PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Slopey Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cung Le (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Smith comes to the cage accompanied by Jawga Boyz - Rollin Like A Redneck. Le has chosen Untouchable as his entrance music. Cung Le has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Slopey Smith's chin.

Smith
vs
Le

184 cm
37
160 lbs
35 - 20 - 0

174 cm
33
167 lbs
22 - 8 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Cripplers Corner
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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 35 - 20 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Slopey Smith!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Cung Le!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Paul Tew and James Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Le wants to clinch
and Le takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Le tries to clinch up.
Le throws a head kick but Smith moves out of range.
Le tries to clinch up

and Smith counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Le!
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Smith passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Le!
Le tries to hold on but Smith pushes him away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Le working to try and regain half guard.
A nice elbow there by Smith.
Smith with good strikes from the mount here!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Le is looking to improve his position but Smith isn't that keen on the idea.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith lands a nice shot to the head.
Le manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Smith thows a huge punch but Le dodges it nicely.
Le is looking for a sweep. Smith is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Le is trying to stand.
Smith is keen to just control but Le is a slippery customer.
Smith frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Le is squirming around, avoiding Smith's attempts to control the action.
Smith is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Le can't stay in a position like this for much longer.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Smith scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Le takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Le is trying to escape the mount.
Smith with shots to the head and body - Le looks very uncomfortable down there.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Smith working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Le is trying to get back to his feet but can't.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith dominating with strikes here.
Smith postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Le looks a forlorn figure.
Le is working to get back to half guard.

Smith working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
Le keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Smith with a couple of short strikes.
Smith in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Smith scores with a couple of good head shots there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Le can't escape the position.
Smith wants to control the pace but Le is squirming around nicely.
Smith scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Le?
This has been an exciting period of action!
Smith pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Smith working Le over with strikes here.
Le working to try and regain half guard.
Smith scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Le?

Le is rocked!
Le wants to control but Smith is having none of it.
Smith landing strikes, looking to finish!
Smith working Le over with strikes here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Slopey Smith dominated that round.
That's time! Smith's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Le wants to clinch up but Smith keeps it at a distance.
Le tries to clinch up but Smith circles away and keeps his distance.
Le slips a straight right by Smith.
Cung Le seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Smith lands a really nice looking cross but Le seems unphased.
Le moves in looking to clinch but Smith pushes him off.
Smith swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Le tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Smith is looking light on his feet compared to last time was saw him fight.
A good leg kick by Smith.
Le tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Le tries to close the distance and clinch up but Smith swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Smith avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Smith shoots in but no luck this time.
Le wants to clinch up but Smith keeps it at a distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Smith takes a swing at Le's ribcage but misses.
A slow jab from Smith misses its intended target.
Smith is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Le can do to turn this around?
Le tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Smith manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Le avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Le tries to clinch but Smith is having none of it.
Le wants to clinch but Smith slips to the side
and Smith counters with a left to the body.
Le fails in his attempt to clinch.
Smith shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Smith misses with an uppercut
and Le counters with a thumping low kick.
Smith sizes up Le with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Smith misses with a hook.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Le tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Smith ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Le moves away.
Le is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Le doesn't manage to clinch there - Smith circles away.
Le closes the distance looking to clinch

and Smith counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Smith lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Smith trying to mount his opponent but Le defends it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Le is looking to get full guard. It looks like he might be successful but at the last minute Smith jumps into side control!
Le struggling a bit here.
Slopey Smith overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Le takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Smith trying to control the position but Le is working away.
Le is looking to get back to his feet here but Smith is keeping cool and he's managed to take Le's back.
Le can't escape the position.
Le is trying to remain composed but Smith is hammering down strikes to the side of his head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Smith has his opponent trapped and is landing shots. Not a good position for Le.
Le is trying to get back to his feet but Smith has full control of the position and if anything, Le has just worked his way into a worse spot.
Smith avoiding Le 's attempts to control his hands.
Smith 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.
Smith landing with strikes.
Le is really stuck here.
Smith struggling to keep hold of the position.
Smith landing with strikes.
Le is trying to get back to his feet but he's not managed it yet.
Le is in bad spot here.
Le looking very determined here, making life difficult for Smith.
Smith is landing with strikes from the back.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Slopey Smith dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Smith lands a leg kick that knocks Le off balance momentarily.
Slopey Smith is winning the standup battle so far.
Smith lands a nice hook to Le's body. Le takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Le tries to close the distance and clinch up but Smith swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Le tries to clinch up.
Smith throws a leg kick which misses Le's front leg but catches the back leg as Le tries to avoid it.
Le throws a looping overhand right but Smith ducks down to avoid it.
Smith scores with a sloppy right hand. Le should have avoided that one.
Le blocks a head kick by Smith.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Smith clinches up against the cage.
Smith has a couple of punches blocked by Le.
Le tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

Smith pulls guard.
Le looking to pass the guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith working a defensive guard here.
Smith pulls Le in close to prevent any damage.

Smith throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

Smith looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Le slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Cung Le has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.

Le stands over his opponent and dives in with a flying punch! Smith throws up his legs and catches Le in a triangle! Oh this looks tight! Le tries to escape but he's forced to tap! Wow, fantastic work there by Smith! That came out of nowhere!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:24 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Slopey Smith!
A very excited looking Slopey Smith 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.