PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Manfred Von Richtoffen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cory Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Von Richtoffen kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Green Fields of France . Cory Smith is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Von Richtoffen
vs
Smith

159 cm
24
185 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

195 cm
30
184 lbs
18 - 9 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Solid boxing
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Manfred Von Richtoffen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Cory Smith!
The judges for this bout are , Don Winkell and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Smith throws a looping overhand right but Von Richtoffen ducks down to avoid it.
A telegraphed right hand from Von Richtoffen misses the target.

Smith closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Smith lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Smith is pushing Von Richtoffen up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Von Richtoffen misses with a punch to the body.
Smith avoids a wild elbow strike from Von Richtoffen.
Smith lands a hook that snaps the head of Von Richtoffen backwards.
Still in the clinch, Smith scores with a nice short uppercut.
Von Richtoffen misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Smith.
Smith blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Smith just leaning against Von Richtoffen, taking a breather.
Von Richtoffen tries to pull guard but Smith won't allow it.
Smith softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith gets through Von Richtoffen's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Von Richtoffen tries to pull guard but Smith holds him up against the cage and eventually Von Richtoffen drops back down to his feet.
Von Richtoffen is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Smith is defending well for now.
Smith content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Smith lands a left hand that snaps the head of Von Richtoffen backwards.
Von Richtoffen trying to stall but Smith improves his position.
Smith slowing the pace effectively.
Smith scores with a shot to the side of Von Richtoffen's head.
Von Richtoffen tries to work over Smith's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Smith trying to control the position but instead, Von Richtoffen has worked for underhooks and has pushed Smith into the cage.
Smith lands a nice uppercut.
Smith lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Smith lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Von Richtoffen backwards.
Smith avoiding damage as Von Richtoffen throws knees to the body.
Von Richtoffen tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Von Richtoffen tries to land a knee to the head but Smith blocks with his arms.
Von Richtoffen tries to throw a body punch but Smith avoids it by throwing Von Richtoffen back against the cage.
A short right from Smith on the inside.
Smith blocks an elbow strike from Von Richtoffen.
Von Richtoffen is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Smith to keep the fight standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Manfred Von Richtoffen. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Smith blocks an uppercut.
Von Richtoffen misses with a punch to the body.
Von Richtoffen misses with a hook to the ribs.
Von Richtoffen fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
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!
Smith slows down the pace here.
Smith receives a warning from the referee for stalling.
Von Richtoffen jumps guard but Smith turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Smith stalling.
Smith is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Smith misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Von Richtoffen blocks a body shot from Smith.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Von Richtoffen tries a body shot but Smith blocks it.
Smith lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Smith lands a shoulder strike.
Von Richtoffen struggles to land a body shot inside as Smith controls his hands.
Smith dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Still in the clinch, Smith scores with a nice short uppercut.
Von Richtoffen jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Smith walks away with a smile on his face. Von Richtoffen gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Smith dodges the punch combination from Von Richtoffen.
Smith swings for the body but Von Richtoffen moves out of range.
Von Richtoffen dives in and grabs Smith's left leg, looking for a takedown. Smith pushes down on Von Richtoffen's head and hops out.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Von Richtoffen misses with the body kick

and Smith counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Smith displaying some good clinch control by pressing Von Richtoffen up against the cage.
Von Richtoffen is trying to pull guard but Smith turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Smith lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Smith lands a right hand.
Smith digs a right hand into Von Richtoffen's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Von Richtoffen's gas tank.
Von Richtoffen jumps guard but Smith stands there with Von Richtoffen around his waist. Von Richtoffen gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Smith.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Von Richtoffen tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Smith lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Smith tries to throw a body punch but Von Richtoffen avoids it by throwing Smith back against the cage.
Smith blocks a body shot from Von Richtoffen.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Von Richtoffen as Smith tries to tie him up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cory Smith dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Von Richtoffen gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Von Richtoffen is trying to stall.
Von Richtoffen misses with a punch on the inside.
Von Richtoffen tries to work over Smith's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Smith is stalling here.
Smith lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Smith blocks an elbow strike.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Von Richtoffen as Smith tries to tie him up.
Von Richtoffen lands a nice uppercut.
Von Richtoffen can't find room to land a body shot as Smith controls the action.
Smith displaying some good clinch control by pressing Von Richtoffen up against the cage.
A short right from Smith on the inside.
Cory Smith seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith is leaning against Von Richtoffen and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Von Richtoffen struggles to land a body shot inside as Smith controls his hands.
A nice left hand lands by Smith.
Smith blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Smith on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Smith on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Smith scores with a shot to the side of Von Richtoffen's head.
Smith lands a right hand that snaps the head of Von Richtoffen backwards.
Smith scores with a shoulder strike.
Smith displaying some good clinch control by pressing Von Richtoffen up against the cage.
Von Richtoffen is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Smith is defending well for now.
Smith lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Von Richtoffen tries a knee to the head but Smith blocks it.
Smith lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Von Richtoffen backwards.
Smith lands a left hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Von Richtoffen is trying to pull guard but Smith turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Von Richtoffen tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Smith just leaning against Von Richtoffen, taking a breather.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Smith softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Von Richtoffen goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Von Richtoffen stalling in the clinch but Smith improves position.
A head punch on the inside from Von Richtoffen fails to land.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Smith blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Smith stalling against the cage.
Von Richtoffen misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Smith.
Smith leaning against his opponent.
Von Richtoffen misses with a knee to the head.
Smith just leaning against Von Richtoffen, taking a breather.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith tries a body shot but Von Richtoffen blocks it.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Cory Smith.
Von Richtoffen steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Smith. That one must have hurt.
A left lands for Smith.

Smith closes the distance and clinches.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Smith creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Smith scores with a nice hook to the head.
Smith lands with a short shot to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Smith lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Smith is pressed up against the cage. Von Richtoffen has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Smith down to the mat. Smith avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheers as Smith lands an impressive looking overhand right. Von Richtoffen doesn't seem phased though.
Smith lands with a cross.

Von Richtoffen is rocked!
Smith drops Von Richtoffen with a straight right hand, right on the button! Smith follows him down to the mat and pounds him out with hammerfists until the referee jumps in to end the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:22 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Cory Smith!
After winning the bout, Cory Smith thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.