PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Guy Rich (ranked 5547 p4p, 5541 weight class) and Bob Smith (ranked 520 p4p, 519 weight class). Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Rich
vs
Smith

180 cm
18
190
1 - 1 - 0

181 cm
25
202
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Prefers standup

Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Granite chin

Island clothing lite

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Guy Rich!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Bob Smith!
The judges for this bout are Winston Alpacca, Dirk Anderson and Sandra Marshall.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Smith 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.

Rich clinches up with Smith and pushes him back against the cage.
Smith blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Rich avoiding damage as Smith throws knees to the body.
Rich misses with some punches.
Smith blocks a body shot from Rich.
Smith looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
A head punch on the inside from Rich fails to land.
Rich avoiding damage as Smith throws knees to the body.
Rich lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Smith lands an elbow that stopped Rich in his tracks for a moment.

It looks like Guy Rich has been cut.
Rich gets through Smith's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Smith lands a left hand.
Smith gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Rich takes an elbow to the forehead.
I was talking to Rich's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
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!
Smith using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Rich has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Rich misses with a punch on the inside.
Smith using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Smith works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Rich is breathing heavily.
Smith lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Smith lands an elbow inside.
Smith lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Rich.
Smith scores with a shoulder strike.

Rich is rocked!
Knees to the body from Smith.
Oh Rich is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
The two fighters are battling for control here. Rich trying to break out of Smith's Thai clinch. Smith unloads with a massive knee right up the middle that drops Rich to the canvas! He's out cold! Wow, what a knee by Smith!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Knee). Bob Smith!
Bob Smith decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.