PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Marshall Charbonneau (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Steve Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Charbonneau comes to the cage accompanied by Stromae - Formidable. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Charbonneau
vs
Smith

170 cm
25
160 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

196 cm
19
161 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Basic striking
KO power

Good wrestler
Brawler
Good gas tank

Mohito Fightwear

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 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Marshall Charbonneau!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Steve Smith!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, William Gold and Sam Margolis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Smith slips a jab from Charbonneau.
Smith darts in looking for a takedown but Charbonneau gets double underhooks and turns Smith into the cage.

Charbonneau bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Smith is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Charbonneau fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Smith wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Charbonneau throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Smith is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Smith is looking for a sweep.
Charbonneau wants to control but Smith is keeping him busy.
Charbonneau grinds an elbow into Smith's temple.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Charbonneau wants to control but Smith is keeping him busy.
Charbonneau throws a strike aimed at the side of Smith's head but Smith avoids it well.
Charbonneau trying to control the action but Smith is working from the bottom.
Smith defending against the ground and pound.
Charbonneau misses with the ground and pound.
Charbonneau wants to lay and pray for a moment but Smith keeps working.
Smith wants to get back to his feet.
Smith is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.

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.
Charbonneau wants to lay and pray for a moment but Smith keeps working.
Charbonneau cracks Smith with a big elbow.
Smith wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Charbonneau working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Smith tries to get back to his feet but has found himself mounted instead. Damn, that's gotta suck.
Smith is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Smith is trying to escape the mount.
Charbonneau trying to control but Smith is having none of it.
Charbonneau looking to finish with strikes here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Charbonneau cracks Smith with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.

Smith is rocked!
Charbonneau cracks Smith with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Smith is still in real trouble! Can Charbonneau finish him?
Smith's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
We've been informed that Smith has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Charbonneau softens up his opponent with a couple of shots there and then CRACK! One massive shot lands there and Smith is out cold! Charbonneau jumps to his feet and celebrates on the cage with the fans, who are, quite frankly, going absolutely mental!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:42 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Marshall Charbonneau!