PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Peter Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jack Douglas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Smith comes to the ring accompanied by Crazy Train. Douglas has chosen Rock You by Helix as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Smith
vs
Douglas

160 cm
24
149 lbs
10 - 4 - 0

172 cm
23
160 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Great elbows
Granite chin

Excellent grappler
Lethal high kicks
Granite chin

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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 10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Peter Smith!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jack Douglas!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Ren Mimura and Yuuki Gou.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Smith tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Douglas defends well and Smith ends up having to push Douglas into the ropes where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Smith digs a good body shot into Douglas's ribs.
Smith lands with a right hand.
Smith wants to clinch.
Douglas lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Smith backs up against the ropes.

It looks like Peter Smith has been cut.
A big right from Douglas misses.
Douglas throws a hook but Smith avoids it easily.
Smith slips a jab from Douglas.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Douglas is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Smith.
Smith misses with an attempted mid kick.

Douglas gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Douglas has his foot on Smith's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Smith works his way back into a safe position though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Douglas tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Smith advances to half guard.
Smith throwing shots but Douglas is blocking nicely.
Smith is pressing down on Douglas's thigh, looking to free his foot. Douglas is holding on for now.
Smith controlling the pace.
Douglas makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Douglas.
Smith pushes down on Douglas's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Smith trying to control from half guard but Douglas is working away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Douglas gets back to full guard.
Smith lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Smith throwing strikes but missing.
Smith is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Smith stopping the sweep attempt from Douglas.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Smith trying to control the position from guard on top but Douglas is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Douglas keeping full guard, as Smith tries to pass.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Douglas throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! Smith escapes and throws Douglas's legs to the side, diving into side control!

Smith thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Smith wants to lay and pray for a moment but Douglas keeps working.
Douglas tries to bench press Smith off him but Smith keeps the position.
Smith in side control lands a decent elbow.
Smith works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Smith scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Douglas to see if he's OK.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Douglas is not content to let Smith control the position.
Smith laying and praying for a moment but Douglas takes advantage and regains half guard.
Douglas avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Smith.

Smith is looking for a kimura but Douglas is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Smith to get the leverage.
Douglas wants to get back to full guard but Smith has mounted him!
Smith dominating with strikes here.
Douglas is trying desperately to improve position.
Smith is landing with some decent strikes but Douglas is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Peter Smith dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Peter Smith's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Douglas keeps the fight on the outside.
A left and a right from Douglas both land. Nice combination.
Smith avoids the head kick by Douglas.

Smith has taken the fight to the clinch.
Douglas lands a nice shot to the body.
Smith creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Douglas's defenses.

It looks like Jack Douglas has been cut.
Douglas wants to break free but Smith has control.
Smith misses with a knee to the head.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Smith.
Douglas doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A body shot lands from Douglas.
Douglas throws a head punch that misses.
Douglas takes an elbow to the temple.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Smith.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Douglas throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Stalling in the clinch from Smith.
Smith with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Smith tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Douglas avoids it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith trying to land knees to the body.
Smith is leaning against Douglas and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Douglas working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Smith presses Douglas against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Douglas has a couple of punches blocked by Smith.
Douglas blocking some punches.
Smith misses with a punch to the body.
Douglas working aggressively here.
Smith trying to control the position but instead, Douglas has worked for underhooks and has pushed Smith into the ropes.
Smith scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Douglas misses with the head strike.
Smith tries a knee to the head but Douglas blocks it.
Douglas misses with a punch on the inside.
Douglas tries to work over Smith's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Douglas lands a hook to the side of the head.
Smith is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Douglas is trying to stall.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Douglas misses with a body punch.
Smith tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Smith stops a takedown attempt from Douglas.
Smith is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Douglas can do to turn this around?
Douglas presses Smith against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Smith is leaning against Douglas and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Douglas misses with a hook from the clinch.
Douglas scores with an uppercut up the middle.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Douglas working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Smith tries to land knees in the clinch but Douglas avoids the damage to the body.
Smith stalling in the clinch but Douglas improves position.
Douglas lands a left hand.
Smith cracks Douglas with a nice body shot.
Douglas misses with a hook from the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Douglas's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Douglas has a couple of punches blocked by Smith.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Smith.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Smith missing with knees to the body.
Smith lands an elbow that stopped Douglas in his tracks for a moment.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
A short right from Douglas.
Douglas is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
A nice right hand lands inside from Douglas.
A short right from Smith.

Douglas breaks from the clinch.
Smith fails with an attempt to clinch.
Smith looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Douglas is fending him off so far but Smith persists. Nope, Douglas circles away and we're back to standing.
Douglas chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Smith can pounce on him.
Smith looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Douglas avoids a punch combination nicely.
Douglas throws a counter combo.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Douglas pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Douglas tries to land a leg kick but Smith saw it coming and moves away.
Douglas throws a leg kick but Smith checks it.
A slow jab from Douglas misses its intended target.

Smith clinches.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Knees in the clinch landing for Smith.
Smith landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Smith has a couple of punches blocked by Douglas.
Douglas working aggressively here.
Douglas fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Douglas is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Peter Smith has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Smith softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Douglas blocks an elbow strike.
Douglas tries to work over Smith's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Jack Douglas will probably get the nod - 10:9.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Smith's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Smith slips a straight right by Douglas.
Douglas connects with a nice looking jab.
Douglas fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Smith has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Douglas takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Douglas defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Smith.
Smith scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Jack Douglas seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Smith ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Douglas takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Smith takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Smith scores with a leg kick.
Douglas lands a nice shot that snaps Smith's head back.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Smith.
Smith scores with a sloppy right hand. Douglas should have avoided that one.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Douglas connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Douglas tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Smith swivels and escapes.
Smith swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Smith connects with a leg kick. Douglas looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Douglas works Smith's body with a nice hook.
Douglas fails to land with a series of punches.
Douglas tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Smith tries to clinch there but Douglas circles away.
Douglas takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Smith shoots in for a takedown but Douglas shows good takedown defense.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Peter Smith. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Douglas bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Douglas sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Smith is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Smith sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Douglas is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith is looking to control Douglas's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Smith avoid being mounted?
Smith is in a bad position, trying to hold on for dear life but he is really struggling to maintain any sort of control.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Douglas working his ground and pound in the gym.
Douglas is looking to advance position but Smith won't allow it.
Douglas throwing shots but Smith is blocking nicely.
Smith is trying to control but can't.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Douglas wants to work for an arm triangle but Smith is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Douglas throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Smith trying to control from the bottom.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Smith uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Douglas.
Smith was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Douglas jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Smith punishes Douglas's body with a nice straight punch.
Douglas goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Smith wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Smith drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
That kick from Douglas tenderised Smith's leg. Smith is trying to keep his angry face on.
Douglas with a lazy takedown attempt
and Smith counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Smith tries to clinch but Douglas moves out of range.
Nice sprawl there from Smith as Douglas shoots in.
Douglas takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Smith stuns Douglas with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Smith lands a front kick.

Douglas gets caught napping as Smith dives in and scores a takedown. Douglas manages to retain guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Smith makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Smith trying to control the position from guard on top but Douglas is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Smith postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Douglas wants to sweep here but Smith controlling him for the moment.

Douglas had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Smith defends it easily.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Jack Douglas.
I think Douglas has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Taro Takaoka scores the fight for Peter Smith!
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight for Peter Smith!
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight for Peter Smith!

Peter Smith wins by unanimous decision!
Peter Smith thanked the fans post fight for their support.