PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Kevin Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Heihachi Hayashida (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Smith's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Stratovarius - Maniac Dance. Kevin Smith has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Smith
vs
Hayashida

185 cm
25
170 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

177 cm
23
164 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
KO power

BJJ Brown Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Powerful

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kevin Smith!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Heihachi Hayashida!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Taro Takaoka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hayashida fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Smith has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Smith moves out of range of the body kick.
Smith lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Smith throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Hayashida slips a jab from Smith.
Hayashida takes one on the button.
Smith throws a lazy right hand but Hayashida sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Hayashida fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Hayashida throws a wild body kick that Smith sees coming a mile off.
A swing and a miss from Smith.
Hayashida connects with a solid leg kick.
Hayashida dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Smith. That did some damage!
Hayashida will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Smith stuffs the takedown attempt from Hayashida. Hayashida gets slowly back to his feet.
Hayashida chopping away at his opponent's legs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hayashida uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Smith.

Hayashida moves into the clinch.
The referee is keeping an eye on Smith - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.

Hayashida's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A slow jab from Smith misses its intended target.
Smith is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Hayashida.
Smith dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Hayashida slips under a jab from Smith.
Hayashida takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Hayashida ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Heihachi Hayashida seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Smith throws a jab when Hayashida was well out of range.
Hayashida throws a solid leg kick but Smith takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Hayashida.
Hayashida scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Hayashida staying out of range there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hayashida throws the left hand but Smith avoids the punch easily.
Smith circles away from the clinch attempt.
Smith defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Hayashida.
Kevin Smith has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Heihachi Hayashida.
Hayashida walks into a left hand.
Smith connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.

Hayashida drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Hayashida looks up at the clock and then as Smith takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Hayashida smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Both fighters take a look at the clock.
Smith is trying to work for a sweep but Hayashida has mounted him!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Smith tries to lock up and control but Hayashida gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Hayashida lands a big elbow.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Smith holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Hayashida tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hayashida lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Hayashida unloading with bombs!
Hayashida scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Smith?
Hayashida throws some wild stikes that Smith manages to avoid easily.
Hayashida looking to control but Smith is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.

Hayashida is looking to secure an arm. He's managed it! He's pivoting for an armbar - that looks tight! But Smith has managed to get out of it and now he's in a dominant position. Nice work from Smith!
Smith wants to control from the top but Hayashida keeps moving.
Smith slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Smith is fighting to break Hayashida's control of his arms but Hayashida is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Smith trying to control the position from guard on top but Hayashida is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Smith is fighting to break Hayashida's control of his arms but Hayashida is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Kevin Smith just wasn't active enough.
Hayashida steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Smith.
Hayashida is looking to slow Smith down with leg kicks.
Hayashida misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Hayashida takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

Hayashida shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Hayashida throws a big right hand that misses.
Hayashida throws a big right hand that misses.
Hayashida looking to pass the guard.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Hayashida distracts Smith with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Hayashida missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Hayashida is fighting to break Smith's control of his arms but Smith is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Smith preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Hayashida throwing strikes from guard but Smith blocks nicely.
Hayashida is working Smith over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Hayashida tries to free his leg and advance position but Smith is retaining full guard.
Hayashida wants to control from the top but Smith keeps moving.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hayashida scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Hayashida accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Hayashida throws a big right hand that misses.
Smith wants to sweep but no luck.
Hayashida working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Hayashida missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Hayashida postures up.

That's six 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.
Hayashida throws a big right hand that misses.
Hayashida wants to control from the top but Smith keeps moving.
Hayashida postures up in Smith's guard and throws a big left but Smith blocks it.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Smith holds on and takes a little breather.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Smith not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Kevin Smith.
Smith throws a jab when Hayashida was well out of range.
Smith ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
The fight stays on the outside here - Hayashida looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Kevin Smith is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Smith throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Smith is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Hayashida.
Smith misses with an uppercut.
Smith takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Smith is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Smith misses with a hook. Hayashida ducked under it nicely.
Hayashida fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Smith on the side of the head.
Smith misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hayashida.
Hayashida swings away with a body shot that misses
and Smith counters with a straight right hand.
Smith throws a hook to the side of Hayashida's head but Hayashida sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Smith throws a hook to the side of Hayashida's head but Hayashida sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Horrible takedown by Hayashida or perhaps it was just good defense by Smith which made him look bad.
Some bone on bone action there as Smith checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Smith connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.

Hayashida shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Smith is holding on to half guard well.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Smith keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Smith is holding on to half guard well.

Hayashida is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Smith knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Hayashida on the ground.
Smith blocking the ground and pound attempt from Hayashida.

Hayashida wants to work for an arm triangle but Smith is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Hayashida wants to pass the guard but Smith is defending well.
Hayashida thows a huge punch but Smith dodges it nicely.

Hayashida seems to be working for a kimura but Smith defends the submission attempt.
Smith trying to control from the bottom.
Smith on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Smith tries to get out of the position.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Hayashida throwing shots but Smith is blocking nicely.
Smith is looking to control Hayashida's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Smith avoid being mounted?
Hayashida wants to take a breather but Smith is having none of it.

