PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between JT Smith (ranked 4036 p4p, 492 weight class) and Petr Makarov (ranked 3438 p4p, 443 weight class). Smith comes to the cage accompanied by Im your boogie man. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Smith
vs
Makarov

185 cm
24
218 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

190 cm
25
220 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, JT Smith!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Petr Makarov!
The judges for this bout are Sandra Marshall, Bart Greer and David Hoff.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Makarov circles away from the clinch attempt.
Makarov cracks Smith with a good jab.
Makarov punishes Smith's body with a nice straight punch.
Makarov digs a good hook to Smith's body.
Smith walks into a left hand.

Smith decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Makarov misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Smith passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Makarov!
Smith looking to control and managing it successfully.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Smith is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Smith controlling from mount.
Smith lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Makarov can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Smith controlling from the full mount.
Makarov keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Smith landing shots from mount.
Smith has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Smith lands a big shot there that rocks Makarov but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Smith tries to control but Makarov wriggling away.

Makarov tries to improve his position but Smith has taken his back! Smith has a choke - it's sunk in pretty tight... Will Makarov tap? No... maybe... yes! He's tapped! Smith pushes Makarov away and gets up to celebrate with his corner!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:54 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). JT Smith!
A very excited looking JT Smith made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.