PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Raoul Voisine (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Smith has chosen Mustard Plug - Mr. Smiley as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Voisine
vs
Smith

178 cm
24
202 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

180 cm
21
195 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Powerful

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Raoul Voisine!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, John Smith!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Frank Dennis and Wesley Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Smith displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Voisine.
A jab from Smith finds it's way through Voisine's defenses.
A lazy left from Smith finds it's target.
Voisine tries for a takedown but Smith sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Smith fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Voisine.
Voisine shoots in for a takedown but Smith shows good takedown defense.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Raoul Voisine. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Voisine takes a jab right on the kisser.
Voisine shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.

Smith has managed to clinch.
Voisine takes an elbow to the forehead.
Voisine misses with some punches.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Voisine creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Smith gets through Voisine's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Smith working Voisine over with knees to the body.
Voisine is breathing heavily.
Smith tries to land a knee to the head but Voisine blocks with his arms.
Smith lands an elbow inside.
Smith lands an elbow that stopped Voisine in his tracks for a moment.
Smith unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Smith using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Smith gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Voisine being controlled against the cage.
Voisine takes an elbow to the forehead.
Smith using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Voisine has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Smith putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Voisine in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Smith lands an elbow inside that Voisine shrugs off.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Smith obliges.
Smith stalling.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith scores with a nice hook to the head.
Smith lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Smith.
Voisine takes an elbow to the temple.
Smith landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Voisine takes a knee to the side of the body.
Smith lands an elbow just above Voisine 's eye.
Smith lands a nice elbow.
Smith lands an elbow inside that Voisine shrugs off.
Stalling in the clinch from Smith.
The crowd are getting on Smith's back here. They're not happy about his lack of aggression in the clinch.
Smith unloads a knee to the mid-section. Voisine lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Smith creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Smith lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Smith stalls.
Voisine takes an elbow to the temple.
Smith comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Smith misses with an elbow over the top.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Voisine misses with a body punch.
Voisine tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Voisine takes a knee right on the jaw!
Nice elbow from Smith.
Smith with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
A right hook to the body lands for Smith.
Smith lands a damaging elbow.
Voisine tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Voisine's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Voisine takes an elbow to the temple.
Voisine avoiding damage as Smith throws knees to the body.
Voisine misses with a punch on the inside.
Smith unloads a knee to the mid-section.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Smith lands an elbow inside that Voisine shrugs off.
Smith putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Voisine in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Smith unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Smith tries to land a knee to the head but Voisine blocks with his arms.
Smith lands a knee to the head.
Smith lands a nice elbow.
Smith with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Smith working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Smith with a knee to the head.
A right handed body shot lands from Voisine.
Smith is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Smith blocks an uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith unloads a knee to the mid-section. Voisine lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Voisine has a couple of punches blocked by Smith.
Smith blocks an uppercut.
Voisine swings wildly with an uppercut but Smith uses good head movement to avoid it.
Smith throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Voisine blocks it with crossed arms.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Smith.
Smith lands an elbow just above Voisine 's eye.
Smith trying to land knees to the body.
Voisine lands with a short shot to the head.
Voisine lands a nice uppercut.
Voisine swings wildly with an uppercut but Smith uses good head movement to avoid it.
Smith blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Smith lands a nice elbow.
Still in the clinch, Smith scores with a nice short uppercut.
Smith blocks an uppercut.
Voisine tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Smith is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Voisine is keeping busy.
Smith lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Smith lands an elbow that stopped Voisine in his tracks for a moment.
Smith stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Smith lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Smith creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Voisine's defenses.
Smith creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Voisine misses with the head strike.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Smith.
Smith lands a nice elbow.
Voisine takes an elbow to the temple.
Voisine misses with the head strike.
With the fighters up against the cage, Smith throws an elbow but misses.
Voisine swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Smith lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Voisine avoids a wild elbow strike from Smith.
Smith stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Voisine blocks an elbow strike from Smith.
Smith gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Smith lands an uppercut.
Smith landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Voisine throws a head punch that misses.
