PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ryan Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marco Hiroshi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Marco Hiroshi acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Smith
vs
Hiroshi

177 cm
21
170 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

190 cm
19
160 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Intelligent

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Ryan Smith!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Marco Hiroshi!
The judges for this bout are Donatello Bradman, Eliza Hachem and Damien Edna.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hiroshi tries to clinch up but Smith circles away and keeps his distance.
Hiroshi keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Smith.

Smith closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
Hiroshi manages to get back to half guard.
Smith trying to control the action but Hiroshi is working from the bottom.
Smith throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.

Hiroshi pushes Smith off and gets back to his feet.
Hiroshi moves in looking to clinch but Smith pushes him off.

Smith looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Smith is trying to control. Hiroshi wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Hiroshi is trying to control but can't.
Smith is pressing down on Hiroshi's thigh, looking to free his foot. Hiroshi is holding on for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Hiroshi's head.
Hiroshi is looking for a sweep. Smith is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Hiroshi looks gassed!
Smith with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Smith scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Smith winds up and cracks Hiroshi with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Hiroshi is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Smith's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Smith's back!
Smith trying to control the hands but Hiroshi breaks the grip.
Hiroshi doesn't have the hooks in and Smith manages to turn into his guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith throws a big right hand that misses.
Smith is in close to Hiroshi's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Smith lands a couple of elbows.
Hiroshi being controlled here, momentarily.
Hiroshi 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 thows a big elbow that misses.
Smith works over Hiroshi with some ground and pound from guard.
Smith lands a couple of elbows.
Smith passes Hiroshi's right leg, so he's now in half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Hiroshi!
BOOM! Smith connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Smith landing strikes from the mount and Hiroshi is in trouble!
Hiroshi is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Smith cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Smith landing strikes from the mount.
Hiroshi tries to reverse the position but Smith maintains control.
Hiroshi in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Smith scoring with strikes but Hiroshi is staying in there.
Hiroshi takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Smith is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Hiroshi is working to get back to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hiroshi throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
BOOM! Smith connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Hiroshi is trying to stand.
Smith fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Smith looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Smith punishing his opponent with strikes.
Hiroshi tries to hold on but Smith postures up.
Smith wants to control the pace but Hiroshi is squirming around nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ryan Smith dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Smith moves out of range of the body kick.
Marco Hiroshi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hiroshi tries for a takedown but Smith circles away easily

and Smith counters with a single leg into guard. Hiroshi didn't expect that.
Hiroshi 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 might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Smith stands and throws Hiroshi's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Smith passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Hiroshi!
Smith looking to control but Hiroshi is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Smith raining down shots from the mount!
Ryan Smith overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Smith unloading with bombs!
Hiroshi is trying desperately to improve position.
Smith working the ground and pound effectively.
Smith connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Smith lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Hiroshi is bucking up trying to escape but Smith cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Smith lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Hiroshi hang on?

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Smith looking to control and managing it successfully.
Smith raining down shots from the mount!
A nice elbow there by Smith.
Smith avoids the attempt from Hiroshi to control.
Smith unloading with bombs!
Smith postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Hiroshi looks a forlorn figure.
Smith lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith lands with some strikes.
Hiroshi wants to hold on but Smith pushes him away.
Hiroshi taking shots to the head.
Smith dominating with strikes here.
Smith working Hiroshi over with strikes here.
Smith cracks Hiroshi with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Smith prevents Hiroshi from getting the reversal.
Hiroshi is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Smith looking to finish Hiroshi with some ground and pound. This is bad for Hiroshi!

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.
Smith has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Hiroshi's face.
Hiroshi really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Smith lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Hiroshi is trying to escape the mount.
Smith has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Hiroshi's face.
Hiroshi is desperately trying to improve his position but Smith has a good base and remains in mount.
Smith controlling the pace for now.
Smith breaks from Hiroshi's wrist control and lands an elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ryan Smith dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Hiroshi looks to clinch

and Smith counters with a takedown into side control.
Smith scores with a couple of short elbows.
Smith landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Hiroshi is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Smith lands a nice forearm strike.
Smith is working Hiroshi over with some ground and pound from side control.
You can see the frustration on Hiroshi's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Smith trying to control the action but Hiroshi is working from the bottom.
Smith landing strikes.
Hiroshi is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Hiroshi can't do much from the bottom here.
Hiroshi is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Smith advances nicely into full mount.
Hiroshi takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Smith lands a heavy elbow.
Smith is landing with some decent strikes but Hiroshi is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Hiroshi's face.
Smith with the ground and pound from mount.
Hiroshi tries to hold on but Smith pushes him away.
Smith lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Smith cracks Hiroshi with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Smith landing punches.
Smith looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Smith lands a big elbow.
Hiroshi taking shots to the head.
Hiroshi tries to hold on but Smith postures up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Smith working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Smith cracks Hiroshi with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Smith with good strikes from the mount here!
Hiroshi tries to reverse the position but Smith maintains control.
Hiroshi tries to hold on but Smith postures up.
Hiroshi takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Hiroshi bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!

That's four 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 pulls Hiroshi in close to prevent any damage.
Smith lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Hiroshi!
Smith is landing with some decent strikes but Hiroshi is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ryan 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 Donatello Bradman scores the fight 30:27
Judge Eliza Hachem scores the fight 30:27
Judge Damien Edna scores the fight 30:26

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