PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Paul Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sebastian Kowalski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Smith might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to call to prayer. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Smith
vs
Kowalski

169 cm
28
135 lbs
11 - 6 - 0

173 cm
24
135 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Powerful

Jihad Fight Gear-Outkast Infidels Version
Jihad Fight Gear-Outkast Infidels Version

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Paul Smith!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Sebastian Kowalski!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Stewart Dunkirk and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kowalski wants to clinch

so Smith counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Kowalski keeping full guard, as Smith tries to pass.
Kowalski wants to stand up but Smith is controlling him.
Smith lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Smith throws a big elbow that misses.
Smith throwing strikes but missing.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Kowalski can do anything to dispel that myth.
Kowalski wants to stand up but Smith is controlling him.
Smith pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Kowalski is keeping the position for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith prevents Kowalski from getting back to his feet.
Smith has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Smith wants to pass the guard but Kowalski is keeping the position.
Smith passes into half guard.

Smith is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Smith trying to pass the guard but Kowalski defending well.

Smith is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Kowalski is just riding it out for now. Smith eventually gives up the hold.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Smith is looking for a kimura but Kowalski is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Smith to get the leverage.
Smith passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Kowalski!
Smith is in the full mount, landing strikes.

Smith working for a guillotine from mount but Kowalski is in no mood to give up.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
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 is dominating on the ground here - he's now on his opponent's back, looking to sink in the hooks. Kowalski is in real trouble.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kowalski controlling the position well but he knows he's in a bad position.

Smith has his hand under the chin of his opponent looking for the choke. He's nearly got it! This one could be all over! But no, Kowalski has freed his hand and lives to survive another… well, another couple of seconds at least!
Kowalski holding both Smith 's hands and preventing any damage.

Kowalski defending nicely against the rear naked choke attempt.

Kowalski is staying cool under pressure, defending well against the rear naked choke attempt from his opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Smith is working really hard to secure the rear naked choke. Kowalski defends successfully for a significant amount of time. Both fighters are looking very determined.

Smith is staying calm and holding on to the back position, whilst working on a rear naked choke. Kowalski is defending well though. Smith let's go of the attempt for now.
Kowalski is trying to get back to his feet but Smith has full control of the position and if anything, Kowalski has just worked his way into a worse spot.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kowalski is in a world of trouble here. He's outmatched on the ground here and he'd better get Smith off his back sharpish unless he wants to be submitted.

Smith looking for the choke from the back.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Paul Smith dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Kowalski moves into the clinch.
Kowalski trying to stall but Smith improves his position.
Smith jumps guard but Kowalski stands there with Smith around his waist. Smith gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Kowalski unloads a knee to the mid-section. Smith lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Kowalski tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Smith avoids it.
Kowalski tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Smith avoids it.
Smith has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Kowalski avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Smith struggles to land a body shot inside as Kowalski controls his hands.
Smith has Kowalski pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Kowalski manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Paul Smith. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Kowalski is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Kowalski tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Kowalski lands a good knee to the midsection. Smith won't want to take too many of those.
Smith drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Kowalski gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Smith goes for a takedown in the clinch but Kowalski prevents it.
Kowalski scores with a knee to the head.
Smith misses with a shot to the kidneys.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kowalski using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Smith has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

Smith jumps guard and drags Kowalski to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.

Smith looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Kowalski passes into half guard.
It looks like Kowalski is going to stand back up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Kowalski is looking to take a break and control but Smith is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Kowalski really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Smith. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

Smith looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Smith is looking to improve his position.

Kowalski decides he's had enough of the ground and stands up.
Smith avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Kowalski has taken the fight to the clinch.
Smith misses with a punch to the body.
Kowalski lands a good knee to the midsection. Smith won't want to take too many of those.
Smith is trying to pull guard but Kowalski has him pressed against the cage.
Smith takes a knee right on the jaw!

It looks like Paul Smith has been cut.
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!
Kowalski avoiding damage.
Smith wants to take the fight to the mat but Kowalski manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Smith drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Smith is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Kowalski to keep the fight standing.
Smith drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Kowalski gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Smith fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Kowalski taking a breather.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Kowalski is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Smith blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Kowalski crunches a lovely knee into Smith's ribcage.
Smith is working for takedown but Kowalski is calmly controlling the position for now.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Smith wants a takedown but no success here.
Kowalski looking to throw knees to the head but Smith is blocking nicely.
Smith is trying to pull guard but Kowalski has him pressed against the cage.
Kowalski lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Kowalski obliges.
Kowalski working Smith over with knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Kowalski.
Kowalski looking to throw knees to the head but Smith is blocking nicely.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kowalski with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Kowalski tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Smith avoids it.
Kowalski lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Smith has a couple of punches blocked by Kowalski.
Smith on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kowalski throws a knee to the head but misses.
Kowalski landing knees to the body.
Kowalski tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

Smith gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Kowalski regains guard.
Kowalski utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Paul Smith overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Kowalski is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Smith is controlling him.
Smith tries to free his leg and advance position but Kowalski is retaining full guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Smith throwing strikes from guard but Kowalski blocks nicely.
Smith trying to control the position from guard on top but Kowalski is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sebastian Kowalski showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Paul Smith's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Smith shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Smith was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Kowalski tries to escape but Smith is in control.
Kowalski is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
Smith advances to full mount.
Kowalski takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.

Smith is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Kowalski is surviving well by controlling Smith's body position as best he can.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith raining down shots from the mount!
Poor strikes thrown by Smith there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Kowalski prevents Smith from taking his back.
Smith landing strikes, looking to finish!
Kowalski squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Kowalski takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith fails to advance to Kowalski's back.

Smith has control of Kowalski's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Kowalski regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Smith is looking to work his way around to Kowalski's back. He needs to be careful though, as he's in danger of losing this dominant position.

Smith is working for a guillotine from mount but Kowalski frees his head quite easily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Smith is looking to secure an arm. He's managed it! He's pivoting for an armbar - that looks tight! But Kowalski has managed to get out of it and now he's in a dominant position. Nice work from Kowalski!
Kowalski must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.

Smith looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kowalski forces his way into half guard.

Smith looking for submissions off his back.
Smith works his way to full guard. Good work.
Smith looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

Smith has his foot on Kowalski's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Kowalski works his way back into a safe position though.
Kowalski sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Smith has a closed guard, preventing Kowalski from standing up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kowalski won't allow Smith to sweep him here.

Kowalski avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Kowalski slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Kowalski wants to stand but Smith has his arm trapped.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Smith is trying to get back to half guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

And that's the end of the fight!
Paul Smith showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Smith 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 Gwen Towbar scores the fight 29:28
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 29:28
Judge George Francis scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Paul Smith!
An intense looking Paul Smith took to the microphone post fight and gave a little speech: 'The Jihad has arrived. The Order 777 is ready to fight. The future will judge us as the resistance when liberals were begging the enemy to takeover. No surrender, ever!'.