PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Armando Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Amir Shariff (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Smith
vs
Shariff

160 cm
22
199 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

194 cm
22
205 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Self confident

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Armando Smith!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Amir Shariff!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Sosuke Kotani and Yukihiro Shimada.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Shariff fails in his attempt to clinch.
Smith swats away the attempt to clinch by Shariff.
Shariff wants to clinch up but Smith keeps it at a distance.
Smith keeps the fight on the outside.
The fight stays on the outside here - Shariff looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Shariff shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Smith as he avoids it easily.
The fight stays on the outside here - Shariff looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Smith avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Smith circles away from the clinch attempt.
Shariff tries to clinch but Smith is having none of it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shariff tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Shariff tries to clinch up but Smith circles away and keeps his distance.
Shariff tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Smith paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Shariff throws a head kick that half lands.

It looks like Armando Smith has been cut.
Amir Shariff seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Smith shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
The referee warns Shariff that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.

It looks like Amir Shariff has been cut.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Shariff is trying desperately to improve position.
Smith pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.

The cut above Amir Shariff's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Smith lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.

Amir Shariff's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Amir Shariff's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:05 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Armando Smith!