PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Trevor Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Greg Graffin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Smith kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genuis that is ''Big Poppa'' by The Notorious B.I.G.. Graffin has chosen American Jesus by Bad Religion as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Smith
vs
Graffin

188 cm
22
204 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

192 cm
19
200 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

CAGED GEAR
Firebird Designs

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Trevor Smith!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Greg Graffin!
The judges for this bout are Winston Howard, Bruno Hogan and Skip Squint.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Graffin fails in his attempt to clinch.
Graffin fails with an attempt to clinch.
Smith throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Graffin stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
A punch combination from Smith misses.
Smith with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Graffin avoids a kick to the body.
Graffin shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Smith as he jumps to the side.
Graffin doesn't manage to clinch there - Smith circles away.
Graffin wants to clinch up but Smith keeps it at a distance.
Graffin on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.

Smith moves into range and clinches up with Graffin.
Smith using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Smith tries a knee to the head but Graffin blocks it.
Graffin looking to stall.
Smith landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Graffin managing to block the knees to the body from Smith.
Graffin lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Graffin goes for a takedown attempt but Smith pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Graffin looks gassed!
A lazy left from Smith finds it's target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Horrible takedown by Graffin or perhaps it was just good defense by Smith which made him look bad.
Trevor Smith has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Greg Graffin.
Smith scoring well with a low kick there.
Smith lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Trevor Smith is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Smith scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Graffin shoots in for a double leg but Smith sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Graffin tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Smith counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Graffin shoots in for a takedown but Smith shows good takedown defense.
Smith moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Graffin tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Smith counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Graffin thinking.
Graffin wants to clinch
and Smith counters with a slapping leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith lands a nice leg kick that just misses Graffin's sensitive parts.
Smith throws out a powerful jab.
Graffin looks to clinch
and Smith counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Graffin shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Smith pinned against the cage. Smith gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage!
A slapping leg kick lands for Smith.
Graffin on the wrong end of a nice hook.

Smith clinches up with Graffin and pushes him back against the cage.
Smith with a knee to the head.

It looks like Greg Graffin has been cut.
Smith unloads a knee to the mid-section. Graffin lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Smith tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Smith with a knee to the head.
Smith lands a knee to the head.
Smith misses with a knee to the head.
Graffin is trying to maintain a safe position but Smith gets an underhook and turns Graffin into the cage.
Smith with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Smith missing with knees to the body.
Graffin trying to stall but Smith improves his position.
Graffin lands a nice elbow.
Smith misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Graffin.
Knees to the body from Graffin.
Graffin avoiding damage as Smith throws knees to the body.
Graffin has had enough of the clinch but Smith keeps him there for the moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters up against the cage, Graffin throws an elbow but misses.
Graffin on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Smith managing to block the knees to the body from Graffin.
Graffin tries to score a body lock takedown but Smith shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Graffin throws an elbow but it misses.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Graffin throws a head punch that misses.
Graffin avoiding damage as Smith throws knees to the body.
Graffin lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Graffin unloads a knee to the mid-section. Smith lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Graffin throws a knee to the head but misses.
Graffin wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Smith has him pressed against the cage.
Smith keeps control of Graffin as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Graffin throws an elbow that misses.
Smith scores a nice knee to the body.
Graffin with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Graffin stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Knees in the clinch landing for Smith.
Graffin tries to land knees in the clinch but Smith avoids the damage to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Smith.
Graffin has had enough of the clinch but Smith keeps him there for the moment.
Smith managing to block the knees to the body from Graffin.
Smith using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Smith landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Smith tries to land a knee to the head but Graffin blocks with his arms.
Graffin has a couple of punches blocked by Smith.
Graffin looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Smith tries to land knees in the clinch but Graffin avoids the damage to the body.
Smith unloads a knee to the mid-section. Graffin lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Smith lands a knee to the body.
Smith tries a knee to the head but Graffin blocks it.
Graffin can't get the takedown.
Smith scores a nice knee to the body.
Graffin tries to stall but Smith uses the opportunity to gain a better position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Graffin goes for a takedown attempt but Smith pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Smith scores with a leg kick.
Smith chopping away at his opponent's legs.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage!

Smith has Graffin up against the cage in a clinch.
Smith landing knees to the head.
Smith lands a knee to the body.
Smith using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Smith avoids the elbow strike from Graffin, against the cage.
Graffin is trying desperately to land a takedown but Smith is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Graffin.
Graffin on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Graffin landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Smith with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Graffin wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Graffin wants to get back to striking at distance but Smith won't allow it.
Graffin managing to block the knees to the body from Smith.
Smith tries to land knees in the clinch but Graffin avoids the damage to the body.
Graffin misses with an elbow over the top.
Smith tries to land knees in the clinch but Graffin avoids the damage to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Graffin lands a nice knee to the body.
Graffin lands a damaging elbow.
Smith unloads a knee to the mid-section. Graffin lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Smith scores with a knee to the head.
Smith tries to land knees in the clinch but Graffin avoids the damage to the body.
Smith lands a nice knee to the body.
Graffin tries to land knees in the clinch but Smith avoids the damage to the body.
Graffin looking to slow down the pace here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Trevor Smith dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Greg Graffin's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Graffin closes the distance but Smith moves to the side
and Smith counters with a leg kick.

