PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Ra Rrz Be Nize (ranked 2740 p4p, 0 weight class) and Peter Smith (ranked 4459 p4p, 0 weight class). Peter Smith will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Rrz Be Nize
vs
Smith

166 cm
27
151 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

170 cm
26
155 lbs
5 - 6 - 1

Great wrestler
Good kicks
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ra Rrz Be Nize!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Peter Smith!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Frank Antenori and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Smith throws the left hand but Be Nize avoids the punch easily.
Smith tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Be Nize paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Be Nize motions for Smith to come forward. Be Nize throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Smith swings for the body but Be Nize moves out of range.
Smith is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Be Nize.
Be Nize attempts a counter takedown but Smith avoids it well and moves away.
Be Nize slips a jab and a cross from Smith.
Be Nize scores with a nice head shot.
Be Nize scores with a push kick.
Be Nize moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Be Nize fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Smith is out of range.
Smith misses with a few strikes there.
Be Nize appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Nice jab there from Be Nize.
Be Nize looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Sloppy strikes from Smith. Those never looked like landing.
Be Nize uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Smith.
Be Nize drops down looking for a counter takedown but Smith sprawls and moves away.
Smith stuffs the takedown.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Be Nize, right into the meat.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Smith fails to land with a series of punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Be Nize lands an overhand right.
Smith misses with a wild combination.
Be Nize half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Be Nize swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Be Nize connects with a leg kick. Smith looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
A low kick from Smith misses

and Be Nize counters with a shoot takedown. Smith fights it but they end up in guard.
Smith wants to stand up but Be Nize is controlling him.
Smith told us pre-fight that he has been working on his escapes in training. Let's see if he can call on some of his new skills to get back to his feet.
Be Nize wants to control from the top but Smith keeps moving.
Be Nize is pushing down on Smith's leg trying to pass to half guard. Smith is fighting to maintain full guard but Be Nize has managed to sneak the leg through.
Be Nize wants to pass the guard but Smith is defending well.
Smith is staying active underneath Be Nize, who seems content to just control the action from this position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Be Nize is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Be Nize is trying to control. Smith wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Be Nize is controlling the pace.

Be Nize is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Be Nize performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Be Nize trying to control from half guard but Smith is working away.
Be Nize looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.

Smith is defending against the submission attempts here by Be Nize.
Be Nize controlling the action here.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Smith uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Be Nize.
Be Nize throws a front kick that sends Smith stumbling back into the cage.
Be Nize throws a low kick, looking for Smith's leg but Smith calmly moves out of range.
Be Nize plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Be Nize moves forwards but Smith connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Be Nize walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Smith checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Be Nize misses the shot to the body.
Smith cracks Be Nize with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Smith throws a series of punches but Be Nize avoids them all with ease.
Be Nize half committed to a counter leg kick.
Be Nize slips a jab and a cross from Smith.
Be Nize is looking to counter punch.
Smith staying out of range there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ra Rrz Be Nize dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Smith fails to land with a series of punches.
Be Nize appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Smith throws a hook to the side of Be Nize's head but Be Nize sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Smith moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.

Smith has closed the distance and engaged Be Nize in a clinch.
Be Nize wants to take the fight to the mat but Smith manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Smith tries to land knees in the clinch but Be Nize avoids the damage to the body.
Smith tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Be Nize's elbow.
Be Nize holding his opponent close, against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Be Nize taking a breather.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Be Nize for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.

Smith breaks the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith is looking to clinch but Be Nize is avoiding it.

Be Nize scores with a takedown into Smith's guard.
Be Nize pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Smith is keeping the position for now.

Smith has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Be Nize off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Be Nize avoids a punch combination nicely.
An attempted straight right counter from Be Nize misses the target.
Smith blocks a low kick nicely.
Be Nize tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith tries to clinch but Be Nize moves out of range.
Be Nize attempts a counter takedown but Smith avoids it well and moves away.
Peter Smith seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Be Nize tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Smith is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Be Nize with a body shot.
A lazy body kick from Smith

and Be Nize counters with a single leg into guard. Smith didn't expect that.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Be Nize wants to control from the top but Smith keeps moving.
Be Nize stands and throws Smith's legs to the side, diving into side control.

Be Nize goes for an armbar here - this could be all over! But no, Smith has escaped beautifully and is now on top in side control! Oh, that's unlucky for Be Nize but great work by Smith.
Be Nize tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Smith wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Be Nize manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Be Nize is pressing down on Smith's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Be Nize is trying to keep Smith in close.
Smith showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.

Be Nize is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Smith is aware though and is defending well.
Be Nize is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Be Nize is trying to control the position from the bottom.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Be Nize looking for a sweep. Not yet Be Nize, not yet.
Be Nize looking to control.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Peter Smith showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

The fight stays on the outside here - Be Nize looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Smith throws a counter combo.
Smith avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Be Nize swings away with a body shot that misses
and Smith counters with a lovely shot to the body.

Smith has closed the distance and engaged Be Nize in a clinch.
Smith effectively controlling the action here.
Smith is pressed up against the cage. Be Nize has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Smith down to the mat. Smith avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.

Be Nize manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Smith on his heels. He'll look to pass Smith's guard now, I'm sure.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Smith can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Be Nize controls the pace.

Be Nize 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.
Be Nize looking to sit in guard and control but Smith gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Be Nize bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Smith's guard.

Be Nize passes into half guard.
Smith trying to control from the bottom.

Be Nize is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Be Nize is keen to just control but Smith is a slippery customer.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Be Nize stalling away here and it's allowed Smith to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
Be Nize trying to move into half guard but instead Smith has managed to sweep!

Be Nize keeping moving, preventing Smith from controlling successfully.
Be Nize looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

Be Nize is looking for a triangle but Smith pushes his legs off easily.
Smith controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Be Nize is adopting a defensive guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Be Nize working for a triangle but Smith defends it easily.
Be Nize not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Be Nize lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

Smith managing to control the position.
Be Nize trying to control but Smith is working from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Be Nize pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Smith is keeping the position for now.
Smith keeping moving, preventing Be Nize from controlling successfully.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Smith tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Be Nize was well out of range. Poor timing from Smith.
Be Nize changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Smith tries to avoid it but Be Nize manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Smith to the ground. Smith escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Smith was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Peter Smith seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Smith is looking to clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Ra Rrz Be Nize.
I think Be Nize has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Jack Bonds scores the fight 28:29
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 29:29
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Peter Smith!
An out of breath Peter Smith thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.