PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Cody Easton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dan Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Easton comes to the cage accompanied by . Smith has chosen Sabaton- Metal machine as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Easton
vs
Smith

175 cm
31
140 lbs
13 - 10 - 0

175 cm
31
162 lbs
13 - 11 - 1

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

Just Fight (Everything 7$)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 10 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Cody Easton!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 11 - 1, fighting out of London, Dan Smith!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Anni Minnemäki and Ben Zyskovitsi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Some wild striking there from Easton.
Easton misses with a body shot.

Smith decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Easton pushes Smith off looking to stand but Smith dives back in and keeps control.
Smith slows the pace down in half guard.
Smith passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Easton!

Smith is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Easton can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Easton is desperately trying to improve his position but Smith has a good base and remains in mount.
Smith controlling from mount.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Easton keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Easton is working hard here to advance position.
Smith landing strikes, looking to finish!

Smith wants to finish this one by submission but Easton is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Smith.
Smith dominating with strikes here.
Smith with the ground and pound from mount.
Smith lands a heavy elbow.
Smith controlling from mount.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Easton in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Smith with a couple of short strikes.
Easton is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Smith punishing his opponent with strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Smith lands a big shot there that rocks Easton but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Smith putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!

Easton is rocked!
Smith with the ground and pound from mount.
Oh Easton is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Easton on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Easton tries to get out of the position.
Easton is in all sorts of trouble here.
Easton taking shots to the head.
Smith cracks Easton with a big head shot that has him covering up instantly! He's rolled onto his side and the referee has seen enough - this one is aaaaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:37 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Dan Smith!
Dan Smith really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that Just Fight (Everything 7$) logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.