PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Hunter Rose (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Greg Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Rose
vs
Smith

170 cm
21
187 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

175 cm
24
182 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Brown Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

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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 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Hunter Rose!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Greg Smith!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Tiny Johnson and Cecil Peabody.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Smith misses with a straight left.
Nice straight punches there by Rose. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Rose.
Rose digs a good hook to Smith's body.
Rose feints and then cracks Smith's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Smith down.
Rose just misses with a punch to the body.
Rose lands with a right hand.
Rose thuds his shin into the meat of Smith's side.
Rose lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Smith walks into a left hand.

It looks like Greg Smith has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Smith keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Rose displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Smith.
Rose misses the shot to the body.
Rose scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Rose throws a combination. Smith tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Rose throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Rose. Smith does a little dance to reset his feet.
Rose swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Smith walks into a straight right hand from Rose.
Rose throws and low kick but Smith moves out of range easily.
Rose is looking to wear down Smith with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Rose lands with a shot to the body.
Smith looks gassed!
Rose moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Rose misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Smith.
Rose works Smith's body with a nice hook.
Rose lands with a straight right. Smith didn't see that one coming.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rose throws a head kick but Smith moves out of range.
Rose looks to score with a jab to the body but Smith is just out of range.
Rose scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Rose takes a swing at Smith's ribcage but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith takes one on the button.

That has opened up Greg Smith's cut even more.
Rose misses with a wild combination.
Rose misses with a wild body shot.
Rose takes a swing at Smith's ribcage but misses.
Rose throws a body punch but Smith moves out of range.
Rose looks to score with a jab to the body but Smith is just out of range.
Rose scores with a leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Rose. Smith does a little dance to reset his feet.
Hunter Rose seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rose misses the shot to the body.
Rose looks to land a combination but Smith avoids it well.
Rose throws a lazy right hand but Smith sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Rose lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith blocks a head kick by Rose.
Rose scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Smith walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Rose's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Rose duly obliges.
Rose moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.

The cut above Greg Smith's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Smith fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Rose throws an overhand right that lands on Smith's shoulder, as Smith tries to avoid the shot.
Rose fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Smith manages to avoid it.
Nice jab there from Rose.
Smith takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rose throws out a powerful jab.
Hunter Rose is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Smith doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rose throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Smith keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Rose is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Smith ducks right into an uppercut from Rose.
Rose misses with a jab, cross combination.
Rose connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.

Greg Smith's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Rose swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Rose throws a wild body kick that Smith sees coming a mile off.
Rose will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Smith keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Rose throws an overhand right that lands on Smith's shoulder, as Smith tries to avoid the shot.
Smith fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hunter Rose dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Greg Smith's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Rose scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Smith tries to score a power double leg takedown but Rose sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Smith somewhat.
Rose lands with a kick to the temple. Smith shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Rose thows a body shot but no joy.
Rose throws a right and a left that both miss.
Rose misses with a low kick as Smith jumps back.
Rose jabs at Smith's body.
Smith closes the distance and clinches up with Rose, looking for a takedown. Smith pushes Rose against the cage but Rose circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Smith is breathing heavily.
Rose lands a with a good body shot.
Rose scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rose punishes Smith's body with a nice straight punch.
Smith keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Jab by Rose.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Smith might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Rose has got the better of the exchanges.
Rose connects with a body shot.
Rose lands with a nice body kick.
Rose digs a good hook to Smith's body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rose changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Smith doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Smith tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Rose fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A looping hook to the body misses from Rose. Smith does a little dance to reset his feet.
Rose dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rose swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Smith blocks a head kick by Rose.
A combination from Rose does no damage.
Rose changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Hunter Rose is winning the standup battle so far.
Smith takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Greg Smith is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
An inside leg kick lands from Rose.
Smith takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Rose connects with a looping right hand.
Rose getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Rose lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Greg Smith's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Hunter Rose!