PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tommy Farr (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Michael Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Farr kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Welsh National Anthem. Smith has chosen In The Morning as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Farr
vs
Smith

186 cm
22
220 lbs
11 - 3 - 0

188 cm
27
221 lbs
16 - 13 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Fossington & Blythe: Gentlemen's Fight Attire

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 11 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Tommy Farr!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 13 - 0, fighting out of London, Michael Smith!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, Colin Fotheringham and Richard Clark.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Smith misses the jab.
Smith scores with a decent looking hook.
Smith throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Farr tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Smith was well out of range. Poor timing from Farr.
Smith avoids the body shot from Farr.
Farr throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Farr swings for the body but Smith moves out of range.
Smith moves out of range as Farr strikes.
Smith throws a hook but Farr avoids it easily.
Smith scores with a nice right hand.
Farr is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Smith.
Farr misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Smith.
Nice uppercut there from Farr.
Smith ducks under a wild hook from Farr.
Farr lands with a straight right. Smith didn't see that one coming.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The fighters circling - Farr throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Smith fails in his attempt to clinch.
Smith tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Farr manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Farr misses with a body shot.
Smith moves out of range of the strikes.
Farr throws a right and a left that both miss.
Farr throws a shot from downtown. Smith moves away and avoids it.
Smith paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Smith throws a shot to the body.
Smith throws a shot from downtown. Farr moves away and avoids it.
Smith throws a jab when Farr was well out of range.
Smith looks to land a left hand but Farr moved out of range nicely.
Smith uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Farr.
The fighters circling - Smith throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Smith dodges the punch combination from Farr.
Smith misses with a looping left.
Farr misses with a hook
enabling Smith to counter with a crisp jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes from Farr. Those never looked like landing.
Smith might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Farr lands with a nice combination. Smith backs away looking to recover.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Farr lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Smith dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Smith is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Smith pushes Farr up against the cage in a clinch.
Farr is looking to break free of the clinch but Smith has double underhooks.
Smith keeps control of Farr as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Smith misses with a punch to the body.
Farr blocks a body shot from Smith.
Smith struggles to land a body shot inside as Farr controls his hands.
Smith lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Smith swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Farr takes a shot to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Smith.
Smith keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Farr's efforts to push away.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Smith creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Smith stalling against the cage.
Farr blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Smith scores with a hook to the body.
Smith lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Farr.
Farr is breathing heavily.
Smith throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Farrs head.
Smith softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Smith tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Farr's elbow.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Smith working aggressively here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Smith gets through Farr's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Smith lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A hook to the body from Smith.
Smith scores with a hook to the body.
A body shot lands from Smith.
Smith lands a right hand.
Farr is trying to force a seperation but Smith has the dominant position.
Smith lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Farr backwards.
Farr blocks a body shot from Smith.
A short right from Smith.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Smith works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Smith pushes Farr back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Smith lands a nice shot to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Michael Smith dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Smith fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Smith swings for the body but Farr moves out of range.

Smith moves into the clinch.
Smith lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Farr backwards.

Farr is rocked!
Smith throws a big uppercut that drops Farr! More strikes from Smith and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Farr lies dazed against the cage as Smith celebrates with his cornermen!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:25 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Michael Smith!
After the fight, Michael Smith was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.