PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Danny Hastings (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jimmy Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be a great matchup!

Hastings
vs
Smith

170 cm
18
142 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

168 cm
18
142 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Cuts easily

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Danny Hastings!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jimmy Smith!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Daniel Cesar and Emerson Jorge.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Smith closes the distance and clinches.
Smith has Hastings pressed against the cage, preventing Hastings from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Smith effectively controlling the action here.
Smith keeps control of Hastings as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Smith slows down the pace here.

Smith has hold of one of Hastings's legs. Hastings is fighting the takedown attempt but Smith gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Smith trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Smith stopping the sweep attempt from Hastings.
Hastings trying to keep a closed guard but Smith is proving a slippery customer.
Hastings tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Hastings avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Smith working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Smith controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Hastings is trying to keep Smith in close.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Smith accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Smith postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Smith has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

Hastings scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Hastings lands with a right hand.
Hastings misses with an uppercut. Smith saw that one coming.
Smith throws out a leg kick but Hastings moves out of range and Smith only half commits.
Hastings looks to score with a jab to the body but Smith is just out of range.
A combination from Hastings does no damage.
Hastings tries to bum rush Smith with a series of wild strikes but Smith uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

Hastings tries to keep at a distance but Smith has taken the fight into the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hastings is trying to push Smith away but Smith has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Hastings can't find room to land a body shot as Smith controls the action.
Stalling in the clinch from Smith.
Smith keeps control of Hastings as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

Smith escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Hastings avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Smith dodges the punch combination from Hastings.
Hastings slips a straight right by Smith.
Smith misses with a head kick.
Nice body punch from Hastings.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Smith keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Hastings.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith tries to clinch but Hastings moves out of range.
Hastings jabs Smith right on the nose. Smith blinks but takes it well.
Smith blocks a jab.
Hastings throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A nice leg kick lands there from Smith.
Hastings blocks the body kick.
Smith slips under a jab.
Hastings looks to land a combination but Smith avoids it well.
Smith pushes Hastings away with a front kick.
Smith jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Hastings checks the leg kick nicely there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Smith throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Smith throws a half hearted mid kick.
Hastings goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hastings swats away the attempt to clinch by Smith.

Smith has closed the distance and engaged Hastings in a clinch.
Hastings is trying to break the clinch but Smith has him pressed against the cage.
Hastings blocks an elbow strike from Smith.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hastings wants to break free but Smith has control.
Hastings wants to get back to striking at distance but Smith won't allow it.
Smith is pushing Hastings up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Smith tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hastings avoids it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Jimmy Smith will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Smith tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Hastings manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Smith misses with a kick to the body.
Hastings fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Smith tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Jimmy Smith seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Good standup being displayed there by Hastings as he connects with a hook.
Smith tries to clinch but Hastings is having none of it.
Hastings avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Smith looks to land a left hand but Hastings moved out of range nicely.
Smith misses with a kick to the body.
Hastings darts in and out, connecting with a jab.

Smith has Hastings up against the cage in a clinch.
Smith keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Hastings's efforts to push away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Hastings.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Smith has Hastings pressed against the cage, preventing Hastings from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Smith throws a knee to the head but misses.

Smith has Hastings pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Smith pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Hastings tumbling to the mat - Smith dives into Hastings's guard.
Smith loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Smith slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith won't allow Hastings to get back to his feet.
Smith cracks Hastings with a solid left hand.
Smith distracts Hastings with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Smith postures up and lands a big shot to Hastings's brow.
Smith being controlled here momentarily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Smith postures up and lands a big shot to Hastings's brow.
Smith postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Hastings is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Smith is controlling him.
Smith is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Hastings is trying to control the position but Smith postures up.
Smith content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Hastings wants to stand up but Smith is controlling him.
Smith postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith distracts Hastings with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Smith working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Hastings on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Hastings tries to get out of the position.
Hastings looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Hastings preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hastings being controlled here, momentarily.
Smith lands a couple of elbows.
Smith working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Smith is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Smith throws a big right hand that misses.
Hastings wants to get back to his feet but Smith is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Hastings is trying to keep Smith in close.
Smith is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Jimmy Smith wasn't active enough on the ground.

Smith closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hastings looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Smith just leaning against Hastings, taking a breather.
Hastings working hard to break the clinch.
Smith prevents Hastings from breaking the clinch.
Hastings tries to circle away but Smith has him pinned against the cage.
Hastings lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Hastings working hard to break the clinch.
Hastings looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Hastings is trying to break the clinch but Smith has him pressed against the cage.
Smith keeps control of Hastings as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hastings working hard to break the clinch.
Hastings tries to break free but Smith pushes him back against the cage.
Smith blocks an uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jimmy Smith showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Smith throws a half hearted mid kick.
Hastings lands a body shot.
Hastings lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Hastings is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Smith.
Hastings misses with a series of wild punches.
Hastings jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Smith is looking to clinch but Hastings is avoiding it.

Smith drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Smith is putting a hurting on Hastings here, landing some big shots from side control.
Smith looks up at the clock and then as Hastings takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Smith smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Smith is working Hastings over with some ground and pound from side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hastings tries to wriggle free to get back to his feet but he's given up his back! Oops.
Smith is throwing punches to the body, looking to soften Hastings up.
Smith punches Hastings on the ear.
Smith is riding his opponent, not letting Hastings buck him off.
Hastings is trying to get back to his feet but he's not managed it yet.
Smith punishes Hastings with strikes from the back mount.
Smith lands a couple of good shots to his opponent's body and a final shot to the head. Good little attack there by Smith.

Hastings is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Smith punches Hastings on the ear.
Oh Hastings is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Smith connects with a couple of big shots that have Hastings covering up! Oh, this looks bad for Hastings! Smith fires away with several more unanswered shots and the referee has no choice but to step in! This one is aaaaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:59 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jimmy Smith!