PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Xavier Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Greg Hamilton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Smith
vs
Hamilton

195 cm
22
185 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

186 cm
22
180 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Xavier Smith!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Greg Hamilton!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, William Peck and Alec Ball.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Smith moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Smith is looking to chop away at Hamilton's legs.
Hamilton is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Smith.
Smith throws a head kick but Hamilton moves out of range.
Smith fails to land with a series of punches.
Smith looks for a takedown but Hamilton sprawls well.
Smith will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.

Smith clinches.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.

Hamilton escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A nice leg kick lands there from Hamilton.
Hamilton throws a leg kick which misses Smith's front leg but catches the back leg as Smith tries to avoid it.
Smith really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Hamilton moves out of range as Smith throws a body kick.
Hamilton looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Smith is fending him off so far but Hamilton persists. Nope, Smith circles away and we're back to standing.
Smith throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Smith doesn't manage to clinch there - Hamilton circles away.
Smith blocks the body kick.
Smith misses with a jab, cross combination.
Smith tries a head kick but it misses.
Smith fails with an attempt to clinch.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Hamilton.
You can see the frustration on Smith's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hamilton connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Smith some visible discomfort.
Hamilton tries to score with some ground and pound. Smith controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Hamilton working the ground and pound from side control.
Smith is trying to get back to half guard.
Hamilton working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Hamilton in side control, throwing shots but Smith defends.
Smith sneaks back into half guard.
Smith flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Smith moves into full guard.
Hamilton lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Hamilton's corner. There ya go! There ya go!

Smith had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Hamilton is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. Smith Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Hamilton's back instead.
Smith lands a couple of good shots to his opponent's body and a final shot to the head. Good little attack there by Smith.
Smith is breathing heavily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith cracks Hamilton with a big shot to body and one to the head - really punishing Hamilton from the back mount here, looking to soften him up.
Hamilton staying busy and making it hard for Smith to control.
Smith lands with a big left hand that may well have hurt his opponent. Can Hamilton hold on?!
Hamilton is taking damage to the body and head.
Hamilton trying to get back to his feet but Smith is in full control for now.

Smith looking for the choke from the back.
Hamilton breaks Smith's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
Smith keeping moving, preventing Hamilton from controlling successfully.
Hamilton lands a couple of digs.
Hamilton wants to control from the top but Smith keeps moving.
Hamilton really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Smith. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Smith is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Smith trying to control the position.
Smith bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Hamilton's guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Hamilton looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Smith postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Smith wanted to stand there but Hamilton had control of the position.
Smith won't allow Hamilton to sweep him here.
Smith landing some decent shots from guard.
Smith throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Hamilton works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Smith distracts Hamilton with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Smith trying to control the position from guard on top but Hamilton is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Smith prevents Hamilton from getting back to his feet.
Smith scoring with punches to the head and body.
Smith wants to pass the guard but Hamilton is keeping the position.
Smith is looking to work some ground and pound but Hamilton has wrist control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Smith content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Smith trying to control the position from guard on top but Hamilton is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Smith postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Smith slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
What's Hamilton going to do here then? He's in a bit of a pickle.
Smith working the head and body with strikes.
Smith working away.

Smith decides to stand back up. Smith steps back and let's Hamilton get back to his feet.
Hamilton sizes up Smith with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Smith with a body punch. A glancing blow.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hamilton takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Smith misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Smith thows a body shot but no joy.
Smith on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Hamilton. Hamilton obviously looking to wear him down.
Smith fails in his attempt to clinch.
Nice sprawl there from Hamilton as Smith shoots in.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Xavier Smith dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Smith throws a right and a left that both miss.
Smith pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Hamilton tries to clinch up but Smith circles away and keeps his distance.
Hamilton checks the leg kick.
Hamilton connects with a solid leg kick.
Hamilton scores with a leg kick.
Hamilton throws a quick inside leg kick.
Smith takes a kick to the side of the head.
Smith takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Hamilton misses with a head kick.
Hamilton is looking to clinch but Smith is avoiding it.

Hamilton gets a takedown into half guard.
Smith is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Hamilton scores with a couple of nice shots.
Ground and pound from Hamilton.
Hamilton working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Smith wants to control but Hamilton passes into side.
Smith gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Smith trying to control from the bottom.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith blocking the ground and pound attempt from Hamilton.
Smith tries to get to full guard but Hamilton has control of the leg.
Hamilton is trying to control the action in half guard but Smith is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Smith works his way to full guard. Good work.
Smith is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Hamilton throwing strikes but missing.
Hamilton stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Smith swivels though and keeps the full guard.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.

Hamilton shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Hamilton showed some decent athleticism there.

Smith is defending against the submission attempts here by Hamilton.
Smith is trying to stand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hamilton sitting and controlling from the half guard.

