PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kuma Nelson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Stan Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nelson comes to the cage accompanied by The Sound of Silence. I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Stan Smith was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Nelson
vs
Smith

194 cm
37
210 lbs
33 - 13 - 0

188 cm
30
220 lbs
18 - 6 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Bos Energy MMA159.4

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 33 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kuma Nelson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Stan Smith !
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Sosuke Kotani and Yukihiro Shimada.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A low kick from Nelson is predictable there
and Smith counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Smith has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
A solid leg kick lands there for Nelson.
Smith throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Smith pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A good leg kick by Nelson.
A big left from Nelson misses.
A little jabbing left from Smith on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Smith slips a jab from Nelson.
Nelson uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Smith .
Nelson throws a nice outside leg kick.
Nelson throws a nice inside leg kick.
Smith takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Smith misses with an uppercut.
Nelson misses with a right hand
and Smith counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Nelson misses with a body kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nelson throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Smith pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith throws a shot from downtown. Nelson moves away and avoids it.
Nelson misses with a low kick.
Nelson plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Smith on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Nelson. Nelson obviously looking to wear him down.
Nelson misses with a head kick.
Smith defending well as Nelson loads up on a big left hand.
Smith misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Nelson.
Nelson attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Smith throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Smith throws a jab when Nelson was well out of range.
A counter left hand to the body from Nelson misses its target.
Nelson paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Smith misses with a looping left.
Smith misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Nelson throws a leg kick which misses Smith 's front leg but catches the back leg as Smith tries to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Nice body kick from Nelson.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nelson moves out of range of the strikes.
Nelson defending well as Smith loads up on a big left hand.
Nelson was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Smith looks to land a right hand but Nelson moved out of range.
Nelson looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Smith misses with a jab, cross combination.
Nelson dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Nelson darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Nelson takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Smith takes a jab right on the kisser.
Smith throws a lazy uppercut
and Smith takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Smith takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Smith misses with a hook. Nelson ducked under it nicely.
Smith throws a jab but it's blocked by Nelson.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Nelson connects with a nice looking jab.
Nelson looks to land a left hand but Smith moved out of range nicely.
Nelson chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Nelson throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
letting Smith counter with a right hand.
Smith rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Nelson counters with a straight right hand.
Nelson blocks a jab.
Nelson connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Smith momentarily.
Smith on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Nelson.
Donk. Nelson catches Smith right on the button with a cross.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Smith fails to land with a series of punches.
A big right from Smith misses.
Smith tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Nelson was well out of range. Poor timing from Smith .
Nelson scores with a jab. Smith acknowledges it with a nod of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nelson throws a sloppy body shot
and Smith cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Nelson scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Nelson connects with a good right hand that stumbles Smith . Smith circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Smith fails to land with a series of punches.
Nelson feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Nelson throws a hook but Smith blocks it.
Smith jabs at Nelson's body.
Nelson misses with a low kick.
Smith misses with a takedown
and Nelson counters with a big head kick but Smith shrugs it off.
Nelson throws a body punch but Smith moves out of range.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nelson scores with a hook.
Smith avoids the body shot from Nelson.
Nelson moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Smith connects with a jab.
Smith throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Kuma Nelson is winning the standup battle so far.
Nelson takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Nelson cracks the inside of Smith 's front leg.
Smith throws an off balance right hand
and Nelson cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Smith ducks right into an uppercut from Nelson.
Smith uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Nelson.
Nelson throws a lazy uppercut
and Nelson takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Nelson moves out of range of the strikes.
A looping hook to the body misses from Nelson. Smith does a little dance to reset his feet.
Despite the aggression on Smith 's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Smith throws a body shot but no joy.
Nelson is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Smith can do to turn this around?
Nelson connects with the punch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Smith takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Smith misses with a looping left.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith misses with a left hand
and Nelson counters with an outside leg kick.
Smith lands with a cross.
Nelson lands a nice shot to the body.
Nelson feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Smith 's calf.
Sloppy strikes from Smith . Those never looked like landing.
Kuma Nelson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nelson slips a straight right by Smith .
Nelson misses with an attempted mid kick.
Kuma Nelson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Nelson throws a shot from downtown. Smith moves away and avoids it.
Smith steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Nelson.
Nelson misses with a body shot.
Nelson tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Nelson avoids a punch combination nicely.
A swing and a miss from Smith .
Smith jabs Nelson right on the nose. Nelson blinks but takes it well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith misses with the combination.
Nelson dips to his left and cracks Smith with an uppercut!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Smith pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Smith chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Nelson can pounce on him.
Nelson connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Nelson chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Nelson lands a jab to the head.
Smith throws a hook but Nelson avoids it easily.
Smith checks the leg kick.
Smith throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Nelson counters with an inside leg kick.
Smith misses with a hook
and Nelson counters with a nice leg kick.
Nelson clobbers Smith with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nelson walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Smith checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Smith showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Nelson.
Smith is looking for the big counter here.
Smith connects with the punch.
Nelson lands a nice looking kick to the body. Smith takes a step back to recover.
Danga de danga de dang - Smith scores with a four punch combination!
Nelson scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Smith on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Nelson swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Smith .
Smith misses with a left hand
and Nelson counters with a nice leg kick.
Smith with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Nelson to score with a decent uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Smith walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Nelson scores with a leg kick.
Nice defenses there by Nelson.
Nelson was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Smith has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Smith takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Nelson avoids the body shot from Smith .
Smith fails to land with a series of punches.
Nelson slips a straight right by Smith .
Nelson fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Smith on the side of the head.
A jab lands there for Nelson.
Smith blocks a jab.
A lazy left from Nelson finds it's target.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nelson lands a nice shot that snaps Smith 's head back.
Nelson lands a jab.
Nelson fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kuma Nelson dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

