PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jan Jedrzejczyk (ranked 4092 p4p, 83 weight class) and Awut Smith (ranked 2806 p4p, 123 weight class). Smith is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Ladies and Gentlemen. On his way into the cage it seems that Jan Jedrzejczyk has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Jan Jedrzejczyk seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Jedrzejczyk
vs
Smith

168 cm
28
147 lbs
12 - 11 - 0

192 cm
27
273 lbs
8 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Ma Balls Is Hot Clothing
RESISTANCE

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jan Jedrzejczyk!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Awut Smith!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Smith changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Jedrzejczyk throws a body punch but Smith moves out of range.
Smith misses with a hook.
Smith has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Jedrzejczyk throws a left and a right that both miss
and Smith counters with a lovely straight right hand!

It looks like Jan Jedrzejczyk has been cut.
Smith misses with a leg kick.
Jedrzejczyk uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Smith.
Smith takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Smith throws a front kick aimed at Jedrzejczyk's knee but Jedrzejczyk avoids it well.
Jedrzejczyk swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Smith throws a body punch but Jedrzejczyk moves out of range.
Smith fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Smith uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Jedrzejczyk.
Jedrzejczyk throws a body punch but Smith moves out of range.
Jedrzejczyk backing away here, and Smith unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Jedrzejczyk staying out of range there.
It looked like Jedrzejczyk wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.

Smith lands a big uppercut and Jedrzejczyk crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Jedrzejczyk looks OK. Smith waves Jedrzejczyk back to his feet!

Jedrzejczyk is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jedrzejczyk uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Smith.
Oh Jedrzejczyk is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Jedrzejczyk scores with a jab.
Jedrzejczyk seems to have got his legs back now.
Jedrzejczyk misses the jab.
Jedrzejczyk cracks Smith with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Jedrzejczyk sizes up Smith with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jedrzejczyk staying out of range there.
Jedrzejczyk throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Smith.
Jedrzejczyk slips under a jab from Smith.
Jedrzejczyk defending well as Smith loads up on a big left hand.
Smith throws a sloppy body shot
and Jedrzejczyk connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Smith misses with a left hand
and Jedrzejczyk counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Smith thinking.
Smith drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Smith with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Nice uppercut there from Smith.
A shot to the body from Smith misses
and Jedrzejczyk counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Smith misses with a wild body shot.
Jedrzejczyk ducks under a wild hook from Smith.
Smith throws a solid leg kick but Jedrzejczyk takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Smith.
Smith throws an off balance right hand
and Jedrzejczyk counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Smith thinking.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jedrzejczyk uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Smith.
Jedrzejczyk blocks a jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jedrzejczyk lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Smith takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Smith slips a jab from Jedrzejczyk.
Smith misses with a jab to the body
and Jedrzejczyk cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Jedrzejczyk changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Jedrzejczyk avoids the body shot from Smith.
Jedrzejczyk showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Smith.
A quick step to the side and Jedrzejczyk tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Smith misses with a body shot.
Smith fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Jedrzejczyk manages to avoid it.
Nice body punch from Jedrzejczyk.
Smith fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Jedrzejczyk manages to avoid it.
A jab from Jedrzejczyk does it's job there.
Jedrzejczyk looks to land a left hand but Smith moved out of range nicely.
Sloppy strikes from Jedrzejczyk. Those never looked like landing.
Smith fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Jedrzejczyk manages to avoid it.
Jedrzejczyk missing with a left hand there. Smith was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Smith appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith moves away from the strike by Jedrzejczyk.
A decent looking cross lands there for Smith.
Jedrzejczyk throws a right and a left that Smith avoids nicely.
Smith throws out a counter right but Jedrzejczyk avoids it with no problem.
Smith swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Smith throws a shot from downtown. Jedrzejczyk moves away and avoids it.
Jedrzejczyk swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Smith has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Jedrzejczyk finds it's way round the side to connect with Smith's head.
Jedrzejczyk avoids the body shot from Smith.
Jedrzejczyk swinging wildly here.
Jedrzejczyk throws the left hand but Smith avoids the punch easily.
Jedrzejczyk connects with the punch.
No joy there for Jedrzejczyk, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

Smith lands a big right hand that sends Jedrzejczyk crashing to the mat! Smith stays standing though and waves Jedrzejczyk back to his feet!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A jab from Jedrzejczyk misses.
Jedrzejczyk throws a shot from downtown. Smith moves away and avoids it.
Jedrzejczyk misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Smith.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Smith throws a looping overhand right but Jedrzejczyk ducks down to avoid it.
It looked like Jedrzejczyk was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Smith.
Jedrzejczyk scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Smith throws a body punch but Jedrzejczyk moves out of range.
Smith ducks under a wild hook from Jedrzejczyk.
Smith keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Jedrzejczyk.
Jedrzejczyk throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Smith sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Jedrzejczyk is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Smith.
Jedrzejczyk misses with a lunging right hand

and Smith counters with a nice right hand that sends Jedrzejczyk toppling to the canvas! Jedrzejczyk scrambles and gets back to his feet - can Smith finish him?!

Jan Jedrzejczyk's cut is getting worse.
Jedrzejczyk blocks a head kick by Smith.
A leg kick checked by Jedrzejczyk.
Smith staying out of range there.
Jedrzejczyk throws the left hand but Smith avoids the punch easily.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Smith thuds a left hand into Jedrzejczyk's body.
Jedrzejczyk scores with a jab to the head.
A solid leg kick lands there for Smith.
Jedrzejczyk is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Smith slips under a jab from Jedrzejczyk.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Awut Smith will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Jan Jedrzejczyk's cut.
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.

Smith swinging wildly here.
Smith steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Jedrzejczyk.
Smith throws a leg kick which misses Jedrzejczyk's front leg but catches the back leg as Jedrzejczyk tries to avoid it.
Smith misses with a body shot
and Jedrzejczyk counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Awut Smith seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Jedrzejczyk loads up on a big right hand but Smith slips the punch.
Smith does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Jedrzejczyk blocks a jab.
Jedrzejczyk is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Smith.
Smith moves out of range of the strikes.
Smith listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Smith looks to land a left hand but Jedrzejczyk moved out of range nicely.
Jedrzejczyk looks to land a right hand but Smith moved out of range.
Smith feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Jedrzejczyks jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Smith fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Smith throws a nice outside leg kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Smith drops Jedrzejczyk with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but Jedrzejczyk looks back up at him and smiles so Smith waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith throws a jab when Jedrzejczyk was well out of range.
Smith loads up on a big right hand but Jedrzejczyk slips the punch.
Jedrzejczyk feints a jab promting Smith to slip. Jedrzejczyk then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Smith slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Jedrzejczyk scores with a sloppy right hand. Smith should have avoided that one.
Jedrzejczyk rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Smith moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Jedrzejczyk tests Smith's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Smith avoids a punch combination nicely.
Smith cracks the inside of Jedrzejczyk's front leg.
Smith scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Jedrzejczyk doesn't seem bothered though.

Smith sends Jedrzejczyk crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Smith is motioning to the referee to let Jedrzejczyk up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!
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 keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Jedrzejczyk throws a sloppy body shot
and Smith counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Smith misses with a hook.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith ducks down and throws a big overhand right - it lands flush on the jaw, knocking Jedrzejczyk out cold! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:08 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Awut Smith!
Awut Smith made sure to mention his sponsor, RESISTANCE in his post fight interview.