PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kris Smyth (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Anthony Joseph (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Smyth comes to the cage accompanied by Painkiller - Pendulum feat. Freestylers. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Smyth
vs
Joseph

184 cm
27
221 lbs
15 - 6 - 0

182 cm
25
215 lbs
10 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Good gas tank

Conviction
Conviction

TFP Graphics - Pit Inc

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 15 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Kris Smyth!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Anthony Joseph!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Jack Bonds and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice defenses there by Joseph.
Joseph misses with a body shot

and Smyth counters by clinching up.
Smyth on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Joseph lands a nice elbow.
Joseph lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Joseph gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Joseph fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Nice body punch from Joseph.
Smyth blocks an elbow strike.
Joseph tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Smyth tries a knee to the head but Joseph blocks it.
Smyth blocks an elbow strike from Joseph.
A right hook to the body lands for Smyth.
Smyth missing with knees to the body.
Smyth tries to work over Joseph's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Smyth dodges an elbow strike from Joseph.
Joseph landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A head punch on the inside from Joseph fails to land.
Joseph tries a body shot but Smyth blocks it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Smyth.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Joseph lands a damaging elbow.

It looks like Kris Smyth has been cut.
Joseph pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Smyth tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Joseph's elbow.
Joseph misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Smyth.
Smyth scores with a nice hook to the head.
Joseph avoiding damage as Smyth throws knees to the body.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Smyth tries to work over Joseph's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Smyth blocks a body shot from Joseph.
Joseph landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Joseph lands a good knee to the midsection. Smyth won't want to take too many of those.
Smyth blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Joseph misses with a hook to the ribs.
Joseph can't find room to land a body shot as Smyth controls the action.
Joseph tries to land a knee to the head but Smyth blocks with his arms.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smyth tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Joseph's elbow.
Joseph fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Smyth lands with a light punch inside.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Joseph tries to throw a body punch but Smyth avoids it by throwing Joseph back against the cage.
Joseph tries to land knees in the clinch but Smyth avoids the damage to the body.
Smyth misses with a knee to the head.
Joseph lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Smyth can't find room to land a body shot as Joseph controls the action.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Joseph.
Smyth with a knee to the head.

It looks like Anthony Joseph has been cut.
Joseph lands a right hand.
Joseph using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Smyth has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Joseph misses with a punch to the body.
Joseph lands a nice elbow.
Joseph lands a body punch.
Joseph trying to land knees to the body.
Smyth misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Joseph.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Joseph's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Joseph lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Smyth or not.
Smyth is breathing heavily.
Joseph tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Joseph lands a knee to the body.
Joseph lands an elbow just above Smyth 's eye.
Joseph is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Smyth is defending well for now.
Smyth takes an elbow to the temple.
Joseph misses with a hook to the ribs.
Joseph lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Smyth.
Joseph tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Smyth prevents a body shot from Joseph.
Joseph digs a right hand into Smyth's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Smyth's gas tank.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Joseph misses with a punch to the body.
Joseph lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Smyth or not.
A right hook to the body lands for Joseph.
Joseph tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Smyth's elbow.
Joseph works on Smyth's body with a couple of short punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Smyth throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Joseph blocks it with crossed arms.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Joseph.
Joseph goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Knees to the body from Joseph.
Joseph doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Joseph lands a body punch.
Joseph lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Smyth dodges an elbow strike from Joseph.
A right handed body shot lands from Joseph.
Joseph using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Joseph misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Smyth.
Joseph blocks a punch to the side of the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Joseph misses with the head strike.
Joseph is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Smyth is defending well for now.
Joseph on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Smyth blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Anthony Joseph dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

A combination from Joseph does no damage.
Joseph lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Smyth circles away quickly and effectively.
Joseph scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Smyth closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Joseph misses with a body shot.
Smyth works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Joseph uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.