A nice leg kick lands there from Nelson.
Nelson throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Smith sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Smith throws out a counter right but Nelson avoids it with no problem.
Smith misses with a lunging right hand
and Nelson counters with a nice leg kick.
Nelson looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Nelson throws a nice inside leg kick.
Smith tries to bum rush Nelson with a series of wild strikes but Nelson uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Smith looks to land a left hand but Nelson moved out of range nicely.
Nelson moves out of range of the strikes.
Nelson sizes up Smith with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Smith looks to land a right hand but Nelson moved out of range.
And Nelson counters with a quick kick to the body but Smith blocks it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nelson throws a shot from downtown. Smith moves away and avoids it.
Smith misses with a double jab
and Nelson counters with an inside leg kick.
Nelson gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Smith .

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nelson lands a head shot.
Nelson dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Nelson misses with a wild body shot.
Nelson misses with a low kick.
Nelson shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Smith eats them both and turns towards Nelson to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Smith steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Nelson. That one must have hurt.
Smith misses with a body shot
and Nelson counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Stan Smith is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Nelson walks into a left hand.
Smith misses the shot to the body.
Nelson with a jab.
Nelson throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Smith rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Nelson counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Nelson misses with a right hand
and Smith counters with a stiff right hand.
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, Nelson has got the better of the exchanges.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nelson throws a nice inside leg kick.
Nelson throws a sloppy head kick
and Nelson takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
A looping hook to the body misses from Nelson. Smith does a little dance to reset his feet.
Smith pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Smith gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Nelson counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Smith on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Stan Smith has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Kuma Nelson is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Nelson lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Smith ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Nelson moves away.
Smith swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Nelson avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Smith with a nice cross.
Smith 's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Smith takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nelson lands with a slapping head kick.
Smith might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Smith crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Nelson - the referee stops the clock and Smith gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Nelson. Smith manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Smith doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Nelson uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Smith .
Good standup being displayed there by Nelson as he connects with a hook.
Nelson misses with a shot to the body
and Smith counters with a straight right hand.
Nelson throws a quick inside leg kick.
Nelson tries a head kick but it misses.
Smith misses with a few strikes there.
A slapping leg kick lands for Nelson.
You can see that Smith has visibly slowed down as a result of the leg kicks
A head kick from Nelson lands but Smith takes it in his stride.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nelson keeps Smith at a distance using the push kick.
A nice inside leg kick there by Nelson. That's going to slow Smith down.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice uppercut lands for Nelson. That snapped Smith 's head back.
Smith looks to land a left hand but Nelson moved out of range nicely.
Smith throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Nelson sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Smith lands with a good body shot.
Smith takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Nelson throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Smith stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Smith throws a series of punches but Nelson avoids them all with ease.
Nelson scores with a jab to the head.
Nelson scores with a head kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nelson misses with a wild body shot.
Smith misses with a lunging right hand
and Nelson counters with a good low kick that Smith was not able to check.
Jab by Nelson.
Nelson throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.

And that's the end of the fight!
Kuma Nelson showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Nelson 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 Taro Takaoka scores the fight 30:27
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kuma Nelson!
Our winner, Kuma Nelson, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.