PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jesus Smokeleaf (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tony Mitchell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mitchell has chosen Deicide - Scars Of The Crucifix as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Smokeleaf
vs
Mitchell

225 cm
24
288 lbs
10 - 4 - 0

205 cm
28
285 lbs
9 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Great elbows
Cardio machine

BJJ White Belt
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jesus Smokeleaf!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Tony Mitchell!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Sergei Dronov and Dmitry Maklakov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Smokeleaf tries to clinch up.
Smokeleaf tries to close the distance and clinch up but Mitchell swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Mitchell throws a hook to the side of Smokeleaf's head but Smokeleaf sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A jab from Mitchell misses.

Smokeleaf has managed to clinch.
Mitchell looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Mitchell tries to circle away but Smokeleaf has him pinned against the cage.
Smokeleaf tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Smokeleaf lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Mitchell backwards.
Mitchell wants to break free but Smokeleaf has control.
Smokeleaf creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Mitchell's defenses.

It looks like Tony Mitchell has been cut.
Smokeleaf lands an elbow inside that Mitchell shrugs off.
Smokeleaf throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Smokeleaf with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Nice elbow from Smokeleaf.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mitchell wants to get back to striking at distance but Smokeleaf won't allow it.
Smokeleaf goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Nice elbow from Smokeleaf.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mitchell is trying to push Smokeleaf away but Smokeleaf has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Smokeleaf lands a damaging elbow.
Mitchell avoiding damage as Smokeleaf throws knees to the body.
Smokeleaf looking to throw knees to the head but Mitchell is blocking nicely.
Mitchell takes a knee right on the jaw!

That has opened up Tony Mitchell's cut even more.
Smokeleaf has Mitchell pressed against the cage, preventing Mitchell from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Smokeleaf throws an elbow but it misses.

Smokeleaf pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Mitchell throws a nice looking combination but Smokeleaf bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Smokeleaf misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Mitchell swats away the attempt to clinch by Smokeleaf.
A left and a right from Mitchell both land. Nice combination.

It looks like Jesus Smokeleaf has been cut.
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!
Smokeleaf throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Smokeleaf lands with a slapping head kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mitchell takes a head kick and keeps coming.

Mitchell is rocked!
Mitchell avoids the head kick by Smokeleaf.
Mitchell is still on wobbly legs! Can Smokeleaf finish him?
Mitchell misses with a few strikes there.

Smokeleaf forces Mitchell back against the cage and clinches.
Mitchell seems to have recovered his senses.
Mitchell has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Mitchell working hard to break the clinch.
Smokeleaf landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Smokeleaf scores with a nice hook to the head.
Smokeleaf missing with knees to the body.
Smokeleaf unloads a knee to the mid-section. Mitchell lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Smokeleaf lands a nice elbow.
Mitchell is trying to break the clinch but Smokeleaf has him pressed against the cage.
Smokeleaf keeps control of Mitchell as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Mitchell on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Smokeleaf really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Smokeleaf missing with knees to the body.
Mitchell tries to circle away but Smokeleaf has him pinned against the cage.
Smokeleaf cracks Mitchell with a nice body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short left from Smokeleaf.
Smokeleaf misses with a knee to the head.

Mitchell breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Smokeleaf clinches up against the cage.
Smokeleaf softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Smokeleaf tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Mitchell wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Smokeleaf has him pressed against the cage.
Mitchell is trying to push Smokeleaf away but Smokeleaf has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Smokeleaf unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Smokeleaf looking to throw knees to the head but Mitchell is blocking nicely.
Smokeleaf keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Mitchell's efforts to push away.
Smokeleaf has Mitchell pressed against the cage, preventing Mitchell from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Mitchell is trying to break free.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Smokeleaf with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Smokeleaf swings wildly with an uppercut but Mitchell uses good head movement to avoid it.
A frustrated look appears on Mitchell's face as he tries to break the clinch.
A body shot lands from Smokeleaf.
Mitchell has had enough of the clinch but Smokeleaf keeps him there for the moment.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Smokeleaf misses with a short punch on the inside.
A short right from Smokeleaf.
Smokeleaf trying to land knees to the body.
Smokeleaf comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Mitchell wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Smokeleaf landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Mitchell looks gassed!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Smokeleaf missing with knees to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Smokeleaf.

The cut above Tony Mitchell's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Smokeleaf is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Mitchell is defending well for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jesus Smokeleaf dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

A looping hook to the body misses from Mitchell. Smokeleaf does a little dance to reset his feet.
Crunch! Smokeleaf slams his shin into Mitchell's torso.
Smokeleaf tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Mitchell paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Smokeleaf fails in his attempt to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Smokeleaf looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Smokeleaf misses with a head kick.
Mitchell lands a jab to Smokeleaf's midsection.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Smokeleaf, right into the meat.
Mitchell lunges at Smokeleaf with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Smokeleaf's hand.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mitchell misses with a body shot.

Smokeleaf clinches with his opponent.
Jesus Smokeleaf has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Smokeleaf lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Smokeleaf tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Mitchell avoids it.
Smokeleaf is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Mitchell is defending well for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mitchell wants to break free but Smokeleaf has control.
Mitchell is looking to break free of the clinch but Smokeleaf has double underhooks.
Mitchell takes an elbow to the temple.
Smokeleaf with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Mitchell on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Mitchell is trying to break the clinch but Smokeleaf has him pressed against the cage.
Mitchell wants to break free but Smokeleaf has control.
Smokeleaf keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Mitchell's efforts to push away.
Mitchell is trying to break the clinch but Smokeleaf has him pressed against the cage.
A short uppercut from Smokeleaf.
Mitchell tries to circle away but Smokeleaf has him pinned against the cage.
Smokeleaf lands a right hand that snaps the head of Mitchell backwards.
Smokeleaf prevents Mitchell from breaking the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smokeleaf misses with a punch to the body.
Mitchell blocks the elbow strike.
Mitchell is trying to break free.
Smokeleaf pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Smokeleaf creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Mitchell's defenses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Mitchell.
Smokeleaf putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Mitchell in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Mitchell is breathing heavily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Smokeleaf lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Smokeleaf creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Smokeleaf lands a nice elbow.

Tony Mitchell's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Smokeleaf.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Tony Mitchell's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:53 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Jesus Smokeleaf!
Jesus Smokeleaf was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.