Joseph forces Smyth back against the cage and clinches.
Joseph tries a body shot but Smyth blocks it.
Smyth lands a damaging elbow.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Joseph lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Anthony Joseph seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Smyth on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Joseph misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Joseph throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Joseph gets through Smyth's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A head punch on the inside from Joseph fails to land.
Joseph struggles to land a body shot inside as Smyth controls his hands.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Joseph working Smyth over with knees to the body.
Smyth blocks an elbow strike from Joseph.
Joseph pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Smyth on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Joseph tries to throw a body punch but Smyth avoids it by throwing Joseph back against the cage.
Joseph has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Joseph misses with the head strike.
Joseph struggles to land a body shot inside as Smyth controls his hands.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Joseph.
Smyth prevents a body shot from Joseph.
Joseph tries a body shot but Smyth blocks it.
Joseph lands a hook that snaps the head of Smyth backwards.
Joseph trying to land knees to the body.
Smyth misses with an elbow over the top.
Joseph on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Joseph is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Smyth is defending well for now.
Joseph using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Smyth has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Joseph lands a good knee to the midsection. Smyth won't want to take too many of those.
Smyth lands a right hand that snaps the head of Joseph backwards.
Smyth tries to land a knee to the head but Joseph blocks with his arms.
Joseph tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Smyth avoids it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Joseph tries to land knees in the clinch but Smyth avoids the damage to the body.
Joseph misses with a punch to the body.
Smyth scores a nice knee to the body.
Smyth works on Joseph's body with a couple of short punches.
A right handed body shot lands from Smyth.
Joseph is breathing heavily.
Smyth goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Smyth blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Good body shot from Smyth.
Joseph fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Smyth on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Joseph misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Smyth.
Joseph tries to work over Smyth's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Joseph throws a punch but it's blocked by Smyth.
Smyth misses with a knee strike.
Joseph managing to block the knees to the body from Smyth.
Smyth tries to throw a body punch but Joseph avoids it by throwing Smyth back against the cage.
Joseph misses with a hook to the ribs.
Smyth blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Smyth.
Joseph tries a body shot but Smyth blocks it.
Joseph misses with the head strike.
Smyth managing to block the knees to the body from Joseph.
Smyth with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Smyth dodges an elbow strike from Joseph.
Smyth avoiding damage as Joseph throws knees to the body.
Joseph goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Joseph blocks a body shot from Smyth.
Nice body punch from Smyth.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Joseph tries to work over Smyth's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Joseph misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Joseph landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Smyth misses with a body punch.
Joseph misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Smyth.
Joseph struggles to land a body shot inside as Smyth controls his hands.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Joseph lands a knee to the body.
Joseph lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Joseph lands a shot to the body.
Joseph misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Joseph avoiding damage as Smyth throws knees to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Joseph throws a head punch that misses.
Joseph tries to land knees in the clinch but Smyth avoids the damage to the body.
Joseph misses with a punch on the inside.
A right hand to the body from Smyth.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Anthony Joseph showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Joseph is looking to score with low kicks.
Joseph throws a right hand that misses
and Smyth counters with a low kick, right behind Joseph 's knee.
Joseph lands a nice shot to the body.

Joseph fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Smyth, pushing him back against the cage.
Joseph blocks a body shot from Smyth.
Joseph misses with a body punch.
Joseph throws an elbow that misses.
Smyth throws a knee to the head but misses.
A shot in the inside from Smyth.
Smyth is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Joseph is defending well for now.
Joseph working aggressively here.
Joseph working Smyth over with knees to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Smyth blocks an uppercut.
Joseph misses with a punch to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Smyth managing to block the knees to the body from Joseph.
Joseph missing with knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Smyth.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Joseph.
Joseph misses with a punch to the body.
Joseph goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Joseph tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Joseph tries a body shot but Smyth blocks it.
Smyth on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Smyth connects with a nasty looking knee right to Joseph's face.

That has opened up Anthony Joseph's cut even more.
Smyth tries to throw a body punch but Joseph avoids it by throwing Smyth back against the cage.
Smyth works on Joseph's body with a couple of short punches.
Smyth on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Smyth lands a hook that snaps the head of Joseph backwards.

The cut above Anthony Joseph's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Smyth pushes Joseph back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Smyth lands a left hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Smyth lands a knee to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smyth lands a big knee! That's hurt Joseph! Oh, he's all over the place! Smyth lands another knee that sends Joseph to the floor and the referee steps in to end the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:10 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kris Smyth!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Kris Smyth waved his t-shirt featuring Conviction's logo in front of the cameras.