PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Trevor Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chuck Brusko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Smith comes to the cage accompanied by ''Big Poppa'' by The Notorious B.I.G.. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Smith
vs
Brusko

188 cm
23
202 lbs
6 - 0 - 0

176 cm
23
184 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Good knees
Granite chin

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

Firebird Designs
MMA's Best Nutrition

Solid

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Trevor Smith!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Chuck Brusko!
The judges for this bout are John Mangel, Damien Edna and Winston Howard.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Smith misses with a head kick.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
Smith buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Smith throws a leg kick which misses Brusko's front leg but catches the back leg as Brusko tries to avoid it.
Smith throws a leg kick which misses Brusko's front leg but catches the back leg as Brusko tries to avoid it.
Brusko on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Brusko looks gassed!

Smith has Brusko up against the cage in a clinch.
Smith using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Brusko takes a knee right on the jaw!
Brusko has Smith pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Smith manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Smith lands a body punch in the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Brusko drops down looking for an ankle pick but Smith pulls his leg out and moves away.
An inside leg kick lands from Smith.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Brusko.
Trevor Smith is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A solid leg kick lands there for Smith.
Smith lands a nice looking body shot.
Brusko on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Smith bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.

Smith moves into range and clinches up with Brusko.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith connects with a nasty looking knee right to Brusko's face.

It looks like Chuck Brusko has been cut.
Smith connects with a knee to the head.
Smith landing knees to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Smith lands a body punch in the clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Smith.
Smith unloads a knee to the mid-section. Brusko lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Smith prevents the takedown attempt.
Trevor Smith has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Chuck Brusko.
Brusko is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Smith pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Smith connects with a knee to the head.
Smith landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Knees in the clinch landing for Smith.
Smith is leaning against Brusko and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
A knee to the head by Smith.
Knees in the clinch landing for Smith.
Smith crunches a lovely knee into Brusko's ribcage.
Smith lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Smith scores with a knee to the head.
Brusko is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Smith pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Brusko drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Smith gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Smith unloads a knee to the mid-section. Brusko lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Smith landing some nice looking knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knees in the clinch landing for Smith.
Brusko tries to score a body lock takedown but Smith shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Brusko tries for a takedown. No joy.
Brusko drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Smith gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Smith landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Smith pushes Brusko back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Smith unloads a knee to the mid-section. Brusko lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Smith landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Brusko has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Smith is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Smith landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Brusko goes for a takedown in the clinch but Smith prevents it.
Smith landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Brusko takes a knee right on the jaw!
Smith lands a knee to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Smith.
Smith prevents the takedown attempt.
Smith using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Brusko is working for takedown but Smith is calmly controlling the position for now.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Brusko just misses with a elbow thrown towards Smith's brow.
Brusko managing to block the knees to the body from Smith.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Brusko has clasped his hands together around Smith's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.

Brusko is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Smith has escaped the position, nice work there.
Smith is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Brusko not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Smith is looking to control Brusko's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Smith avoid being mounted?
Brusko wants to pass to mount but Smith is defending the position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Brusko is thwarting Smith's attempts to control the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Trevor Smith dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Chuck Brusko's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Smith darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Smith thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Brusko if he has to take too many more of those.
Smith lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Smith.

Smith rushes Brusko and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Brusko's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Smith unloads a knee to the mid-section. Brusko lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Smith scores a nice knee to the body.
Smith lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Brusko wants a takedown but no success here.
Smith landing knees to the body.
Smith landing knees to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith works on Brusko's body with a couple of short punches.
Smith unloads a knee to the mid-section. Brusko lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Knees to the body from Smith.
Smith scores with a knee to the head.
Smith tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Brusko managing to block the knees to the body from Smith.
Smith gets underhooks to prevent Brusko's takedown attempt.
Smith is pressed up against the cage. Brusko has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Smith down to the mat. Smith avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Trevor Smith has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Chuck Brusko.
The fight stays on the outside here - Smith looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Smith is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Brusko can do to turn this around?
Brusko looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.

Smith has managed to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith scores a nice knee to the body.
Brusko can't get the takedown.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Smith prevents a takedown attempt there.
Smith lands a nice shot to the body.
Smith stops a takedown attempt from Brusko.
Smith stops a takedown attempt from Brusko.
Knees to the body from Smith.
Trevor Smith has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Smith with a knee to the head.
Smith lands a knee to the body.
Smith gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Brusko.
Brusko tries for a takedown. No joy.
Smith lands a knee to the body.
Smith is pressed up against the cage. Brusko has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Smith down to the mat. Smith avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.

Smith has taken the fight to the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brusko tries to score a body lock takedown but Smith shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Brusko looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Brusko looking for a takedown.
Smith lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Smith prevents a takedown attempt there.
Brusko can't get the takedown.
Smith unloads a knee to the mid-section. Brusko lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Brusko tries to pull guard but Smith won't allow it.
Smith landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Smith landing knees to the body.
Smith gets underhooks to prevent Brusko's takedown attempt.
Smith landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Smith lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Smith lands a shoulder strike.
Smith lands a knee to the head.
Brusko has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Smith avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Smith using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Smith gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Brusko.
Smith tries to land a knee to the head but Brusko blocks with his arms.
Brusko is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Smith pulls him back up using the underhooks.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Smith using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Smith lands a body punch.
Brusko takes a knee right on the jaw!
Smith lands a knee to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Smith with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Smith connects with a nasty looking knee right to Brusko's face.
Smith using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Smith using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Smith lands a knee to the head.
Smith lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

Brusko is rocked!
Nice body punch from Smith.
Brusko is still on wobbly legs! Can Smith finish him?
Smith working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Brusko seems to have recovered his senses.
Smith using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Smith scores with a knee to the head.
Brusko changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Smith fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Trevor Smith is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Brusko fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Trevor Smith dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Chuck Brusko's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Smith scores with a kick to the body.
Smith fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Smith uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Brusko has time to react.
Smith is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Smith with a hook.
Brusko takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Smith throws a shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith scores with a head kick.
Brusko takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Smith tests Brusko's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Smith scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Smith scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Brusko doesn't seem bothered though.
Smith digs a good hook to Brusko's body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice body kick there by Smith.
Brusko moves out of range of the body kick.
Smith lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
The fight stays on the outside here - Smith looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Trevor Smith is winning the standup battle so far.
Brusko walks into a straight right hand from Smith.
Smith misses with a few strikes there.
Chuck Brusko has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brusko on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Brusko takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Smith with a jab.
A punch lands to the side of Brusko 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Brusko takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Brusko showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Smith.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Smith scores with a shot to the body.
Smith scores with a kick to the body.
Smith connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Smith lands a lovely overhand right.
Brusko looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Smith scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.

And that's the end of the fight!
Trevor Smith showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Smith, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge John Mangel scores the fight 30:25
Judge Damien Edna scores the fight 30:25
Judge Winston Howard scores the fight 30:25

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Trevor Smith!