PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Risto Raivo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alex Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Raivo comes to the ring accompanied by Rammstein - Amerika . Smith has chosen Kanye West - Power as his entrance music. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Raivo
vs
Smith

177 cm
27
191 lbs
11 - 6 - 0

185 cm
21
190 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent elbows
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

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 11 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Risto Raivo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Alex Smith!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Alan Glass and Tiny Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Smith throws a hook but Raivo blocks it.
Smith misses with a lunging right hand
letting Raivo counter with a right hand.
Raivo has his takedown stuffed
letting Smith counter with a right hand.
Raivo shoots in but Smith avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Smith throws a hook but Raivo blocks it.
Raivo uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Smith.
Alex Smith seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Raivo avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Smith loads up on a big right hand but Raivo slips the punch.
Raivo dives in and grabs Smith's left leg, looking for a takedown. Smith pushes down on Raivo's head and hops out.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Risto Raivo. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Raivo uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Smith.
Smith lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Raivo circles away quickly and effectively.

Raivo shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Smith's guard.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Smith has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Raivo can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Smith keeping moving, preventing Raivo from controlling successfully.
Smith working a defensive guard here.
Raivo throws a big right hand that misses.
Raivo scoring with punches to the head and body.
Raivo trying to control the position from guard on top but Smith is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Raivo loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Raivo thows a big elbow that misses.
Smith controls Raivo momentarily but Raivo frees himself.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.

That's two 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.
Raivo lands a couple of digs.

Smith is looking for a triangle but Raivo pushes his legs off easily.
Raivo stopping the sweep attempt from Smith.
Raivo with a flurry of punches that miss.
Raivo is pushing down on Smith's leg trying to pass to half guard. Smith is fighting to maintain full guard but Raivo has managed to sneak the leg through.
Smith tries to get to full guard but Raivo has control of the leg.
Smith trying to control but Raivo postures up.
Smith is controlling Raivo's trapped leg to prevent Raivo from advancing to side control.
Smith wants to improve his position but Raivo is controlling well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith is holding on to half guard well.
Smith slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Smith is trying to control the position but Raivo postures up.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Raivo working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Smith's head.
Raivo postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Smith working a defensive guard here.
Raivo pushes down on Smith's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Smith is trying to get back to full guard.
Raivo missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are battling for position here. Smith manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Smith working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Raivo.
Raivo postures up in Smith's guard and throws a big left but Smith blocks it.
Raivo works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Smith tries to roll over but Raivo keeps him under control.
Smith blocking the ground and pound attempt from Raivo.
Smith works his way to full guard. Good work.
Raivo throwing strikes but missing.

Smith has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Raivo can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Raivo pushing down on Smith's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Smith avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Raivo.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Smith throws an off balance right hand

and Raivo counters with a single leg into guard. Smith didn't expect that.
Raivo stands up over Smith, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Smith looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Raivo wants to control from the top but Smith keeps moving.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Raivo accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Raivo postures up.
Smith looking for a sweep. Not yet Smith, not yet.

Smith is looking to sinch up a triangle. Raivo throws the leg off to one side though and gets in tight to Smith's body to avoid the submission. Smith has instead reached around Raivo's neck and now has a guillotine! Oh, this is biiiig trouble! Smith arches his back and squeezes and forces the tap from his hapless opponent.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:51 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Alex Smith!