PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Maverick Smokeleaf (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Home Grown (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Smokeleaf's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, LMFAO - Sexy and I Know It . On his way into the cage it seems that Maverick Smokeleaf has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Maverick Smokeleaf seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Smokeleaf
vs
Grown

205 cm
22
290 lbs
8 - 1 - 0

205 cm
26
260 lbs
17 - 10 - 0

Decent wrestler
Great elbows
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

Springfield HW Nutrition
Springfield HW Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Maverick Smokeleaf!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 10 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Home Grown!
The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Illya Tyunina.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Grown misses with a low kick.
Smokeleaf slips a jab and a cross from Grown.
Grown scores with a three punch combo!

It looks like Maverick Smokeleaf has been cut.
Smokeleaf looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Smokeleaf throws a wild body kick that Grown sees coming a mile off.
Grown connects with an inside leg kick.
Home Grown seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Grown clinches up with Smokeleaf and pushes him back against the cage.
A short right from Grown.
Grown leaning his opponent against the cage.
Smokeleaf misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Grown.
Smokeleaf prevents a body shot from Grown.
Smokeleaf with a knee to the head.
Grown manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Smokeleaf obliges.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Grown blocks an elbow strike from Smokeleaf.
A nice right hand lands inside from Smokeleaf.
Smokeleaf is trying to break free.
Smokeleaf lands an elbow that stopped Grown in his tracks for a moment.

It looks like Home Grown has been cut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Grown.
Smokeleaf missing with knees to the body.
Smokeleaf throws an elbow but it misses.
Smokeleaf using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Grown has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Grown stalling against the cage.
Grown misses with the head strike.
Smokeleaf tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Grown avoids a wild elbow strike from Smokeleaf.
Grown using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Smokeleaf has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grown stalling against the cage.
Smokeleaf tries a knee to the head but Grown blocks it.
Smokeleaf missing with knees to the body.
Grown managing to block the knees to the body from Smokeleaf.
Grown avoiding damage as Smokeleaf throws knees to the body.
Smokeleaf creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Grown lands a shoulder strike.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Smokeleaf tries to land knees in the clinch but Grown avoids the damage to the body.
Smokeleaf with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Smokeleaf gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Smokeleaf misses with a punch on the inside.
Smokeleaf missing with knees to the body.
Smokeleaf landing some nice looking knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smokeleaf looking to throw knees to the head but Grown is blocking nicely.
Grown pressing his opponent against the cage.
Grown gets through Smokeleaf's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Smokeleaf managing to block the knees to the body from Grown.
Smokeleaf unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Grown prevents a body shot from Smokeleaf.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Grown takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Smokeleaf trying to land knees to the body.
Grown slowing the pace effectively.
Smokeleaf tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Smokeleaf blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Smokeleaf tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Grown avoids it.
Smokeleaf tries to land knees in the clinch but Grown avoids the damage to the body.
A shot in the inside from Grown.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Smokeleaf lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Grown looking to throw knees to the head but Smokeleaf is blocking nicely.
Grown blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Smokeleaf lands a hook to the side of the head.
Smokeleaf misses with a knee to the head.
Smokeleaf lands a knee to the body.
Grown blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Grown swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Smokeleaf lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Maverick Smokeleaf will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Smokeleaf fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Grown manages to avoid it.
A solid body kick from Smokeleaf.
Grown throws a jab when Smokeleaf was well out of range.
A head kick misses from Smokeleaf.
Smokeleaf thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Grown if he has to take too many more of those.
Smokeleaf throws a combination. Grown tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Grown throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Smokeleaf throws a leg kick which misses Grown's front leg but catches the back leg as Grown tries to avoid it.
Smokeleaf keeps Grown at a distance using the push kick.

Smokeleaf moves into range and clinches up with Grown.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
With the fighters up against the cage, Smokeleaf throws an elbow but misses.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Smokeleaf.
Smokeleaf pushes off an throws an elbow but Grown leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Grown looking to slow down the pace here.
Grown doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Smokeleaf lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Grown backwards.
Smokeleaf with a knee to the head.
Smokeleaf throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Smokeleaf misses with a knee to the head.
Nice elbow from Smokeleaf.
Grown tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Smokeleaf's elbow.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Smokeleaf.

