PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between uno dance (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Skylor Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Smith's choice of entrance music: God's gonna cut you down. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

dance
vs
Smith

175 cm
24
210 lbs
4 - 7 - 0

190 cm
19
208 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, uno dance!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Skylor Smith!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Colin Fotheringham and Steven Brown.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Smith throws a right hand that dance ducks under and follows up with a left that dance also avoids with ease.
Smith throws a nice looking combination but dance bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Smith misses with the combination.
Smith tries to clinch but dance moves out of range.
Smith stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Smith wants it to stay on the feet.
A left and a right from Smith both land. Nice combination.
dance shoots in for a takedown but Smith shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Smith looks to land a combination but dance avoids it well.
Smith misses with a series of wild punches.
Horrible takedown by dance or perhaps it was just good defense by Smith which made him look bad.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for uno dance. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Smith misses with the combination.
Some wild striking there from Smith.
dance throws a head kick but Smith moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.

dance gets a clinch.
dance blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

dance breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Smith clobbers dance with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Smith lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but dance circles away quickly and effectively.
dance jabs at Smith's body.
dance tries for a takedown but Smith sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Smith jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Smith connects with a good right hand that stumbles dance. dance circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Smith swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Skylor Smith seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Smith lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.

It looks like uno dance has been cut.
Smith lands a two punch combo.
dance is breathing heavily.
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 moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Smith tries to clinch
and dance counters with a head kick.
dance tries for a takedown but Smith sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.

Smith shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
dance tries to hold on but Smith postures up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The referee warns dance that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Smith fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Smith postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. dance looks a forlorn figure.
dance tries to hold on but Smith pushes him away.
Smith pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
dance takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Smith is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Smith fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!

uno dance's cut is getting worse.
Smith lands a big shot there that rocks dance but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
The referee warns dance that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Smith with the ground and pound from mount.
Smith scoring with strikes but dance is staying in there.
Smith is landing with some decent strikes but dance is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.

dance is rocked!
Smith pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Smith breaks from dance's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Smith working away from the top, dropping strikes.
dance might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Smith lands a big shot there that rocks dance but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Smith has his opponent pinned against the ropes, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of dance's face.
Smith working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Smith lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Smith breaks from dance's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Smith in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Smith landing strikes from the mount and dance is in trouble!
Smith connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
dance in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Smith lands a nice shot to the head.
Smith dominating with strikes here.
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 has his opponent pinned against the ropes, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of dance's face.
A nice elbow there by Smith.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Smith landing punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Smith punishing his opponent with strikes.
Smith putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Smith avoids the attempt from dance to control.
Smith working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Smith lands with some strikes.
Smith scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Smith connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Smith scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish dance?
dance holds on, trying desperately to control.
Smith working the ground and pound effectively.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
dance is trying desperately to improve position.
Smith unloading with bombs!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Skylor Smith dominated that round.
The cut man is working on uno dance's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Smith scores with a three punch combo!
Smith looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Smith will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Smith stuffs the takedown attempt from dance. dance gets slowly back to his feet.
Smith tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
dance will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Smith looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Smith dives in and grabs dance's left leg, looking for a takedown. dance pushes down on Smith's head and hops out.
Danga de danga de dang - Smith scores with a four punch combination!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Nice uppercut there from Smith.

Smith closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming dance to the mat! dance manages to get full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith cracks dance with a solid left hand.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Smith with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
dance is trying to keep Smith in close.
Smith postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Smith landing with the ground and pound.
Smith postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Smith lands a couple of elbows.
Smith lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Smith throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

dance throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

Smith stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Smith fails with an attempt to clinch.

Smith closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming dance to the mat! dance manages to get full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
dance is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Skylor Smith has got the better of the ground game so far.
Smith has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

dance looking for a guillotine here but Smith defends easily.
dance is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Smith postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Smith works over dance with some ground and pound from guard.
Smith cracks dance with a solid left hand.
Smith cracks dance with a solid left hand.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Smith accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

Smith gets to his feet. dance looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith throws a left and a right that both miss
and dance counters with a nice body kick.
dance moves out of range as Smith throws a body kick.

Smith drives through with a takedown into guard.
Smith stands up over dance, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Smith working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Smith lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Smith is looking to work some ground and pound but dance has wrist control.
Smith working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
dance utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Smith accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Smith with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
dance looking to control.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Smith throws a nice looking combination but dance bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Smith throws a right and a left that both miss.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Smith looks to land a combination but dance avoids it well.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for dance. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.
Smith misses with the combination.
uno dance is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Smith lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Smith tries to clinch there but dance circles away.
Left hook, right uppercut from Smith.
dance shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Smith defends it nicely.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for uno dance. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Smith moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
dance keeps the fight on the outside.

Smith gets a clinch.
dance keeps control of Smith as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Skylor Smith showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on uno dance's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

The fight stays on the outside here - Smith looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A punch lands to the side of dance 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Smith takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
dance avoids a punch combination nicely.
dance throws a nice looking combination but Smith bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Smith throws a right hand that dance ducks under and follows up with a left that dance also avoids with ease.

Smith shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches dance napping and manages to drive through into side control!

Smith stands up.
Smith throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Smith tries to bum rush dance with a series of wild strikes but dance uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith tries to clinch up.
Smith is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Smith throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and dance counters with a big head kick but Smith shrugs it off.
Smith looks to land a combination. dance sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Smith misses with a double jab.
Smith misses with a double jab
and dance counters with a body kick that stops Smith in his tracks momentarily.
Smith lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Smith throws a combination but it was largely blocked by dance.
Some wild striking there from Smith.
Smith misses with a series of wild punches.

Smith looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for dance!
Smith landing shots from mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. dance can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Smith lands a nice shot to the head.
Smith scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Smith lands a big elbow.
Smith lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
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 lands a big elbow.
Smith has his opponent pinned against the ropes, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of dance's face.
dance taking shots to the head.
Smith lands a nice shot to the head.
dance tries to hold on but Smith pushes him away.
Smith lands a nice shot to the head.
dance is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
dance is in a bad position, trying to hold on for dear life but he is really struggling to maintain any sort of control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith landing strikes from the mount.
dance is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
dance is in a horrible position here. Smith smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
dance is in a horrible position here. Smith smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
A nice elbow there by Smith.
Skylor Smith is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
dance is squirming around, avoiding Smith's attempts to control the action.
dance is desperately trying to improve his position but Smith has a good base and remains in mount.
Smith avoids the attempt from dance to control.
Smith landing punches.
Smith punishing his opponent with strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
dance is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Smith landing punches.
Smith scores with a couple of good head shots there.
dance tries to lock up and control but Smith gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Smith lands with some strikes.
dance wants to control but Smith is having none of it.
Smith lands with some vicious ground and pound - can dance hang on?
Smith putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Smith raining down shots from the mount!
Smith avoids the attempt from dance to control.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Smith trying to control but dance is having none of it.
uno dance has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Smith with a couple of short strikes.

And that's the end of the fight!
Skylor Smith comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Smith has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 William Gold scores the fight 24:30
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 26:30
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 26:30

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