PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Russell Lynn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Terry Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Smith's choice of entrance music: The Mercenary. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Lynn
vs
Smith

194 cm
37
195 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

190 cm
38
195 lbs
25 - 27 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
KO power

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Russell Lynn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 25 - 27 - 0, fighting out of New York, Terry Smith!
The judges for this bout are Hugh Johnson, Francis DeMontford and Eliza Hachem.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice body kick from Smith.
Lynn throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Lynn is looking to clinch.
Lynn wants to slow Smith down by chopping away at his legs.
Smith lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Lynn circles away quickly and effectively.
A decent looking cross lands there for Lynn.
Smith ducks under a wild hook from Lynn.
Smith misses with a leg kick.
Smith connects with an inside leg kick.

Lynn fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Smith, pushing him back against the cage.

Smith's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Lynn tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Lynn moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Lynn misses with a leg kick
and Smith counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Lynn has been working on his boxing with his coaches at K.O. Koala's in the buildup to the fight.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lynn wants to clinch.
Lynn scores with a jab. Smith acknowledges it with a nod of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Smith moves into the clinch.
Lynn blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Smith misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Smith lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Lynn works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Lynn working aggressively here.
Lynn misses with a hook from the clinch.
Smith is working Lynn over against the cage.
Smith tries to break free but Lynn pushes him back against the cage.
Lynn lands a hook to the side of the head.
Smith stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Lynn pressing his opponent against the cage.
Smith blocks an uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lynn throws a head punch that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Lynn fails to land.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
A right hook to the body lands for Lynn.
Lynn swings away with an uppercut that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Lynn.
Lynn has a couple of punches blocked by Smith.
Smith swings wildly with an uppercut but Lynn uses good head movement to avoid it.
Lynn stalling against the cage.
Lynn lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lynn on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Lynn has Smith pushed against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Lynn fails to land.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Lynn in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Lynn throws a punch but it's blocked by Smith.

Lynn manages to break the clinch.
An inside leg kick from Lynn misses.

Smith gets a clinch.
Smith lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

It looks like Russell Lynn has been cut.
Smith blocks an uppercut.
Lynn stalling the fight.
Lynn taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Smith has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Lynn throws a head punch that misses.
Lynn tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Smith's elbow.
Lynn tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Smith has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Lynn can't find room to land a body shot as Smith controls the action.
Lynn tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Lynn throws a head punch that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lynn swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Lynn.
Lynn lands a shoulder strike.

Smith is rocked!
Lynn swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Smith being controlled against the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lynn lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Smith is still on wobbly legs! Can Lynn finish him?
Lynn working aggressively here.
Lynn misses with a punch on the inside.
Lynn swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Lynn swings wildly with an uppercut but Smith uses good head movement to avoid it.
Smith throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Lynn blocks it with crossed arms.
Smith blocks an uppercut.
Lynn misses with a hook from the clinch.
Smith blocking some punches.
Smith looking to stall.
Smith blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Lynn fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Lynn misses with a punch on the inside.
Lynn blocks a body shot from Smith.
Smith seems to have recovered his senses.
Smith wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Lynn has him pressed against the cage.
Smith is trying to maintain a safe position but Lynn gets an underhook and turns Smith into the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Lynn.
Smith blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Lynn softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Russell Lynn dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Russell Lynn's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Smith scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Smith throws a series of punches but Lynn avoids them all with ease.
Smith walks straight into a right hand from Lynn - that's dropped him! Lynn jumps into mount and starts pounding away - can he finish?! More strikes go undefended and the referee has to dive in to save Smith from any more punishment! Smith complains about the stoppage but falls over as he tries to stand back up, so it was clearly a good stoppage.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:13 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Russell Lynn!
A very excited looking Russell Lynn made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.