PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Bastien Giroud (ranked 6982 p4p, 508 weight class) and Bryant Smith (ranked 4126 p4p, 391 weight class). Giroud's entrance music is Khaled- Aisha. A fine choice. The crowd seem to be enjoying Smith's choice of entrance music: Television - Marquee Moon. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Giroud
vs
Smith

180 cm
20
150 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

178 cm
20
160 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

Excellent boxer
Very quick

Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Bastien Giroud!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Bryant Smith!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Trevor Gratis and Steve Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Giroud throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

Smith forces Giroud back against the ropes and clinches.
Smith working aggressively here.
Giroud has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Smith lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Giroud or not.
Smith lands a left hand that snaps the head of Giroud backwards.
Giroud swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Giroud misses with a punch on the inside.
Smith scores with a shot to the side of Giroud's head.
Giroud is trying to maintain a safe position but Smith gets an underhook and turns Giroud into the ropes.
Giroud swings wildly with an uppercut but Smith uses good head movement to avoid it.
Giroud blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Giroud.
Giroud tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Nice body punch from Smith - that landed with a thud.
Giroud fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Smith lands a nice uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Smith lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Giroud has a couple of punches blocked by Smith.
Smith lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Giroud backwards.
Giroud misses with a punch on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Smith lands a nice uppercut.
Giroud misses with a punch on the inside.

Smith breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Giroud throws a poor cross that misses
and Smith counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Giroud swinging wildly here.
Smith is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.

Giroud is rocked!
Giroud falls off balance throwing a combination
and Smith counters with a big uppercut that drops Giroud face first to the mat! Will he beat the count?! He's struggled up to his knees on 7 but it doesn't look like he's going to make it... he's been counted out! This fight is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:43 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Bryant Smith!
A very excited looking Bryant Smith 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.
Bastien Giroud was interviewed post fight and said 'It's just a setback on the road to greatness. Ill be back stronger !'.