PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Tsingtao Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and The Black Knight (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Knight has chosen None Shall Pass as his entrance music. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Smith
vs
Black Knight

185 cm
25
178 lbs
7 - 5 - 0

180 cm
21
180 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Great low kicks
KO power

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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 7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Tsingtao Smith!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, The Black Knight!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Mauricio Rocha and Thiago Cunha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Smith ducks right into an uppercut from Knight.
Tsingtao Smith seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Smith tries to clinch up.
Smith closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Knight jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Smith tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Knight manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Smith tries to clinch but Knight is having none of it.
Smith tries to close the distance and clinch but Knight swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Smith wants to clinch.
Smith doesn't manage to clinch there - Knight circles away.
Knight thows a left - swing and a miss!
Smith takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Jab by Knight.
Smith uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Knight.
Smith tries to close the distance and clinch but Knight swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Smith tries to clinch up but Knight circles away and keeps his distance.
Knight scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Smith doesn't seem bothered though.
Smith wants to clinch.
Smith wants to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith tries to clinch there but Knight circles away.
Knight circles away from the clinch attempt.
Knight keeps the fight on the outside.
Knight throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Smith on the side of the head.
Smith fails with an attempt to clinch.
Smith avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Knight avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Knight waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Smith.
Smith moves out of range as Knight strikes.
Knight circles away from the clinch attempt.
Smith tries to close the distance and clinch up but Knight swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Knight stalks Smith and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Smith's face. Smith staggers backwards, shaken.
Knight might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Smith blocks a jab.
A lazy left from Knight finds it's target.
Smith tries to clinch up but Knight circles away and keeps his distance.
Knight scores with the left hand. Smith knows he should have avoided that one.
Smith takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Smith wants to clinch.
Knight misses with a hook. Smith ducked under it nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith ducks under a wild hook from Knight.
Horrible takedown by Smith or perhaps it was just good defense by Knight which made him look bad.
The fight stays on the outside here - Smith looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Smith is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Knight with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Smith displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Knight throws out the jab.
Knight is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Smith had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Knight throws a right and a left that Smith avoids nicely.
Smith tries to clinch but Knight is having none of it.
Smith takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Smith tries to close the distance and clinch up but Knight swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Smith slips a jab from Knight.
Smith moves in looking to clinch but Knight pushes him off.
Smith is looking to clinch.
Smith tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Knight manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Knight.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith tries to close the distance and clinch up but Knight swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Knight circles away from the clinch attempt.
Knight keeps the fight on the outside.
The Black Knight is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Smith ducks under a wild hook from Knight.
Smith shoots in for a takedown but Knight shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Smith has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Smith there as he acknowledges the shot.
Smith moves away from the strike by Knight.
Knight waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Smith.
Knight throws a jab when Smith was well out of range.
Knight looks to land a combination. Smith sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Knight throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Smith tries to clinch but Knight moves out of range.
Knight lands with a right hand.
A right-left combo lands from Knight.

It looks like Tsingtao Smith has been cut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Good exchange - Knight coming out on top.

Smith is rocked!
Knight takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Oh Smith is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
A cross from Knight lands.
Smith ducks under a wild hook from Knight.
Knight lands an overhand right.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Smith tries to close the distance and clinch but Knight swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Smith seems to have got his legs back now.
Knight tests Smith's chin there with a solid looking shot.
A slow jab from Knight misses its intended target.
A swing and a miss from Knight.
Knight misses the jab.
Knight scores with a nice strike.
Smith tries to close the distance and clinch but Knight swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Smith is looking to clinch but Knight is avoiding it.
Smith uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Knight.
Smith tries to clinch up but Knight circles away and keeps his distance.
Smith has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Smith there as he acknowledges the shot.
Smith tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Knight paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Knight lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Smith moves in looking to clinch but Knight pushes him off.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Smith tries to close the distance and clinch but Knight swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Smith doesn't manage to clinch there - Knight circles away.
Knight keeps the fight on the outside.
Knight throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

The Black Knight dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Tsingtao Smith's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Smith tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Knight manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Knight listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Knight misses with a looping right.
Knight has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Knight lands with a nice body punch.
Knight misses with an uppercut. Smith saw that one coming.
Knight lands a body shot.
Knight lands a right hook to the body.
Smith shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Knight's corner calls for a 1-2. Knight obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Knight lands a jab to the nose.
Smith wants to clinch up but Knight keeps it at a distance.
Knight lands with a cross.
Smith moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Smith wants to clinch up but Knight keeps it at a distance.
The Black Knight seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Knight works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Knight cracks Smith with a right hand to the side of the head.
Knight throws out a loose jab but Smith uses good head movement to avoid it.
Smith tries to clinch there but Knight circles away.
Smith tries to clinch up.
Smith tries to clinch there but Knight circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Knight circles away from the clinch attempt.
Smith tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Knight paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A slow jab from Knight misses its intended target.
Smith uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Knight.
Knight scores with a sloppy right hand. Smith should have avoided that one.
Smith takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Smith slips under a jab from Knight.
The crowd cheers as Knight lands an impressive looking overhand right. Smith doesn't seem phased though.
A shot to the liver by Knight. Beautiful body shot.
Knight lands with a good body shot.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Knight throws a lazy right hand but Smith sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Knight with a nice cross.
Knight scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Smith is looking to clinch.
Smith doesn't manage to clinch there - Knight circles away.
Knight throws a right and a left that Smith avoids nicely.
Knight scores with a nice strike.
Knight lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Smith looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Knight connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Knight.
Knight circles away from the clinch attempt.
Smith tries to clinch up but Knight circles away and keeps his distance.
The fight stays on the outside here - Smith looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Knight looks to land a left hand but Smith moved out of range nicely.
Knight dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Knight keeps the fight on the outside.
Smith tries to close the distance and clinch but Knight swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A jab from Knight finds it's way through Smith's defenses.
Smith tries to clinch but Knight moves out of range.
Knight paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Smith is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Knight lands a really nice looking cross but Smith seems unphased.
Knight lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Smith is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Knight fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Smith on the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knight lands a right hook to the body.
Smith gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Knight connects with the punch.
Smith tries to close the distance and clinch but Knight swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Knight lands a jab to the head.
Smith shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Knight listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Knight swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Smith.
Knight throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Knight lands a body shot.
Knight swats away the attempt to clinch by Smith.
A punch lands to the side of Smith 's head but he takes it in his stride.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Knight scores with a shot to the body.
Knight lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Smith tries to clinch there but Knight circles away.
Knight avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Smith shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Knight lands with a right hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Smith looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Smith takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Smith is looking to clinch.
Jab, jab by Knight - just one landing.
Knight lands a head shot.
Smith avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A swing and a miss from Knight.
Knight moves into range and connects with a jab.
Smith wants to clinch up but Knight keeps it at a distance.
Smith takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Smith moves in looking to clinch but Knight pushes him off.
Smith is looking to clinch.
It's a brutal combination of punches from Knight! Smith is backing up but he can't get away as Knight lands with one final shot to the jaw that drops Smith and ends the fight. Great knockout.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:50 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). The Black Knight!