Hayashida is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Smith is just riding it out for now. Hayashida eventually gives up the hold.
Hayashida working the head and body with strikes.
Smith wants to control but Hayashida is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Hayashida trying to mount his opponent but Smith defends it.
Hayashida working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Heihachi Hayashida dominated that round.
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. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Smith misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hayashida.
Smith throws an overhand right that lands on Hayashida's shoulder, as Hayashida tries to avoid the shot.
Hayashida misses with a takedown attempt - Smith sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Hayashida misses with a kick to the body
and Smith counters with a nice uppercut.
Hayashida misses with a straight right.
Hayashida pushes Smith away with a front kick.
Hayashida dives in and grabs Smith's left leg, looking for a takedown. Smith pushes down on Hayashida's head and hops out.
Smith scores with a punch to the head.
Hayashida throws a body kick that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Hayashida.
Smith lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Hayashida slips a straight right by Smith.
A swing and a miss from Smith.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A bone on bone clash there as Smith blocks the leg kick.
Smith scores with a hook.
Smith on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Hayashida avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Smith blocks a head kick by Hayashida.
Hayashida ducks under a wild hook from Smith.
Hayashida tries for a takedown but Smith sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Kevin Smith has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Heihachi Hayashida.
Hayashida walks into a stiff left hand from Smith.
Hayashida throws a leg kick
and Smith counters with a nice uppercut.
Smith lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Smith throws a hook but Hayashida blocks it.
Hayashida swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Smith lands a jab to the nose.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Hayashida jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Hayashida throws a sloppy body shot
and Smith counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

Hayashida clinches.
Smith blocks an elbow strike from Hayashida.
Hayashida lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A short uppercut from Smith.
Hayashida fails to pull guard.
Stalling in the clinch from Smith.
A left hand lands to the body for Smith.

Hayashida lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Hayashida is keen to just control but Smith is a slippery customer.
Smith keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount.
Hayashida scores with a couple of good hammerfists.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith manages to get to full guard.
Hayashida throws and elbow that misses. Smith uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Hayashida's guard. Nice move by Smith!
Hayashida pulls Smith in close to his closed guard and prevents Smith from doing any damage or advancing position.
Smith trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Hayashida is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Smith trying to control the position from guard on top but Hayashida is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Hayashida holds on and takes a little breather.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Hayashida tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Smith has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Smith connects with the punch.
Hayashida walks into a stiff left hand from Smith.
Hayashida gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Smith counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Smith lunges at Hayashida with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Hayashida's hand.
Hayashida avoids the body shot from Smith.
Nice uppercut lands for Smith. That snapped Hayashida's head back.
Hayashida misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Hayashida blocks a jab.
Hayashida clinches but Smith breaks the clinch
and Smith counters with a lovely straight right hand!

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Hayashida gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Smith.
Smith stuffs the takedown.
Hayashida misses with a takedown
and Smith counters with a straight right hand.
Smith misses with a few strikes there.
Kevin Smith is winning the standup battle so far.
Hayashida ducks under a wild hook from Smith.
Hayashida connects with a leg kick. Smith looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
A clash of legs there as Smith blocks the low kick.
Hayashida misses with a head kick.
Hayashida shoots for a takedown but Smith saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Hayashida throws a nice head kick!
Hayashida throws a push kick but Smith slaps the foot to one side.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Smith ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hayashida moves away.
Hayashida throws a body kick the misses
and Smith counters with a stiff right hand.
Hayashida shoots for a takedown but Smith saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Sloppy strikes from Hayashida. Those never looked like landing.
Hayashida waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Smith.
A head kick misses from Hayashida.
Hayashida doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Smith counters with a one-two to the body.
Hayashida is breathing heavily.
Smith scores with a jab to the jaw.
Hayashida has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Hayashida moves out of range of the strikes.
Smith punishes Hayashida's body with a nice straight punch.
Hayashida misses with a takedown
and Smith counters with a three punch combo that has Hayashida backing up. Hayashida nods at Smith to acknowledge the strikes.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Smith thuds a left hand into Hayashida's body.
Hayashida throws a good cross that connects.

Hayashida shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Smith manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Hayashida postures up.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Hayashida wants to pass the guard but Smith is keeping the position.
Smith pulls Hayashida in close to prevent any damage.

Hayashida drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Hayashida jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Smith is trying to keep Hayashida in close.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Smith has control of Hayashida's left arm, preventing Hayashida from doing any damage.

We're going to have a standup here because Kevin Smith wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Smith throws an overhand right that lands on Hayashida's shoulder, as Hayashida tries to avoid the shot.
Hayashida looks to land a combination but Smith avoids it well.
A big left from Smith misses.
Smith misses with a body shot.
Hayashida tries to score a power double leg takedown but Smith sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Hayashida somewhat.
Hayashida tries to clinch but fails miserably
letting Smith counter with a right hand.
Hayashida clinches but Smith breaks the clinch
and Smith counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Hayashida misses the jab.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Hayashida misses with a jab to the body
and Smith counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Smith moves out of range of the body kick from Hayashida.
Smith lands an overhand right.
Hayashida goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Smith takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Hayashida slips a jab from Smith.
Hayashida lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Smith misses with a jab, cross combination.
Smith avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Smith throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Smith throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Smith misses with a looping left.

And that's the end of the fight!
Kevin Smith showed his dominance in that final round.
I have no idea who won that fight. Let's wait and see whether the judges are as confused as me! Time for a split decision perhaps?!. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight for Kevin Smith!
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight for Heihachi Hayashida!
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight for Heihachi Hayashida!

Heihachi Hayashida wins by split decision!