PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Dan Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Edvin Rinne (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Smith comes to the cage accompanied by Sabaton- Metal machine. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Smith
vs
Rinne

175 cm
37
154 lbs
19 - 17 - 1

175 cm
22
153 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
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BJJ Brown Belt
Dangerous knees
Good gas tank

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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 19 - 17 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Dan Smith!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Edvin Rinne!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Johanna Lukiainen and Roosa Järviläinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Smith tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Rinne was well out of range. Poor timing from Smith.
Smith uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Rinne.
Smith shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Rinne as he avoids it easily.

Rinne clinches with his opponent.

Smith works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
Smith wants to pass the guard but Rinne is keeping the position.
Smith passes into half guard.
Rinne is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Smith is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Smith raining down shots from the mount!
Smith has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Smith controlling the pace for now.
Smith trying to control but he's not successful this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Rinne hang on?
Smith raining down hammerfists from mount.
Rinne has found himself in a tricky position here. He's been working his transitions in training so let's see if he can work his way out of it.
Smith lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Rinne is squirming around, avoiding Smith's attempts to control the action.
Rinne is trying desperately to improve position.
Rinne taking shots to the head.
Smith with a couple of short strikes.
Smith raining down shots from the mount!
Smith looking to control but Rinne is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Smith landing punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Smith looking to finish Rinne with some ground and pound. This is bad for Rinne!

Rinne is rocked!
Smith scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Rinne is still in real trouble! Can Smith finish him?
Smith looking to finish here with some ground and pound. He lands one big shot that has Rinne covering up... and two more big strikes land, forcing the referee to step in and put and end to proceedings! This fight is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:26 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Dan Smith!
Dan Smith decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.