PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Super Man (ranked 1284 p4p, 158 weight class) and Johnny Smith (ranked 1953 p4p, 235 weight class). The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Man
vs
Smith

198 cm
35
245 lbs
27 - 10 - 0

192 cm
40
259 lbs
20 - 14 - 0

Great wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Good kicks
Granite chin

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 27 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Super Man!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 14 - 0, fighting out of New York, Johnny Smith!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Taro Takaoka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Man throws a half hearted mid kick.
Smith let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Man avoids the body shot from Smith.
Man digs a good hook to Smith's body.
Smith looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Man is fending him off so far but Smith persists. Nope, Man circles away and we're back to standing.
Man connects with an inside leg kick.
Smith looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Smith doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Good exchange - Man coming out on top.
Man lands a nice looking body kick.
Man avoids the head kick by Smith.
Man tries to clinch up but Smith circles away and keeps his distance.
Man takes a swing at Smith's ribcage but misses.
Man misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Smith.
Smith tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Man swivels and escapes.
Man changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Man throws out a leg kick but Smith moves out of range and Man only half commits.
Man misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Man throws a low kick but Smith moves out of range easily.
Man misses the shot to the body.
Man moves out of range of the body kick.
Smith shoots in looking for a takedown but Man manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Smith's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Super Man has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Johnny Smith.
Smith tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Smith ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Man moves away.
Man throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Smith avoids a kick to the body.
Man is looking to wear down Smith with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Man dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

Smith closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Man's guard.
Smith being controlled here momentarily.
Smith with a flurry of punches that miss.
Man is pulling down on Smith's head. It's preventing any offense from Smith, at least for the moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith tries to free his leg and advance position but Man is retaining full guard.
Man is pulling down on Smith's head to control his posture.

Smith is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Man seems keen to control Smith's posture.
Man is trying to keep Smith in close.
Smith trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Man looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Smith must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Man pulls Smith in close to prevent any damage.
Smith throws a big right hand that misses.
Smith trying to pass the guard. He's being very persistent here but Man manages to land a sweep and now he's on top!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Man cracks Smith with a solid left hand.
Man makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Man controls from within his opponent's guard.
Man looking to sit in guard and control but Smith gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Smith missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Man lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

Smith controls Man momentarily but Man frees himself.
Man stays in close to Smith's body and controls the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Smith wants to sweep here but Man controlling him for the moment.
Man slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Man postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Man scoring with some ground and pound.
Man controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Smith looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Super Man dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Man throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Smith sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Smith misses with a head kick.
Man half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Smith misses with a head kick.
Man tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Super Man is winning the standup battle so far.
Man swings for the body but Smith moves out of range.
Man throws a body punch but Smith moves out of range.
Smith with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Man to score with a decent uppercut.
Super Man seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Man is looking to slow Smith down with leg kicks.
Man looks for a takedown but Smith sprawls well.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Smith throws a hook but Man blocks it.
Man feinted with a counter takedown.
Man just misses with a punch to the body.
Man throws the left hand but Smith avoids the punch easily.
Smith avoids the body shot from Man.
Smith is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Man is looking to clinch but Smith is avoiding it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Man will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Smith drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Man defends it well.
Man misses with a body shot.
Smith feints the counter takedown.
Smith stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Man.
Man throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Man misses with a wild body shot.
Smith misses with a body kick.
Man misses with a head kick.
Smith throws an overhand right that lands on Man's shoulder, as Man tries to avoid the shot.
Smith looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Man throws a wild body kick that Smith sees coming a mile off.
Smith looks to land a body kick but Man moved away.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Man.
Super Man overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Man trying to control the action but Smith is working from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Man is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Smith is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Man content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
Sloppy strikes there by Man.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Man cracks Smith with a big elbow.
Man wants to control but Smith is keeping him busy.
Man controls the position from side control.
Smith struggling a bit here.
Smith parries the strikes from Man easily there. Man is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Smith to escape.
The ground and pound from Man seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Man working away.
You can see the frustration on Smith's face as Man controls the position.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Man working the body and head with strikes.
Man scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Smith to see if he's OK.
Smith tries to bench press Man off him but Man keeps the position.
Man landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Man throws an elbow but Smith slips to the side and avoids it well.
Smith defending against the ground and pound.
Smith stops Man from passing to mount.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Man tries to score with some ground and pound. Smith controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Super Man dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Smith throws a right hand that Man ducks under and follows up with a left that Man also avoids with ease.
Smith fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Smith just misses with a punch to the body.
No joy there for Smith, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Man uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Smith.
Smith tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Smith shoots in but Man avoids the takedown attempt easily.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Man.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A telegraphed right hand from Smith misses the target.
Smith on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Man lunges at Smith with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Smith's hand.
Smith misses with a wild body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Man scores with a jab to the body.
Man lands with an uppercut that bounces Smith off the cage and back into range.
Man is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Smith can do to turn this around?
Man lands with a nice body punch.
Smith connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Smith avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Smith tries to land a body kick

and Man counters with a takedown into side control.
Man controlling the position from side mount.
Man wants to lay and pray for a moment but Smith keeps working.
Johnny Smith has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Super Man is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Man controls the position from side control.
Man wants to control but Smith is keeping him busy.
Man misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Smith being controlled for a moment.
Man trying to control the action but Smith is working from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith misses with an elbow from the bottom.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Smith lands with a thumping leg kick.
Smith blocks a head kick by Man.
Man throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Smith tries to clinch up.
Smith throws a sloppy head kick and Man moves out of range easily.
Man swings for the body but Smith moves out of range.
Smith feints and then cracks Man's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Man down.
Smith swats away the attempt to clinch by Man.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Man plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Nice takedown defense from Man. No joy for Smith on that attempt.
Smith tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Man was well out of range. Poor timing from Smith.
Smith shoots in looking for a takedown. Man tries to sprawl out of it but Smith keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Man manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Super Man has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Johnny Smith.
Smith misses with a looping right.
Man thuds a left hand into Smith's body.
Smith moves out of range as Man throws a body kick.
Man lets loose with a powerful body kick. Smith will feel that in the morning.
Smith takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.

And that's the end of the fight!
Super Man showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Man has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Shirou Masuda scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 30:27
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Super Man!
Super Man seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.