PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Shontavius Smiff (ranked 3831 p4p, 4030 weight class) and Nasirr Tiny (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tiny comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Here comes kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Shontavius Smiff had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Smiff
vs
Tiny

175 cm
24
175
2 - 0 - 0

185 cm
22
150
2 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Shontavius Smiff!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Nasirr Tiny!
The judges for this bout are Joseph Jones, Anthony Taglia and Russell Pearce.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A lazy body kick from Tiny

and Smiff holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Tiny is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Smiff gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Tiny changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Smiff fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Tiny looks for the body kick but Smiff saw that one coming.
Tiny looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Tiny.
Shontavius Smiff has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Nasirr Tiny.

Smiff darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Smiff is thwarting Tiny's attempts to control the position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Tiny actively working from the bottom here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Smiff is pressing down on Tiny's thigh, looking to free his foot. Tiny is holding on for now.
Smiff takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Smiff seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Tiny for as long as he can get away with.
Smiff passes to side control.
Tiny is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Tiny really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Smiff. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Smiff gets to mount! Tiny was on the offensive and wasn't defending properly.

Smiff has hold of an arm here, looking to extend it. He's committed to the armbar attempt here! Will he get it?! Yes! Tiny is forced to tap!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:33 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Shontavius Smiff!
An out of breath Shontavius Smiff thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.