PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Big J Smiles (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joey Rodinerio Bravo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Smiles might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Smile Like You Mean It. Bravo has chosen Damian Marley - Confrontation as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

J Smiles
vs
Rodinerio Bravo

198 cm
27
197 lbs
7 - 13 - 0

189 cm
46
109 lbs
32 - 24 - 1

Good wrestling
World class MT
Cardio machine

Excellent grappler
Solid Muay Thai
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Big J Smiles!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 32 - 24 - 1, fighting out of London, Joey Rodinerio Bravo !
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Shirou Masuda and Shigeki Fujiwara.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Smiles closes the distance and clinches.

Bravo manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Bravo manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Smiles manages to get himself to full guard.

Smiles is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Bravo is controlling him.
Bravo pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Smiles is keeping the position for now.
Smiles is looking to stand up but Bravo isn't so interested in that idea.
Bravo works a leg free and moves into half guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Smiles is defending against the submission attempts here by Bravo .
Smiles is trying to stand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bravo moves nicely into side control.
Smiles wants to get back to his feet but Bravo drags him back down.
Bravo wants to control but Smiles is keeping him busy.
Bravo tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.

Bravo is trying to get an arm triangle but Smiles is defending well.
Smiles wants to get back to his feet.
Smiles prevents Bravo from improving position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Smiles wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Bravo laying and praying for a moment but Smiles takes advantage and regains half guard.
Smiles is looking to escape.

Smiles is defending against the submission attempts here by Bravo .
Bravo tries to pass to full mount but Smiles defends it.

Bravo is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bravo is pressing down on Smiles's thigh, looking to free his foot. Smiles is holding on for now.
Bravo stops Smiles from getting back to his feet.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.

Bravo gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Bravo is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Smiles landing knees to the body.
Smiles utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Bravo looks winded!
Smiles throws a knee to the head but misses.
Smiles with a knee to the head.

It looks like Joey Rodinerio Bravo has been cut.
Bravo is working for a takedown up against the ropes. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Knees in the clinch landing for Smiles.
Smiles working Bravo over with knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Smiles using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Bravo has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Smiles landing knees to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Smiles lands a knee to the body.
Smiles unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Smiles lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Bravo or not.
Smiles working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

Bravo is rocked!
Smiles lands a big knee! That's hurt Bravo ! Oh, he's all over the place! Smiles lands another knee that sends Bravo to the floor and the referee steps in to end the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:29 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Big J Smiles!
Big J Smiles decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
Joey Rodinerio Bravo spoke after the fight, saying 'I'm sure he applied WD-40 to his body, so i couldn't get a hold of him!'.