PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Colin Hendry (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dan Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hendry comes into the arena with Seed - By Sublime blaring out of the sound system. Dan Smith has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Hendry
vs
Smith

173 cm
33
171 lbs
25 - 11 - 1

182 cm
34
197 lbs
19 - 10 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

Reaper Combatwear
Brute

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 25 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Colin Hendry!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 10 - 0, fighting out of New York, Dan Smith!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, Chris Edwards and James Atkins.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Smith lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
A swing and a miss from Smith.
Hendry avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Hendry throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Smith throws an off balance right hand
and Hendry counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

It looks like Dan Smith has been cut.
Smith throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Smith lands a jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Smith takes a swing at Hendry's ribcage but misses.
Smith on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Hendry misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Smith.
Hendry misses the shot to the body.
A slow jab from Hendry misses its intended target.
Hendry moves out of range of the strikes.
Hendry uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Smith.
Smith bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Hendry's head.
Hendry fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Hendry throws an overhand right that lands on Smith's shoulder, as Smith tries to avoid the shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hendry avoids the body shot from Smith.
Smith scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Smith scores with a shot to the body.
Smith jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Smith takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Hendry throws a leg kick but Smith checks it.
Smith scores with a decent looking hook.
Smith throws a right and a left that Hendry avoids nicely.
Smith tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Hendry manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Smith connects with a single shot there.
Hendry lands with a thumping leg kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Smith works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Smith throws a looping overhand right but Hendry ducks down to avoid it.
Hendry throws a low kick but Smith moves out of range easily.
Smith misses with a two punch combination.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith slips a jab from Hendry.
Smith throws the left hand but Hendry avoids the punch easily.
Smith misses the shot to the body.
Smith misses with a straight right.
Hendry throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Smith ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hendry moves away.
Hendry throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Smith on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Smith uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Hendry.
Smith is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Hendry.
Smith walks into a jab.
Smith staying out of range there.
Hendry scores with a spinning back kick!
Smith blocks a leg kick.
A big right from Smith misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hendry connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Some bone on bone action there as Smith checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Smith with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Hendry to score with a decent uppercut.
Smith misses with a looping right.
Smith takes a swing at Hendry's ribcage but misses.
Hendry is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Hendry connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Smith throws a jab but it's blocked by Hendry.
A combination from Smith does no damage.
Hendry looks to land a left hand but Smith moved out of range nicely.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Smith digs a good hook to Hendry's body.
Smith misses with a wild body shot.
Dan Smith seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hendry moves into range and connects with a jab.
Hendry attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Hendry is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Hendry lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hendry misses with a straight right.
Hendry lands a nice hook to Smith's body. Smith takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Hendry uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Smith.
Smith avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Smith tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Smith misses the jab.
Smith throws a body punch but Hendry moves out of range.
Hendry misses with an uppercut
enabling Smith to counter with a crisp jab.
Hendry takes a swing at Smith's ribcage but misses.
Hendry takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Hendry, as that shot connected.

