|
|
PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Joe Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Janis Petke (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Smith might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Dropkick Murphys - Barroom Hero. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
 |
|
 |
| 180 cm
19
156 lbs
6 - 2 - 0 |
|
174 cm
19
159 lbs
0 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin |
|
BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank |
|
| |
|
Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Joe Smith!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Janis Petke!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Frank Dennis and Daniel Franklin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Smith has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
It looks like Joe Smith has been cut.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Petke.
Petke shoots in looking for a takedown. Smith tries to sprawl out of it but Petke keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Smith manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Smith drives through and clinches with Petke against the cage.
Smith lands a nice knee to the body.
Petke takes an elbow to the temple.
Smith lands an elbow inside that Petke shrugs off.
Knees to the body from Smith.
Petke tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Smith smiles and moves away.
Joe Smith has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Janis Petke.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Smith is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Petke looks gassed!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith connects with a knee to the head.
Smith lands a knee to the head.
Smith landing knees to the head.
Petke drops down looking for an ankle pick but Smith pulls his leg out and moves away.
Smith plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
A head kick misses from Smith.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Petke is defended easily by Smith.
Petke misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Petke tries to bum rush Smith with a series of wild strikes but Smith uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith lands a head kick. Petke smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Smith instigates a clinch.
Smith unloads a knee to the mid-section. Petke lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Smith connects with a knee to the head.
Smith with a knee to the head.
Smith looking to throw knees to the head but Petke is blocking nicely.
Smith lands an elbow just above Petke 's eye.
Petke takes a knee right on the jaw!
Smith landing knees to the head.
A knee to the head by Smith.
Knees in the clinch landing for Smith.
Smith gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Smith landing knees to the head.
Petke trying to control the position but instead, Smith has worked for underhooks and has pushed Petke into the cage.
Smith blocks an elbow strike from Petke.
Smith scores with a knee to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Smith scores with a knee to the head.
Petke jumps guard but Smith stands there with Petke around his waist. Petke gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Petke takes an elbow to the temple.
Smith lands an elbow that stopped Petke in his tracks for a moment.
Smith throws a knee to the head but misses.
Smith connects with a knee to the head.
Smith throws a knee to the head but misses.
Petke fails to pull guard.
A frustrated look appears on Petke's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Petke is trying to maintain a safe position but Smith gets an underhook and turns Petke into the cage.
Petke tries to score a body lock takedown but Smith shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Petke takes a knee right on the jaw!
Smith scores with a knee to the head.
Smith misses with a knee strike.
Petke is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Smith is keeping busy.
Petke goes for a takedown attempt but Smith pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Petke throws a lazy head kick
and Smith counters by moving into the clinch.
Smith landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Smith connects with a nasty looking knee right to Petke's face.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Smith tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Smith tries to land a knee to the head but Petke blocks with his arms.
Smith tries to land a knee to the head but Petke blocks with his arms.
Petke blocks an elbow strike.
Petke misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Smith with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Petke tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Petke throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Smith blocks it with crossed arms.
Petke tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Smith smiles and moves away.
Petke misses with a takedown attempt
and Smith holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Smith lands a knee to the body.
Smith misses with a knee strike.
Petke tries to break the clinch but Smith is controlling the position.
Smith scores with a knee to the head.
Petke tries to circle away but Smith has him pinned against the cage.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Smith misses with a knee to the head.
Petke stalling in the clinch but Smith improves position.
Petke drops down looking for an ankle pick but Smith pulls his leg out and moves away.
Smith closes the distance and pushes Petke back into the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Joe Smith dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Joe Smith's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Smith moves into the clinch.
Smith tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Petke misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Smith misses with a knee to the head.
Smith throws a knee to the head but misses.
Petke is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Smith gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Smith lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Petke misses with a short punch on the inside.
Smith scores with a knee to the head.
Smith misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Petke.
Petke tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Smith smiles and moves away.
Nice takedown defense from Smith. No joy for Petke on that attempt.
Joe Smith has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Janis Petke.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Petke shoots in for a double leg but Smith sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Petke will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Janis Petke is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Petke shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Smith pinned against the cage. Smith gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Smith pushes Petke up against the cage in a clinch.
Smith connects with a nasty looking knee right to Petke's face.
Petke can't break the clinch.
Smith lands a knee to the body.
Smith with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Petke fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Smith with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Smith lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Smith throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Petke blocks it with crossed arms.
Smith lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Smith tries to land knees in the clinch but Petke avoids the damage to the body.
Smith keeps control of Petke as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Smith tries a knee to the head but Petke blocks it.
Petke has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Petke tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Petke wants a takedown.
Petke tries to throw a body punch but Smith avoids it by throwing Petke back against the cage.
Petke 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.
Nice elbow from Smith.
Smith connects with a knee to the head.
Petke has had enough of the clinch but Smith keeps him there for the moment.
Smith crunches a lovely knee into Petke's ribcage.
Smith has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Smith lands a knee to the head.
Petke is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Smith misses with a knee to the head.
Petke on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Smith tries to land knees in the clinch but Petke avoids the damage to the body.
Petke tries to pull guard but Smith holds him up against the cage and eventually Petke drops back down to his feet.