Smith lands a nice elbow.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Smith creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Voisine has a couple of punches blocked by Smith.
Voisine takes an elbow to the forehead.
Voisine lands a body shot in the clinch.
Voisine throws a punch but it's blocked by Smith.
Voisine tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Smith missing with knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Smith dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Smith chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Smith lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Voisine backs up against the cage.
Nice sprawl there from Smith as Voisine shoots in.
Smith lands a head kick!
Voisine takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Smith turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Smith lands a lovely overhand right.
Smith dips to his left and cracks Voisine with an uppercut!
Smith has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Voisine shoots for a double leg takedown but Smith sprawls well. He's pushed Voisine's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Voisine takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Smith looks to land a combination. Voisine sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Smith connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Smith throws a nice inside leg kick.
Smith dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Voisine. That did some damage!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Smith buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Smith scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Smith lands with a hook. Voisine tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Smith lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Smith.
A jab from Smith finds it's way through Voisine's defenses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith throws a right and a left that both miss.
A combination from Smith does no damage.
Smith keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Raoul Voisine. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Smith rushes Voisine and presses him up against the cage.
Smith utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Voisine takes an elbow to the temple.
Smith lands a nice elbow.
Smith lands a nice elbow.
Smith lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Smith lands a hook to the side of the head.
Smith lands an elbow just above Voisine 's eye.
Smith lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Smith.
Smith lands an elbow just above Voisine 's eye.
Smith lands a left hand that snaps the head of Voisine backwards.
Smith scores with a nice hook to the head.
Voisine takes an elbow to the forehead.
Voisine working aggressively here.
Smith is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Smith using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Voisine has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Voisine misses with a punch on the inside.
Smith lands an elbow just above Voisine 's eye.
John Smith seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Smith is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Voisine is keeping busy.
Smith lands an elbow that stopped Voisine in his tracks for a moment.
Voisine swings wildly with an uppercut but Smith uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Smith obliges.
Voisine goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for Voisine. 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 landing knees to the body.
Voisine takes a knee right on the jaw!
Smith lands an elbow that stopped Voisine in his tracks for a moment.
Smith lands with a right to the head.
Smith lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Smith comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Smith crunches a lovely knee into Voisine's ribcage.
Smith misses with a knee to the head.
Smith lands an elbow that stopped Voisine in his tracks for a moment.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Smith.
Nice elbow from Smith.
Voisine swings wildly with an uppercut but Smith uses good head movement to avoid it.
Smith comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Smith tries a knee to the head but Voisine blocks it.
A head punch on the inside from Voisine fails to land.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Smith creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Voisine's defenses.
Come on Smith - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Smith.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Voisine creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Voisine cracks Smith with a nice body shot.
Smith pushes off an throws an elbow but Voisine leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Smith unloads a knee to the mid-section. Voisine lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Voisine swings wildly with an uppercut but Smith uses good head movement to avoid it.
Voisine works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Voisine takes an elbow to the forehead.
Voisine lands with a short shot to the head.
Voisine misses with some punches.
Voisine blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Smith pushes off an throws an elbow but Voisine leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Smith blocking some punches.
Voisine works on Smith's body with a couple of short punches.
Smith lands an elbow inside.
Smith blocks an uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Voisine.
Voisine doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Smith lands an elbow that stopped Voisine in his tracks for a moment.
Smith utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Smith looks to throw an elbow but misses.
A short uppercut from Voisine.
Voisine misses with some punches.
Voisine lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Voisine has a couple of punches blocked by Smith.
Voisine takes an elbow to the forehead.
Voisine misses with a hook from the clinch.
Smith effectively controlling the action here.
Smith lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
A shot in the inside from Voisine.
Smith lands a nice elbow.
Smith misses with the head strike.
Smith lands an elbow inside that Voisine shrugs off.
Smith working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Smith is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Voisine is defending well for now.
Voisine doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Smith with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Voisine swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Smith tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Smith crunches a lovely knee into Voisine's ribcage.
A short right from Voisine on the inside.
Smith lands an elbow inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Smith showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

