PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between jack smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and King Shoota (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

smith
vs
Shoota

180 cm
19
180 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

225 cm
18
170 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Intelligent

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, jack smith!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, King Shoota!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Daniel Franklin and Tiny Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
smith throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

smith shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Shoota's guard.
Shoota really doesn't want to stay on the ground with smith. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
smith stays in close to Shoota's body and controls the position.
smith lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Shoota is looking to stand back up... there's a bit of a scramble and smith dives into side control.
Shoota is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but smith has just dragged him back down to the mat.

smith stands up.

smith shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than smith was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
smith landing strikes, looking to finish!
Shoota is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
smith controlling from mount.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, smith cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
smith dominating with strikes here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shoota is in a horrible position here. smith smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Shoota is in a horrible position here. smith smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
smith scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Shoota?
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 landing shots from mount.
Shoota in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
smith with the ground and pound from mount.

smith working from mount. He moves in close and looks like he might be going for an arm triangle... He's hopped off to the side and he's transitioned into an Anaconda choke. Shoota turning a nasty shade of purple. He's refusing to tap but he's gone! He's out! The ref rips smith off and cradles Shoota's limp body as smith celebrates with his corner.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:48 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Anaconda Choke). jack smith!