PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Ziggy Marley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Timmy Smithy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Marley's entrance music is Ziggy Marley - True To Myself. A fine choice. Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Marley
vs
Smithy

160 cm
21
138 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

157 cm
22
137 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Ziggy Marley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Timmy Smithy!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Smithy throws a head kick but Marley moves out of range.
Smithy tries a head kick but it misses.
Smithy goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
A combination from Smithy does no damage.
Marley takes a body punch but keeps moving.

Marley throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Smithy was covering up waiting for the punch and Marley finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Marley not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Smithy is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Smithy can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Marley controls the pace.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Smithy wants to get back to his feet but Marley passes into half guard.
Marley not doing much here.

Marley gets to his feet - back to striking we go!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Marley is looking to clinch but Smithy is avoiding it.
Smithy lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Marley shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Marley fails in his attempt to clinch.
Marley tries to clinch but Smithy is having none of it.
Marley throws a series of punches but Smithy moves out of range.

Marley has taken the fight to the clinch.

Smithy breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Marley rushes Smithy and presses him up against the cage.
Marley blocks the elbow strike.
Smithy looks gassed!
Smithy wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Marley working Smithy over with knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Marley.
Smithy wants to break free but Marley has control.
Marley with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

It looks like Timmy Smithy has been cut.
Smithy should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Marley lands a knee to the body.
Marley using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Smithy has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Marley throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Smithy blocks it with crossed arms.
Marley with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marley with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Marley looking to throw knees to the head but Smithy is blocking nicely.
Marley with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Smithy wants to get back to striking at distance but Marley won't allow it.
Marley throws a knee to the head but misses.
Marley with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Smithy wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Marley landing knees to the body.
Marley tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Marley looking to throw knees to the head but Smithy is blocking nicely.
Smithy takes a knee right on the jaw!
Marley tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Marley obliges.
Smithy is trying to break free.
Marley trying to land knees to the body.
Smithy takes a knee to the side of the body.
Marley using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Smithy has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A frustrated look appears on Smithy's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Marley throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Smithy blocks it with crossed arms.
Smithy can't break the clinch.
Marley has Smithy pressed against the cage, preventing Smithy from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Knees to the body from Marley.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Smithy just misses with a elbow thrown towards Marley's brow.
Smithy has had enough of the clinch but Marley keeps him there for the moment.
Marley landing some nice looking knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Knees to the body from Marley.
Marley missing with knees to the body.
Marley looking to throw knees to the head but Smithy is blocking nicely.
Smithy tries to break the clinch but Marley is controlling the position.
Marley throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Smithy blocks it with crossed arms.
Marley tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Smithy avoids it.
Marley with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Marley looking to throw knees to the head but Smithy is blocking nicely.
Smithy is looking to break free of the clinch but Marley has double underhooks.
Smithy wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Marley has him pressed against the cage.
Marley using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Smithy has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Marley misses with a knee strike.
A frustrated look appears on Smithy's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Marley keeps control of Smithy as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Marley with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Marley keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Smithy's efforts to push away.
Smithy is trying to break the clinch but Marley has him pressed against the cage.
Marley tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Marley misses with a knee strike.
Smithy wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Marley has him pressed against the cage.
Marley lands a knee to the head.
Smithy wants to get back to striking at distance but Marley won't allow it.
Marley tries to land a knee to the head but Smithy blocks with his arms.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ziggy Marley dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Timmy Smithy's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Marley tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Marley is looking to clinch.
Smithy connects with a right hand. Marley shakes it off.
A head kick misses from Smithy.
Smithy throws a head kick that misses.

Marley drives through with a takedown into guard.
Marley postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.

