PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ben Funkyama (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mike Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Funkyama
vs
Smith

178 cm
31
183 lbs
12 - 10 - 0

172 cm
37
172 lbs
19 - 17 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Granite chin

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 12 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Ben Funkyama!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Mike Smith!
The judges for this bout are John Mangel, Winston Howard and Eliza Hachem.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Funkyama shoots in for a takedown but Smith shows good takedown defense.
We've been hearing reports that Funkyama has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Funkyama shoots in for a takedown but Smith shows good takedown defense.

Smith drives through with a takedown into Funkyama's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Funkyama trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Smith lands a couple of digs.
Funkyama trying to control the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Smith avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Funkyama keeping moving, preventing Smith from controlling successfully.
Funkyama has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

Funkyama working for a triangle but Smith defends it easily.
Smith postures up and lands a big shot to Funkyama's brow.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Funkyama is looking to stand up but Smith isn't so interested in that idea.
Smith lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith is looking to work some ground and pound but Funkyama has wrist control.
Funkyama wants to stand but Smith is controlling the position.
Smith wants to pass the guard but Funkyama is keeping the position.
Smith throwing strikes from guard but Funkyama blocks nicely.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Smith with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Funkyama lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Smith!
Funkyama lands a nice shot to the head.
Funkyama cracks Smith with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Smith is in a horrible position here. Funkyama smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Smith really wants to buck Funkyama off and get back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith is looking to get to half guard.
Smith tries to hold on but Funkyama postures up.
The referee warns Smith that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Smith looks winded!
BOOM! Funkyama connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Funkyama lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Funkyama scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Funkyama lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.

Smith is rocked!
Funkyama loads up on a couple of big shots to the head that have Smith scrambling to escape. He can't get free though and several more unanswered shots from Funkyama land to the head. The referee has no choice but to stop the fight. Funkyama stands and salutes the crowd.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ben Funkyama!
During a confident post fight interview, Ben Funkyama thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.