PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Corey Smith Jr (ranked 577 p4p, 471 weight class) and Yago Nascimento (ranked 21 p4p, 16 weight class). Smith Jr's entrance music is You Will Know My Name. A fine choice. Nascimento has chosen Aggressive War Epic Music Collection! as his entrance music. Yago Nascimento will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Smith Jr
vs
Nascimento

183 cm
35
225
27 - 19 - 1

195 cm
29
278
14 - 5 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Carnage Clothing
Urban Fighter

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 27 - 19 - 1, fighting out of London, Corey Smith Jr!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Yago Nascimento!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, Daniel Bishop and Steven Brown.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A big right from Nascimento misses.
A little feinted left hand from Smith Jr on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Smith Jr digs a good body shot into Nascimento's ribs.
Smith Jr looks to score with a jab to the body but Nascimento is just out of range.
Nascimento tries a quick counter leg kick but Smith Jr is wise to it.
Nascimento throws a lazy right hand but Smith Jr sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Smith Jr blocks a leg kick.
Nascimento avoids the head kick by Smith Jr.
Nascimento is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Smith Jr with a body shot.
Nascimento throws a lazy uppercut
enabling Smith Jr to counter with a crisp jab.

It looks like Yago Nascimento has been cut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Smith Jr lands with a good body shot.
Smith Jr scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Smith Jr throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith Jr throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Smith Jr throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Nascimento.
Nascimento avoids the body shot from Smith Jr.
Nice shot by Smith Jr.
Smith Jr misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Nascimento.
Nascimento misses with a left hand
and Smith Jr counters with a thumping low kick.
Smith Jr uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Nascimento.
Smith Jr takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Good leg kick by Smith Jr.
Smith Jr lands a front kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith Jr throws a leg kick
and Nascimento counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
A big right from Nascimento misses.
Nascimento on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Smith Jr has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Jed's Gym in the buildup to the fight.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Smith Jr tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Nascimento 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.
Nascimento misses with a hook
and Smith Jr counters with a left to the body.
A slow jab from Nascimento misses its intended target.
Smith Jr throws out a powerful jab.
Nascimento on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Smith Jr. Smith Jr obviously looking to wear him down.
Nascimento listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith Jr throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Smith Jr is looking to wear down Nascimento with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Nascimento throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Nascimento throws an overhand right that lands on Smith Jr's shoulder, as Smith Jr tries to avoid the shot.
Nascimento takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Nascimento has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Nascimento there as he acknowledges the shot.
Smith Jr bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Nascimento avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Nascimento scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.

Smith Jr rushes Nascimento and presses him up against the cage.
Smith Jr cracks Nascimento with a nice body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Smith Jr tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Nascimento swings wildly with an uppercut but Smith Jr uses good head movement to avoid it.

Smith Jr breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Nascimento throws a leg kick
and Nascimento takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

Smith Jr gets a clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nascimento misses with a body punch.
Smith Jr tries to throw a body punch but Nascimento avoids it by throwing Smith Jr back against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Smith Jr fails to land.
A short right from Smith Jr.
Nascimento works on Smith Jr's body with a couple of short punches.
A body shot lands from Nascimento.
Nascimento goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Smith Jr has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Nascimento lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Smith Jr or not.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Smith Jr.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Corey Smith Jr dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Yago Nascimento's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Nascimento throws a lazy right hand but Smith Jr sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Smith Jr throws a looping overhand right but Nascimento ducks down to avoid it.
Nascimento misses with a looping right.
Nascimento lands a right hook to the body.
Corey Smith Jr is winning the standup battle so far.
Smith Jr connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Nascimento momentarily.
Nascimento lands a slapping body shot.
Smith Jr ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Nascimento moves away.
Nascimento doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Smith Jr takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Nascimento just misses with a punch to the body.
A quick step to the side and Smith Jr tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Smith Jr lands a leg kick that knocks Nascimento off balance momentarily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nascimento swings for the body but Smith Jr moves out of range.
Smith Jr misses with a hook. Nascimento ducked under it nicely.
Smith Jr has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Smith Jr there as he acknowledges the shot.
Smith Jr tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Smith Jr throws an off balance right hand
and Nascimento counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Nascimento's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Smith Jr connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Nascimento scrambles back to his feet.
Nascimento checks a leg kick.
A little jabbing left from Nascimento on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Nascimento lands a nice looking kick to the body. Smith Jr takes a step back to recover.
Smith Jr throws a looping overhand right but Nascimento ducks down to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Smith Jr misses.
Nascimento waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Smith Jr.
Smith Jr throws a quick inside leg kick.
Nice body kick from Nascimento.
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!
Nascimento throws a shot from downtown. Smith Jr moves away and avoids it.
Smith Jr wants to clinch but Nascimento slips to the side
and Nascimento counters with a stiff right hand.
Smith Jr checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
An attempted straight right counter from Smith Jr misses the target.
Nascimento throws a hook but Smith Jr avoids it easily.
An attempted straight right counter from Smith Jr misses the target.
Nascimento wants to slow Smith Jr down by chopping away at his legs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith Jr throws a poor cross that misses
and Nascimento counters with a slapping leg kick.
Smith Jr misses with an uppercut
and Nascimento counters with a lovely straight right hand!

