PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Bella Woods (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Paul Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Bella Woods has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Woods
vs
Smith

196 cm
18
178 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

170 cm
20
170 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Intelligent

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Bella Woods!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Paul Smith!
The judges for this bout are , Frank Antenori and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Smith rushes Woods and presses him up against the cage.
Woods swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Woods jumps guard but Smith stands there with Woods around his waist. Woods gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Woods is trying to force a seperation but Smith has the dominant position.
A left hand lands to the body for Smith.
Woods trying to stall but Smith improves his position.

Smith's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Woods has his takedown stuffed

and Smith counters with a shoot takedown. Woods fights it but they end up in guard.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Smith throws a big right hand that misses.
Woods really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Smith wanted to stand there but Woods had control of the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Smith works his foot free and advances to mount.
Smith lands a big elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith throws some wild stikes that Woods manages to avoid easily.
Smith sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Smith wants to stand but Woods is holding on to him, trying to stop him posturing up.
Smith has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Smith sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Smith is trying to stand up but he's being controlled by his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith lands a big shot there that rocks Woods but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Woods is breathing heavily.
Smith controlling his opponent.
Woods in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Smith controlling from mount.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Paul Smith dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Smith looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Smith content to control rather than advance.
Smith is trying to get back to his feet now but his leg is trapped.
Smith lands strikes from half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith wants to get back to his feet.
Smith slows the pace down in half guard.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Paul Smith wasn't active enough on the ground.
Woods shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Smith eats them both and turns towards Woods to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.

Smith instigates a clinch.
Smith blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith is trying to force a seperation but Woods has the dominant position.
Smith lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Woods or not.
Smith is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Smith avoiding damage as Woods throws knees to the body.

Smith manages to break the clinch.
Woods tries to clinch up

and Smith counters by clinching up.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Woods.
Woods looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Smith dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Smith avoids the elbow strike from Woods, against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short uppercut from Smith.
Woods throws an elbow that misses.
Woods is trying to pull guard but Smith has him pressed against the cage.
Smith lands a body punch in the clinch.
Woods throws an elbow but it misses.
Smith blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Woods missing with knees to the body.
Woods tries to pull guard but Smith won't allow it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bella Woods. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Woods wants to get back to striking at distance but Smith won't allow it.

Smith's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Smith takes the fight into the clinch.
Smith lands a nice shot to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Smith stalling in the clinch.
Woods pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.

Smith pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Woods doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Smith moves into the clinch.

Smith's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Smith drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Smith has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Woods is proving hard to escape from.
Smith slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Paul Smith showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Smith has managed to clinch.
Our sources have told us that Woods has been working on his elbows in the gym.

Smith pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Smith dodges the punch combination from Woods.
Woods scores with a push kick.
Woods darts in trying to clinch

and Smith counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Smith seems to have lost interest with the ground game and is thinking about standing back up.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Smith works his way into full mount!
Smith controlling from mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith lands a couple of good shots and Woods has given up his back, trying to escape the position!

Woods is staying cool under pressure, defending well against the rear naked choke attempt from his opponent.
Paul Smith is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith controlling from the back.
Smith's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Paul Smith has got the better of the ground game so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Paul Smith was stalling too much, according to the referee.

Smith drives through with a takedown into Woods's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Woods being controlled here, momentarily.

Smith gets to his feet. Woods looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Smith shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Woods's guard.
Smith looking to control the position here, rather than advance.

And that's the end of the fight!
Paul Smith comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Smith winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 27:30
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 27:30
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Paul Smith!