PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Andrew Lake (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marmaduke Cholmondley Smythe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lake's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Saliva - Super Star. Cholmondley Smythe has chosen He is an Englishman as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Lake
vs
Cholmondley Smythe

184 cm
19
147 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

170 cm
23
150 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Prefers standup

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Andrew Lake!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Marmaduke Cholmondley Smythe !
The judges for this bout are Eddie Farnsworth, Dean Styles and Anthony Taglia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Cholmondley Smythe feints and as Lake raises his hands in defense, Cholmondley Smythe changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Cholmondley Smythe wants to pass the guard but Lake is keeping the position.
Lake looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Cholmondley Smythe trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

Cholmondley Smythe drops back, looking for a kneebar! Lake looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Lake looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Lake!
Cholmondley Smythe is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Lake's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cholmondley Smythe wants to get back to full guard.
Cholmondley Smythe keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Lake is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Cholmondley Smythe wants to control but Lake is keeping busy.
Lake performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Cholmondley Smythe is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Lake's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Lake's back!
Lake wants to control his opponent's hands but Cholmondley Smythe gets his hands free.
Lake biding his time here by controlling the hands, looking to escape.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.

Lake defending nicely against the rear naked choke attempt.

Cholmondley Smythe has his opponent's back but Lake is looking to stand. He manages to get to his feet and shakes off Cholmondley Smythe .
Cholmondley Smythe tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Lake swivels and escapes.
Lake scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Andrew Lake seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cholmondley Smythe fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Cholmondley Smythe uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Lake.
Cholmondley Smythe gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Cholmondley Smythe will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Andrew Lake has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Marmaduke Cholmondley Smythe .

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cholmondley Smythe shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Cholmondley Smythe looks gassed!
A swing and a miss from Lake.
Cholmondley Smythe gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Lake.
Lake pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Lake scores with a jab to the head.
Lake misses with a straight right.
Cholmondley Smythe takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Lake misses with a hook. Cholmondley Smythe ducked under it nicely.
Lake with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Lake swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Cholmondley Smythe fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Lake throws a jab when Cholmondley Smythe was well out of range.
Lake throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Cholmondley Smythe stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Lake pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lake misses the jab.
Cholmondley Smythe ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Cholmondley Smythe shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Lake as he avoids it easily.
Lake lands a slapping body shot.
Cholmondley Smythe slips a jab and a cross from Lake.
A swing and a miss from Lake.
Decent striking displayed by Lake there.

Cholmondley Smythe feints and as Lake raises his hands in defense, Cholmondley Smythe changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Lake manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Lake landing strikes from the mount and Cholmondley Smythe is in trouble!
Lake tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Andrew Lake dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Cholmondley Smythe tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Lake swivels and escapes.
Cholmondley Smythe ducks under a wild hook from Lake.
Cholmondley Smythe uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Lake.
Cholmondley Smythe fails with a takedown attempt.
Lake waving his hands out infront of him, looking to distract Cholmondley Smythe .
Cholmondley Smythe shoots in and drives through. Lake sprawls well.
Andrew Lake has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Marmaduke Cholmondley Smythe .
Cholmondley Smythe moves away from the strike by Lake.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lake stuffs the takedown attempt from Cholmondley Smythe . Cholmondley Smythe gets slowly back to his feet.
Lake really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Lake throws out a powerful jab.
Lake misses with a straight left.
Lake stuffs the takedown.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cholmondley Smythe fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Lake is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Cholmondley Smythe is breathing heavily.
The crowd cheers as Lake lands an impressive looking overhand right. Cholmondley Smythe doesn't seem phased though.
Andrew Lake is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Cholmondley Smythe moves out of range as Lake strikes.
Cholmondley Smythe will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Cholmondley Smythe gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Cholmondley Smythe is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Lake misses with a hook.
Lake displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Lake throws the left hand but Cholmondley Smythe avoids the punch easily.
Cholmondley Smythe shoots for a double leg takedown but Lake sprawls well. He's pushed Cholmondley Smythe 's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Lake scores with a body shot.
Cholmondley Smythe takes one to the side of the head.
Cholmondley Smythe displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Lake throws out the jab.
Lake cracks a nice hook into Cholmondley Smythe 's ribs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lake throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
A swing and a miss from Lake.
Lake lands a really nice looking cross but Cholmondley Smythe seems unphased.
Cholmondley Smythe staying out of range there.
Lake throws a looping overhand right but Cholmondley Smythe ducks down to avoid it.
Lake lands the left hand.
Cholmondley Smythe is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Andrew Lake is winning the standup battle so far.
Lake jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cholmondley Smythe tries for a takedown but Lake sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Lake throws out a loose jab but Cholmondley Smythe uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cholmondley Smythe moves out of range of the strikes.
Cholmondley Smythe slips a jab from Lake.
Lake loads up on a big right hand but Cholmondley Smythe slips the punch.
Cholmondley Smythe shoots in but Lake avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Lake is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice shot by Lake.
Lake waving his hands out infront of him, looking to distract Cholmondley Smythe .
Lake takes a swing at Cholmondley Smythe 's ribcage but misses.
Lake throws a one two combo.
Lake jabs at Cholmondley Smythe 's body.

