PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Brad Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Steve Willis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be fireworks!

Smith
vs
Willis

185 cm
19
170 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

178 cm
23
180 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Big heart

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Brad Smith!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Steve Willis!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, George Francis and Cecil Peabody.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Smith misses with a double jab.
Smith lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Willis backs up against the ropes.
Smith fails to land with a series of punches.

Willis drops Smith with a beautiful combination! Smith stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Willis is looking for the KO!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Smith throws a quick inside leg kick.
Smith moves out of range of the body kick.
A leg kick checked by Willis.

Smith gets tackled into the ropes by Willis. Willis maintains the clinch.
Willis tries for a takedown but Smith manages to get underhooks.
Smith wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Willis has him pressed against the ropes.

Willis escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Willis looks to land a combination but Smith avoids it well.
Smith fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Willis tries to work over Smith's front leg with a kick but Smith checks it.
Smith looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Smith misses with a series of wild punches.

Willis lands a left and a right that send Smith crashing to the mat, dazed. Willis thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!

Smith is rocked!
Willis misses with a series of wild punches.
Oh Smith is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Willis tries to bum rush Smith with a series of wild strikes but Smith uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Smith seems to have got his legs back now.
The fight stays on the outside here - Smith looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Smith misses with a two punch combination.
Smith lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Smith.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A combination from Smith does no damage.
Willis swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Willis rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Smith moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Willis misses with a few strikes there.
Smith fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Willis checks it well.
Smith avoids a punch combination nicely.
Willis looks gassed!
Sloppy strikes from Willis. Those never looked like landing.
Willis looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Smith avoids a punch combination nicely.
A nice inside leg kick there by Smith. That's going to slow Willis down.
Willis tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
No joy there for Smith, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

Smith breaks from the clinch.
Willis on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Smith. Smith obviously looking to wear him down.
The fighters circling - Willis throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Smith fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
A left and a right from Smith both land. Nice combination.
Willis misses with a two punch combination.
Smith misses with a two punch combination.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith scores with a leg kick.
Smith swinging wildly here.
Willis fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Smith tries to score with a low kick but Willis moves his leg out of the way.
Smith lands a two punch combo.
Willis circles away from the clinch attempt.
Smith misses with a series of wild punches.
Smith tries to close the distance and clinch but Willis swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Jab, jab by Willis - just one landing.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sloppy strikes from Smith. Those never looked like landing.
Willis lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.

Willis clinches up with Smith and pushes him back against the ropes.

Smith breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Willis moves into the clinch successfully.
Willis wants a takedown.
Willis lands with a left to the head.

Smith breaks the clinch.
Willis lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith throws a right hand that Willis ducks under and follows up with a left that Willis also avoids with ease.
Willis throws a series of strikes that have Smith backpedaling.
Willis misses with a wild combination.
Smith throws a chopping leg kick but Willis manages to avoid taking any serious damage.

Willis closes the distance and clinches.

Smith is fighting off a takedown attempt but Willis is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Smith to the mat. Smith regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
Smith is looking to stand up but Willis isn't so interested in that idea.
Willis pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Smith is keeping the position for now.
Smith utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Willis accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Smith knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Willis on the ground.
Smith working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Willis.
Willis thows a big elbow that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Willis throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Willis lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Willis throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Smith works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Willis throwing strikes from guard but Smith blocks nicely.
Willis throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Willis loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Willis working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Smith's head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Willis keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Smith's head.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Willis throwing strikes from guard but Smith blocks nicely.
Willis working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Steve Willis dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Willis misses with the combination.
Willis throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Smith throws a right and a left that both miss.
Smith misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Steve Willis seems to be getting the better of the standup.

Willis drops Smith with a beautiful combination! Smith stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Willis is looking for the KO!
Willis avoids a punch combination nicely.

Willis lands a left and a right that send Smith crashing to the mat, dazed. Willis thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
Willis slips a jab and a cross from Smith.
Willis lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Smith circles away quickly and effectively.
Willis stuns Smith with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.

Willis gets in close and instigates a clinch.

Willis turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
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.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The strikes coming from Willis are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Willis working the ground and pound.
Willis misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Willis in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Smith is being controlled here.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Willis misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Willis throws an elbow but Smith slips to the side and avoids it well.
Smith taking punishment in the form of punches.
Willis lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Willis is putting a hurting on Smith here, landing some big shots from side control.
Smith dodges the ground and pound from Willis.
Willis is chipping away with strikes.
Willis throws an elbow but Smith slips to the side and avoids it well.
Smith is working to avoid the ground and pound but Willis connects with a decent elbow.
Smith takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Willis works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Willis is working Smith over with some ground and pound from side control.
Willis lands some shots froms side control.
Smith is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
The ground and pound from Willis seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Smith is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Willis working the body and head with strikes.
Willis scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Smith to see if he's OK.
Willis landing a few strikes.
Smith dodges the ground and pound from Willis.
Willis working the ground and pound from side control.
Sloppy strikes there by Willis.
Willis misses with the ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Willis works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Willis prevents Smith from escaping the position.
Willis lands a nice forearm strike.
Willis lands an elbow.
Smith is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Sloppy strikes there by Willis.
Willis works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Willis trying to control the position but Smith is working away.
Smith is working to avoid the ground and pound but Willis connects with a decent elbow.
Willis scoring with punches and elbows.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Willis wants to control but Smith is keeping him busy.
Willis cracks Smith with a big elbow.
Willis has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Willis throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Willis is working Smith over with some ground and pound from side control.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Smith managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Willis.
Willis landing a few strikes.
Willis cracks Smith with a big elbow.
Willis is working Smith over with some ground and pound from side control.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Willis lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Willis scores with a big shot from side control... and another... and another! Oh Smith is done here - save him referee! More strikes land and eventually the ref does step in and Willis can finally stop beating on his defenseless opponent!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Steve Willis!