PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Big J Smiles (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dick Stern (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Smiles comes to the cage accompanied by Smile Like You Mean It. Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

J Smiles
vs
Stern

198 cm
31
197 lbs
15 - 15 - 0

180 cm
30
196 lbs
13 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Fast

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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 15 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Big J Smiles!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Dick Stern!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Konstantin Menshow.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Smiles is looking to clinch but Stern is avoiding it.
Smiles tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Smiles is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Stern keeps the fight on the outside.
Smiles has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Stern.

Smiles moves into the clinch.
Stern tries to throw a body punch but Smiles avoids it by throwing Stern back against the cage.
Stern blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Smiles connects with a knee to the head.

It looks like Dick Stern has been cut.
The referee is keeping an eye on Smiles - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Stern scores with a nice hook to the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Stern creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Smiles trying to land knees to the body.
Nice elbow from Stern.

It looks like Big J Smiles has been cut.
Smiles tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Smiles misses with a knee to the head.
Stern tries to work over Smiles's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Stern misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stern misses with some punches.
Stern doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

Stern breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Stern wants to land a leg kick but Smiles is out of range.
Stern throws a lazy uppercut

and Smiles counters by clinching up.
Stern misses with the head strike.
Stern swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Stern avoiding damage.
Stern lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Knees to the body from Smiles.

Stern manages to break the clinch.
Smiles looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Smiles tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Stern attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Smiles moves to clinch but Stern breaks away
and Stern counters with a right hand to the body.

Stern tries to keep at a distance but Smiles has taken the fight into the clinch.
Stern is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smiles lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Stern backwards.
Stern wants to get back to striking at distance but Smiles won't allow it.
Stern swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Smiles scores with a knee to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Stern misses with an elbow over the top.
Stern fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Smiles throws a knee to the head but misses.
Smiles scores with a knee to the head.
Stern tries a body shot but Smiles blocks it.
Smiles blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Smiles is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Stern is defending well for now.
Stern is looking to break free of the clinch but Smiles has double underhooks.
Smiles throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Stern blocks it with crossed arms.
Smiles missing with knees to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Stern.
Smiles unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Stern lands with a light punch inside.
Smiles tries to land knees in the clinch but Stern avoids the damage to the body.
Smiles scores with a knee to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stern misses with a hook to the ribs.

Stern escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Smiles tries to clinch up.
Stern misses with an uppercut.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Smiles checks a leg kick.
Smiles seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Stern on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.

Smiles moves into range and clinches up with Stern.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Smiles stalling.
Smiles scores a nice knee to the body.
Stern looks winded!
Smiles lands a nice knee to the body.
Stern takes a knee right on the jaw!

Stern is rocked!
Smiles has the Thai clinch. He lands a big knee to the head that stumbles Stern - he's in trouble! Another big knee to the head from Smiles, and another! Stern is out on his feet - the ref jumps in to save him and ends the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knees). Big J Smiles!
After the fight, Big J Smiles was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.