PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kenny Smith (ranked 200 p4p, 305 weight class) and Kenny Tchusuk (ranked 7 p4p, 12 weight class). Smith comes to the cage accompanied by IS THIS LOVE. Kenny Smith has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Smith
vs
Tchusuk

181 cm
32
184
20 - 6 - 0

170 cm
39
265
34 - 33 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Conviction
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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 20 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Kenny Smith!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 34 - 33 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Kenny Tchusuk!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Taro Takaoka and Shigeki Fujiwara.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
An inside leg kick from Tchusuk misses.
Tchusuk misses with a wild body shot.
Tchusuk throws a head kick that misses.
Smith scores with a spinning back kick!
Tchusuk is looking to score with low kicks.
Smith throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Tchusuk now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Smith on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Smith throws a leg kick that misses.

Smith gets tackled into the cage by Tchusuk. Tchusuk maintains the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Smith.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Tchusuk.
Smith working aggressively here.
Tchusuk misses with a punch to the body.
Tchusuk blocks an uppercut.
Tchusuk pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tchusuk throws a punch but it's blocked by Smith.
Tchusuk prevents a body shot from Smith.
Smith has a couple of punches blocked by Tchusuk.
Smith swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Smith misses with a short punch on the inside.
Tchusuk lands a shoulder strike.
Smith tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Smith working aggressively here.
Nice body punch from Tchusuk.
Tchusuk lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Smith missing with knees to the body.
Smith throws a punch but it's blocked by Tchusuk.
Tchusuk lands an elbow that stopped Smith in his tracks for a moment.

It looks like Kenny Smith has been cut.
Smith is breathing heavily.
Tchusuk lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Smith or not.
Smith takes an elbow to the forehead.

Kenny Smith's cut is getting worse.
Tchusuk throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Smith.

Tchusuk's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tchusuk scores with a sloppy right hand. Smith should have avoided that one.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith misses with a body punch.
Smith misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Tchusuk blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Smith misses with a hook from the clinch.
Smith misses with a short punch on the inside.
Tchusuk blocks a body shot from Smith.
Smith blocks a body shot from Tchusuk.
Tchusuk missing with knees to the body.
Tchusuk scores with a shot to the side of Smith's head.
Smith tries to land knees in the clinch but Tchusuk avoids the damage to the body.
Smith struggles to land a body shot inside as Tchusuk controls his hands.
Smith blocks an elbow strike.
Tchusuk prevents a body shot from Smith.
Smith tries to work over Tchusuk's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Smith blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Tchusuk swings wildly with an uppercut but Smith uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tchusuk scores with an uppercut up the middle.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith struggles to land a body shot inside as Tchusuk controls his hands.
Nice body punch from Tchusuk.
Smith lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Smith using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Tchusuk has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Tchusuk.
Tchusuk is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Smith is defending well for now.
Tchusuk fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Tchusuk lands with a left to the head.
Smith misses with some punches.
Smith misses with a knee to the head.
Smith swings wildly with an uppercut but Tchusuk uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tchusuk avoiding damage as Smith throws knees to the body.
Tchusuk working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A short uppercut from Smith.
Smith tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Smith tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Tchusuk's elbow.
Smith misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Smith tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Tchusuk lands a left hand that snaps the head of Smith backwards.
Tchusuk goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Smith has a couple of punches blocked by Tchusuk.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tchusuk tries a body shot but Smith blocks it.
Tchusuk blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A short left from Smith.
Tchusuk lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Smith.
Smith misses with a body punch.
Tchusuk lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

Kenny Smith's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.

Tchusuk escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Tchusuk throws a poor cross that misses
and Smith counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

Tchusuk takes the fight into the clinch.
Tchusuk unloads a knee to the mid-section. Smith lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Tchusuk lands a left hand that snaps the head of Smith backwards.
A nice right hand lands inside from Tchusuk.
Tchusuk lands a nice knee to the body.
Tchusuk works on Smith's body with a couple of short punches.
Good body shot from Tchusuk.
Tchusuk scores with a shoulder strike.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Kenny Tchusuk dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Kenny Smith'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.

Tchusuk moves into the clinch successfully.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Tchusuk in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Tchusuk lands a left hand that snaps the head of Smith backwards.
Smith looking to throw knees to the head but Tchusuk is blocking nicely.
Kenny Tchusuk seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Tchusuk doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Tchusuk lands with a left to the head.
Tchusuk has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Tchusuk lands a body punch in the clinch.
A short uppercut from Tchusuk.

Jeez, Kenny Smith's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Tchusuk lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Smith or not.
Tchusuk lands a hook to the side of the head.

Smith is rocked!
A shot in the inside from Tchusuk.
Oh Smith is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Tchusuk pushes Smith against the cage. Tchusuk is working some dirty boxing. Tchusuk pushes off with a quick right hook! Smith goes down! Smith tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! Tchusuk moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:41 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kenny Tchusuk!