PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Louis Princip (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Elvijs Smos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Princip might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Lord of This World by Black Sabbath. Louis Princip is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Princip
vs
Smos

183 cm
18
165 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

181 cm
36
170 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Determined

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 London, Louis Princip!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Elvijs Smos!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, James Ackerman and Paul Tew.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Smos dodges the punch combination from Princip.
Smos throws a counter combo.
Smos fails with a takedown attempt.
Smos is trying hard to land a takedown here. Princip sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Princip connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Smos momentarily.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Princip.
Princip lands a really nice looking cross but Smos seems unphased.
Smos shoots in looking for a takedown but Princip manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Smos's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Louis Princip has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Elvijs Smos.
Smos tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Smos 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.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Princip is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

Smos stands and steps away. Princip gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Princip leaves Smos with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Smos tries to clinch there but Princip circles away.
Princip lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Louis Princip seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Princip gets in close and instigates a clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Smos.
Smos blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Princip doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Princip scores with a hook to the body.

Smos breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Jab, jab by Princip - just one landing.
Princip connects with a single shot there.
Smos fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Princip is looking to counter punch.
Smos looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Princip is fending him off so far but Smos persists. Nope, Princip circles away and we're back to standing.
Louis Princip is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A low kick from Smos is predictable there
and Princip counters with a nice uppercut.
Princip moves in looking to clinch but Smos pushes him off.
Princip cracks Smos with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Smos on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nice defenses there by Princip.
Princip lands a nice shot to the body.
Princip fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Smos takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Smos takes a jab right on the kisser.
Princip digs a good body shot into Smos's ribs.
Princip lands a body shot.
Smos takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Princip feints a jab promting Smos to slip. Princip then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Smos slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Princip lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Left hook, right uppercut from Princip.

Smos closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Smos lands in his opponent's guard.
Princip wants to get back to his feet but he's too absorbed in his own little project and Smos manages to pass to side control.
Princip is breathing heavily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Smos is controlling the pace.
Princip tries to get to full guard but Smos has control of the leg.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.

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.
It looks like Smos might be adopting somewhat of a lay and pray gameplan here, which I'm sure won't go down too well with the paying fans in attendance... Or the ring announcers come to think of it.
Smos winds up and cracks Princip with a swinging punch to the side of the head.

Princip is defending against the submission attempts here by Smos.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Louis Princip dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Smos throws a sloppy head kick and Princip moves out of range easily.
Princip throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Smos goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Smos takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Smos looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Princip scores with a jab.
Smos shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Smos shoots for a double leg takedown but Princip sprawls well. He's pushed Smos's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Princip scores with a jab to the body.
Good standup being displayed there by Princip as he connects with a hook.

Smos shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Smos content to control rather than advance.
Smos is breathing heavily.
Elvijs Smos has got the better of the ground game so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Smos thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Princip's head.
Princip trying to keep hold of his opponent's head but Smos manages to pass to mount!
Smos controlling the position easily from mount.
Princip is trying to escape the mount.

Princip defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Smos.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Smos is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Princip is surviving well by controlling Smos's body position as best he can.
Princip is looking to improve his position but Smos isn't that keen on the idea.

Smos is working for a guillotine from mount but Princip frees his head quite easily.
Princip knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Smos on the ground.
Princip tries to hold on but Smos postures up.
Smos controlling from the full mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smos landing punches.
Smos controlling the pace for now.
Princip tries to reverse the position but Smos maintains control.
Smos with the ground and pound from mount.
Smos throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Princip because Smos loaded up on that one.
Smos content just to control the position here.
Princip in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Smos content just to control the position here.
Smos lands a big elbow.
Princip is trying desperately to improve position.

Smos looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Princip taking shots to the head.
Smos content just to control the position here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Elvijs Smos showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Princip ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Princip connects with a jab.
Louis Princip is winning the standup battle so far.
Princip keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Princip seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Smos misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Jab by Princip.
Nice jab there from Princip.
Smos tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Princip swivels and escapes.
Louis Princip has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Elvijs Smos.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Princip scores with a nice strike.
Princip displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Princip connects with a crisp jab.
Princip cracks Smos with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Smos drives through with a takedown into guard.
Smos takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Smos controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Princip trying to keep a closed guard but Smos is proving a slippery customer.
Princip preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Smos advances to half guard.
Princip is looking to control Smos's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Princip avoid being mounted?
Smos trying to control the pace.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.

Smos stands up out of the half guard.
Smos on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Princip cracks Smos with a good jab.

Smos dives in and scores a takedown into Princip's guard.
Smos postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Smos is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Smos pushes down on Princip's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Smos is taking a breather. Princip says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Princip looks like he's trying to stand up.

Smos is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Princip is just riding it out for now. Smos eventually gives up the hold.
Smos seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Smos is continuing to stall.
Princip is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Smos sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Princip defending well though.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Smos not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Still in half guard, Smos seems content to control.

And that's the end of the fight!
Louis Princip showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Princip has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 29:28
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 29:28
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Louis Princip!
A very excited looking Louis Princip made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.