PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Martin Mallard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alex Smiles (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Smiles has chosen Iron Maiden- Ghostface Killah as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Mallard
vs
Smiles

182 cm
18
175 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

180 cm
23
170 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Martin Mallard!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Alex Smiles!
The judges for this bout are Ron Honeybunn, Damien Edna and John Mangel.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Smiles uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Mallard.
Smiles throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Mallard keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Smiles moves out of range of the strikes.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Smiles showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Mallard.
Smiles tries to bum rush Mallard with a series of wild strikes but Mallard uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
A punch combination from Mallard misses.
Mallard lands a nice shot to the body.
Mallard will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Smiles looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
A lazy left from Mallard finds it's target.
Mallard throws a body punch but Smiles moves out of range.
Smiles lands a head shot.
Smiles throws a series of punches but Mallard avoids them all with ease.
Mallard throws a right and a left that Smiles avoids nicely.
Mallard jabs Smiles to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Mallard misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Smiles dodges the punch combination from Mallard.
Nice uppercut there from Mallard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mallard will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Smiles takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Mallard misses with a wild body shot.
Mallard pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Smiles looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Mallard avoids the body shot from Smiles.
Nice shot lands for Smiles.
Mallard takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Mallard lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Smiles looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Mallard swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Smiles throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Smiles looks winded!
Mallard scores with a jab to the body.
Mallard works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Smiles lands a two punch combo.
Smiles throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Mallard.
Mallard fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mallard fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mallard takes a swing at Smiles's ribcage but misses.
Smiles smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Smiles throws a nice looking combination but Mallard bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Smiles misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Mallard tries to bum rush Smiles with a series of wild strikes but Smiles uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Smiles jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Smiles misses with a double jab.
Mallard dodges the punch combination from Smiles.
Mallard thuds a left hand into Smiles's body.
A nice combination there by Mallard.
Some wild striking there from Mallard.
Mallard rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Smiles moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Smiles misses with a jab, cross combination.
Mallard looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smiles cracks Mallard with a right hand to the side of the head.
Smiles throws a right hand that Mallard ducks under and follows up with a left that Mallard also avoids with ease.
Mallard is looking to wear down Smiles with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Smiles throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Mallard fails to land with a series of punches.
Mallard throws a series of punches but Smiles avoids them all with ease.
Mallard lands a body shot.
Mallard misses with a double jab
and Smiles counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Mallard thinking.
Mallard slips a jab and a cross from Smiles.
Alex Smiles seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mallard misses with the combination.
Smiles digs a good body shot into Mallard's ribs.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Smiles!
Smiles is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Mallard.
Mallard misses with the combination.
Smiles stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Smiles with a hook.
Smiles throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Mallard scores with a shot to the body.
Smiles moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Mallard shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Smiles eats them both and turns towards Mallard to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Mallard lands with a good body shot.
Mallard dodges the punch combination from Smiles.
Smiles dodges the punch combination from Mallard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Smiles will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Smiles lands a nice looking body shot.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Mallard misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Smiles fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Smiles avoids the body shot from Mallard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Martin Mallard dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Smiles lands a nice hook to Mallard's body. Mallard takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Martin Mallard is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Mallard lands with a good body shot.
No joy there for Mallard, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Smiles throws a series of punches but Mallard moves out of range.
A jab from Smiles misses.
Mallard tries to bum rush Smiles with a series of wild strikes but Smiles uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Mallard fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Mallard scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Smiles doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
A jab from Mallard does it's job there.
Smiles misses with a body shot.
Mallard lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Smiles circles away quickly and effectively.
Mallard tries to bum rush Smiles with a series of wild strikes but Smiles uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Smiles misses with a series of wild punches.
Mallard takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Nice shot lands for Smiles.
Smiles throws a nice looking combination but Mallard bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mallard scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Smiles throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Smiles throws a hook to the side of Mallard's head but Mallard sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Smiles tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Mallard was well out of range. Poor timing from Smiles.
Mallard misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Smiles.
Mallard uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Mallard slips under a jab from Smiles.
Mallard showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Smiles.
Mallard uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Smiles.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Mallard connects with a body shot that sends Smiles's belly button to the back.
Mallard walks into a straight right hand from Smiles.
Smiles on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Mallard swinging wildly here.
Mallard fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Smiles uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Mallard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smiles throws a nice looking combination but Mallard bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Mallard throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Smiles staying out of range there.
Smiles misses with a few strikes there.
Smiles throws a right hand that Mallard ducks under and follows up with a left that Mallard also avoids with ease.
Mallard darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Martin Mallard is winning the standup battle so far.
Smiles swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Mallard bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Smiles's head backwards.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Mallard.
Mallard fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Smiles manages to avoid it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Smiles lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Mallard circles away quickly and effectively.
Mallard misses with a wild combination.
Smiles stuns Mallard with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Mallard dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Mallard takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smiles misses with a two punch combination.
Mallard throws out a powerful jab.
Mallard connects with a body shot.
Mallard throws a right and a left that Smiles avoids nicely.
Smiles scores with a body shot.
Mallard takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Smiles ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Mallard moves away.
Mallard looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Smiles jabs Mallard to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Mallard scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
A punch combination from Smiles misses.
Mallard fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Mallard looks to land a combination but Smiles avoids it well.
Smiles misses with the combination.
Smiles takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Smiles works over Mallard's head and body with a nice combination.
Smiles tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Mallard was well out of range. Poor timing from Smiles.
Smiles throws a right hand that Mallard ducks under and follows up with a left that Mallard also avoids with ease.
A lazy left from Mallard finds it's target.
Smiles waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Mallard.
Mallard throws a right and a left that both miss.
Good standup being displayed there by Smiles as he connects with a hook.
Smiles moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Smiles scores with a punch to the head.
Smiles looks to score with a jab to the body but Mallard is just out of range.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mallard goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Some wild striking there from Smiles.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Mallard looks to land a left hand but Smiles moved out of range nicely.
Smiles misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Smiles thows a left - swing and a miss!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Martin Mallard will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

