PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Nerubian Assasin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tay Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Smith is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Let It Rock. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Assasin
vs
Smith

182 cm
20
185 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

179 cm
24
180 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Knockout power

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 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Nerubian Assasin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Tay Smith!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Smith moves out of range as Assasin strikes.
Assasin misses the jab.
A jab from Assasin misses.
Smith scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Smith uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Assasin.
Nerubian Assasin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Smith bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Assasin misses with a looping right.
Assasin ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Smith moves away.
Smith rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Assasin moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Assasin misses the jab.
Some wild striking there from Smith.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Assasin takes a swing at Smith's ribcage but misses.
Assasin throws a right and a left that Smith avoids nicely.
Assasin throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Smith counters with a right hand to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Assasin throws a jab but it's blocked by Smith.
Smith will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Assasin throws an overhand right that lands on Smith's shoulder, as Smith tries to avoid the shot.
A head kick misses from Smith.
Assasin looks to land a left hand but Smith moved out of range nicely.
Assasin misses with a series of wild punches.
Smith staying out of range there.
Smith misses with a low kick.
Smith looks to land a combination but Assasin avoids it well.
Smith misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Assasin throws and low kick but Smith moves out of range easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Smith throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Assasin counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Smith uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Assasin.
Assasin throws a hook but Smith blocks it.
Left hook, right uppercut from Smith.
Smith connects with a crisp jab.
Assasin thows a left - swing and a miss!
Good exchange - Assasin coming out on top.
Smith moves out of range as Assasin strikes.
Assasin misses with a body punch
and Smith counters with a one-two to the body.
Assasin waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Smith.
Smith cracks Assasin with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Smith lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Smith swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Assasin falls off balance throwing a combination
and Smith counters with a body kick.
A shot to the body from Assasin misses
and Smith counters with a two punch combo.
Assasin misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Smith counters with a series of strikes. Assasin will be more careful next time no doubt.
Smith misses with a few strikes there.
Smith fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Assasin throws a good cross that connects.
Assasin slips a jab and a cross from Smith.
Smith slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Smith moves away from the strike by Assasin.
A lazy left from Smith finds it's target.
Smith misses with a two punch combination.
Assasin gets cracked there but stands up to it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Assasin takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Assasin walks into a straight right hand from Smith.
Assasin throws the left hand but Smith avoids the punch easily.
Assasin misses with a hook to the body
and Smith cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Smith connects with a jab.
Smith lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Smith rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Assasin moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Smith is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Assasin had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Assasin throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Assasin throws a combination that misses
and Smith counters with a three punch combo that has Assasin backing up. Assasin nods at Smith to acknowledge the strikes.
Decent striking displayed by Smith there.
Smith dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Assasin throws a combination. Smith tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tay Smith dominated that 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.

Assasin throws a shot from downtown. Smith moves away and avoids it.

It looks like Tay Smith has been cut.
Smith throws a series of punches but Assasin moves out of range.
Assasin throws an overhand right that lands on Smith's shoulder, as Smith tries to avoid the shot.
A big left from Assasin misses.
Assasin has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Assasin takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Tay Smith is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Smith scores with a jab to the head.
Tay Smith seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Smith swinging wilding here.
The fighters circling - Assasin throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Assasin throws a shot from downtown. Smith moves away and avoids it.
A lazy left from Smith finds it's target.
Smith swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Assasin is looking to score with low kicks.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Assasin jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Smith throws a body kick that misses.
A left lands for Smith.
Smith checks a leg kick nicely.
Smith fails to land with a series of punches.
Assasin jabs at Smith's body.
Smith doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Assasin lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.

Smith is rocked!
Smith ducks under a wild hook from Assasin.
Smith is still on wobbly legs! Can Assasin finish him?
Assasin throws a hook but Smith blocks it.
Smith misses with a wild combination.
Smith ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Assasin connects with a superb combination that knocks Smith out cold! The referee charges across the mat and tackles Assasin before he can land any more shots to the unconscious Smith!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:14 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Nerubian Assasin!