PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Brodie Bruce (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mike Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Smith has chosen In The Morning as his entrance music. Mike Smith has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Brodie Bruce's chin.

Bruce
vs
Smith

183 cm
23
220 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

183 cm
25
222 lbs
6 - 10 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Powerful

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Brodie Bruce!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Mike Smith!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bruce blocks a head kick by Smith.
Smith fails to land with a series of punches.
Bruce keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Smith takes an elbow to the temple.
Stalling in the clinch from Bruce.
Bruce lands an elbow inside.

It looks like Mike Smith has been cut.
Smith looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Bruce misses with an elbow strike.
Bruce misses with a body punch.
Bruce throws a punch but it's blocked by Smith.
Smith wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bruce creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Smith wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Bruce has him pressed against the cage.
Bruce misses with a hook to the ribs.
Bruce throws a punch but it's blocked by Smith.
Smith misses with a punch to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Bruce.
Bruce keeps control of Smith as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Bruce misses with the head strike.
Good body shot from Bruce.
Smith has had enough of the clinch but Bruce keeps him there for the moment.
Smith blocking some punches.
Smith is looking to break free of the clinch but Bruce has double underhooks.
Bruce pushes Smith back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Smith looks gassed!
Bruce keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Smith's efforts to push away.
Nice body punch from Bruce.
Bruce scores with a hook to the body.
A bit of stalling here from Bruce.
Bruce lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
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!
Bruce lands a body punch in the clinch.
Nice body punch from Bruce.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bruce misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Smith.
Smith takes an elbow to the forehead.
Bruce manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Smith wants to break free but Bruce has control.
Bruce lands a nice uppercut.
Smith on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Bruce is leaning against Smith and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Smith is trying to break free.
Bruce is struggling to control the position.
Smith can't break the clinch.
Bruce is leaning against Smith and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Bruce lands on the inside with an uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bruce lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Bruce misses with the head strike.
Bruce misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Smith can't break the clinch.
Bruce lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Bruce taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Bruce scores with a nice hook to the head.
Smith has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Smith avoids a wild elbow strike from Bruce.
Bruce missing with knees to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Bruce.
Smith blocks an uppercut.
Bruce misses with a punch to the body.
Bruce stalling in the clinch.
Bruce misses with a shot to the kidneys.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bruce lands a shot to the body.
Bruce has a couple of punches blocked by Smith.
Bruce lands a body punch in the clinch.
Smith dodges an elbow strike from Bruce.
Bruce tries to land knees in the clinch but Smith avoids the damage to the body.
Smith working hard to break the clinch.
Bruce works on Smith's body with a couple of short punches.
Smith wants to break free but Bruce has control.
Bruce gets through Smith's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Bruce is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bruce goes for a takedown attempt but Smith pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Smith has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brodie Bruce dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Mike Smith's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Smith takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Smith keeps the fight on the outside.
Bruce thows a left - swing and a miss!
Brodie Bruce is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Bruce thumps Smith with a low kick.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Smith checks a leg kick.
Smith scores with a hook.
Smith misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Bruce displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Smith throws out the jab.
A solid leg kick lands there for Bruce.
Bruce blocks a jab.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Smith lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Bruce has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Bruce and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Smith on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Smith misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Smith attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Smith is breathing heavily.
A solid leg kick lands there for Bruce.
Smith slips under a jab from Bruce.
Mike Smith seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bruce lands a really nice looking cross but Smith seems unphased.
Bruce moves out of range of the strikes.
Smith takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Smith takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.

