PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Demon Beast (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jose Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Beast
vs
Smith

175 cm
29
163 lbs
14 - 7 - 0

172 cm
30
164 lbs
13 - 14 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Demon Beast!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jose Smith!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Frank Dennis and Chris Downing.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Beast using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Smith has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Smith tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Beast smiles and moves away.
Beast throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Beast swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Smith.
Demon Beast seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Smith moves into range and clinches up with Beast.
Beast doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Smith tries a knee to the head but Beast blocks it.
Beast with a knee to the head.
Smith tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Beast just stands there and leans against the cage.
Beast throws an elbow but it misses.
Beast lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Beast tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Smith avoiding damage as Beast throws knees to the body.
Beast throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Smith blocks it with crossed arms.

Smith has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Beast is trying to keep an underhook but Smith manages to get the takedown into half guard.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Smith with the ground and pound but Beast uses the opportunity to regain guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith throwing strikes but missing.
Smith wants to stand but Beast has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Smith postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Beast is trying to control the position but Smith postures up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Smith trying to control but Beast is working from the bottom.
Smith throws a big right hand that misses.
Smith tries to free his leg and advance position but Beast is retaining full guard.
Smith postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Beast is adopting a defensive guard.
Smith with a flurry of punches that miss.
Beast keeping moving, preventing Smith from controlling successfully.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Smith accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Smith wants to control from the top but Beast keeps moving.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Beast throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

Beast is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Smith is aware though and is defending well.
Smith is looking to work some ground and pound but Beast has wrist control.
Smith scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Beast pulls Smith in close to his closed guard and prevents Smith from doing any damage or advancing position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Smith throwing strikes from guard but Beast blocks nicely.
Smith loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Smith throwing strikes but missing.
Smith trying to control but Beast is working from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jose Smith 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.

Beast connects with a crisp jab.
Beast throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Beast throws the left hand but Smith avoids the punch easily.
Beast takes a swing at Smith's ribcage but misses.
Beast lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.

Smith gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Smith looking to stall.
Beast on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Beast is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Smith is defending well for now.
Beast lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Smith backwards.
Beast throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Beast pushes off an throws an elbow but Smith leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Smith throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Beast blocks it with crossed arms.
Smith tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Beast smiles and moves away.
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.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Beast misses the shot to the body.

Smith pushes Beast up against the cage in a clinch.
Beast throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Beast prevents a takedown attempt there.
Smith tries to pull guard but Beast won't allow it.
Demon Beast has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jose Smith.
Beast with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Beast misses with an elbow over the top.
Smith tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Beast avoids it.
Smith wants to break the clinch but can't.

Smith decides to pull guard.
Smith is trying to control the position from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Beast got a little sloppy there for a moment and Smith has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Beast has managed to get both his arms back between Smith's legs - danger averted.
Beast postures up in Smith's guard and throws a big left but Smith blocks it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Beast loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
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.
Beast is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.

Beast got a little sloppy there for a moment and Smith has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Beast has managed to get both his arms back between Smith's legs - danger averted.
Beast lands a couple of digs.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Smith escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Beast gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Smith is breathing heavily.
Beast wants to control from the top but Smith keeps moving.
Beast scoring with some ground and pound.
Beast distracts Smith with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Beast stands up and waves to Smith to follow him.
Beast does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Beast throws a good cross that connects.
Beast misses with the combination.

Beast rushes Smith and presses him up against the cage.

Smith pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Beast scores with a jab to the body.
Smith shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Beast pinned against the cage. Beast gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.

Smith drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Smith with a flurry of punches that miss.
Smith wants to control from the top but Beast keeps moving.
Beast is controlling Smith's posture.
Beast controls Smith momentarily but Smith frees himself.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Smith throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Beast works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Smith throws a strike but Beast rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Smith is trying to keep Beast in close.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Demon Beast will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Smith rushes Beast and presses him up against the cage.

Smith has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Beast clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
Beast is taking damage to the body and head.
Beast covers up after taking a massive shot to the side of the head.

Smith looking for the choke from the back.
Smith punishes Beast with strikes from the back mount.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Smith tightening his grip on Beast, looking for the choke.

Smith working for the choke.
Smith takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Beast manages to escape to a better position under a series of strikes. Smith is now in side control.
You can see the frustration on Beast's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Jose Smith has got the better of the ground game so far.
Smith cracks Beast with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Smith scoring with punches and elbows.
Smith looking to control but instead Beast has slipped a leg in, to regain half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Smith thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Beast's head.
Beast wants to improve his position but Smith is controlling well.
Smith missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Beast desperately trying to maintain half guard.
Smith missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Beast is trying to control but can't.
Beast makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Beast.
Beast preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Smith passes into half guard.

Smith is looking for a kimura here.
Beast avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Smith.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Beast trying to hold on to Smith's head to control him but Smith postures up.
Beast wants to get back to his feet.
Smith sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Beast defending well though.
Beast taking some punishment here, with Smith in his half guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Smith misses with a head shot. Beast uses the momentum to regain guard.

Smith got a little sloppy there for a moment and Beast has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Smith has managed to get both his arms back between Beast's legs - danger averted.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jose Smith really dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Smith misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Beast connects with an inside leg kick.
Smith fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Beast avoids it really well and circles away.
Smith shoots in but Beast avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Demon Beast has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jose Smith.
A bone on bone clash there as Smith blocks the leg kick.

Beast has Smith up against the cage in a clinch.
Beast crunches a lovely knee into Smith's ribcage.

Smith pulls guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith trying to keep a closed guard but Beast is proving a slippery customer.
Smith is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
Beast works over Smith with some ground and pound from guard.
Beast working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Smith's head.
Beast thows a big elbow that misses.

Smith looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Beast passes into half guard.
Smith tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Beast has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
Smith is trying to escape the mount.
Beast is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Smith can't stay in a position like this for much longer.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Beast trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Smith tries to hold on but Beast postures up.
Beast in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Smith tries to reverse the position but Beast maintains control.
A nice elbow there by Beast.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Beast cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Beast landing punches.
Beast raining down hammerfists from mount.
Beast with shots to the head and body - Smith looks very uncomfortable down there.
Smith is trying to escape the mount.
Smith wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.

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

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Beast with a couple of short strikes.
Beast landing punches.
Beast lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Smith is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Beast dominating with strikes here.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Beast lands a big elbow.
Beast raining down hammerfists from mount.

Smith is rocked!
Beast scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Smith?
Smith is still in real trouble! Can Beast finish him?
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Beast loads up on a couple of big shots to the head that have Smith scrambling to escape. He can't get free though and several more unanswered shots from Beast land to the head. The referee has no choice but to stop the fight. Beast stands and salutes the crowd.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:04 of round 4, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Demon Beast!
Demon Beast retains his lightweight title!