PBP Commentary

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

Smith
vs
Long

199 cm
21
260 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

193 cm
22
235 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Tends to cut

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, James Smith!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Miles Long!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Yuuki Gou and Yukihiro Shimada.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Long tries to clinch up but Smith circles away and keeps his distance.
Smith fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Long doesn't manage to clinch there - Smith circles away.
Long with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Smith to score with a decent uppercut.

It looks like Miles Long has been cut.
James Smith seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Smith looks to land a left hand but Long moved out of range nicely.
Long moves away from the strike by Smith.
Long misses with a double jab.
Smith throws a body kick that misses.
Smith wants to land a leg kick but Long is out of range.

Long takes the fight into the clinch.
Long wants to get back to striking at distance but Smith won't allow it.

Long manages to break the clinch.
Smith misses with a series of wild punches.
Smith falls off balance throwing a combination

and Long counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Smith!

Long with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Long avoids the attempt from Smith to control.
Smith keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith wants to hold on but Long pushes him away.
Smith gets back to half guard.
Long sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Smith defending well though.
Long is looking to stall here but Smith recovers full guard.
Smith keeping full guard, as Long tries to pass.
Smith avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.

Long stands and steps away. Smith gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.

Long scores a takedown into full mount!
Smith tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Long looking to control but Smith is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.

Long stands up from the dominant position. He obviously fancies his chances standing.
Long looks to score with a jab to the body but Smith is just out of range.

Long takes the fight into the clinch.
Smith has had enough of the clinch but Long keeps him there for the moment.
Smith is pressed up against the cage. Long has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Smith down to the mat. Smith avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Long checks a low kick from Smith.
Smith lands a slapping body shot.
Long looks gassed!
Smith stuns Long with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Long at a distance.
Smith fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Long keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Smith throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Smith lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Smith tries a head kick but it misses.
Smith misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Good shot there by Smith.
Left hook, right uppercut from Smith.
Smith throws a hook but Long avoids it easily.
Smith misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Smith misses with a two punch combination.

Long decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Long wants to pass to mount but Smith is defending the position.
Long trying to control from half guard but Smith is working away.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Long not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Long misses with a head shot. Smith uses the momentum to regain guard.
Smith working a defensive guard here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Smith is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Smith keeping moving, preventing Long from controlling successfully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

James Smith dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Miles Long's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Smith ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Smith throws a nice looking combination but Long bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A big left from Smith misses.
Smith throws a head kick but Long moves out of range.
Smith throws a hook but Long avoids it easily.
Smith circles away from the clinch attempt.
Smith misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Smith lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Smith is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Long.
A combination from Smith does no damage.
Smith avoids a punch combination nicely.
Long tries to clinch there but Smith circles away.
Smith darts in and out, connecting with a jab.

That has opened up Miles Long's cut even more.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Long misses with the combination.
Long is looking to clinch but Smith is avoiding it.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Long drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Long controls from within his opponent's guard.
Smith is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Smith keeping moving, preventing Long from controlling successfully.

Smith looking for a guillotine here but Long defends easily.
Smith wants to sweep but no luck.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith keeping full guard, as Long tries to pass.
Long trying to stand up but can't free himself from Smith's guard.
Long with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Long passes easily into side control. Nice work.

Long is trying to get an arm triangle but Smith is defending well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith is looking for a sweep.

Long decides to stand up, so the ref orders Smith to his feet.
Smith drops Long with a left and a right! Oh, Long is hurt - Smith dives into side control looking to finish!

Long is rocked!
Smith is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Long's shoulder. That is not cool.
Long is trying to get back to half guard.
Long is not content to let Smith control the position.
Smith gets to mount! Long was on the offensive and wasn't defending properly.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Smith scoring with strikes but Long is staying in there.
Long tries to hold on but Smith pushes him away.
Long is in all sorts of trouble here.
Smith cracks Long with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Long is squirming around, avoiding Smith's attempts to control the action.
Long tries to hold on but Smith pushes him away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

James Smith dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Miles Long's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Smith scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Smith misses with a double jab

and Long counters with a takedown into side control.

Long working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Smith gets back to half guard.
Smith is staying active underneath Long, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Smith is looking for a sweep. Long is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Long is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Long trying to control from half guard but Smith is working away.
Smith manages to get to full guard.
Long passes easily into side control. Nice work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Smith gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Smith is staying active underneath Long, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Smith is looking for a sweep. Long is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Long slips a nice elbow through Smith's hands, connecting with Smith's forehead.
Long looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Long missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

Long is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith trying to control here.
Smith moves into full guard.

Long gets to his feet - Smith follows without any prompting.
James Smith is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Long takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Smith misses with a jab, cross combination.
Smith scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Long wants to clinch.
Smith throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Long counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice inside leg kick there by Long. That's going to slow Smith down.

Long gets the takedown into side control.

Long is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Smith knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Long throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Long avoids the strikes from the bottom by Smith.
Smith is looking to reverse the position.

Long stands up and we're back to a striking position.
Long fails in his attempt to clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
Miles Long comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Smith has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Hirohito Nitta scores the fight for James Smith!
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight for James Smith!
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight for James Smith!

James Smith wins by unanimous decision!