PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Sean Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Oliver Schwalle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sean Smith has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Smith
vs
Schwalle

182 cm
24
185 lbs
6 - 2 - 1

188 cm
20
183 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

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 6 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Sean Smith!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Oliver Schwalle!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Smith closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Schwalle working aggressively here.
Schwalle misses with a hook from the clinch.
Smith makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Smith misses with a body punch.
Smith tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Schwalle blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Smith has Schwalle pressed against the cage, preventing Schwalle from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Smith misses with a punch to the body.
A shot in the inside from Smith.
Schwalle throws a head punch that misses.
Schwalle wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Schwalle avoiding damage as Smith throws knees to the body.
Smith throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Schwalle lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Smith scores with an uppercut up the middle.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Smith lands a nice shot to the body.
A right hook to the body lands for Smith.
Schwalle struggles to land a body shot inside as Smith controls his hands.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Smith.
Smith misses with a punch to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith lands a body shot.
Smith makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Smith lands a nice shot to the body.
Schwalle wants to get back to striking at distance but Smith won't allow it.

Smith has picked Schwalle up - he's going for a ride! Smith dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Smith controlling the pace.
Smith scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Smith throwing shots but Schwalle is blocking nicely.
Smith thows a huge punch but Schwalle dodges it nicely.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Smith looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Schwalle with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
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.

Schwalle is rocked!
Smith is controlling the pace.
Schwalle is still in real trouble! Can Smith finish him?
Smith working the head and body with strikes.
Smith lands a big elbow from half guard. That looks like it's hurt Schwalle quite badly. Schwalle pulls Smith in close trying to recover. Smith postures up and lands two really hard shots that put Schwalle on queer street! The ref takes a look and decides to call an end to the fight! Possibly an early stoppage but Schwalle doesn't seem to be complaining too much.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:37 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Sean Smith!
After winning the bout, Sean Smith thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.