PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Bryant Smith (ranked 670 p4p, 959 weight class) and Alika Hakekia (ranked 87 p4p, 130 weight class). Smith's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Television - Marquee Moon. The crowd seem to be enjoying Hakekia's choice of entrance music: Nation Of Violence . Bryant Smith could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Alika Hakekia's chin.

Smith
vs
Hakekia

178 cm
31
159
22 - 15 - 1

180 cm
38
170
23 - 14 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Brooklyn Apothecary
Brooklyn Threads

Voodoo Nutrition
Conquer

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 22 - 15 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bryant Smith!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Alika Hakekia!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Paul Tew and Richard Clark.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Smith is looking to slow Hakekia down with leg kicks.
Smith dips to his left and cracks Hakekia with an uppercut!
Smith takes a swing at Hakekia's ribcage but misses.
Smith swings for the body but Hakekia moves out of range.
Hakekia tried to score with a low kick but Smith checks it.
Smith lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Smith uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Hakekia has time to react.
Smith changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Smith throws a hook but Hakekia avoids it easily.
Hakekia moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Smith looks to land a left hand but Hakekia moved out of range nicely.
Smith throws a push kick but Hakekia slaps the foot to one side.
Hakekia throws a leg kick but Smith sees it coming and moves out of range.
Hakekia looks to land a right hand but Smith moved out of range.
Hakekia misses with a looping right.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Smith throws a sloppy head kick and Hakekia moves out of range easily.
Smith throws a leg kick but Hakekia checks it.
Hakekia scores with a push kick.
Smith scoring well with a low kick there.
Hakekia just misses with a punch to the body.
Hakekia throws a leg kick but Smith moved away.
Hakekia blocks a head kick by Smith.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hakekia moves out of range of the leg kick from Smith.
Smith throws a lazy uppercut
letting Hakekia counter with a right hand.
Smith takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Hakekia slips under a jab.
Hakekia throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Smith takes a kick to the side of the head.
Hakekia throws a right and a left that both miss.
Hakekia misses with a looping right.
Hakekia lands with a cross.
Smith misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hakekia.
Smith tries to land a leg kick but Hakekia saw it coming and moves away.
Smith has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Hakekia jabs at Smith's body.
Hakekia misses with a hook. Smith ducked under it nicely.
Smith attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Hakekia was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Smith misses with a hook. Hakekia ducked under it nicely.
Smith lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Smith punishes Hakekia's body with a nice straight punch.
Hakekia tries to land a leg kick but Smith saw it coming and moves away.
An inside leg kick lands from Hakekia.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hakekia throws a hook but Smith avoids it easily.
Smith goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Hakekia moves into range and connects with a jab.
Smith fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Hakekia looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Hakekia checks the leg kick.
As Smith backs off Hakekia throws a huge counter combo but Smith manages to avoid it all.
Smith lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Smith misses with a body shot.
A little jabbing left from Hakekia on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Hakekia has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Smith.
A nice leg kick lands there from Hakekia.
Hakekia misses with a low kick.
Smith jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Hakekia throws a wild body kick that Smith sees coming a mile off.
Smith steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Hakekia.
Hakekia lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Smith misses with a leg kick.
Smith throws a leg kick that is checked
and Hakekia counters with a nice low kick that buckles Smith's knee momentarily.
Smith avoids the head kick by Hakekia.
Smith throws out a loose jab but Hakekia uses good head movement to avoid it.
Smith keeps Hakekia at a distance using the push kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Hakekia moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Hakekia swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Bryant Smith seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Smith scores with a kick to the midsection.
Hakekia pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Hakekia ducks right into an uppercut from Smith.
Smith throws a leg kick but Hakekia sees it coming and moves out of range.
Hakekia blocks a low kick nicely.
Hakekia ducks under a wild hook from Smith.
Hakekia throws a nice looking combination but Smith bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Smith misses with a double jab.
Smith throws a series of punches but Hakekia avoids them all with ease.
Smith changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Hakekia misses with a body shot.
Smith waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Hakekia.
Smith just misses with a punch to the body.
Hakekia looks to land a left hand but Smith moved out of range nicely.
Smith dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
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!
Hakekia throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Smith.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Hakekia checks a leg kick.
Smith misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hakekia.
Smith throws the left hand but Hakekia avoids the punch easily.
Hakekia let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Smith misses with a hook.
A jab from Smith misses.
Hakekia throws a head kick but Smith moves out of range.
Hakekia throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Smith lands a nice hook to Hakekia's body. Hakekia takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Smith moves out of range of the body kick.
Hakekia takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Smith swinging wildly here.
Smith connects with a jab.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Smith misses with a double jab
and Hakekia counters with a straight right hand.
Hakekia thuds his shin into the meat of Smith's side.
Hakekia ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Smith moves away.
Smith swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Smith.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Bryant Smith dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Smith lands a nice looking kick to the body. Hakekia takes a step back to recover.
Hakekia tries to score with a low kick but Smith moves his leg out of the way.
Bryant Smith is winning the standup battle so far.
Hakekia misses with a body kick.
Hakekia has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Hakekia there as he acknowledges the shot.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with each other but Hakekia might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Smith has got the better of the exchanges.
A big left from Hakekia misses.
Hakekia throws a leg kick that misses.
Hakekia misses with a body kick.
Smith is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Hakekia can do to turn this around?
Smith avoids the head kick by Hakekia.
Crunch! Smith slams his shin into Hakekia's torso.
Hakekia misses with a body kick.
Hakekia throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Smith throws a nice looking combination but Hakekia bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Good work by Smith as he checks the leg kick.
A good leg kick by Hakekia.
Smith connects with a body shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hakekia missing with a left hand there. Smith was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Smith misses the jab.
Hakekia looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Hakekia takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Hakekia keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Smith takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Hakekia tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Smith is able to avoid easily.
Smith swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Hakekia lands a glancing blow to the side of Smith's head.
Hakekia misses with an uppercut.
Hakekia just manages to avoid a counter high kick fromSmith.
Smith throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Smith looks to land a combination. Hakekia sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Hakekia moves away from the strike by Smith.
Smith takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Smith walks into a straight right hand from Hakekia.
Hakekia has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Smith.
Smith throws a series of punches but Hakekia moves out of range.
Hakekia lands with an overhand left.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hakekia fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Smith has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Smith misses with a wild body shot.
Hakekia avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Smith swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Smith connects with a crisp jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hakekia throws a hook to the side of Smith's head but Smith sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A left lands for Smith.
Smith takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Smith just misses with a punch to the body.
Smith defending well as Hakekia loads up on a big left hand.
Hakekia tries to move into range but Smith moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.

Hakekia is rocked!
Smith walks into a straight right hand from Hakekia.
Hakekia is still on wobbly legs! Can Smith finish him?
Smith throws out a powerful jab.
Smith moves forwards but Hakekia connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Smith misses with a hook. Hakekia ducked under it nicely.
Hakekia looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Smith takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Smith throws out a loose jab but Hakekia uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hakekia just misses with a punch to the body.
Smith ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hakekia moves away.
Smith connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Hakekia connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Smith momentarily.
Smith feints with a jab and clips Hakekia right behind the ear with a massive overhand right! Hakekia is sent crashing into the canvas and Smith leaps in for the kill! Hakekia tries to get to his feet but Smith is just battering him from every conceivable angle. The ref decides that Hakekia is in need of a savior and steps in!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:54 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bryant Smith!
Bryant Smith took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, Brooklyn Apothecary for their support in the buildup to the fight.
In defeat, Alika Hakekia stepped up to the mic, saying 'Im Sorry Uso'.