PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Diego Hageman (ranked 19389 p4p, 0 weight class) and Frank Smith (ranked 3124 p4p, 0 weight class). Frank Smith acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Hageman
vs
Smith

172 cm
25
164 lbs
8 - 5 - 0

180 cm
26
164 lbs
3 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Diego Hageman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Frank Smith!
The judges for this bout are Paul Aken, Wagner Zegers and Radbod Blank.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hageman ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.

Hageman rushes Smith and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Smith is working for takedown but Hageman is calmly controlling the position for now.
Hageman misses with a short punch on the inside.
Smith is trying to pull guard but Hageman has him pressed against the cage.
A shot in the inside from Hageman.
Hageman swings wildly with an uppercut but Smith uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hageman lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Hageman has a couple of punches blocked by Smith.
Smith tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Hageman just stands there and leans against the cage.
Diego Hageman has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Frank Smith.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Smith goes for a takedown in the clinch but Hageman prevents it.
Smith tries for a takedown. No joy.
Hageman misses with a short punch on the inside.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hageman lands a right hand.
Hageman lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Smith backwards.
Smith trying to control the position but instead, Hageman has worked for underhooks and has pushed Smith into the cage.

Smith manages to break the clinch.
Hageman throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Smith.
Hageman scores with a hook.
Hageman misses with an uppercut.
Smith swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Hageman throws a leg kick that misses.
Hageman throws a right and a left that Smith avoids nicely.
Smith is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Hageman with a body shot.
Diego Hageman seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hageman misses with the body kick
and Smith counters with a nice uppercut.
Smith is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hageman throws a predictable looking body shot
and Smith counters with a nice low kick that buckles Hageman's knee momentarily.
Good standup being displayed there by Hageman as he connects with a hook.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hageman slips a jab from Smith.
Smith misses with a wild combination.
A telegraphed right hand from Hageman misses the target.
A countering left hand to the body from Smith misses.

Hageman has closed the distance and engaged Smith in a clinch.
Hageman looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Hageman lands with a short shot to the head.
Hageman fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A left hand lands to the body for Smith.
Hageman lands a left hand.
Hageman throws a punch but it's blocked by Smith.
Hageman lands with a short shot to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hageman misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Hageman throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Smith prevents a body shot from Hageman.
Hageman scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Smith blocks an uppercut.
Hageman misses with a punch to the body.
Hageman lands a left hand that snaps the head of Smith backwards.
Hageman lands a right hand.
Hageman lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Smith backwards.
Hageman stops a takedown attempt from Smith.
Hageman scores with a hook to the body.
Hageman lands a nice shot to the body.
Hageman blocks a body shot from Smith.
Hageman misses with some punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hageman lands an uppercut.
Hageman misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hageman lands a body punch.
Hageman misses with a punch on the inside.
Hageman pushes Smith back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Smith wants to stall.
Smith can't break the clinch.
Smith blocks an uppercut.
Hageman misses with a hook from the clinch.
Hageman swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Hageman misses with a punch on the inside.
Hageman softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Smith avoids a wild elbow strike from Hageman.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Diego Hageman dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Nice uppercut there from Hageman.
Hageman misses with a few strikes there.
Hageman tries to clinch up.
Smith swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Hageman closes the distance but Smith moves to the side
and Smith counters with a nice uppercut.
A punch combination from Hageman misses.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Smith! But no joy.
Hageman throws a big shot that misses.
Smith with the counter takedown but Hageman avoids it easily.
Hageman looks to throw the jab but Smith is out of range.
A head kick misses from Hageman.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Good exchange - Hageman coming out on top.
Diego Hageman is winning the standup battle so far.
Smith misses with a looping left.
Hageman scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Smith blocks a head kick by Hageman.
As Hageman backs off Smith throws a huge counter combo but Hageman manages to avoid it all.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hageman connects with an inside leg kick.
Hageman fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Smith is out of range.
Hageman throws a body shot but no joy.
Smith throws out a counter right but Hageman avoids it with no problem.
Hageman missing with a left hand there. Smith was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Smith tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Nice body punch from Hageman.
Hageman is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Smith can do to turn this around?
A quick uppercut on the inside from Hageman.

It looks like Frank Smith has been cut.
Smith blocking some punches.
Hageman swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Hageman fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Smith is trying to drag Hageman to the mat but Hageman just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Hageman creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A frustrated look appears on Smith's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Smith blocks an uppercut.
Smith takes a shot to the head.
Smith tries to throw a body punch but Hageman avoids it by throwing Smith back against the cage.
Hageman lands with a right to the head.
Hageman swings wildly with an uppercut but Smith uses good head movement to avoid it.
Smith looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Smith tries to pull guard but Hageman won't allow it.
Diego Hageman has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Frank Smith.
Smith tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Hageman smiles and moves away.
Hageman tries to clinch up but Smith circles away and keeps his distance.
Smith works Hageman's body with a nice hook.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hageman throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.

Hageman forces Smith back against the cage and clinches.
Hageman working aggressively here.
Hageman misses with some punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Smith.
Hageman lands with a right to the head.
Hageman scores with an uppercut up the middle.

Smith is rocked!
Hageman misses with a hook from the clinch.
Smith is still on wobbly legs! Can Hageman finish him?
Diego Hageman has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Hageman lands a big right hand that drops Smith! The killer instinct kicks in and Hageman finishes his opponent with a series of strikes from mount. A dominating finish by Hageman!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:46 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Diego Hageman!