PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Brij Khali (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Johnny Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Khali
vs
Smith

175 cm
35
162 lbs
25 - 31 - 1

180 cm
22
144 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

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 25 - 31 - 1, fighting out of London, Brij Khali!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Johnny Smith!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, Chris Edwards and James Ackerman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fighters circle momentarily. Smith darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Khali listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Smith uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Khali.
A punch combination from Khali misses.

Smith closes the distance and clinches.
Khali throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Smith tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
A frustrated look appears on Khali's face as he tries to break the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Khali's face as he tries to break the clinch.

Smith breaks the clinch.
Khali tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Smith paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Smith.
Smith misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Brij Khali seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Smith closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Khali to the mat! Khali manages to get full guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Smith trying to control but Khali is working from the bottom.

Smith drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Smith jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.

Smith stands up and waves to Khali to follow him.
Khali throws a right and a left that both miss.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Khali throws a good cross that connects.
A slow jab from Khali misses its intended target.
Smith is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Khali tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Smith manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Khali pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

Smith scores a takedown into full mount!
Khali wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Smith scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Khali is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Smith postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Khali looks a forlorn figure.
Smith controlling from mount.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Smith scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Khali?

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Khali's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Smith lands a nice shot to the head.
Khali is trying to stand.
Smith lands with some strikes.
Smith lands a heavy elbow.
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 controlling his opponent.
Smith lands a nice shot to the head.
Smith can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Khali is looking to escape.
Khali is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
The referee warns Khali that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Smith is in the full mount, landing strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Smith has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Khali's face.
Smith controlling the position easily from mount.
Khali takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Khali is bucking up trying to escape but Smith cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Smith tries to control but Khali wriggling away.
Khali is trying to stand.
Smith putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Khali wants to get back to his feet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Khali 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!
Smith landing strikes, looking to finish!
Smith dominating with strikes here.
A nice elbow there by Smith.
Smith in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.

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.
Smith tries to control but Khali wriggling away.
Smith looking to control and managing it successfully.
Khali wants to try and get back to his feet.
Smith lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Smith is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Smith with the ground and pound from mount.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Smith lands a heavy elbow.
Smith connects with a couple of good shots from mount.

Khali is rocked!
Smith cracks Khali with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Oh Khali is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Khali takes a big shot to the dome and his eyes have rolled back in his head! Smith's killer instinct has kicked in as he finishes the fight with more strikes. Impressive finish.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Johnny Smith!
Johnny Smith gave a mention to The Nutritionists (O.R.G) »Q155 only $49!« in his post fight interview. That will please them (and hopefully generate some sales).