Hamilton stands, ready to strike. The ref makes him back up and allows Smith to get to his feet.
A head kick misses from Smith.
Hamilton checks the leg kick.

Hamilton scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Ground and pound from Hamilton.
Hamilton is pressing down on Smith's thigh, looking to free his foot. Smith is holding on for now.

Hamilton wants to work for an arm triangle but Smith is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Smith has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Hamilton is working away from the top position though.
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 three minutes gone in the round.
Smith is trying to get back to full guard.
Smith has hold of Hamilton's hands but Hamilton slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Smith is looking to improve his position.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Smith takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Hamilton avoids a punch combination nicely.
A thudding body kick lands there by Smith!
Hamilton dodges the punch combination from Smith.
Smith throws a leg kick but Hamilton moved away.
Smith moves out of range of the leg kick from Hamilton.
Smith throws a sloppy head kick
and Hamilton counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Xavier Smith seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hamilton swats away the attempt to clinch by Smith.
Smith pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

Smith clinches with his opponent.
Hamilton wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Smith has him pressed against the cage.
Smith softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Smith looking to throw knees to the head but Hamilton is blocking nicely.
Hamilton prevents a takedown attempt there.
Smith lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Hamilton backwards.
Smith wants to get back to striking at distance but Hamilton won't allow it.
Smith throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Hamilton blocks it with crossed arms.
Smith wants a takedown.
Hamilton blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Smith changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Hamilton fights it off and pushes away nicely.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Xavier Smith. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hamilton blocks a head kick by Smith.
Smith throws a body kick that misses.
Smith throws a sloppy head kick

and Hamilton decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Smith's guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Smith is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

Smith is looking for a triangle but Hamilton pushes his legs off easily.
Smith throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Smith is trying to control the position from the bottom.

Smith escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Hamilton gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Smith wants to sweep here but Hamilton controlling him for the moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Greg Hamilton showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Hamilton blocks a head kick by Smith.
Smith misses with a head kick.
Smith misses with a double jab.
Smith misses with a leg kick.
Hamilton keeps the fight on the outside.
Smith misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Hamilton circles away from the clinch attempt
and Hamilton counters with an inside leg kick.
Smith gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Hamilton counters with a thumping low kick.
Hamilton is looking to clinch but Smith is avoiding it.
Smith scores with a leg kick.
Smith tries for a takedown but Hamilton circles away easily

and Hamilton counters with a takedown into side control.
Hamilton in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Smith tries to improve position but can't.
Hamilton working the head with strikes.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Smith is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Hamilton scores with a couple of short elbows.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Smith tries to kick Hamilton off but Hamilton keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Hamilton seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Smith does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Smith throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Smith wants to control but Hamilton is keeping busy.

Smith actively working from the bottom here.
Hamilton trying to control from half guard but Smith is working away.
Smith gets back to full guard.
Hamilton won't allow Smith to get back to his feet.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Smith lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Smith throws a head kick that half lands.

Smith clinches.
The is referee keeping an eye on Hamilton - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith wants to stall.
Smith avoids the elbow strike from Hamilton, against the cage.
Hamilton wants to get back to striking at distance but Smith won't allow it.
Hamilton keeps control of Smith as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

Hamilton escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A jab from Smith does it's job there.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Hamilton.
Nice takedown defense from Smith. No joy for Hamilton on that attempt.
Smith tries to clinch up
and Hamilton counters with a thumping low kick.
Smith misses with a leg kick

and Hamilton counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Hamilton.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hamilton preventing the sweep.
Smith keeping full guard, as Hamilton tries to pass.
Smith keeping moving, preventing Hamilton from controlling successfully.
Greg Hamilton has got the better of the ground game so far.
Hamilton throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Hamilton trying to control the position from guard on top but Smith is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Smith escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Hamilton gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Hamilton works over Smith with some ground and pound from guard.
Hamilton is on the wrong end of a couple of strikes there.
Hamilton with a nice head shot there.
Smith tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Hamilton seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Smith is on top in guard.
Smith pushing down on Hamilton's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.

Smith is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Smith landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Smith lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Smith uses his free foot to push down on Hamilton's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Hamilton.
Smith in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Smith scoring with strikes but Hamilton is staying in there.
Smith trying to control but he's not successful this time.

Smith is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Hamilton has managed to escape the submission attempt.

Smith has control of Hamilton's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Hamilton regains control of the situation pretty easily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hamilton is looking to improve his position but Smith isn't that keen on the idea.

And that's the end of the fight!
Xavier Smith showed his dominance in that final round.
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 Robert Douchet scores the fight 29:28
Judge William Peck scores the fight 29:28
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 29:28

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