PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Mike Peterson (ranked 3746 p4p, 328 weight class) and Ben Smith (ranked 2375 p4p, 250 weight class). Smith has chosen Bleached - Hard to Kill as his entrance music. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Peterson
vs
Smith

166 cm
24
149 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

170 cm
25
150 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Big heart

Decent wrestler
Solid Muay Thai
Heavy handed

Paradigm

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 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Mike Peterson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Ben Smith!
The judges for this bout are David Hoff, Sandra Marshall and Dirk Anderson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Smith has closed the distance and engaged Peterson in a clinch.
Smith lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Smith content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Smith looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Peterson takes a shot to the head.
Peterson is trying to break free.

Smith escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Peterson throws a series of punches but Smith moves out of range.
Smith lands with a hook. Peterson tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.

Smith cracks Peterson with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Peterson looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Smith finish him?

Peterson is rocked!

It looks like Mike Peterson has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Smith misses with a straight left.
Peterson takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Nice straight punches there by Smith. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Smith.
Oh Peterson is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Smith comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Smith throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
As Smith backs away, Peterson returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Peterson seems to have got his legs back now.
and Smith counters with a massive uppercut that badly hurts Peterson! He's just covering up as Smith starts to tee off till the referee steps in and stops the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ben Smith!
In his post fight interview, Ben Smith started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.