Cholmondley Smythe forces Lake back against the cage and clinches.

Lake breaks from the clinch.
Cholmondley Smythe uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Lake.
Cholmondley Smythe throws a series of punches but Lake avoids them all with ease.
Marmaduke Cholmondley Smythe is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Cholmondley Smythe closes the distance and clinches up with Lake, looking for a takedown. Cholmondley Smythe pushes Lake against the cage but Lake circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
A cross from Lake lands.
Lake throws out a loose jab but Cholmondley Smythe uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cholmondley Smythe throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Lake's waist but Lake gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Cholmondley Smythe off to one side.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lake scores with a jab to the head.
Lake scores with the left hand. Cholmondley Smythe knows he should have avoided that one.
Lake lands a slapping body shot.
Cholmondley Smythe uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Lake.
Lake thows a left - swing and a miss!
Lake throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Lake misses with a looping left.
Cholmondley Smythe gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Lake misses with a double jab.
Lake throws out a loose jab but Cholmondley Smythe uses good head movement to avoid it.
Lake throws an overhand right that lands on Cholmondley Smythe 's shoulder, as Cholmondley Smythe tries to avoid the shot.
Lake lands a really nice looking cross but Cholmondley Smythe seems unphased.
Lake scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Cholmondley Smythe on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Andrew Lake dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

A swing and a miss from Lake.
Cholmondley Smythe bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
The crowd cheers as Lake lands an impressive looking overhand right. Cholmondley Smythe doesn't seem phased though.
Lake lands a nice hook to Cholmondley Smythe 's body. Cholmondley Smythe takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Cholmondley Smythe fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Cholmondley Smythe shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Lake as he avoids it easily.
Lake misses with a body shot.
Cholmondley Smythe shoots in for a double leg but Lake sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Andrew Lake has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Marmaduke Cholmondley Smythe .
Lake throws a jab when Cholmondley Smythe was well out of range.
Good shot there by Lake.
Cholmondley Smythe changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Lake tries to avoid it but Cholmondley Smythe manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Lake to the ground. Lake escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Cholmondley Smythe uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Lake.
A swing and a miss from Lake.
Cholmondley Smythe scores with a head kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lake keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Cholmondley Smythe takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Cholmondley Smythe gets cracked there but stands up to it.
The fighters circle momentarily. Lake darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
A nice combination there by Lake.
Cholmondley Smythe walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Lake misses with a looping right.
Lake throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Cholmondley Smythe on the side of the head.
Lake throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Cholmondley Smythe fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
A jab from Lake finds it's way through Cholmondley Smythe 's defenses.
Cholmondley Smythe uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Lake.
The fighters circling - Lake throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lake throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Cholmondley Smythe displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Lake throws out the jab.
Lake looks to land a right hand but Cholmondley Smythe moved out of range.
Lake uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Cholmondley Smythe has time to react.
Cholmondley Smythe moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Lake throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Lake's corner calls for a 1-2. Lake obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Lake swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Lake throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Cholmondley Smythe counters with a shoot takedown. Lake fights it but they end up in guard.
Lake pulls Cholmondley Smythe in close to prevent any damage.
Cholmondley Smythe tries to free his leg and advance position but Lake is retaining full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cholmondley Smythe stays in close to Lake's body and controls the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Lake has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Lake controls Cholmondley Smythe momentarily but Cholmondley Smythe frees himself.
Cholmondley Smythe passes into half guard.
Lake trying to control here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Cholmondley Smythe trying to control the pace.
Cholmondley Smythe not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Marmaduke Cholmondley Smythe has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

Cholmondley Smythe is looking for a kimura but Lake is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Cholmondley Smythe to get the leverage.
Cholmondley Smythe throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Cholmondley Smythe thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Lake's head.
Lake preventing any damage for now, controlling his opponent's head.
Lake is trying to maintain the position but Cholmondley Smythe is very close to passing his half guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Andrew Lake showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Lake, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 30:27
Judge Dean Styles scores the fight 30:27
Judge Anthony Taglia scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Andrew Lake!