No luck with that takedown attempt from Voisine.
Smith paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
John Smith is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Voisine dodges the punch combination from Smith.
Smith throws a head kick that looked like it stung.

Voisine is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Smith's half guard.
Smith is staying active underneath Voisine, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Voisine controlling the action here.
Smith makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Smith.
Smith utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Smith keeping full guard, as Voisine tries to pass.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Smith uses the cage to get back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith throws a nice head kick!
Smith jabs at Voisine's body.
John Smith is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Smith thuds his right hand into Voisine's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
A jab from Smith finds it's way through Voisine's defenses.
Smith stuffs the takedown attempt from Voisine. Voisine gets slowly back to his feet.
Voisine takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Smith lands with a cross.
Smith lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Voisine backs up against the cage.
A nice inside leg kick there by Smith. That's going to slow Voisine down.
A right-left combo lands from Smith.
Smith throws a quick inside leg kick.
Smith feints and then cracks Voisine's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Voisine down.
Smith lands a high kick!

Smith has closed the distance and engaged Voisine in a clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Smith.
Smith scores with a knee to the head.
Voisine is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Smith gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith throws a knee to the head but misses.
Smith lands a knee to the head.
Voisine dodges an elbow strike from Smith.
Smith tries a knee to the head but Voisine blocks it.
Voisine lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Voisine lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Smith backwards.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Smith.
A short left from Voisine.
Smith comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Voisine misses with a punch to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Smith.
Smith misses with a body punch.
Smith lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Voisine gets through Smith's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Smith putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Voisine in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
A short right from Voisine on the inside.
Voisine struggles to land a body shot inside as Smith controls his hands.
Voisine works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Smith missing with knees to the body.
Voisine lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Voisine has a couple of punches blocked by Smith.
Voisine tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Smith throws a knee to the head but misses.
Voisine throws a head punch that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Voisine.
Voisine misses with a punch on the inside.
Smith tries to land knees in the clinch but Voisine avoids the damage to the body.
Voisine avoids the elbow strike from Smith, against the cage.
Voisine tries to throw a body punch but Smith avoids it by throwing Voisine back against the cage.
Voisine working aggressively here.
Voisine working aggressively here.
Smith tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Voisine avoids it.
Smith is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Smith takes a shot to the head.
Voisine managing to block the knees to the body from Smith.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Voisine.
Voisine lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Smith.
Smith trying to control the position but instead, Voisine has worked for underhooks and has pushed Smith into the cage.
Voisine struggles to land a body shot inside as Smith controls his hands.
Smith blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Voisine avoids a wild elbow strike from Smith.
Voisine goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Voisine.
Smith lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Smith blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Smith lands a damaging elbow.
Smith blocks a body shot from Voisine.
Voisine has a couple of punches blocked by Smith.
Smith looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Smith connects with a nasty looking knee right to Voisine's face.
Voisine dodges an elbow strike from Smith.
Smith using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Voisine has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A left hand lands to the body for Voisine.
Voisine lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Voisine lands a hook to the side of the head.
Voisine working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Voisine misses with a short punch on the inside.
Voisine is working Smith over against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Voisine fails to land.
Voisine swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Smith with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Voisine misses with the head strike.
A short left from Voisine.
A head punch on the inside from Voisine fails to land.
Voisine misses with a punch on the inside.
Voisine makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Nice body punch from Voisine.
Voisine lands a body punch in the clinch.
Voisine lands a body punch.
Voisine doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close third round but John Smith just about did enough to take it.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Voisine shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Smith sprawls well. Smith wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Voisine gets slowly back to his feet.

Smith moves into the clinch successfully.
Smith softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Smith lands an elbow that stopped Voisine in his tracks for a moment.
Voisine misses with a punch on the inside.
Smith blocks an uppercut.
Voisine is working Smith over against the cage.
Smith lands a damaging elbow.
A body shot lands from Voisine.
Voisine struggles to land a body shot inside as Smith controls his hands.
Still in the clinch, Smith scores with a nice short uppercut.
Smith lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Smith lands a nice elbow.
Voisine swings wildly with an uppercut but Smith uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Smith.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Smith creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Voisine's defenses.
Smith landing knees to the head.
Smith taking a breather.
Smith content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Smith misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Voisine.
Voisine throws a head punch that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A short right from Voisine.
Nice elbow from Smith.
Smith tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Voisine misses with a short punch on the inside.
Smith creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Voisine's defenses.
Smith fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Voisine lands a body shot in the clinch.
Voisine lands a shot to the body.
Voisine throws a head punch that misses.
Smith taking a breather.
Voisine misses with a hook from the clinch.
Voisine digs a right hand underneath Smith's ribcage. Smith let out a lung full of air as it connected.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Voisine.
Voisine has a couple of punches blocked by Smith.
Voisine has a couple of punches blocked by Smith.
Voisine lands a body shot.
Smith unloads a knee to the mid-section.
A nice left hand lands by Voisine.
Voisine swings wildly with an uppercut but Smith uses good head movement to avoid it.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Voisine lands a body shot.
Smith misses with an elbow strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Voisine pushes Smith back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A head punch on the inside from Smith fails to land.
Smith blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Voisine.
Voisine makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Voisine misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Voisine misses with some punches.
Voisine blocks an elbow strike.
Smith lands a nice knee to the body.
Smith blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Smith lands a damaging elbow.
Voisine tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Smith lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Smith comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Voisine misses with a hook from the clinch.
Smith blocks an uppercut.
Voisine blocks an uppercut.
Voisine blocks the elbow strike.
Voisine lands a body punch.
Smith blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Smith taking a breather.
Smith with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Smith doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Smith looking to stall.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Voisine doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Voisine tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Smith blocking some punches.
Smith with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Voisine lands a body punch.
Voisine lands a shoulder strike.
Voisine misses with a punch to the body.
Voisine lands with a right to the head.
Voisine has a couple of punches blocked by Smith.
Voisine lands with a light punch inside.
Voisine misses with a short punch on the inside.
Voisine lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A right hook to the body lands for Voisine.
A head punch on the inside from Voisine fails to land.
Voisine throws a head punch that misses.
Voisine struggles to land a body shot inside as Smith controls his hands.
Voisine tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Voisine lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Smith with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Voisine tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Smith misses with a hook from the clinch.
Smith blocks a body shot from Voisine.
Voisine blocks an uppercut.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Smith just misses with a elbow thrown towards Voisine's brow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Smith blocking some punches.
Smith tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Smith tries to stall but Voisine uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Voisine digs a right hand into Smith's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Smith's gas tank.
With the fighters up against the cage, Smith throws an elbow but misses.
Voisine blocks an elbow strike from Smith.
Smith pushes off an throws an elbow but Voisine leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Voisine working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A head punch on the inside from Voisine fails to land.
Smith throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Voisine blocks it with crossed arms.
Voisine tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Voisine creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Voisine lands a body shot in the clinch.
Voisine digs a right hand into Smith's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Smith's gas tank.
Voisine tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Smith's elbow.
Smith creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Smith misses with a hook from the clinch.
With the fighters up against the cage, Smith throws an elbow but misses.
Smith blocking some punches.
Voisine lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Voisine misses with the head strike.
Voisine tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Smith throws a head punch that misses.
A left hand lands to the body for Smith.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Raoul Voisine had his way with John Smith in that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Voisine is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Smith.
Smith throws a nice outside leg kick.
Smith throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Smith on the wrong end of a nice jab.

