PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jack Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rob Andreti (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Smith
vs
Andreti

180 cm
18
195 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

180 cm
18
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jack Smith!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Rob Andreti!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Alan Glass and Robert Twigg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Horrible takedown by Andreti or perhaps it was just good defense by Smith which made him look bad.
Smith misses with a wild body shot.
Andreti misses with a takedown attempt - Smith sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Andreti.
Andreti happy to just control the position for now.
Smith is not content to let Andreti control the position.
Andreti is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Smith will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Andreti thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Smith is trying to get back to his feet.

Andreti wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Smith, who protects the arm well.
Andreti controls the position.
Smith wants to control but Andreti postures up.
Andreti slows the pace down.
Smith struggling a bit here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Andreti trying to control the position but Smith is working away.
Smith is trying to control Andreti's posture but Andreti avoids it.
Andreti advances to full mount.
Andreti controlling from the full mount.
Smith knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Andreti on the ground.
Andreti in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Andreti wants to take his opponent's back but Smith doesn't allow it.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Andreti cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Andreti working for a guillotine from mount but Smith is in no mood to give up.
Andreti is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Smith can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Andreti controlling the position easily from mount.

Andreti with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.

Andreti working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
Andreti in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Andreti has hold of Smith's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Smith manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Andreti controlling the position easily from mount.

Andreti is working close to his opponent, looking to work a submission by the looks of things. Oh, he's managed to get a guillotine from mount as his opponent reached up! That looks tiiiiight! Will he tap? YES, he's tapped! Impressive submission by Andreti!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:38 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Rob Andreti!