PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kalle Natsisiwa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Arthur Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Natsisiwa
vs
Smith

188 cm
37
208 lbs
21 - 15 - 2

187 cm
26
220 lbs
12 - 4 - 2

BJJ Blue Belt
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Powerful

Museum of Monsters & Madmen

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 21 - 15 - 2, fighting out of Helsinki, Kalle Natsisiwa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 4 - 2, fighting out of New York, Arthur Smith !
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Steve Smith and Elvis Blanc.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Smith misses with a head kick.
Natsisiwa scores with a jab.
Smith avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Natsisiwa comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Natsisiwa scores with the left hand. Smith knows he should have avoided that one.

It looks like Arthur Smith has been cut.
Natsisiwa has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Team Tukkapölly in the buildup to the fight.
Natsisiwa with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Smith misses with a body kick.
Natsisiwa lands a nice shot to the body.
Smith gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Natsisiwa throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Natsisiwa just misses with a punch to the body.
Smith drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Natsisiwa defends it well.
Natsisiwa rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Smith counters with a big head kick but Natsisiwa shrugs it off.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Natsisiwa goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Smith on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Natsisiwa scores with a nice right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Natsisiwa scores with a nice right hand.
Smith moves out of range as Natsisiwa strikes.
Smith with the counter takedown but Natsisiwa avoids it easily.
A jab from Natsisiwa misses.
Natsisiwa scores with a jab to the body.
Smith has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Smith uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Natsisiwa.
Smith feints the counter takedown.
The fighters circle momentarily. Natsisiwa darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Smith throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Natsisiwa fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Smith on the side of the head.
Smith drops his hands momentarily and Natsisiwa takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Natsisiwa throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Kalle Natsisiwa is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Natsisiwa scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Smith fails with the takedown
letting Natsisiwa counter with a right hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Natsisiwa scores with a jab. Smith acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Natsisiwa lands with a nice combination. Smith backs away looking to recover.
Smith has a takedown stuffed.
Natsisiwa scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Natsisiwa lands a right hook to the body.
Natsisiwa throws a hook but Smith blocks it.
Smith lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Natsisiwa throws a shot to the body.
Smith takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Natsisiwa darts in and out, connecting with a jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Natsisiwa!
Smith avoids the body shot from Natsisiwa.
Natsisiwa just misses with a punch to the body.
Smith with the counter takedown but Natsisiwa avoids it easily.
Smith takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Natsisiwa throws a jab but it's blocked by Smith .
Natsisiwa takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Natsisiwa bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Smith 's head backwards.
A lazy left from Smith finds it's target.
Natsisiwa lands with a straight right. Smith didn't see that one coming.
Smith moves away from the strike by Natsisiwa.
Smith wants to slow Natsisiwa down by chopping away at his legs.
Natsisiwa connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Smith momentarily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Natsisiwa misses with a body punch
and Natsisiwa takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Smith staying out of range there.
Natsisiwa bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Natsisiwa throws a looping overhand right but Smith ducks down to avoid it.
Natsisiwa throws a body shot but no joy.
Natsisiwa scores with a jab to the body.
Natsisiwa scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Natsisiwa lands a nice shot to the body.
Smith moves out of range as Natsisiwa strikes.
Natsisiwa throws out a powerful jab.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Natsisiwa throws a shot to the body.
Smith has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Smith takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Smith with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Natsisiwa loads up on a big right hand but Smith slips the punch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kalle Natsisiwa dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Arthur Smith 's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Natsisiwa shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Smith eats them both and turns towards Natsisiwa to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Natsisiwa throws an overhand right that lands on Smith 's shoulder, as Smith tries to avoid the shot.
Natsisiwa is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Smith can do to turn this around?
Natsisiwa looks to land a combination but Smith avoids it well.
Smith with the counter takedown but Natsisiwa avoids it easily.
Natsisiwa scores with a shot to the body.
Smith moves away from the strike by Natsisiwa.
Natsisiwa lands with a straight right. Smith didn't see that one coming.
Smith takes one to the side of the head.
Natsisiwa throws a body shot but no joy.
Kalle Natsisiwa seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Natsisiwa lands with a shot to the body.
Smith ducks under a wild hook from Natsisiwa.

Smith looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Natsisiwa!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Smith throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Natsisiwa trying to remain calm as Smith controls from the top position.
Natsisiwa knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Smith on the ground.
Smith misses with the ground and pound.
Natsisiwa is not content to let Smith control the position.
Natsisiwa struggling a bit here.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.

That's two 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.
Let's hope that Smith has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Smith darts in looking for a takedown but Natsisiwa gets double underhooks and turns Smith into the cage.
Natsisiwa scores with a punch to the head.
Natsisiwa keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Natsisiwa.

That has opened up Arthur Smith 's cut even more.
Smith misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A little feinted left hand from Natsisiwa on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Natsisiwa waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Smith .
Kalle Natsisiwa is winning the standup battle so far.
Smith takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Natsisiwa stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Good standup being displayed there by Natsisiwa as he connects with a hook.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Natsisiwa misses with a few strikes there.
Natsisiwa digs a good hook to Smith 's body.
Natsisiwa scores with a jab. Smith acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Natsisiwa connects with a crisp jab.
Natsisiwa throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
A clash of legs there as Natsisiwa blocks the low kick.
Natsisiwa getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
A big right from Smith misses.
Smith has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Natsisiwa thows a left - swing and a miss!
Natsisiwa connects with a looping right hand.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Natsisiwa lands with a cross.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Natsisiwa misses with a right hand

so Smith counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Natsisiwa being controlled here, momentarily.
Smith chips away with some ground and pound.
Smith showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kalle Natsisiwa dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Arthur Smith 's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Natsisiwa looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Natsisiwa ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Smith moves away.
Natsisiwa lands a head shot.
Smith takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Natsisiwa ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Smith moves away.
Smith takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Natsisiwa misses with a jab, cross combination.
Natsisiwa throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Natsisiwa throws out a loose jab but Smith uses good head movement to avoid it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Smith loads up on a big right hand but Natsisiwa slips the punch.
Natsisiwa looks to throw the jab but Smith is out of range.
Natsisiwa thows a left - swing and a miss!
Smith lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Natsisiwa scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Smith doesn't seem bothered though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Natsisiwa misses with a straight right.
Smith raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Natsisiwa connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Smith momentarily.
Natsisiwa lands a jab to Smith 's midsection.
Smith keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Smith looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Natsisiwa swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Natsisiwa scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Natsisiwa lands the left hand.
Smith on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
The fighters circling - Natsisiwa throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Smith takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Arthur Smith has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Natsisiwa looks to land a left hand but Smith moved out of range nicely.
Natsisiwa throws an off balance right hand

and Smith counters with a shoot takedown. Natsisiwa fights it but they end up in guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Natsisiwa looking to hit a scissor sweep but Smith is one step ahead there.
Smith throwing strikes but missing.
Smith throwing strikes from guard but Natsisiwa blocks nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Natsisiwa is pulling down on Smith 's head. It's preventing any offense from Smith , at least for the moment.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Smith missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Natsisiwa manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Smith manages to get himself to full guard.

Smith bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Natsisiwa's guard.

Smith throws a strike but Natsisiwa rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

Natsisiwa trying to control the position from guard on top but Smith is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Smith pulls Natsisiwa in close to prevent any damage.

And that's the end of the fight!
Kalle Natsisiwa showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Natsisiwa, 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 Alec Ball scores the fight 30:27
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 30:27
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kalle Natsisiwa!
Kalle Natsisiwa bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.