PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Pretentious Kneecap (ranked 4007 p4p, 359 weight class) and Alvin Smarks (ranked 6881 p4p, 493 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Kneecap
vs
Smarks

170 cm
21
135 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

177 cm
28
153 lbs
4 - 7 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Knockout power

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 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Pretentious Kneecap!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 7 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Alvin Smarks!
The judges for this bout are Igor Prikhodko, Aleksandr Martynov and Viktor Lagutenko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A combination from Smarks does no damage.
Kneecap thuds a left hand into Smarks's body.
Smarks has his takedown stuffed
enabling Kneecap to counter with a crisp jab.
Nice uppercut lands for Smarks. That snapped Kneecap's head back.
Smarks misses with a series of wild punches.
Smarks has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.

Kneecap has Smarks up against the cage in a clinch.
Kneecap lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Still in the clinch, Kneecap scores with a nice short uppercut.
Kneecap lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Smarks tries for a takedown. No joy.
I was talking to Kneecap's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kneecap lands a right hand.
Smarks wants a takedown.
Pretentious Kneecap has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Alvin Smarks.
Smarks is working for takedown but Kneecap is calmly controlling the position for now.
Kneecap softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A short uppercut from Kneecap.
Kneecap lands with a short shot to the head.
Kneecap lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

Smarks is rocked!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kneecap misses with some punches.
Smarks is still on wobbly legs! Can Kneecap finish him?
Kneecap misses with a punch on the inside.
Kneecap has a couple of punches blocked by Smarks.
Kneecap fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Kneecap fails to land.
Smarks blocks an uppercut.
Kneecap misses with the head strike.
Smarks looking for a takedown.
Kneecap misses with a hook from the clinch.
Kneecap misses with the head strike.
Kneecap misses with some punches.
Kneecap misses with some punches.
Smarks blocks an uppercut.
Kneecap throws a head punch that misses.
Kneecap misses with the head strike.
Kneecap misses with some punches.
Good body shot from Kneecap.
Smarks blocking some punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Smarks.
Kneecap swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Smarks can't get the takedown.
Smarks blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kneecap has a couple of punches blocked by Smarks.
Smarks can't get the takedown.
Kneecap swings wildly with an uppercut but Smarks uses good head movement to avoid it.
Smarks pushes off an throws an elbow but Kneecap leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kneecap.
Smarks blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kneecap fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kneecap has a couple of punches blocked by Smarks.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Smarks.
Kneecap gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Smarks.
Kneecap throws a head punch that misses.
Kneecap working aggressively here.
Smarks blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kneecap swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Smarks blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kneecap misses with some punches.
Kneecap misses with a punch on the inside.
Kneecap misses with the head strike.
Smarks wants a takedown.
Kneecap prevents a takedown attempt there.
Kneecap misses with a punch on the inside.
Kneecap has a couple of punches blocked by Smarks.
Kneecap tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smarks blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Smarks blocking some punches.
Kneecap has a couple of punches blocked by Smarks.
Kneecap misses with a short punch on the inside.
Kneecap has a couple of punches blocked by Smarks.
Kneecap throws a head punch that misses.
Smarks tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Kneecap swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Smarks blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Smarks blocks an uppercut.
Kneecap throws a punch but it's blocked by Smarks.
Kneecap misses with a punch on the inside.
Smarks blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kneecap works on Smarks's body with a couple of short punches.
Kneecap working aggressively here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Smarks.
Kneecap misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Smarks.
Smarks seems to have recovered his senses.
Kneecap is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Kneecap gets through Smarks's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Smarks has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Kneecap after a bit of a struggle.
Kneecap makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A short uppercut from Kneecap.
Smarks is trying to drag Kneecap to the mat but Kneecap just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Kneecap throws a big uppercut that drops Smarks! More strikes from Kneecap and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Smarks lies dazed against the cage as Kneecap celebrates with his cornermen!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:50 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Pretentious Kneecap!
Pretentious Kneecap decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.