A nice combination there by Mallard.
Smiles scores with a jab. Mallard acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Mallard fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Mallard throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
No joy there for Mallard, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Mallard throws a right and a left that Smiles avoids nicely.
Smiles misses with a wild combination.
Smiles misses with a two punch combination.
Smiles comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Smiles lands a jab to Mallard's midsection.
Mallard will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Mallard throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Mallard throws a nice looking combination but Smiles bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Smiles takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Mallard throws a series of strikes that have Smiles backpedaling.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mallard takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Smiles will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Smiles lands with a good body shot.
Smiles throws a right hand that Mallard ducks under and follows up with a left that Mallard also avoids with ease.
Smiles dodges the punch combination from Mallard.
The crowd cheers as Smiles lands an impressive looking overhand right. Mallard doesn't seem phased though.
Smiles throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Mallard stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Mallard misses with a jab, cross combination.
Mallard gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Smiles.
Mallard throws a right hand that misses
and Smiles counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
A combination from Smiles does no damage.
Smiles throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Mallard lands a nice shot that snaps Smiles's head back.
Mallard throws a right hand that Smiles ducks under and follows up with a left that Smiles also avoids with ease.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mallard swinging wildly here.
Smiles fails to land with a series of punches.
A punch combination from Smiles misses.
Mallard closes the distance and lands a one-two.
No joy there for Mallard, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Smiles ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Mallard moves away.
Smiles lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
A jab lands there for Mallard.
Smiles swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Smiles ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Mallard moves away.
Smiles dodges the punch combination from Mallard.
A nice combination there by Mallard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Smiles throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Mallard throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smiles avoids the body shot from Mallard.
Smiles dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Mallard falls off balance throwing a combination
and Smiles cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Mallard takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Smiles keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Mallard swings for the body but Smiles moves out of range.
Mallard takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Mallard throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Smiles.
Smiles misses with a double jab.
Mallard throws a body punch but Smiles moves out of range.
Smiles scores with a nice strike.
Mallard misses with a wild combination.
A swing and a miss from Smiles.
Smiles works the jab nicely.
Mallard with a body punch. A glancing blow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mallard throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Mallard slips a jab and a cross from Smiles.
Mallard swings for the body but Smiles moves out of range.
Mallard takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Left hook, right uppercut from Mallard.
Smiles dodges the punch combination from Mallard.
A looping hook to the body misses from Mallard. Smiles does a little dance to reset his feet.
Mallard walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Mallard swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Smiles.
Alex Smiles has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Mallard has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Smiles finds it's way round the side to connect with Mallard's head.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Smiles!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Smiles just misses with a punch to the body.
Mallard throws a right and a left that both miss.
Martin Mallard is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Smiles throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Smiles thows a left - swing and a miss!

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Alex Smiles.
Well Mallard 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 Ron Honeybunn scores the fight 30:27
Judge Damien Edna scores the fight 30:28
Judge John Mangel scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Martin Mallard!