PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Frank Jordan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Patrik Smythe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Smythe is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by 10 000 Fists by Disturbed. Frank Jordan had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Jordan
vs
Smythe

185 cm
20
205 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

182 cm
18
200 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Prefers ground

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Determined

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Frank Jordan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Patrik Smythe!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Steve Smith and Yves DeLean.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Smythe misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Jeez, both these guys look absolutely knackered already, that's not a good sign!
Smythe wants to clinch up but Jordan keeps it at a distance.
Smythe misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Smythe is looking to clinch but Jordan is avoiding it.
Smythe tries to clinch up.

Smythe 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.
Smythe is looking to work some ground and pound but Jordan has wrist control.
Jordan controlling Smythe's posture.
Jordan wants to stand but Smythe is controlling the position.
Jordan is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Smythe has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Jordan is proving hard to escape from.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Smythe prevents Jordan from getting back to his feet.
Smythe would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Jordan scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Jordan lands a two punch combo.
Jordan misses with a two punch combination.
The fight stays on the outside here - Smythe looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Smythe works over Jordan's head and body with a nice combination.

Smythe 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.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Jordan holds on and takes a little breather.
Jordan preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Smythe stopping the sweep attempt from Jordan.

Smythe decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Jordan, up you get!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smythe shoots for a double leg takedown but Jordan sprawls well. He's pushed Smythe's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Jordan misses with a looping left.
Smythe cracks Jordan with a right hand to the side of the head.
Smythe cracks Jordan with a right hand to the side of the head.
Smythe misses with a few strikes there.
Jordan looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Smythe is looking to clinch but Jordan is avoiding it.
Jordan fails with an attempt to clinch.
Smythe tries to clinch but Jordan moves away

and Jordan decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Smythe's guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Smythe is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Smythe throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Smythe is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

Smythe is looking for a triangle but Jordan pushes his legs off easily.

Jordan stands and steps away. Smythe gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smythe closes the distance but Jordan moves to the side

and Jordan counters with a shoot takedown. Smythe fights it but they end up in guard.
Smythe wants to sweep here but Jordan controlling him for the moment.
Jordan pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Smythe is keeping the position for now.
Jordan wants to control from the top but Smythe keeps moving.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Smythe tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Jordan not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Smythe tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Jordan is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Jordan knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Smythe on the ground.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Smythe lands a really nice looking cross but Jordan seems unphased.
Jordan shoots in and drives through. Smythe sprawls well.
Smythe misses with a takedown attempt - Jordan sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Smythe tries to close the distance and clinch up but Jordan swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Jordan fails with an attempt to clinch.
Smythe fails with an attempt to clinch.

Jordan shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Jordan showed some decent athleticism there.
Smythe tries to get to full guard but Jordan has control of the leg.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jordan wants to stand up but Smythe is controlling the position.
Jordan is stalling here. Smythe is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Jordan seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Smythe has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Frank Jordan dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Smythe falls off balance throwing a combination

so Jordan counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.

Smythe working for a triangle but Jordan defends it easily.
Frank Jordan overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Jordan controlling from the top position.
Smythe looking for a sweep. Not yet Smythe, not yet.
Smythe will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Smythe controls Jordan momentarily but Jordan frees himself.

Jordan gets to his feet - Smythe follows without any prompting.
Jordan misses with a combination

so Smythe counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jordan is trying to keep Smythe in close.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Smythe won't allow Jordan to get back to his feet.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Jordan is controlling Smythe's posture.
Jordan trying to control the position.
Smythe trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Smythe works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Smythe is looking to stall here but Jordan recovers full guard.
Smythe landing some decent shots from guard.
Jordan seems keen to control Smythe's posture.
Jordan is looking to stand up but Smythe isn't so interested in that idea.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jordan not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Jordan keeping full guard, as Smythe tries to pass.
Jordan pulls Smythe in close to prevent any damage.
Smythe throwing strikes but missing.
Smythe prevents Jordan from getting back to his feet.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Smythe lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Smythe throws a combination that misses

and Jordan counters by moving into the clinch.

Jordan manages to break the clinch.
Jordan fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Smythe shoots in but Jordan avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Danga de danga de dang - Jordan scores with a four punch combination!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jordan avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Jordan blocks a head kick by Smythe.
Jordan scores with a shot to the body.

Jordan gets a takedown into half guard.
Jordan is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Jordan looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Smythe is looking to control Jordan's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Smythe avoid being mounted?

Smythe looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Smythe is looking to improve his position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Smythe is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Jordan's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Jordan's back!
Jordan trying to control the action but Smythe just sinks the hooks in.
Jordan breaks Smythe's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.

Smythe has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Jordan can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Jordan stays in close to Smythe's body and controls the position.
Jordan has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Smythe tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Smythe striking off his back but it's not causing Jordan any problems.
Smythe looking to hit a scissor sweep but Jordan is one step ahead there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Frank Jordan dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Smythe misses with a two punch combination.
Smythe throws a sloppy body shot
and Jordan makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Smythe really felt that one!

Jordan changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Smythe looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Smythe is looking for a sweep.
Smythe manages to work his way to half guard, despite Jordan's best efforts.
Jordan is thwarting Smythe's attempts to control the position.
Jordan performing his best blanket impression for a moment.

Smythe has one foot on Jordan's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Jordan pushes Smythe up against the cage in a clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jordan scores with a shoulder strike.

Jordan pulls guard.
Smythe pushing down on Jordan's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Smythe looks to score some points with some ground and pound.

Smythe is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Jordan doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Smythe.
Smythe throwing shots but Jordan is blocking nicely.
Smythe not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Jordan avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Smythe.
Jordan wants to get back to his feet.
Jordan is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Smythe scores with a couple of nice shots.

Jordan is rocked!
Smythe has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Smythe takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Oh Jordan is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Smythe connects with a nice short shot to Jordan's temple.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Smythe is working for a submission of some sort.

Smythe seems to be working for a kimura but Jordan defends the submission attempt.
Smythe working over Jordan with some ground and pound. Jordan looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Smythe is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Smythe working over Jordan with some ground and pound. Jordan looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Smythe lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Smythe lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Smythe scores with a couple of good hammerfists.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smythe lands strikes from half guard.
Smythe scores with a couple of good hammerfists.

Smythe is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.

Jordan is defending against the submission attempts here by Smythe.
Smythe lands with a punch from half guard.
Smythe lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Smythe lands with a punch from half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Jordan is defending against the submission attempts here by Smythe.
Smythe lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.

Smythe is looking for a kimura but Jordan is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Smythe to get the leverage.
Jordan is trying to control but Smythe passes into side control!

Smythe working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Jordan is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Patrik Smythe has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Smythe is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Jordan has escaped the position, nice work there.

And that's the end of the fight!
Patrik Smythe comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Jordan 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 William Peck scores the fight 29:28
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 29:28
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Frank Jordan!

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
79%

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