PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Aegaeon Hecatonchires (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fraklin Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hecatonchires's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Hecatonchires
vs
Smith

178 cm
19
192 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

190 cm
27
192 lbs
8 - 9 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Knockout power

GTi - MTG - New Stock !!

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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Aegaeon Hecatonchires!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 9 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Fraklin Smith!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Fedor Mirinova and Sergei Dronov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Smith fails with a takedown attempt.
Hecatonchires throws a sloppy head kick and Smith moves out of range easily.
Hecatonchires fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Hecatonchires throws a leg kick that misses.
Smith blocks a head kick by Hecatonchires.
Hecatonchires tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Smith changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Hecatonchires tries to avoid it but Smith manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Hecatonchires to the ground. Hecatonchires escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Hecatonchires throws a right and a left that Smith avoids nicely.
Smith shoots in looking for a takedown. Hecatonchires tries to sprawl out of it but Smith keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Hecatonchires manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Aegaeon Hecatonchires has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Fraklin Smith.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Smith shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Hecatonchires manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Hecatonchires keeping moving, preventing Smith from controlling successfully.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Hecatonchires works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Hecatonchires is looking to stand up but Smith isn't so interested in that idea.
Smith stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Hecatonchires swivels though and keeps the full guard.

Hecatonchires pushes Smith off and scrambles back to his feet.
Smith closes the distance and clinches up with Hecatonchires, looking for a takedown. Smith pushes Hecatonchires against the cage but Hecatonchires circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Hecatonchires misses with a head kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hecatonchires. Smith does a little dance to reset his feet.
Hecatonchires stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Hecatonchires wants it to stay on the feet.
Smith shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Hecatonchires as he avoids it easily.
Smith changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Hecatonchires tries to avoid it but Smith manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Hecatonchires to the ground. Hecatonchires escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith fails to land the takedown.
Hecatonchires throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Smith.
Smith tries to clinch there but Hecatonchires circles away.
Smith looks for a takedown but Hecatonchires sprawls well.
Smith will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Smith shoots in but Hecatonchires avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Smith wants to clinch.
Hecatonchires lands a jab to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith wants to clinch up but Hecatonchires keeps it at a distance.
Hecatonchires misses with a series of wild punches.
Hecatonchires thows a body shot but no joy.
Hecatonchires connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Hecatonchires swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hecatonchires throws a series of punches but Smith moves out of range.
Smith throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Hecatonchires's waist but Hecatonchires gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Smith off to one side.
Smith fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Smith tries to clinch but Hecatonchires is having none of it.
Smith wants to clinch up but Hecatonchires keeps it at a distance.

Smith drives through and clinches with Hecatonchires against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Hecatonchires's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Hecatonchires misses with a head kick.
The fight stays on the outside here - Smith looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Hecatonchires connects with a looping right hand.
Smith shoots in and drives through. Hecatonchires sprawls well.
Smith tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Hecatonchires swivels and escapes.
Hecatonchires lands with a thumping leg kick.
Smith looks gassed!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hecatonchires misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Hecatonchires fails with an attempt to clinch.
Hecatonchires connects with a right hand. Smith shakes it off.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hecatonchires displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Smith.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Aegaeon Hecatonchires dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Hecatonchires lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Smith circles away quickly and effectively.
Smith is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Hecatonchires misses with a body shot.
Smith tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A jab from Hecatonchires misses.

Hecatonchires drops Smith with a left and a right! Oh, Smith is hurt - Hecatonchires dives into side control looking to finish!

Smith is rocked!

It looks like Fraklin Smith has been cut.