It looks like Corey Smith Jr has been cut.
Nascimento staying out of range there.
Smith Jr throws an overhand right that lands on Nascimento's shoulder, as Nascimento tries to avoid the shot.
Nascimento throws a predictable looking body shot
and Smith Jr counters with a right hand to the body.
Nascimento lands the left hand.
Nascimento throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Smith Jr sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Smith Jr is looking to counter punch.
Nascimento scores with a kick to the midsection.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nascimento throws a right hand that misses
and Smith Jr counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Smith Jr throws a sloppy head kick
and Nascimento counters with an outside leg kick.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Nascimento lands with a hook. Smith Jr tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nascimento connects with a nice looking jab.
Nascimento is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Smith Jr.
It looked like Smith Jr wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Smith Jr misses with an attempted mid kick.
Smith Jr looks to clinch
enabling Nascimento to counter with a crisp jab.
Nascimento misses with a leg kick
and Smith Jr counters with a stiff right hand.
Nascimento on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Yago Nascimento showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Nascimento throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Nascimento moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Nascimento swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Nascimento lands a jab.
A big right from Nascimento misses.
As Nascimento backs away, Smith Jr returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Smith Jr misses with a right hand
and Nascimento counters with a stiff right hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nascimento misses with an uppercut. Smith Jr saw that one coming.
Smith Jr misses the shot to the body.
Nascimento looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Smith Jr throws an ugly left hook that misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith Jr has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Smith Jr there as he acknowledges the shot.
Smith Jr connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Nascimento momentarily.
Smith Jr takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.

Smith Jr rushes Nascimento and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Smith Jr can't break the clinch.
Smith Jr blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Nascimento tries to work over Smith Jr's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Nascimento lands a hook that snaps the head of Smith Jr backwards.
Nascimento blocking some punches.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Smith Jr.
Smith Jr misses with a body punch.
Nascimento tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Smith Jr misses with some punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Smith Jr breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Nascimento waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Smith Jr.
Nascimento showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Smith Jr.
Nascimento lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Smith Jr uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Nascimento.
Smith Jr misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Nascimento throws a body punch but Smith Jr moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith Jr throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Smith Jr misses with a shot to the body
and Nascimento cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Nascimento slips under a jab from Smith Jr.
Nascimento feints and then cracks Smith Jr's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Smith Jr down.
Nascimento ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Nascimento cracks a nice hook into Smith Jr's ribs.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Smith Jr tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Smith Jr keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Nascimento.
Smith Jr is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Nascimento swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Smith Jr.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Smith Jr lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Smith Jr throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Nascimento cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Nascimento throws a body punch but Smith Jr moves out of range.
Smith Jr misses with a hook
and Nascimento makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nascimento throws a big shot that misses.
Smith Jr avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Nascimento is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Nascimento lands with a nice body punch.
Nascimento connects with a nice looking jab.

And that's the end of the fight!
Yago Nascimento comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Nascimento has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 28:29
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 28:29
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Yago Nascimento!
Yago Nascimento decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.