PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Howard Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Von Return (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Howard Smith has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Smith
vs
Return

225 cm
25
150 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

170 cm
25
146 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Enjoys gardening

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Howard Smith!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Von Return!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Yukihiro Yamamoto.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Return rushes Smith and presses him up against the cage.
Smith is looking to break free of the clinch but Return has double underhooks.
Return misses with a punch on the inside.
Smith blocking some punches.
A short body shot lands from Return as the two fighters clinch.
Return lands a shot to the body.
Return misses with the head strike.
Return lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Smith has Return pressed against the cage.
Smith is looking for a takedown.
Return misses with a short punch on the inside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Return presses Smith against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Smith really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Smith.
Smith drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Return gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Return gets through Smith's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Return walks away with a smile on his face. Smith gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Howard Smith. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Smith slips a jab and a cross from Return.
Return throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Return lands a nice shot to the body.
Smith shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Smith misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Smith is breathing heavily.

Return takes the fight into the clinch.
Return lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Still in the clinch, Return scores with a nice short uppercut.
Return working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Return lands with a short head shot on the inside.

Smith is rocked!
Return lands a nice uppercut.
Oh Smith is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Return creates some distance for himself and unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Smith's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Smith drops to his knees and Return pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:08 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Von Return!