PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Donovan Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dimitry McFarlen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Smith
vs
McFarlen

198 cm
24
290 lbs
11 - 5 - 0

201 cm
31
279 lbs
25 - 11 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Crippler's Corner

KAISER
Brute

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 11 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Donovan Smith!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 25 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dimitry McFarlen!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Timothy Bukovac and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Smith jabs at McFarlen's body.
McFarlen lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Smith connects with a body shot that sends McFarlen's belly button to the back.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
A short right from McFarlen.
McFarlen blocks an uppercut.
McFarlen throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Smith blocks it with crossed arms.
McFarlen misses with a punch to the body.
McFarlen pushes Smith back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
McFarlen misses with a punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by McFarlen.
Smith fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
McFarlen is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Smith is defending well for now.
McFarlen can't find room to land a body shot as Smith controls the action.
McFarlen misses with a punch to the body.
Smith blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Nice elbow from McFarlen.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith prevents a body shot from McFarlen.
McFarlen is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
McFarlen throws a punch but it's blocked by Smith.
McFarlen throws a punch but it's blocked by Smith.
McFarlen lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Smith backwards.
McFarlen misses with a knee strike.
McFarlen can't find room to land a body shot as Smith controls the action.
McFarlen throws a punch but it's blocked by Smith.
A head punch on the inside from Smith fails to land.
Smith misses with a body punch.
Smith takes an elbow to the forehead.

It looks like Donovan Smith has been cut.
Smith lands with a light punch inside.
McFarlen pushes Smith back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
McFarlen misses with some punches.
Smith using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Smith misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith dodges an elbow strike from McFarlen.
McFarlen cracks Smith with a nice body shot.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Smith.
McFarlen connects with a knee to the head.
McFarlen tries to land a knee to the head but Smith blocks with his arms.
Smith misses with a hook from the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Smith scores with a nice short uppercut.
Smith lands with a left to the head.
Smith has a couple of punches blocked by McFarlen.
McFarlen tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Smith lands a nice shot to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by McFarlen.
McFarlen lands with a left to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Smith.
McFarlen lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Smith.
Smith misses with a punch to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
McFarlen blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Smith blocks a body shot from McFarlen.
McFarlen lands a nice uppercut.
Smith lands with a short head shot on the inside.
McFarlen with a knee to the head.
McFarlen just leaning against Smith, taking a breather.
McFarlen gets through Smith's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

Smith is rocked!
A short uppercut from McFarlen.
Oh Smith is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Smith lands a shoulder strike.
Smith misses with a punch to the body.
Come on McFarlen - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Smith seems to have got his legs back now.
McFarlen blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Smith lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt McFarlen or not.
McFarlen tries to land knees in the clinch but Smith avoids the damage to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A body shot lands from Smith.
A bit of stalling here from McFarlen.
A short right from McFarlen.
Smith scores with a shoulder strike.
Smith goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
McFarlen misses with a punch on the inside.
A quick uppercut on the inside from McFarlen.
McFarlen pushes off an throws an elbow but Smith leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Smith on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Smith takes a knee to the side of the body.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Smith.
Smith scores with a knee to the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
McFarlen tries to land a knee to the head but Smith blocks with his arms.
McFarlen misses with a punch to the body.
McFarlen goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Smith scores with a shot to the side of McFarlen's head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dimitry McFarlen dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Donovan Smith's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

McFarlen moves into the clinch.
McFarlen blocks a body shot from Smith.
Smith on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
McFarlen with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
McFarlen tries to land a knee to the head but Smith blocks with his arms.
McFarlen tries a knee to the head but Smith blocks it.
Dimitry McFarlen seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Smith blocking some punches.
A short right from McFarlen.
Smith has a couple of punches blocked by McFarlen.
McFarlen tries a knee to the head but Smith blocks it.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from McFarlen in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Smith blocks a punch to the side of the head.
McFarlen displaying some good clinch control by pressing Smith up against the cage.
Smith prevents a body shot from McFarlen.
McFarlen misses with a punch on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
McFarlen misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Smith.
A head punch on the inside from Smith fails to land.
McFarlen with a knee to the head.
McFarlen throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Smith blocks it with crossed arms.
Smith blocks an uppercut.
McFarlen throws a head punch that misses.
McFarlen lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
A right hook to the body lands for Smith.
McFarlen takes a knee to the side of the body.
McFarlen effectively controlling the action here.
McFarlen looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Smith blocks an elbow strike.
This has been an exciting period of action!
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Smith.
Smith is working McFarlen over against the cage.
McFarlen tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McFarlen looking to slow down the pace here.
McFarlen misses with a punch to the body.
McFarlen misses with some punches.
McFarlen blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A head punch on the inside from McFarlen fails to land.
Smith struggles to land a body shot inside as McFarlen controls his hands.
Smith blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Smith prevents a body shot from McFarlen.
Smith tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
McFarlen trying to land knees to the body.
Smith works on McFarlen's body with a couple of short punches.
Smith swings wildly with an uppercut but McFarlen uses good head movement to avoid it.
McFarlen connects with a nasty looking knee right to Smith's face.
Smith tries a knee to the head but McFarlen blocks it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McFarlen misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Nice body punch from McFarlen - that landed with a thud.
McFarlen pushes Smith back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
McFarlen lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
McFarlen tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Smith's elbow.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
McFarlen misses with a shot to the kidneys.
McFarlen's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
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!
McFarlen lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Smith or not.
McFarlen scores a nice knee to the body.
Smith prevents a body shot from McFarlen.
Smith tries a body shot but McFarlen blocks it.
McFarlen lands an uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
McFarlen lands a right hand that snaps the head of Smith backwards.
Still in the clinch, McFarlen scores with a nice short uppercut.
McFarlen lands a left hand.
Smith misses with some punches.
McFarlen throws a punch but it's blocked by Smith.
Smith fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
McFarlen lands with a short shot to the head.
A hook to the body from McFarlen.
Smith takes a knee to the side of the body.
McFarlen gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
McFarlen goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A body shot lands from McFarlen.
McFarlen lands a right hand.
McFarlen leaning his opponent against the cage.
McFarlen has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
McFarlen creates a bit of space for himself and rocks Smith with a big uppercut! Smith tries to clinch up but McFarlen pushes him back against the cage and lands another monster strike that crumples Smith to the mat! Smith covers up and McFarlen unloads with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Dimitry McFarlen!