That has opened up Dan Smith's cut even more.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hendry keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hendry cracks the inside of Smith's front leg.
Smith misses with a wild combination.
Hendry moves out of range as Smith strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Colin Hendry dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Dan Smith's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Hendry lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
The fighters circling - Hendry throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Hendry avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Hendry misses with an uppercut.
That kick from Hendry tenderised Smith's leg. Smith is trying to keep his angry face on.
Hendry misses with a wild body shot.
Colin Hendry is winning the standup battle so far.
Some wild striking there from Hendry.
Hendry throws a shot to the body.
Hendry throws a right and a left that Smith avoids nicely.
Hendry throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Smith ducks under a wild hook from Hendry.
Hendry is looking to chop away at Smith's legs.
A jab from Smith does it's job there.
Smith just misses with a punch to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hendry throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Smith lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Hendry slips under a jab.
Smith tries to clinch up but Hendry circles away and keeps his distance.
Smith throws a series of punches but Hendry moves out of range.
Smith lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Smith fails with an attempt to clinch.
Hendry misses with a body kick.
The crowd cheers as Smith lands an impressive looking overhand right. Hendry doesn't seem phased though.
Smith uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Hendry.
Hendry tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Smith was well out of range. Poor timing from Hendry.
Hendry changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Smith loads up on a big right hand but Hendry slips the punch.
Smith just misses with a punch to the body.
The crowd cheers as Hendry lands an impressive looking overhand right. Smith doesn't seem phased though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hendry slips a straight right by Smith.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Hendry here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Smith cracks Hendry with an open hand slap.
Smith throws a lazy right hand but Hendry sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Hendry avoids a punch combination nicely.
Smith takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hendry. Smith does a little dance to reset his feet.
Hendry takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Hendry uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Smith.
Smith swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hendry misses with a few strikes there.
Hendry throws a hook but Smith avoids it easily.
Hendry lands a leg kick that knocks Smith off balance momentarily.
Hendry scores with a hook.
Jab by Hendry.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith tries to close the distance and clinch but Hendry swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Smith jabs Hendry to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Smith moves out of range of the leg kick from Hendry.
Smith connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Smith throws a body punch but Hendry moves out of range.
Hendry wants to land a leg kick but Smith is out of range.
Smith uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Hendry.
Hendry bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Smith drops his hands momentarily and Hendry takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Sloppy strikes from Hendry. Those never looked like landing.
A big left from Smith misses.
Hendry lands with a straight right. Smith didn't see that one coming.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Smith swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Hendry avoids the body shot from Smith.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hendry misses with an uppercut.
Hendry slips under a jab from Smith.
Smith digs a good body shot into Hendry's ribs.
Hendry throws a leg kick but Smith checks it.
Smith misses with a body shot.
Smith scores with a nice strike.
Hendry lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Smith throws an overhand right that lands on Hendry's shoulder, as Hendry tries to avoid the shot.
Smith misses the jab.
Nice defenses there by Hendry.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A big right from Smith misses.
Smith misses with a body shot.
Smith works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Smith takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Colin Hendry dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Dan Smith's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Hendry comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Smith looks to land a combination but Hendry avoids it well.
Hendry lands a nice leg kick that just misses Smith's sensitive parts.
A shot to the liver by Hendry. Beautiful body shot.
Smith looks to land a left hand but Hendry moved out of range nicely.
Good leg kick by Hendry there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Hendry lands with a thumping leg kick.
Smith fails with an attempt to clinch.
Hendry misses with a series of wild punches.
Smith blocks the body kick.
Smith looks to score with a jab to the body but Hendry is just out of range.
Hendry circles away from the clinch attempt.
Smith throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Hendry makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hendry scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Smith takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hendry bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Smith moves out of range as Hendry strikes.
Hendry tests Smith's chin there with a solid looking shot.

The cut above Dan Smith's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
A combination from Hendry does no damage.
Smith throws the left hand but Hendry avoids the punch easily.
A head kick from Hendry lands but Smith takes it in his stride.
Smith's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Hendry connects with an inside leg kick.
Sloppy strikes from Hendry. Those never looked like landing.
Smith has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Hendry.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Smith fails with an attempt to clinch.
Hendry wants to land a leg kick but Smith is out of range.
Hendry connects with a body shot.
Smith takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith misses with a series of wild punches.
Hendry lands a nice leg kick that just misses Smith's sensitive parts.
Smith keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Hendry.
Hendry avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Hendry throws the left hand but Smith avoids the punch easily.
A slow jab from Hendry misses its intended target.
Smith takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Smith showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Hendry.
Smith needs to keep his hands up - Hendry had a free shot at his head there.
Smith changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
A low kick from Hendry is predictable there
and Smith counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hendry.
Smith steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Hendry.
Smith lands a really nice looking cross but Hendry seems unphased.
Smith fails with an attempt to clinch.
Hendry takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Smith checks the leg kick.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Smith might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Hendry has got the better of the exchanges.
Smith throws a right and a left that Hendry avoids nicely.
Smith misses with a body shot.
Hendry defending well as Smith loads up on a big left hand.
Smith throws a hook but Hendry avoids it easily.
Hendry lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Smith circles away quickly and effectively.
Hendry thumps Smith with a low kick.
Smith throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Hendry throws a series of punches but Smith moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hendry tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Smith is able to avoid easily.
Hendry walks into a straight right hand from Smith.
Smith misses with a shot to the body
and Hendry counters with a nice body shot.
Hendry with a hook.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A big left from Smith misses.
Hendry circles away from the clinch attempt.
Colin Hendry is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Hendry looks to land a body kick but Smith moved away.
Hendry scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Smith throws a big shot that misses.
Hendry swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Smith.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Smith takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Hendry uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Hendry scores with a sloppy right hand. Smith should have avoided that one.
Dan Smith has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Smith walks into a stiff left hand from Hendry.

And that's the end of the fight!
Colin Hendry showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Hendry has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Andrew Berry scores the fight 30:27
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 30:27
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Colin Hendry!
Colin Hendry took to the mic after the fight and begged the organizational hierarchy for a shot at the title.