PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Trey Smith Jr (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Aubrey Waters (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Trey Smith Jr has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Smith Jr
vs
Waters

181 cm
25
194 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

183 cm
26
193 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Trey Smith Jr!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Aubrey Waters!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Timothy Bukovac and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Smith Jr is looking to clinch but Waters is avoiding it.
Waters connects with a jab.

Smith Jr closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Smith Jr advances to full mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Smith Jr landing punches.
Waters is desperately trying to improve his position but Smith Jr has a good base and remains in mount.
Smith Jr breaks from Waters's wrist control and lands an elbow.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Smith Jr cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Waters really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Smith Jr. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Smith Jr avoids the attempt from Waters to control.
Smith Jr lands a big elbow.
Smith Jr working Waters over with strikes here.
Smith Jr lands a big elbow.
Smith Jr lands a nice shot to the head.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Waters can do anything to dispel that myth.
Smith Jr tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Waters is trying desperately to improve position.
Smith Jr scoring with strikes but Waters is staying in there.
Smith Jr connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Smith Jr looking to control but Waters is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Smith Jr lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.

Smith Jr is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Waters is surviving well by controlling Smith Jr's body position as best he can.
Smith Jr lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Waters is looking to improve his position but Smith Jr isn't that keen on the idea.
Smith Jr working away from the top, dropping strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Waters is looking to improve his position but Smith Jr isn't that keen on the idea.
Smith Jr controlling his opponent.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Waters really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Smith Jr looking to control but Waters is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Smith Jr connects with a couple of good shots from mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Waters is looking to improve his position but Smith Jr isn't that keen on the idea.
Smith Jr fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Smith Jr landing strikes, looking to finish!
Smith Jr looking to control but Waters is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Smith Jr looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Waters is trying desperately to improve position.
Smith Jr sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Smith Jr lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Smith Jr raining down hammerfists from mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Waters really trying hard to get back to half guard here.

Smith Jr working for a submission but Waters is keeping him at bay.
Smith Jr lands with some strikes.
Waters is desperately trying to improve his position but Smith Jr has a good base and remains in mount.
Smith Jr trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Waters is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Smith Jr landing strikes, looking to finish!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Trey Smith Jr dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Smith Jr tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Waters swivels and escapes.
Waters connects with a single shot there.
Smith Jr gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Smith Jr ducks right into an uppercut from Waters.

It looks like Trey Smith Jr has been cut.
Waters scores with a hook to the body. Smith Jr takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Decent striking displayed by Waters there.
Waters keeps the fight on the outside.
Smith Jr fails with a takedown attempt.
Waters lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Waters.
Waters stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.

Smith Jr closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Waters wants to control but Smith Jr postures up.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Smith Jr is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Waters knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Smith Jr working away.
Waters is trying to improve his position.
Trey Smith Jr overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Smith Jr in side control, throwing shots but Waters defends.

Smith Jr tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Smith Jr has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!

Smith Jr is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Waters is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Waters looks to move to half guard but instead Smith Jr has passed into mount! Damn!
Smith Jr thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Smith Jr can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Waters is looking to escape.

Smith Jr swings around for an armbar but it's a sloppy attempt and Waters is now in Smith Jr's guard. A big mistake from Smith Jr there, giving up the dominant position!
Waters sitting in guard here, content to control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Waters postures up.
Waters is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Smith Jr is trying to hold Waters in close to prevent damage but Waters has managed to pass into half guard.
Smith Jr is staying active underneath Waters, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Smith Jr is trying to stand.
Waters wants to control but Smith Jr is keeping him busy.
Smith Jr wants to control but Waters is keeping busy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Waters comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Smith Jr shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Waters but Waters pushes him off and we're back to square one.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Trey Smith Jr. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Waters scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Waters scores with a nice right hand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Waters displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Smith Jr.
Waters connects with an inside leg kick.
Waters scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Waters lands a left and a right that send Smith Jr crashing to the mat, dazed. Waters thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!

Smith Jr is rocked!
Aubrey Waters seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Waters connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Smith Jr momentarily.
Oh Smith Jr is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Waters thows a body kick. Smith Jr tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Smith Jr seems to have got his legs back now.
Waters drops Smith Jr with a straight left! Oh this is bad for Smith Jr! Waters dives in and starts dropping bombs - the referee has no choice but to step in and save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Aubrey Waters!
Aubrey Waters looked relieved post fight as he said the following; 'Big props to Ezekel Rage (23349) and Chris Garcia (73804) who helped me with this camp, this one was for you guys!'.