PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Big J Smiles (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Raise Hell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Smiles comes to the cage accompanied by Smile Like You Mean It. Hell has chosen Wu Tang Financial as his entrance music. Big J Smiles could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Raise Hell's chin.

J Smiles
vs
Hell

198 cm
23
197 lbs
5 - 5 - 0

183 cm
23
193 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
World class MT
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

GREEN!160

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 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Big J Smiles!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Raise Hell!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Shigeki Sano and Yasuomi Hirokawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Smiles wants to clinch.
Smiles keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
The fight stays on the outside here - Smiles looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A jab from Hell finds it's way through Smiles's defenses.

It looks like Big J Smiles has been cut.

Smiles gets a clinch.
Smiles misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hell.
Smiles tries a knee to the head but Hell blocks it.

Hell manages to break the clinch.
Smiles tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hell swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Hell with the counter takedown but Smiles avoids it easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Smiles tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hell swats him away and circles back towards the center.
The fight stays on the outside here - Smiles looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Smiles wants to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Smiles throws out a loose jab but Hell uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hell swats away the attempt to clinch by Smiles.
Smiles tries to clinch up.
Smiles tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Hell manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Smiles tries to clinch up but Hell circles away and keeps his distance.

Smiles instigates a clinch.
Hell working hard to break the clinch.
Hell avoiding damage as Smiles throws knees to the body.
Smiles landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

Hell breaks the clinch.
Smiles wants to clinch.
Hell is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Hell swings away with a leg kick that misses.
No joy there for Hell, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Smiles tries to close the distance and clinch but Hell swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Big J Smiles seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smiles on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Hell throws a leg kick that is checked

and Smiles counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Hell is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Hell looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Smiles lands a good knee to the midsection. Hell won't want to take too many of those.
Smiles landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Smiles keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Hell's efforts to push away.
A nice right hand lands inside from Smiles.
Hell blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Our sources have told us that Smiles has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
Smiles misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hell.

Hell breaks the clinch.
Hell looks to land a left hand but Smiles moved out of range nicely.
Smiles tries to clinch but Hell moves out of range.
Hell feints the counter takedown.
Hell gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Hell swats away the attempt to clinch by Smiles.
Hell swats away the attempt to clinch by Smiles.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Smiles gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Smiles misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hell.
Smiles trying to control the position but instead, Hell has worked for underhooks and has pushed Smiles into the cage.
Hell scores with a shoulder strike.
Smiles goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Hell pushes Smiles against the cage. Hell is working some dirty boxing. Hell pushes off with a quick right hook! Smiles goes down! Smiles tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! Hell moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:35 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Raise Hell!
Raise Hell thanked the fans post fight for their support.