Smokeleaf breaks the clinch.
Jab, jab by Smokeleaf - just one landing.
Smokeleaf throws a leg kick but Grown moved away.
A slapping leg kick lands for Grown.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Grown lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Smokeleaf throws a leg kick that misses.
Smokeleaf misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Grown swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grown keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Home Grown is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Grown throws a leg kick but Smokeleaf moved away.
Grown rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Smokeleaf moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Smokeleaf ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Smokeleaf misses with a head kick.
Grown displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Grown swinging wildly here.
A telegraphed right hand from Grown misses the target.
Grown throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Smokeleaf.
Smokeleaf blocks a head kick by Grown.

Smokeleaf gets tackled into the cage by Grown. Grown maintains the clinch.
Smokeleaf scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Grown on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Grown misses with a short punch on the inside.
Smokeleaf throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Grown blocks it with crossed arms.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smokeleaf tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Smokeleaf with an attempt at a knee that misses.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Grown avoids the elbow strike from Smokeleaf, against the cage.
A left hand lands to the body for Grown.

Smokeleaf breaks from the clinch.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Smokeleaf.

Grown closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Smokeleaf unloads a knee to the mid-section. Grown lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Grown lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

Maverick Smokeleaf's cut is getting worse.
Smokeleaf misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Grown.
Grown is pushing Smokeleaf up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Smokeleaf just misses with a elbow thrown towards Grown's brow.
Smokeleaf throws an elbow but it misses.
Grown is trying to maintain a safe position but Smokeleaf gets an underhook and turns Grown into the cage.
Smokeleaf looking to throw knees to the head but Grown is blocking nicely.
Smokeleaf with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Smokeleaf with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Smokeleaf.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Grown works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Smokeleaf with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Grown wants to stall.
Grown is trying to slow the pace down but that's a couple of times in a row that he's tried to get underhooks and Smokeleaf has denied him.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Maverick Smokeleaf will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
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. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Grown lands a jab.
Grown looks to land a right hand but Smokeleaf moved out of range.
Smokeleaf slips a jab from Grown.
A slow jab from Grown misses its intended target.
A big left from Grown misses.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Grown tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Smokeleaf was well out of range. Poor timing from Grown.
Grown throws out a loose jab but Smokeleaf uses good head movement to avoid it.
A punch combination from Grown misses.
Grown throws an overhand right that lands on Smokeleaf's shoulder, as Smokeleaf tries to avoid the shot.
Smokeleaf dodges the punch combination from Grown.
Smokeleaf defending well as Grown loads up on a big left hand.
Smokeleaf throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

Grown closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Smokeleaf is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Grown is defending well for now.
Smokeleaf tries to throw a body punch but Grown avoids it by throwing Smokeleaf back against the cage.
Smokeleaf with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Smokeleaf comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Smokeleaf misses with an elbow over the top.
Smokeleaf is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Grown is defending well for now.
Smokeleaf looking to throw knees to the head but Grown is blocking nicely.
Grown content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Grown lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Smokeleaf backwards.
Smokeleaf gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Grown on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Smokeleaf misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Grown.
Smokeleaf looking to throw knees to the head but Grown is blocking nicely.
Grown avoids the elbow strike from Smokeleaf, against the cage.
Smokeleaf throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Smokeleaf looks to throw an elbow but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters up against the cage, Smokeleaf throws an elbow but misses.
Come on Grown - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
A short uppercut from Grown.
Grown cracks Smokeleaf with a nice body shot.
Grown misses with a punch to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Grown leaning his opponent against the cage.
Smokeleaf tries to land a knee to the head but Grown blocks with his arms.
Smokeleaf throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Grown doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Grown tries to work over Smokeleaf's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smokeleaf tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Grown obliges.
Grown throws a head punch that misses.
Grown has Smokeleaf pushed against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Smokeleaf.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Grown avoiding damage as Smokeleaf throws knees to the body.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Smokeleaf lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Grown is trying to maintain a safe position but Smokeleaf gets an underhook and turns Grown into the cage.
Smokeleaf misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Grown.
Smokeleaf missing with knees to the body.
Smokeleaf wants to break free but Grown has control.

Smokeleaf pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Nice cross by Grown.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Smokeleaf looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.

Maverick Smokeleaf's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Grown misses with a double jab
and Smokeleaf counters with a stiff right hand.
Grown blocks a head kick by Smokeleaf.
Grown throws a jab when Smokeleaf was well out of range.
Home Grown has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A nice inside leg kick there by Smokeleaf. That's going to slow Grown down.
A swing and a miss from Smokeleaf.
Grown thows a left - swing and a miss!
Maverick Smokeleaf is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Grown lands the left hand.

And that's the end of the fight!
Home Grown comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Smokeleaf has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Konstantin Menshow scores the fight 29:29
Judge Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 28:29
Judge Illya Tyunina scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Home Grown!