PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Kofi Mensah (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Reggie Smalls (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mensah's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, SOS. Reggie Smalls has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Mensah
vs
Smalls

172 cm
27
155 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

170 cm
23
162 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Powerful takedowns
Counter striker
Powerful

BioPharm Nutrition

West Coast Apparel

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Kofi Mensah!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Reggie Smalls!
The judges for this bout are Chad Campbell, Eddie Farnsworth and Franklyn Lucas.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Smalls shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Mensah really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Smalls tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Mensah wants to control but Smalls is having none of it.
Smalls blocks Mensah's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Smalls unloading with bombs!
Smalls cracks Mensah with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Smalls lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Smalls unloading with bombs!
Smalls landing shots from mount.
Smalls is landing with some decent strikes but Mensah is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Mensah is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Smalls breaks from Mensah's wrist control and lands an elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mensah is trying desperately to improve position.
Smalls postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Mensah looks a forlorn figure.
Smalls controlling from the full mount.
Mensah wants to hold on but Smalls pushes him away.
Mensah is in all sorts of trouble here.
Smalls lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Smalls looking to finish Mensah with some ground and pound. This is bad for Mensah!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smalls looking to control and managing it successfully.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Smalls lands a heavy elbow.
Smalls takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Mensah tries to hold on but Smalls postures up.
Smalls raining down hammerfists from mount.
Smalls pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Smalls landing strikes from the mount.
Mensah is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Smalls tries to control but Mensah wriggling away.
Mensah is in a horrible position here. Smalls smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mensah is wriggling around trying to escape.
Smalls with shots to the head and body - Mensah looks very uncomfortable down there.
Mensah tries to reverse the position but Smalls maintains control.
Smalls postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Mensah looks a forlorn figure.
The referee warns Mensah that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Smalls cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
The referee warns Mensah that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Smalls lands with some strikes.
Mensah is in all sorts of trouble here.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mensah is working hard here to advance position.
Smalls raining down hammerfists from mount.
Smalls landing strikes from the mount.
Smalls raining down shots from the mount!

Mensah is rocked!
Smalls controlling the pace for now.
Oh Mensah is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Smalls breaks from Mensah's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Smalls scoring with strikes but Mensah is staying in there.
Smalls punishing his opponent with strikes.
Mensah is working to get back to half guard.
Smalls lands a big elbow.
Mensah is desperately trying to improve his position but Smalls has a good base and remains in mount.
Mensah bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Mensah seems to have got his legs back now.
Smalls is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Mensah tries to free his leg and advance position but Smalls is retaining full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Reggie Smalls 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.

Mensah throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Mensah throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Smalls counters with a three punch combo that has Mensah backing up. Mensah nods at Smalls to acknowledge the strikes.
Smalls steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Mensah.
Kofi Mensah seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Smalls shoots in and gets a takedown into Mensah's guard.

Mensah is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Smalls defends well.
Smalls controlling from the top position.
Smalls missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Smalls wants to pass the guard but Mensah is keeping the position.
Smalls not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Smalls lands a couple of decent looking shots.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Smalls showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Mensah working a defensive guard here.
Mensah keeping moving, preventing Smalls from controlling successfully.
Mensah utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Smalls cracks Mensah with a solid left hand.

Mensah looking for a guillotine here but Smalls defends easily.
Smalls looking to control the position here, rather than advance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Mensah isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Smalls stacks Mensah on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Smalls!
Smalls scores with punches from side control.
Smalls happy to just control the position for now.

Smalls is trying to get an arm triangle but Mensah is defending well.
Smalls working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mensah on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Mensah on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Mensah dodges the ground and pound from Smalls.
Smalls is looking to take a break and control but Mensah is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Mensah is trying to escape the position but Smalls is controlling the position.
Smalls lands an elbow.
Mensah wants to control but Smalls postures up.
Smalls has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Smalls lands a decent elbow from side control.
Mensah is looking for a sweep.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Smalls working the head with strikes.
Mensah wants to control but Smalls postures up.
Reggie Smalls has got the better of the ground game so far.
Mensah is looking for a sweep.
Mensah is working to avoid the ground and pound but Smalls connects with a decent elbow.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Smalls tries to score with some ground and pound. Mensah controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Mensah is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Smalls working the head and body with strikes.
Mensah struggling a bit here.
Mensah is letting Smalls control him for a moment.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Mensah is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Reggie Smalls showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Mensah misses with a wild combination.
Mensah misses with a few strikes there.
No joy there for Mensah, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Mensah swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Smalls counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Smalls tries to pass the half guard into mount. Mensah knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Smalls is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Smalls prevents Mensah from improving his position.
Smalls slows the pace down in half guard.
Smalls thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Smalls seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Mensah throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Mensah taking some punishment here, with Smalls in his half guard.
Nice strikes from Smalls there.
Smalls controlling the action here.

Mensah looking for submissions off his back.
Smalls is looking to advance position but Mensah won't allow it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smalls thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Mensah is trying to get back to full guard.
Smalls working over Mensah with some ground and pound. Mensah looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Mensah is pressing down on Smalls's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Smalls trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Mensah keeping moving, preventing Smalls from controlling successfully.
Smalls postures up in Mensah's guard and throws a big left but Mensah blocks it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Mensah has an omoplata and is looking to use it perhaps as a submission or perhaps to transition. Smalls is in a bit of discomfort here, but he's managed to free himself and has dived into side control! That didn't work out too well for Mensah.

Smalls working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smalls scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Mensah to see if he's OK.
You can see the frustration on Mensah's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Smalls landing a few strikes.

Smalls wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Mensah, who protects the arm well.
Mensah is looking for a sweep.

Smalls is trying to get an arm triangle but Mensah is defending well.
Mensah wants to control but Smalls postures up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mensah is trying to improve his position.
Smalls in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.

Smalls working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Mensah takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Smalls wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Mensah, who protects the arm well.
Mensah wants to control but Smalls postures up.

And that's the end of the fight!
Reggie Smalls comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Smalls has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Chad Campbell scores the fight 27:30
Judge Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 27:30
Judge Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Reggie Smalls!
A very excited looking Reggie Smalls made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.