Hecatonchires stands up and we're back to a striking position.
Hecatonchires throws a sloppy head kick and Smith moves out of range easily.
Hecatonchires tries a head kick but it misses.
Nice defenses there by Smith.
Aegaeon Hecatonchires is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hecatonchires stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Hecatonchires wants it to stay on the feet.
Hecatonchires lands a slapping body shot.
Hecatonchires is looking to score with low kicks.
Smith moves out of range of the leg kick from Hecatonchires.
Hecatonchires ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Smith moves away.
Smith shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Hecatonchires but Hecatonchires pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Smith is trying hard to land a takedown here. Hecatonchires sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Aegaeon Hecatonchires has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Fraklin Smith.
Smith is breathing heavily.
Good leg kick by Hecatonchires there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Hecatonchires looks to land a right hand but Smith moved out of range.
Hecatonchires scores with a body shot.
Aegaeon Hecatonchires is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Smith keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Hecatonchires.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith moves in looking to clinch but Hecatonchires pushes him off.
Hecatonchires lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
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 dodges the punch combination from Hecatonchires.
Hecatonchires throws a low kick but Smith avoids it.
Aegaeon Hecatonchires seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hecatonchires misses with a hook. Smith ducked under it nicely.
Smith shoots for a double leg takedown but Hecatonchires sprawls well. He's pushed Smith's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Hecatonchires lands with an uppercut that bounces Smith off the cage and back into rage.
Smith misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Hecatonchires pivots, looking for a leg kick but Smith is out of range and Hecatonchires settles back down.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hecatonchires takes a swing at Smith's ribcage but misses.
Smith moves in looking to clinch but Hecatonchires pushes him off.
Hecatonchires throws a sloppy head kick and Smith moves out of range easily.

Smith moves into the clinch.
Smith is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Hecatonchires lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Smith backwards.

Hecatonchires breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Hecatonchires misses with a few strikes there.

Smith looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Hecatonchires!
Smith sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Smith wants to control the pace but Hecatonchires is squirming around nicely.
Hecatonchires tries to buck Smith off but he can't manage it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Smith throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Hecatonchires because Smith loaded up on that one.
Smith sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Smith won't let Hecatonchires get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Smith throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.

Smith has control of Hecatonchires's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Hecatonchires regains control of the situation pretty easily.

Smith moves into side control, trying to work for a kimura. That looks painful! Will he finish!!?? No, Hecatonchires has worked his arm free - good work by Hecatonchires!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Aegaeon Hecatonchires dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Fraklin 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. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Hecatonchires looks to score with a jab to the body but Smith is just out of range.
Hecatonchires throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Smith.
Smith closes the distance looking to clinch
and Hecatonchires counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Hecatonchires throws a head kick that misses.
Smith dodges the punch combination from Hecatonchires.
Hecatonchires avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith clinches but Hecatonchires breaks the clinch
and Hecatonchires counters with a leg kick.
Smith takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Hecatonchires throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Hecatonchires pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Hecatonchires looks to land a left hand but Smith moved out of range nicely.
Smith tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hecatonchires swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Hecatonchires throws a nice head kick!
Hecatonchires leaves Smith with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.

Smith feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.

Hecatonchires scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Hecatonchires tries to score with a low kick but Smith moves his leg out of the way.
Aegaeon Hecatonchires is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith misses with a takedown attempt - Hecatonchires sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Aegaeon Hecatonchires has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Fraklin Smith.
Hecatonchires paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Smith is looking to clinch.
Hecatonchires lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.

Hecatonchires closes the distance and pushes Smith back into the cage.
Smith jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Hecatonchires walks away with a smile on his face. Smith gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
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 closes the distance but Hecatonchires moves to the side
and Hecatonchires counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hecatonchires misses with a few strikes there.
No joy there for Hecatonchires, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Hecatonchires throws a shot to the body.
Smith misses with a takedown attempt
and Hecatonchires counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Hecatonchires throws a series of punches but Smith moves out of range.
Fraklin Smith has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Smith with a lazy takedown attempt

and Hecatonchires holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.

Hecatonchires breaks from the clinch.
An inside leg kick lands from Hecatonchires.
Hecatonchires throws a head kick that misses.
Smith fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Hecatonchires throws a nice head kick!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Smith takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Smith looks for a takedown but Hecatonchires sprawls well.

Hecatonchires has managed to clinch.
Smith tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Hecatonchires's elbow.
Smith tries to pull guard but Hecatonchires holds him up against the cage and eventually Smith drops back down to his feet.

Hecatonchires breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hecatonchires lands a head kick. Smith smiles back at him and beckons him forward.

And that's the end of the fight!
Aegaeon Hecatonchires showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Hecatonchires, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 30:27
Judge Fedor Mirinova scores the fight 30:27
Judge Sergei Dronov scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Aegaeon Hecatonchires!