PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Roberto Blanco (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Steven Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Steven Smith will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Blanco
vs
Smith

178 cm
20
170 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

189 cm
22
183 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Cardio machine

Decent wrestler
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

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 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Roberto Blanco!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Steven Smith!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, James Atkins and Phil Schofield.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Smith throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Blanco pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Blanco fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Smith uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Blanco.
Blanco avoids a punch combination nicely.
Blanco looks to land a right hand but Smith moved out of range.

Blanco gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Blanco swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Blanco working aggressively here.
Smith presses Blanco against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Blanco throws a punch but it's blocked by Smith.
Smith is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Smith blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Come on Smith - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Smith makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Blanco tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A short left from Smith.
Blanco fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Blanco misses with some punches.
Blanco fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Blanco throws a punch but it's blocked by Smith.
Blanco gets through Smith's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Nice body punch from Smith - that landed with a thud.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Smith.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Blanco throws a punch but it's blocked by Smith.
Smith blocking some punches.
I was talking to Blanco's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Smith is struggling to control the position.
Blanco throws a punch but it's blocked by Smith.
Blanco throws a head punch that misses.
Blanco takes a shot to the head.
Blanco misses with a hook from the clinch.
Blanco tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Smith misses with the head strike.
Smith stalling against the cage.
Blanco throws a punch but it's blocked by Smith.
Blanco misses with a hook from the clinch.
Blanco scores with a nice hook to the head.
Smith tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Smith scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Blanco misses with some punches.
A nice right hand lands inside from Smith.
Smith lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Blanco as Smith tries to tie him up.
Smith dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Blanco tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A short left from Blanco.
Blanco fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Blanco misses with a hook from the clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Smith.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith stalling in the clinch but Blanco improves position.
Blanco tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Blanco tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Blanco blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Blanco misses with some punches.
Blanco fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Smith throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Blancos head.
Blanco misses with some punches.
Blanco misses with a punch on the inside.
Blanco swings wildly with an uppercut but Smith uses good head movement to avoid it.
Blanco working aggressively here.
Blanco has a couple of punches blocked by Smith.
Blanco misses with a short punch on the inside.
Smith misses with a punch to the body.
Smith blocking some punches.
Blanco has a couple of punches blocked by Smith.
Blanco working aggressively here.
A short right from Smith.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Smith.
Blanco stops a takedown attempt from Smith.
Blanco misses with some punches.
A head punch on the inside from Blanco fails to land.
Smith blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Smith lands a hook to the side of the head.
Smith controlling the action here for a moment.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Smith throws a head punch that misses.
Blanco misses with a short punch on the inside.
Smith scores with a shot to the side of Blanco's head.
Smith softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Smith will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Blanco up against the cage.
Blanco lands a hook to the side of the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Blanco throws a punch but it's blocked by Smith.
Smith works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Smith blocking some punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Steven 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.

Blanco throws a hook but Smith avoids it easily.
Smith blocks a jab.

Blanco clinches up with Smith and pushes him back against the cage.
A short right from Smith.
Smith controlling the action here for a moment.
Blanco swings wildly with an uppercut but Smith uses good head movement to avoid it.
Smith blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Blanco lands a shoulder strike.

It looks like Steven Smith has been cut.
Blanco throws a head punch that misses.
Blanco makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Smith blocking some punches.
Smith lands with a light punch inside.
Blanco swings wildly with an uppercut but Smith uses good head movement to avoid it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Smith is persisting with his attempts to control the action in the clinch, rather than do any real damage.
Blanco lands with a short shot to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.

Smith breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Smith connects with a jab.
Smith loads up on a big right hand but Blanco slips the punch.
Smith avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Smith feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Blancos jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Nice defenses there by Smith.

Blanco lands a big uppercut and Smith crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Smith looks OK. Blanco waves Smith back to his feet!

Smith is rocked!
Blanco is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Smith's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Smith paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Smith is still on wobbly legs! Can Blanco finish him?
Blanco shoots in for a takedown but Smith shows good takedown defense.
Smith scores with a jab.
Blanco avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Steven Smith is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Blanco looks to land a right hand but Smith moved out of range.

Blanco cracks Smith with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Smith looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Blanco finish him?
Blanco cracks Smith with a brutal left hook that knocks him out cold! This one is over in a flash! Game over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Roberto Blanco!
A very excited looking Roberto Blanco made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.