Marley decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Smithy, up you get!
Smithy swats away the attempt to clinch by Marley.
Timmy Smithy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Marley has managed to clinch.
Marley with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Smithy is trying to break free.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Smithy is trying to break the clinch but Marley is controlling him.
Marley with a knee to the head.
Marley looking to throw knees to the head but Smithy is blocking nicely.
Marley tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Marley tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Marley with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Marley lands a good knee to the midsection. Smithy won't want to take too many of those.
Marley throws a knee to the head but misses.
Smithy tries to circle away but Marley has him pinned against the cage.
Marley tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Smithy avoids it.
Marley looking to throw knees to the head but Smithy is blocking nicely.
Smithy tries to break the clinch but Marley is controlling the position.
Marley misses with a knee to the head.
Marley misses with a knee strike.
Smithy tries to break the clinch but Marley is controlling the position.
Marley lands a nice knee to the body.
Smithy tries to circle away but Marley has him pinned against the cage.
Smithy is trying to break the clinch but Marley is controlling him.
Marley with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Marley misses with a knee to the head.
Marley prevents Smithy from breaking the clinch.
Marley tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Marley with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Marley throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Smithy blocks it with crossed arms.
Smithy wants to break free but Marley has control.
Smithy has had enough of the clinch but Marley keeps him there for the moment.
Marley tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Smithy is looking to break free of the clinch but Marley has double underhooks.
Smithy is trying to break the clinch but Marley is controlling him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Marley looking to throw knees to the head but Smithy is blocking nicely.
Marley takes an elbow to the temple.
Smithy is trying to break the clinch but Marley has him pressed against the cage.
Marley misses with a knee strike.
Smithy working hard to break the clinch.
Smithy is trying to break the clinch but Marley has him pressed against the cage.
Marley tries a knee to the head but Smithy blocks it.
Smithy tries to break the clinch but Marley is controlling the position.
Marley misses with a knee strike.
Marley throws a knee to the head but misses.
Smithy is trying to break the clinch but Marley is controlling him.
Marley tries a knee to the head but Smithy blocks it.
Marley unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Marley tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Smithy wants to get back to striking at distance but Marley won't allow it.
Marley misses with a knee to the head.
Smithy looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Marley tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Marley tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Marley with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Marley prevents Smithy from breaking the clinch.
Smithy takes a knee right on the jaw!
Smithy is trying to force a seperation but Marley has the dominant position.
Marley tries a knee to the head but Smithy blocks it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smithy is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Marley prevents Smithy from breaking the clinch.
Smithy has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Marley looking to throw knees to the head but Smithy is blocking nicely.
Smithy on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Smithy is trying to break free.
Smithy is trying to break the clinch but Marley is controlling him.
Marley using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Smithy has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Smithy wants to break the clinch but can't.
Marley looking to throw knees to the head but Smithy is blocking nicely.
Smithy looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Smithy looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Knees to the body from Marley.
Smithy is trying to break the clinch but Marley has him pressed against the cage.
Marley lands a good knee to the midsection. Smithy won't want to take too many of those.
Marley throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Smithy blocks it with crossed arms.
Marley has Smithy pressed against the cage, preventing Smithy from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
A frustrated look appears on Smithy's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Marley with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Marley throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Smithy blocks it with crossed arms.
Smithy looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

Smithy breaks the clinch.
Smithy throws a head kick but Marley moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.

Marley looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.

Marley stands up and beckons Smithy to join him on the feet.
Timmy Smithy is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Marley looks for a takedown but Smithy sprawls well.
Smithy throws a head kick that looked like it stung.

Marley rushes Smithy and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Marley prevents Smithy from breaking the clinch.
Smithy wants to break free but Marley has control.
Marley lands a knee to the head.
Smithy managing to block the knees to the body from Marley.
Smithy can't break the clinch.
Marley throws a knee to the head but misses.
Smithy avoiding damage as Marley throws knees to the body.
Marley tries to land a knee to the head but Smithy blocks with his arms.
Marley lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Marley using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ziggy Marley dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Timmy Smithy's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. And we move into the final round!

Smithy bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Marley's head.
A head kick misses from Smithy.
Marley shoots in but no luck this time.
Marley takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Marley misses with a head kick.
Smithy throws a head kick that misses.

Marley clinches with his opponent.

Smithy manages to break the clinch.
Marley lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.

Marley has closed the distance and engaged Smithy in a clinch.
Marley misses with a knee strike.
Smithy wants to break the clinch but can't.
Marley lands a knee to the head.
Marley misses with a knee strike.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Smithy wants to break free but Marley has control.
Marley tries to land a knee to the head but Smithy blocks with his arms.
A knee to the head by Marley.
Smithy is trying to break the clinch but Marley has him pressed against the cage.
Smithy wants to break free but Marley has control.
Marley looking to throw knees to the head but Smithy is blocking nicely.
Marley keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Smithy's efforts to push away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Marley prevents Smithy from breaking the clinch.
Marley tries to land a knee to the head but Smithy blocks with his arms.
Marley tries a knee to the head but Smithy blocks it.
Marley keeps control of Smithy as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Smithy working hard to break the clinch.
Marley keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Smithy's efforts to push away.
Marley with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Marley tries to land a knee to the head but Smithy blocks with his arms.

Smithy breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A slapping leg kick lands for Smithy.
Smithy tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Marley scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Smithy tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Marley dives in and grabs Smithy's left leg, looking for a takedown. Smithy pushes down on Marley's head and hops out.
Smithy misses with a head kick.

Marley shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Smithy napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Marley is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Smithy's shoulder. That is not cool.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marley's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.

Marley working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Marley grinds an elbow into Smithy's temple.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marley taking a breather here.

Marley stands up.
Marley keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Smithy.
Smithy displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Marley.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ziggy Marley. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Marley changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Smithy looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Marley landing a few strikes.
Marley staying calm.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Marley has an Americana. Smithy didn't react quickly enough there and he's in big trouble now! He tries to squirm out but is forced to tap! Marley is delighted and gyrates infront of the ring girls. They seem to like the attention - it'll be interesting to see if Marley hooks up with any of them at the after show party.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:24 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Ziggy Marley!