Smith tries to land knees in the clinch but Petke avoids the damage to the body.
Petke is looking to break free of the clinch but Smith has double underhooks.
Smith misses with a knee strike.
Smith with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Petke is trying to break free.
Petke wants to get back to striking at distance but Smith won't allow it.
Petke tries to break the clinch but Smith is controlling the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Smith with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Petke goes for a takedown in the clinch but Smith prevents it.
Smith misses with a knee strike.
Smith missing with knees to the body.
Smith looking to throw knees to the head but Petke is blocking nicely.
Petke fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Petke struggles to land a body shot inside as Smith controls his hands.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
A knee to the head by Smith.
Petke jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Smith walks away with a smile on his face. Petke gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Janis Petke seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Smith tries to clinch but Petke moves out of range.
Nice sprawl there from Smith as Petke shoots in.
Smith drives through and clinches with Petke against the cage.
Petke has had enough of the clinch but Smith keeps him there for the moment.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
A knee to the head by Smith.
Petke wants to break free but Smith has control.
Smith lands a good knee to the midsection. Petke won't want to take too many of those.
Smith lands a nice elbow.
Smith is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Petke is trying to break the clinch but Smith has him pressed against the cage.
Smith with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Smith tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Petke avoids it.
Petke looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Smith missing with knees to the body.
Petke is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Petke misses with a short punch on the inside.
Knees to the body from Smith.
Smith lands a damaging elbow.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Smith lands a knee to the body.
Joe Smith has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Petke tries for a takedown. No joy.
Smith is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Smith's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Smith lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Smith with an attempt at a knee that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Joe Smith dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Joe Smith's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Smith closes the distance and clinches.
Smith with a knee to the head.
Petke takes an elbow to the temple.
Smith looking to throw knees to the head but Petke is blocking nicely.
Petke managing to block the knees to the body from Smith.
Petke jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Smith walks away with a smile on his face. Petke gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Petke throws a sloppy head kick
and Smith counters with a head kick.
Petke moves in looking to clinch but Smith pushes him off.
Petke shoots in for a double leg but Smith sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Petke misses with a body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Petke avoids the head kick by Smith.
Smith tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Petke shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Smith sprawls well. Smith wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Petke gets slowly back to his feet.
Joe Smith has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Janis Petke.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Petke tries to keep at a distance but Smith has taken the fight into the clinch.
Smith throws a knee to the head but misses.
Petke trying to stall but Smith improves his position.
Petke wants a takedown.
Smith with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Petke takes a knee to the side of the body.
A knee to the head by Smith.
Petke is looking to break free of the clinch but Smith has double underhooks.
Smith using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Petke has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Smith with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Smith lands a knee to the body.
Smith tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Petke is trying to break the clinch but Smith is controlling him.
A frustrated look appears on Petke's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Petke takes a knee right on the jaw!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Petke has Smith pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Smith manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Smith lands a damaging elbow.
Smith throws a knee to the head but misses.
Petke tries to break free but Smith pushes him back against the cage.
Smith lands a damaging elbow.
Petke jumps guard but Smith stands there with Petke around his waist. Petke gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Smith putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Petke in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Smith with a knee to the head.
Petke has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Smith avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Smith connects with a knee to the head.
Petke wants a takedown.
Smith lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Petke makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Smith misses with a knee strike.
Smith using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Petke has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Smith misses with an elbow strike.
Smith with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Smith looking to throw knees to the head but Petke is blocking nicely.
Petke is looking to control Smith's arms but Smith gets an underhook and turns him. Now Petke has his back to the cage.
Smith misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Petke.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Smith keeps control of Petke as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
A knee to the head by Smith.
Petke looking for a takedown.
Petke is working for takedown but Smith is calmly controlling the position for now.
Smith using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Petke has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Smith tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Smith looking to throw knees to the head but Petke is blocking nicely.
Petke jumps guard but Smith stands there with Petke around his waist. Petke gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Smith with a knee to the head.
Petke can't break the clinch.
Smith tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Petke goes for a takedown attempt but Smith pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Smith closes the distance and pushes Petke back into the cage.
Petke fails to pull the fight into his guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Petke misses with a body punch.
Smith lands a damaging elbow.
Smith connects with a nasty looking knee right to Petke's face.
Smith tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Petke jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Smith walks away with a smile on his face. Petke gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Petke shoots in for a takedown but Smith shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Petke throws a sloppy head kick
and Smith counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Petke takes a knee right on the jaw!
Joe Smith is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Smith throws a knee to the head but misses.
Smith looking to throw knees to the head but Petke is blocking nicely.
Petke tries to score a body lock takedown but Smith shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Smith with a knee to the head.
Smith with an attempt at a knee that misses.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Smith tries a knee to the head but Petke blocks it.
Petke misses with a knee strike.
Janis Petke has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Petke takes a knee right on the jaw!
Petke misses with the head strike.
And that's the end of the fight!
Joe Smith showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Smith 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 Cecil Peabody scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 30:27
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Joe Smith!
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| S |
C
A |
G |
S |
C
B |
G |
|
S |
C |
G |
|
energy
A | B |
|
hype
A | B |
|
pop
A | B |
|
mgr
A | B |
|
FIGHT
RATING
41% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
