PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Ivan Blood (ranked 3054 p4p, 332 weight class) and James Smith (ranked 3683 p4p, 396 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Blood
vs
Smith

165 cm
25
155 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

176 cm
25
164 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Good chin

Good wrestler
Counter fighter
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Ivan Blood!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, James Smith!
The judges for this bout are Michael Johnstone, David Hoff and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Blood fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Smith with the counter takedown but Blood avoids it easily.
Smith shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Blood as he jumps to the side.
Blood cracks Smith with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Smith shoots in for a takedown but Blood shows good takedown defense.
Blood lands a jab to Smith's midsection.
Blood ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Smith moves away.
Blood lands an overhand right.
Smith fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Ivan Blood has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of James Smith.
Blood shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Smith eats them both and turns towards Blood to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Ivan Blood seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Blood jabs Smith right on the nose. Smith blinks but takes it well.
Smith looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Smith shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Smith was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Smith throws a strike aimed at the side of Blood's head but Blood avoids it well.
Blood is trying to control Smith's posture but Smith avoids it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith scoring with punches and elbows.
Smith scores with a couple of short elbows.
Blood is working to avoid the ground and pound but Smith connects with a decent elbow.
Smith is putting a hurting on Blood here, landing some big shots from side control.
Blood knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Smith on the ground.
Smith in side control lands a decent elbow.
Blood tries to buck Smith off but Smith is having none of it.
Smith trying to control the action but Blood is working from the bottom.
Smith has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Blood taking punishment in the form of punches.
Smith scores with punches from side control.
Smith working the ground and pound.
Smith in side control lands a decent elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Smith working the ground and pound from side control.
Blood takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Smith works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Smith landing a few strikes.
Smith lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Blood is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Smith lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.

Blood is rocked!
Blood takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Oh Blood is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Blood is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Smith working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Smith lands some shots froms side control.
Smith scores with a big shot from side control... and another... and another! Oh Blood is done here - save him referee! More strikes land and eventually the ref does step in and Smith can finally stop beating on his defenseless opponent!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). James Smith!