PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Frank Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sasha Lakovic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Smith comes to the cage accompanied by Redman - Da goodness. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Smith
vs
Lakovic

187 cm
33
175 lbs
22 - 15 - 1

189 cm
31
181 lbs
22 - 12 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin

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 22 - 15 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Frank Smith!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Sasha Lakovic!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Chris Downing and Tiny Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Smith takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Lakovic throws a big shot that misses.
Lakovic scores with a jab to the head.
Smith keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Lakovic.
Smith misses with a few strikes there.
Lakovic fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Smith looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Lakovic tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Sasha Lakovic seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nice shot by Smith.
Smith connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Smith takes one on the button.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Smith blocks the body kick.
Lakovic fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Smith manages to avoid it.
Smith avoids the body shot from Lakovic.
A punch combination from Lakovic misses.
Smith misses with a double jab.
Lakovic just misses with a punch to the body.
Smith scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Smith fails with the takedown.
Lakovic misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lakovic looks for the body kick but Smith saw that one coming.
Lakovic ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Smith moves away.
Lakovic connects with a single shot there.
Smith bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Lakovic connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Smith momentarily.
Sasha Lakovic is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Lakovic throws a head kick that misses.
Smith fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Smith shoots in looking for a takedown but Lakovic manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Smith's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Lakovic looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Lakovic looks for the body kick but Smith saw that one coming.
Smith avoids a punch combination nicely.
Lakovic takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Lakovic misses with the body kick
and Smith counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Smith scores with a one two! Lakovic had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.

It looks like Sasha Lakovic has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Smith avoids the body shot from Lakovic.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith cracks Lakovic with a right hand to the side of the head.
Lakovic throws out a loose jab but Smith uses good head movement to avoid it.
Smith throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A head kick misses from Lakovic.
Smith lands a two punch combo.
Lakovic ducks under a wild hook from Smith.
Lakovic gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Smith counters with a nice body kick.
Smith lands the left hand.
Lakovic throws a wild body kick that Smith sees coming a mile off.
Lakovic rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Smith moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Smith darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Lakovic tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Smith was well out of range. Poor timing from Lakovic.
Smith keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Smith works the jab nicely.
Smith connects with a jab.
Lakovic throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Smith counters with a stiff right hand.
Smith moves out of range as Lakovic throws a body kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jab from Smith.
Smith ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Smith avoids a kick to the body.
Lakovic throws a hook but Smith avoids it easily.
Lakovic misses with a straight right.
Lakovic fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Smith manages to avoid it.
Lakovic chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Lakovic misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Smith throws a sloppy head kick and Lakovic moves out of range easily.
Smith with a nice cross.
Smith sizes up Lakovic with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Smith thows a body shot but no joy.
Lakovic misses with a looping left.
Smith swings for the body but Lakovic moves out of range.
Lakovic showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Smith.
A nice inside leg kick there by Smith. That's going to slow Lakovic down.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lakovic 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.
Lakovic slips a straight right by Smith.
Smith moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Smith avoids the head kick by Lakovic.
Lakovic looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Nice body punch from Smith.
Nice straight punches there by Smith. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Smith.
Smith misses with an uppercut.
A jab from Smith finds it's way through Lakovic's defenses.
Lakovic looks to land a left hand but Smith moved out of range nicely.
Smith throws a head kick that misses.
Smith throws a series of strikes that have Lakovic backpedaling.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Smith swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Lakovic throws a leg kick which misses Smith's front leg but catches the back leg as Smith tries to avoid it.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Smith.
Lakovic throws a body kick that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Frank Smith dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Sasha Lakovic's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Lakovic attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Smith cracks Lakovic with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Smith on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Lakovic. Lakovic obviously looking to wear him down.
Smith misses with the combination.
Frank Smith is winning the standup battle so far.
A head kick by Lakovic misses
and Smith counters with a nice body shot.
Smith defending well as Lakovic loads up on a big left hand.
Good exchange - Lakovic coming out on top.
Lakovic looks to land a body kick but Smith moved away.
Lakovic throws a lazy body kick
and Smith counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Lakovic thinking.
Smith throws a hook but Lakovic avoids it easily.

