PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Shannon Page (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jose Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Page
vs
Smith

173 cm
18
193 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

189 cm
19
187 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Determined

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Shannon Page!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jose Smith!
The judges for this bout are Chad Campbell, Alyssa Summers and Joseph Jones.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Smith scores with a takedown into Page's guard.
Smith loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Page tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Page keeping moving, preventing Smith from controlling successfully.
Smith is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Smith passes easily into side control. Nice work.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Smith trying to control the action but Page is working from the bottom.
Page is looking for a sweep.
Page could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Smith advances to full mount.
Smith tries to control but Page wriggling away.

Smith working from mount. He moves in close and looks like he might be going for an arm triangle... He's hopped off to the side and he's transitioned into an Anaconda choke. Page turning a nasty shade of purple. He's refusing to tap but he's gone! He's out! The ref rips Smith off and cradles Page's limp body as Smith celebrates with his corner.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Anaconda Choke). Jose Smith!