PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bork Borkster (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Darren Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). On his way into the cage it seems that Bork Borkster has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Bork Borkster seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Borkster
vs
Smith

180 cm
22
197 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

183 cm
22
215 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Determined

Non-Stop Nutrition
Firebird Designs

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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Bork Borkster!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Darren Smith!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Lombardi, Reed Andrews and Anthony Taglia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Borkster shoots in but Smith avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Borkster looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Smith is fending him off so far but Borkster persists. Nope, Smith circles away and we're back to standing.
Borkster fails with the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bork Borkster. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Borkster is breathing heavily.
Borkster shoots in looking for a takedown. Smith tries to sprawl out of it but Borkster keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Smith manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Borkster looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Smith is fending him off so far but Borkster persists. Nope, Smith circles away and we're back to standing.
Borkster fails with a takedown attempt.

Smith closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Smith working the ground and pound.
Smith advances to full mount.
Borkster is in a horrible position here. Smith smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.

Borkster is rocked!
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 Borkster's face.
Oh Borkster is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Smith in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith landing strikes from the mount.
Borkster is in a horrible position here. Smith smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Smith looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Smith breaks from Borkster's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Smith has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Smith working the ground and pound effectively.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Smith is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Smith landing strikes from the mount and Borkster is in trouble!
Smith pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Smith unloading with bombs!
A nice elbow there by Smith.

Borkster has left one of his arms exposed and Smith doesn't need a second invitation. He's isolated it and locked on a tight armbar. Borkster screams and taps out, obviously in a lot of pain. Hopefully there isn't permanent damage to that arm.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:54 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Darren Smith!