PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Joe Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Wolfgang Becker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Smith comes into the arena with frenzal rhomb - Mum changed the locks blaring out of the sound system. Becker has chosen Mr Boombastic as his entrance music. Wolfgang Becker is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Smith
vs
Becker

186 cm
22
199 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

186 cm
27
200 lbs
9 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Valhalla Fight Wear

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 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Joe Smith!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Wolfgang Becker!
The judges for this bout are Hugh Johnson, Eliza Hachem and Ben Hemmingworth.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Becker fails with a takedown attempt.
Smith throws out a powerful jab.
Smith lands a leg kick that knocks Becker off balance momentarily.
Becker just misses with a punch to the body.

Smith gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Becker to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Becker throws an elbow that misses. Smith uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Becker's guard. Nice move by Smith!

Smith stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Becker swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Becker looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Becker is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Becker throwing rabbit punches from the bottom - showing the judges that he's keeping busy.
Becker is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Becker is trying to hold Smith in close to prevent damage but Smith has managed to pass into half guard.
Smith passes to side control.
Becker pushes Smith away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Smith gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Becker is positioning himself to get back to half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Becker seems a little lost for a moment, as Smith dominates the positioning.
Becker gets back to half guard.
Becker won't allow Smith to pass to mount.
Becker is looking to improve his position.
Becker tries to kick Smith off but Smith keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Becker checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Smith pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Smith works the jab nicely.
Smith moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Horrible takedown attempt by Becker or perhaps it was just good defense by Smith, which made it look bad.
Smith lands a body shot.
Smith leaves Becker with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Joe Smith has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Wolfgang Becker.
Becker throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Smith counters with an outside leg kick.
Smith scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Smith with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Smith throws a head kick but Becker moves out of range.
Becker thows a left - swing and a miss!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Becker is defended easily by Smith.
Becker changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Smith tries to avoid it but Becker manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Smith to the ground. Smith escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Smith throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Smith scores with a jab to the body.
Becker looks winded!
Smith jabs at Becker's body.
Good exchange - Smith coming out on top.
Becker on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Smith scoring well with a low kick there.
Smith scores with a leg kick.
Joe Smith is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Smith feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Becker's calf.
Smith with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Smith moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Smith slips under a jab from Becker.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Joe Smith dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Becker dodges the punch combination from Smith.
Becker looks for a takedown but Smith sprawls well.
Smith lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Nice sprawl there from Smith as Becker shoots in.
Joe Smith is winning the standup battle so far.
Smith lands a head kick!
Smith goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Smith looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Becker doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Smith counters with a leg kick.
Joe Smith has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Wolfgang Becker.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Smith.
A solid leg kick lands there for Smith.
Smith uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A solid leg kick lands there for Smith.
Becker doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Becker gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.

Becker is rocked!
Becker walks straight into a right hand from Smith - that's dropped him! Smith jumps into mount and starts pounding away - can he finish?! More strikes go undefended and the referee has to dive in to save Becker from any more punishment! Becker complains about the stoppage but falls over as he tries to stand back up, so it was clearly a good stoppage.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:21 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Joe Smith!
Joe Smith very nearly forgot to thank Valhalla Fight Wear amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.
Wolfgang Becker was interviewed post fight and said 'Fuck this shit I'm outta here!'.