Smith drives through with a takedown into guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Smith passes Lakovic's left leg - he's now in half guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Smith trying to control the action but Lakovic is working from the bottom.
Smith passes to full mount!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith looking to finish Lakovic with some ground and pound. This is bad for Lakovic!
Smith scoring with strikes but Lakovic is staying in there.
Lakovic tries to hold on but Smith pushes him away.
Smith scoring with strikes but Lakovic is staying in there.

Smith working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
Smith lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Lakovic is in all sorts of trouble here.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Smith wants to control the pace but Lakovic is squirming around nicely.
Smith with the ground and pound from mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lakovic working to try and regain half guard.
Smith lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Smith lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Lakovic working to try and regain half guard.
Smith tries to control but Lakovic wriggling away.
Lakovic wants to control but Smith is having none of it.
Smith wants to control the pace but Lakovic is squirming around nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lakovic takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Smith wants to control the pace but Lakovic is squirming around nicely.
Lakovic is desperately trying to improve his position but Smith has a good base and remains in mount.
Smith lands a big elbow.
Lakovic tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Smith 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 punishing his opponent with strikes.
Lakovic tries to lock up and control but Smith gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
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!
Lakovic is squirming around, avoiding Smith's attempts to control the action.
Lakovic tries to reverse the position but Smith maintains control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Smith scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Lakovic?
Smith breaks from Lakovic's wrist control and lands an elbow.

Smith is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Lakovic has managed to escape the submission attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Smith with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Lakovic tries to hold on but Smith pushes him away.
Lakovic really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Lakovic controls the position.
Lakovic is working to get back to half guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Lakovic is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Frank Smith dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Sasha Lakovic's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Lakovic throws a half hearted mid kick.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Smith.
Smith fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Smith moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Smith crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Lakovic - the referee stops the clock and Smith gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Lakovic. Smith manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Smith moves out of range of the body kick from Lakovic.
Lakovic swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Smith.
Lakovic lands a glancing blow to the side of Smith's head.
Lakovic swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Lakovic slips a jab and a cross from Smith.
Lakovic looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Lakovic throws a body kick that misses.
Lakovic throws a head kick that half lands.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Smith swinging wildly here.
Smith cracks Lakovic with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Lakovic misses the target.
Smith lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Nice uppercut there from Smith.
Lakovic misses with a body kick.
Lakovic keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Smith checks the leg kick nicely there.
Lakovic throws a right and a left that Smith avoids nicely.
Smith moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Smith keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Lakovic has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Smith keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Lakovic throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Lakovic takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Smith throws out a powerful jab.
A decent looking cross lands there for Lakovic.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Smith swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith throws a right and a left that both miss.
Lakovic checks a low kick from Smith.
A chopping leg kick lands by Lakovic.
Lakovic misses with a kick to the body.
Lakovic connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Smith throws a right hand that Lakovic ducks under and follows up with a left that Lakovic also avoids with ease.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Smith.
Lakovic checks a leg kick.
Decent striking displayed by Lakovic there.
Smith throws a leg kick but Lakovic sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Lakovic listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Smith dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Lakovic. That did some damage!
Sloppy strikes from Smith. Those never looked like landing.
Lakovic throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Smith stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Lakovic.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Lakovic misses with a few strikes there.
Smith will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Lakovic is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Smith.
Lakovic misses with a looping right.
Donk. Smith catches Lakovic right on the button with a cross.
Smith throws a right and a left that both miss.
Smith keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Smith dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
A head kick misses from Lakovic.
Both fighters circling a little - Lakovic finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Smith's jab looks to have found its range, popping Lakovic under the eye.
Smith lands with a cross.
A looping hook to the body misses from Smith. Lakovic does a little dance to reset his feet.
Frank Smith is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Lakovic has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Smith throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Lakovic tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Smith is in Lakovic's guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Smith throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Lakovic avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Lakovic preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Smith pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Lakovic is keeping the position for now.
Lakovic is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Smith pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Lakovic is keeping the position for now.
Sasha Lakovic has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Lakovic wants to control the position but Smith says "no thanks buddy" and passes to half guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Lakovic is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Smith pulls his head out easily.
Smith is taking a breather. Lakovic says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.

And that's the end of the fight!
Frank Smith showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Smith has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Cecil Peabody scores the fight for Frank Smith!
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight for Frank Smith!
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight for Frank Smith!

Frank Smith wins by unanimous decision!