PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Steve Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tong Po (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!

Smith
vs
Po

200 cm
18
210 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

192 cm
25
218 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Determined

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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Steve Smith!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Tong Po!
The judges for this bout are Ryoma Takatsuka, Paul Gruel and Roger Salmon.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Po throws a hook to the side of Smith's head but Smith sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Smith misses with a body shot

and Po counters by clinching up.
Smith lands a shoulder strike.
Smith swings wildly with an uppercut but Po uses good head movement to avoid it.

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

Po feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Po trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Po has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Po controlling from the top position.
Po in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Smith wants to stand but Po is controlling the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Po controls the pace.
Po keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Smith's head.
Po passes Smith's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Po content to control rather than advance.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Smith trying to control here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Po seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Po is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Po keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Po not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Po works his foot free and advances to mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Po controlling from mount.
Smith keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Po content just to control the position here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Po's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Smith is looking to improve his position but Po isn't that keen on the idea.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tong Po dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Po tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Smith counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Smith throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Smith moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Po throws a series of strikes that have Smith backpedaling.

It looks like Steve Smith has been cut.
Tong Po is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Po is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Smith's half guard.

Po postures up and decides to stand up, from the half guard. The ref calls for Smith to stand up.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Po gets the takedown into side control.
Smith seems a little lost for a moment, as Po dominates the positioning.
Po advances nicely into full mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Po has isolated one of Smith's arms. Smith looking to fight him off but Po twists into an armbar. It's tight... Will he tap?? YES, he's tapped! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:36 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Tong Po!