PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jeeves Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mike Riddell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Smith comes to the cage accompanied by God Save the Queen by The Sex Pistols. Jeeves Smith could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Mike Riddell's chin.

Smith
vs
Riddell

178 cm
25
177 lbs
11 - 4 - 2

185 cm
21
178 lbs
7 - 5 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Good elbows
Determined

Hell's Balls Recovery

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 4 - 2, fighting out of Tokyo, Jeeves Smith!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Mike Riddell!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Ivan Kurochkin and Valeri Chadov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Smith throws a leg kick but Riddell checks it.
Riddell fails with the takedown.
Smith tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Riddell checks a low kick from Smith.
Riddell ducks under a wild hook from Smith.
Smith throws a right and a left that both miss.

Smith moves into the clinch successfully.
A nice right hand lands inside from Smith.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Smith misses with a short punch on the inside.
Smith tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Riddell goes for a takedown in the clinch but Smith prevents it.
Smith gets underhooks to prevent Riddell's takedown attempt.
Jeeves Smith has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mike Riddell.
Smith misses with a knee strike.
Smith tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Riddell takes a knee to the side of the body.
Riddell on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Smith missing with knees to the body.
Riddell changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Smith fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Riddell looks gassed!
Smith throws a head kick that misses.
Smith tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Riddell paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Smith tries to close the distance and clinch up but Riddell swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Smith misses with a jab, cross combination.
Smith tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Riddell paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Smith tries a head kick but it misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Smith stuffs the takedown.
Riddell changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Smith tries to avoid it but Riddell manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Smith to the ground. Smith escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Smith throws a nice inside leg kick.
Smith throws a low kick, looking for Riddell's leg but Riddell calmly moves out of range.
Riddell tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Smith swivels and escapes.
Riddell fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Smith.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
An inside leg kick lands from Smith.
Smith with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Smith lands a with a good body shot.
Smith throws a series of punches but Riddell avoids them all with ease.
Riddell fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Smith throws a head kick but Riddell moves out of range.
Smith throws a leg kick which misses Riddell's front leg but catches the back leg as Riddell tries to avoid it.
Smith looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Smith lands with a slapping head kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Smith lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Jeeves Smith seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Riddell chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Smith can pounce on him.
Riddell takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Smith doesn't manage to clinch there - Riddell circles away.
Smith thumps Riddell with a low kick.

A big head kick from Smith and Riddell is sent sprawling to the canvas!

Riddell is rocked!
Smith loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Smith throws a big right hand that misses.
Smith in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Smith makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jeeves Smith dominated that round.
That's time! Smith's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Smith turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Smith lands a right hook to the body.
Smith takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Smith is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Riddell can do to turn this around?
An inside leg kick lands from Smith.
Good leg kick by Smith there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Riddell's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Smith looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Riddell misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Smith is looking to slow Riddell down with leg kicks.
Jeeves Smith is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Riddell is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Smith looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Riddell chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Smith can pounce on him.
Smith throws a wild body kick that Riddell sees coming a mile off.
Smith fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Riddell.
Smith throws a sloppy head kick and Riddell moves out of range easily.
Smith delivers a nice body kick.
Smith fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Riddell.
Riddell is trying desperately to land a takedown but Smith is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Riddell.
Smith chopping away at his opponent's legs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
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!
Smith cracks the inside of Riddell's front leg.
Smith lands a nice leg kick that just misses Riddell's sensitive parts.
A good leg kick by Smith.
A solid leg kick lands there for Smith.
Smith moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Nice body kick there by Smith.
Smith connects with a good right hand that stumbles Riddell. Riddell circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
A head kick from Smith lands but Riddell takes it in his stride.
Jeeves Smith is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Smith slaps away a takedown attempt from Riddell, before circling back to the center of the mat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith lands with a thumping leg kick.
Smith thumps Riddell with a low kick.
Jeeves Smith is winning the standup battle so far.
Smith tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A solid leg kick lands there for Smith.
Smith throws a quick inside leg kick.
Smith feints and then cracks Riddell's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Riddell down.
Smith throws a sloppy head kick and Riddell moves out of range easily.
Riddell takes a head kick and keeps coming.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A solid leg kick lands there for Smith.
Riddell stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Smith.
A nice leg kick lands there from Smith.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Riddell gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Smith.
Smith tries a head kick but it misses.
Good leg kick by Smith there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Smith turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Riddell keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jeeves Smith dominated that second 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. This is the final round!

Riddell looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Smith stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Smith wants it to stay on the feet.
Smith tries to clinch there but Riddell circles away.
A nice inside leg kick there by Smith. That's going to slow Riddell down.
Smith throws a quick inside leg kick.
Smith throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Smith lands a nice leg kick that just misses Riddell's sensitive parts.
Riddell takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Riddell takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Smith thumps Riddell with a low kick.
Riddell shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Smith but Smith pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Jeeves Smith has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mike Riddell.
Smith looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Smith feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Riddell's calf.
Smith scoring well with a low kick there.

Smith drives through and clinches with Riddell against the cage.
Smith putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Riddell in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Smith unloads a knee to the mid-section. Riddell lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith tries a knee to the head but Riddell blocks it.
Smith scores a nice knee to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Smith connects with a nasty looking knee right to Riddell's face.
Smith utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Smith misses with a knee to the head.
Smith missing with knees to the body.
Smith lands a left hand that snaps the head of Riddell backwards.
Riddell takes an elbow to the forehead.
Smith lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Smith softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Smith fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Riddell avoiding damage as Smith throws knees to the body.

Riddell manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Riddell working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Smith.
Smith throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Riddell swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Riddell is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Riddell is nestled in close to Smith, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Riddell missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Riddell throwing shots but Smith is blocking nicely.
Riddell is trying to control. Smith wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.

Smith looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Riddell passes to full mount!
Jeeves Smith is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Riddell throws some wild stikes that Smith manages to avoid easily.
Mike Riddell has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Smith tries to reverse the position but Riddell maintains control.

Riddell is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Smith can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Smith is looking to improve his position but Riddell isn't that keen on the idea.
Smith manages to regain half guard. Good work.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jeeves Smith showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Smith, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Illya Tyunina scores the fight 30:25
Judge Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 30:25
Judge Valeri Chadov scores the fight 30:25

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