Bruce moves into the clinch.
Bruce misses with some punches.
Bruce misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Smith.
Smith is trying to break the clinch but Bruce has him pressed against the cage.
Bruce missing with knees to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bruce.
Bruce stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Bruce lands with a left to the head.
A right handed body shot lands from Bruce.
Bruce prevents Smith from breaking the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bruce digs a right hand underneath Smith's ribcage. Smith let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Bruce stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Bruce gets through Smith's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Bruce struggles to land a body shot inside as Smith controls his hands.
Bruce lands with a right to the head.
Smith wants to break free but Bruce has control.
Bruce is pushing Smith up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Smith managing to block the knees to the body from Bruce.
Bruce goes for a takedown attempt but Smith pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Bruce moves out of range as Smith strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith misses with a double jab

and Bruce holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Smith letting Bruce take a breather here.
Bruce tries to land knees in the clinch but Smith avoids the damage to the body.
Bruce displaying some good clinch control by pressing Smith up against the cage.
Smith can't break the clinch.
Bruce misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Smith.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Bruce lands a left hand that snaps the head of Smith backwards.
Bruce struggles to land a body shot inside as Smith controls his hands.
Smith tries to circle away but Bruce has him pinned against the cage.
Smith tries to break free but Bruce pushes him back against the cage.
Bruce throws a head punch that misses.
Bruce fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Bruce lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Smith is trying to force a seperation but Bruce has the dominant position.
Bruce working aggressively here.
Bruce tries to work over Smith's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Bruce lands a nice knee to the body.
Bruce throws an elbow that misses.
A left hand lands to the body for Bruce.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brodie Bruce dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Mike Smith's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Bruce throws the left hand but Smith avoids the punch easily.
Nice straight punches there by Bruce. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Bruce.

Bruce instigates a clinch.
Bruce is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Smith can do to turn this around?

Smith breaks the clinch.
Bruce throws the left hand but Smith avoids the punch easily.
Smith lands with an uppercut that bounces Bruce off the cage and back into rage.

It looks like Brodie Bruce has been cut.
Smith lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Bruce circles away quickly and effectively.
Smith cracks Bruce with a right hand to the side of the head.
Bruce misses with a body shot.
Smith ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Bruce moves away.
Smith throws a lazy head kick
letting Bruce counter with a right hand.
Smith uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bruce.
Smith takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Smith jabs Bruce right on the nose. Bruce blinks but takes it well.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Bruce.
Bruce slips a jab and a cross from Smith.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bruce throws a lazy right hand but Smith sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Bruce throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Smith on the side of the head.
Bruce thows a body shot but no joy.
Bruce throws a nice looking combination but Smith bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Smith throws a series of punches but Bruce avoids them all with ease.
Smith gets off balance looking for a body kick
enabling Bruce to counter with a crisp jab.
Smith looks to throw a body kick
and Bruce finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.

Bruce moves into the clinch.
Bruce lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Smith.
Brodie Bruce has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Bruce 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.
Bruce scores with a shoulder strike.
Bruce just leaning against Smith, taking a breather.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Bruce.
Bruce misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Smith.
Mike Smith has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Smith can't break the clinch.
Smith is trying to force a seperation but Bruce has the dominant position.
Smith has had enough of the clinch but Bruce keeps him there for the moment.
Bruce misses with a hook to the ribs.
Nice elbow from Bruce.
Bruce has Smith pressed against the cage, preventing Smith from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Smith blocks a body shot from Bruce.
Bruce misses with a punch to the body.
Smith is looking to break free of the clinch but Bruce has double underhooks.
Smith wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Bruce is pushing Smith up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Bruce tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Smith's elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith is trying to break the clinch but Bruce is controlling him.
Bruce trying to land knees to the body.
Bruce lands with a right to the head.
Bruce has Smith pressed against the cage, preventing Smith from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Bruce scores with a shoulder strike.
Bruce throws a head punch that misses.
Bruce stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Bruce lands a shot to the body.
Smith blocks the elbow strike.
Smith blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Bruce stalling.
Smith wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Brodie Bruce is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Smith is trying to break the clinch but Bruce has him pressed against the cage.
Bruce throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Smith wants to break free but Bruce has control.
Bruce missing with knees to the body.
Bruce keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Smith's efforts to push away.
Bruce prevents Smith from breaking the clinch.
Bruce tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Smith tries to break the clinch but Bruce is controlling the position.

Smith's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Bruce moves away from the strike by Smith.
Smith throws a combination that misses
and Bruce counters with a body kick.
Bruce uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Smith.

And that's the end of the fight!
Brodie Bruce showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Bruce has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 30:26
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 30:26
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Brodie Bruce!