PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mike Holmes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Peter Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Holmes comes to the cage accompanied by Everybody Knows My Name. Smith has chosen Grand Magus - Hammer of the North as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Holmes
vs
Smith

184 cm
27
211 lbs
22 - 5 - 0

187 cm
32
215 lbs
31 - 15 - 0

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World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 22 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Mike Holmes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 31 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Peter Smith!
The judges for this bout are , Jack Bonds and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Holmes throws a sloppy head kick and Smith moves out of range easily.
Smith misses with a head kick.

Holmes forces Smith back against the cage and clinches.
Holmes tries a body shot but Smith blocks it.

Smith escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Smith misses with a head kick.
Smith connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Holmes's hands.
Smith swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Smith swings for the body but Holmes moves out of range.
Smith feints a jab promting Holmes to slip. Smith then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Holmes slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Holmes takes one to the chin there.
Smith waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Holmes.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Holmes blocks a leg kick.
A punch combination from Smith misses.
Smith lands a lovely overhand right.
Smith misses with a straight left.
Smith pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Holmes throws a nice inside leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith lands a nice looking body shot.
Holmes lands with a hook. Smith tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Holmes lands a jab to Smith's midsection.

Holmes clinches with his opponent.
Smith tries to pull guard but Holmes forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Smith tries to pull guard but Holmes forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
A short right from Holmes on the inside.

Smith pulls guard successfully.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Smith wants to stand up but Holmes is controlling him.

Holmes stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Smith is looking to score with low kicks.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Smith scores with a head kick. Holmes tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Smith misses with a left hand
and Holmes counters with a leg kick.
Holmes slips under a jab from Smith.
Peter Smith seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Holmes swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Smith swings widly with a right hand
and Holmes counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Holmes ducks right into an uppercut from Smith.
Holmes displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Smith throws out the jab.
Smith lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Smith.
Holmes lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!

It looks like Peter Smith has been cut.
Smith misses with a two punch combination.
Smith lands with a kick to the ribs.
Holmes cracks Smith with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Smith throws a right and a left that Holmes avoids nicely.
Smith slips a straight right by Holmes.
Holmes is looking to slow Smith down with leg kicks.
Smith misses with a left hand
and Holmes counters with a lovely straight right hand!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith misses with a wild body shot.

Holmes has taken the fight to the clinch.
Holmes tries to work over Smith's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Smith tries to circle away but Holmes has him pinned against the cage.
Holmes working aggressively here.
Holmes gets through Smith's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Holmes holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Smith scores with a hook to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Smith fails to land.
Smith misses with a hook to the ribs.
Smith swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A right hand to the body from Holmes.
Holmes has Smith pushed against the cage.
Holmes makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Smith misses with a punch to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Smith as Holmes tries to tie him up.
Smith tries to pull guard but Holmes forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Mike Holmes has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Peter Smith.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Holmes lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Holmes lands with a right to the head.
Smith misses with a hook from the clinch.

Smith jumps guard and drags Holmes to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Holmes wants to stand but Smith is controlling his posture from full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Smith wants to stand up but Holmes is controlling him.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mike Holmes dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Peter Smith's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
A slapping leg kick lands for Smith.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Holmes.
Smith throws the left hand but Holmes avoids the punch easily.
Holmes turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Holmes throws a half hearted mid kick.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Holmes - that will leave a mark!
Smith wants to land a leg kick but Holmes is out of range.
Smith throws a leg kick that misses.
Holmes takes a swing at Smith's ribcage but misses.
Holmes throws a right and a left that Smith avoids nicely.
Donk. Smith catches Holmes right on the button with a cross.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Holmes misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Smith looks to score with a jab to the body but Holmes is just out of range.
Smith misses with a straight right.
Smith throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Holmes lands a nice looking kick to the body. Smith takes a step back to recover.
Smith is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Smith.
Smith throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Smith lands a jab.
Holmes connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Smith on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Holmes uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Smith.
Holmes slips a straight right by Smith.
Holmes misses with a body shot.
Holmes takes one to the chin there.
Smith looks to land a right hand but Holmes moved out of range.
Holmes's jab looks to have found its range, popping Smith under the eye.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Holmes swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Mike Holmes is winning the standup battle so far.
Smith sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Holmes rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Smith moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Holmes defending well as Smith loads up on a big left hand.
Good work by Smith as he checks the leg kick.
Holmes jabs at Smith's body.
Smith throws a lazy right hand but Holmes sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Holmes throws a sloppy head kick and Smith moves out of range easily.
Holmes connects with a leg kick. Smith looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Smith tries a head kick but it misses.
Smith throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Smith misses with a low kick as Holmes jumps back.
A head kick from Holmes lands but Smith takes it in his stride.
Holmes turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Smith crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Holmes - the referee stops the clock and Smith gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Holmes. Smith manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Smith moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.

Holmes closes the distance and clinches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Holmes works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Holmes lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Holmes lands a nice shot to the body.
A right handed body shot lands from Holmes.
Holmes lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Holmes digs a right hand into Smith's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Smith's gas tank.
Still in the clinch, Holmes scores with a nice short uppercut.

Smith is rocked!
A short right from Holmes.
Smith is still on wobbly legs! Can Holmes finish him?
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Holmes.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A right hook to the body lands for Holmes.
Smith seems to have recovered his senses.
A right hook to the body lands for Holmes.
Holmes pushes Smith back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Holmes blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Holmes lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Holmes dips a shoulder and cracks Smith with a mighty uppercut! Smith falls back against the cage and Holmes unloads with a barrage of strikes! Smith is completely out with his eyes open, only supported by the cage! Save him ref! Eventually the ref decides to do his job and jumps in - Holmes screams abuse at the incompetent official before going over to celebrate with his corner. Brutal stuff!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:53 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mike Holmes!
Our winner, Mike Holmes, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.