PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Aaron Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ray Dorr (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Smith
vs
Dorr

195 cm
25
249 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

194 cm
23
255 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Good chin

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Tends to cut

Deadly Clothing
Rivers Edge Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Aaron Smith!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Ray Dorr!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Smith decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Smith sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Smith lands strikes from half guard.
Dorr wants to get back to full guard.
Smith is trying to control the action in half guard but Dorr is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
It looks like Smith is going to stand back up.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Dorr wants to improve his position but Smith is controlling well.
Smith wants to free his trapped foot but Dorr is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Smith wants to get back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dorr is refusing to be controlled, as Smith sits in half guard.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Smith is looking to clinch but Dorr is avoiding it.
Dorr has his takedown stuffed

and Smith counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Dorr!
Dorr slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Dorr tries to roll over but Smith keeps him under control.
Smith passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Dorr!
Smith tries to control but Dorr wriggling away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dorr tries to hold on but Smith pushes him away.
Dorr is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Dorr is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Smith cracks Dorr with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Dorr is wriggling around trying to escape.
Smith controlling from the full mount.
BOOM! Smith connects with a massive shot to the dome!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dorr is trying to escape the mount.
Smith lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Dorr is squirming around, avoiding Smith's attempts to control the action.
Smith lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Dorr tries to buck Smith off but he can't manage it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Smith prevents Dorr from getting the reversal.
Dorr is trying to stand but he's just given Smith his back.
Can Dorr hold on?! Smith is landing more strikes to his hapless foe.
Smith struggling to keep hold of the position.
The referee is taking a good look at Dorr as he is on the wrong end of some big shots from Smith!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Smith controlling the position well here. Dorr rolled but Smith kept the hooks locked in and stayed in the dominant position.
Dorr is trying to get back to his feet but he's not managed it yet.
Dorr looks gassed!
Smith wants to control but Dorr is keeping busy.
Dorr wants to escape the position.
Dorr staying busy and making it hard for Smith to control.
Smith controlling well, preventing Dorr from escaping the position.
Smith throwing strikes from the back - he gets a warning from the referee for striking the back of the head but all these shots are hurting Dorr!
Smith has the hooks in. Dorr is trying to push off one leg but he has to do so cautiously to avoid being submitted.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Aaron Smith dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Dorr shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Smith napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Smith struggling a bit here.
Smith is trying to improve his position.
Smith is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Dorr is controlling him well.
Smith can't do much from the bottom here.
Smith is trying to improve his position.
Dorr is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
Smith is trying to get back to half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Dorr wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Smith, who protects the arm well.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Smith tries to clinch there but Dorr circles away.

Dorr gets a takedown into half guard.
Smith trying to hold on to Dorr's head to control him but Dorr postures up.
Dorr prevents Smith from improving his position.
Smith is refusing to be controlled, as Dorr sits in half guard.
Smith trying to control here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dorr tries to pass the half guard into mount. Smith knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Smith is holding on to half guard well.
Smith trying to hold on to Dorr's head to control him but Dorr postures up.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Dorr avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Smith wants to clinch.

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

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Dorr explodes and escapes back to his feet! Nice escape there!
Smith moves in looking to clinch but Dorr pushes him off.
Dorr shoots and misses

so Smith counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Dorr is breathing heavily.

Dorr is looking for a triangle here but Smith uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
Smith wants to control but Dorr is keeping him busy.
Smith moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dorr is not content to let Smith control the position.

Smith decides to stand back up. Smith steps back and let's Dorr get back to his feet.

Dorr shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Smith throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Smith wants to hold on but Dorr pushes him away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Aaron Smith will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Smith tries for a takedown but Dorr sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Dorr with a poor takedown

and Smith counters with a single leg into guard. Dorr didn't expect that.
Smith trying to control the position from guard on top but Dorr is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Aaron Smith.
Dorr has his takedown stuffed
and Smith counters with a nice body kick.
Smith looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Nice sprawl there from Dorr as Smith shoots in.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Aaron Smith. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Smith shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Smith trying to control but Dorr is having none of it.
Dorr keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Dorr wants to hold on but Smith pushes him away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dorr bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Smith working a defensive guard here.
Dorr working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Dorr scoring with some ground and pound.
Smith keeping moving, preventing Dorr from controlling successfully.
Smith is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Dorr scores with a decent looking elbow strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith striking off his back but it's not causing Dorr any problems.
Dorr pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Smith is keeping the position for now.
Smith looking to control.
Smith keeping full guard, as Dorr tries to pass.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Smith fails with an attempt to clinch.

Smith shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Dorr napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Dorr manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Smith seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Dorr does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.

Smith seems to be looking for submissions.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Dorr manages to escape and get back to his feet!

Dorr shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Smith is looking to control Dorr's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Smith avoid being mounted?
Smith is in a bad position, trying to hold on for dear life but he is really struggling to maintain any sort of control.
Smith is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Dorr's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Dorr's back!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Smith missing with strikes from the back.
Dorr controlling the position well but he knows he's in a bad position.
Dorr turns into Smith and is now in his guard.
Dorr looking to pass the guard.
Smith is trying to control the position but Dorr postures up.
Ray Dorr has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Smith has a closed guard, preventing Dorr from standing up.
Aaron Smith is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Dorr thows a big elbow that misses.

And that's the end of the fight!
Aaron 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 30:27
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 30:27

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