PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Robert Zimmerman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rickhard Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Zimmerman might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Run This Town (Jay Z feat. Rhianna). Rickhard Smith has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Robert Zimmerman's chin.

Zimmerman
vs
Smith

190 cm
29
215 lbs
17 - 6 - 1

185 cm
27
223 lbs
17 - 16 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Very strong

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 6 - 1, fighting out of London, Robert Zimmerman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 16 - 0, fighting out of London, Rickhard Smith!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Richard Clark and Daniel Bishop.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Zimmerman shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Smith is trying to defend but Zimmerman finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Smith gets full guard.
Zimmerman stops Smith from standing up.
Smith not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Zimmerman works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Smith gets back to full guard.
Smith wants to sweep but no luck.

Smith had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Zimmerman defends it easily.
Smith utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Zimmerman throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Smith works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Zimmerman wants to pass the guard but Smith is keeping the position.
Zimmerman works over Smith with some ground and pound from guard.
Smith keeping moving, preventing Zimmerman from controlling successfully.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zimmerman throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Smith works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

Zimmerman thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Zimmerman throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Smith preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Zimmerman sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Smith's guard.
Nice strikes from Zimmerman there.
Zimmerman drops an elbow to the side of Smith's head.
Zimmerman missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Smith is looking to escape.
Smith avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Zimmerman.
Smith blocking the ground and pound attempt from Zimmerman.
Smith makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Smith.
Smith tries to land a sweep but no joy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zimmerman looking to pass the guard.

Smith looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Smith looks gassed!
Zimmerman wants to control from the top but Smith keeps moving.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Smith holds on and takes a little breather.
Zimmerman distracts Smith with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Smith looking to hit a scissor sweep but Zimmerman is one step ahead there.
Zimmerman trying to control but Smith is working from the bottom.
Smith not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Zimmerman trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Zimmerman working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Smith keeping moving, preventing Zimmerman from controlling successfully.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.

Smith decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
The fighters are battling for position here. Zimmerman manages to regain full guard. Nice work.

Zimmerman has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Smith can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Smith throws a big right hand that misses.
Smith pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Zimmerman is keeping the position for now.

Zimmerman is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Zimmerman manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Smith manages to get himself to full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Smith 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 looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Zimmerman loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Zimmerman with a flurry of punches that miss.
Zimmerman being controlled here momentarily.
Smith is trying to control the position but Zimmerman postures up.

Smith looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Zimmerman missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Robert Zimmerman dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Smith falls off balance throwing a combination
and Zimmerman counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

Zimmerman shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Zimmerman showed some decent athleticism there.
Zimmerman is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Smith is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Zimmerman scores with a couple of nice shots.

Zimmerman is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Smith has hold of Zimmerman's hands but Zimmerman slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Smith manages to get to full guard.
Zimmerman looking to pass the guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zimmerman is looking to advance position but Smith has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!
Smith with shots to the head and body - Zimmerman looks very uncomfortable down there.
Zimmerman is trying desperately to improve position.
Zimmerman is working hard here to advance position.
Smith is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Smith raining down shots from the mount!
Zimmerman tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Smith scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Zimmerman has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Smith lands a heavy elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith landing shots from mount.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Zimmerman sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Smith 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.

Zimmerman looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Ground and pound from Smith.
Smith is thwarting Zimmerman's attempts to control the position.

Smith looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Rickhard Smith has got the better of the ground game so far.
Smith is thwarting Zimmerman's attempts to control the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
BOOM! Smith connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Smith working away from the top, dropping strikes.

Zimmerman is rocked!
Zimmerman is working to get back to half guard.
Oh Zimmerman is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Smith lands a big shot to the head and Zimmerman winces in pain. He's tapped out due to strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:49 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Rickhard Smith!