PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Thiago Neves (ranked 1538 p4p, 192 weight class) and Tony Smith (ranked 2177 p4p, 248 weight class). Neves comes to the cage accompanied by Emicida - Sorriso Favela. Smith is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Papa Roach - Last Resort. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Neves
vs
Smith

165 cm
26
158 lbs
7 - 0 - 0

188 cm
25
152 lbs
4 - 1 - 1

Powerful takedowns
Counter fighter
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
Granite chin

Ma Balls Is Hot Clothing
King Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Thiago Neves!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Tony Smith!
The judges for this bout are Skip Squint, Steve Erwin and Chris Dean.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Smith feints a jab promting Neves to slip. Smith then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Neves slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Smith lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Neves at a distance.

Neves gets the takedown into side control.
Smith is looking to regain half guard here but Neves keeps moving and retains side control.
Smith is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Smith is still trying to improve position.
Neves landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.

Neves tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Smith is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Neves 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.

Neves looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Neves has worked his way into a potential kimura here. Smith is trying to get out of the position but his squirming has just got him deeper into trouble. Neves yanks on the arm and Smith is forced to tap due to a very painful looking submission! Nice work by Neves.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:21 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Thiago Neves!
Thiago Neves retains his lightweight title!
A very excited looking Thiago Neves 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.