buzzard trying to land knees to the body.
Buzzard's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Buzzard just misses with a elbow thrown towards Smith's brow.
Smith managing to block the knees to the body from Buzzard.
Buzzard landing knees to the body.
Smith blocks an elbow strike.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Buzzard as Smith tries to tie him up.
Smith lands an elbow inside that Buzzard shrugs off.

It looks like Billy Buzzard has been cut.
A bit of stalling here from Smith.
Buzzard avoiding damage as Smith throws knees to the body.
Smith lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Buzzard throws an elbow but it misses.
Smith scores with a shoulder strike.
Smith unloads a knee to the mid-section. Buzzard lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Buzzard looks gassed!
This has been an exciting period of action!

Smith decides to pull guard.
Smith throws a couple of heel strikes.
Smith working a defensive guard here.
Buzzard stopping the sweep attempt from Smith.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith throws some sloppy strikes off his back.

Smith has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Buzzard off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Billy Buzzard is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Smith wants to clinch

and Buzzard counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Smith dodges an elbow strike from Buzzard.

Smith has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Buzzard clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
Smith cracks Buzzard with a big shot to body and one to the head - really punishing Buzzard from the back mount here, looking to soften him up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith throwing lazy shots from the back mount that aren't doing any damage.
Smith loading up with punches from the back mount - how long can Buzzard hold on?
Smith is punishing Buzzard with strikes - can he finish him?!
A lull in the action here.
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.
Watch the back of the head! Comes the shout from the referee towards Smith.
Buzzard covers up after that shot from Smith.
Smith is controlling the position but Buzzard somehow manages to roll and ends up with half guard.
Smith thows a huge punch but Buzzard dodges it nicely.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Smith lands with a punch from half guard.
Smith winds up and cracks Buzzard with a swinging punch to the side of the head.

Smith is working for a kimura from half guard. He's really concentrating on the hold and it's allowed Buzzard to slip a leg under and get back to full guard.
Smith with a flurry of punches that miss.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Smith trying to control but Buzzard is working from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Spike Smith dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Billy Buzzard's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Smith shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Smith working the ground and pound effectively.
Smith working the ground and pound effectively.
Buzzard wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Smith.
Buzzard blocking the ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Buzzard is in all sorts of trouble here.
Buzzard is breathing heavily.
Buzzard blocking the ground and pound.
Smith with a couple of short strikes.
Smith misses with a head shot.
Buzzard wants to hold on but Smith pushes him away.
Smith lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Smith thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Smith is in the full mount, landing strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The referee warns Buzzard that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Smith lands a heavy elbow.
Smith raining down shots from the mount!
Smith fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Smith lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
A nice elbow there by Smith.
Smith lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Buzzard hang on?
Smith working the ground and pound effectively.
Smith cracks Buzzard with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Buzzard is trying to escape the mount.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Smith cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Smith breaks from Buzzard's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Smith tries to control but Buzzard wriggling away.
Smith scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Buzzard?
Buzzard is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Smith looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Smith pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Spike Smith overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Smith in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Buzzard is bucking up trying to escape but Smith cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Smith will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Smith lands a big shot there that rocks Buzzard but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Smith landing shots from mount.
Smith working Buzzard over with strikes here.
This has been an exciting period of action!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Smith prevents Buzzard from getting the reversal.
Smith scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Buzzard?
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Spike Smith dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Billy Buzzard's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Smith shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and Buzzard counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Buzzard throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Smith drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Smith tries to stall but Buzzard uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Buzzard just misses with a elbow thrown towards Smith's brow.
Buzzard missing with knees to the body.
Buzzard landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Buzzard gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Smith avoiding damage as Buzzard throws knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Buzzard.
Buzzard crunches a lovely knee into Smith's ribcage.
Smith blocks an elbow strike from Buzzard.
Smith on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Smith tries to land a knee to the head but Buzzard blocks with his arms.
Smith avoiding damage as Buzzard throws knees to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Come on Buzzard - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Buzzard is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Smith is keeping busy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice elbow from Buzzard.
Nice body punch from Smith - that landed with a thud.
Buzzard stalling in the clinch but Smith improves position.
Smith unloads a knee to the mid-section. Buzzard lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Buzzard tries to land knees in the clinch but Smith avoids the damage to the body.
Spike Smith has scored more points in the clinch so far.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Smith avoiding damage as Buzzard throws knees to the body.

Smith pulls guard.

Buzzard stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Buzzard tries to clinch
and Smith counters with a two punch combo.
Smith cracks the inside of Buzzard's front leg.
Smith shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Buzzard defends it nicely.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Spike Smith. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Buzzard closes the distance but Smith moves to the side

and Smith counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Smith.
Buzzard is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Smith is defending well for now.
Smith is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Buzzard can do to turn this around?
Smith avoids a wild elbow strike from Buzzard.

Buzzard lands a takedown into guard.
Smith looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Smith tries to strike from the bottom.
Buzzard trying to control but Smith is working from the bottom.
Smith lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Buzzard!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Buzzard is looking to get to half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Smith postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Buzzard looks a forlorn figure.
Billy Buzzard has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Smith is landing with some decent strikes but Buzzard is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Smith postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Buzzard looks a forlorn figure.
Smith in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Buzzard tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Smith lands a big elbow.

Smith is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Buzzard can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Smith lands a big shot there that rocks Buzzard but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
BOOM! Smith connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Spike Smith is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Buzzard wants to hold on but Smith pushes him away.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Billy Buzzard.
Well Smith has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 John Kavanagh scores the fight 30:27
Judge Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 29:27
Judge Russell Pearce scores the fight 29:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Spike Smith!