Smith moves into the clinch.
Graffin is looking to control Smith's arms but Smith gets an underhook and turns him. Now Graffin has his back to the cage.
Smith unloads a knee to the mid-section. Graffin lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Smith lands a nice knee to the body.
Smith gets through Graffin's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Knees to the body from Smith.
Graffin lands an elbow just above Smith 's eye.
Graffin on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Graffin wants a takedown.
Smith landing knees to the head.
With the fighters up against the cage, Graffin throws an elbow but misses.
Graffin trying to land knees to the body.
Smith unloads a knee to the mid-section. Graffin lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Smith tries to land knees in the clinch but Graffin avoids the damage to the body.
Graffin misses with an elbow over the top.
Graffin avoiding damage as Smith throws knees to the body.
Smith landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Smith lands a knee to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Smith.
Graffin comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Graffin drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Smith gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Smith lands a knee to the body.
Smith is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Graffin can do to turn this around?
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Smith lands a nice knee to the body.
Smith scores with a nice hook to the head.
Graffin is breathing heavily.
Smith unloads a knee to the mid-section. Graffin lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Smith scores with a knee to the head.
Still in the clinch, Graffin scores with a nice short uppercut.
Graffin changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Smith fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Trevor Smith has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Greg Graffin.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Graffin wants to clinch but Smith slips to the side
and Smith counters with a nice kick to the body.
Graffin throws a sloppy head kick
and Smith counters with a right hand to the body.
Graffin changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Smith tries to avoid it but Graffin manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Smith to the ground. Smith escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Graffin fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Smith lands a nice looking kick to the body. Graffin takes a step back to recover.

Smith instigates a clinch.
Graffin managing to block the knees to the body from Smith.
Smith misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Graffin.
Graffin misses with a punch on the inside.
Graffin is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Smith throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Graffin blocks it with crossed arms.
Smith with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Smith throws a knee to the head but misses.
Graffin changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Smith fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Graffin looks to clinch
and Smith connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Trevor Smith is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Graffin tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Smith paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Graffin tries to clinch up
and Smith counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Graffin shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Smith as he avoids it easily.
Graffin motions for Smith to come forward. Graffin throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Graffin throws a nice outside leg kick.
Trevor Smith is winning the standup battle so far.
Smith throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Graffin takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Smith circles away from the clinch attempt
and Smith counters with a thumping low kick.
Graffin with a lazy takedown attempt
and Smith counters with a nice uppercut.
Smith lands a right hook to the body.
Smith with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Smith goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Graffin shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Smith as he avoids it easily.
Nice body kick there by Smith.

Smith clinches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Graffin on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Smith doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Smith misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Graffin.
Graffin wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Smith throws a knee to the head but misses.
The referee calls for Graffin to work.
Smith avoids the elbow strike from Graffin, against the cage.
Graffin throws an elbow but it misses.
Smith throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Graffin blocks it with crossed arms.
Graffin misses with a hook from the clinch.
Good body shot from Graffin.
Smith missing with knees to the body.
Smith managing to block the knees to the body from Graffin.
Smith blocks an elbow strike.
Graffin is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Trevor Smith has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Smith managing to block the knees to the body from Graffin.
Graffin tries to land knees in the clinch but Smith avoids the damage to the body.
Smith blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Graffin tries to land knees in the clinch but Smith avoids the damage to the body.
Graffin is trying to break free.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Graffin.
Smith lands a knee to the body.
Smith misses with a knee to the head.
Graffin tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Smith just stands there and leans against the cage.
The is referee keeping an eye on Graffin - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.

Graffin breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A nice leg kick lands there from Smith.
Jab by Smith.
Smith lands a lovely overhand right.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A chopping leg kick lands by Smith.

Smith rushes Graffin and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Graffin takes a knee right on the jaw!
Graffin scores a nice knee to the body.
Graffin has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Smith avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Smith scores with a knee to the head.
Graffin has Smith pushed against the cage.
Smith unloads a knee to the mid-section. Graffin lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Graffin on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Smith misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Graffin.
Smith connects with a nasty looking knee right to Graffin's face.

Graffin is rocked!
Still in the clinch, Smith scores with a nice short uppercut.
Graffin is still on wobbly legs! Can Smith finish him?
Knees to the body from Smith.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Smith connects with a knee right up the middle there - that's rocked Graffin badly! Graffin tumbles to the floor and Smith stands over him, dominant and satisfied with his glorious KO victory!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:39 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Trevor Smith!
Trevor Smith retains his light heavyweight title!