PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Tomi Atomi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Snabbo Smido (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Atomi's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Spookshow Baby. Smido has chosen Breathe as his entrance music. Snabbo Smido told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!

Atomi
vs
Smido

191 cm
29
183 lbs
15 - 5 - 1

179 cm
35
182 lbs
25 - 18 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Dynamite

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Tomi Atomi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 25 - 18 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Snabbo Smido!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Dillan Fox and Trevor Gratis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Atomi misses with a kick to the body
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Atomi lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Atomi throws a leg kick
and Smido counters with a nice leg kick.
Atomi lands a nice hook to Smido's body. Smido takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Atomi fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Smido manages to avoid it.
Atomi throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Atomi throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Atomi cracks the inside of Smido's front leg.
Atomi throws a sloppy head kick and Smido moves out of range easily.
Smido misses with a low kick.
Atomi avoids the head kick by Smido.
A solid leg kick lands there for Smido.
Atomi tries a low kick but Smido avoids it.
Tomi Atomi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
An inside leg kick lands from Atomi.
Atomi throws a front kick aimed at Smido's knee but Smido avoids it well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A chopping leg kick lands by Smido.
Atomi lands a nice leg kick that just misses Smido's sensitive parts.
Atomi does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Atomi, right into the meat.
Atomi throws a front kick that sends Smido stumbling back into the cage.
Atomi thuds his shin into the meat of Smido's side.
A head kick misses from Atomi.
Smido throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Atomi will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Smido throws a leg kick which misses Atomi's front leg but catches the back leg as Atomi tries to avoid it.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Atomi lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Smido has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Smido and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Atomi scores with a leg kick.
Atomi pulls out of a head kick attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Atomi swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Atomi dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Smido. That did some damage!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Smido throws a jab but it's blocked by Atomi.
Smido shoots in but Atomi avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Atomi misses with a straight right.
Smido cracks the inside of Atomi's front leg.
Atomi lands a jab to the nose.
Atomi checks the leg kick.
Atomi finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Smido keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Atomi lands a high kick!
Smido cracks the inside of Atomi's front leg.

Smido gets caught flat footed, as Atomi shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smido is pulling down on Atomi's head to control his posture.
Atomi looking to pass the guard.
Smido has Atomi pulled in close to control his posture.
Atomi postures up in Smido's guard and throws a big left but Smido blocks it.
Atomi postures up in Smido's guard and throws a big left but Smido blocks it.
Atomi lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Atomi postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Smido is trying to keep Atomi in close.
Atomi trying to control the position from guard on top but Smido is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Atomi will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Atomi working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Atomi missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Atomi throwing strikes but missing.
Smido utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Atomi working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Smido keeping full guard, as Atomi tries to pass.
Atomi sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Smido's guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Atomi throwing shots but Smido is blocking nicely.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Smido looks like he's trying to stand up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tomi Atomi dominated that round.
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.

Atomi pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Smido blocks a leg kick.
Smido moves out of range as Atomi throws a body kick.
Atomi lands an overhand right.
Atomi swings for the body but Smido moves out of range.
Atomi feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Smido's calf.
Smido missing with a left hand there. Atomi was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Smido throws a front kick aimed at Atomi's knee but Atomi avoids it well.
Atomi lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Smido moves out of range of the strikes.
An inside leg kick from Atomi misses.
Smido throws out a leg kick but Atomi moves out of range and Smido only half commits.
Atomi shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Smido as he jumps to the side.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Atomi wants to land a leg kick but Smido is out of range.
Smido feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Atomi's calf.
Smido takes a kick to the side of the head.
Atomi plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Atomi feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Smido's calf.
Atomi misses with a low kick.
Atomi misses with a body shot.
Atomi throws a low kick but Smido avoids it.
Smido takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Smido checks the leg kick.
Good exchange - Smido coming out on top.
Atomi scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Atomi fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Smido is trying hard to land a takedown here. Atomi sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Atomi throws a solid leg kick but Smido takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Atomi.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

A momentary lapse in concentration from Atomi enables Smido to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Atomi manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Smido throwing strikes from guard but Atomi blocks nicely.
Atomi is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Atomi lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Atomi not landing any meaningful shots this time.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Atomi is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Atomi throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Smido is positioning himself well to prevent Atomi advancing to mount.
Atomi sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Smido defending well though.
Smido missing with punches from the bottom.
Atomi thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Smido's head.
Tomi Atomi overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Smido is not content to let Atomi control the position.
Atomi is looking to advance position but Smido won't allow it.
Atomi lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Atomi thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Atomi wants to advance to full mount but Smido doesn't think that's going to happen and regains full guard instead.
Atomi throwing strikes from guard but Smido blocks nicely.
Atomi stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Smido swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Smido is trying to control the position but Atomi postures up.
Atomi wants to control from the top but Smido keeps moving.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Smido can't keep his opponent in guard - Atomi advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Atomi thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tomi Atomi dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Atomi throws a right hand that misses
and Smido counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
A looping hook to the body misses from Atomi. Smido does a little dance to reset his feet.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Atomi!
Atomi lands a leg kick that knocks Smido off balance momentarily.
Atomi throws a leg kick
and Smido counters with a slapping leg kick.
Atomi fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Smido throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Smido takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Smido on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Atomi. Atomi obviously looking to wear him down.
Atomi throws a solid leg kick but Smido takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Atomi.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Atomi.
A solid leg kick lands there for Smido.
Atomi is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Atomi thumps Smido with a low kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Smido stuffs the takedown attempt from Atomi. Atomi gets slowly back to his feet.
Atomi cracks the inside of Smido's front leg.
Atomi throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Atomi throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Atomi lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Atomi.
Atomi throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Atomi scores with a hook to the body. Smido takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Atomi is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Atomi looks to land a right hand but Smido moved out of range.
Smido on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
No luck for Atomi with that takedown attempt.
Atomi connects with a leg kick. Smido looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Snabbo Smido has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Tomi Atomi is winning the standup battle so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Atomi throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Smido throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Smido attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Smido takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Smido's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
A clash of legs there as Smido blocks the low kick.
Smido throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Smido scores with a kick to the midsection.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Atomi stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Smido.
Atomi shoots in looking for a takedown. Smido tries to sprawl out of it but Atomi keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Smido manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tomi Atomi. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Good leg kick by Smido there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Tomi Atomi is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Atomi connects with an inside leg kick.
Atomi is looking to wear down Smido with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Atomi swings widly with a right hand
and Smido counters with a good low kick that Atomi was not able to check.
Atomi throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Atomi lands a nice leg kick that just misses Smido's sensitive parts.
Atomi takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Atomi throws a solid leg kick but Smido takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Atomi.
Atomi slips a jab from Smido.
Atomi with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Atomi.
Atomi tries a head kick but it misses.
Atomi scores with a sloppy right hand. Smido should have avoided that one.
A lazy body kick from Smido

and Atomi counters with a nice double leg into side control. Smido won't be happy with that.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Smido can't do much from the bottom here.
Smido is working to avoid the ground and pound but Atomi connects with a decent elbow.
Sloppy strikes there by Atomi.
Atomi sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Smido is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Smido is trying to escape the position but Atomi is controlling the position.
Smido is not content to let Atomi control the position.
Atomi throws a strike aimed at the side of Smido's head but Smido avoids it well.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Smido tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Atomi wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Atomi scores with a couple of short elbows.

And that's the end of the fight!
Tomi Atomi showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Atomi has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Alec Ball scores the fight 30:27
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 30:27
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tomi Atomi!
Tomi Atomi seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.