PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Manki Keen (ranked 3412 p4p, 4891 weight class) and Joint Smoker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Keen
vs
Smoker

168 cm
25
180
2 - 2 - 0

194 cm
25
181
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter fighter
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight 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, Manki Keen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Joint Smoker!
The judges for this bout are Peter Branson, Bart Greer and Sandra Marshall.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Keen is looking to clinch but Smoker is avoiding it.
Keen fails in his attempt to clinch.
Manki Keen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Good exchange - Smoker coming out on top.

Smoker has closed the distance and engaged Keen in a clinch.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Smoker has Keen pushed against the cage.
Smoker digs a right hand into Keen's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Keen's gas tank.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Keen takes a shot to the head.
Smoker presses Keen against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Smoker.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Smoker lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Smoker displaying some good clinch control by pressing Keen up against the cage.
Smoker doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Smoker lands with a left to the head.
Keen tries to pull guard but Smoker holds him up against the cage and eventually Keen drops back down to his feet.
Smoker lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Smoker lands a left hand.
Smoker doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Smoker is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Keen is working for takedown but Smoker is calmly controlling the position for now.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Manki Keen. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Smoker pushes Keen back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Keen letting Smoker take a breather here.
Smoker is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Smoker lands a left hand.

It looks like Manki Keen has been cut.
Smoker prevents a takedown attempt there.
Keen is breathing heavily.
Smoker stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Smoker lands a left hand that snaps the head of Keen backwards.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Smoker pushes Keen back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Smoker lands a nice uppercut.
Keen letting Smoker take a breather here.
Smoker slows down the pace here.
Smoker avoiding damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Smoker takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Smoker creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Smoker unloads with a big right hand that wobbles Keen! He's leaning against the cage trying to keep his feet but Smoker is unloading with more strikes now! Keen drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:33 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Joint Smoker!