It looks like John Smith has been cut.
Smith defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Voisine.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Smith turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Smith scoring well with a low kick there.
Voisine looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Smith is fending him off so far but Voisine persists. Nope, Smith circles away and we're back to standing.
Voisine has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Smith finds it's way round the side to connect with Voisine's head.
Smith cracks the inside of Voisine's front leg.
Smith turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Smith throws a nice head kick!
Smith connects with a right hand. Voisine shakes it off.
Smith fails to land with a series of punches.
Smith throws a quick inside leg kick.
Smith connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Smith scores with a jab. Voisine acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Smith scores with a nice head shot.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Smith throws a nice head kick!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Voisine dives in and grabs Smith's left leg, looking for a takedown. Smith pushes down on Voisine's head and hops out.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Raoul Voisine. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Smith fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Voisine.
Voisine doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Smith scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Voisine chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Smith can pounce on him.

Smith has Voisine up against the cage in a clinch.
Smith wants to stall.
Smith lands a damaging elbow.
Smith lands a nice elbow.
Voisine takes an elbow to the forehead.
Smith using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Smith digs a right hand underneath Voisine's ribcage. Voisine let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Smith trying to stall but Voisine improves his position.
Smith lands a knee to the head.
Smith gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Voisine takes a knee right on the jaw!
With the fighters up against the cage, Smith throws an elbow but misses.
Smith working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Voisine fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Smith throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Voisine blocks it with crossed arms.
Smith goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Voisine struggles to land a body shot inside as Smith controls his hands.
Voisine tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Smith blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A head punch on the inside from Voisine fails to land.
Smith putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Voisine in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Smith lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Smith blocking some punches.
Smith lands a hook to the side of the head.
Smith with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Voisine fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Voisine swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Voisine looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Voisine scores with a nice hook to the head.
With the fighters up against the cage, Smith throws an elbow but misses.
Smith lands a nice elbow.
Voisine managing to block the knees to the body from Smith.
Smith pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Voisine scores with a shot to the side of Smith's head.
A shot in the inside from Voisine.
A nice left hand lands by Smith.
Voisine tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Voisine lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Voisine avoiding damage as Smith throws knees to the body.
Voisine prevents a body shot from Smith.
Voisine fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Voisine doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Voisine lands a hook to the side of the head.
Voisine blocks an elbow strike from Smith.
Voisine digs a right hand underneath Smith's ribcage. Smith let out a lung full of air as it connected.
A head punch on the inside from Smith fails to land.
Smith blocking some punches.
Voisine makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Voisine misses with a punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Voisine fails to land.
Smith utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Smith lands a nice elbow.
John Smith is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Voisine misses with a hook from the clinch.
Voisine throws a punch but it's blocked by Smith.
Voisine lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Voisine swings wildly with an uppercut but Smith uses good head movement to avoid it.
Voisine doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Smith comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Voisine swings wildly with an uppercut but Smith uses good head movement to avoid it.
Voisine tries to work over Smith's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A body shot lands from Smith.
Smith lands a damaging elbow.
Smith lands a damaging elbow.
Voisine tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Smith's elbow.
Smith blocks an uppercut.
Voisine stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Smith prevents a body shot from Voisine.
Voisine misses with a short punch on the inside.
Raoul Voisine has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Voisine lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

And that's the end of the fight!
John Smith comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Smith has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 45:49
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 45:49
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 45:49

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... John Smith!
John Smith is the new middleweight champion!